Fire Support Proficiency Quiz

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Fire Support Proficiency Quiz

Test your knowledge on fire support operations and gain a deeper understanding of the critical roles played by field artillery in military operations. This quiz covers essential concepts about fire support, mission objectives, and communication procedures.

20 multiple choice questions
Focus on U.S. Army fire support tactics
Ideal for military personnel and enthusiasts

20 Questions5 MinutesCreated by EngagingFire27

1. Define Fire Support.

Fires that directly support land, maritime, amphibious, and special operations forces to engage enemy forces, combat formations, and facilities in pursuit of tactical and operational objectives.

A tactical plan for using weapons of a unit or formation so that their will be coordinated.

The field artillery officer from the operational to tactical level responsible for advising the supported commander and assisting the senior fires officers of the organization on fires functions.

The related tasks and systems that provide collective and coordinated use of Army indirect fires, air and missile Defense, and joint fires through the targeting process.

2. What is the mission of the Field Artillery?

To close with the enemy by means of fire and maneuver in order to destroy or capture him, or to repel his assault with fire, close combat, and counterattack.

To destroy, defeat, or disrupt the enemy with integrated fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land Operations.

To destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy by cannon, rocket, and missile fires and to help integrate all fire support assets into combined arms operations.

4. What are the five methods of target location used by US Army?

Polar plot, Shift KN PT, Grid, Laser Grid, and Laser polar

Shift, Polar, Precision, KN PT, Grid

KN PT, Grid, Polar, Laser Guided, Altitude and Distance

5. How is the second transmission formatted when using the Shift method of target location?

Lateral, Range Shift, Direction to the Target

Direction (to the target), Lateral, Range and Vertical Shift

Ranger, Direction (to the target), Later Shift

6. How can you describe shape of a unit in the target description?

Number of Pax, Number of Vehicles, Rate of March, Range to Target

Range to Target, Radius, Attitude

Length and Width with an Attitude, or Radius

7. Select the correct formulation for a danger close CFF.

Range 600, 3 BMPs, Danger Close, k

3 BMPs, Danger Close, k

Danger Close, 3 BMPs, k

8. Select the correct formulation for a basic grid CFF (Period annotates end of each individual transmission line.)

E12 de E22, FFE, k. Grid ND 123 456, k. Infantry Co in treeline, k.

E12 de E22, FFE, k. Infantry Co in treeline, k. Grid ND 123 456, k.

FFE, k. Grid ND 123 456, Infantry Co in Treeline, k.

9. Select the correct formulation for a basic laser grid CFF. (i/o = in the open)

H16 de H34, AF, k. Grid ND 483 495, Altitude 380, k. 1-ZSU i/o, k.

H16 de H34, AF, k. Grid ND 483 495, k. 1-ZSU i/o, k.

H16 de H34, AF, Laser Grid, k. Grid 483 495, Altitude 380, k. 1-ZSU i/o, k.

10. Select the correct formulation for a basic polar plot CFF.

H16 de H34, AF, Polar, k. Dist 5000, Dir 0230, U40, k. Infantry Sqd i/o, k.

H16 de H34, AF, Polar, k. Dir 0230, Dist 5000, U40, k. Infantry Sqd i/o, k.

H16 de H34, AF, Polar, k. U40, Dist 5000, Dir 0230, k. Infantry sqd i/o, k.

11. Select the correct AF mission.

H16 de H34, AF, Grid, k. Grid 123 456, k. 2 T-70s i/o, k.

H16 de H34, AF, k. Grid 123 456, k. 2 T-70s i/o, k.

H16 de H34, Grid 123 456, 2 T-70s i/o, k. AF, k. Send it, k.

H16 de H34, AF, k. Grid 123 456, k. 2 T-70s i/o, k. PLT 3, k.

12. Define an FPF.

Ires based on either time or importance, on which delivery of fires takes precedence over all other fires.

Final protective fire is an immediately available prearranged barrier of fire designed to impede enemy movement across defensive lines or areas.

A linear target with the purpose of allowing friendly units to withdrawal.

13. What is the distance that a FPF should be from friendly troops?

50-100 meters

300-800 meters

200-400 meters

Correct Answer Not Present

14. Before dropping any airborne ordnance for an FPF what is required.

Commanders Approval

Priority of that target

Conclusion of any current missions

18. What are the requirements for accurate fire.

Accurate firing unit location, accurate target location and size, accurate computational procedures, accurate meteorological data, accurate weapon and ammunition information

Accurate target location, accurate unit firing location, accurate computational procedures

Accurate firing unit location, accurate computational procedures, accurate data, accurate enemy size

19. Select the correct precision muntion CFF.

H16 de H34, AF, k. Grid 123 456, k. Enemy team emplacing IED i/o, EXCAL, k.

H16 de H34, FFE, k. Grid 12345 56899, ATL 435, TLE 3.3, k. Enemy team emplacing IED i/o, EXCAL, k

H16 de H34, FFE, k. Grid 12345 56899, ATL 435, TLE 3.3, k. Enemy team emplacing IED i/o, EXCAL, AMC, k.

20. Select the correct PGK CFF.

H16 de H34, FFE, k. Grid 12345 67899, ALT 432, TLE 2.1, k. SPC Wilson i/o, PGK, AMC, PLT 1, k.

H16 de H34, FFE, k. Grid 12345 67899, ALT 432, TLE 2.1, k. SSG Clark i/o, PGK, AMC, k.

H16 de H34, FFE, k. Grid 12345 67899, ALT 432, TLE 2.1, k. SPC Scott i/o, k.

H16 de H34, FFE, k. Grid 12345 67899, ALT 432, TLE 2.1, k. SGT Solomon i/o, AMC, k.

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