Plunging fire
Plunging fire is a form of
In
Plunging fire in terrestrial warfare allows attacking a target not in direct line of sight, for example over the brow of a hill engaging in a reverse slope defence. Artillery weapons such as howitzers and mortars are designed for this purpose. Machine guns and belt-fed grenade launchers may also use plunging fire.
The Vickers machine gun was used for indirect fire against enemy positions at ranges up to 4,500 yd (4,115 m) with Mark VIIIz ammunition. This plunging fire was used to great effect against specific features or points of interest that might be observed by a forward observer, or zeroed in at one time for future attacks, much to the surprise and confusion of the enemy.
The Australian Army still trains specialist infantry units, called Direct Fires Support Weapons DFSW teams, to perform an indirect sustained fire role with the MAG 58 GPMG, fitted with a C2A2 Support Weapons Sight[3][4] - similar to a mortar sight.[5][6] In this role the MAG 58 can fire a beaten zone up to a range 3,000 m (1.9 mi).[7]
Top Attack
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A top attack weapon is designed to attack
The top attack concept was first put into service by the Swedish Armed Forces in 1988 with the Bofors RBS 56 BILL top-attack anti-tank missile.[8]
Weapon systems using top attack
Notable weapon systems that utilize top attack include:
Weapon system | Country of origin |
---|---|
AGM-114 Hellfire | United States |
AT-1K Raybolt | South Korea |
BGM-71F/TOW-2B | United States |
BLU-108 | United States |
CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon | United States |
FGM-148 Javelin | United States |
Griffin LGB | Israel |
HJ-12 | China |
Kitolov-2M | Russian Federation |
KM-8 Gran | Russian Federation |
Krasnopol | Russian Federation |
KSTAM | South Korea |
LAHAT | Israel |
M93 Hornet mine | United States |
Mokopa | South Africa |
MPATGM | India |
Nag | India |
OMTAS | Turkey |
PARS 3 LR | Germany |
Prospina |
India |
RBS 56 BILL | Sweden |
RBS 56B BILL 2 | Sweden |
SADARM |
United States |
SMArt 155 | Germany |
Spike | Israel |
Strix mortar round |
Sweden |
Toophan 3M | Iran |
Type 01 LMAT | Japan |
XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition | United States |
See also
References
- ISSN 0036-8733. (subscription required)
- ^ Global Security, CHAPTER 5, COMBAT TECHNIQUES OF FIRE
- ^ "C2A2 Support Weapons Sight – Hall & Watts Defence Optics". Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ "Contract Notice View - CN18255: AusTender". www.tenders.gov.au. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ WEAPONS OF THE ADF Handy Reference Guide Part 1 – Revision 2 | Contact Air, Land & Sea (PDF) (2nd Revision ed.). Australia: CONTACT Air, Land & Sea. 24 February 2016. p. 8.
- ^ "MAG58 | Australian Army". Australian Army (army.gov). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- Department of the Army. pp. 19–21.
- ^ "RBS 56 BILL". robotmuseum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved February 26, 2022.