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

FM 3-22.1Section V. LIVE-FIRE GUNNERYCrew live-fire gunnery trains and evaluates single vehicle crews' abilities to engagestationary and moving, single and multiple targets with turret-mounted weapon systems.This training is conducted during day and night or other limited visibility conditions,from stationary and moving firing vehicles, and using full-caliber ammunition. Eachseries of actions and engagements replicate potential battlefield conditions. Assessmentsof preliminary and device gunnery identify weaknesses to improve during crew gunnery.NOTE:Before executing each live-fire table, the crew must boresight (Appendix B),zero (Appendix C), or at least confirm the zero of each weapon system.8-21. DEVELOPMENT OF TABLECrew gunnery establishes an Army standard for training and evaluation. At the sametime, battalion commanders tailor engagements for their particular contingency missionsand training emphasis. Each table has specific engagement tasks, conditions, andstandards. Battalion commanders identify specific threat target types and engagementdistances or range bands. BFV exposure-timing matrixes (Figures 8-5 through 8-10)provide this flexibility while maintaining a standard throughout the Army. The unit mayuse a tactical scenario; however, these firing tables are not tactical exercises. An exampleis "Move from battle position 1 to battle position 2, enemy reported to your front." Thetables train and evaluate single vehicle crew proficiency only--wingman techniques arenot allowed. Units equipped with the FBCB2 variants will be evaluated on their use ofdigital communications systems to send SPOTREPs and SITREPs.a. Crew gunnery evaluation procedures and standards meet the requirementsdescribed in this chapter. Crew gunnery tables follow:• BT V, Crew Practice 1.• BT VI, Crew Practice 2.• BT VII, Crew Practice 3.• BT VIII, Crew Qualification.b. All crews will fire at a minimum BT II and BT VII before BT VIII, which mustbe fired IAW the standards in this manual.c. Division commanders will approve the range scenarios for BT VIII, CrewQualification.d. Battalions specify battlecarry and most dangerous versus least dangerous targets,based on threat analysis or training emphasis.e. The crew must fire all offensive and retrograde engagements from a moving BFVusing its stabilization system.f. BT VIII, Crew Qualification, has four swing tasks: two for day and two for night.Using swing tasks lets the commanders and master gunners adjust the number of tasksfired (day or night) to match available light conditions. For example, during a season withmore hours of darkness than daylight, they might use four day tasks and six night tasks.They cannot switch swing tasks. The commanders can only move them between day andnight scenarios--they cannot substitute any other task for them.g. BT VIII crew qualification scenarios must contain at least--8-31