Field Artillery Operations and Fire Support (FM 3-09) - 9781974365944

Field manual (FM) 3-09, "Field Artillery Operations and Fire Support," provides tactics for field artillery operations and fire support in unified land operations. This publication is intended to provide guidance for brigade, division, and corps for the employment of field artillery, and for the planning, preparation, execution, and assessment of fire support. Higher echelon planners may use it to assist in establishing fire support requirements. The manual begins by describing the capabilities of the field artillery, how it is organized, and how field artillery supports the maneuver commander through the integration of all forms of fires. This publication also provides a comprehensive discussion of fire support. This includes topics such as the role of fire support in Unified Land Operations, fire support coordination organizations and key personnel, target acquisition for fire support, and fire support attack resources. This publication also provides information on fire support in the operations process: fire support planning, preparation, execution, and assessment.

Author: Department of the Army

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Aug 08, 2017

Number of Pages: 162 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1974365948

ISBN-13: 9781974365944