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Chapter 6 6-42 ATP 3-09.42 1 March 2016 appear on the automated or manual target list worksheet (DA Form 4655-R (Target List Worksheet) but do not appear on the DA Form 4656 (Scheduling Worksheet) are on-call. Groups of Targets 6-157. A group of targets is two or more targets on which fire is desired simultaneously. A group of targets is designated by a letter/number combination (ATP 3-09.30). The number of firing units (launchers, howitzers, platoons, batteries, or battalions) available must be considered in planning groups of targets. Including individual targets in a group does not preclude them from being attacked individually. See ATP 3-09.30 and ADRP 1-02. 6-158. List groups of targets on the scheduling work sheet (see figure 6-6). Groups of targets normally are fired on-call of the supported unit. Schedule groups so that initial fires strike the targets simultaneously. On the top line of the scheduling work sheet, enter the group number. Below the group number, list the targets of the group opposite the firing unit assigned the targets. Below each target number, show the number of rounds to be fired. Do not draw a line or dot between the target number and the ammunition. More than one group can be scheduled on the same scheduling work sheet. Figure 6-6. DA Form 4656 Scheduling Worksheet—groups of targets (example). Series of Targets 6-159. A series of targets is a number of targets and/or group(s) of targets planned to be fired in a predetermined sequence to support a maneuver operation (ATP 3-09.30). A series may also be tired on call, at a specified time, or when a certain event occurs. The maneuver commander determines the need for a series on the advise of the FSO. Including individual targets or a group of targets in a series does not preclude these targets from being attacked individually. See ATP 3-09.30 and ADRP 1-02. 6-160. The.brigade FSO, fires cell planners, and targeting officers or subordinate and supporting unit FSOs plan series of targets to support the BCT commanders’s scheme of maneuver. A series may be executed on-call or at a specific time or event. The series is scheduled to start at zero. Once a series is begun, targets and groups within the series are fired in a predetermined time sequence. Simultaneious attack of targets in a group within a series is as requested by the initiator or as determined by the field