Plunging fire

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Plunging fire is gunfire directed upon an enemy from an elevated position or gunfire aimed so as to fall on an enemy from above.

In naval warfare plunging fire was often used to penetrate an enemy ship's thinner deck armor rather than firing directly at an enemy's side.

Plunging fire can be a form of indirect fire.

The Howitzer Cannon uses this kind of gunfire.

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