counter-battery
Adjective
Meaning
counter-battery (not comparable)
Alternative form of counterbattery
Examples
The Allies destroyed 27 Japanese tanks and 743 artillery pieces (including mortars, anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns), some of them eliminated by the naval and air bombardments but most of them knocked-out by American counter-battery fire.
If the bombardment was focused at military targets in Seoul, some three thousand people may be killed within a few minutes, but casualties would drop soon after as surprise wears off and counter-battery fire engages.
In other situations counter-battery fire may occur whenever a battery is located with sufficient accuracy.
In some situations the task is to locate all active enemy batteries for attack using a counter-battery fire at the appropriate moment in accordance with a plan developed by artillery intelligence staff.
Once hostile batteries have been detected they may be engaged immediately by friendly artillery or later at an optimum time, depending on the tactical situation and the counter-battery policy.
Pelham started with two cannons—a 12-pounder Napoleon smoothbore and a rifled Blakely —but continued with only one after the latter was disabled by counter-battery fire.