| mil., logist. |
The artillery's fire unit is the smallest artillery or mortar element, with the personnel and equipment enabling it to be employed to execute a fire mission. For air-defense artillery, the fire unit is the section comprising the fire assets guns and fire control assets NC1. In a “degraded” mode, the short-range, very-short-range air-defense system can be the main element in the case of an interruption of the liaison with the section’s coordination center. It then ensures its mission following preestablished fire orders procedural control, updated whenever possible. (FRA) |
