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fire support

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noun

  1. support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.


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In addition, the army has sacked the major in charge of fire support.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2024

He is a joint fire support specialist assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment, said Lt.

From Seattle Times Jun. 21, 2023

"The war in Ukraine shows once again that fire support over short, medium and long range is essential," Van der Maat said in a separate statement on the Defence Ministry's website.

From Reuters Apr. 3, 2023

Struthers served in the Army Reserve from November 1989 to March 2001 as a material handling specialist and as a fire support specialist in the active-duty Army from March 2001 to December 2002.

From Washington Post Mar. 5, 2022

We were getting fire support from Tam Ky, and there was no response from the hill we were supposed to be moving onto.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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