Sentence examples for french armament from inspiring English sources

He directed the Trauen rocket program of the German Aviation Research Institute (1936 45), worked for the French armament ministry (1946 54), directed the Institute of Jet Propulsion Physics, Stuttgart (1954 63), and taught at the West Berlin Technological University (1963 64).

News sources cited said that Krauss-Maffei would most likely gain the contract, although the French might get it because of past and existing French armament contracts with Spain.

Barras sailed from Newport on 27 August with 8 ships of the line, 4 frigates, and 18 transports carrying French armaments and siege equipment.

Maxwell first gained recognition as one of the British captains involved in the successful Adriatic campaign of 1807 1814, during which he was responsible for the destruction of a French armaments convoy at the Action of 29 November 1811.

Albert Thomas was French Minister of Armament during World War I.

Guns which fired explosive or incendiary shells were a major threat to wooden ships, and these weapons quickly became widespread after the introduction of 8 inch shell guns as part of the standard armament of French and American line-of-battle ships in 1841.

Prinz Eugen became French property they removed the main armament for inspection and used the ship to test aerial bombardment attacks, before she was finally used as a target ship by the battleships,, and, and sunk in the Atlantic.

The French tanks had heavier armour and armament than the Panzers.

Armed with 24-pounder cannon on the main decks and 42-pounder carronades on the quarter deck, she had a stronger armament than any equivalent French frigate.

"In the long run it is necessary to regroup European military aerospace if our companies are not to become subsidiaries of American firms," says Jean Fournet, a director of the Délégation Générale des Armaments (DGA), which runs French procurement.

The French were reluctant to reduce their armaments without a guarantee of military help if they were attacked; Poland and Czechoslovakia felt vulnerable to attack from the west and wanted the League's response to aggression against its members to be strengthened before they disarmed.