We thought there was no one firing back because of the weight of fire.
Most sections had to brave the full weight of fire from small arms, mortars, artillery, and interlocking fields of heavy machine gun fire.
One proposal was made to replace the 240-millimeter guns turrets with single 305 mm turrets to create an "all-big-gun" ship, like the British battleship HMS Dreadnought, but this was rejected as it would have raised the displacement above the 18,000-metric ton limit and the slower-firing 305-millimeter guns would have reduced the volume and weight of fire to an unacceptable degree.
What weight of fire you require and finally when to commence the attack.
Thielemann may be controversial in other respects, but no praise can be too high for his reading, which has pace, weight and fire.
Where colleges have agreed to take part, the workshops will be marked as compulsory on freshers' introductory material, although no one can be forced to attend, and will carry the same weight as fire, health and safety briefings.
The weight of fire from the three cruisers prevented them from closing to torpedo range and they scored no hits.
The Americans expended 1,400 rounds at a range of between 45-270 m; however, the weight of fire was insufficient to halt the assaulting force.
Since the end of World War I, German divisions had had their artillery spread out amongst their component regiments, which made it difficult to bring the maximum weight of fire to bear on any one point.
The technique ensures that there is always a constant weight of fire being directed towards an enemies position and enables movement towards or away from an objective by minimizing an enemies ability to return your fire.
