Marine Rifle Squad

• Observe as much of the squad fighting position as possible, particularly
the positions of the fire team leaders.
• Maintain contact with the platoon commander.
f. Fire Plan Sketch. Thesquad leader prepares the squad fire plan sketch
in duplicate. He gives one sketch to the platoon commander for his approval
and keeps a copy for himself. The sketch should include fire team fighting
positions and sectors of fire, fighting positions and principal directions of
fire of the automatic rifles, and the squad leader's fighting position. If the
rifle squad is providing protection for a crew-served weapon, its position
and primary fire mission (final protective line for machine guns and principal
direction of fire for other crew-served weapons) should be included
as part of the sketch. Figure 5-10 is an example of a squad fire plan sketch.
Figure 51O. Squad Fire Plan Sketch.
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