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fire support base

temporary military encampment to provide artillery fire support to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps; FSBs follow a number of plans
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fire support base

Summary

fire support base ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (137 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • fire support base's subclass of is recorded as camp[2].
  • fire support base's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/039v1b[3].
  • fire support base's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fire support bases[4].
  • fire support base's facet of is recorded as fire support[5].

Why It Matters

fire support base ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (137 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fire support base. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fire-support-base
MLA “fire support base.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fire-support-base.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fire-support-base_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fire support base}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fire-support-base}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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