A fire support base (FSB, firebase or FB) is a temporary military facility used to provide fire support (often in the form of artillery) to infantry operating...

The Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord was a 23-day battle between elements of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and two reinforced divisions of...

fire support base). Fire support is used to support and supplement military units that may lack the capabilities or firepower offered by fire support...

Spotters ensure that indirect fire hits targets which those at a fire support base cannot see. Historically, the range of artillery steadily increased...

506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, United States Army, at Fire Support Base Ripcord in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam. He received the Medal...

withdrawal of forces from the capital, with two battalions establishing a fire support base named FSB Coral, just east of Lai Khê in Bình Dương Province, in an...

a cannoneer with Battery C at a remote fire support base. At approximately 0200 hours, the fire support base was under heavy enemy mortar attack. Simultaneously...

Facility Fire support base (FSB, FB) Forward Operating Base (FOB) Forward operating site (FOS) Fortification Garrison Installation Joint base Magazine...

forward operating base (FOB) is any secured forward operational level military position, commonly a military base, that is used to support strategic goals...

including the Battle of Hamburger Hill in 1969 and the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord in 1970. In mid-1968, the division was reorganized and redesignated...

terminology, a base of fire is a supporting force that provides overwatch and covering fire to other advancing units while they are executing fire and movement...

southwest of Dak To in search of the 24th Regiment. After establishing Fire Support Base 4 on Hill 664, approximately 11 kilometers southwest of Đắk Tô, the...

in northern Occupied France, between 1943 and 1944, to serve as a launch base for V-2 rockets. The facility was designed with an immense concrete dome...

1968 he was serving as a lieutenant colonel in command of a 300-man fire support base of 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division...

The M1131 fire support vehicle (FSV) of the Stryker series provides automated enhanced surveillance, target acquisition, target identification, target...

Ninh Province outside a village called Suoi Cut. The fire support position, named Fire Support Base Burt (11°34′52″N 106°22′19″E / 11.581°N 106.372°E...

after midnight in Mỹ Tho. The Viet Cong would also attack a U.S. Army fire support base near Saigon, causing more casualties. On January 15, 1973, US President...

Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord, South Vietnam, during the 23-day siege. He and a comrade were awarded the Bronze Star for returning to the base to retrieve...

Firebase or Fire support base, an artillery encampment Footbridge (fb on some maps), a bridge designed for pedestrians Fremont Bank, a US based retail and...

Kara Soar Base was an American fire support base in northern Iraq. In early 2016 in support of a planned Iraqi offensive against ISIS-held Mosul, US forces...

The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks, with fire from the flanks being able to protect the curtain wall and the adjacent bastions...

than the second-generation Fire TV, and also had support for 4K resolution streaming, Dolby Atmos, and HDR10, but dropped support for Miracast. Production...

killed in action at the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord when his unit came under enemy 82-millimeter mortar fire while stationed near the A Shau Valley...

The People's Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti is a military base operated by China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), located in Djibouti...

context, generally large enough to accommodate anything from one soldier to a fire team (or similar sized unit). Tobruk type positions are named after the system...

The Joint Fire Support Missile (JFS-M) is a low cost ground launched cruise missile with a range of up to 499 km. European missile manufacturer MBDA designed...

Russell) was a former U.S. Marine Corps fire support base northwest of The Rockpile in Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam. The base was originally established in December...

assault into abandoned Fire Support Base (FSB) Dagger at 10:45 on 7 April 1971. After the brief firefight, the fire support base was declared secured....

gunfire support (NGFS), also known as naval surface fire support (NSFS), or shore bombardment, is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious...

Rifle (BAR) or Bren, but the Bren was better suited to the role of a fire support base for a section, being designed for the role from the start. In practice...