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Appendix B B-12 ATP 3-09.30 28 September 2017 B-29. Instructions of how to fill out DA Form 2185 (figure B-12 on page B-12); the four blanks above SECTION I of DA Form 2185 are not completed by the SHELREP team. They are filled in by the receiving agency. Items B and K or SECTION I are encoded for security reasons. The current call sign or code name for the unit is used in item A. Item B is not applicable when this form is used for crater analysis. SECTIONS II and III are completed by the target processing section of the DIVARTY CP. The information contained in a SHELREP is forwarded by an artillery battalion S-2 to the DIVARTY fires cell. B-30. The location of the crater is plotted on an overlay and a line is drawn representing the direction measured to the weapon. The information is compared with that received from other sources and attempts to locate enemy weapons from the intersections of direction lines to weapons of the same caliber. Figure B-12 DA Form 2185 (Artillery Counterfire Information) FRAGMENTS B-31. Any usable fragments obtained from crater analysis should be tagged and sent to the battalion intelligence officer. As a minimum, the tag should indicate the following: The location of the hostile weapon, if known. The direction to the hostile weapon. The date-time group of the shelling. Mortar, cannon artillery, rocket, or missile, if known.