1963 US Army Vietnam War Armor Operations ... - Survival Books

WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COM2/ / jCOPY NO. 2e CDAX(AI'D COORDINATES* A 6 QV IJ / B , I\ ,C/11 ARO/II- / O A.'L* ~I 5 o I, /AFigure 67. Company/team fire plan.illumination is provided, restrictions on sup- Examples of battlefield illumination are groundporting fires may be removed.signals, illuminating grenades, trip flares,e. Communication. Communication is vital artillery, mortar- and rocket-delivered illumiincontrolling night operations. The use of nating flares, air vehicle-delivered flares,preplanned alternate and multiple means of searchlights, and improvised means. The obcommunicationis necessary. Once the attack is server needs no encumbering equipment to usediscovered, radio becomes the principal means the system.of communication.9. Near IR8. Battlefield Illumination Near IR is an active illumination system thatThis is an active illumination system that uses nonvisible, IR radiations from a manmadeuses visible light from a manmade source for source. The illumination results from a visibleillumination. The efficiency of this system is light that is filtered to permit the passage ofgreatly reduced by fog, haze, rain, and snow. only IR radiations.304 AGO 9189A