ATP-3-09-42 Fire Support for the Brigade Combat Team Download
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Chapter 6 6-38 ATP 3-09.42 1 March 2016 Scheme of Fires and Scheme of Movement and Maneuver 6-148. The scheme of fires paragraph (subparagraph 3e of the OPLAN or OPORD) together with the scheme of movement and maneuver, describes how the BCT as a whole will accomplish the mission and meet the BCT commander’s intent. It provides the sequence of fire support tasks and outlines the who, what, where, when, and why for each fire support task needed for the operation. Information Collection Plan 6-149. Although the fire support planners are not individually responsible for creating the information collection plan (see the discussion in chapter 4 and FM 3-55), they do assist the S-2 and S-3 in its development. The FSCOORD and fires cell planners and targeting officers review the information collection plan to detect, track, and attack the high-payoff targets in the fire support plan, and related reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition assets supporting the fire support tasks. The FSCOORD and fires cell planners must then identify the fire support related assets in the information collection plan that must be repeated or explained in more detail in the fire support plan. Initial fire support plan 6-150. The initial fire support plan includes tasks (with associated measures of performance and measures of effectiveness), the draft target list worksheet, targeting (or modified targeting) synchronization matrix, fire support execution matrix, initial FSCMs, and plans for risk management, observation, close air support, and airspace control. Draft DA Form 4655-R, Target List Worksheet 6-151. Use the Department of the Army [DA] Form 4655-R, (Target List Worksheet), when manually fire planning in the BCT fires cell and field artillery battalion command post. The DA Form 4655-R (Target List Worksheet) is a preliminary listing (see figure 6-5) of all targets and their descriptions from which the fires cell and field artillery battalion targeting officers can select and manually plan. ATP 3-09.30 contains the instructions for preparing the DA Form 4655-R (Target List Worksheet). Figure 6-5. DA Form 4655-R Target List Worksheet (example) Target Overlay 6-152. The target overlay may be used to supplement the target list worksheet (automated or manual). The overlay is a graphical representation of the target list worksheet. The symbols used on it should be standard military symbols. Plot targets by symbols and target numbers on the overlay. Fire support assets supporting the maneuver unit, as well as all FSCMs, should be plotted on the overlay. The overlay is used as a tool to: