

It describes the area between the "first catch" and the "last graze" of a bullet's trajectory. The term originally came from the 'field of fire' in front of forts.īeaten zone is a concept in indirect infantry small arms fire, specifically machine guns.

Their fields of fire incorporate the beaten zone. The term field of fire is mostly used in reference to machine guns.

The field of fire of a weapon is the area around it that can easily and effectively be reached by gunfire.
