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Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense | | French term or phrase: panorama de tir | Document on U-boats during WWII
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Cette casemate bétonnée était destinée à une mitrailleuse lourde dont on aperçoit encore l'affût ; un panorama de tir à droite donne les distance avec la rive d'en face. |
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kashew
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Local time: 08:00
| Grading comment This seemed to be the most appropriate. Range finders are usually part of the gun. In this instance it is separate. Thanks to everyone for your answers.
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25 mins confidence:  field of fire
Explanation:
Set on track for this suggestion by "arc of fire" which may be defined as
"the scope or number of degrees of the field of fire a projectile weapon has when firing through an aperture"
http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/madict.html
"field of fire" being a little more general
"he field of fire of a weapon (or group of weapons) is the area around it that it can easily and effectively reach by gunfire. The term field of fire is mostly used in reference to machine guns. Their fields of fire incorporate the beaten zone.
The Beaten Zone is a concept in indirect infantry small arms fire, specifically machine guns. It describes the area between the "first catch" and the "last graze" of a bullet's trajectory. At the first of these points, a bullet will hit a standing man in the head, at the last of these points, as the bullet drops, it will hit a standing man in the feet. Anyone standing within the beaten zone will be hit somewhere from head to foot."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_fire_(weaponry)
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35 mins confidence: panoramic sight
Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/panoramic sight
If it "gives the distances" it sounds like an instrument to me.
| kashew
France
Local time: 08:00
Native speaker of:  English
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| | Grading comment | This seemed to be the most appropriate. Range finders are usually part of the gun. In this instance it is separate. Thanks to everyone for your answers. |
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Asker: It's definitely an instrument. I can see it in the photo (although not very clearly).
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