Trefferleistung / Trefferkreis

English translation: accuracy

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German term or phrase:	Trefferleistung
English translation:	accuracy
Entered by:	Alison Mally

17:22 Nov 16, 2016

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense / Military weapons (rifles)

German term or phrase: Trefferleistung / Trefferkreis

I think and hope this is my last question on a legal dispute about a rifle not shooting straight.
The legal document also states how a rifle should be tested to see if it does shoot straight:

"Prüfmerkmale: die Trefferleistung ist erfüllt, wenn alle 5 Schuß in dem Trefferkreis liegen."

Basically the rifle has passed the shooting test if 5 shots hit the target but how can I say this more precisely in a legal document in English ?

THANKS in advance!

Alison Mally KudoZ activity Questions: 8 (none open) Answers: 0 Germany
Local time: 09:40

accuracy/circle

Explanation:
Something like "the accuracy requirement is met if all five shots are inside the circle".
As my answer to Alison's previous question shows, they're using a sight-in target, marked with a circle, to measure the gun's accuracy.

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philgoddard
United States

Grading comment

This accuracy is good. Not sure if "Trefferkreis" is only "circle" or "target circle". Heard from another translator it could be "group", i.e. the group of bullet holes, the width of which is used to measure accuracy.
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accuracy/circle

philgoddard

hit probability / target circle

Wendy Streitparth

Discussion entries: 2

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peer agreement (net): +2

accuracy/circle

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 11

Grading comment

37 mins confidence:

hit probability / target circle

Explanation:
The design principle was to increase target hit probability by firing high rate multi-round bursts (salvos).

The terms of reference (specifications) were very general, calling for an improved infantry weapon with a better hit probability (Ph) than any then in existence,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_&_Koch_G11

The equations that describe the approximate relationships between range, accuracy, and the target circle, as used in this section, are as follows:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Marksmanship

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 09:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Wendy, THANK YOU very much for your comments. I tried to give you some points for "target circle" too but it seems as if I can only award points to one answer.

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