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firebase

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fire·base  (frbs)
n.
A military base or site from which heavy fire is directed against the enemy.
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Noun1.firebase - an artillery base to support advancing troops
base, base of operations - installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"


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Enemy snipers and mortar or small-arms fire into a firebase were enough to reinforce on a dally basis the fact that team members were in a hostile environment.
Sustaining the special forces soldier by Hedges, Thomas W., Jr. / Special Warfare
Centralized, the platoon can form a battalion firebase or provide a countermoves force.
Tactical employment of a fire support vehicle within the light ... by Mundy, Geoffrey M. / The Canadian Army Journal
Additionally, the OPDs allowed units to share unique lessons learned: B Battery briefed its peers on how to use engineer support to construct a firebase to standard, A Battery taught its peers how to conduct a two-gun raid and C Battery taught the battalion's leaders how to break down a prepared position efficiently.
Battalion reset: infantry, artillery or both? by Bennett, Robert J. / FA Journal
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