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OMEGA TRAINING GROUP, INC.
MOUT ACTD HANDBOOK #1
EXPERIMENTAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES
FOR THE INFANTRY RIFLE PLATOON AND SQUAD IN URBAN COMBAT
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R-8, Remote Marking Munitions: The M203 TPT round used as a remote
marking munition could mark the sniper’s suspected or known location for targeting
by tanks, BFVs, or direct fire artillery, if the ROE permit.
WARNING
The M203 TPT round has a metal projectile body that can ricochet and
cause injuries.
• The use of overmatching return fires, such as the 25mm gun on the Bradley
Fighting Vehicle (BFV), .50 cal machine gun (MG), Tube-launched,
optically tracked, wire guided missile (TOW), Hellfire missile, Dragon
missile, Javelin missile, and even the 120mm main gun of an M1 main battle
tank (MBT). ROE may prevent this.
• Lasers. The use of lasers to detect and counter enemy snipers is a new
application for this technology. Laser range finders and target designators are
effective against those who may look in their general direction, regardless of
whether a telescope is being employed. An enemy sniper looking through a
telescope or binoculars or scanning a US position at night is more vulnerable
to laser destruction. Although laser devices do not damage buildings or
penetrate rooms, care must be taken at close ranges to avoid unnecessary
civilian casualties from their use in built-up areas.
• Pre-emptive Fires. In urban combat, pre-emptive fires can often be used
against likely sniper positions. This technique is more often used during
offensive operations. It uses large amounts of ammunition but can be very
effective for short attacks. At the squad and platoon level, it usually consists
of supporting fires from the machine guns organic to the unit. Fragmentation
fires from artillery, mortars, and grenade launchers are best for suppressing
snipers whose position has not yet been detected. ROE may prevent preemptive
fires.
• Smoke. Smoke that builds quickly is a good response to protect a unit from
further casualties if engaged by an enemy sniper.
• Helicopter-carried countersniper teams. Not only can helicopters provide
aerial observation and fires or insert additional combat patrols and reaction
forces, they can also carry countersniper teams that can engage identified
enemy snipers from the air.
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VERSION 7, 1 APRIL 1999