Kill zone in the context of "Saturation fire"

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⭐ Core Definition: Kill zone

In military tactics, the kill zone, also known as killing zone, is an area entirely exposed to effective direct fire or accurately zeroed indirect fire, typically as an element of ambush within which an approaching enemy force is encircled/flanked, engaged and destroyed. The objective of the ambushing force is to seize the element of surprise to quickly kill or capture all hostile combatants inside the kill zone, and the ambushed soldiers (who may or may not be trapped) may respond by counterattacking and/or breaking out of the kill zone.

The term is also used in non-lethal sense in military exercises and simulations, as well as in recreational wargaming and MilSim shooting sports such as paintball, airsoft and laser tag, as a region within the training area, playing field or arena where intense shootouts and elimination of participants are most likely to happen.

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👉 Kill zone in the context of Saturation fire

Saturation fire is a saturation attack using an intense level of artillery bombardment or rapid direct fire (from automatic weapons such as machine guns, autocannons or rotary guns) that is designed to overwhelm a target area with lethal firepower, for the purpose of suppression, area denial or mass destruction of the enemy.

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Kill zone in the context of Ambush

An ambush is a surprise attack carried out by combatants waiting in a concealed (and typically well-defiladed) position against an approaching enemy individual or group. The concealed position itself or the concealed person(s) may also be called an "ambush", and the chosen area to carry out the ambush is known as the kill zone or the trap.

The term "ambush" is also used in animal behavior studies to describe the predation strategy of some carnivores using stealth and deception (i.e. ambush predators), in sociology to describe aggressive journalistic practices (i.e. ambush journalism), and in economics to describe some marketing strategies (i.e. ambush marketing), all of which involve an element of surprise upon the recipients.

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← Saturation fire ← Ambush
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Ambush → Military tactics → Enfilade → Direct fire → Sighting in → Indirect fire → Encirclement → Flanking maneuver → Engagement (military) → Combatant → Counterattack → Breakout (military) → Military exercises → Military simulation → Recreational wargaming → MilSim → Shooting sports → Paintball → Airsoft → Laser tag → Military training area → Playing field → Arena → Shootout →