Phases and Structure
Total number of Stinger Gunnery tables outlines in TC 3-01.18
What is 10?
The two roles that make up a standard Stinger team.
Who are the Team Leader and the Gunner?
The number of critical checks a crewmember must correctly identify and state along with weapon components and PMCS in Table 1.
What are the 13 critical checks?
STPT (full acronym)
What is Stinger Troop Proficiency Trainer?
What table will the TOP crew get to participate in that the entire battery does not
What is Table 10?
The three official phases of Stinger gunnery.
What are Crewmember, Team, and Collective?
The timeframe in which a newly assigned crewmember must individually certify.
What is within 30 days?
The minimum passing score reuired on platoon, section, and team operations during Table 1.
What is 80 percent?
the number of aerial targets a team must successfully track in Table 4. (#/5).
What is 4 out of 5?
The pase that Tables 9 - 10 are in
What is Collective Phase?
The specific gunnery tables that fall under Phase 1 (Crewmember).
What is
Stinger weapon system components
VACR/FACT/DAGR/SKL/IFF
Crewmember certification Tables I and II?
The required timeframe for a Stinger team to certify after being assigned, and how often they must recertify thereafter.
What is within 60 days of assignment and every 90 days thereafter?
During Table VACR testing, the aircraft identification requirment per aircraft
What is identifying 45 out of 50 aircraft within 5 seconds each?
Each team must (TC and Gunner) correctly engage #/5 hostile target using the STPT and must score a GO on all drills.
What is 2 out of 5?
Doctrine for Stinger Team Gunnery Program
What is TC 3-01.18?
The specific gunnery tables that fall under Phase 2 (Team).
What are
Tracking Practice
Battle Drill certification
Team/Section operations evaluation
Team precertification
Team certification
?
The deadline for a crew-rostered crewmember to complete Table IV certification during a section training exercise.
What is within 90 days of being assigned?
Table 3 is designated as this type of milestone in Phase 1. (Needs GO)
What is a critical gate?
The required written test score percentages for VACR/range rings and platoon/teams tests to pass Tables 7 and 8. (Hint: two percentages)
What is 90% (VACR/range rings) and 80% (platoon/team)?
The frequency requirement (in the year) for conducting Phase 3, Table 9 (Rehearsal LFX).
What is annually?
The specific gunnery tables that comprise Phase 3 (Collective).
What are Rehearsal LFX (Annual Service Practice)?
The deadline for a crew-rostered crewmember to complete Table VI certification during a cetion training cercise, and how often after.
What is within 180 days and semiannually thereafter?
The minimum score each crewmember must achieve for their part in each evaluated task (Tasks 1 and 2) in Table 3.
What is 90 percent?
the number of hostile targets a team must engage during Table 8 to avoid failing. (#/7)
What is 4 out of 7? (Table 8)
T/F all Tables are conducted quarterly