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indirect fire
(redirected from Indirect fire support)

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Fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as a point of aim for the weapons or the director.
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Noun1.indirect fire - fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons
firing, fire - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
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Like most artillery units' rotations to OIF, 2-77 Fires' mission emphasized owning battlespace and conducting maneuver operations rather than indirect fire support to maneuver operations.
Retrain, reset, rered: preparing for operation enduring freedom by Forsyth, Michael J.; Hammar, George L., IV; MacConnell, Jason C. / Fires
My duties included coordinating indirect fire support for all of FOB 102's operational detachments that were spread throughout northern Iraq and coordinating and conducting counterstrikes for the base defense of FOB Hornbeck, the FOB 102 living area within LSA Diamondback.
Terrain denial missions in OIF III by Lopez, Justino, Jr. / FA Journal
A second difference is that the sea services require their controllers to practice coordinating live indirect fire support, such as artillery, but the Air Force does not.
Military steps up training for joint close-air support by Kennedy, Harold / National Defense
 
 
 
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