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base piece

base piece

[′bās ‚pēs]
(ordnance)
The gun first selected after calibration fire whose center of burst or impact is taken as the reference point in determining calibration corrections for the remaining guns of the battery.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Now your two sides and 2 front pieces can be fixed to the base piece using the same method.
Now your two sides and two front pieces can be fixed to the base piece using the same method.
Plug in the base piece, and as you add the others they light up.
Then, butter the central base piece and slip it into the tin.
She works with a grog-heavy clay for making the background or base piece of those big sculptures, and a much finer clay called wedding clay for doing the applique, the flowers and the other smaller pieces.
To construct the lighter TEC riser an aluminum base piece is machined into an open format with chamfers, grooves and multiple large cutouts that reduce mass weight.
The platoon can register the base piece gun only off of a stationary target previously adjusted on to.
It features a base piece for connecting to the Recon, along with a mounting and quick-release locking mechanism for the extended cap.
The foam board is then glued to the base piece. For a third level, the process is repeated, using a smaller cut-out from the third print.
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