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Meanings of forward observer in English

Russian
артиллерийский наблюдатель
Portuguese
observador para artilharia
Spanish
observador de artillería

Military role for observing artillery strikes and directing them to their targets.

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        артиллерийский наблюдатель
        Usage of forward observer in English
        1
        Gold Nine to Control and FDC-Indieforward observer in the museum, now neutralized.
        Anvil Gate
        2
        They didn't need a forward observer to adjust fire.
        Anvil Gate
        3
        Sergeant Ryan Pitts, the platoon forward observer, was pinned down and badly wounded in the northernmost position.
        War
        4
        He noted down the directions and set the cross hairs of his forward observer on Alpha Centauri.
        Giants on the Earth
        5
        Looks like they've got a couple of guys up in the museum- Ican'tthink of another building where they could put a forward observer.
        Anvil Gate
        6
        Basically, we were creating mobile security forces that could also double as forward observers.
        Kill bin laden: a delta force commander's account of the hunt fo...
        7
        But, what does worry me, training-wise, are the forward observers.
        Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
        8
        Maybe the German forward observers heard them, maybe not, but the mortars started landing again.
        Amagansett
        9
        According to the tale I had told my host, we were there as forward observers representing Liselotte.
        Quicksilver
        10
        Despite what they told us, the Thais must have had their own forward observers keeping an eye on developments.
        A knife edge
        11
        Behind that, the forward observers stood on the bridge, connected to the mortar FDC by land lines and field phones.
        Countdown: The Liberators-ARC