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tiro rasante

English translation: grazing fire

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Portuguese term or phrase:	tiro rasante
English translation:	grazing fire
Entered by:	Adriana Veleda

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02:37 Nov 18, 2010

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Portuguese term or phrase: tiro rasante

"Também em Portugal, já no período manuelino, as torres redondas diminuíram em altura e aumentaram em diâmetro para receber artilharia, à qual convinha a vantagem do tiro rasante."

"Os merlões e as adaptações da massa cilíndrica da fortaleza são dos finais do século XV, bem como os torreões angulares da base e a torre albarrã. Mais tarde adicionaram-se obras baixas para tiro rasante, desenhando uma cidadela em estrela pentagonal."

Desde já, obrigada pela ajuda.

Adriana Veleda KudoZ activity Questions: 17 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 62 Portugal
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grazing fire

Explanation:
It's called 'grazing fire'.

See:
Grazing fire is a term used in military science and defined by NATO and the DOD as “Fire approximately parallel to the ground where the center of the cone ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazing_Fire

http://www.google.com.br/search?hl=&q=grazing fire&sourceid=...

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-11-18 02:44:41 GMT)
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Here's that wikipedia link again, in full:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazing_Fire

Best of luck :)