Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . game becomes a cer-tain means of acquiring and perfecting a Sciencewhich in time of peace cannot be easily acquired. Itraises questions wliich are strategical problems ofgreat interest. See Strategos. KBIS.—A dagger or poniard, the universal weaponof the inhabitants of the Malayan Archipelago. It ismade of many differentforms, short or long, straightor crooked. The liilt and scal)bard are often muchornamented. Men of all ranks wear this weapon;and those of high rank, when in full dress, some-times carry three or four. In Jav
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . game becomes a cer-tain means of acquiring and perfecting a Sciencewhich in time of peace cannot be easily acquired. Itraises questions wliich are strategical problems ofgreat interest. See Strategos. KBIS.—A dagger or poniard, the universal weaponof the inhabitants of the Malayan Archipelago. It ismade of many differentforms, short or long, straightor crooked. The liilt and scal)bard are often muchornamented. Men of all ranks wear this weapon;and those of high rank, when in full dress, some-times carry three or four. In Java, women sometimeswear it. Also written CVeeatand Kreea. K£NKA OUN. 159 KKUPP OUN. EBITKA GUN. The .system of aUorod hrccch-load-iiii; iii\isUcls of Ui(- service is tile inventionof Sjlvester Krnka, a re;jinieiilal arMiorer of tlieAustrian army. Its cliief features are siniplieity andcoin])actness. The drawin;; represents tlic Itreeelisystem with tlie breecli-bloeli reniov(d. Tlie follow-ing arc the principal parts, viz : « <, is tliat portion of. the hrceeh-framc or receiver inlowliieh th(> liarn^l isscrewed; r, is the slot or well in wliieli the breecli-block rests when the chamber is closed ; m is thehole into which is screwed the point of the hinge-pinaroiind which the breech-block revolves; In t, isthelug in rear of the breech-block through which thehitige-piu passes; c, is the groove by which the cart-ridge is inserted into the chamber; r .1 t. is the lugwhich serves as a support for tlie breech-block and astop for the ; i\ represents the extractor inposition; k, is a small catch-pin actuated by a springwhich presses into a small indent in the front face ofthe breech-block and holds the block in place withslight friction; dg, are broken lines, showing theposition of the thumb-piece of the breech-blockwhen closed but not locked down by the hammer. The lower portion of the block is semicircular inform, and has a groove, into which fits a raised
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