firebases in English
noun
1
an area in a war zone in which artillery can be massed to provide heavy firepower in support of other military units.
Soldiers in a Special Forces support company often are collocated with the units they support in remote firebases in Central and South America.
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1. PAVN responded by increasing its daily artillery bombardments of the firebases, notably Lolo and Hope.
2. After the battles at firebases Coral and Balmoral, in which the 1 ATF defeated the 141st and 165th NVA Infantry Regiments in May 1968; a third Centurion troop, which included two tankdozers, was formed.