RE: RFACS

Hi Brian,

Artillery fire is different to small arms fire. As the good manual
states,
Enfilade fire is laying the axis of fire on the long axis of a target.
Why
enfilade? Because the passage of rounds will likely strike a subsequent
body
if it misses (sometimes even if it hits!) a previous body. Actually
quite
different to "walking" artillery/mortar fire along a target.

Cheers,

Owen G

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Bilderback [mailto:bbilderback@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, 14 February 2000 2:38 PM
> To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject: Re: RFACS
> 
> 
> Why along the same line? The Guidebook for Marines (No, I 
> never was one, but 
> it's a good read) defines enfilade fire as "Fire delivered on 
> a target so 
> that the beaten zone of the fire coincides with the long axis 
> of the target 
> (fire in the direction of the length of a line or column)."  
> Sounds like 
> your definition, until you further read that the beaten zone 
> is defined as 
> "The space on the ground or target on which the shots forming 
> the cone of 
> dispersion strike." This is why in DS II an artillery beaten 
> zone can be 
> either along or perpendicular to the flight of the salvo.  In 
> the same way, 
> if a turreted vehicle were some distance off from a column of 
> infantry, and 
> perpendicular to the line of advance/axis of the column, and 
> walked it's 
> fire from one end of the column to the other, the entire 
> column would be 
> within it's beaten zone, and would be taking enfilade fire.
> 
> Brian Bilderback
> 
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Andrew Martin" <Al.Bri@xtra.co.nz>
> Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
> Subject: Re: RFACS
> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:49:26 +1300
> 
> Andrew wrote:
>  > The strafing rule could also apply to shooting along a column. Each
> element in column draws chits according to weapon class.
> 
> Note that the shooting vehicle, VTOL or aerospace element/s 
> have to be in
> line with the column. For example, along the same road, if a 
> German tank
> ace.
> 
> Andrew Martin
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