Translation for 'fire support' from English to French

fire support

appui-feu {m}mil.

appui {m} de feumil.

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support

support {m} [soutien]

caution {f} [soutien]

maintien {m} [de poitrine, chevilles]anat.

adhésion {f} [soutien]

renfort {m}

soutien {m}

support strap

barre {f} d'appuitech.

self-support

autosubsistance {f}

to support sth.

donner l'appui à qc.

appuyer qc. [assaut, offensive]mil.

maintenir qc. [bâtiment, mur]constr.

supporter qc. [édifice]arch.constr.

to support sb.

rouler pour qn. [fam.] [soutenir politiquement]pol.

torque support

bielle {f} de réactiontech.trains

support wall

mur {m} de soutènementarch.constr.

to need support

avoir besoin de renfort

head support

appuie-tête {m}auto

support mission

mission {f} d'appui

material support

appui {m} matériel

financial support

aide {f} financièrefin.

• The main difference between the three is their intended role – the APC is designed purely to transport troops and is armed for self-defence only – whereas the IFV is designed to provide close-quarters and anti-armour fire support to the infantry it carries.
• Destroyers were involved in the skirmishes that prompted the Battle of Heligoland Bight, and filled a range of roles in the Battle of Gallipoli, acting as troop transports and as fire-support vessels, as well as their fleet-screening role.
• Light armoured units often utilise the Supacat "Jackal" MWMIK and Coyote for reconnaissance and fire support.
• The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine single-rotor military helicopters used for observation, utility, and direct fire support.
• Navy as fire support ships. Radar and computer-controlled gunfire could be aimed with pinpoint accuracy to target.

• UAE special forces would establish fire support base around UAE supported projects which included funding tarmac roads, clinics, a Pashtun radio station and a mast provided by Etisalat which provided competition for other mobile networks in Helmand.
• In lieu of the standard tank's general-purpose main gun that fired both high explosive and anti-tank ammunition, direct-fire vehicles had specialized roles, with assault guns providing close fire-support for infantry and tank destroyers mounting an anti-tank gun to take on enemy armour.
• In 1991, Qatar played a significant role in the Gulf War, particularly during the Battle of Khafji in which Qatari tanks rolled through the streets of the town and provided fire support for Saudi Arabian National Guard units which were engaging Iraqi Army troops.
• Their use could be further enhanced in the future by being used as fast transports or fire support platforms.
• The general role of artillery is to provide "fire support"—"the application of fire, coordinated with the manoeuvre of forces to destroy, "neutralize" or "suppress" the enemy".

• The resurgence of expeditionary warfare in the first two decades of the 21st century has seen the emergence of gun-armed wheeled vehicles, sometimes called "protected gun systems", which may bear a superficial resemblance to tank destroyers, but are employed as direct fire support units typically providing support in low-intensity operations such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Light machine guns are designed to provide mobile fire support to a squad and are typically air-cooled weapons fitted with a box magazine or drum and a bipod; they may use full-size rifle rounds, but modern examples often use intermediate rounds.