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final protective fire

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An immediately available prearranged barrier of fire designed to impede enemy movement across defensive lines or areas.


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SSG Carter also helped defend the bridge by establishing final protective fires (FPF) and a strong defensive position, resulting in the destruction of enemy patrols around the objective.
Ultimately, protective fires for maneuver formations may include danger-close missions and final protective fires (FPFs).
In making it possible for maneuver to close with the enemy, land-based indirect fire tasks will include preparatory fires, area fires (including suppression and obscuration), counter-battery, danger close and final protective fires.
 
 
 
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