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• Indirect fire
  ...age targets at greater range than can direct fire weapons. The most common indirect fire weapons are mortars, howitzers, and multiple rocket launchers. ...as mortars and howitzers, are most commonly used in an indirect fire role, indirect fire is a technique as well as a type of weapon. Howitzers, for example, can be
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• Indirect fire/Definition
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• Indirect fire
  ...age targets at greater range than can direct fire weapons. The most common indirect fire weapons are mortars, howitzers, and multiple rocket launchers. ...as mortars and howitzers, are most commonly used in an indirect fire role, indirect fire is a technique as well as a type of weapon. Howitzers, for example, can be
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• M1129 mortar carrier/Definition
  (MC) self-propelled [[120mm mortar]] for [[indirect fire]] in [[direct support]] of [[Stryker Brigade Combat Team]]s
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• Naval gunfire support
  ...more distant targets, came into use. It soon became obvious that effective indirect fire required well-considered doctrine, techniques, and equipment for controlli
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• Fire control (military)
  ...m]]. [[Forward observer]]s communicate with the units actually operating [[indirect fire]] weapon such as [[howitzer]]s and [[mortar]]s, giving them initial targeti
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• Forward observer/Definition
  ...am, specializing in artillery, who accompanies ground troops and directs [[indirect fire]] [[artillery]] in support of those ground troops
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• Mortar/Related Articles
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• Self-propelled artillery
  ...ssile]] launchers also fall into this category. Weapons of this type are [[indirect fire]] and are expected to fire from well behind a front line, so their armor pr
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• Type 89 grenade launcher
  ...]] weapon for infantry. It was most often used as a light [[mortar]] for [[indirect fire]], but, indeed, could be used in [[direct fire]]. A reliable and lightweigh
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• Direct fire/Related Articles
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• Direct fire
  Some types of weapons, usually used for [[indirect fire]], can be used in direct fire "over iron sights", typically in final defe
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• M1128 mobile gun system
  ...ct fire]] support to infantry. In Stryker units, it is complemented, for [[indirect fire]], by the [[M1129 mortar carrier‎]]. Both systems are allocated both to t
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• M1129 mortar carrier
  ...my Stryker vehicle family]], the '''M1129 [[mortar carrier]]''' provides [[indirect fire]] in [[direct support]] of infantry at the company and battalion levels.<r
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• Guided shell/Related Articles
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• Mountain warfare
  ...r density. Projectiles fired from [[artillery]] and [[mortar]]s, used in [[indirect fire]] will have different trajectories than in thicker air.
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• MK 19 40mm automatic grenade launcher
  ...nd a flat trajectory out to 800 meters. The weapon can be employed in an [[indirect fire]] role to engage targets from 800 meters out to the maximum effective range
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• M2 machine gun
  ...e range of about 1 mile/1.6 km, although it occasionally has been used for indirect fire at up to 4.2mi/6.8 km. It can be fired in single shots, and in sniping appl
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• Katyusha rocket
  ...has become a generic term for a medium-sized [[unguided rocket]] used in [[indirect fire]]. In the original use, the rockets were fired from 12-rocket mounts on tru
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• Howitzer/Related Articles
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• M109 howitzer/Related Articles
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• Multiple rocket launcher/Related Articles
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