field of fire

American  

noun

1. the area covered by a weapon or group of weapons firing from a given position.

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field of fire British  

noun

1. the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover with fire from a given position

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Example Sentences

"This area cuts off Gaza City from the south of the strip, making it an effective control line to monitor or limit movement, and has relatively open fields of fire."

From BBC

This, archaeologist Dr Stuart Eve said, would make it possible to "simulate the different fields of fire", and to record the conditions combatants faced during the course of the campaign.

From BBC

Boone credited his department's military equipment for enabling them to pull the wounded from the field of fire.

From Fox News

“We try to have a clear field of fire, but obviously the suspect has a substantial, even a decisive, advantage if we don’t return fire,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

City Councilor Mike Bachand says the Black Hills National Cemetery and Interstate 90 could be areas in the range’s field of fire.

From Seattle Times