Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
a nastri da 125 colpi l'uno
English translation:
125 round belts
Added to glossary by
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Nov 30, 2014 13:16
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a nastri da 125 colpi l'uno
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Contesto:
"L'Aviatik abbattuto era giunto a terra non guasto: è bellissimo, grande, con un motore di 200 cavalli, una buona mitragliatrice austriaca a nastri da 125 colpi l'uno e una pistola Mauser.
Molte Grazie,
Barbara
"L'Aviatik abbattuto era giunto a terra non guasto: è bellissimo, grande, con un motore di 200 cavalli, una buona mitragliatrice austriaca a nastri da 125 colpi l'uno e una pistola Mauser.
Molte Grazie,
Barbara
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | 125 round belts |
Marina Stubinski
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| 4 | belts of 150 rounds |
cilantro
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References
| It seems they had two machine guns |
Gad Kohenov
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Change log
Dec 5, 2014 07:54: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Marina Stubinski
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125 round belts
Just sounds a little more idiomatic in English. See link describing what appears to be the type of armament the aircraft was equipped with. Look under "feed system".
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Italian term (edited):
a nastri da 125 colpi l\'uno
belts of 150 rounds
Heavy machine guns are loaded with belts
Example sentence:
a machine gun with belts of 150 rounds
Reference comments
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Gad Kohenov
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Reference:
It seems they had two machine guns
Armament: 2 × Synchronised fixed forward-firing 0.315 in (8 mm) Schwarzlose machine guns
References
Aviatik (Berg) 30.24 The Virtual Aircraft Museum retrieved from http://www.aviastar.org/air/austria/aviatik_30-24.php
http://www.wwiaviation.com/experimentals_austrian.html
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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-11-30 20:51:41 GMT)
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Both the Aviatik 30.27 and 30.29 were fitted with the standard Austrian armament of twin synchronized fixed forward-firing 0.315 in (8 mm) Schwarzlose machine guns.
http://wwiaviation.blogspot.co.il/2011/09/austria-1918-aviat...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-11-30 20:58:04 GMT)
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It was a medium machine-gun as I thought.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzlose_MG_M.07/12
Pictures of it.
References
Aviatik (Berg) 30.24 The Virtual Aircraft Museum retrieved from http://www.aviastar.org/air/austria/aviatik_30-24.php
http://www.wwiaviation.com/experimentals_austrian.html
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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-11-30 20:51:41 GMT)
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Both the Aviatik 30.27 and 30.29 were fitted with the standard Austrian armament of twin synchronized fixed forward-firing 0.315 in (8 mm) Schwarzlose machine guns.
http://wwiaviation.blogspot.co.il/2011/09/austria-1918-aviat...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-11-30 20:58:04 GMT)
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It was a medium machine-gun as I thought.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzlose_MG_M.07/12
Pictures of it.
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