FS2 (fire support)

FS2 is the NATO abbreviation for fire support. The French equivalent is appui-feu. NATO's glossary of acronyms and abbreviations lists FS2 under this meaning and attributes the entry to AAP-06, NATO's Glossary of Terms and Definitions.

The abbreviation belongs to NATO's standard military vocabulary. Bid teams who read defence documents that draw on NATO terminology can use NATO's own glossaries to confirm what an abbreviation stands for before they interpret a requirement. For FS2, the confirmed expansion is fire support.

What the NATO glossary says about FS2

The NATO Archives hold an online copy of AAP-15, the 2013 edition of the Glossary of NATO acronyms and abbreviations, which is published in English and French. In that glossary, the abbreviation FS2 is listed as “fire support” and the French form is given as “appui-feu.” The entry is attributed to AAP-06. You can read the source document in the NATO Archives copy of AAP-15.

• Abbreviation: FS2
• English term: fire support
• French term: appui-feu
• Attributed source publication: AAP-06

AAP-06 and AAP-15: how the two NATO glossaries relate

AAP-06 is NATO's Glossary of Terms and Definitions. AAP-15 is the separate glossary of NATO acronyms and abbreviations. The FS2 entry sits in AAP-15 and points back to AAP-06 as the source of the term. When you need the formal wording of a NATO term, AAP-06 is the publication the abbreviation glossary directs you to.

NATOTerm, the official NATO terminology database

NATO identifies NATOTerm as its official terminology database. It contains non-classified military terminology and other terminology relevant to NATO. The NATO Terminology Office maintains it, and that office is part of the NATO Standardization Office. The database is available through the NATOTerm home page.

For a bid team, NATOTerm and the NATO abbreviation glossary are the reference points for checking NATO vocabulary. They give a documented meaning for a term rather than an assumed one.

What FS2 means for a supplier bidding on Canadian public contracts

FS2 is a terminology entry. It tells you that the abbreviation stands for fire support and gives you the French term, appui-feu. It does not, by itself, create a certification, a technical specification, a deliverable or a compliance obligation for a supplier.

If you see FS2 in a solicitation or in supporting defence documents, read it as fire support and check how the document itself uses the term. The tender's own wording governs your response. Bilingual bid material benefits from the matched French term, appui-feu, so your English and French proposal text stays consistent.

Federal tender notices are published through CanadaBuys, the Government of Canada's service for doing business with the federal government and the broader Canadian public sector. Current notices are listed on the CanadaBuys tender opportunities page. Use that page to review the full solicitation documents for any opportunity where a NATO term appears.