Term
TROOP LEADING PROCEDURES
(FM 3-21.10) |
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Definition
"The planning steps in the TLP reflect, but do not duplicate, those in the military decision-making process (MDMP, FM 5-0)."
1. Receive the Mission
2. Issue the Warning Order
3. Make a Tentative Plan
4. Initiate Movement
5. Reconnoiter
6. Complete the Plan
7. Issue OPORD
8. Supervise |
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STEPS OF INFORMATION PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD (IPB)
(FM 2-01.1) |
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Definition
1. Define the Operational Environment
2. Describe the Environmental Effects on the Operation
3. Evaluate the Threat
4. Determine the Threat COAs |
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Term
MOVEMENT FORMATIONS
(FM 3-90.1) |
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Definition
"The platoon leader uses formations for several purposes: to relate one vehicle or squad to another on the ground, to position firepower to support the direct-fire plan, to establish responsibilities for sector security among vehicles or squads, or to aid in the execution of battle drills and directed COAs."
DISMOUNTED:
1. Platoon Column
2. Platoon Line, Squads on Line
3. Platoon Line, Squad in Column
4. Platoon Vee
5. Platoon Wedge
6. Platoon File
MOUNTED:
1. Column
2. Wedge
3. Line
4. Echelon
5. Coil
6. Herringbone |
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Term
MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES
(FM 3-90.1) |
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Definition
"Movement techniques are not fixed formations. They refer to the distances between soldiers, teams, and squads that vary based on mission, enemy, terrain, visibility, and other factors affecting control."
(Same for both Mounted and Dismounted)
1. Traveling
2. Traveling Overwatch
3. Bounding Overwatch |
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Term
PRINCIPLES OF WAR
(FM 3-0) |
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Definition
"The nine principles of war represent the most important nonphysical factors that affect the conduct of operations at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels."
(MOOSE MUSS)
1. Mass
2. Offensive
3. Objective
4. Security
5. Economy of Force
6. Maneuver
7. Unity of Command
8. Simplicity
9. Surpise |
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Term
CHARACTERISTICS OF DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS
(FM 3-0) |
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Definition
"Combat operations conducted to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability operations."
Successful Defensive Operations share the following characteristics:
1. preparation
2. security
3. disruption
4. massed effects
5. flexibility
**successful defenses are aggressive |
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CHARACTERISTICS OF OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS
(FM 3-0) |
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Definition
"Combat operations conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces and seize terrain, resources, and population centers. They impose the commander’s will on the enemy."
1. Surprise
2. Concentration
3. Audacity
4. Tempo |
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Term
FORMS OF MANEUVER
(FM 3-90) |
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Definition
1. Envelopment
2. Turning movement
3. Frontal attack
4. Penetration
5. Infiltration |
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Term
TENETS OF BREACHING OPERATIONS
(FM 3-21.10) |
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Definition
"Breaching operations are conducted when the company cannot bypass the obstacles with maneuver."
1. Intelligence
2. Fundamentals
3. Organization
4. Mass
5. Synchronization |
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Term
FUNDAMENTALS OF BREACHING
(FM 3-21.10) |
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Definition
1. Suppress
2. Obscure
3. Secure
4. Reduce
5. Assault
(SOSRA) "...are the five breaching fundamentals that ensure success when breaching against a defending enemy." |
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Term
| ELEMENTS OF COMBAT POWER (FM 3-0) |
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Definition
| "Combat power is the total means of destructive, constructive, and information capabilities that a military unit or formation can apply at a given time. Army forces generate combat power by converting potential into effective action." 1. leadership 2. information 3. maneuver 4. firepower 5. protection |
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THE LEVELS OF WAR
(FM 3-0) |
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Definition
"The levels of war define and clarify the relationship between strategy and tactical actions."
1. STRATEGIC
a. National Policy
b. Theater Strategy
2. OPERATIONAL
a. Campaigns
b. Major Operations
3. TACTICAL
a. Battles
b. Engagements
c. Small Unit and Crew Actions |
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Term
THE WARFIGHTING FUNCTIONS
(FM 3-21.10) |
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Definition
"Commanders visualize, describe, direct, and lead operations and training in terms of the warfighting functions. Decisive, shaping, and sustaining operations combine all the warfighting functions.
