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| What Does TTLODAC Stand for? |
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| TGT #, Trigger, Location, Observer, Delivery System, Attack Guidance, Communication. |
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| Type I Terminal Control of CAS is Classified as? |
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| Visual sight of attacking aircraft and TGT must be established prior to each engagement. |
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Coordinated Fire Line:
A Line beyond which conventional surface fire support means may fire at any time within the zone of the establishing HQ's without additional coordination. |
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| Security, Location, Communications, Targeting, Observation, Position Improvement. |
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| What is the Joint Tactical Air Strike request form? |
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What is the Mx. Range for the 105MM M913Projectile?
(Rocket Assisted Projectile/RAP) |
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| Final Protective Fire: An immediately available preplanned barrier of direct and indirect fire designed to provide close protection to friendly positions and installations by impeding enemy movement into defensive areas. |
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| A JFO is a trained and certified Service member who can request, adjust and control surface-to-surface fires, provide targeting information in support of Type2 and Type3 CAS terminal attack control, and perform autonomous TGO. |
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| What is the best wind speed for WP? |
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| What is the best wind speed for Smoke? (Hexachloroethane) |
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| Fire Support Execution Matrix: a concise, easy planning tool, which shows the many factors of a Fire Support plan. |
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| What is line 6 of a CAS 9-Line? |
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| Define Type2 terminal control of CAS |
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| Type2 control is used when the JTAC requires control of individual attacks but assesses that either visual acquisition of the attacking aircraft or TGT at weapons release is not possible or when attacking aircraft are not in a position to acquire the mark/TGT prior to weapons release/launch. |
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| Part of the Targeting process Decide-Detect-Deliver-Asses. |
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| What does MOP stand for in the Targeting process? |
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What is the Maximum range of the 120MM ?
(M120) |
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| Find-Fix-Finish-Exploit-Analyze-Disseminate. |
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| A Target that is critical to the enemy |
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| What is a Fire Support Task? |
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| Identifying an asset and the type of fires that asset will provide to accomplish the commanders intent for fires. |
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| What does TPEA stand for? |
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| Task-Purpose-Execution-Assesment. |
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Term
| What are the six elements of the Call For Fire? |
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| OBS ID-WARNO-TGT Loc-TGT Desc-Method of Engagement-Method of Fire/Control. |
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| What is the 6th subsequent correction of the 15 Sub's? |
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| What is the illumination burn time for the 105MM M314A2? |
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| Because of the size of the effects pattern for ICM, deviation shifts of less than 50 meters and RNG corrections of less than 100 meters should not be made (T or F) |
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Term
| What is the speed of sound? |
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Appox: 350 meters per second.I
(t is important to note that the sound speed in air is determined by the air itself. It is not dependent upon the sound amplitude, frequency or wavelength.) |
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| What type of smoke mission would be used to MASK friendly movement? |
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| What method of TGT location is used when describing a TGT in relation to a Known Point? |
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| How accurate is a 6 digit grid? |
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Definition
| Plus or Minus 100 meters. |
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| How accurate is an 8 digit grid? |
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| How accurate is a 10 digit grid? |
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| When is Vertical Shift announced? |
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| When it is greater than or equal to 35 Meters expressed to the nearest 5 meters. |
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Term
| The formula to compute the angular deviation between the OT line and the KNPT is what? |
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Definition
The mil-relation formula.
