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What is a firebase?

What is a firebase? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (military) An encampment designed to provide indirect artillery support to infantry troops operating beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps; a fire support base.
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When we finally got back to our firebase it was late on the third night.
And, after being relieved the following day, they set up a firebase, so they could support the rest of the battalion if needed.
Six North Vietnamese army battalions were massed around the firebase.

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