Call For Fire Exam

Question 1

What are the three types of acquisition systems that will give you the point of origin (POO) and point of impact (POI)?

Answer 1

Q50, Q36 and Q53

(AN/TPQ-50, AN/TPQ-36, AN/TPQ-53)

Question 2

How do air observe ers support the force with aerial reconnaissance?

Answer 2

Target updates
Situation updates
Intelligence

Question 3

What is the Q-50 used for?

Answer 3

Detection of short range mortars firing from all angles (automated 6400 mil coverage = 360 degrees)

Location range = 0.5-10 km
(Designed to detect, track, and locate mortars, rockets, and artillery)

Question 4

What is the Q-36 used for?

Answer 4

Optimized to locate shorter range, high-angle and lower velocity weapons, mortars, and shorter-range artillery. It can also locate longer range cannons and rockets within its maximum range.

Question 5

What is the Q-53 used for?

Answer 5

A highly mobile WLR system. Capable of locating hostile mortar, artillery, and rocket fire in a cluttered environment, and provides friendly artillery registration and adjustment.

Question 6

What capability does the FDC have?

Answer 6

The capability to determine how to attack a target as well as determining firing data and converting this data into fire commands.

Question 7

What provides unique indirect fires that are responsive to the ground maneuver commander?

Answer 7

MORTARS

(Their rapid, high-angle fires are invaluable against dug in adversaries and targets defilade, which are not vulnerable to attack by direct fires.

Question 8

How many mils are 360 degrees?

Answer 8

6400 mils

Question 9

What information do you need to give regarding location for a polar grid?

Answer 9

Direction and distance (from observers’ position)

Distance = Nearest 100 meters

Question 10

Method of engagement
What are the two types of adjustment?

Answer 10

Area fire
Use area fire to attack an area target. Since many area targets are mobile, the adjustment should be as quick as possible, consistent with accuracy, to keep the target from escaping.
Precision fire
Conduct precision fire with one weapon on a point target to obtain registration corrections or to destroy the target.

Question 11

What is trajectory?
(And what are the types)

Answer 11

The path traced by the center og gravity of the projectile from the origin to the level point.

Low angle.
High angle (delivery of fire at elevations grater than the elevation of maximum range of the charge. Mortars fire only high angle)

Question 12

What is the standard for trajectory?

Answer 12

Low angle. Standard without request.

Question 13

What type of ammunition is used for adjustment rounds?

Answer 13

HEQ (super quick)

Question 14

What are the types of ammunition?

Answer 14

ICM (DPICM)
APICM
Red phosphorous (only fired by mortars)

ICM = Improved conventional munition

Question 15

What is the standard distribution for a circular target?

Answer 15

circular with a 100 m radius.

Question 16

What are the width and lengths for a linear target?

Answer 16

Width >200
Lenght =< 200

(Grid is nearest 5 degrees)

Linear target is designated by two grids or a center grid, a length, and an attitude.

Question 17

What are the width and lengths for a rectangular target?

Answer 17

Width >200
Length >200

Four grids, or by a center grid, a length, width, and an attitude.

Question 18

What item will aviation always get?

Answer 18

Time of flight (ammunition)

Question 19

what are the four methods used for conducting area adjustment fires?

Answer 19

Successive bracketing (one round over, one round short)
Hasty bracketing
Danger close (Creep)
One round adjustment (experienced observer)

Question 20

What are the elements of Refinement and Surveillance? (RREMS)

Answer 20

Refinements
Record as target
End of Mission (mandatory)
Surveillance (mandatory)