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

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*FM 3-09 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes FM 3-09, dated 4 April 2014. FM 3-09 i Field Manual No. 3-09 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 30 April 2020 Fire Support and Field Artillery Operations Contents Page PREFACE..................................................................................................................... v INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ vii Chapter 1 FOUNDATIONS OF FIRE SUPPORT AND THE ROLE OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY .............................................................................................................. 1-1 Fire Support and the Threat ...................................................................................... 1-1 Fire Support in Joint and Unified Land Operations ................................................... 1-2 The Field Artillery’s Role and Core Competencies ................................................... 1-3 The Fire Support System........................................................................................... 1-3 Fire Support Functions .............................................................................................. 1-5 Characteristics of Fire Support .................................................................................. 1-6 Principles of Fire Support Planning, Coordintation, and Execution .......................... 1-7 Fire Support and Field Artillery Training Considerations........................................... 1-8 Chapter 2 THE FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM ................................................................................ 2-1 Section I – Fire Support System: Command and Control ................................... 2-1 Command and Control: Fire Support Personnel ....................................................... 2-1 Command and Control: Command Posts.................................................................. 2-6 Field Artillery Command Posts .................................................................................. 2-9 Joint Fire Support Command Posts ........................................................................ 2-11 Command and Control:Fire Support Networks ....................................................... 2-13 Section II – Fire Support System – Target Acquisition ..................................... 2-14 Section III – Fire Support System – Attack and Delivery CapabilitIes ............. 2-16 Surface To Surface Capabilities .............................................................................. 2-16 Air To Surface Capabilities ...................................................................................... 2-18 Chapter 3 FIRE SUPPORT AND THE OPERATIONS PROCESS ........................................... 3-1 Section I – Fire Support Functions ........................................................................ 3-1 Support Forces in Contact ......................................................................................... 3-1 Support the Concept of Operations ........................................................................... 3-2 Synchronize and Converge Fire Support (Lethal and Nonlethal) Across All Domains .. ............................................................................................................................ 3-2 Sustain and Protect the Fire Support System ........................................................... 3-2 Section II – Processes and Procedures ................................................................ 3-4 Suppresion of Enemy Air Defenses .......................................................................... 3-4 Counterfire ................................................................................................................. 3-5 The Targeting Process .............................................................................................. 3-9