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Suppressive fire

In military science, suppressive fire is "fire that degrades the performance of an enemy force below the level needed to fulfill its mission". When used to protect exposed friendly troops advancing on the battlefield, it is commonly called covering fire. Suppression is usually only effective for the duration of the fire. It is one of three types of fire…

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Suppressive fire

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related to history · 14
Suppressive fire → Boer Wars, British, British Army, British Expeditionary Force, By, German, However, Infantry, Shrapnel, Suppressive, Thereafter, They, This, World War
related to Usage · 11
Suppressive fire → Fire, For, Furthermore, However, In, NATO, Suppression, Suppressive, This, Using, Willingness
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Suppressive fire → However, Suppressive
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Suppressive fire → tactic to reduce casualties to friendly forces and enable them to conduct their immediate mission

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Suppressive fireis atactic to reduce casualties to friendly forces and enable them to conduct their immediate mission0.90text
construction work or logistic activitiesinstance ofenemy air defenses or other military activities0.80text
or to deny an area to the enemy for a short period of timeinstance ofenemy air defenses or other military activities0.80text
AC-130instance ofnotably helicopters and perhaps fixed wing aircraft0.80text
tanksinstance ofor grenade fire may also be available and fire from larger direct fire systems0.80text
Suppressive firerelated to historyWorld War0.60section
Suppressive firerelated to historyBy0.60section
Suppressive firerelated to historyBritish Expeditionary Force0.60section
Suppressive firerelated to historyGerman0.60section
Suppressive firerelated to historyThey0.60section
Suppressive firerelated to historyThereafter0.60section
Suppressive firerelated to historyBritish0.60section

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