ATP-3-09-42 Fire Support for the Brigade Combat Team Download

Chapter 6 6-14 ATP 3-09.42 1 March 2016 and then begins to develop a scheme of maneuver, the FSCOORD and fires cell planners continue to contribute to this integrated planning process. Table 6-8. BCT fires cell during course of action development MDMP STEP 3: COURSE OF ACTION DEVELOPMENT BCT Staff Key Fires Cell Actions Fires Cell Output • Assess relative combat power. • Generate options. • Array forces. • Develop a broad concept. • Assign headquarters. • Develop course of action statements and sketches. • Conduct a course of action briefing. • Select or modify courses of action for continued analysis. • Assist S-2 and intelligence cell in conjunction with the S-3 in developing the information collection plan and its support for targeting. • Determine where to find and attack adversary or enemy fire support formations. • Identify high-payoff target in those formations. • Refine fire support tasks. • Plan assessment for fire support tasks, including measures of performance and measures of effectiveness. Quantify the execution for fire support tasks. • Analyze relative fires combat power. • Insure BCT staff considers all fire support aspects of combat power. • Develop scheme of fires for each course of action and assess risk, including fratricide. • Nominate high-payoff targets for each course of action. • Integrate information operations and cyber electromagnetic activities input. • Array fire support assets/resources needed to support each course of action and propose generic fire support organization for combat. Identify planned attack locations and sequence of attacks: Allocate assets to acquire targets. Allocate assets to attack targets. • Insure fire support is integrated with movement and maneuver and other warfighting functions. • Integrate triggers with maneuver course of action. • Prepare scheme of fires for each course of action and sketch for each course of action. • Develop FSCMs. • Use battle calculus. • For each course of action developed include− Scheme of fires Initial FSCMs. Draft high-payoff target list. Target list worksheet.(digital or manual) Draft fire support execution matrix. Target list/overlay. Draft observer plan. Draft targeting synchronization matrix or modified (high-payoff target list, target selection standards and attack guidance matrix). Draft fire support input to the unit airspace plan. Draft risk management plan. Fire support-related portions of reconnaissance and surveillance plan. Initial fire support tasks and associated measures of performance and measures of effectiveness. Refined asset locations. Refined FSCMs. Draft Annex D, Fires. • Begin request of assets for reconnaissance and surveillance, close air support, information operations and cyber electromagnetic activities. • Determine radar positioning and sector search for all radar. • Determine radar maintenance and cueing schedule. BCT – brigade combat team S-2 – brigade or battalion intelligence officer FSCM – fire support coordination measure S-3 – brigade or battalion operations officer MDMP – military decisionmaking process 6-40. The first three steps of developing a fire support plan: 1) plan how to accomplish each fire support task, 2) allocate or request delivery assets and build an attack plan, and 3) integrate fire support events or actions with maneuver planning, occur at this stage. The remaining two steps: 4) test the feasibility of the plan and 5) assist the S-2 in collection plan refinement are addressed in later stages of the MDMP.