Correct translation of German Nachtjagd terms

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Originally Posted by Horst Weber

Good evening !

The "Straßenjagd" is in my opinion a term, which came up during the French campaign and later, when those fighter-units shot up enemy columnes on the roads. This happened during the Ardennes 1944/45 by German Nightfighter units several times in Luxembourg, Belgium and North-East France.

. . . and that is precisely what was and is called Armed Recce by the allies during WW II and by NATO to-day.
"An air mission flown with the primary purpose of locating and attacking targets of opportunity, i.e. enemy materiel, personnel, and facilities, in assigned general areas or along assigned ground communication routes, and not for the purpose of attacking specific briefed targets". Please see AAP-6 and JP 1-02
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