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What are the 4 types of assets for fire support?

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Mortars, Artillery, Naval Surface Fire Support, and Aviation assets.

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How many tubes in a 60mm section?

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3

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How many total Marines are in a 60s section?

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10 (3 Marines/tube + 1 Section Leader)

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What is the ECR of a 60mm mortar?

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30 meters

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What is the minimum range for a 60mm mortar?

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70 meters

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What is the maximum effective range for a 60mm mortar?

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3500 meters

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What is the rate of fire for a 60mm mortar (maximum and sustained)?

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Maximum - 30 rds/min

Sustained - 20 rds/min

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What are the ammo types for 60mm mortars?

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HE, WP, Illum, IR Illum

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What is the distance and duration of the illum for 60mm mortars?

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600m (300m in each direction) and 45 seconds

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What are the 3 types of fuzes for the 60mm mortar?

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Point Detonating (PD) or Quick (Q), Delay (D), Proximity (Prox) / Near Surface Burst

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How many 81mm mortars platoons are there per Battalion?

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How many 81mm mortar tubes per platoon?

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8 (4 tubes/section; 2 sections)

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How many Marines per tube?

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6

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How many Marines in a 81mm mortars platoon?

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69

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What is the ECR of 81mm mortars?

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35 meters

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What is the minimum range of 81mm mortars?

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83 meters

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What is the maximum effective range of 81mm mortars?

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5700 meters

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What is the Rate of Fire for 81mm mortars (maximum and sustained)?

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Maximum - 30 rds/min

Sustained - 15 rds/min

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What are the different types of ammo for 81mm mortars?

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RP, WP, Illum, IR Illum, HE

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What is the distance and duration of the illum for 80mm mortars?

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1000 meters and 60 seconds

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What are the 5 mortars capabilities?

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  • High volume of fire
  • Highly responsive asset
  • Light, mobile, and flexible
  • Fires from and into defilade
  • CO’s “hip pocket artillery”
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What are the 3 limitations of mortars?

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  • Long time of flight
  • Ammunition consumption
  • Multiple and frequent displacement
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What are the HE shell/fuze combos?

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  • PD/Q
  • Delay
  • Proximity/NSB
  • Time
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What are the WP/RP shell/fuze combos?

