Barrage
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In military parlance, barrage (French: “ tir de barrage ”) is the artillery fire on a specific area in front of one's own lines or behind enemy lines . This massive fire is intended to prevent or at least disrupt the advance of enemy forces during an attack. This also applies to air defense .
The main goal is to "block" the opponent from entering a certain area. According to this aim, it can also be a tactical measure to prevent the enemy from being replenished by using barrages by directing fire behind his lines. This can prevent the enemy from relocating fresh forces to the main battle line . This means that your own attack has a greater chance of success.
In the narrower sense, the barrage is an unobserved effective shooting of the artillery on a limited space with a predetermined amount of ammunition . If necessary, the barrage is triggered immediately by the combat troops or by a forward artillery observer if an observed fire is not possible. The first group is shot as a volley , the guns readjust after each shot and fire independently. At temperatures below freezing point , a pipe heater is first fired at a greater distance.
In the infantry , the term barrage is used more for the use of a massive fire with infantry weapons such as rifles or machine guns . The aim here is to force the opponent into cover in order to enable movement of one's own forces in the opponent's area of fire.
See also
literature
- William Balck, Development of Tactics in World Wars , R. Eisenschmidt, 1922, pages 326 ff.
- Jörg Duppler, Gerhard Paul Gross, End of War 1918: Event, Effect, Aftermath , Oldenbourg, 1999, pages 124 ff. ISBN 978-3-486-56443-3
