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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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He served as a fire support team commander in the 4th Regiment Royal Artillery.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

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

Each ship had its own fire support area.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac