Indirect Fire

Question 1

how many battalions of towed artillery are in an IBCT?

Answer 1

1 battalion

Question 2

what is the artillery equivalent of a company

Answer 2

1 battery

Question 3

how many batteries of M119s are there in a towed artillery battalion?

Answer 3

2 batteries

Question 4

how many batteries of M777s are there is a towed artillery battalion?

Answer 4

1 battery

Question 5

how many M119s are there in a battery?

Answer 5

six guns

Question 6

how many M777s are there in a battery?

Answer 6

six guns

Question 7

what is a mortar?

Answer 7

a muzzle-loaded device that fires ounds at an angle greater than 45 degrees

Question 8

what is a howitzer?

Answer 8

a short-barreled artillery piece on wheels that fires rounds at an angle less than a mortar but more than a field gun. most common

Question 9

what is a field gun?

Answer 9

an artillery piece that fires rounds at a lower angle of projection, typically line of sight.

Question 10

what are the advantages of a mortar?

Answer 10

1. Higher angle = greater range; can fire over barriers and terrain (defilade, reverse slopes)
2. Lighter, so fast maneuver and used by lighter units.
3. Faster reload – 30rpm for 60mm compared to 4rpm from 155mm
4. Fire without a fire director center (FDC) – mortar SL can engage with direct lay or direct alignment.

Question 11

what are the disadvantages of mortars?

Answer 11

1. Range; max range for a 120mm is about 7km only
2. lighter units can only carry so many rounds
3. innaccurate: wind speed and distance more impactful

Question 12

what is the max effective range of a 60mm mortar?

Answer 12

3.490 km

Question 13

what is the max effective range for a 81mm mortar?

Answer 13

5.790km

Question 14

what is the max effective range for a 120mm mortar?

Answer 14

7.2km

Question 15

what is the max effective range for a 105mm howitzer?

Answer 15

19.5km

Question 16

what is the max effective range for a 155mm howitzer?

Answer 16

30km

Question 17

what is the max effective range for MLRS?

Answer 17

15-300km.

Question 18

how many 81mm mortars in an infantry battalion?

Answer 18

4 mortars

Question 19

how many 120mm mortars are there in an infantry battalion?

Answer 19

4 mortars

Question 20

how many 60mm mortars are there in a infantry battalion?

Answer 20

6 mortars

Question 21

how many 60mm mortars are there in an infantry company?

Answer 21

2 mortars

Question 22

how many 120, 81, and 60mm mortars are there in cavalry troop?

Answer 22

2 of any one kind, making 6 per squadron

Question 23

what are the advantages of artillery, to include both field guns and howitzers?

Answer 23

1. Reliability: provide fire in any conditions or types of terrain
2. Provide greater depth on the battlefield. m777 hits targets 4 times farther than heaviest mortar
3. Large number of available shells and fuzes: can fire different types of ammunition at different delays
4. Counterfire when paired with radar against enemy idf.
5. Mobility: as mobile as the maneuver force it accompanies.
6. More accurate.

Answer 24

1. can’t kill moving armored targets
2. slow response time due to multiple echelons between it and frontline units
3. easily detected due to large firing signature and radio coordination.

Question 25

what are the uses of a high explosive (HE) shell?

Answer 25

used for adjusting fire, antipersonnel, unarmored vehicles, light material

Question 26

what are the uses of a smoke (SMKE) round

Answer 26

used for obscuring, screening, deception, and signaling

Question 27

what are the uses for an illumination round?

Answer 27

used for increasing visibility of a battlefield and marking infrared targets

Question 28

what does a variable time fuze do?

Answer 28

explodes above the target area, sending shrapnel down.

Question 29

what does a point of impact fuze do?

Answer 29

detonates on contact with the target area

Question 30

what does a point-delayed fuze do?

Answer 30

detonates after puncturing target, good for destroying fortified positions