September-October - Air Defense Artillery

54 THE COAST ARTILLERY JOllRNAL Septem ber-Octob
basis for determining AAA reqUirements until the final decision
is made and one of the plans is finally selected by the
Force Commander. This decision may not be made for two
to four weeks. \\lith the G-3 Section also must be worked
out 1\1\A rate of build-up. All orders and reports of a tactical
or training nature and details of training, moving and
Ulounting the Force are cleared through G-3.
The AA Section of higher Headquarters will provide information
on available AAA for the operation, on its status
as to organization, employment, equipment, training, and
possible dates it can be released. From that section will come
information on curre.nt enemy air tactics and AM tactics.
\\lith this section, also, must be worked out the details of
1\AA troop movements, of responsibility and coordination
of I\AA defenses of training, concentration and mounting
areas, and of special training and equipment.
From the Air Force must be obtained more detailed information
on enemy air capabilities, on air support for the
operation, on airfields to be used in the captured area, on
rate of build-up, on the establishment of areas restricted to
Hying and precise rules of AAA fire for all areas. By coordination
with the Air Force, details of aircraft recognition
signals, Air \\larning Service plans and coordination of
Controllers with AADC's, provision of liaison officers in
operations rooms, and elimination of interference by Air
Force GCI sets and AAA Radars must be worked out. The
possibility of setting up fighter SjL belts must be exami~ed.
SOP on air warnings to civilian communities must be
settled.
The Navy will provide information on their Air vVarning
which must be coordinated with the Air Force A\\7S, on
such naval air support as they expect to provide, on their
requirements for protection" of roadsteads adjacent to
beaches and ports, on whether they have available or will
require from the Army balloons for all ships in the operation,
on enemy naval capabilities for attacks on shore installations
and probable requirements for Coast Defense,
on any Naval shore installations requiring AAA or Coast
Defense. Arrange also with the Navy for balloon servicing
of their ships in ports and of Army balloons in assault area.
Contacts being maintained with the other sections of the
Army Hq are essential for the following details, among
others.
a. CvVS.
(I) Amount of smoke equipment.
(2) Type of smoke equipment at various phases.
(3) Control of smoke units.
( 4) Coordination of instructions to subordinate units
on use of smoke on beaches, in ports, and for river
crossmgs.
b. G-l.
(1) Personnel replacements.
(2) Policies during planning and operations phases as
to promotion, transfers, reorganizations.
c. G-4.
(1) General policies on Supply.
(2) Approval of equipment in excess of TBA.
(3) Details of supply will be worked out with Special
Staff Sections, Ord, Sig, CvVS, Engr, etc.
d. G-5 (Civil Affairs) and Passive Air Defense Section.
(l) Plans for SOP on air alerts in cities.
(2) Passive air defense measures for troops.
e. Artillerv Section.
(1) A~ount of Field Arty in Div., Corps and Force
by type and number of Bns. "(
(2) Organization of all Field Arty in the assault and
for subsequent operations.
(3) Coordination of maps to be used for ground nres.
(4) Arrangements for land firing techniques by AAA,
both antitank and fixed target fires. l
f. Adjutant General. f
Arran~ements for publication of all orders, plans, instructIOns,
etc.
g. Ordnance.
(l) Checking size and number of units of fire pro-I
vided. (Normal and for assault.)
(2) Priorities on re-equipping units. j
(3) Provision of materiel replacements, for all types
of Ordnance materiel.
(4) Provision for Ordnance equipment over T JBA.
(5) Provision of adequate Ordnance (AA) mainte.
nance compames.
(6) Determining amounts and proportions of each)
type of ammunition for each type weapon. \
h. Signal Corps.
(1) Priorities on re-equipping units.
(2) Provision of civilian and Signal Corps lines for
AAAIS and for sending AvVS from Controllers i;
(SOR) to AAOR's. J
(3) Radar and Radio spare parts, radar maintenance
units, and replacements.
(4) Allotment of adequate radio frequencies as required.
These must fit available radios.
(5) Signal Corps equipment in excess of T JBA.
I. Engineer.
(1) Map scales. ~
(2) SjL repair detachments. 1
(3) Spare parts and replacements for SjL's and balloons.
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(4) Special arrangements for movements of hydrogen
generators. \
THE PLAN
The AAA plan does not and cannot spring full blown
from the typewriter but must be evolved slowly and laboriously
by assembling all the innumerable details that go to
make it up, checking each detail with all other sections,
Arms and Services concerned, until it can be labeled "firm"
and then keeping a check on subsequent changes that might
affect it.
Outlines of plans given in the annexes to various neld
manuals are valuable guides. But they do not normally contemplate
the detail that must be included in an amphibious
plan, nor does the standard form lend itself readily to their
inclusion. A plan for an amphibious operation covers more
time and more contingencies than are usually found in a
five-paragraph order. The form can, by proper modifications,
be made to include them if that form must be followed.
Certain paragraphs, as the friendly and enemy air
situation, can best be covered by references to other parts of
the combined plan. Some such items must be covered in
summary, at least, since the AAA plan may receive inde-