Ricochet firing is the firing of artillery at a low angle and non-maximal power so as to cause the shells to skip across the ground. == Background == In traditional artillery tactics, either a cannon, a howitzer or occasionally a mortar would fire a shot that would just clear the outer parapet of a fortification, and then would bounce or ricochet inside the fortification's bounds.
Ricochet firing is the firing of artillery at a low angle and non-maximal power so as to cause the shells to skip across the ground. == Background == In traditional artillery tactics, either a cannon, a howitzer or occasionally a mortar would fire a shot that would just clear the outer parapet of a fortification, and then would bounce or ricochet inside the fortification's bounds.
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