{{Short description|Military term}} {{not to be confused|fire base}} {{Refimprove|date=November 2025}} In military terminology, a '''base of fire''' is a supporting force that provides overwatch and covering fire to other advancing units while they are executing fire and movement tactics. A base of fire can be a platoon during company fire and movement, by individual armoured fighting vehicles (esp. tanks) or infantry sections, in platoon fire and movement, or even by fireteams or individual soldiers, in the final stages of an assault.<ref name="MCRP 3-10A.3">{{cite web |title=MCRP 3-10A.3 {{!}} Marine Infantry Platoon |url=https://www.marines.mil/Portals/1/Publications/MCRP%203-10A.3%20(SECURED).pdf |website=United States Marine Corps |access-date=16 November 2025 |date=31 August 2020}}</ref>
==See also== *Bounding overwatch *Center Peel *Overwatch (military tactic)
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Category:Force protection tactics Category:Land warfare Category:Military terminology
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