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Chapter 3 3-6 FM 3-09 30 April 2020 Assigning missions and responsibilities, to include specific task requirements to intelligence assets through the G-2. Allocating resources. Corps assets may be retained at corps or allocated to subordinate divisions. Conversely, in some situations, the corps commander may require the use of division assets to support a corps counterfire responsibility. They should provide guidance for use of certain critical assets such as the any corps aviation assets, AI, ISR capabilities, SOF, and CEMA resources. Requesting additional TA and attack/delivery systems from theater or JTF level or from other joint headquarters. Detecting and attacking. The corps detects and attacks targets within its AOR, typically beyond the established fire support coordination line (FSCL). The corps also may attack targets within a division AOR when the division has forwarded such a request to corps based on priority and need. Within its capability, the corps may respond to requests for additional fires from adjacent units. Assessing. Finally, the corps commander must assess the protection of his combat units and the effects of counterfire against threat fire support systems. As appropriate, commander adjusts intelligence collection and/or attack priorities for protection of his force and attack of enemy targets. Commander may reallocate assets and modify the missions of subordinate units. 3-24. The corps commander decides how the corps will conduct counterfire operations. Coordinate and delineate corps, division, FAB, and DIVARTY responsibilities involved with enemy artillery analysis to reduce redundant efforts, and potential gaps and seams in analysis, production, and dissemination of intelligence information. They influences how subordinate division commanders fight through the allocation of corps assets, the issuance of attack guidance, and the identification of corps HPTs. Corps commander can support a division commander's counterfire efforts by attacking threat fire support systems at depth; thus, Corps commander helps to shape the division counterfire battle. In addition to allocating assets to divisions, the corps commander can further support a division counterfire battle by responding to the division requests with AI, SCAR, MLRS, CEMA, and EW. With respect to counterfire in the division AOR, the corps commander: Assigns missions to division and corps fire support assets and delineates their areas of responsibility by establishing boundaries. Detects and attacks targets forwarded by the division. As appropriate, the corps, after coordinating with the division FSE, may attack threat fire support targets within the division zone by massing fires to achieve required effects. Procedures for attacking threat systems firing from across boundaries also must be coordinated. Task-organizes and allocates assets. On the basis of the commander's intent and the mission variable factors of mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available, and civil considerations (referred to as METT-TC), the corps commander can give the divisions' added assets for detection and attack of threat fire support. Most often, corps provides non divisional FA delivery assets to augment DIVARTY fire support capabilities. This can be done by either of the following actions: Assigning an FA brigade a tactical mission such as R or GSR to a DIVARTY. Attaching the FA brigade to the division requiring augmentation. The FA brigade normally is then further attached to the DIVARTY. 3-25. Division Counterfire Responsibility: Typically, most of the reactive counterfire battle takes place within the division AOR. Most of the threat active fire support systems are located in this area. The responsibilities of the division commander mirror those of the corps commander. Although his assets are fewer in number and variety, the division commander does have organic TA, target processing, and delivery assets to conduct counterfire. The FSCOORD for the division is responsible for orchestrating the division counterfire effort. When an FA brigade from corps is available to the division, the DIVARTY commander may assign it the counterfire role. Responsibility for the execution of the division counterfire effort, however, remains with the DIVARTY commander.