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Beat me to it ArmySgt. I was wondering if anyone else had the polar and shift missions in mind.
I also notice no one has mentioned "immediate suppression"... which in my day was giving a grid and providing an answer to authentication when the FDC asks for it. Then the default is for a FFE mission. The idea was for units calling for it to get quick help from the Arty when they were in deep trouble. I was told that using those two words will put you at the front of the line for fire support, and doing it when you didnt need to might get you a trip to go make gravel at Leavenworth. ![]() I used to use HE for spotting rounds, that was the default for what the gun line was going to throw in any case. But we could request smoke, illumination (different fire request...i cant remember how to call for it), WP, and during wartime ICM, ICM-DP, and Copperhead. For Copperhead you had to let the FDC know you were "painting"...but all the Copperheads I saw fired missed. If you ever read "Cauldron" by Larry Bond, there was also a SADARM (Search And Destroy ARMor) round that dropped parachute smart submunitions that fired self forging penetrators into the tops of armor. Sweet..but I think it was cancelled. And theres also FASCAM rounds; RAAM for antitank mines and ADAM for antipersonnel mines, but you arent going to get those as a request. Might as well as for a tactical nuclear weapon while youre at it. Last edited by kota1342000; 10-11-2011 at 07:02 PM. |
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b. The reconnaissance platoon may be required to call for and adjust indirect fire support IAW the battalion fire support matrix. The platoon may have designated target reference points (TRPs). TRPs are preplanned artillery targets that the platoon uses to call for and adjust indirect fire. The use of TRPs and proper procedures to call for fire is critical in order to receive immediate indirect fire. If available, the use of global positioning systems and laser range finders assist the platoon in calling for fire. Unless FOs are supporting the reconnaissance platoon, the platoon is responsible for calling and adjusting indirect fire. The call for fire is a message prepared by an observer. Any soldier in the platoon can request indirect fire support by calling for fire. (For additional information, see FM 6-30.) (1) Calls for fire must include– (a) Observer identification and warning order.
(b) Target location methods. Target location is sent in six digits. The direction is given in mils and is sent before the first adjusting rounds are shot. The direction is the location of the observer to the target (observertarget [OT] line). The FDC must know the observer’s exact location. The observer sends OT line and distance (to the nearest 100 meters) from his position to the target.
acronym “SNAP.”
elements): (a) Method of engagement. The method of engagement consists of the type of adjustments, danger close, trajectory, ammunition, and distribution. (b) Method of fire and control.
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Range shift and lateral shift? New ones on me...can you (or another colleague) give a quick explanation? And do you have the figures from the FM for them?
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Your unit (In Defense) has a pre plotted Target Reference point at danger close range to its front. This could be the name for their part of the line of one in a series. Example might be "Dog 40" Dog = Delta Company. 40 = 4th Platoons piece of the line. A call for Immediate suppression might be (without callsigns). "Dog 40 immediate suppression, over. Dog 40, authenticate Golf Victor, over. I authenticate, Romeo. Shot, over. Shot, out." |
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FDC, this is Reconm fire mission, over. Recon, this is FDC, over. FDC, this is Recon, immediate suppression AA7733, Legs and Bimps in the open., Out. Recon, this is FDC, shot, over. FDC, this is Recon, Shot, Out. FDC, this is Recon, Splash, Over. Recon, this is FDC, splash, Out. FDC, this is Recon, Repeat, Over. Recon, this is FDC, Roger, Out. FDC, this is Recon, Cease Loading, Over. Recon, this is FDC, Roger, Out. |
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