FM-3-09 Fire Support and Field Artillery Operations Download

Fire Support and the Operations Process 30 April 2020 FM 3-09 3-29 analysis subparagraphs. The FSCOORD and FSE planning personnel develop the criteria for evaluating the effects of fires by using fires-specific criteria that allow them to explain the FS related advantages and disadvantages of each COA. Evaluation criteria that may help discriminate among various courses of action may include:  Lead time required for implementing FS tasks.  The number of decision points that require FS.  The cost of fires versus the expected benefits.  The risk to friendly assets posed by enemy fires. COURSE OF ACTION ANALYSIS 3-71. COA analysis or war gaming (see table 3-9) identifies which COA accomplishes the mission with minimum risk of casualties while positioning to retain the initiative. The war game provides detail and refinement, validates capabilities, and synchronizes the FS plan. During war gaming and COA comparison the FSCOORD and DFSCOORD must understand and be able to brief the commander on the strengths and weaknesses of each COA from a fire support perspective. Table 3-9. Analysis of course of action (wargame) MDMP STEP 4: COURSE OF ACTION ANALYSIS AND WARGAMING Staff Actions Key FSE Actions FSE Output  Gather the tools.  List all friendly forces.  List assumptions.  List known critical events and decision points.  Select the wargaming method.  Select a technique to record and display results.  Wargame the operation and assess the results.  Conduct a war-game briefing (optional).  Gather fire support running estimate, fire support portions of event templates, target value analysis results. See ATP 3-60.  Confirm fire support assets for all courses of action.  Validate fire support relevant facts and assumptions.  Determine fire support tasks and the field artillery contribution to fire support tasks.  Develop evaluation criteria to measure the effectiveness of the fire support contributions for each COA.  Develop a fire support execution matrix for each COA.  Provide likely adversary fire support actions to the G-2; determine where to find and attack enemy fire support capabilities.  Ensure fire support is integrated into the commander’s emerging concept of operations throughout the war game.  Formulate a list of advantages and disadvantages of each COA from fire support perspective.  Identify synchronization requirements including modifications to FS coordination and airspace coordinating measures.  Refined scheme of fires.  Refined draft Annex D (FIRES) and appendices.  Refined draft fire support execution matrix.  Refined draft target list worksheet (automated or manual) and target overlay.  Refined draft targeting synchronization matrix or modified targeting synchronization matrix (high- payoff target list, target selection standards, attack guidance matrix).  Refined draft FSCMs.  Refined draft named areas of interest and target areas of interest.