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DIDEA SG
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Detection challenges (9) | Peripheral Targets Camouflage, masked, appear innocuous, hidden by surroundings Small targets in complex detection environments Heard not seen Less than ideal indirect fire illumination Natural/ man made obscurants Behavioral/ physical deficiencies of |
| Core Fundamental of detection skills | Scan & Search Acquire Locate |
| What is the goal of the Direct Engaged Process | Provide a standardized method of engagement for weapons and platforms on the battlefield. |
| What are the steps of the direct engagement process? | Detect Identify Decide Engage Assess |
| What are target signatures? | Personnel Obstacles/ mines Vehicles Artillery Antirank Aircraft |
| Detection Methods | Rapid Slow Horizomtal Vertical Detaed |
| HATS / WEFT Haul Armaments Turret Suspension/ Wings Engine Fuselage Tail | |
| Threat levels (3) | Most dangerous Dangerous Least Dangerous |
| Flash to bang Adjacent units Map recognition Known range (sketch) Mil relationship | |
| Near before far Stationary before moving Flank before front | |
| Alert Weapon/ ammo Target description Direction/ elevation Range Modifiers Controls Execution Termination | |
| LRF failures (5) | Internal failure Vehicle failure Environmental (snow, fog, rain, or windows) Man made/ battlefield obscurants Multiple returns |
| Principles of direct Fire (8) | Destroy greatest threat first Employ best weapon Avoid overkill Develop contingency Mass effect on target Prevent fratricide Minimize friendly exposure Prepare for extreme limited visibility |
| Target recognition features | HATS & WEFT |
| Deliver Determination Methods | Flash to bang Adjacent units Map reference Known range (sketch card) Mil relationship |
| Traget prioritization | Near before far Flank before frontal Stationary before moving |
| Fire command types (3) | Initial Subsequent Supplemental |
| Alert Weapon/ ammo Target description Direction/ elevation Range Method Controls Execution Termination | |
| Response Sensing/ assessment Modifiers Clarification Movement | |
| Elements of a fire command (9) | Alert Weapon/ ammo Target description Direction/ elevation Range Method Controls Execution Termination |
| Key components of fire commands | A W T D R M C E T |
| Fire Command Terms | Response Sensing/ assessment Modfiers Clarification Movement |
| Mobility Kill Firepower kill Combined firepower and mobility kill Catastrophic Kill | |
| Stops moving Explosion Crew abandons vehicle Smoking Stops firing | |
| Destruction levels | - Mobility kill - firepower kill - combined mobility and firepower kill - Catastrophic |
| Destruction indicators | - smoke that appears to come from inside vehicle - crew abandons vehicle - explosion - stops moving - stops firing |
| Collective sector search techniques | Overlapping sectors Divided sectors Near-to-far sectors |
| What is the least desired location technique? | Grid method |
| Target marking methods (3) | Panels Lighting Symbols |
| Define a most dangerous target | An identified threat that has the ability to defeat the friendly force and is prepared to do so |
| Define a dangerous target | An identified threat that has the ability to defeat the friendly force, but is not prepared to do so. |
| Define a least dangerous threat. | Any threat does not have the ability to defeat the friendly force, but can coordinate with other threats. |
| Types of fire commands (3) | Initial Subsequent Supplemental |