To: rjsimmons
"but still mean the same to those in the know"Doesn't "arms" have a military connotation?
For example, a military person would say that he heard "small-arms fire". A civilian would say he heard "gunfire".
Very specific language, indeed.
To: robertpaulsen
QuoteDoesn't "arms" have a military connotation? For example, a military person would say that he heard "small-arms fire". A civilian would say he heard "gunfire". Very specific language, indeed.
Arms has come to mean weapons of any and every sort. Read:Arms Race. In the military, Arms is specifically man-portable, anti-personnel. Ordnance is artillery and delivered weaponry, such as Dragon, AT-4, Stinger, TOW, Mk type bombs, etc.
To: robertpaulsen
Doesn't "arms" have a military connotation? I guess it could by todays standards.
In the 18th century, "Arms" were any weapon for defense.
Pole-Arms, Side Arms...etc.
In the words of Paul Revere on his famous ride, "to arms, to arms, the British are coming!"...He was speaking, nay, yelling to the common citizen.
72 posted on
07/16/2004 10:40:07 AM PDT by
Zavien Doombringer
(If a Democrat falls from office and nobody is around will they make a sound?)
To: robertpaulsen
I forgot to mention, in todays newspapers, we see "intruder 'armed' with (you add your weapon of choice)...killed...." and so on...
75 posted on
07/16/2004 10:42:29 AM PDT by
Zavien Doombringer
(If a Democrat falls from office and nobody is around will they make a sound?)
To: robertpaulsen
robertpaulsen said:
For example, a military person would say that he heard "small-arms fire". And what would a military person mean if he said, "I hear the distant thunder of enemy arms"? Would that be large-arms? And how do "small-arms" and "large-arms" relate to "arms"?
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