Sentence examples for of calibres from inspiring English sources

Light air-defense guns, of calibres from 20 to 40 millimetres, were developed in the 1930s for protection against dive bombers and low-level attack.

Better gunpowder, cast-iron projectiles (replacing stone), and the standardization of calibres meant that even relatively light cannons could be deadly.

It is well established that the range of calibres bears a direct relation to the range of conduction velocities.

The subjects of the study were inorganic components of the gunshot residue obtained with discharge of selected brands of ammunition suitable for popular firearm of calibres 5.6, 6.35, 7.62, 7.65, and 9 mm.

But Chris Ashton, Ben Foden, Toby Flood – as an attack coach that sort of calibre of player really excites me.

She is what you could call "a woman of calibre"… actually Tony, don't use that one.

We hold him in that sort of calibre, anyway, but he's still got to prove it.

It was quite intimidating and I was sort of startled by the kind of calibre of the people who had turned up".

But he added: "We can ill afford to lose someone of that sort of calibre".

Different navies approached the issue of calibre in different ways.

What kind of calibre does it have to reach these days?