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Attack Systems Capabilities 1 March 2016 ATP 3-09.42 A-23 Table A-7. 155-mm quick smoke (hexachloroethane – HC) planning data QUICK SMOKE DATA – 155-mm Shell Smoke (hexachloroethane – HC) Weather Conditions Wind Speed (Knots) Rate of Fire Duration Requested by Forward Observer (Minutes) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rounds Per Tube IDEAL 5 1 rd per 2 min 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 FAVORABLE 5 1 rd per 2 min 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 10 1 rd per 1 min 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 1 rd per 40 sec 3 4 6 7 9 10 12 13 15 16 18 19 MARGINAL 5 1 rd per 40 sec 3 4 6 7 9 10 12 13 15 16 18 19 min – minute rd – round sec -- seconds Table A-8. 155-mm quick smoke (white phosphorus – WP) planning data QUICK SMOKE DATA – 155-mm Shell White Phosphorous (WP) Weather Condition Wind Speed (Knots) Rate of Fire Duration Requested by Forward Observer (Minutes) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rounds Per Tube IDEAL 5 1 rd per 2 min 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 5 1 rd per 1 min 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 FAVORABLE 10 1 rd per 30 sec 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 15 1 rd per 20 sec 6 9 12 15 18 12 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 MARGINAL 5 Exceeds rate of fire min – minute rd – round sec – seconds Table A-9. 105-mm quick smoke (hexachloroethane – HC) planning data QUICK SMOKE DATA – 105-mm Shell Smoke (hexachloroethane – HC) Weather Conditions Wind Speed (Knots) Rate of Fire Duration Requested by Forward Observer (Minutes) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rounds Per Tube IDEAL 5 1 rd per 1 min 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 FAVORABLE 5 1 rd per 1 min 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 10 1 rd per 30 sec 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 15 1 rd per 24 sec 4 6 9 11 14 16 19 21 24 26 29 31 34 MARGINAL 5 1 rd per 20 sec 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 min – minute rd – round sec – seconds