CALL FOR FIRE — 3 TRANSMISSIONS (FDC reads back each; misspoke? say CORRECTION)
| 1 ID + warning order | "HELLHOUND FIRES, this is MUSTANG 12, adjust fire, over." (or fire for effect) |
| 2 Target location | Grid / polar / shift — below |
| 3 Description + engagement + control | what it is → method of engagement (opt) → fire & control (opt, default "when ready") |
LOCATION METHODS
| Grid | "Grid 123 456, over." — 6-digit std (100 m); 60mm wants 8. OT DIRECTION before your first correction — the FDC refuses corrections without it. |
| Polar | POS REP first ("POSITION GRID 245 523") — then "Direction 1650, distance 2100, down 40, over." Dir nearest 10 mils · dist nearest 100 m · up/down only if ≥35 m |
| Shift | "Shift BREWERY, direction 2340, right 110, add 400, up 55, over." Lateral nearest 10 m · range nearest 100 m |
Your HUD reads MAG; the net and map are GRID. GRID = MAG + 124 mils (7° E).
CORRECTIONS — deviation → range → HOB, in the OT frame
"Left 30, add 200, over." → final: "Right 10, drop 50,
fire for effect, over."
Deviation nearest
10 m (min 30 m — under that, skip it) · range in
100 m steps (
50 OK entering FFE) · deviation m = mils × OT factor (OT km — yours, don't transmit it).
Bracket: 800/400/200, split until a 100 m bracket splits → FFE. Danger close: creep ≤100 m from the safe side.
DANGER CLOSE
Round predicted within
600 m of friendlies → say
"danger close" in the call, creep your corrections.
END OF MISSION — RREMS
Refine (opt, nearest 10 m) → record as target (opt) → "End of mission, target
neutralized, estimate 15 casualties, over."
suppressed = only while fires land · neutralized = out of action, ≥10% · destroyed = ≥30%
FDC TRAFFIC
MTO ("Message to observer: one gun in adjust, battery in effect… target AA7001") —
read the whole thing back, target number included.
Then SHOT · SPLASH (~5 s out) · ROUNDS COMPLETE.
PROWORDS
Over · Out · Say again · Correction · Repeat (= fire again, same data) · At my command / Fire / Cancel at my command ·
Check firing · Cease loading · Suppress target AB#### · Record as target
IMMEDIATE MISSIONS — ONE TRANSMISSION
Friendlies taking effective fire, speed over precision: "
Immediate suppression, grid 245 523, over." (or
immediate smoke) — rounds NOW, no MTO, refine after. Suppression lasts only while fires land.
PLANNED FIRES — plan while quiet, fire in two words
"
Plan target, grid 245 523" files a numbered target, no rounds spent · "
Fire target AB7101" brings it down (planned = fast; unplanned = full CFF) ·
Priority target AB7101 keeps the guns laid on it · Plan/fire
group &
series by name ·
Plan FPF, grid…, direction… then adjust by piece · "
Fire the FPF" when they cross.
PARS (this sim)
CFF within
2 min of target ID · initial location within
200 m · pass at
≤4 adjusting rounds, bonus at ≤2 · fratricide or civilian hit =
0★ fail (mission still must be finished).
UAS FEED (skirmish)
[U] toggles the drone; arrows slew the sensor. TRACK-UP: the picture rotates with the course — corrections stay in YOUR OT frame from the tower; use the N arrow and the sensor grid, never "screen left."
[H] or [ESC] closes. Full doctrine: DOCTRINE.md · this card: CHEATSHEET.md.