ABSTRACT
The attacking of artillery by artillery is called Counter Battery (CB) fire or, in some armies, Counter Fire (CF). It is a battle in which artillery may appear to play an independent offensive role, divorced from the operations of other arms, but, on the contrary, the importance of CB lies in the dependence of other arms on the survival of artillery, and its ability to suppress its hostile counterpart. CB is therefore an indispensable part of combined-arms operations.
