قنابر هاون

English translation: Mortar bombs

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Arabic term or phrase:قنابر هاون
English translation:Mortar bombs
Entered by: Carmen Cross

14:35 Oct 11, 2006
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense
Arabic term or phrase: قنابر هاون
فقد بدأ الجيش الإسلامي القصف في الساعة العاشرة مساءا بصاروخي كاتيوشا و3 قنابر هاون ثم تبع ذلك قصف مركز قامت به عناصر جيش الفاتحين في تمام الساعة الحادية عشرة وخمس وخمسين دقيقة بعدد من صواريخ كراد.
Carmen Cross
United States
Local time: 21:20
Mortar bombs
Explanation:
I believe it's قنابل and not قنابر

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Note added at 6 mins (2006-10-11 14:42:14 GMT)
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Well I have just googled قنابر and it seems that it is also used to refer to قنابل , but frankly speaking this is the first time i hear it.
Selected response from:

Ziad Marzouka
Switzerland
Local time: 03:20
Grading comment
شكران يا زياد!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3Mortar shells
Fayez Roumieh
4 +3Mortar bombs
Ziad Marzouka
5 +2Mortar rounds or mortar projectiles ("Shells" or "bombs" are colloquials)
Stephen Franke


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Mortar bombs


Explanation:
I believe it's قنابل and not قنابر

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Note added at 6 mins (2006-10-11 14:42:14 GMT)
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Well I have just googled قنابر and it seems that it is also used to refer to قنابل , but frankly speaking this is the first time i hear it.

Ziad Marzouka
Switzerland
Local time: 03:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
شكران يا زياد!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Ayyub
1 hr

agree  Mohamed Ghazal
6 hrs

agree  Amr Ali
8 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
قنابل هاون
Mortar shells


Explanation:
A bomb is not a shell

Fayez Roumieh
United States
Local time: 21:20
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eliana Bunn: i agree, shells are different from bombs
21 mins
  -> شكرا يا إليانا، لابد أن زيدام يمزح بكتابة شكران

agree  Saleh Ayyub
55 mins
  -> شكرا صالح

agree  Fuad Yahya
57 mins
  -> شكرا فؤاد

neutral  Ziad Marzouka: عفواً يا أخ فايز، ولكن لست أنا من كتب شكران
59 mins
  -> آسف لسوء الفهم
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
قنابل هاون
Mortar rounds or mortar projectiles ("Shells" or "bombs" are colloquials)


Explanation:
Mortar rounds or mortar projectiles are the technical terms used in most English-speaking militaries.

Of the two, mortar round(s) is the most-commonly-used term in military reporting.

The terms "shells" or "bombs" are colloquials and often (mis)used in journalism.

Hope this helps.

Khair, in shaa' Allah.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke

Stephen Franke
United States
Local time: 18:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Khalid W: Mortar rounds
29 mins
  -> Shukraan, yaa Khalid.

agree  Mohamed Gaafar
2 hrs
  -> Shukraan, yaa Gaafar.
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