SUPER Need To Know For Test

Question 1

HE VT

Answer 1

Soft targets

Question 2

DPICM

Answer 2

Hard vehicles/targets

Question 3

Call for Fire (CFF)

Answer 3

Six elements (3 calls)

1) I - observer ID
1) W - warno (need type of mission and method of target location)
over
2) L - location of target (grid or polar (direction to tgt; distance to target from your location, plus up/down alt.)
over
3) D - description of target (last mandatory CFF element)
3) M - method of engagement
3) M - method of fire and control
over

Mission types - adjust fire, fire for effect
Target location - grid, polar, shift from known location

• Adjust Fire provides one round of HE super quick with a blast radius of 50m. You will use AF when you do not have an accurate Target Location. USE GRID ZONE IDENTIFIER PRIOR TO GRID. Target location defaults to grid if not stated.
• Fire for Effect no adjusting of rounds is required. All guns (battery= 8 guns) will fire on target after the for fire is sent. You will use FFE when you have an ACCURATE target location (8 digit grid preferred, 10m accuracy)

Grid: “Grid AB123456, k” k = out?
Polar: “dir 310deg mag, dist 10k”

Target description: size/element;

Method of engagement - Ammunition is normally selected by the firing unit. However, observer may request a different ammunition. distribution of fires.

Danger close - announced in the method of engagement

Marking round - used under conditions of poor visibility, unreliable maps, or deceptive terrain in order to orient an attack platform

Trajectory
Mortars - high angles only
Artillery - low angle default, high angle possible

i/e means in effect (not needed in a fire for effect)

• *distribution of fires -
  1) BCS sheaf (default)
  2) Linear sheaf - line [two end points OR center grid with length and attitude]
  3) Circular sheaf - circle [give radius]; for target spread larger than 200m
  4) Open sheaf - 300m linear, perpendicular to observer direction to target w/ distance.
• if length of target is less than 200m, do not need a sheaf

Ex) “10 T-17’s stationary, linear sheaf 500m by 010deg mag” (give eastern side deg by doctrine)

Method of fire and control

• cannot observe
• time on target
• when ready (default!!)
• at my command

For polar locations, read observer position twice

K = over
De = this is
AF = adjust fire

Question 4

Message to observer

Answer 4

Write it out completely and read it back for test

Six elements (4 minimum for aviation)

1) unit to fire - ex) D battalion firing for effect
2) adjusting unit - ex) T battery adjusting round (HE super quick)
3) changes or additions to CFF - ex) VT i/e (only if changing)
4) number of rounds in FFE - ex) 3 (each gun in D battalion firing 3)
5) TGT number - ex) AA7503
6) additional info - ex) (Time Of Flight) TOF 62 [Allows helos yo unmask momentarily to observe]

(Fires - “Splash” - 5 seconds prior to round impact)
(Observer - “Splash out” immediately)

Question 5

**Corrections

Answer 5

Direction

• initial CFF when doing a polar mission or shift from known point
• first subsequent correction during a grid mission
• direction is in mills unless you STATE magnetic when using.

Mil relation formula
W = R x m (mils)

Observer range to target
Divide range by 1000, round to nearest even number for OT Factor.
.5, round to nearest EVEN number

Spotting is for us, correction from intended target
Correction is mil spotting times OT factor
Round to nearest 10m
Correction less than 30, no correction needed.

Termination of a Mission
- “End of Mission”