(W = R x m) |
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| To determine the OT factor the observer must divide distance to the TGT by what? |
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| What are the 5 methods of determining direction? |
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| Estimating-Scaling from a map-compass-measuring from a RP-using other measuring devices (i.e aiming circle). |
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Term
| Describe tree appearance at a distance of 1,000 meters |
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| Trunk and main branches re visible. Foliage appears in cluster-like shape. Daylight may be seen through foliage. |
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| Describe tree appearance at 2,000 meters |
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| Trunk is visible, main branches are distinguishable, and foliage appears as smooth surface. Outline of foliage of separate trees is distinguishable. |
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| Describe tree appearance at 3,000 meters |
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| Lower half of trunk visible. Branches blend with foliage. Foliage blends with adjoining trees. |
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| Describe tree appearance at 4,000 meters |
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| Trunk and branches blend with foliage. Foliage appears as a continuous cluster. Foliage motion caused by wind cannot be detected. |
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| Describe tree appearance at 5,000 meters and beyond |
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| Whole area covered by trees appears smooth and dark. |
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| What is the sequence of steps when constructing a terrain sketch? |
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| 1Skyline-2.Intermidiate crests, hills and ridges-3.Other Natural terrain features-4.Man-made features-5.labels. |
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| Where does your name date and OP location go on a terrain sketch? |
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| What are the 5 items of information that a T label contains on a terrain sketch? |
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| 1.TGT # or KNPT-2.Direction-3.Distance-4.Altitude-5.Grid |
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| What is an Observer required to do with a completed terrain sketch? |
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| A terrain sketch is never really complete so the observer should continually update it. |
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| The radial arm of an Observed Fire fan extends to a measurement of how many meters? |
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| How many radial arms does an Observed Fire fan contain? |
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| Identify each value using the hand measurement angular deviation method |
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1 Finger= 30 mils
2 Fingers= 70mils
3Fingers= 100mils
4Fingers=125mils
5Fingers (closed hand)=180mils
5Fingers(open hand;extended)=300mils |
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| How many elements of the Call For Fire are there? |
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| You are engaging enemy mortars who are in defilade and realize you must engage with high angle, which element would you request high angle? |
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| What is the automatic correction for a time round with an initial graze spotting? |
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| Because of the size of the effects pattern for ICM, deviation shifts of less than 50meters and RNG corrections of less than 100meters should not be made (True or False) |
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| When locating a target using the shift from a KNPT method the observer is what? |
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| Describing the TGT location in relation to a point of known location. |
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| When additional accuracy is required, the OBS should try to obtain a __________ target location |
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| The OBS announces the difference in the vertical shift it is greater than or equal to what? |
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| 35 meters expressed to the nearest 5 meters. |
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| The observer should continually update his terrain sketch; True or False? |
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| Using the hand measurement of angular deviation, 3 fingers represents what? |
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| You are doing an impact registration and have 2 rounds over and 2 rounds short. The last round fired was nearest to the registration point, what is your refinement? |
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| You are conducting the time portion of an impact and time registration and spot 1 airburst and three graze bursts. What is your HOB correction? |
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| When conducting a mortar registration and the OBS breaks the 50-meter bracket, what is the next transmission? |
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| Refinement, EOM, Record as REG PT with Range corrections made to the nearest 25 meters. |
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| The MX RNG for a 105MM Howitzer (M1 HE projectile) is what? |
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Term
| What are the four basic Fire Support tasks? |
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1.Suport forces in contact.
2.Support the concept of OPS.
3. Synchronize Fire Support.
4. Sustain Fires. |
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| Fire Support is the collective and coordinated employment of the fires of armed aircraft, land and sea-based indirect fire systems, and EW systems against ground TGT's to support land combat operations. |
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| A______________ is a TGT that appears during combat and against which fires have not been planned. It can be reached by ground, naval or aircraft fire. |
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| The two types of precision missions are what? |
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Definition
1.Precision Registration.
2.Destruction. |
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Term
| What is the preferred Artillery munition used to SUPPRESS tanks? |
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Definition
| Improved Conventional Munitions. (ICM) |
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Term
| What is the MIN RNG for a 120MM HE round? |
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Definition
| 170 meters using the Multi-option fuze. |
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Term
| When converting meter to feet, 325 meters is how many feet? |
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| List the 4 ways smoke is employed |
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Definition
1.Obscuration.
2.Screening..
3.Deception.
4.Signaling. |
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| List 3 of six ways that illumination is employed |
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Definition
1. Illuminate areas of suspected enemy activity.
2. Harass enemy positions.
3. Mark TGT's for attack by CAS. |
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| The purpose of a ____________ is to quickly prepare and execute Fire Support in anticipation of an impeding operation |
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Term
| What are the 2 types of airspace coordination areas? |
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Definition
1. Formal. (On the ATO)
2. Informal. (Not on the ATO) |
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| A__________ is a TGT that is more than 200 meters but normally less than 600 meters |
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| A TGT area less than 200 meters in width and length. (Must use at least a 6 digit grid) |
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What is the MX RNG of a M119 ?