No function is exclusively decisive, shaping, or sustaining."
"The elements of Combat Power are the Warfighting Functions tied together by Leadership."
1. Intelligence
2. Movement & Maneuver
3. Command and Control
4. Fire Support
5. Sustainment
6. Protection |
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Term
ASPECTS OF TERRAIN/OAKOC
(FM 34-130/FM 3-21.10) |
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Definition
1. observation and fields of fire
2. avenues of approach
3. key terrain
4. obstacles
5. cover and concealment |
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Term
5 PARAGRAPHS OF THE OPORD
(FM 5-0) |
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Definition
1. SITUATION
2. MISSION
3. EXECUTION
4. SUSTAINMENT
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL |
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Term
DIRECT FIRE CONTROL MEASURES
(FM 3-21.10) |
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Definition
"Fire control measures are the means by which the Infantry company commander or his subordinate leaders control direct fires. Application of these concepts, procedures, and techniques helps the unit acquire the enemy, focus fires on him, distribute the effects of the fires, and prevent fratricide."
TERRAIN BASED:
Target reference point
Engagement area
Sector of fire
Direction of fire
Terrain-based quadrant
Friendly based quadrant
Maximum engagement line
Restrictive fire line
Final protective line
THREAT BASED:
Fire patterns
Target array
Engagement priorities
Weapons ready posture
Engagement criteria
Weapons control status
Rules of engagement
Weapons safety posture
Engagement techniques |
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Term
WEAPONS CONTROL STATUS
(FM 3-21.10) |
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Definition
"The three levels of weapons control status (WCS) outline the conditions, based on target identification criteria, under which friendly elements may engage. The commander sets and adjusts the weapons control status based on friendly and enemy disposition."
1. WEAPONS HOLD (Engage only if engaged or ordered to engage)
2. WEAPONS TIGHT (Engage only targets positively identified as enemy)
3. WEAPONS FREE (Engage any targets not positively identified as friendly) |
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Term
COMMANDER'S CRITICAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS (CCIR)
(FM 3-21.10) |
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Definition
| "The CCIR identify and filter information needed by leaders to support their vision and to make critical decisions, especially to determine or validate COAs. CCIR help commanders determine what is relevant to mission accomplishment. In one technique, they write the desired question, the quantified answer, and the reaction (critical decision to make). CCIR also help focus the efforts of subordinates and aid in the allocation of resources. Commanders should limit their CCIR to essential information." |
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Term
MISSION VARIABLES
(FM 3-21.10) |
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Definition
1. Mission
2. Enemy
3. Terrain & Weather
4. Troops & Support
5. Time Available
6. Civil Considerations |
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Term
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Definition
| A tactical mission task that involves preventing a unit, facility, or geographical location from being damaged or destroyed as a result of enemy action. (FM 3-90) |
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Term
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A tactical mission task that requires the commander to remove all enemy forces and eliminate organized resistance in an assigned area. (FM 3-90)
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Term
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| 1. A tactical mission task that physically renders an enemy force combat-ineffective until it is reconstituted. 2. To damage a combat system so badly that it cannot perform any function or be restored to a usable condition without being entirely rebuilt. (FM 3-90) |
