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FIIG:  A23900

Entry Date:  Mar-01-1991

Concept:  

Status:  A

Applicability:  A

Type:  0

Definition:  An item consisting of specifically designed targets and an electrical-mechanical device used for stationary or moving target acquisition and/or training in tank gun or small arms firing in order to establish a degree of accuracy. It is so designed that positive visual hit indication can be accomplished by the emission of smoke and/or by a pyrotechnical display in the target area, or the target will automatically lower and upright itself each time the target is penetrated by a projectile. The item can be remotely controlled to provide selective target appearance for target acquisition and gunnery training. Excludes: TARGET, GROUND, FAST MOVING; and TARGET HOLDING MECHANISM, TRAINFIRE.

Basic INC:  70258

Basic Name:  TARGET

Description:  1. A paper or pasteboard item of square or rectangular shape designed to be fired upon from a specified range during practice or while testing an automatic firearm such as an automatic rifle, machine gun, submachine gun, and the like. It is used to establish a degree of accuracy. It usually consists of a series of geometric patterns of various shapes on a common background. Excludes: TARGET, BULL'S-EYE and TARGET, SILHOUETTE.