Practical Military Training - Field Artillery

The aim of practical military training is to provide direct contact with the military environment for students in the final phase of their studies. The purpose of the subject is to enable quality teaching by means of a partnership between university teachers and military professionals. Through practical training the students will gain new knowledge and skills learning from professional experience which will complement the academic environment. This should be beneficial for students in the process of acquiring practical engineering and military knowledge. Also, they will be better prepared for the job they can expect after finishing the studies and they will be provided opportunities for better individual profiling in the process of gaining specialist knowledge in their final year of academic study. The course promotes closer cooperation between the military system and the academic community. At the same time, the teachers get feedback on the knowledge and skills the employers expect, which has a positive backwash effect on the teaching-learning process. Each student will have his/her own supervisor of the Practical Military Training, an officer or a military specialist from the branch or service of the student''s speciality. The supervisor defines the training program and assigns tasks to the student in accordance with the plan. The student is obliged to follow instructions and meet obligations, recording this in his/her work diary. The work diary is the basis for producing the final student''s report on the activities conducted. The supervisor will keep notes of the student''s progress and records of the activities he/she has successfully completed in accordance with the plan, which should form the basis for suggesting the student''s final grade. Upon finishing the practical military training the student has to prepare a report on his/her work and submit it to the supervisor. The report includes the information about the supervisor, the work plan and the specifications of the tasks carried out, the time frame and the work diary. The supervisor verifies the report and recommends the final grade for the student. The student''s final thesis advisor is the teacher of the Practical Military Training, who is either a university professor or Vice Dean for teaching of the Faculty which provides practical military training for the particular branch or service. The advisor is obliged to read the student''s report and, on the basis of the recommendation given by the supervisor, assign the final grade. Enable students in combat use of commanding, artillery and mortar platoon in support of combat units. Enable students for planning, organization and conduct of training for commanding and fire platoons.

1. Use commanding and fire platoons in the composition of the field artillery cannon battery in support of combat units.
2. Use weapons and equipment of the unit.
3. Plan and organize fire conduct system
4. Plan and organize Targeting System.
5. Recognize requirements of lower level units for peace keeping missions.
6. Plan logistic support for the field artillery cannon battery.
7. Apply knowledge in training of an individual, squad and platoon of artillery specialties.
8. Calculate initial elements for fire
9. Use a military weather newsletter
10. Calculate the initial repaired elements for fire

