ATP-3-09-12 Field Artillery Counterfire and Weapons Locating Radar Operations Download
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Chapter 4 4-12 ATP 3-09.12 26 October 2021 Assigns cueing agents corresponding to named areas of interest, target areas of interest, priority intelligence requirements, and information requests associated with planned zones. Provides guidance to lower echelon targeting and counterfire officers. Ensures priorities and triggers are developed for the activation and inactivation of zones. Integrates planned triggers into the appropriate decision and synchronization matrices. Incorporates planned zones into the combined arms and FS rehearsals. Incorporates decision points, planned zones, and WLR movement into the decision support template and synchronization matrix. Monitors range capabilities of both the WLRs and engagement systems to ensure positioning and movement supports the counterfire plan. Operations officer: Ensures the TA Tab portion of the FA BN operations order includes coordination measures for zone development. Recommends attack guidance and firing unit assignment to support the responsive engagement of WLR acquisitions. FSO: Recommends priority zones to support the operation plan. Nominates zones to the commander for approval and priority. Develops precise triggers along with identifying and recommending cueing agents for priority zones. Ensures the developed triggers are incorporated into the supported unit decision support template and synchronization matrix. Establishes ownership for the zones. Ensures any changes to the scheme of maneuver are compared against the planned zones. Intelligence officer: Recommends CFFZs based on the template of enemy artillery positions and known intelligence data. Recommends zones as the information collection plan develops or the scheme of maneuver changes. Assistant counterfire officer and counterfire NCO : Ensures the capabilities and limitations of the WLR system are considered during the planning process. Selects WLR positions that support the coverage of the planned zones and facilitates movement to support the scheme of maneuver. Performs technical zone management of the radar employment plan. 4-35. Figure 4-5, on page 4-13, depicts an example of zone placement and management for a division breaching operation. The numbers next to each zone type in the figure coincide with the BCT AN/TPQ-53 WLR responsible to build and observe that zone. CFFZ 1 means that 1BCT AN/TPQ-53 must build and observe that zone. Due to the nature of the operation, some zones will be built and observed by multiple WLRs. The CFZ over the breach site is one such zone. This zone will be built and observed by all three of the BCTs’ AN-TPQ-53 WLRs. Because it is a CFZ, it is not required to be within the search fence of the 1 st and 3 rd BCTs’ AN/TPQ-53 WLRs. Lastly, the artillery battery directly in front of 2 nd BCT’s WLR has both a CZ and CFZ that are overlapped. This will ensure that while the battery is conducting fires, the WLR will not use processing power acquiring friendly fires from the battery.