high-angle fire

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high-angle fire [¦hī ‚aŋ·gəl ′fīr]

(ordnance)

Fire delivered at elevations greater than the elevation of maximum range.

Fire whose range decreases as the angle of elevation is increased; typical of mortar and howitzer fire.

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No references found			Therefore, units were no forced to use high-angle fires. 101st Div Arty: fighting with artillery fires in an urban environment by Kean, Charles W. / FA Journal Cannons offer us a wide range of trajectory options to support the diversity of battlefield and terrain requirements--from direct fire to high-angle fire. The FA and the Objective Force--an uncertain but critical future by Major General Maples, Michael D. / FA Journal Their rapid, high-angle fires are invaluable against dug-in enemy troops and targets in defilade that are not vulnerable to attack by direct fires. "So, FSO, did we integrate our mortars effectively?" by Scott, Russell W. / FA Journal			high touch high treason high vacuum High Victorian architecture High Victorian Gothic High Victorian Italianate high voltage High Voltage Differential High Water High Wycombe high-abrasion furnace black High-Accuracy Recording high-alloy steel high-altitude bombing high-altitude disease high-altitude erythremia High-Altitude Grasses high-altitude method high-altitude radio altimeter high-altitude station High-Altitude Stations high-alumina brick high-alumina cement High-Alumina Refractory Products high-angle fault high-angle fire high-angle gun high-angle strafing high-aspect-ratio micromachining high-bay lighting high-bond bar high-bond mortar high-build coating high-burst ranging high-bush cranberry high-calcium lime high-capacity floppy high-capacity projectile high-carbon chromium high-carbon steel high-challenge fire hazard high-current rectifier high-current switch high-def video formats high-definition DVD high-definition formats high-definition television high-density concrete high-density disk high-density drive high-density lipoprotein			High-Altitude Nuclear Explosion high-altitude pulmonary edema High-Altitude Radiation Detection System high-altitude radio altimeter High-Altitude Science Operations High-altitude sickness High-altitude sickness High-altitude sickness High-altitude sickness High-Altitude Sounding Projectile high-altitude station High-Altitude Stations High-Altitude Super-Pressured Powered Aerostat High-Altitude Target and Background High-Altitude Training High-Alumina Basalt high-alumina brick high-alumina cement High-Alumina Olivine Tholeiite High-Alumina Refractory Products High-Amplitude Long-Duration High-Amplitude Low-Frequency High-Amplitude Slow Wave high-and-mighty high-and-mighty High-Angle Annular Dark Field High-Angle Annular Detector Dark-Field high-angle fault high-angle fire High-Angle Grain Boundary high-angle gun high-angle gun high-angle strafing High-Angle Threat High-Angle-of-Attack Technology program high-area storm High-Aspect-Ratio Metal of Alloy Structures High-Aspect-Ratio Micro-Structure Technology high-aspect-ratio micromachining High-Assurance Systems Engineering High-Assurance Systems Engineering Symposium High-availability High-Availability Data Replication High-Availability Database High-Average Transport Group high-backed High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection High-Bay Ceramic Melter high-bay lighting High-Bay Warehouse High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line High-blown High-Boiling Tar Acid high-bond bar

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