English translation of "per regolare il tiro delle propie batterie" - "to control the shooting from their own emplacements"

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136 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	per regolare il tiro delle propie batterie
Context:	Informato con altri aviatori che un aeroplano nemico volteggiava con insistenza sopra il Monte Stol e Monte Stariski per regolare il tiro delle propie batterie, montato su un velivolo di caccia arditamente affrontava l'appparecchio avversario che strenuamente si difese con una mitragliatrice e con un fucile a tiro rapido, e dopo una brillante e pericolosa lotta concorreva ad abbatterlo rimanendo ucciso l'ufficile osservatore e ferito mortalmente il pilota. Military for which Francesco Baracca was awarded the Bronze Medal.

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136 months ago

Giorgio Vellani wrote:

to set the shooting of own artilleries....

136 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

to limit/reduce the shooting from their own batteries

My comment:

Maybe to aim better or avoid being hit? Regolare translation from wordreference.com

136 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

to control the shooting from their own emplacements

My comment:

maybe "supervise" or "oversee" rather than "control"... Maybe there's a suggestion of restraint in the verb regolare. Are they trying to save on ammunition?

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