Rifle Plt in the Offense

Question 1

What is a hasty attack?

Answer 1

Attack when the commander decides to trade preparation time for speed to exploit an opportunity.

Question 2

What is a deliberate attack?

Answer 2

Type of offensive action characterized by pre-planned and coordinated employment of firepower and maneuver to close with and destroy the enemy.

Question 3

What are the offensive forms of maneuver at the platoon level?

Answer 3

Frontal attack

Flanking attack

Question 4

What is a warning order?

Answer 4

The warning order allows subordinate leaders to begin their own planning while the commander writes the full order.

Question 5

What items should be considered by the commander from COC?

Answer 5

S-2, S-3, S-4, S-6

Question 6

What is a leader’s recon?

Answer 6

Small, leadership-heavy reconnaissance patrol that will operate in close proximity to the enemy.

Question 7

How should priorities of recon be worked?

Answer 7

From enemy to friendly

Question 8

What should be considered when deciding on a SBF position?

Answer 8

Located on enemy frontage
Offset from maneuver element
Cover and concealment

Question 9

How can a SBF position be occupied?

Answer 9

By force or stealth

Question 10

Give some examples of TCMs for the offense:

Answer 10

Boundary
Assembly Area
Attack Position
Line of Departure
Checkpoint
Phase Line
Release point
Target Reference Point
Assault Position
Objective
Limit of Advance
Linkup Point

Question 11

What is a TRP?

Answer 11

Target Reference Point - An easily recognizable point on the ground (either natural or man-made) used to initiate, distribute, and control fires.

Question 12

How can the estimate of the situation be updated?

Answer 12

Higher’s order, COC coordination, and the leader’s recon.

Question 13

What are the 3 categories of fire support in the offense?

Answer 13

Preparatory fires
Fires in support of the conduct
Fires in support of the consolidation

Question 14

What are tasks used for?

Answer 14

Providing subordinate units their mission.

Question 15

What additional signals are needed for SBF?

Answer 15

Commence
Shift
Cease
Displace

Question 16

What does it mean for the SBF to commence fire?

Answer 16

Begin suppressive fire. If the SBF position is occupied, this is when the SBF will seize the position.

Question 17

What formations can be used to move to the objective?

Answer 17

Column, wedge, echelon, vee, line

Question 18

When can a maneuver element move.

Answer 18

When covered by terrain or effective fires

Question 19

How can effective fires be achieved?

Answer 19

Ensuring rounds are on target before exposing.
Ensuring proper distribution of fires.
Ensuring targets are prioritized.

Question 20

What are the capabilities and limitations of the sustained rate?

Answer 20

Provides average suppression and conserves ammunition and won’t overheat.

Question 21

What are the capabilities and limitations of the rapid rate?

Answer 21

Provides more suppression, but uses double the ammunition and causes the gun to overheat.

Question 22

What is the calculation to determine how much ammo is needed?

Answer 22

A > S * M
A = Ammunition
S = Weapons firing * average rate of fire
M = Distance to objective/average rate of movement

Question 23

If the maneuver element is moving slower than planned, what options does the commander have?

Answer 23

Reduce the overall rate of fire
Reduce or cease fires on lower priority targets
Increase the rate of movement

Question 24

What is the Plt Cmdr responsible for on the objective?

Answer 24

Control fire support
Control maneuver element
Coordinate with higher and adjacent

Question 25

What is SAFE in the consolidation?

Answer 25

Security
Automatic weapons
Fields of fire
Entrenchment

Question 26

What is the ACE report?

Answer 26

Ammo
Casualties
Equipment