ATP-3-09-42 Fire Support for the Brigade Combat Team Download
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Introduction x ATP 3-09.42 1 March 2016 • Army aviation air-ground operations – mission planning and execution. • Air operations supporting the BCT – organization, planning and requesting air support, air reconnaissance, close air support, joint air attack team operations and the BCT’s role in joint suppression of enemy air defenses. Chapter 5 describes fire support coordination for BCT operations including: • BCT fire support coordination organization – main command post fires cell, tactical command post fires element, joint augmentation to the main command post fires cell, subordinate echelon command posts and the BCT’s information system network. • Duties and responsibilities of key fire support coordination personnel including the BCT commander, fire support coordinator, brigade fire support officer, fires cell personnel, air and missile defense personnel, other BCT staff who interface with the fires cell, and fire support personnel at subordinate echelons. • Basic fire support coordination techniques; rehearsals – types of rehearsals, conducting the fire support radio rehearsal and field artillery digital rehearsals; clearance of fires and airspace control, the dynamic targeting challenge, and sensor-to-shooter options. • Strike, counterfire, and Army tactical missile systems considerations for BCT operations. • Suppression of enemy air defenses – the requirement, planning and execution at the BCT level, and targeting. • Special considerations – terrain management, survey, meteorology, and laser management. Chapter 6 describes the planning and integrating of fires in support of BCT operations including: • Planning fire support – the effects of fires, commander’s guidance for fire support, development of the fire support plan and targeting in BCT fire support planning. • Fire support planning in a time-constrained environment - fire support planning guidelines and quick-fire planning. • Planning fire support for BCT operations within the military decisionmaking process - receipt of mission, mission analysis, course of action development, analysis of courses of action (war gaming), course of action comparison, course of action approval and orders production. • Task-organizing field artillery – within the BCT, role of the field artillery brigade commander, joint and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) considerations, and mutual support considerations. Appendix A provides quick reference data for BCT organic and supporting attack systems including field artillery and mortars, mines and obscurants, and electronic attack. Appendix B provides descriptions and annotated format examples of BCT fire support estimates, plans, orders, annexes, and appendices to plans and orders. Appendix C identifies the communications nets used for planning and executing fire support. Appendix D describes fire support planning and execution at battalion and company level. The appendix provides samples of fire support execution matrices and tables of useful technical information. The term battalion refers to a battalion, battalion task force, or a cavalry squadron unless differences in capabilities require that a specific organization be named. The term company refers to a company, company team, or troop size organization. ATP 3-09.42 becomes the proponent manual for and modifies the term listed in introductory Table I-1. Table I-1. New or revised Army terms Term Remarks program of targets Modified definition; formerly found in FM 6-20-20.