TBS Principles of Fire Support || With Error-free Answers.
M224 60 mm mortar section and characteristics correct answers In a weapon platoon of an
infantry rifle company
3 M224 mortars
10 Marines (1 section leader plus 9 Marines)
3 Squads(3 Marines per)
2 Methods of firing: drop fire(conventional) or trigger fire(hand-held)
Can be fired in a direct lay mode or FDC
M252 81mm mortar section and characteristics correct answers In a weapon company of an
infantry battalion
69 Marines
8 Tubes
2 Sections
4 Tubes per section
6 Marines per tube
Four types of mortar shells correct answers 1) HE (high explosive)
2) WP (white phosphorous)
3) RP (red phosphorous)
4) Illumination
Four types of mortar fuzes correct answers 1) Point detonating (Quick or PD)
2) Delay
3) Proximity/Near Surface Burst (NSB)
4) Time
What are mortar capabilities? correct answers 1) High volume of fire
, 2) Highly responsive asset
3) Light, mobile, and flexible
4) Fires from and into defilade
5) CO's "hip pocket artillery"
What are mortar limitations? correct answers 1) Long time of flight
2) Ammunition consumption
3) Multiple displacements
Mission of Marine artillery correct answers Destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy by
cannon, rocket, and missile fire and to integrate all fire support assets into combined arms
operation.
Three key tasks to accomplish artillery mission correct answers 1) Primary task: to provide close
and continuous fire support to the maneuver units.
2) Artillery gives depth to the battlefield. Weapons with ranges of 20+ kilometers have the ability
to:
a) Attack reserves and assembly areas.
b) Interdict supply lines.
c) Disrupt the enemy's command and control facilities.
3) Deliver counter fire within the range of our weapon systems to ensure freedom of movement
for ground forces.
M198 155mm Towed Howitzer characteristics correct answers "God's Gun"
Range 18,100 and 30,100(RAP)
MAX ROF 4rds per min for 1st 3 min
Sust ROF 2rds per min
M777A2 155mm Towed Howitzer characteristics correct answers MAX ROF 5rds per min
M224 60 mm mortar section and characteristics correct answers In a weapon platoon of an
infantry rifle company
3 M224 mortars
10 Marines (1 section leader plus 9 Marines)
3 Squads(3 Marines per)
2 Methods of firing: drop fire(conventional) or trigger fire(hand-held)
Can be fired in a direct lay mode or FDC
M252 81mm mortar section and characteristics correct answers In a weapon company of an
infantry battalion
69 Marines
8 Tubes
2 Sections
4 Tubes per section
6 Marines per tube
Four types of mortar shells correct answers 1) HE (high explosive)
2) WP (white phosphorous)
3) RP (red phosphorous)
4) Illumination
Four types of mortar fuzes correct answers 1) Point detonating (Quick or PD)
2) Delay
3) Proximity/Near Surface Burst (NSB)
4) Time
What are mortar capabilities? correct answers 1) High volume of fire
, 2) Highly responsive asset
3) Light, mobile, and flexible
4) Fires from and into defilade
5) CO's "hip pocket artillery"
What are mortar limitations? correct answers 1) Long time of flight
2) Ammunition consumption
3) Multiple displacements
Mission of Marine artillery correct answers Destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy by
cannon, rocket, and missile fire and to integrate all fire support assets into combined arms
operation.
Three key tasks to accomplish artillery mission correct answers 1) Primary task: to provide close
and continuous fire support to the maneuver units.
2) Artillery gives depth to the battlefield. Weapons with ranges of 20+ kilometers have the ability
to:
a) Attack reserves and assembly areas.
b) Interdict supply lines.
c) Disrupt the enemy's command and control facilities.
3) Deliver counter fire within the range of our weapon systems to ensure freedom of movement
for ground forces.
M198 155mm Towed Howitzer characteristics correct answers "God's Gun"
Range 18,100 and 30,100(RAP)
MAX ROF 4rds per min for 1st 3 min
Sust ROF 2rds per min
M777A2 155mm Towed Howitzer characteristics correct answers MAX ROF 5rds per min
