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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

disabling fire

English answer:

firing to disable an enemy ship, tank, etc.

Added to glossary by Kim Metzger
Jul 17, 2004 02:53
19 yrs ago
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English term

disabling fire

English Social Sciences Military / Defense
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.
Responses
5 +6 shooting at a ship or aircraft to prevent it from moving
4 firing of ordnance to imobolize the enemy..firing of ordnance to imobolize the target
4 -1 a concentration of shots, by guns or canons or rockets
4 -1 the shooting to stop the enemies' weapons from working

Responses

+6
3 hrs
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shooting at a ship or aircraft to prevent it from moving

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
Peer comment(s):
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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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
-1
14 mins

a concentration of shots, by guns or canons or rockets

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.
Peer comment(s):
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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-1
3 hrs

the shooting to stop the enemies' weapons from working

the shooting to stop the enemies' weapons from working
Peer comment(s):
disagree tectranslate ITS GmbH : Nice thought, but impossible to achieve.
3 hrs
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5 hrs

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

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/
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