FIRE PREPARATION FOR ATTACK – A TRADITIONAL AND MODERN CONFLICT NECESSITY
FIRE PREPARATION FOR ATTACK – A TRADITIONAL AND MODERN CONFLICT NECESSITY

Author(s): Adrian MIREA
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: preparatory fires; fire preparation for attack; fire support; offensive operation;
Summary/Abstract: Planning and conducting preparatory fires, prior to an attack on enemy defensive positions, has been and continues to be an enabling element for assaulting land objectives. Fire preparation ensures, above all, the necessary degree of force protection to attacking elements while, at the same time, secures freedom of movement for maneuver units responsible with attacking the objective. In this paper I wanted to highlight the importance of preparatory fires, that are still relevant to this day, by presenting current doctrinal framework and clear examples of its employment in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict. The focus of this article is on planning and conducting fire preparation of attack taking into account employment differences of this procedure from a national perspective that are mainly determined by our different approach and current technological progress, elements that generally have an important influence on every aspect of a military operation. Arguments presented in this paper highlight the recurring fundamentals of preparatory fires while it also points out the influencing nature of current equipping state and technological progress of armed structures when preparatory fires must be employed. Modern fire support capabilities, available to our national armed structures, facilitate a new approach on preparatory fires for attack but its fundamental ideas and purposes of this action remain basically unchanged.

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