FA BOLC GUNNERY INTRO (CH 1 AND 3)
Field Artillery mission - Answers :to destroy, defeat, or disrupt the enemy with integrated
fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land operations
Firing Battery Mission - Answers :destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy by indirect
cannon, mortars, rockets, and missile fires
Indirect fire - Answers :(1) Fire delivered at a target not visible to the firing unit, or, (2)
Fire delivered to a target that is not itself used as a point of aim for the weapons or the
director.
5 requirements for accurate fire - Answers :1. Accurate target location and size
2. accurate firing unit location
3. accurate weapon and ammunition information
4. accurate meteorological information
5. accurate computational procedures
Accurate target location and size - Answers :Disposition (what they're doing), size, grid
location, altitude, type or target. *Observers job*
Accurate firing unit location - Answers :grid, altitude, directional control *Battery
leaderships job*
Accurate weapon and ammunition information - Answers :accurate propellant temp,
projectile square weight, muzzle velocity variation data *FDOs job*
(4 square = 95 lbs for M107, each square is plus or minus 1.1 lbs)
Accurate meteorological information - Answers :wind direction, wind speed, air temp, air
density *BN FDC provides this information*
- denser air = less range
Accurate computational procedures - Answers :MUST GET THIS RIGHT, slight error
can equal big problem
Ballistics - Answers :The study of firing, flight, and effects of ammunition
Gunnery - Answers :the practical application of ballistics in order to obtain desired
effects by fire
Which way do projectiles spin? - Answers :rightward
what is the sum of all interior ballistics - Answers :muzzle velocity
Interior ballistics - Answers :factors that affect the motion of the projectile within the tube
Field Artillery mission - Answers :to destroy, defeat, or disrupt the enemy with integrated
fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land operations
Firing Battery Mission - Answers :destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy by indirect
cannon, mortars, rockets, and missile fires
Indirect fire - Answers :(1) Fire delivered at a target not visible to the firing unit, or, (2)
Fire delivered to a target that is not itself used as a point of aim for the weapons or the
director.
5 requirements for accurate fire - Answers :1. Accurate target location and size
2. accurate firing unit location
3. accurate weapon and ammunition information
4. accurate meteorological information
5. accurate computational procedures
Accurate target location and size - Answers :Disposition (what they're doing), size, grid
location, altitude, type or target. *Observers job*
Accurate firing unit location - Answers :grid, altitude, directional control *Battery
leaderships job*
Accurate weapon and ammunition information - Answers :accurate propellant temp,
projectile square weight, muzzle velocity variation data *FDOs job*
(4 square = 95 lbs for M107, each square is plus or minus 1.1 lbs)
Accurate meteorological information - Answers :wind direction, wind speed, air temp, air
density *BN FDC provides this information*
- denser air = less range
Accurate computational procedures - Answers :MUST GET THIS RIGHT, slight error
can equal big problem
Ballistics - Answers :The study of firing, flight, and effects of ammunition
Gunnery - Answers :the practical application of ballistics in order to obtain desired
effects by fire
Which way do projectiles spin? - Answers :rightward
what is the sum of all interior ballistics - Answers :muzzle velocity
Interior ballistics - Answers :factors that affect the motion of the projectile within the tube
