In response, Company'E'established a strong base of fire while Company'F' with covering fire from artillery and mortars was hurriedly dispatched to gain a position from which to launch an attack by fire, with elements of Company'H'protecting their right flank.
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The fire teams could either be standard base of fire elements organized around a machine gun and protected by assault rifle or submachine gun wielding ammunition porters or the fire teams could be organized as'storm'units composed of a handful of personnel armed with assault rifles reinforced with a squad automatic weapon and grenade launchers.
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The Marine tanks providing a base of fire for the advancing ARVN infantry fired 90mm canister and high-explosive rounds and their machine guns to break through the NVA defenses killing 73 NVA . Following in the wake of the tanks, and supported by helicopter gunships, the ARVN infantry killed an additional 68 NVA and captured one.
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Desert Storm's first major ground encounter was on 19 February 1991, when the division's 2nd Brigade conducted Operation Knight Strike I, named for the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Black Knights . 1-5 CAV's Alpha Company made contact 10 kilometers into the Iraqi Desert; the company's Bradleys laid a base of fire while the tank companies attacked.
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The Baker element s ammunition bearer was also eliminated, leaving the two-man BAR team as the base of fire, supervised by the assistant squad leader ( again called a corporal ), but remaining as a grade 4, since the rank of sergeant ( three chevrons ) was then eliminated . ( PFC became grade 5, Private was grade 6, and Recruit was grade 7; PFCs wore one chevron and Privates and Recruits both wore none . ) The five riflemen of the Charlie team, now led by the squad leader, remained as the maneuver element.
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