ATP-3-09-42 Fire Support for the Brigade Combat Team Download
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Contents iv ATP 3-09.42 1 March 2016 Fire Support Planning Principles......................................................................... 6-1 Commander’s Guidance ..................................................................................... 6-1 Fire Support Plan ................................................................................................ 6-2 Targeting as Part of BCT Fire Support Planning ................................................ 6-4 Section II - Fire Support Planning in a Time-Constrained Environment ..... 6-6 Fire Support Planning Guidelines ....................................................................... 6-6 Quick Fire Planning ............................................................................................. 6-8 Section III – Planning Fire Support for BCT Operations Within the Military Decisionmaking Process .................................................................. 6-11 Receipt of Mission ............................................................................................. 6-11 Mission Analysis................................................................................................ 6-12 Course of Action Development ......................................................................... 6-13 Analysis of Courses of Action (War Game) ...................................................... 6-47 Course Of Action Comparision ......................................................................... 6-53 Course Of Action Approval ............................................................................... 6-54 Orders Production, Dissemination and Transition ............................................ 6-55 Section III - Task-Organizing Field Artillery ................................................. 6-58 Task-Organizing Field Artillery for BCT Operations .......................................... 6-58 Role of the Field Artillery Brigade Commander in Task-Organizing Field Artillery .............................................................................................................. 6-60 Joint and NATO Consideration for Task-Organizing Field Artillery .................. 6-60 Mutual Support Considerations for Task-Organizing Field Artillery .................. 6-60 Appendix A ATTACK SYSTEMS CAPABILITIES ................................................................ A-1 Appendix B ESTIMATES, PLANS, ORDERS AND ANNEXES TO PLANS AND ORDERS ............................................................................................................ B-1 Appendix C COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................................... C-1 Appendix D FIRE SUPPORT AT BATTALION AND BELOW ............................................. D-1 Appendix E ENVIRONMENTAL AND TERRAIN CONSIDERATIONS FOR FIRE SUPPORT .......................................................................................................... B-1 GLOSSARY .......................................................................................... Glossary-1 REFERENCES.................................................................................. References-1 INDEX ......................................................................................................... Index-1 Figures Figure 2-1. Echelonment of fires .......................................................................................... 2-13 Figure 4-1. Preplanned close air support request channels (JP 3-09.3) ............................. 4-13 Figure 4-2. Immediate close air support request channels (JP 3-09.3) ............................... 4-14 Figure 5-1. Sensor-to-shooter challenge ............................................................................. 5-29 Figure 5-2. Short dwell targeting challenge ......................................................................... 5-30 Figure 5-3. Option 1: sensor-to-shooter ............................................................................... 5-30 Figure 5-4. Option 2: sensor-to-shooter ............................................................................... 5-31