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Survey Planning 16 February 2016 ATP 3-09.02 2-3 SURVEY PLANNERS 2-6. Survey planning is performed by many individuals at many levels. Some of these planners are discussed below. FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION COMMANDER OR FSO 2-7. The supported commander initiates the requirement for survey planning when he issues guidance to the FA commander or S-3. He does so by stating the scheme of maneuver, rate of movement, anticipated enemy threat, and critical phases of the battle. The FA commander and S-3, analyze the supported commander's guidance to determine the need for passing of target information, first-round fire-for-effect accuracy, and massing of fires. They weigh the analysis against the ability to adjust fires, fire registration missions, and rapidly engage targets from new position areas. The concept for a survey plan to provide common survey control has begun. 2-8. The FA S-3 and FSO then must extract the guidance and information that will allow them to visualize the survey requirements for all fire support (FS) assets. The FSO can gain most of the information by reviewing the scheme of maneuver, rate of movement, effects required on high-payoff targets, and accuracy requirements for TA sensors. They must also determine whether it is more important to have survey at the guns or TA assets first. 2-9. Each commander is responsible for establishing common control throughout their AO. The S-3 and FSO must disseminate to the appropriate artillery battalion headquarters the established accuracy requirements in survey terms. Additional requirements or guidance derived by the S-3 and FSO must also be communicated. This should be done through face-to-face coordination when possible. The Chief Surveyor advises the FSO and or S-3 on his current survey capabilities and limitations. 2-10. The following planning considerations aid the S-3 and FSO in determining survey requirements: Select primary, alternate, and supplementary positions areas for the following: Firing unit locations. Target acquisition systems. Select times as follows: Time survey is to be completed. Time to staff fieldwork. Time to start reconnaissance. Time to start planning. Determine accuracies for the following: Firing unit locations. Target acquisition systems. Mortars (if requested). Determine the priorities for each of the following: Field artillery battalions. Target acquisition systems (AN/TPQ-36, -37, -50, -53, and observers). Coordinate as follows: To determine location of higher order survey control points (SCPs) To determine when SCPs will be established. To establish liaison with higher, lower, and adjacent units. TARGET ACQUISITION PLATOON LEADER 2-11. The target acquisition platoon leader is responsible for the survey team of the target acquisition platoon. He is responsible to the S-3 for executing the survey plan to establish common survey control (the common grid) throughout the unit’s area. The platoon leader coordinates all artillery survey operations in the supported commander’s area of operation to ensure effectiveness and to reduce duplication of effort. The target acquisition platoon leader requests external survey support as required. As the coordinator of