counterbattery
Silencing enemy guns
Counterbattery refers to military fire directed at enemy artillery positions to neutralize or destroy them.
The term functions as both noun and adjective: counterbattery fire, counterbattery radar.
The goal is to silence guns that are shelling your own forces.
Locating enemy batteries for counterbattery strikes traditionally relied on sound ranging and flash spotting; modern systems use radar to track incoming shells back to their origin.
Shooting at enemy weapons
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
dispersion · shoot-and-scoot · displacement · concealment · decoy · hardening · survivability
Short-barreled artillery piece
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- gunneryScience of heavy weaponry
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
- trajectoryPath of moving object
ammunition · ordnance · salvo · volley · barrage · cannonade · shelling · artillerymen
Retaliatory military action
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
- counterblowRetaliatory strike
- counteractionNeutralizing opposing effort
- responseAnswer to stimulus
reaction · reprisal · tit-for-tat · reciprocity · retribution
Radio-wave object detection
- locatingDetermining position of
- targetingSelecting as objective
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
intelligence · early-warning · detection · tracking · acquisition
counterfire
Shooting at enemy weapons
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
coordination · dispersion · shoot-and-scoot · displacement · concealment · decoy · hardening · survivability
howitzer
Short-barreled artillery piece
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- gunneryScience of heavy weaponry
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
trajectory · ammunition · ordnance · salvo · volley · barrage · cannonade · shelling · artillerymen · suppression
counterstrike
Retaliatory military action
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
- counterblowRetaliatory strike
- counteractionNeutralizing opposing effort
response · reaction · reprisal · tit-for-tat · reciprocity · retribution
radar
Radio-wave object detection
- locatingDetermining position of
- targetingSelecting as objective
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
surveillance · intelligence · early-warning · detection · tracking · acquisition
counterbatterypassive defense
Defense without counterattack
hardening · fortification · cover · concealment · taking cover
counter, battery, count, countable, uncountable, recount, countered, countering, counters