| NOUN | act | supporting fire | fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat |
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| Meaning | fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat. | |
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| Narrower | close supporting fire | fire 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 fire | fire 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 fire | fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole) | |
| Broader | fire, firing | The act of firing / firing / firing weapons or artillery at an enemy / enemy |
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