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ID: 300224932
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300224932

 

Record Type: concept
blowback action (self-loading, <operational attributes for firearms>, ... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Use to describe automatic and semiautomatic firearms in which the pressure of the propellant gas is used to force the bolt to the rear, independently of the barrel, which does not move relative to the receiver.
 
Terms:
blowback action (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
blowback action (Dutch-P,D,NT,U)
action, blowback (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
blowback operation (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
blowback system (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
operation, blowback (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
system, blowback (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
retroceso del cañón (armas) (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  D.DC

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Physical Attributes Facet
Physical Attributes Facet
Hierarchy of Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name)
.... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <attributes and properties by specific type>
........ <attributes and properties by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of operational attributes
............ operational attributes (G)
Hierarchy of <operational attributes for firearms>
................ <operational attributes for firearms> (G)
Hierarchy of self-loading
.................... self-loading (G)
Hierarchy of blowback action
........................ blowback action (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Te gebruiken om automatische en semi-automatische vuurwapens te beschrijven waarbij de druk van het voortstuwingsmiddel wordt gebruikt om de grendel naar achteren te duwen, onafhankelijk van de loop die niet beweegt ten opzichte van de ontvanger. 
Spanish ..... Úsese para describir armas de fuego automáticas y semiautomáticas en las cuales la presión del gas propulsor es usado para forzar el cerrojo a retroceder, independientemente del cañón, el que no se desplaza relativo al receptor. 

Sources and Contributors:
action, blowback............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
blowback action............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Personal Communication Don LaRocca, Met., consultancy 6/92
.............................  Petzal, Encyclopedia of Sporting Firearms (1991)
.............................  Quick, Weapons and Military Terms (1973)
blowback operation............  [VP]
...................................  Tarassuk and Blair, Complete Encyclopedia of Arms and Armor (1979) 69
blowback system............  [VP]
.............................  Blair, Pollard's History of Firearms (1983) IND
operation, blowback............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
retroceso del cañón (armas)............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
...............................................  Durantel, Atlas Ilustrado de la caza (s/a) 203
system, blowback............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, VP]
............  Blair, Pollard's History of Firearms (1983) GLOS; blowback
............  Peterson, Encyclopedia of Firearms (1964) 29; blowback
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Quick, Weapons and Military Terms (1973)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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