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

FM 3-22.1and the M47 Dragon or Javelin. Squad members should become experts withdemolitions, communications equipment, and NVDs. Their proficiency is measuredduring weapons qualification and hands-on equipment tests. Each soldier learns theindividual skills and movement techniques required to survive in close combat. At theend of this training, crew and infantry squad elements are integrated to conductcrew drills.b. Device Training. This consists of squad and crew drills in an STX using PGS orMILES equipment. At the end of this training, crew and infantry squad elements areintegrated to conduct battle drills and section or platoon device gunnery.c. Live-Fire Training. This consists of squad and platoon dismounted live-fireexercises. At the end of this training, crews are integrated for Infantry platoon practiceand qualification (BTs XI and XII, pages 9-25 and 12-5).9-2. INTEGRATED TRAININGPlatoon leadership works together to train the collective skills of integrated vehicleteams, sections, and platoon. Section and platoon battle drills are vital to integratingcrews and squads. These drills teach routine sets of actions so that each soldier canperform them instinctively. He knows his individual tasks, when to accomplish them, andwhat to do if he cannot perform them.a. Crew Drills. Crew drills instill instinctive actions that the vehicle team must beable to perform in combat. These drills include uploading ammunition and mounting anddismounting the vehicle.b. Crew Battle Drills. Crew battle drills cover actions that the mounted section andplatoon might need in combat. Crew elements must immediately react to contact orambush or initiate an attack.c. Squad Battle Drills. Squad battle drills cover actions that the squad or platoonmight need while dismounted. Squad members must immediately react to contact orambush or initiate an attack.d. Device Gunnery. Device gunnery integrates vehicle sections and platoons withtheir Infantry squads on BTs III (ISSE) and IV (IPPC). These exercises develop andevaluate the collective skills of the section and platoon in a realistic tactical scenariousing training devices.e. Platoon Gunnery. Platoon gunnery trains and evaluates Infantry platoons usingfull-caliber ammunition. BT XI and XII (IPP and IPQ) provide platoons with a live-fireexercise in which they can refine collective task execution during a tactical live firescenario. Platoon leaders must control the platoons, crew, and squad. The platoonpractice table should emphasize fire distribution and control.f. Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise. Platoon training continues afterqualification. The platoon is integrated into company CALFEXs and externally evaluatedduring company or battalion ARTEPs. During these multiechelon training events, theplatoon fights as part of the combined arms team.9-3. REQUIREMENTSTraining requirements for the Infantry platoon are the same as those discussed inChapter 3 for the Bradley crew, plus the following (Figure 9-3, page 9-4)--a. Infantry platoons must have completed BT IV in the six months before BT XII.9-3