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In field artillery, the accuracy of indirect fire depends on the use of aiming points.[1] In air force terminology the aiming point (or A.P.) refers to holding the intersection of the cross hairs on a bombsight when fixed at a specific target.
An indirect fire aiming point provides a point of angular reference to aim a gun in the required horizontal direction – azimuth. Until the 1980s aiming points were essential for indirect fire artillery. They are also used by mortars and machine guns firing indirectly.
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accuracy of indirect fire depends on the use of aiming points. In air force terminology the aimingpoint (or A.P.) refers to holding the intersection of...
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of the sights for aiming in close-quarters combat situations, versus point shooting, which does not rely on the sights for aiming in close quarters combat...
partially reflecting glass element and see an illuminated projection of an aimingpoint or some other image superimposed on the field of view. These sights work...
mechanism that fires a muzzleloader is called the lock. Adjustable sight: Any aiming mechanism, usually Iron sights, that allow the user to move the reticle...
early as 2006. The first defect was "thermal drift", which causes the aimingpoint to shift in high or low temperatures by as much as 12" at 300 yards....
Dresdner Eislöwen (or Dresden ice lions). The stadium was the primary aimingpoint for No. 5 Group RAF squadron during the Dresden bombings of February...
articles associated with the title AIMS. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article....
that only 16% of the bombs fell within 300 meters (1,000 ft) of the aimingpoint. A 230-kilogram (500 lb) bomb, standard for precision missions after...
proper aiming: a fixed one, often just a dot, signifying the direction the guns are pointing, a moving one showing the corrected aimingpoint, and a ring...
Modes: Airburst (In front of or over aimingpoint) Point Detonation Point Detonation Delay Window (Beyond aimingpoint) Operation: Gas operated semi-automatic...
the planned aimingpoint, resulting in the destruction of 44% of the city. The failure to drop the Fat Man at the precise bomb aimpoint caused the atomic...
target and thereby inhibit precise aiming, while a smaller and dim dot allows for more precise but slower aiming. The 1.6 mrad (5 MOA) dot is small enough...
and H2S radar, accuracy was good, with markers falling close to the aimingpoint scattered over five districts. At 1:02 the main force started to bomb...
of the aimingpoint is assured by mechanical means. Secondly, in a properly built and functioning rail gun, aside from the forces used to aim the rifle...
paralleloscope as one of its aiming points (other types of aimingpoint were a distinctive distant topographical feature or a pair of aiming posts). With a paralleloscope...
sports Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports Aimingpoint, in field artillery, fixed at a specific target Category:Targeting...
the Allied lines and the resulting risk of friendly casualties, the aimingpoint for the bombers was shifted 6,000 yards (5,500 m) to the south—beyond...
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