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Term
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Definition
1. As applies to military operations, to render ineffective or unusable.
2. To render enemy personnel or material incapable of interfering with a particular operation. See FM 3-90. |
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Term
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Definition
| To stop, hold, or surround the forces of the enemy or to cause the enemy to center activity on a given front and to prevent the withdrawal of any part of the enemy’s force for use elsewhere. See also block; fix; suppress. See FM 3-90. |
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Term
| FINAL PROTECTIVE FIRES (FPF) |
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Definition
| An immediately available prearranged barrier of fire designed to impede enemy movement across defensive lines or areas. Also called FPF. See also battle position; final protective line. See FM 3-90. |
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Term
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Definition
| A geographic place, specific key event, critical system or function that allows commanders to gain a marked advantage over an enemy and greatly influence the outcome of an attack. See also centers of gravity. See FM 3-0. |
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Term
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Definition
1. Block
2. Fix
3. Turn
4. Disrupt |
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Term
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Definition
A tactical mission task that results in temporary degradation of the performance
of a force or weapons system below the level needed to accomplish the mission. (FM 3-90) |
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Term
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| A form of attack by fire or other destructive means from concealed positions on a moving or temporarily halted enemy. (FM 3-0) |
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Term
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Definition
A form of retrograde in which a force under pressure trades space for time by slowing
the enemy’s momentum and inflicting maximum damage on the enemy without, in principle,
becoming decisively engaged. (FM 3-90) |
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Term
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Definition
| A tactical mission task in which a commander integrates direct and indirect fires, terrain, and obstacles to upset an enemy’s formation or tempo, interrupt his timetable, or cause his forces to commit prematurely or attack in piecemeal fashion. (FM 3-90) |
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Term
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Definition
| An engineer obstacle effect that focuses fire planning and obstacle effort to slow an attacker’s movement within a specified area, normally an engagement area. See also block; contain; disrupt; support by fire; turn; way point. (FM 3-90) |
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Term
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Definition
| In land warfare, a line designated to coordinate the departure of attack elements. |
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Term
| COMMANDER'S CRITICAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS (CCIR) |
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Definition
A comprehensive list of information requirements identified by the commander as being critical in facilitating timely
information management and the decisionmaking process that affect successful mission
accomplishment. The two key subcomponents are critical friendly force information and
priority intelligence requirements. (Army) – Elements of information required by commanders that directly affect decision-making and dictate the successful execution of military operations. (FM 3-0) |
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Term
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A tactical mission task in which a commander uses direct fires, supported by indirect fires, to engage an enemy without closing with him to destroy, suppress, fix, or deceive him. See also frontal attack; support by fire. (FM 3-90)
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Term
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Definition
A tactical mission task in which a maneuver force moves to a position where it can engage the enemy by direct fire in support of another maneuvering force. See also attack by fire; overwatch. (FM 3-90)
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Term
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| A tactical mission task that involves a force moving into an area so that it can control the entire area. Both the force’s movement to and occupation of the area occur without enemy opposition. (FM 3-90) |
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Term
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| A tactical mission task that requires a unit to seal off—both physically and psychologically—an enemy from his sources of support, deny an enemy freedom of movement, and prevent an enemy unit from having contact with other enemy forces. See also encirclement. (FM 3-90) |
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| RESTRICTIVE FIRE LINE (RFL) |
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Definition
| A line established between converging friendly surface forces that prohibits fires or their effects across that line. |
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Term
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| A predetermined point on the surface of the Earth used as a means of controlling movement, a registration target for fire adjustment, or reference for location. |
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| PRIORITY INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENT (PIR) |
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Definition
| Those intelligence requirements for which a commander has an anticipated and stated priority in his task of planning and decision-making. See FM 3-0. |
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Term
