Tc 3-9.81 Flashcards
What is the mission of the field artillery?
To destroy, defeat or disrupt the enemy with integrated fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land operations
What is indirect fire ?
Fire delivered at a target not visible to the firing unit
What is an observer ?
The eyes and ears of all I detect fire systems
What is a call for fire ?
Is a request for fire, containing data necessary for obtaining the required fire on a target
FOs stands for:
Forward observers
FISTs stands for :
Fire support teams
ANGLICO stands for:
Air and Naval gunfire liaison company
TA stands for :
Target acquisition
What are target acquisitions and their role ?
They function as observers but provide accurate and timely detection, identification and location of ground targets
What is fire direction ?
Tactical employment of firepower exercising the ta rival command of one or more units in the selection of targets, concentration and distribution of fire, and allocation of ammunition of each mission.
What is fire direction center ?
The methods and techniques used to convert target information into the appropriate fire commands
What does tactical fire direction include ?
-Processing calls
-Determining the appropriate method of fire
-Units of fire
-Time of attack
Tactical fire direction can be known as :
Fire order
What is technical fire direction?
The process of converting weapon and ammunition characteristics into firing data
What does the firing data consist of ?
-shell charge
-fuze
-fuze settings
- deflection
- quadrant elevation
