TBS PHASE 3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Frontal Attack - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Deliberate
Hasty
Priority of Recon - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Stealth
-Force
, Eight Principles of Machine Gun Employment, PICMDEEP - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pairs
Interlocking fires
coordination of fires
Mutual Suport
Defilade
Enfilade
Economy of fires
Protection
Principal Direction of Fire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Primary
Supplementary
Alternate
Subsequent
Frontal Attack - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Deliberate
Hasty
Priority of Recon - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Stealth
-Force
, Eight Principles of Machine Gun Employment, PICMDEEP - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pairs
Interlocking fires
coordination of fires
Mutual Suport
Defilade
Enfilade
Economy of fires
Protection
Principal Direction of Fire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Primary
Supplementary
Alternate
Subsequent
