Contains

• artillery fire

  Fire delivered by artillery.

• supporting fire

  Fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat.

• counterfire

  Fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons.

• counterpreparation fire

  Intensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack...

• crossfire

  Fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross.

• destruction fire

  Fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects.

• direct fire

  Fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it.

• distributed fire

  Fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target.

• fratricide

  Fire that injures or kills an ally.

• hostile fire

  Fire that injures or kills an enemy.

• grazing fire

  Fire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise...

• harassing fire

  Fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to...

• indirect fire

  Fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the we...

• interdiction fire

  Fire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area.

• neutralization fire

  Fire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusabl...

• observed fire

  Fire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer; fire can...

• preparation fire

  Fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault.

• radar fire

  Gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar.

• registration fire

  Fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of...

• scheduled fire

  Prearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time.

• searching fire

  Fire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun.

• suppressive fire

  Fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed...

• unobserved fire

  Fire for which the point of impact (the bursts) cannot be observed.

• antiaircraft fire

  Firing at enemy aircraft.

• battery

  The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they...

• broadside

  The simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship.

• burst

  Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by...

• call fire

  Fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit.

• cover

  Fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations;...

• concentrated fire

  Fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by...