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Record 1 2010-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Air Forces
  • Ship's Aircraft (Military)
DEF

a technique of bombing in which the bomb load is released when the aircraft is in a steep dive, usually at an angle of 60 degrees or more from horizontal.

OBS

In the second suppl. of LGRAN (1975) under the term "bombardement".

OBS

dive bombing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Forces aériennes
  • Aéronefs embarqués (Militaire)
CONT

Le bombardement en piqué, mis au point en 1938, permettait d'obtenir une excellente précision. Il a été rendu impossible par l'emploi du canon de D.C.A. à tir automatique.

OBS

bombardement en piqué

OBS

Dans le deuxième supplément de LGRAN (1975) sous le terme «bombardement».

Spanish

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