fire adjustment
fire adjustment
[′fīr ə‚jəs·mənt] (ordnance)
Correcting the elevation and direction of a weapon, or regulating the explosion time of its projectile, so that the projectile will strike or burst at the desired point; for automatic weapons, it is a continuous operation from the instant the first rounds reach the vicinity of the target until the command “cease firing” is given.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.