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disabling fire

English translation: firing to disable an enemy ship, tank, etc.

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English term or phrase:disabling fire
Selected answer:firing to disable an enemy ship, tank, etc.
Entered by: Kim Metzger

02:53 Jul 17, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Military / Defense
English term or phrase: disabling fire
4. Initial deployments of helicopters and pursuit boats utilizing a new policy of warning shots and 4. Initial deployments of helicopters and pursuit boats utilizing a new policy of warning shots and disabling fire were highly successful. were highly successful.
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shooting at a ship or aircraft to prevent it from moving
Explanation:
Disabling fire is specifically intended to make it impossible for a ship, for example, to continue moving.

"Disabling fire:
(Department of Defense) The firing of ordnance by ships or aircraft at the steering or propulsion system of a vessel. The intent is to disable with minimum injury to personnel or damage to vessel."

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/data/d/01681.html
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 04:59
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +6shooting at a ship or aircraft to prevent it from moving
Kim Metzger
4firing of ordnance to imobolize the enemy..firing of ordnance to imobolize the target
airmailrpl
4 -1a concentration of shots, by guns or canons or rockets
swisstell
4 -1the shooting to stop the enemies' weapons from working
Ray Luo


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
a concentration of shots, by guns or canons or rockets


Explanation:
which pin the enemy down and make it impossible for him to attack or take otherwise action. In other words, such heavy firing of arms is disabling the enemy.

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 12:59
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  DGK T-I: my understanding is that that is 'suppression/suppressive fire', while disabling fire (causes damage which) stops a land/sea target manoeuvring (as the jargon happens to be,although Swiss's conclusion was entirely logical :-)
5 hrs
disagree  tectranslate ITS GmbH: that's suppressing fire.
7 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
shooting at a ship or aircraft to prevent it from moving


Explanation:
Disabling fire is specifically intended to make it impossible for a ship, for example, to continue moving.

"Disabling fire:
(Department of Defense) The firing of ordnance by ships or aircraft at the steering or propulsion system of a vessel. The intent is to disable with minimum injury to personnel or damage to vessel."

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/data/d/01681.html


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 04:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
  -> Morning, Vicky.
agree  DGK T-I: eg: http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=47&content=588&pr... http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/99summer/mccau... http://www.nato.int/docu/stanag/aap006/en/2004-n-e.pdf land eg: tanks too ~
2 hrs
  -> Yes, as opposed to suppressing fire, which is intended to keep the enemies heads down.
agree  Jörgen Slet
3 hrs
agree  tectranslate ITS GmbH: Exactly. You try to hit the rudder or engine compartments.
3 hrs
agree  Armorel Young
5 hrs
agree  Ramesh Madhavan
8 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
the shooting to stop the enemies' weapons from working


Explanation:
the shooting to stop the enemies' weapons from working

Ray Luo
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:59
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  tectranslate ITS GmbH: Nice thought, but impossible to achieve.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
firing of ordnance to imobolize the enemy..firing of ordnance to imobolize the target


Explanation:
firing of ordnance to imobolize the enemy..firing of ordnance to imobolize the target

Coast Guard News and Events: Special
... of force that incrementally increases from verbal commands to less intrusive non-ordnance technologies, up to and including warning shots and disabling fire. ...
www.uscg.mil/news/Drugs/

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 07:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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