Reconnaissance by fire

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Reconnaissance by fire

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Reconnaissance in force - warfare tactic used in which military forces may fire on likely enemy positions to provoke a reaction, which confirms the presence and the position of enemy forces. Article “Reconnaissance by fire” in English Wikipedia has 20.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Russian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Reconnaissance by fire”, its content was written by 22 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 91 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 18 times in English Wikipedia and cited 344 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #142640 in April 2008
  • Global: #37086 in May 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #282496 in November 2022
  • Global: #341538 in November 2022

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Russian (ru)
Разведка боем
34.899
2Armenian (hy)
Հետախուզություն մարտով
32.2873
3Vietnamese (vi)
Trinh sát bằng hỏa lực
25.2923
4Polish (pl)
Rozpoznanie walką
24.5524
5English (en)
Reconnaissance by fire
20.4895
6Ukrainian (uk)
Розвідка боєм
12.3242
7German (de)
Gewaltsame Aufklärung
11.9978
8Simple English (simple)
Reconnaissance by fire
4.1562
9Czech (cs)
Průzkum bojem
0.397
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Reconnaissance by fire" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Reconnaissance by fire
182 013
2Russian (ru)
Разведка боем
96 074
3German (de)
Gewaltsame Aufklärung
72 979
4Polish (pl)
Rozpoznanie walką
67 807
5Czech (cs)
Průzkum bojem
16 988
6Ukrainian (uk)
Розвідка боєм
11 992
7Vietnamese (vi)
Trinh sát bằng hỏa lực
1 920
8Simple English (simple)
Reconnaissance by fire
562
9Armenian (hy)
Հետախուզություն մարտով
488
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Reconnaissance by fire" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Reconnaissance by fire
725
2Russian (ru)
Разведка боем
532
3German (de)
Gewaltsame Aufklärung
267
4Polish (pl)
Rozpoznanie walką
222
5Ukrainian (uk)
Розвідка боєм
54
6Czech (cs)
Průzkum bojem
39
7Simple English (simple)
Reconnaissance by fire
31
8Armenian (hy)
Հետախուզություն մարտով
20
9Vietnamese (vi)
Trinh sát bằng hỏa lực
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Reconnaissance by fire" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Gewaltsame Aufklärung
30
2English (en)
Reconnaissance by fire
22
3Polish (pl)
Rozpoznanie walką
10
4Ukrainian (uk)
Розвідка боєм
8
5Czech (cs)
Průzkum bojem
7
6Russian (ru)
Разведка боем
6
7Armenian (hy)
Հետախուզություն մարտով
3
8Vietnamese (vi)
Trinh sát bằng hỏa lực
3
9Simple English (simple)
Reconnaissance by fire
2
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Reconnaissance by fire" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Czech (cs)
Průzkum bojem
0
2German (de)
Gewaltsame Aufklärung
0
3English (en)
Reconnaissance by fire
0
4Armenian (hy)
Հետախուզություն մարտով
0
5Polish (pl)
Rozpoznanie walką
0
6Russian (ru)
Разведка боем
0
7Simple English (simple)
Reconnaissance by fire
0
8Ukrainian (uk)
Розвідка боєм
0
9Vietnamese (vi)
Trinh sát bằng hỏa lực
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Reconnaissance by fire" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Russian (ru)
Разведка боем
180
2Ukrainian (uk)
Розвідка боєм
68
3Polish (pl)
Rozpoznanie walką
36
4German (de)
Gewaltsame Aufklärung
24
5English (en)
Reconnaissance by fire
18
6Czech (cs)
Průzkum bojem
11
7Armenian (hy)
Հետախուզություն մարտով
5
8Vietnamese (vi)
Trinh sát bằng hỏa lực
2
9Simple English (simple)
Reconnaissance by fire
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Průzkum bojem
deGerman
Gewaltsame Aufklärung
enEnglish
Reconnaissance by fire
hyArmenian
Հետախուզություն մարտով
plPolish
Rozpoznanie walką
ruRussian
Разведка боем
simpleSimple English
Reconnaissance by fire
ukUkrainian
Розвідка боєм
viVietnamese
Trinh sát bằng hỏa lực

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#282496
11.2022
Global:
#341538
11.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#142640
04.2008
Global:
#37086
05.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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