TBS PHASE 3 EXAM
ASSIGNMENT 1 (ANSWERS)
SEMESTER 1 2026
Priority of Recon - 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 - answer--Stealth
-Force
Eight Principles of Machine Gun Employment, PICMDEEP
- answer-Pairs
Interlocking fires
coordination of fires
Mutual Suport
Defilade
Enfilade
,Economy of fires
Protection
Frontal Attack - 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 - 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 - 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 - answer-Deliberate
, Hasty
Principal Direction of Fire - 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 - 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 - 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 - answer-Primary
Supplementary
Alternate
Subsequent
Primary Positon - answer-is the best place to accomplish
the assigned mission.
Alternate Position - answer-is where a unit can still
accomplish its assigned mission, but that is occupied
ASSIGNMENT 1 (ANSWERS)
SEMESTER 1 2026
Priority of Recon - 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 - answer--Stealth
-Force
Eight Principles of Machine Gun Employment, PICMDEEP
- answer-Pairs
Interlocking fires
coordination of fires
Mutual Suport
Defilade
Enfilade
,Economy of fires
Protection
Frontal Attack - 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 - 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 - 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 - answer-Deliberate
, Hasty
Principal Direction of Fire - 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 - 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 - 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 - answer-Primary
Supplementary
Alternate
Subsequent
Primary Positon - answer-is the best place to accomplish
the assigned mission.
Alternate Position - answer-is where a unit can still
accomplish its assigned mission, but that is occupied
