Unpainted space

The unpainted space is a term used in the military and describes the area in front of a defended cover where the defender cannot point his weapons.

The unpainted space depends on the one hand on the topography of the site, on the layout of the cover (e.g. a fortress ) and on the weapons that can be used (e.g. rifles or artillery ).

In the days when revolving guns were not yet available, the arrangement and design of protruding angles in fortress construction was of great importance; later they became more independent, as the unpainted space could be reduced by rotating the gun independently of the fortress structure.