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Definition of Field of fire
1. Noun. The area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position.
Definition of Field of fire
1. Noun. The area that a projectile weapon (or group of weapons) can reach from a given position. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Of Fire
Literary usage of Field of fire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"This concealment is regarded as of greater importance than an extensive field of
fire. A field of fire of 100 yds. will be sufficient if it cannot be ..."
2. Fundamentals of Military Service by Lincoln Clarke Andrews, Leonard Wood (1916)
"If time is short, fire trenches should not, therefore, be given a location which
requires a large amount of clearing to give an effective field of fire. ..."
3. The Russo-Japanese War: Reports from British Officers Attached to the by Great Britain War Office. General Staff, Great Britain War Office (1908)
"Excellent field of fire down the valley. Excellent means of bringing up the guns
or withdrawing them under cover, except for the last thirty yards ..."
4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1917)
"... has been extended with excellent results in the field of fire prevention and
without detriment to the efficiency of the uniformed force in the field of ..."
5. Engineer Field Manual by United States Army. Corps of Engineers, United States War Dept (1912)
"... the field of fire. At close range the loopholes serve as aiming points to
steady the enemy's fire and may do more harm than good at longer ranges. ..."
6. Manual of Military Field Engineering for the Use of Officers and Troops of by William Dorrance Beach, Edwin Alvin Root, Thomas Horace Slavens (1902)
"1n other words, the position should have a free field of fire. (3) The defenders
should be protected from the fire and view of the enemy by cover so ..."
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