Tank Platoon Chapter 7

Question 1

Principles of Direct Fire Control

Answer 1

Mass the effects of fire, destroy the greatest threat first, avoid target overkill, employ the bets weapon for the target, minimize friendly exposure, employ combat identification process, prevent fratricide, plan for limited visibility conditions, plan for degraded capabilities

Question 2

Terrain based control measures

Answer 2

Engagement area, sector of fire, direction of fire, quadrants, terrain based quadrant, maximum engagement line, restrictive fire line, final protective line, rules of engagement

Question 3

sTEPS OF FIRE CONTROL PROCESS

Answer 3

iDENTIFY PROBABLE ENEMY LOCATIONS AND DETERMINE THE ENEMY SCHEME OF MANEUVER, DETERMINE WHERE AND HOW TO MASS FIRES, ORIENT FORCES TO SPEED TARGET ACQUISITION, SHIFT FIRES TO REFOCUS OR REDISTRIBUTE

Question 4

Enemy levels of threat

Answer 4

Most dangerous, dangerous, least dangerous

Question 5

Fire patterns

Answer 5

Frontal, cross fire, depth,

Question 6

Firing techniques

Answer 6

Simultaneous fire, alternating fire, observed fire