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Definition of Searching fire
1. Noun. Fire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Searching Fire
Literary usage of Searching fire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Machine Gun Fire Control by Glenn Perrin Wilhelm (1917)
"Similarly the amount of searching fire would be 2 mils above target and 2 mils
below, as the amount of searching fire in mils would be the number of mils in ..."
2. Vade-mecum for the Use of Officers and Interpreters in the Present Campaign by Eugène Plumon (1917)
"searching fire. Trouver la distance To range or to find the range. Vitesse du
tir, / Speed of fire. Voiture observatoire,/ Observation car. ..."
3. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"searching fire (fire at successive ranges). Sweeping fire. ... searching fire is
also used to sweep ground known to be occupied by the enemy's reserves or ..."
4. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"searching fire (fire at successive ranges). Sweeping fire. ... searching fire is
also used to sweep ground known to be occupied by the enemy's reserves or ..."
5. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"searching fire (fire at successive ranges). Sweeping fire. ... searching fire is
also used to sweep ground known to be occupied by the enemy's reserves or ..."
6. Landing-force Manual, United States Navy, 1920 by United States Navy Dept (1921)
"(3) Long range searching fire.—The enemy's machine guns are the most likely
weapons to hold ... This searching fire has great moral effect on troops subject ..."
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