Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Verlagerung des mittleren Treffpunkts

English translation:

mean point of impact

Added to glossary by Alison Mally
Nov 16, 2016 13:41
7 yrs ago
German term

Verlagerung des mittleren Treffpunkts

German to English Tech/Engineering Military / Defense Military weapons (rifles)
This involves a complaint in a legal document about a rifle not shooting straight because of the "Verlagerung des mittleren Treffpunkts bei wechselnden klimatischen Bedingungen". I am stuck on the "mittleren" actually...

I found "point of impact" for Treffpunkt. This point of impact shifts so it is no longer in the middle so I presume the translation must be:
"shifting of the central point of impact" or something along those lines?
Can anyone agree or improve, please ? THANKS !!
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3 +1 mean point of impact

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mean point of impact

I take this to mean that the average point of impact shifts based on climatic conditions.

Also defined as such in WB der Waffentechnik
Note from asker:
Yes, I believe this is right. THANKS !
Peer comment(s):

agree Clive Phillips : Yes, displacement (I prefer this to 'shift') of mean point of impact, cf AAP-6 NATO Glossary of Terms and Definitions.
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