FM-3-09 Fire Support and Field Artillery Operations Download
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Development of Fire Support and Field Artillery Tasks 30 April 2020 FM 3-09 A-3 Table A-2. Example fire support task Essential Fire Support Task 1 Task: Degrade enemy indirect fire system’s ability to place effective fires on the wet gap crossing. Purpose: Allow unimpeded crossing. Method: Priority of fires: BN mortars to AN/TPQ-Q-50 radar; FA to A Company on-order B Company; CAS to C Company. Allocations: A Company 1x FA platoon priority target. Positioning guidance: BN mortars occupy mortar firing position 1 not later than H-6 Restrictions/ FSCMs: ROZ 22 in effect 0600-0900; critical friendly zone 1 in effect; ROZ FALCON in effect 1145- 1430Z Effect: Enemy indirect fire systems are not able to interfere with wet gap crossing. BN battalion CAS close air support FA field artillery FSCM fire support coordination measure H hour ROZ restricted operations zone DEVELOPING THE FIRES PARAGRAPH A-5. To prescribe the procedures for formulating and formatting the fires paragraph of a maneuver OPORD or OPLAN. As a subparagraph to the concept of operations, the fires paragraph describes the scheme of fires that, along with the scheme of maneuver communicates how the force as a whole will achieve the commander's intent. The primary audience for the fires paragraph is the subordinate maneuver commanders and their staffs and must clearly describe the logical sequence of EFST and how they contribute to the concept of operations. A-6. The overall paragraph organization should mirror that of the scheme of maneuver paragraph. If the maneuver paragraph is phased or otherwise organized, the fires paragraph will take on the same organization. A-7. The internal format for the fires paragraph uses four subcategories: task, purpose, method, effects. Within each phase of an operation, each EFST will be described in the sequence of planned execution using task, purpose, method, effects. The fires paragraph must be concise but specific enough to clearly state what fires are to accomplish in the operation. ESSENTIAL FIRE SUPPORT TASK DEVELOPMENT A-8. Based on the FS planning guidance, the EFST are refined from the commander's intent and scheme of fires. The following paragraphs describe the process of developing a FST using task, purpose, method, effects. TASK A-9. Task describes the targeting objective fires must create against a specific enemy formation's function or capability. These formations are HPTs or contain one or more HPT. The task is developed by considering the objective, formation, and function. A-10. The objective outlines several terms to describe the targeting objective. The most common terms used are degrade, disrupt, delay, destroy, neutralize, and suppress. Examples and definitions of the common terms are found in chapter 3. A-11. A formation can be a specific element or sub-element of the enemy. It can be specified by a specific vehicle type or target category as long as the element or sub-element is clear. A-12. The enemies function is a capability of the formation that is needed for it to achieve its primary task and purpose. For example what is the formation doing that is unacceptable? What do we want the formation to do or not to do? The following is an example of a developed task sentence: Disrupt the ability of (objective) the enemy maneuver force at the point of penetration (formation) to place effective direct fire against friendly breach force (function).