live fire
Actual bullets flying
Live fire refers to actual ammunition or weapons discharged with lethal intent or effect, as opposed to blanks, simulations, or training rounds.
Military exercises distinguish between live fire drills, where real bullets fly, and other training: The recruits hadn't experienced live fire until their final week.
The term also describes active combat conditions: troops under live fire.
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- combat zoneActive military conflict area
- danger closeFire support near friendlies
training · weapons training · range · bullets · military · exercise · tactical · weapons · shooting · target · real · troops · field · maneuvers · artillery · explosives · gunfire · tracers
- Artillery Rangesimpact zone, impact areas, target area, range officer, downrange
- combat trainingbasic training, boot camp, combat drills, drills, drilling
- gunfireshoot, gunshot, gunfire, blast, report
- marksmanshipmarksmanship, accuracy, aim, target practice, shooting technique
- military exercisesmilitary drills, maneuvers, combat training, field training, field exercises
- naval gunnerynaval gun, cannons, gunnery drills, guns, naval guns
live fireblanks
Unfilled spaces on forms
blank rounds · dummy rounds · dry fire · rubber bullets · airsoft
live firesimulation
Imitation of real processes
dry fire · dry run · computer simulation · VR training · war game
live, fire, lives, lived, living, alive, lively, livelihood, liver