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Field Artillery Tactical Doctrine

Field Artillery Tactical Doctrine

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Course Description

Introduction to the basics of tactical use of artillery units and enabling for the command over artillery and fire support rocket platoon, mortar platoon and command platoons. Enabling for effective training of artillery, rocket and mortar military specialists.

Study Programmes

undergraduate
Field Artillery - course
(7. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Select the suitable terrain for the filed artillery unit deployment.
  2. Apply tactics and techniques for units movement.
  3. Prepare artillery unit for shooting.
  4. Organize unit activity at fire position.
  5. Organize communication within fire support system.
  6. Organize activity at the front observer position.
  7. Organize fire direction.
  8. Apply knowledge of soldiers and lower level units training.
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Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Lectures on individual subjects from the artillery tactics

Exercises

Tactical excersises using maps

Field work

Application of tactical conduct in field conditions

Independent assignments

Detailed independent coverage of one of the subjects from the lectures

Multimedia and the internet

Video presentations of artillery units actions

Other

Topnička bojna gađanja

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Lectures: Fire Support. Organizational structure, tasks and function of the field artillery. Capabilities and means of artillery. Seminar: .
  2. Lectures: Fire support system. Seminar: .
  3. Lectures: Command and control. Seminar: .
  4. Lectures: Target processing. Seminar: Organizational chart and functioning of artillery, rocket and mortar units.
  5. Lectures: Planning and coordination of fire support. Seminar: Presentation of fire support system and establishing of command and control relationship.
  6. Lectures: Planning and coordination of fire support. Seminar: Basic elements for fire support planning.
  7. Lectures: Fire support plan. Seminar: Targeting on terrain.
  8. Lectures: Fire support plan. (preliminary exam) Artillery movement. Seminar: Making of fire support plan.
  9. Lectures: Artillery movement. Field artillery combat deployment. Manoeuvre areas of artillery. Reserved areas of artillery. Seminar: Tactical road march. Reconnaissance and designation of combat artillery deployment.
  10. Lectures: Artillery survivability: reconnaissance, combat protection, engineering protection, NBC protection, Seminar: Reconnaissance and designation of combat artillery deployment.
  11. Lectures: Artillery combat support services: storage, handling, transport, maintenance and repair, health care and taking care of the wounded, personnel manning, equipment fulfilment, social services aid. Seminar: Artillery deployment and functioning. Organization and tasks of logistics in artillery.
  12. Lectures: Communication in artillery: tasks, means, organization of planning and functioning of communication in artillery units. Seminar: Organization and tasks of logistics in artillery. Survey of communication functioning in artillery unit.
  13. Lectures: Fire Support in basic combat operations. Fire support in basic combat operations: assault fire support. Seminar: Survey of communication functioning in artillery unit. Fire support system in basic combat operations.
  14. Lectures: Fire support in basic combat operations: assault fire support. Fire support in basic combat operations: defence fire support. Seminar: Assault artillery support.
  15. Lectures: Fire support in basic combat operations: defence fire support. Exam. Seminar: Defence artillery support.

Literature

(.), AArty P-1(A) Topničke procedure, Z HKoV, Karlovac, 2007.,,
(.), AArty P-5 Taktička doktrina topništva“, ZHKoV, Karlovac, 2008.,,
(.), Opće pravilo o vojnom odlučivanju u OS RH, Zagreb, 1999,
(.), APP 6 (A) – Vojni simboli kopnenih sustava, GSOS RH, Zagreb, 2008.,
(.), STANAG 2014(9. izdanje)- Formati zapovijedi i označavanje vremena, lokacija i granica,,

For students

General

ID 282311
  Winter semester
7.0 ECTS
L0 English Level
L1 e-Learning
45 Lectures
45 Laboratory exercises