(Askeri) ATEŞ HATTI: Askerlerin atış yapmak için sıralandıkları hat. Hedefli atış eğitiminde ateş hattı, askerlerin veya silahların yerleştirildiği hattır. Muharebede ateş hattı, silahların ateş açtıkları cephe hattıdır
If you say that someone is in the firing line, you mean that they are being criticized, blamed, or attacked for something. Foreign banks are in the firing line too. in the firing line to be in a position or situation in which you can be attacked or blamed for something, often unfairly (be)
If you are in the firing line in a conflict, you are in a position where someone is aiming their gun at you. Any hostages in the firing line would have been sacrificed