Field Artillery Gunnery

1. know how to apply basic laws of balistics in the field artillery
2. know how to follow the muzzle velocity
3. know how to explain structure and meaning of the artillery weapons tabular firing tables
4. organize and conduct the work of the fire direction center
5. organize and lead the work of forward observers in the fire support team
6. apply all available means, tools, and accessories for manual and automatic data procesing that are being used for the purpose of conduct and direction of fire
7. conduct emergency and surveyed firing data procedures
8. conduct accurate firing data procedures

Once a week, 3 hours in a row

Lectures by junior officers from artillery units

Tactical exercises on a map

Visit to an artillery unit in barracks and during firing practice

provedba topničkih bojnih gađanja

1. Lecture: Introducing the Field Artillery Gunnery subject; Introducing the subject; Definition of Field Artillery Gunnery; Definition of artillery shooting; Source and field of Field Artillery Gunnery interest
2. Lecture: Angles and angle measurement units in artillery Angle measurement system in Artillery; Artillery triangle; Recalculation of angles in artillery Exercise: Angles and angle measurement units in artillery
3. Lecture: Fire support channel Forward artillery observer;; Company fire support team; Battalion fire support section; Brigade fire support section
4. Lecture: Call for fire procedures Forward observer identification; Preparation order; Target locations; Types of conduct; Fire and control measures Exercise: Call for fire procedures
5. Lecture: Squad for Fire control Composition; Tasks and positioning of the Squad for Fire control; Role and tasks of the squad for fire control in the combat order of an artillery unit in the process of control and handling of fire (within the fire support channel); Tasks of individual squad members firing tables according to „Russian“ format Exercise: Squad for Fire control
6. Lecture: Military meteorological report „meteo-firing“ and „meteo-average“ Meteorological report definition; Processing and composition of a meteo-report; Decoding of „metero-firing“; Decoding of „meteo-average“; Determining of barometric degree; Filling the forms UV-2 and UV-3 Exercises: Military meteorological report „meteo-firing“ and „meteo-average“
7. First midterm
8. Lecture: Short preparation of initial firing data General conditions; Determination of topographic elements; Choice of charge and verification of firing solution for a specific target; calculations of meteo-balistic corrections; Calculations of initial corrected firing data (based on meteo-balistic corrections or adjusted corrections) Filing the forms UV-1;UV-2;UV-4 i UV-5 Exercises: Preparation of Squad for Fire control equipment
9. Lecture: Corrections General conditions on corrections and adjustments in corrections; Surveillance; report on surveillance and logging of surveillance (of shooting); Correction based on the measured error of hits; Correction based on the assessment of direction of hits; Determination of corrected element for firing during adjustment by graphical means Exercises: Correction
10. Lecture: Complete preparation of firing data Calculation of initial adjusted firing data for and area with a width of 6-00; and a depth of 4 km (meteo-balistic marker) or indirectly on the target based on general and mountain range table; Filing the forms UV_2; and UV-3 Lectures: Complete preparation of firing data
11. Lecture: Transfer of fire on topograhic-geodetic base Determination of correction data for the case of meteo-balistic adjustment determined for a single marker; Determination of correction data after completing the adjustment on a real marker; Determination of correction data after completing the adjustment on a fictive marker; Determination of adjustment parameters; Determination of initial adjusted firing data Exercise: Transfer of fire on topographic-geodetic base
12. Lecture: Vertical and Special firing types Specific of vertical firing; Calculations of initial firing data for vertical firing; Timed firing; Cover smoke firing; Illumination firing Exercises: Vertical and Special firing types
13. Lecture: Integrated artillery STANAGs and range tables format according to NATO standard (STANAG 4119) HRVN 4044 (ICAO atmosphere); HRVN 4061 (METB3);meteo-report for range tables according to NATO standard; HRVN 4082 (METCM); meteo-report for fire control programs in accordance with MPMM ili 6DOF model; Tables A;B;C;D;E;F;G;I;J;K Exercise: Integrated artillery STANAG and range tables format according to NATO standard (STANG 4119)
14. Lecture: Program for automatic data processing (ADP) in Artillery Principle of the Program for automatic data processing in Artillery; Principle of calculation of initial firing data by means of ADP; Principle of corrections by means of ADP; Principle of fire transfer by means of ADP
15. Second midterm