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Glossary C

CA

Contre Avions — anti-aircraft. (French)

c.a.

cannone anticarro — anti-tank gun. (Italian)

cannone

cannone — gun. Implies high velocity. (Italian)

cannone contracarro

cannone contracarro — anti-tank gun. (Italian)

canon

canon — gun. Implies high velocity. (French)

carro

carro — vehicle. Implies little or no armour. (Italian)

carro armato

carro armato — armoured vehicle or tank. (Italian)

cartouche

cartouche — cartridge or round. Used for smaller calibres up to 25mm. (French)

coax

Coaxial. Used to describe the position of a secondary weapon (usually a MG) as being mounted in the same axial direction as the main armament.

c.r.h.

Calibre radius head. The head of a projectile is often an ogive shape. The radius of the ogive is given in calibres and usually lies between 1 and 2, although smaller calibres such as rifle bullets may have a larger radius.

C.S.

Close Support.

coiffé avec f. ogive

coiffé avec f. ogive — capped with frangible(?) nose cone. Used for APCBC(?) projectiles. The meaning of the “f.” is unknown. I have speculated that it is an abbreviation for either frangible or figurant (extra) to indicate the prescence of a ballistic cap, and that coiffé (cap) refers to a penetrating cap. However it is possible that the entire phrase is a description of the penetrating cap and that the projectile is therefore only APC instead of APCBC. If you have any information about this please send an e-mail to GvA@wargamer.org. (French)

coiffé sans f. ogive

coiffé sans f. ogive — capped without frangible(?) nose cone. Used for APC projectiles. The meaning of the “f.” is unknown. I have speculated that it is an abbreviation for either frangible or figurant (extra) to indicate the abscence of a ballistic cap, and that coiffé (cap) refers to a penetrating cap. If you have any information about this please send an e-mail to GvA@wargamer.org. (French)

cwt

Hundredweight. An Imperial unit of measure. One hundred and twelve pounds made up one hundredweight; twenty hundredweights made an Imperial (or long) ton. In Metric terms one hundredweight is 50.80kg.

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