The Collaborative International Dictionary
Subcaliber \Sub*cal"i*ber\, a. Smaller than the caliber of a firearm. [Written also subcalibre.]
Subcaliber projectile, a projectile having a smaller
diameter than the caliber of the arm from which it is
fired, and to which it is fitted by means of a sabot.
--Knight.
Wiktionary
a. Smaller than the caliber of a firearm.
Usage examples of "subcaliber".
At twenty miles he had the choice of using full-sized or subcaliber rounds, the latter guided to their targets by a laser designator installed atop the main director tower.
In fact, by 1939 the only major power not to convert to the full-power semiautomatic format was Germany, where investigators were advocating a subcaliber compromise weapon.
Koch three-millimeter, a selective-fire three-millimeter machine pistol capable of taking out just about anything short of battle armor with its two-millimeter subcaliber penetrators.
Koch three-millimeter, a selective-fire machine pistol capable of taking out just about anything short of battle armor with its two-millimeter subcaliber penetrators.
Light loads and subcaliber devices with their attendant ammunition supplies would have to be carefully weighed against the potential of carrying a few more full-power rounds.