ATP-3-09-02 Field Artillery Survey Download
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Mission, Responsibilities, and Duties 16 February 2016 ATP 3-09.02 1-3 completion; primary, secondary and tertiary survey means, operations during GPS denied and other degraded conditions, as well as future plans. Survey support should also include mortar platoons within the BCT. 1-10. Coordination and planning originates at the corps, division, and the BCT Operations Cells for the FAB, DIVARTY, BCTs, and supporting units requiring survey control. The S-3 is the interface between the Engineer Brigade or Engineer Battalion, Technical Headquarters Section or the Survey Design Detachment for topographic support. The coordination and planning effort at all levels is the responsibility of the S-3 and chief surveyor. The brigade survey plan is further coordinated at the FA battalion level with the FA battalion S-3 and Chief Surveyor. Interface between all echelons of command must be maintained to ensure that common survey control can be provided to units to support maneuver commanders where and when it is needed. Coordinating and synchronizing the survey plan is essential to mission success. 1-11. The target acquisition platoon leader of the FAB. DIVARTY, and FA battalion is responsible for the direct supervision of survey personnel. The target acquisition platoon leader issues orders and provides guidance based on the commander’s intent, S-3 and fire support officer's (FSO) requirements. The target acquisition platoon leader advises the commander on any deviations from previous orders. Survey operations must be started as soon as the requirement for survey has been identified. The goal is to establish survey control before occupation by the firing or acquisition elements. All training should point toward this end. The S-3 with input from the FSO is responsible for coordinating the movement of survey teams with the Chief Surveyor and target acquisition platoon leader. 1-12. The Chief Surveyor (13T40/30) determines methods of survey in order to obtain required accuracy, participates, prepares, organizes, and schedules the survey parties. Serves as the principal assistant to the target acquisition (survey) officer and performs his duties in his absence. Provides leadership, expertise, and inspects section equipment and vehicles to ensure the proper application of preventative maintenance checks and services (PMCS). Develop training plan to accomplish training objective. Direct collection, evaluation, and dissemination of FA survey information. Coordinates survey operations with other units and maintains survey maps/overlays. 1-13. The improved position and azimuth determining system (IPADS) Team Chief (13T20), supervises and coordinates IPADS/ improved position and azimuth determining system-global positioning system (IPADS-G) vehicle operations. Computes survey data, plots geographic/ universal transverse mercator (UTM) grid coordinates and performs azimuth transfer with IPADS or IPADS-G. Operates IPADS or IPADS-G system, performs calibrations, zero velocity updates, and PMCS on the IPADS or IPADS-G system. The team chief assists in the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of survey information. 1-14. The Engineer Brigade/Engineer Battalion is the primary source of topographic support (12T Technical Engineer). Technical Engineers establish and recover existing ground control and extend it by third-order or higher conventional survey or satellite methods and are located within Survey and Design (S&D) Detachments and Brigade Technical Headquarters Sections. The FFA HQ within the area of operation coordinates exact positioning of this high order survey control. The S-3 must be aware of where the engineer units are located and establish communications and coordination procedures. Topographic survey support must be provided to all Artillery units (and other survey consumers) within the AO. The number of SCPs that the Engineer Surveyor must provide is dependent upon unit dispersion, the scheme of maneuver, amount of movement, and commander’s priorities and guidance. Initial SCPs must be within 5 kilometers (km) of the FFA HQ. The FA survey teams will further extend control to the vicinity of delivery platforms and target locating systems. The Engineer Surveyor responsibilities to artillery survey are as follows: Extend horizontal and vertical control into the AO. Provide survey plan to subordinate organizations (below corps). Provide mapping survey control where required. Advise on topographic issues. Assist in lower-level survey to augment FA survey when directed.