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Fire delivered on a target using the target itself as a point of aim for either the weapon or the director.
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The Afghan's basic FA training focused on basic Military Occupational Skill (MOS) 13B10 Cannoneer Crew-member tasks for direct fire. He has deployed to war zones multiple times, interacting with his customers and implementing projects, where he has faced indirect fire from mortars and rockets on a daily basis and has occasionally faced direct fire from automatic weapons, as well as danger from improvised explosive devices and land mines. Although the force development process has articulated a requirement for a LF integral direct fire capability (anti-armour, anti-structure, and area suppression), the loss of anti-armour/direct fire support platoons from the LIBs has exacerbated the problem. |
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direct fire - fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it