(105MM HE) |
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| What is the sustained rate of fire for 60MM Mortars for the first 4 minutes? |
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| 30 Rounds; Using CHG 2 and over. |
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Term
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| It is the 105MM Howitzer. |
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| What is the SUSTAIN rate of fire for the M119? |
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| What is the MX rate of fire for the M119? |
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| 6 rounds per minute for the first 2 minutes. |
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Term
| A__________ is an area in which ANY weapon system can fire conventional or improved munitions without additional coordination |
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| Can a unit fire into an NFA with approval from the establishing unit? |
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Definition
Yes. (True)
Exception1:Mission by mission basis.
Exception2:Enemy force is engaging friendlies within the NFA. |
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| A _____________ is a line between two converging forces that prohibits fires or their effects from crossing lines without coordination |
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Definition
| A Restrictive Fire Line (RFL). |
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| List 6 possible RNG spottings |
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Definition
1.Over.
2.Shor.t
3.TGT.
4.RNG Correct.
5.Doubtful.
6.Lost. |
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Term
| The HOB for shell SMK can be adjusted how many meters up if it is a ground burst? |
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| What is the rate of descent for the 105MM howitzer illumination projectile? |
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What is the initial HOB for the M314A2?
(105MM) |
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Term
What is the burn time for the M314A2 projectile?
(105MM) |
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| What is the M314A2 projectile? |
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| The illumination projectile fired by the M119/105MM howitzer. |
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What is the rate of descent for the M301A3?
(81MM) |
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| What is the M301A3 projectile? |
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| The illumination projectile fired by the 81MM mortar system. |
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| When determining a moving TGT's direction and speed we use the estimation method. What is the estimated speed of "medium speed"? |
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Definition
| 5 meters per second (11MPH) |
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| What are the Slow-Medium-Fast meters per second in relation to the estimation method while determining direction and speed of moving TGT's |
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Slow-3 meters per second.
Medium-5 meters per second.
Fast- 8 meters per second. |
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| The OBS can adjust a HOB after what? |
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| A 100 meter bracket has been establisehed using fuze quick. |
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| An OBS is trying to obtain how many meters HOB in his FFE? |
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| If the spotting of an initial round is GRAZE, an automatic corection of what is made? |
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| The appropraite HOB correction is made to the nearest what? |
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| What are the 4 adjustment techniques? |
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| Succesive bracketing, Hasty bracketing, 1RD adjust, Creepinf fire. |
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| What is the objective of a registration? |
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| The objective is to get spottings of 4 Rds. 2 Overs and 2 Shorts along the OT line from rounds fired witht the same data; or from Rds fired with data 25 meters apart. |
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| When conducting a registraion should the OBS make any deviation corrections once the 200 meter bracket has been split? |
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Definition
| No, he should only measures and records the deviation spottings. |
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| In registration, once the 50 meter bracket has been established what is the following procedure? |
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| 2 Rds are fired with data 25 meters in the direction opposite that of the last range spotting. |
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| When sending refinement data corrections should be sent to the nearest what? |
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| How do you determine TGT speed? |
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| Determine distance traveled from PT.A to PT.B(50M)Divide that by the # of Secs of travel time(10Secs).5 Meters per second. |
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| Once an OBS determines TGT speed the following step is what? |
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| Predict the intercept point. |
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| What is the width and depth of an FPF using 60mm? |
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| What is the width and depth of an 81mm FPF using 2 tubes? |
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| What is the width and depth of an 81mm FPF using 4 tubes? |
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| What is the width and depth of an 120mm FPF using 2 tubes? |
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| What is the width and depth of an 120mm FPF using 4 tubes? |
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| What is the width and depth of a 105mm FPF using 3 tubes? |
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| What is the width and depth of a 105mm FPF using 6 tubes? |
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