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  • PD/Q

- Time

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What are the illum/IR illum shell/fuze combos?
- Time
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What are the considerations of HE/PD?
- Blast and fragmentation | - Used for personnel and light-skinned vehicles
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What are the considerations for HE/Prox/NSB?
- Blast and fragmentation | - Personnel in open
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What are the considerations for HE/Delay?
- Blast, heat, and fragmentation - Penetrates hard targets (bunkers) - Personnel with overhead cover - Desire to reduce shrapnel in battlefield (friendly troops in maneuver)
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What are the considerations for WP/RP / PD/Q/Time?
- Marking (day/night) - Incendiary (POL sites) - Screening or obsuring
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What is the mission of Marine artillery?
Destroy, neutralize, and suppress the enemy by cannon, rockets, and missile fire and to integrate all fire support assets into combined arms operations.
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What three tasks accomplish artillery's mission?
- Provide close and continuous fire support to the maneuver units - Give depth to the battlefield (with long ranges, they are bale to attack reserves and assembly areas, interdict supply lines, and disrupt the enemy's command and control facilities) - Deliver counter fire withing the range of our weapon systems to ensure freedom of movement for ground forces
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What is a Blast Attenuation Device (BAD)?
It reduces the blast effects on the mortar crew for 81mm mortars
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An artillery battalion consists of what?
- (1) HQ battery | - (3) firing batteries
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How many Howitzers in each artillery battery?
6
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How many Marines per cannon section?
7
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How many Marines in an artillery battery?
110
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What is the ECR of a Howitzer?
50m
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What is the maximum effective range of a Howitzer (with and without RAP)?
- 18,100m | - 30,100m
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What is the rate of fire for a M198 Howitzer (maximum and sustained)?
Maximum - 4 rds / 3min | Sustained - maximum rate followed by 2 rds/min
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What are the three missions of Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS)?
- Destroying or neutralizing shore installations that oppose the approach of ships and aircraft - Destroy or neutralize defenses that oppose the actual landing of the landing force - To provide support for the advance of the landing force ashore
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What are the 3 types of ships that provide NSFS?
- Destroyers (DD) - Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG) - Guided Missile Cruisers (CG)
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What are the NSFS capabilities?
- Mobility - Accuracy - Variety of ammunition - High initial velocity - Narrow, accurate deflection pattern - High rate of fire
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What are the NSFS limitations?
- Effects of hydrography - Fixing ship's position - Effects of weather and visibility - Change GTL - Communications
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What is the max range of NSFS?
23,000m
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What are the 4 types of ordnance aircraft carry?
- Bombs - Missiles - Rockets - Guns
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What is the EFSS?
Expeditionary Fire Support System (M327 120mm)
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How many tubes per EFSS?
6 tubes/battery
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How many Marines per tube (EFSS)?
5
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What is the ECR of the EFSS?
45m
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What is the minimum and maximum range of the EFSS?
Minimum - 1100m | Maximum - 8135m
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What is the Rate of Fire for the EFSS (maximum and sustained)?
Maximum - 6 rds/min | Sustained - 2 rds/min
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What is the Rate of Fire for the M777A2 Howitzer (maximum and sustained)?
Maximum - 5 rds/min | Sustained - 2 rds/min
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What are the ammo types for the EFSS?
HE, WP, Illum, IR Illum
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What is a HIMARS?
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (M142)
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How many launches/battery for the HIMARS?
6
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What is the minimum and maximum ranges of the HIMARS?
Regular (M31A) Minimum - 15km Maximum - 70km ATACMS (M48) Minimum - 70km Maximum - 300km
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How many rockets per pod for the HIMARS?
6
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How many rockets per pod for the M48 ATACMS?
1
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Weapons kill and destroy in which 3 ways?
- Heat (flame and/or temperature) - Blast (concussion) - Fragmentation (projectile)
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What are the different kinds of bombs?
- General Purpose, High Explosive Bombs (dumb bombs) - Laser-Guided Bombs (LGBs) - Guided Bomb Units (GBUs) - Joint Direction Attack Munitions (JDAMs) - Fire bombs + MK-77 Firebomb + Fuel Air Exposive (FAE) - Cluster Bomb Unit (CBUs) - MK-20 Rockeye - Combined Effects Munitions (CEMs)
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What are the different kinds of missiles?
- AGM-65 Maverick Missile - AGM-14 Hellfire Missile - BGM-71 TOW Missile
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What are the different types of rockets?
- 2.75" Folding Fin Aerial Rocket (FFAR) rockets | - 5" "Zuni" rockets
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What are the different types of guns?
- GAU-12 125mm - M61A1 "Vulcan" cannon - M197 120mm Turret System - GAU-16 50 cal - GAU-17 "Minigun" - M240E
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What are the aircraft capabilities?
- Battlefield utility - CAS integration - Range - Maneuverability/Flexibility - Speed/Shock/Surprise - Shipboard Employment - Responsiveness
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What are the aircraft limitations?
- Weather - Time on station - Vulnerability to Air/Ground attack
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How many rockets per pod for the ATACMS?
1
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Weapons kill and destroy in which 3 ways?
- Heat (flame and/or temperature) - Blast (concussion) - Fragmentation (projectile)
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What are the different kinds of bombs?
- General Purpose, High Explosive Bombs (dumb bombs) - Laser-Guided Bombs (LGBs) - Guided Bomb Units (GBUs) - Joint Direction Attack Munitions (JDAMs) - Fire bombs + MK-77 Firebomb + Fuel Air Exposive (FAE)
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What are the different kinds of missiles?
- AGM-65 Maverick Missile - AGM-14 Hellfire Missile - BGM-71 TOW Missile
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What are the different types of rockets?
- 2.75" Folding Fin Aerial Rocket (FFAR) rockets | - 5" "Zuni" rockets
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What are the different types of guns?
- GAU-12 125mm - M61A1 "Vulcan" cannon - M197 120mm Turret System - GAU-16 50 cal - GAU-17 "Minigun" - M240E
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What are the aircraft capabilities?
- Battlefield utility - CAS integration - Range - Maneuverability/Flexibility - Speed/Shock/Surprise - Shipboard Employment - Responsiveness
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What are the aircraft limitations?
- Weather - Time on station - Vulnerability to Air/Ground attack

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