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Originally Posted by Noslack71
I recall the term "beaten zone or beating zone" used to describe indirect fire from an M-60, or machine gun.
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The beaten zone is the area of the ground upon which the cone of fire falls.
The beaten zone applys to all classes of fire with respect to the ground, but is easier to identify when it is plunging fire as opposed to grazing fire.
Indect fire is a means of employment, not a class of fire.
Some of the terms concerning employment, characteristics and classes of fire are being confused for one another in this thread.