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Enfilade and defilade

Enfilade and defilade are concepts in military tactics used to describe a military formation's exposure to enemy fire. A formation or position is "in enfilade" if weapon fire can be directed along its longest axis. A unit or position is "in defilade" if it uses natural or artificial obstacles to shield or conceal it from enfilade and hostile fire. The…

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Enfilade

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Enfilade and defilade

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fire enfilade position defilade formation enemy weapon axis enfiladed antitank within positions along unit firing directed also french long dead

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the Battle of Taginae or in fortifications designed to provide the defenders with opportunities to enfilade attacking forcesinstance ofwhether in pitched battles0.80text
mortars or other forms of artillery.In the case of antitank weaponsinstance ofand/or by pre-planned indirect fire0.80text
and especially short-range man-portable antitank rocketsinstance ofand/or by pre-planned indirect fire0.80text
defiladed positions behind a hill have several important advantagesinstance ofand/or by pre-planned indirect fire0.80text

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