manual of arms
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Noun | 1. | manual of arms - (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle practice session, practice, drill, exercise, recitation - systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" order arms - a position in the manual of arms; the rifle is held vertically on the right side with the butt on the ground; often used as a command armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
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