ATP-3-09-12 Field Artillery Counterfire and Weapons Locating Radar Operations Download

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*ATP 3-09.12 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes ATP 3-09.12, dated 24 July 2015. ATP 3-09.12 i Army Techniques Publication No. 3-09.12 Field Artillery Counterfire and Weapons Locating Radar Operations Contents Page PREFACE..................................................................................................................... v INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ vii Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO FIELD ARTILLERY COUNTERFIRE AND TARGETING ...... 1-1 Introduction to Targeting............................................................................................ 1-1 The Fire Support System and Target Acquisition ..................................................... 1-3 Counterfire ................................................................................................................. 1-5 Commander's Ten Counterfire Imperatives .............................................................. 1-8 Counterfire Operations .............................................................................................. 1-9 Integrating Counterfire with Scheme of Maneuver .................................................... 1-9 Counterfire Planning ................................................................................................ 1-11 Counterfire/Targeting in Support of Large-Scale Combat Operations .................... 1-14 Chapter 2 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................................................... 2-1 Field Artillery Organizations....................................................................................... 2-1 Counterfire Headquarters .......................................................................................... 2-1 Force Field Artillery Headquarters ............................................................................. 2-1 Chapter 3 FIELD ARTILLERY COUNTERFIRE/WEAPONS LOCATING RADAR SECTIONS AND PERSONNEL ................................................................................................... 3-1 Field Artillery Brigade and Division Artillery Target Acquisition Platoons ................. 3-1 Field Artillery Battalion Target Acquisition Platoon ................................................... 3-2 Target Acquisition Personnel .................................................................................... 3-2 Chapter 4 EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR WEAPONS LOCATING RADARS ....... 4-1 Centralized Planning and Decentralized Execution .................................................. 4-1 Command and Support Relationships ....................................................................... 4-2 Weapons Locating Radar Employment ..................................................................... 4-3 Zones ......................................................................................................................... 4-9 Airspace Coordinating Measures Considerations ................................................... 4-13 Appendix A AUTOMATED TARGET DATA PROCESSING....................................................... A-1 Appendix B FRIENDLY FIRE LOG.............................................................................................. B-1 Appendix C EMBEDDED TRAINING........................................................................................... C-1 Appendix D MASK CONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................................... D-1 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, D.C., 26 October 2021