Tir

Fire (artillery and infantry), shooting, musketry. Shoot, series. Tir direct. Direct fire (infantry, frontal fire)—Tir indirect. Indirect fire—Tir par de us un parapet élevé. Overbank fire-——Tir en barbette. Overbank fire.—Tir masqué. Fire from behind a mask or cover. See Masque, couvert.—Tir d’écharpe. Oblique fire—Tir de revers. Reverse fire.-—Tir d’enfilade. Enfilade—Tir en éventail. Fire distributed over a broad front.—Tir fauchant. Sweeping fire—Tir rasant. Grazing fire-——Tir plonge ant (fichant). Plunging fire-—Tir tendu. Flat-trajectory fire, direct fire.— Tir courbé. Curved fire (elevations 15 to 45 degrees).—Tir vertical. Super-angle fire (above 45 degrees).—Tir de pleinfouet. Direct fire at small angles of elevation. Tir ala cible. Target-shooting. Rifle-range (map indication.—Tir prépara to ire. Gun drill. Grouping practice (musketry).—Tir d’application. Application practice (musketry).—Tir de guerre. Gun-practice. Practice camp shoot. —Tir de combat. Field practice (infantry).—Tir 4 distance réduite. 30 metre range practice.—Tir réduit. Miniature range practice.—Tir fictif. A practice shoot on paper (method of artillery instruction).—Tir de recette. Firing proof (of gun or shell from contract). A tir rapide. Quick-firing (defined principally by long recoil; in the navy, by hand-loading).—A tir accéléré. Semi quick firing (short-recoil or wire or spade brake carriages; in the navy, defined by mechanical loading). Tir a volonté. Individual fire (infantry)—Tir par salves. Volleys (inf.)—Tir en march ant. Fire while on the move (inf.).—Tir en barbette. Fire over the parapet (inf.). —Tir bloqué (débloqué). Machine gun fire with traversing gear clamped (free}—Tir coup par coup. Fire by single round (machine gun or fusil mitrailleur)—Tir a mitrailleuse. Rapid fire (of fusil mitrailleur). Tir percutant. Percu ion fire. Percu ion shrapnel fire-—Tir fusant. Time shrapnel fire. Time-fuze fire—Tir fusant bas. Time shrapnel fire with low bursts. Tir de réglage. Ranging. Ranging on a datum point. —Tir d’e ai. Finding of long bracket (heavier artillery ).— —Tir d’efficacité. Fire for effect—Tir de contrdéle. [p.577]