Sentence examples for french munitions from inspiring English sources
DNP was first used on an industrial scale in French munitions factories during the first world war when it was mixed with picric acid to make explosives.
The Chambers family were living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in December 1917 when a French munitions ship collided with a Swedish vessel.
Jan . 3(UPI)—French dockers loaded a cargo of 200 tons of French munitions aboard an Iraqi freighter today near the moorings from which five French‐made Israeli gun boats slipped nut of Cherbourg on Christmas to go to Haifa.
Originally used as an industrial chemical and explosive, the compound captured researchers' attention after French munitions workers were exposed to high levels of it during World War I.
On that basis the per-weapon cost is $300,000 or twelve times the cost of the comparable American JDAM, although the latter has been manufactured in much larger quantities (~250,000 kits) and would be reasonable to expect a drastic reduction of the price of the French munition if larger contracts are signed and economies of scale are achieved.
But this was the first find documenting that French cluster munitions were in circulation in Libya, too.
It is said that when General Washington learned of Lafayette's return to America aboard the Hermione, he cried tears of joy for the return of a friend whom he considered a son, and for the message Lafayette carried promising French soldiers, munitions, and uniforms to support America's cause for independence.
RIFFIANS LEAVE MANY DEAD Also Lose Prisoners and Quantities of Munitions -- French Casualties Light.
Typically, the British and French militaries buy munitions in batches and stockpile them.
When most of the French instruments and munitions were lost after the Battle of Aboukir (July 1799) and the revolt of Cairo, Conté immediately put his inventive genius to work, improvising tools and machines to supply bread, cloth, arms and munitions, exact tools for engineers, and operating instruments for surgeons.
The Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (Air-to-Ground Modular Weapon) (AASM) "Hammer" is a French Precision-Guided Munition developed by Sagem Défense Sécurité.
