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ILUMINACION INDIRECTA [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Land Forces
DEF

Battlefield illumination provided by employing searchlight or pyrotechnic illuminants using diffusion or reflection.

OBS

Either or both of these effects [diffusion or reflection] are present when a searchlight is used in defilade or with its beam spread to maximum width.

OBS

indirect illumination: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Forces terrestres
DEF

Éclairage de champ de bataille par diffusion ou réflexion à l'aide de projecteurs ou de moyens pyrotechniques éclairants.

OBS

L'un et/ou l'autre de ces effets [diffusion ou réflexion] se produisent lorsqu'un projecteur est utilisé à partir d'une position défilée ou en faisceau ouvert au maximum.

OBS

éclairage indirect : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN et uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conducción general de las operaciones militares
  • Ejército de tierra
DEF

Iluminación del campo de batalla mediante el empleo de reflectores o medios pirotécnicos por difusión o reflexión.

OBS

Cualquiera de ambos efectos [difusión o reflexión] se consiguen cuando un reflector se usa en desenfilada o su haz se extiende a un valor máximo.

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