ATP-3-09-12 Field Artillery Counterfire and Weapons Locating Radar Operations Download
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Automated Target Data Processing 26 October 2021 ATP 3-09.12 A-3 Length of ray is based on the following: Use length provided, if given. If a flash to bang is provided, use distance = 350 x time (seconds). The result is the length of ray in meters. If length or flash to bang time is not provided, the ray length is based on the target type. Display Target indicators are displayed as "fans" based on the sensor directional error. Figure A-1 shows a target indicator with a 10km length and a sensor directional error of 10 mils. Figure A-1. Target indicator display Note. Each target indicator ray has an assigned color based on target type. TARGET INDICATOR FUNCTION A-8. Based on the tactical situation, the AFATDS operator may or may not want the system to run the target indicator function. AFATDS allows the operator to turn target indicator processing on or off. When the target indicator processing is "off", AFATDS adds the target indicator to the target indicator list with no additional processing or comparisons. When target indicator processing is "on", AFATDS performs the following checks (in order): Compares the target indicator against the current (but non-active) target files (targets on the "On- call", "Suspect", "Planned", and "Inactive" target lists). If the indicator ray covers a similar target, the FSE with target indicator processing duty is notified of the "Target Indicator Match" via an alert and reviews information on the target indicator and all matched targets. The operator may take various actions from this alert: Selectively initiate fire mission(s) against the target(s) indicated as a match. This will open the initiate fire mission screen already filled out for the selected target.