HyperDic: supporting_fire

English > 1 sense of the expression supporting fire:
NOUNactsupporting firefire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat
English > supporting fire: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningfire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat.
Narrowerclose supporting firefire on enemy / enemy troops / troops or weapons or positions that are near the supported unit and are the most immediate and serious threat to it
deep supporting firefire on objectives not in the immediate vicinity of your forces but with the objective of destroying enemy / enemy reserves and weapons and interfering with the enemy / enemy command and supply and communications
direct supporting firefire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole)
Broaderfire, firingThe act of firing / firing / firing weapons or artillery at an enemy / enemy

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