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subcaliber

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subcaliber [¦səb′kal·ə·bər]
(ordnance)
Smaller than the standard caliber for a gun, generally used in practice firing.


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Borescope the M225 cannon tube every 100 rounds when firing subcaliber training rounds.
The artillery adopted in service: the 152-millimeter corps howitzer, the 160-millimeter mortar, the 57-millimeter antitank gun, subcaliber armor-piercing and shaped-charge projectiles.
 
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