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DIDEA SG
Question | Answer |
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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 |