In military usage, a barrage is massed sustained artillery fire (shelling) aimed at a series of points along a line. In addition to attacking any enemy...

of trenches, each gun firing several rounds per minute for hours. Artillery barrages were also used to divert the enemy's attention from the site of attack...

up barrage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Barrage may refer to: Barrage (Barrage album), by band Barrage Barrage (Paul Bley album), 1965 Barrage (group)...

incorporate an artillery piece that was used in the war or battle commemorated. List of artillery Advanced Gun System Artillery museums Barrage (artillery) Beehive...

A barrage balloon is a type of airborne barrage, a large uncrewed tethered balloon used to defend ground targets against aircraft attack, by raising aloft...

post-war era. The creeping barrage artillery tactic, developed during the War, required precise synchronization between the artillery gunners and the infantry...

the barrage came from. Since the barrage does not take much time to execute, however, the rocket artillery can move away quickly. Gun artillery can use...

postwar era. The creeping barrage artillery tactic, developed during the war, required precise synchronization between the artillery gunners and the infantry...

British mines, barrages and bombardments was improved by advances in artillery survey, flash spotting and centralised control of artillery from the Second...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. List of multiple-barrel firearms Barrage (artillery) Broadside Fusillade Volley fire Gast Gun Meroka CIWS Metal Storm...

tanks, the plan was also notable for employing a massive surprise artillery barrage at zero hour with no preceding bombardment or registration. No wire-cutting...

Operation Grapes of Wrath. According to Israel, it had launched the artillery barrage to cover an Israeli special forces unit after it had come under mortar...

list of broadsides of major World War II ships for a comparison. Barrage (artillery) Salvo Fusillade Volley fire Early history of sailing ship tactics...

communication and transport plans to work with the barrage plans. A 1.6 million shell allotment allowed the artillery along the Canadian Corps front to maintain...

two from the field artillery; a machine-gun barrage in the middle made five belts, each 200 yd (180 m) deep. The creeping barrage started quickly, lifting...

Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion Barrage Balloon Battalion and in the 1950s: Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. On 9 March 1942 Antiaircraft...

321st Field Artillery in firing a rolling barrage for the infantry, while the 1/320th and the French 219th artillery fired a "standing barrage" to protect...

"Artillery in Offensive Operations", Appendix IV, January 1917 "Artillery in Offensive Operations", 13. Ammunition for the Field Artillery Barrage, January...

preliminary bombardment, but for the attack the divisional artillery was reinforced, firing a lifting barrage of smoke, high explosive (HE) and shrapnel shells...

walking barrage, he may continue sending correction orders. The FO may be called upon to direct fire for close air support and/or naval artillery in addition...

including strikes and barrages from artillery, mortars, rocket artillery, and missiles; naval gunfire support from naval artillery; airstrikes, strafes...

the field guns were to lay down a barrage in front of them. Some artillery commanders tried out a 'Creeping barrage', but in X Corps the 18-pdrs were...

Altitude) barrage balloon battalion. It "was raised up in 1942 just a year after the Coast Artillery Corps took over responsibility for barrage balloons...

Barrage is a military term covering a wide range of structures, devices, or measures for destroying something to constrain or impede the movement of troops...

several variations for applying artillery (and mortar and naval gun) fire for suppressive effect. In World War I a moving barrage was the normal method; shrapnel...

with half the artillery putting down a stationary barrage on the successive enemy positions, the remainder firing a creeping barrage just in front of...

single barrage on a target. The saturation fire produced by rocket artillery is only somewhat approximated in effectiveness with gun artillery via the...

better fortified than the previous year, so it ordered a systematic artillery barrage on these defences. In the meantime, it continued the development of...

266 (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Battery Royal Artillery is a Royal Artillery unit of the British Army Reserve. It was first formed in Bristol...

systems, command and control arrangements, and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons). It may be used to protect naval, ground, and air forces in any...