Joint Close Air Support
What is the form used to request CAS?
DD 1972
What is the first step of Combat Identification of a Target?
Detection of the target
How can smoke be used during night operations?
To degrade the effectiveness of laser and inhibit the use of NODs
What four things go into a Fires Plan?
target lists, no fire lists, fire support execution matrix, scheme of fires, and overlays
What is a specific designated area, into which any weapon system may fire without additional coordination with the establishing HQ?
Free Fire Area
List all the Aircraft and Surface Fires Integration Techniques
Lateral, Time and Altitude
What is the form used for Target List worksheets?
DA 4655
______ ______, _______ _______ and ______ _______ are the major factors influencing the
effectiveness of smoke
Atmospheric stability, Wind Direction, Wind Speed
What focuses on the execution of fire support tasks, the fire support execution matrix, the effectiveness of FSCMs, and the timing and synchronization of all fire support efforts with each other and with the maneuver operation?
Fire Support Rehearsal
What facilitate the expeditious engagement of targets of opportunity beyond this coordinating measure and applies to all fires of air, land, and maritime-based weapon systems using any type of munition against surface targets?
Fire Support Coordination Line
What does the acronym APKWS stand for and how is it applicable when controllingArmy Attack Aviation?
Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System, laser guided 2.75” rockets which enables a more accurate attack with rockets
What are the Forward Observer Control Options?
Decentralized, Centralized, Designated
What should the Final Protective Fire be tied into?
(think light)
the maneuver crew served weapons final protective lines
During the time portion of an Impact Registration, if you get two airbursts and two graze bursts, what should your correction be?
UP 10
What is a line established between converging friendly forces—one or both may be moving—that prohibits joint fires or the effects of joint fires across the line without coordination with the affected force?
Restricted Fire Line
List four AGM-114 variants and what damage mechanisms are associated with them
AGM-114L- radar guided with shaped charge, AGM-114K2A- shaped charge with fragmentary sleeve, AGM-114R- integrated blast fragmentary, AGM-114K shaped charge anti-armor
What is the objective of an Impact Registration?
To get spottings of four rounds (2 over, 2 short) along the observer target line, from rounds fired from the same data or rounds fired with data 25 meter apart
Fire support planning is integrated through the _______ and the __________.
Targeting and the running estimate
For safety planning purposes during training, which tables do you use?
Minimum Safe Distance tables
What is a line beyond which conventional surface-to-surface direct fire and indirectfire support means may fire at any time within the boundaries of the establishing HQ,without additional coordination?
Coordinated Fire Line
List the 9 lines of the CAS 9-Line, and which lines are mandatory read backs?
1. IP/BP, 2. Heading/ Offset, 3. Distance, 4. Target elevation, 5. Target description, 6. Target location, 7. Type mark/ Terminal Guidance, 8. Location of friendlies/Position marked by, 9. Egress. Read back lines 4 and 6
What trajectory must the M982 Excalibur be fired and why?
High Angle, to give the GPS maximum time to acquire satellites and make corrections
What three things should you consider when planning for an illumination mission?
Observer Target distance, conditions of visibility, the size, width, and depth of the area to be illuminated
What are the four methods to determine speed when firing on a moving target?
Estimation, Lasing, Reticle pattern method, Laser Range Method
What are the two types of Fire Support Control Measures?
Permissive and Restrictive