#firing__fire  the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
  supertype:  onset__attack__onslaught__onrush  an offensive against and enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
  subtype:  covering_fire__cover  fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations; "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal"
  subtype:  antiaircraft_fire  firing at enemy aircraft
  subtype:  barrage_fire__barragefire__barrage__battery__bombardment__shelling  the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
  subtype:  broadside  (naval) the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
  subtype:  fusillade__salvo__volley__burst  rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
  subtype:  call_fire  fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit
  subtype:  supporting_fire  fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat
     subtype:  close_supporting_fire  fire on enemy troops or weapons or positions that are near the supported unit and are the most immediate and serious threat to it
     subtype:  deep_supporting_fire  fire on objectives not in the immediate vicinity your forces but with the objective of destroying enemy reserves and weapons nad interfering with the enemy command and supply and communications
     subtype:  direct_supporting_fire  fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole)
  subtype:  concentrated_fire__massed_fire  fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships)
  subtype:  counterfire  fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons
     subtype:  counterbattery_fire  fire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systems
     subtype:  counterbombardment  bombardment intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons
     subtype:  countermortar_fire__countermortarfire  mortar fire intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons
  subtype:  counterpreparation_fire  intensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discovered
  subtype:  crossfire  fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross
  subtype:  destruction_fire__destructionfire  fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects
  subtype:  direct_fire  fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it
  subtype:  distributed_fire__distributedfire  fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target
  subtype:  grazing_fire__grazingfire  fire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground
  subtype:  harassing_fire__harassingfire  fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale
  subtype:  indirect_fire  fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons
  subtype:  interdiction_fire  fire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area
  subtype:  neutralization_fire  fire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusable
  subtype:  observed_fire  fire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer; fire can be adjusted on the basis of the observations
  subtype:  preparation_fire__preparationfire  fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault
  subtype:  radar_fire__radarfire  gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar
  subtype:  registration_fire  fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets
  subtype:  scheduled_fire__scheduledfire  prearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time
  subtype:  searching_fire__searchingfire  fire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun
  subtype:  suppressive_fire__suppressivefire  fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives
  subtype:  unobserved_fire  fire for which the point of impact (the bursts) cannot be observed
  subtype:  artillery_fire__artilleryfire__cannon_fire__cannonfire  fire delivered by artillery
     subtype:  cannonade__drumfire  intense and continuous artillery fire
     subtype:  high-angle_fire  fire from a cannon fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range
     subtype:  mortar_fire  artillery fire delivered by a mortar
     subtype:  zone_fire  artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations

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