Direct fire/Related Articles

See also changes related to Direct fire, or pages that link to Direct fire or to this page or whose text contains "Direct fire".

---

Bot-suggested topics

Auto-populated based on Special:WhatLinksHere/Direct fire. Needs checking by a human.

• Anti-shipping missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anti-tank missile [r]: A air-to-surface or surface-to-surface missile, optimized to defeat the most heavily armored tanks by such measures as attacking the thinnest armor, or using dual warheads to defeat reactive armor ^[e]
• Anti-tank warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Armed helicopter [r]: A helicopter that can be configured to carry troops or cargo only, light weapons and troops, or possibly a heavier ammunition load with still-removable weapons. ^[e]
• Artillery [r]: Large-calibre guns used in land-based warfare; also the term for an armed forces branch trained in its use. ^[e]
• Autocannon [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Battle of Dien Bien Phu [r]: Site in northern Vietnam of a 1954 decisive battle that soon forced France to relinquish control of colonial Indochina. ^[e]
• Cannon [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cold launch [r]: Missiles launched from a tube or silo by compressed gas, the rocket motor not igniting until the missile is well outside the launcher ^[e]
• Controlling close support to ground forces [r]: Doctrine for deconflicting and activelu controlling all forms of kinetic and nonkinetic fires support to troops close enough to the enemy that there is a significant danger of fratricide or degrading friendly capabilities ^[e]
• Counterbattery [r]: Defense against enemy artillery involving identifying the point of origin of hostile fire and directing lethal force against it ^[e]
• FGM-148 Javelin [r]: A shoulder-fired, "fire and forget" missile using thermal viewing in the control unit and seeker, the missile has selectable pop-up anti-tank and direct fire (i.e., against buildings) flight modes ^[e]
• Forward-looking infrared [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Howitzer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Indirect fire [r]: Weapons fire that is fired in an arc such that the projectile rises above the target elevation and descends to hit the target ^[e]
• Infantry [r]: Soldiers that directly confront the enemy, overcoming them with fire and maneuver while on foot or in specialized vehicles ^[e]
• Military doctrine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Military strategy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mortar [r]: A piece of artillery, sometimes light enough to be carried by infantry, which has a short barrel length relative to the shell caliber, and fires in a high indirect trajectory, often desirable to fire over obstacles. ^[e]
• Naval gunfire support [r]: naval gun, unguided rocket, and guided missile fire from ships, in direct support of ground forces; does not include close air support even if the aircraft fly from ships ^[e]
• Raytheon [r]: A large US technology company, much of whose market is military, but also provides products, especially electronics, to the civilian sector ^[e]
• Surface-to-surface missile [r]: A guided missile launched from the land or water surface of the Earth, aimed at a surface target ^[e]
• Tank (military) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Unguided rocket [r]: Add brief definition or description
• William DuPuy [r]: Add brief definition or description