Elevation (ballistics)

Elevation (ballistics)

:"For other senses of this word, see Elevation (disambiguation)."

In ballistics, the elevation is the angle between the horizontal plane and the direction of the barrel of a gun, mortar or heavy artillery. Originally, elevation was a "linear" measure of how high the gunners had to physically lift the muzzle of a gun up from the gun carriage to hit targets at a certain distance.

ee also

*Altitude (astronomy)


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