caliber
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"They are building up reserves. They've brought in about 40,000 men here along with ammunition of all calibres," Kotsukon told national television.
From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2023
Similarly there is limitation of the gun calibres of each of the foreign types of ships.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bren gun carriages were up 64%, guns of various calibres from 50% to 228%, small arms 49% to 186%, ammunition 35% to 420%.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also standardized the calibres of the arquebuses of the French army, and from this characteristic feature of the improved weapon arose the English term “caliver.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
The large calibres have precisely the same merits, as respects range, accuracy, and simplicity of construction and manipulation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various
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