LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION ARTILLERY
DESIGNATION: _______INFANTRY DIVISION ARTILLERY (LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION)
1. MISSION. TO PROVIDE FIELD ARTILLERY SUPPORT TO THE LIGHT
INFANTRY DIVISION.
2. ASSIGNMENT. ORGANIC TO THE LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION, TOE
77000A.
3. CAPABILITIES.
A. AT LEVEL I THIS UNIT PROVIDES:
(1) CONVENTIONAL FIELD ARTILLERY CANNON FIRES IN SUPPORT
OF UNITS OF THE DIVISION.
(2) COMMAND, CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF ORGANIC AND
ATTACHED FIELD ARTILLERY UNITS.
(3) FIRE SUPPORT ELEMENTS TO THE MANEUVER UNITS OF THE
DIVISION, AVIATION BRIGADE, RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, AND
ATTACK HELICOPTER BATTALION AND LIAISON ELEMENTS AS REQUIRED.
(4) TARGET LOCATIONS USING VISUAL OBSERVATION AND
WEAPONS LOCATING RADARS.
(5) METEOROLOGICAL DATA TO:
(A) ATTACHED UNITS
(B) DIVISIONAL UNITS FOR FALLOUT PREDICTION
(C) U.S. AIR FORCE WEATHER SERVICE
B. THE COLUMNS UNDER LEVELS 2 AND 3 ADAPT THIS TABLE FOR
REDUCED OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY IN DECREMENTS OF 10 PERCENT,
FROM APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT FOR LEVEL 2 TO APPROXIMATELY 80
PERCENT FOR LEVEL 3.
C. THIS UNIT IS NOT ADAPTABLE TO A TYPE B ORGANIZATION.
D. THE COLUMNS DESIGNATED BY LEVELS 1 THROUGH 3 ARE
DESIGNED TO RELATE TO THE CATEGORIES ESTABLISHED IN AR 220-1,
UNIT STATUS REPORTING.
E. INDIVIDUALS IN THIS ORGANIZATION, EXCEPT CHAPLAINS AND
MEDICAL PERSONNEL, CAN ASSIST IN THE COORDINATED DEFENSE OF
THE UNIT'S AREA OR INSTALLATION.
F. THIS UNIT IS DEPENDENT UPON APPROPRIATE ELEMENTS OF
THE DIVISION OR CORPS FOR RELIGIOUS, LEGAL, COMBAT
HEALTH SUPPORT, FINANCE, AND PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES.
4. BASIS OF ALLOCATION. ONE PER LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION, TOE
77000A.
5. CATEGORY. THIS UNIT IS DESIGNATED A CATEGORY I UNIT. (FOR
UNIT CATEGORIES, SEE AR 310-25).
6. MOBILITY.
A. SEE THE INDIVIDUAL UNIT TOE FOR MOBILITY STATEMENTS.
B. THIS UNIT REQUIRES 100 PERCENT OF ITS TOE EQUIPMENT
AND SUPPLIES TO BE TRANSPORTED IN A SINGLE LIFT USING ITS
AUTHORIZED ORGANIC VEHICLES. (SOURCE: FIELD ARTILLERY
POSITION PAPER FOR MOBILITY REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE FIELD
ARTILLERY, DATED JUNE 1987.)
7. DOCTRINE: THE FOLLOWING DOCTRINAL PUBLICATIONS ARE
APPLICABLE TO THE OPERATION OF THIS UNIT:
FM 6-2 FIELD ARTILLERY SURVEY
FM 6-15 FIELD ARTILLERY METEOROLOGY
FM 6-20 FIRE SUPPORT ON COMBINED ARMS OPERATIONS
FM 6-20-1 FIELD ARTILLERY CANNON BATTALION
FM 6-20-2 DIVISION ARTILLERY, FIELD ARTILLERY
BRIGADE AND FIELD ARTILLERY SECTION (CORPS)
BRIGADE AND CORPS ARTILLERY HEADQUARTERS
FC 6-20-10 FIRE SUPPORT TARGETING
FC 6-20-2 FIRE SUPPORT HANDBOOK
FM 6-20-30 FIRE SUPPORT IN CORPS AND DIVISION OPERATIO
FM 6-20-40 FIRE SUPPORT IN BRIGADE OPERATION (HEAVY)
FM 6-20-50 FIRE SUPPORT IN BRIGADE OPERATION (LIGHT)
FM 6-30 FIELD ARTILLERY FORWARD OBSERVER
FM 6-40 FIELD ARTILLERY CANNON GUNNERY
FM 6-50 FIELD ARTILLERY CANNON BATTERY
FM 6-121 FIELD ARTILLERY TARGET ACQUISITION
FM 6-161 FIELD ARTILLERY RADAR SYSTEMS
FM 11-50 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE DIVISION
FM 11-92 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE CORPS
FM 100-5 OPERATIONS
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HQ AND HQ GEN SPT 3 DIR SPT
BATTERY BTRY 155M T ARTY BNS
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