FiST Certification Skill Level 1-2

Minimum Safe Distances (MSDs) are used for planning in training. What distance is used for planning in combat? - answer-Risk Estimate Distances (REDs) Danger close in meters for mortars and artillery. - answer-600m 5 Items of a Terrain Sketch - answer-1. Skyline/Horizon 2. Intermediate crests/hills/ridges 3. Other natural terrain features 4. Man-made features 5. Labels 6 Elements of the Call for Fire - answer-1. Observer Identification 2. Warning Order 3. Target Location 4. Target Description 5. Method of Engagement 6. Method of Fire and Control 3 Parts of the Warning Order - answer-1. Mission Type 2. Size of Element to Fire for Effect 3. Method of Target Location 4 Mission Types - answer-1. Adjust Fire 2. Fire for Effect 3. Suppression 4. Immediate Suppression/Immediate Smoke 5 Methods of Target Location - answer-1. Grid 2. Polar Plot 3. Laser Grid 4. Laser Polar 5. Shift from Known Point 5 Parts of a Target Description - answer-1. What target is 2. What target is doing 3. Number of elements in the target 4. Degree of protection 5. Target size/shape (if significant) 6 Methods of Engagement - answer-1. Type of Adjustment 2. Danger Close 3. Mark 4. Trajectory 5. Ammunition 6. Distribution 14 Methods of Control - answer-1. Fire when ready 2. At my command 3. Cannot observe 4. Time on target 5. Time to target 6. Continuous illumination 7. Coordinated illumination 8. Cease loading 9. Check firing 10. Continuous fire 11. Repeat 12. Request splash 13. Do not load 14. Duration 15 Subsequent Corrections - answer-1. Observer-Target Direction 2. Danger Close 3. Trajectory 4. Method of Fire 5. Distribution 6. Projectile 7. Fuze 8. Volume 9. Deviation Correction 10. Range Correction 11. Height of Burst Correction 12. Target Description 13. Mission Type and/or Method of Control 14. Splash 15. Repeat Order of Spottings - answer-1. Height of Burst 2. Range 3. Deviation 5 Height of Burst Spottings - answer-1. Air 2. Mixed Air 3. Mixed 4. Mixed Graze 5. Graze 8 Range Spottings - answer-1. Over 2. Short 3. Target 4. Range Correct 5. Doubtful 6. Lost 7. Unobserved 8. Unobserved Over/Short 3 Deviation Spottings - answer-1. Line 2. Left 3. Right When sending Polar Plot data in the second transmission of CFF, Direction is sent to the nearest _____ when not using a laser device and to the nearest _____ when using a laser device. - answer-10 mils; 1 mil When conducting an Illumination mission, Observer should transmit _____ when Target is best illuminated. - answer-Illumination... Mark 6 Uses for Illumination Shell - answer-1. Illuminate areas of suspected enemy activity 2. Provide illumination for night adjustment 3. Harass enemy positions 4. Furnish direction to friendly troops for attacks/patrol activities 5. Mark targets (by air/ground bursts) for attack by CAS 6. "Wash-Out" enemy passive night-sight systems when used at ground level 5 Illumination Patterns - answer-1. One-Gun illumination 2. Two-Gun illumination 3. Two-Gun illumination range spread 4. Two-Gun illumination lateral spread 5. Four-Gun illumination (range and lateral spread) Minimum Deviation and Range Corrections for Illumination - answer-200m Minimum Height-of-Burst Correction for Illumination - answer-50m 4 Area Fire Adjustment Techniques - answer-1. Successive Bracketing 2. Hasty Bracketing 3. Creeping Fire 4. One-Round Adjustment When engaging a Circular Target, _____ is included after the Target Description. - answer-Radius When engaging a Linear Target, Attitude is expressed from _____ to_____, to the nearest _____ mils. - answer-0000; 3100; 100 A Quick Smoke mission is used to _____ friendly movement or _____ enemy vision. - answer-Screen; Obscure Symbol for Airborne Infantry Platoon - answer- Symbol for an Artillery Battery - answer- Symbol for a Light Mortar - answer- 3 Types of Contour Lines - answer-1. Index 2. Intermediate 3. Supplementary 6 Colors on a Map and Representations - answer-1. Green: Identifies vegetation with military significance, such as woods, orchards, and vineyards. 