Ad interim (weapon)

Interim sword

Ad interim (Latin) means provisionally , provisionally or temporarily . With regard to edged weapons , it means that certain weapons had to or were allowed to be carried ad interim in certain situations (according to service regulations). This mainly concerned business events, with the exception of maneuvers or field service. The purpose of these regulations was not to wear out the often specially equipped interim weapons in normal service. The abbreviation “ai” is used in the protocol service of the Federal Republic of Germany.

See also

• Service weapon
• Gun Law
• Abuse of weapons , etc. a. with information on violations of German gun law
• Arms control (law) Overview of international control measures

literature

• Gerhard Seifert: Technical terms of edged weapons. German ABC of the European naked defensive weapons. (Cut, thrust, hit and hand thrown weapons). Verlag Seifert, Haig 1981.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Institute for Contemporary History (Ed.): Files on the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany 1964. Volume 2: July 1 to December 31, 1964. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-486-56065-4 .