SGTS COURSE TACTICAL TOOLS FIELD
COMMUNICATIONS AND COORDINATION
SKILLS EVALUATION SCRIPT ITEMS
ANSWERS COMMAND EFFECTIVENESS
REVIEW 2026
◉ Machine gun characteristics of fire
Answer: Trajectory
Cone of Fire
Beaten Zone
Dead and Danger Space
◉ Classes of Fire
Answer: Ground
Target
Gun
◉ Which principle of machine gun employment ensures that the
guns are positioned and fired in a manner that prevents gaps
,through which the enemy can close with and attack friendly
positions?
Answer: Interlocking fire
◉ Rocket employment Principles of direct fire control
Answer: Mass the effects of fire
Destroy greatest threats first
Avoid target overkill
Employ the best weapon for the target
Minimize friendly exposure
Prevent fratricide
Plan for limited visibility conditions
◉ Which principle states that a unit must mass its direct fires to
achieve decisive results?
Answer: Mass the effects of fire
,◉ Which principle states that the order in which rockets engage
enemy forces is in direct relation to the danger the forces present?
Answer: Destroy greatest threat first
◉ Which principle suggests to use only the amount of fire required
to achieve necessary effects?
Answer: Avoid target overkill
◉ Which principle states that using the appropriate weapon system
for the target increases the probability of rapid enemy destruction
or suppression?
Answer: Employ the best weapon for the target
◉ Which principle states that units increase their survivability by
exposing themselves to the enemy only to the extent necessary to
engage effectively?
Answer: Minimize friendly exposure
◉ Which principle states that all leaders must be proactive in
reducing noncombatant casualties?
Answer: Prevent fratricide
, ◉ Which principle states that conditions such as fog, rain, and
blowing sand may reduce the ability to engage forces at the
maximum effective ranges?
Answer: Plan for limited visibility conditions
◉ Battlespace geometry (BSG) is a non-doctrinal term that refers to
the art of deconflicting various organic weapons systems while
mitigating the effects of threat capabilities by plotting and
understanding the interrelatedness among several elements.
These elements are:
Answer: Threat rings
Gun target lines
Surface danger zones
Minimum safe distances
◉ Threat Rings
Answer: Threat rings are the planning ranges in which an enemy can
engage friendly forces. They determine friendly forces'
vulnerabilities to each enemy weapon system.
COMMUNICATIONS AND COORDINATION
SKILLS EVALUATION SCRIPT ITEMS
ANSWERS COMMAND EFFECTIVENESS
REVIEW 2026
◉ Machine gun characteristics of fire
Answer: Trajectory
Cone of Fire
Beaten Zone
Dead and Danger Space
◉ Classes of Fire
Answer: Ground
Target
Gun
◉ Which principle of machine gun employment ensures that the
guns are positioned and fired in a manner that prevents gaps
,through which the enemy can close with and attack friendly
positions?
Answer: Interlocking fire
◉ Rocket employment Principles of direct fire control
Answer: Mass the effects of fire
Destroy greatest threats first
Avoid target overkill
Employ the best weapon for the target
Minimize friendly exposure
Prevent fratricide
Plan for limited visibility conditions
◉ Which principle states that a unit must mass its direct fires to
achieve decisive results?
Answer: Mass the effects of fire
,◉ Which principle states that the order in which rockets engage
enemy forces is in direct relation to the danger the forces present?
Answer: Destroy greatest threat first
◉ Which principle suggests to use only the amount of fire required
to achieve necessary effects?
Answer: Avoid target overkill
◉ Which principle states that using the appropriate weapon system
for the target increases the probability of rapid enemy destruction
or suppression?
Answer: Employ the best weapon for the target
◉ Which principle states that units increase their survivability by
exposing themselves to the enemy only to the extent necessary to
engage effectively?
Answer: Minimize friendly exposure
◉ Which principle states that all leaders must be proactive in
reducing noncombatant casualties?
Answer: Prevent fratricide
, ◉ Which principle states that conditions such as fog, rain, and
blowing sand may reduce the ability to engage forces at the
maximum effective ranges?
Answer: Plan for limited visibility conditions
◉ Battlespace geometry (BSG) is a non-doctrinal term that refers to
the art of deconflicting various organic weapons systems while
mitigating the effects of threat capabilities by plotting and
understanding the interrelatedness among several elements.
These elements are:
Answer: Threat rings
Gun target lines
Surface danger zones
Minimum safe distances
◉ Threat Rings
Answer: Threat rings are the planning ranges in which an enemy can
engage friendly forces. They determine friendly forces'
vulnerabilities to each enemy weapon system.
