ATP-5-0-2-1 Staff Reference Guide Volume 1 Download

07 December 2020 ATP 5-0.2-1 241 Appendix F Fires Planning Factors Appendix F provides tabular data for fires planning. This includes data on selected artillery and munitions capabilities, smoke planning, illuminating factors, howitzer distribution, radar planning, and planning times. FIRES PLANNING DATA F-1. Tables F-1 and F-2 on pages 241–242 provide data on the capabilities of cannon field artillery and MLRS/HIMARS munitions. Tables F-3, F-5, and F-7 on pages 243–245 provide data on artillery smoke planning, howitzer distribution, and radar planning. Table F-4 on page 244 and Table F-6 on page 245 provide data on artillery, mortar, and rocket illuminating factors, and artillery and mortar planning times. Table F-1. Cannon field artillery capabilities FM 3-09 Artillery Ammunition Range (meters) Rates of fire (rounds per minute) Projectile Fuse Maximum DPICM RAP Sustained Maximum 105-mm M119 series HE, HC, WP, ILLUM, APICM, DPICM PD, VT, MT, ET, MTSQ, delay 11,500 with charge 7 14,000 with charge 8 12,100 19,500 3 for 30 minutes 8 every 3 minutes 155-mm M109A5 1 HE, HC, WP, ILLUM, APICM, DPICM, M825 smoke, SCATMINE 18,000 or 22,000 with M795 HE; M825 smoke 18,000 or 28,200 with M864 base bleed 30,100 2 4 every 3 minutes 155-mm M109 A5/A6 18,000 or 21,700 with M795 HE; M825 smoke; *M982 Excalibur: Block Ia-1 – 24,000 Block Ia-2 – 37,000+ Block Ib – 40,000+ 17,900 or 28,100 with M864 base bleed 30,000 Zones 3-7: 1 round per minute; Zone 8: 1 round per minute until limited by tube temperature sensor 155-mm M777- series 22,200 w/M201A1 modular charge 8S or 22,500 with M232, modular charge zone 5; 24,500 with M982 Excalibur Block 1-1a N/A 2 in accordance with thermal warning device 4 every 2 minutes Note. Excalibur not authorized for M109A5. See appendix I, ATP 3-09.32/MCRP 3-16.6A/NTTP 3-09.2/AFTTP 3-2.6 for discussion of “danger close” APICM antipersonnel improved conventional munitions MTSQ mechanical time superquick DPICM dual-purpose improved conventional munitions PD point detonating ET electronic time RAP rocket-assisted projectile HC hexachloroethane smoke SCATMINE scatterable mines HE high explosive VT variable time ILLUM illumination WP white phosphorus MT mechanical time