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| 5.56 Combat Load: 210 Rate: 12-15, 700-800 Effective: 580 Planning: 400 Moving: 200 Maximum: 3600 |
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Term
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Definition
40 mm
Auto
Rate: 60, 40, 375
Area: 2212
Point: 1500 |
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| 120mm Mortar Characteristics |
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40mm
Combat Load: 30
Area: 350
Area, Planning: 350
Point: 150
Point, Planning: 150
Maximum: 400
Combat Minimum: 31 |
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| M21 Rifle Characteristics |
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Definition
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| M1A1 Abrams Characteristics |
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Definition
M256 120mm main gun
M2 .50 cal CMDR's wpn
M240C, 7.62 mm coax
M240 loader's weapon
Road: 67 kph / 42 mph
X-Cty: 40 kph / 25 mph
Range: 440 km / 275 mph |
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5.56
Combat Load: 600
Effective: 800
Planning: 600
Moving: N/A
Maximum: 3600
Rate: 200, 85, 600 |
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| Barret .50cal Characteristics |
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Definition
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Combat Load: 600
Effective: 1100
Planning: 1100
Grazing: 600
Maximum: 3725 |
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Definition
84 mm
Arming Range: 30
Min Safe Range: 30
Stationary: 300
Moving: 300
Max Range: 2100
Backblast: 60 m |
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| M2 Bradley Characteristics |
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Definition
M242, 25 mm auto gun - 300/600
M240C, 7.62 mm coax - 800/3600
TOW2B, ATGM - 2/5
Max: 65-73 kph / 40-45mph
Avg X-Ctry: 40-45 kph / 25-28 mph
Est. 1: 475 km / 295 mi
Est. 2: 400 km / 250 mi |
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| 81mm Mortar Characteristics |
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Definition
min / max: 70 / 4600 - HE
min / max: 73 / 4725 - HE
min / max: 73 / 4775 - WP
min / max: 100 / 2950 - Illum
12 rounds per minute for 2 minutes, then 5 rounds per minute, sustained |
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| Stryker IFV Characteristics |
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Definition
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| M2 .50cal Characteristics |
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Definition
Area: 1830
Area, Planning: 1830
Point: 1200
Point, Planning: 1200
Maximum: 6767
Rate: 40/500 |
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Term
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Definition
127 mm
2 rds per CLU
6 x CLU/CO
18 x CLU/BN
Min Range: 65
Max Range: 2500 |
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| 60mm Mortar Characteristics |
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Definition
min / max: 70 / 3500 - HE
min / max: 70 /3500 - WP
min / max: 200 / 3200 - Illum
min / max: 33 / 1625 - WP
min / max: 725 / 950 - Illum
min / max: 45 / 1925 - HE
30 rounds per minute for 4 minutes, then 20 rpm. Sustained |
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7.62 mm
Effective: 300
Tracer: 800
Max: 2500
Rate: 100/40/600
Combat Load: 120 |
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7.62 mm
Combat Load: 1000
Effective:800
Tracer: 800
Max: 3000
Rate:
50 (practical, semi)
80 (practical, auto)
150 (auto)
650 (cyclic) |
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7.62 mm
Rate: 250/650
Range:
1000/2000 (day)
300 (night)
3800/4000 (max) |
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40 mm
Combat Load: 5
Crew: 2
Rate: 4-6 rds/min
300 (eff, moving)
500 (eff, stationary) |
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| Panzerfaus Characteristics |
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Definition
60 mm tube, 110 mm Warhead
Combat Load: 5
Rate:
5 rds/min
1.3 sec to 300 m
Range:
300 (eff, moving)
500 (eff, stationary)
500mm Armor Penetration for HEAT rd |
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Term
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Definition
12.7 mm MG - 80-100rpm, 500rds
2 x 7.62 mm MG - 250rpm, 3000rds
Max: 80 kph/50mph
Avg X-Ctry: INA
500 km/312.5 mi |
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12.7mm MG - 100rpm
HOT-3 ATGM
Max: 95 kph/ 60mph
Avg X-Ctry: INA
Range: 750km/469 mi |
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125mm smooth - 4-6rpm, 45rds
7.62mm Coax - 250rpm, 2000rds
12.7mm AA MG - 200rpm, 300rds
ATGM
Max: 60 kph/ 40mph
Avg X-Ctry: 35kph/20mph
Range: 500km/300 mi |
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| BMP 1/2/3 Characteristics |
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Definition
7.62mm Coax - 250rpm, 2000rds
Max: 65 kph/ 41mph
Avg X-Ctry: INA
Range: 600 km/375 mi |
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Term
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30 mm
87 rds
Range:
50 (min)
700 (direct fire)
1200 (effective)
1730 (max IDF rng)
Rate:
60-100 (practical)
100-400 adj. (cyclic)
single shot
short burst (<5 rds)
long burst (6-10 rds) |
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| IBCT Infantry Unit Symbol |
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Definition
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| HBCT Infantry Unit Symbol |
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Definition
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| SBCT Infantry Unit Symbol |
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Scout Platoon Symbol
IBCT/HBCT/SBCT |
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| Airborne Infantry Platoon Symbol |
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Definition
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| Air Assault Infantry Platoon Symbol |
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| Civil Affairs (CA) Team Symbol |
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| Military Working Dog Team Symbol |
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| Special Forces Unit Symbol |
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