Exercises

Calculate initial shooting elements with a complete weather ballistic

Field work

Prepare for artillery shooting

Other

Artillery shooting

1. Introduction to exercise: Meteorology in artillery. Use of artillery radars. Indirect artillery firing (general terms, activities before taking a military position, activities after taking a military position, activities and procedure during shooting, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets); Correction (general provisions on correction and corrections, surveillance, reports on surveillance and keeping a record of surveillance (scores), correction against the measured score deviation (at the target or a real registration point), target grid procedures(at the goal or a real registration point), defining the corrected shooting elements during the correction, correction in special cases of target position, arranging the sheaf by shooting). Exercise: Collecting, processing and application of meteorological data in artillery. Meteorological platoon. Target acquisition by using artillery radar. Indirect artillery firing (general terms, activities before taking a military position, activities after taking a military position activities and procedure during shooting, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, )activities before taking a military position, activities after taking a military position activities and procedure during shooting, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets); Correction (general provisions on correction and corrections, surveillance, reports on surveillance and keeping a record of surveillance (scores), correction against the measured score deviation (at the target or a real registration point), target grid procedures (at the goal or a real registration point), defining the corrected shooting elements during the correction.
2. Introduction to exercise: General rule on military decision making. Indirect artillery firing (general terms, activities before taking a military position, activities after taking a military position, activities and procedure during shooting, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets); Correction (general provisions on correction and corrections, surveillance, reports on surveillance and keeping a record of surveillance (scores), correction against the measured score deviation (at the target or a real registration point), target grid procedures (at the goal or a real registration point), defining the corrected shooting elements during the correction, correction in special cases of target position, arranging the sheaf by shooting). Exercise: Fire support planning during the process of military decision making. Indirect artillery firing (activities before taking a military position, activities after taking a military position activities and procedure during shooting, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets. indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets); Correction(general provisions on correction and corrections, surveillance, reports on surveillance and keeping a record of surveillance (scores), target grid procedures (at the target or a real registration point), correction by evaluatingthe meaning of scores (at the goal or a real registration point), definingthe corrected shooting elements during the correction, correction in special cases of target position, arranging the sheaf by shooting).
3. Introduction to exercise: Fire support plan. Indirect artillery firing (general terms, activities before taking a military position, activities after taking a military position, activities and procedure during shooting, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets); Transfer of fire on topographic and geodetic basis (types of fire transfer, defining correction elements) Exercise: Fire support plan. Target acquisition. Target list. Target overlay. Fire plan. Indirect artillery firing (general terms, activities before taking a military position, activities after taking a military position, activities and procedure during shooting, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets); Transfer of fire on topographic and geodetic basis (types of fire transfer, defining correction elements)
4. Introduction to exercise: Fire support in basic combat operations: role and tasks of each organizational compositions of fire support units (a squad, a platoon in the composition of a battery, a battery within the task force). Role and tasks of artillery in attack operations: platoon in the composition of a battery in support of manoeuvre attack units. Role and tasks of the artillery in defence operations: platoon inthe composition of the battery in support of manoeuvre defence units. Direct artillery live shooting (general terms, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets). Exercise: Direct artillery shooting (general terms, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets).
5. Introduction to exercise: Indirect artillery firing (general terms, indirect shooting of dotted targets) Exercise: The firing battery in support of manoeuvre units in attack. The conduct of direct artillery firing.
6. Introduction to exercise: Direct artillery firing (general terms, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets); Joint battery shooting, (formation of fire unit against the target, types of fire, methods of fire target neutralization, artillery fire and planning the structure of fire) Exercise: The firing battery in support of manoeuvre units in defence. The conduct of indirect artillery firing; Battery fire for effect (defining coordinates of the centres of parts of battery target more than 1.5 wide of normal sheaf and defining of fire echelon elements in depth, planning of fire structure).
7. Introduction to exercise: Role and tasks of artillery in peace support operations. Fire support in specific operations: transitional phases, advance to contact, link-up, withdrawal, relief of troops in combat, airmobile, surrounded forces. Semi indirect artillery firing (general terms, direct firing of fixed targets, direct firing of moving targets, Semi indirect artillery firing and a transition from direct to semi indirect and from semi indirect to direct firing); Specific forms of firing (vertical firing, general terms and firing data procedures and correction). Specific types of firing (time delivery of fire, smoke, illumination) Exercise: The firing battery in support of manoeuvre units in attack. The firing battery in support of manoeuvre units in defence. Semi-indirect artillery firing (general terms, direct firing of fixed targets, direct firing of moving targets, semi indirect artillery firing and a transition from direct to semi- indirect and from semi-indirect to direct firing); Specific forms of firing (vertical firing, general terms and firing data procedures and correction). Specific types of firing (time delivery of fire, smoke, illumination)
8. Introduction to exercise: Specific types of firing (time delivery of fire, smoke, illumination) Exercise: A study visit to the unit preparing for an international military mission. Diirect artillery live shooting (general terms, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets)
9. Introduction to exercise: Specific conditions of the use of artillery: settlements, mountains, deserts, cold, tropical climate, defence of the coastal area. The survey of NATO documents that determine the conduct of field artillery in international military operations. Exercise: Direct artillery firing (general terms, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets); Specific types of firing (time delivery of fire, smoke, illumination).
10. Introduction to exercise: A survey of NATO documents that determine the conduct of field artillery in international military operations. Exercise: A study visit: Simulation Centre, functioning through departments and branches. Diirect artillery live shooting (general terms, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, direct shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets); Indirect artillery live shooting (general terms, activities before taking a military position, activities after taking a military position, activities and procedure during shooting, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets); Work with NATO documents that determine the conduct of field artillery in international military operations.
11. Exercise: Indirect artillery live shooting (general terms, activities before taking a military position, activities after taking a military position, activities and procedure during shooting, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, indirect shooting dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving targets);
12. Exercise: Indirect artillery live shooting (general terms, activities before taking a military position, activities after taking a military position, activities and procedure during shooting, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, indirect shooting dotted, linear and surface fixed targets, indirect shooting of dotted, linear and surface moving)
13. Exercise: Tactical taskat the exam.
14. Exercise : Tactical taskat the exam.
15. Exercise: Tactical taskat the exam.