>DEFILADE
Third time watching this movie, and I still have no idea what that means.
DEFILADE
Josiah Garcia
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Kayden Jackson
its an army tactic
Nicholas Lee
For what?
Ryan Powell
I think it means get something (cover) between you and where the gunfire is coming from.
Landon Roberts
What?
Matthew Smith
>enfilade
When a military unit is in position to fire upon the greatest part of an enemy unit, causing the most potential casualties. An example of this is Captain Winter's charge in Band of Brothers, as they ambush a mass of SS soldiers from the side in an open field.
>defilade
When a military unit has hard, typically natural, cover and concealment from enemy fire. An example of this is the beach scene in Saving Private Ryan, when the US soldiers are behind the sea wall and no longer getting shot.
Jaxon Gutierrez
Juan Barnes
So, enfilade is the bad one
Brody Myers
If you're in enfilade you die by definition.
Luke Nelson
what if there's natural cover?
Jayden Martin
Enfilade is only a thing if you're unable to find cover. Take the sea wall in SPR, for example; if there was a machine gun at either end able to fire down the full length of the wall the US soldiers would be in enfilade and would all die.
Dylan Wright
why would you pick a battle that takes place with no cover?
Landon Walker
Sometimes, sadly, you don't get to pick your battles. They just happen.
Jace Cook
Then it's defilade. Did you not read any of his post you daft cunt?
Christopher Howard
It's not how I would wage a war.
Now, I'm confused again.
Blake Cruz
It's not how anyone would like to wage a war, but one side has to lose.
Landon Peterson
Yeah, and it wouldn't be my side.
Jacob Phillips
t. german
Ryder Rodriguez
Enfilade is specifically what happens when a unit is exposed and the enemy has a shot along the longest axis of said unit, making it virtually impossible to miss. An example of this in the movie is when the landing craft first land and they get massacred, as they are one large block of targets.
He's yelling defilade because he's telling his men to either find cover or advance while spread out as much as possible.
Jeremiah Smith
Why yell it? You're in the army. You should know whether to look for cover. Don't need Tom Hanks shouting that every time.
Ayden Rogers
it cant hurt to remind them.
Sebastian Anderson
for you
Isaac Smith
its stupid high tech nerd talk for "hide from the bullets"
Aiden Fisher
When in high stress situations people benefit from having someone tell them what to do