2. Blue: Identifies hydrography or water features such as lakes, swamps, rivers, and drainage. 3. Black: Indicates cultural (man-made) features such as buildings and roads, surveyed spot elevations, and all labels. 4. Red: Classifies cultural features, such as populated areas, main roads, and boundaries, on older maps. 5. Brown: Identifies all relief features and elevation, such as contours on older edition maps, and cultivated land on red-light readable maps. 6. Red-Brown: The colors red and brown are combined to identify cultural features, all relief features, non-surveyed spot elevations, and elevation, such as contour lines on red-light readable maps. 5 Major Terrain Features - answer-1. Hill 2. Valley 3. Ridge 4. Saddle 5. Depression 3 Minor and 2 Supplementary Terrain Features - answer-1. Draw 2. Spur 3. Cliff 1. Cut 2. Fill Number of mils in a degree - answer-17.7 3 Norths - answer-1. Grid 2. True 3. Magnetic Elements of the Standard 9-Line MEDEVAC - answer-1. Location of pickup site 2. Radio frequency, call sign, and suffix 3. Number of patients by precedence 3A. Urgent (Non-Surgical) - Evac within 2hr 3B. Urgent Surgical (All Trauma) - Need immediate surgical care to stabilize 3C. Priority - Evac within 4hr 3D. Routine - Evac within 24hr 3E. Convenience - Evac when possible 4. Special equipment required (hoist, ventilator, extraction device) 5. Number of patients by type 5L. + # of litter patients 5A. + # of ambulatory patients 6. Security of pickup site (wartime) 6N. No enemy troops 6P. Possible enemy troops in area 6E. Confirmed enemy troops in area (use caution) 6X. Currently engaged with enemy Troops (armed escort recommended) 6. Number and type of wound, injury, illness (peacetime) 7. Method of marking pickup site 8. Patient nationality and status 8A. US/Coalition Mil 8B. US/Coalition Force Civilian 8C. Non-Coalition Force Soldier 8D. Non-US/Coalition Civilian 8E. Enemy POW 8F. High Value Target (Armed escort required) 9. NBC contamination (wartime) or Terrain description (peacetime) 5 Methods to Determine Direction - answer-1. Using other measuring devices 2. Measuring from a reference point 3. Using a compass 4. Scaling from a map 5. Estimation 3 Methods to Determine Distance - answer-1. Lasers 2. Flash-to-Bang 3. Estimation When conducting a Laser Polar mission, laser data sent to the nearest _____ for direction and vertical angle, and to the nearest _____ for distance. - answer-1 mil; 10m This subsequent correction adjusts Sheaf. - answer-Distribution This method of control causes an immediate halt in Firing. - answer-Check Firing The Fire Direction Center (FDC) transmits _____ to the Observer 5 seconds prior to round impact. - answer-Splash 4 Main Items in Message to Observer (MTO) - answer-1. Units to Fire 2. Changes to Call for Fire 3. Number of Rounds 4. Target Number This Range Spotting is used when a round's impact location cannot be determined by sight or sound. - answer-Lost This Range Spotting is used when the round impacts between the Observer and the Target. - answer-Short This Observer Target (OT) Factor is used for an OT Range of 700m. - answer-.7 This OT Factor is used for an OT Range of 2500. - answer-2 This OT Factor is used for an OT Range of 3500. - answer-4 If Angle T is 500 mils or greater, the Observer should... - answer-Continue to use his OT Factor to make adjustments; Should consider cutting his corrections if he is getting more of a correction than he asked for. Maximum Range of the ASIP Radio in POWER AMPLIFIER (PA) mode - answer-40km Maximum Effective Range of the Vector 21B (VIPER) - answer-4km 2 Types of Targets - answer-1. Planned Targets 2. Ta