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Record 1 2025-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
  • Field Artillery
DEF

Fire delivered for the purpose of destroying or neutralizing the enemy's fire support system.

OBS

Counterbattery fire can be either proactive or reactive.

OBS

Counter-battery fire … is a battlefield tactic employed to defeat the enemy's indirect fire elements (multiple rocket launchers, artillery and mortars), including their target acquisition, as well as their command-and-control components.

OBS

counterbattery fire: designation and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

counterbattery fire; CB fire: designations officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
  • Artillerie de campagne
DEF

Tir effectué dans le but de détruire ou de neutraliser le système d'appui-feu ennemi.

OBS

Le tir de contrebatterie peut être soit anticipatif, soit réactif.

OBS

tir de contrebatterie : désignation et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

OBS

tir de contrebatterie; tir CB : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contramedidas (Operaciones militares)
  • Artillería de campaña
DEF

Conjunto de acciones de fuego dirigidas a destruir o neutralizar los sistemas de armas de tiro indirecto.

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