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The term “zone of fire” refers to the area of responsibility which is assigned to military weapons in actual combat.
Contrary to probably what popular belief is, every person who fires a military weapon in combat form the rifleman up to the most advanced fighter jet pilot is assigned an area of responsibility for his weapon. Troops don’t ordinarily just shoot at whatever target that they happen to see. They are assigned a zone or sector to watch. The individual soldier or fighter pilot, etc. is responsible for killing everything unfriendly in his zone.
So now I hear you thinking grasshopper. You are saying what if a soldier gets killed and can’t cover his zone effectively? Well the answer to that is very simple. The zones overlap so that half of your zone is covered by the person on the opposite side of you if you are an infantry ring customer. If you are one of my pilot’s ring customers you will have an assigned area on the ground to use your weapons. If you are a pilot who didn’t get to use his weapons you may be given another zone with known enemy positions or you may proceed to the free fire area where you can fire at any target which presents itself.
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