Volley fire
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title:
Volley fire
text:
Volley fire, as a military tactic, is the concept of having soldiers shoot in the same direction en masse. In practice, it often consists of having a line of soldiers all discharge their weapons simultaneously at the enemy forces on command, known as "firing a volley", followed by more lines of soldiers repeating the same manoeuvre in turns. This is usually to compensate for the inaccuracy, slow rate of fire, limited effective range and stopping power of individual weapons, which often requires
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Concentration of ammunition on a designated target
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volley_fire
date created:
2011-09-13T19:50:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T04:39:00Z
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