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Terms for subject Military (71893 entries)

fire assistant	General officer or field grade officer, assistant to the commander of a major unit. He must assist him in all that pertains to any kind of fire support.
fire capabilities chart	A chart, usually in the form of an overlay, showing the areas which can be reached by the fire of the bulk of the weapons of a unit.
Fire Control	FC
fire control order	A command used to direct or authorize units and/or weapon systems to fire or not fire on a designated target. The three different FCOs are "Hold Fire", "Cease Fire" and "Engage"
Fire Controlman First Class	FC1
Fire Controlman Seaman Apprentice	FCSA
Fire Controlman Second Class	FC2
Fire Controlman Third Class	FC3
fire coordination	Measures taken in order to chose between fire assets (ground or air-based) the one which would be best suited to deal with a given target, taking into account the complementary nature of assets and safety rules (especially aircraft ones) 2. In the air defense domain: all measures taken to help chose the best possible fire unit to deal with a given air vector, taking into account the objective to protect, the airspace management rules, the rules of engagement, the deployment and the characteristics and state of readiness of air defense weapon systems.
fire coordination	The planning and executing of fire so that targets are adequately covered by a suitable weapon or group of weapons.
fire coordination (air defense)	All measures taken to help chose the best possible fire unit to deal with a given air vector, taking into account the objective to protect, the airspace management rules, the rules of engagement, the deployment and the characteristics and state of readiness of air defense weapon systems. (FRA)
fire coordination area	An area with specified restraints into which fires in excess of those restraints will not be delivered without approval of the authority establishing the restraints.
Fire Coordination Center	FCC
Fire Coordination Exercise	FCX
Fire Direction Data Management	FDDM
Fire Direction Dissemination Module	FDDM
fire distribution	Allocation of targets to different MD assets
Fire Down Below	FDB
fire effort area	Area where an artillery fire effort is made, usually in order to achieve the main effect.
fire employment	All the decisions taken by the combined arms commander to determine the role played in his maneuver by the fire support at his disposal and to specify the mission of his assets and the requests sent to higher echelons.