Unterlaufen military meaning

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Gewehr41
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Unterlaufen military meaning

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Post by Gewehr41 » 13 Aug 2018, 15:16

Hi, I read "Feuer bereits unterlaufen ist". Unterlaufen is "suppressed" but about the artillery fire, what means?

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Re: Unterlaufen military meaning

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Post by kfbr392 » 13 Aug 2018, 17:19

unterlaufen can never be translated as suppressed IMHO.

"Feuer bereits unterlaufen" can be here translated as "having already ran/ advanced to a point in the terrain where the enemy flat trajectory fire passes harmlessly overhead".


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Re: Unterlaufen military meaning

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Post by Steve E » 14 Aug 2018, 13:02

Artillery fire already bypassed, passed under it so as not to be affected by it anymore.
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