2003 US Army BRADLEY GUNNERY 503p.pdf - Survival Books

FM 3-22.1a. Battlesight Fire Command. The BC (A2 and below) uses battlesight firecommands during offensive operations that require speed and accuracy. In the firecommand, he says BATTLESIGHT instead of the ammunition-weapon and rangeelements. The target description identifies which battlecarry ammunition and range hewants the gunner to use. For example, the BC might say, GUNNER, BATTLESIGHT, PC;or GUNNER, BATTLESIGHT, TROOPS. When the gunner uses the auxiliary sight, therange-line aiming point is the same as the battlecarry range in the ISU. When the gunneruses the auxiliary sight, the range-line aiming point is the same as the battlecarry range inthe ISU. Figure 6-58 shows example battlesight fire commands for the Bradley A2;Figure 6-59 shows examples for the ODS and A3 in which the crew uses a battlesight firecommand only when the ELRF fails.Bradley A2EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2ELEMENTBRADLEYCDR GUNNER ELEMENTBRADLEYCDRALERT GUNNER ALERT GUNNERWPN ANDAMMOBATTLESIGHTWPN ANDAMMOBATTLESIGHTDESCRIPTION PC DESCRIPTION TROOPS ANDDIRECTION(OPTIONAL)TRAVERSERIGHTDIRECTIONPC, TROOPSRANGE"Identified"(OPTIONAL)EXECUTIONRANGEFIRE EXECUTION FIRE"On the way""Targetdestroyed"TERMINATION CEASE FIRE TRANSITION CEASE FIREDIRECTIONWPN ANDAMMODESCRIPTIONRANGERIGHT PCGUNNER"Identified""On the way""Targetdestroyed""Identified"EXECUTIONTERMINATIONFIRECEASE FIRE"On the way""Targetdestroyed"Figure 6-58. Example battlesight fire commands for the Bradley A2.6-56