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Verlagerung des mittleren Treffpunkts

English translation: mean point of impact

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German term or phrase:Verlagerung des mittleren Treffpunkts
English translation:mean point of impact
Entered by: Alison Mally

13:41 Nov 16, 2016
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense / Military weapons (rifles)
German term or phrase: Verlagerung des mittleren Treffpunkts
This involves a complaint in a legal document about a rifle not shooting straight because of the "Verlagerung des mittleren Treffpunkts bei wechselnden klimatischen Bedingungen". I am stuck on the "mittleren" actually...

I found "point of impact" for Treffpunkt. This point of impact shifts so it is no longer in the middle so I presume the translation must be:
"shifting of the central point of impact" or something along those lines?
Can anyone agree or improve, please ? THANKS !!
Alison Mally
Germany
Local time: 02:59
mean point of impact
Explanation:
I take this to mean that the average point of impact shifts based on climatic conditions.

Also defined as such in WB der Waffentechnik
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Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 20:59
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mean point of impact


Explanation:
I take this to mean that the average point of impact shifts based on climatic conditions.

Also defined as such in WB der Waffentechnik

Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 20:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
THANK YOU
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, I believe this is right. THANKS !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clive Phillips: Yes, displacement (I prefer this to 'shift') of mean point of impact, cf AAP-6 NATO Glossary of Terms and Definitions.
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