TBS PHASE 3 Question and Answer [2026] |
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• Frontal Attack -✓✓ A form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to
destroy a weaker enemy force or fix a larger enemy force in place over a broad
front.
• Flanking Attack -✓✓ 1. uses fire and maneuver in order to gain a position of
advantage against an enemy vulnerability.
2. usually uses a support by fire position that diverts attention away from the main
effort and uses fires to fix the enemy in place, preventing them from reorienting on
the main effort.
• Classification of Offensive Fires -✓✓ -Fires in support of maneuver-the MG unit
will suppress the maneuver unit's immediate objective to allow the unit to move
into position to conduct the final assault.
-Fires in support of isolation- the MG unit will suppress any enemy unit that can
interfere with the maneuver elements advance.
-Fires in support of assault- the MG unit will suppress the maneuver unit's
immediate objective.
-Fires in support of consolidation- enemy counterattack should be expected
following seizure of objective. MG's are used to protect the unit's consolidation
and reorganization.
• Types of Attacks -✓✓ Deliberate
Hasty
,• Priority of Recon -✓✓ o Confirm location of enemy defense CSW, obstacles and
security.
o Identify the EN CV
o Identify the assault position that will best allow the ME to assault the enemy
o Identify the best support by fire position
o Identify routes and TCM's
• Occupying Support By Fire -✓✓ -Stealth
-Force
• Eight Principles of Machine Gun Employment, PICMDEEP -✓✓ Pairs
Interlocking fires
coordination of fires
Mutual Suport
Defilade
Enfilade
Economy of fires
Protection
• Principal Direction of Fire -✓✓ the weapons primary focus is covering a likely
avenue of approach, key piece of terrain, or whatever object of interest that unit
leader assigns it. Weapon will left and right lateral limits.
• Final Protective Line -✓✓ the weapon is primarily in a position to employ
grazing fires (center of the cone of fire does not pass 1 meter off the deck) across a
unit's frontage as a last effort to defend the lines.
, • 7 Steps of Engagement Area Development -✓✓ 1. Identify all likely enemy
avenues of approach
2. Determine likely enemy schemes of maneuver
3. Determine where to kill the enemy
4. Emplace weapon systems
5. Plan and integrate obstacles
6. Plan and integrate indirect fires
7. Conduct EA rehearsals
• Types of Defensive Positions -✓✓ Primary
Supplementary
Alternate
Subsequent
• Primary Positon -✓✓ is the best place to accomplish the assigned mission.
• Alternate Position -✓✓ is where a unit can still accomplish its assigned mission,
but that is occupied when the primary BP becomes either untenable or unsuitable.
• Supplementary Position -✓✓ allows a unit to address unexpected enemy schemes
of maneuver.
• Subsequent Position -✓✓ is a preplanned position to which a unit expects to
move during the course of the defensive battle
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | 100% Verified
Answers
• Frontal Attack -✓✓ A form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to
destroy a weaker enemy force or fix a larger enemy force in place over a broad
front.
• Flanking Attack -✓✓ 1. uses fire and maneuver in order to gain a position of
advantage against an enemy vulnerability.
2. usually uses a support by fire position that diverts attention away from the main
effort and uses fires to fix the enemy in place, preventing them from reorienting on
the main effort.
• Classification of Offensive Fires -✓✓ -Fires in support of maneuver-the MG unit
will suppress the maneuver unit's immediate objective to allow the unit to move
into position to conduct the final assault.
-Fires in support of isolation- the MG unit will suppress any enemy unit that can
interfere with the maneuver elements advance.
-Fires in support of assault- the MG unit will suppress the maneuver unit's
immediate objective.
-Fires in support of consolidation- enemy counterattack should be expected
following seizure of objective. MG's are used to protect the unit's consolidation
and reorganization.
• Types of Attacks -✓✓ Deliberate
Hasty
,• Priority of Recon -✓✓ o Confirm location of enemy defense CSW, obstacles and
security.
o Identify the EN CV
o Identify the assault position that will best allow the ME to assault the enemy
o Identify the best support by fire position
o Identify routes and TCM's
• Occupying Support By Fire -✓✓ -Stealth
-Force
• Eight Principles of Machine Gun Employment, PICMDEEP -✓✓ Pairs
Interlocking fires
coordination of fires
Mutual Suport
Defilade
Enfilade
Economy of fires
Protection
• Principal Direction of Fire -✓✓ the weapons primary focus is covering a likely
avenue of approach, key piece of terrain, or whatever object of interest that unit
leader assigns it. Weapon will left and right lateral limits.
• Final Protective Line -✓✓ the weapon is primarily in a position to employ
grazing fires (center of the cone of fire does not pass 1 meter off the deck) across a
unit's frontage as a last effort to defend the lines.
, • 7 Steps of Engagement Area Development -✓✓ 1. Identify all likely enemy
avenues of approach
2. Determine likely enemy schemes of maneuver
3. Determine where to kill the enemy
4. Emplace weapon systems
5. Plan and integrate obstacles
6. Plan and integrate indirect fires
7. Conduct EA rehearsals
• Types of Defensive Positions -✓✓ Primary
Supplementary
Alternate
Subsequent
• Primary Positon -✓✓ is the best place to accomplish the assigned mission.
• Alternate Position -✓✓ is where a unit can still accomplish its assigned mission,
but that is occupied when the primary BP becomes either untenable or unsuitable.
• Supplementary Position -✓✓ allows a unit to address unexpected enemy schemes
of maneuver.
• Subsequent Position -✓✓ is a preplanned position to which a unit expects to
move during the course of the defensive battle
