Scheduled Fire (Noun)
Meaning
Prearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The army was tasked with carrying out a scheduled fire on the enemy position at dawn to soften their defenses.
- To support the infantry advance, artillery was programmed to lay down a scheduled fire on the bunker complex at H-Hour.
- Due to unforeseen delays, the scheduled fire that was meant to provide covering fire for the raid was delivered late.
- Naval gunfire support was planned to coincide with the amphibious landing, and a scheduled fire was programmed to saturate the beach defenses just prior to H-Hour.
- After recon reported enemy troop concentrations in the town, a scheduled fire was set for 2100 hours to coincide with the beginning of the nighttime raid.