Detect
What are the five methods of scanning? 1-3
Rapid
Slow
Horizontal (should be used in urban environment)
Vertical
Detailed
What are the 3 fundamentals of Detect?
Acquire
Locate
What are the 9 elements of a fire command?
Alert, weapon & ammo, target description, direction/elevation, range, method, controls, execution, termination
Mass the effects of fire
Destroy the greatest threat first
Avoid target overkill
Employ the best weapon system for the target
Minimize friendly exposure
Prevent fratricide
Plan for extreme limited visibility conditions
develop contingencies for diminished capabilities
A target is __________ when it is temporarily taken out of battle?
Neutralized
What are the key characteristics that Aid an observer in determining potential Targets? 1-11
Sight
Sound
Smell
What are the 3 collective search techniques?
overlapping sector
divided sectors
near to far sector
What are the three types of fire command?
Initial
Subsequent
Supplemental
What are the terms of a fire command?
Response, sensing/assessment, modifiers, clarification, movement
What are the levels of destruction? Describe them.
Mobility Kill- vehicle losses ability to move
Firepower Kill- Vehicle losses the ability to use weapon systems
Combined- mobility and firepower kills make the vehicle non combat effective
Catastrophic Kill- total loss of mobility, weapon systems, and onboard systems
What are Target Signatures and identify them by threat type?
Target Signatures- indicators or cues that aid an observer in detecting potential targets
POVA3
Personnel, Obstacles and mines, Vehicles, Anti Tank, Artillery, Aircraft
What are the detection challenges?
Camouflage/ Shadows
Targets heard but not seen
Targets under less than ideal indirect illumination
Mirage effect
Small/one target
Small targets in complex environment
Obscurants
Behavioral/ physical decencies of observer
When discussing the direction/elevation fire command they each have methods to do so what are they?
Direction- clock, sector or quadrant, traverse, reference point, designate
Elevation- Floor/roof, High/low, Terrain level
The standard adjustment for both elevation and deflection is?
Not less than .5 target form or more than 1 target form
Suppression fires primary objective is?
What are the three groups used in determining threat locations?
common
graphic control measures
system
What are the Common Methods used in determining a threat location?
Clock
Grid
Orientation
Cease Fire
This command can be used as a target description during a subsequent and supplemental fire command.
Renengage
What are the three purposes of suppression fire?
To kill or destroy threat targets as quickly as possible
To stop the threats engagement process
To allow maneuver force to close with in on the threat position and provide more accurate fires
What are the two types of Quadrants when using Graphic Control Measures? Define them.
Terrain based quadrant- is an area of interest divided into four portions based on the terrain based on the tactical need for mission control purposes
Friendly forces-based quadrant- is an area surrounding a friendly force that is divided into four portions based on the tactical need for mission command purposes
How are target reference points named?
Numerically from bottom to top, left to right
What are 5 sensings?
Doubtful
Lost
Over
Short
Target
What are some fire patterns when looking at the method fire command? Describe them.
Frontal- Targets are arrayed in front of the unit in a lateral configuration
Cross- Targets are laterally across the units front that allows diagonal fires
Depth- Targets are dispersed in depth, perpendicular to a unit, center weapons engage close, flank weapons engage deep, then shift towards center
Reconnaissance by fire- to elicit a tactical response
What are the target destruction indicators? What level of destruction would they represent?
vehicle stops moving. (mobility, combined)
vehicle stops firing (firepower, combined)
vehicle is smoking from what appears to be internal damage (firepower, mobility, combined)
vehicle explodes (catastrophic)
crew abandons the vehicle (catastrophic)