RE: RFACS

Ahhh.... Now I see... thanks for the correction.

Brian Bilderback

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----Original Message Follows----
From: "Glover, Owen" <oglover@museum.vic.gov.au>
Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
To: "'gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU'" <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: RE: RFACS
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:04:59 +1000

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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