VERSION 8 HOSTILE FIRE

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VERSION 8 HOSTILE FIRE
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TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVE

• Given an AN/TPQ-36(V)8 in the Operational mode,
  and in accordance with the class outline, conduct
  hostile operations

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ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Given an AN/TPQ-36(V)8 radar system in the
  operational mode and in accordance with the class
  outline
• Transmit digital messages
• View received digital messages
• Demonstrate the methods of zone processing
• Demonstrate how to select operating controls
• Demonstrate how to process hostile weapons
  locations

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SAVE INITIALIZATION DATA
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ANTENNA MOVEMENT WARNING
-DISPLAYED FOR STABILIZATION, AZIMUTH OR
ELEVATION CHANGES-
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HOSTILE MODE
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OPERATIONAL SITUATION SCREEN
PULL DOWN MENU BAR
PROGRAM TITLE
AN/TPQ-36(V)8 Operations
Hostile
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OPERATIONAL SITUATION SCREEN
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COMM MESSAGE BAR
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OPERATIONAL SITUATION SCREEN
INDICATORS
AN/TPQ-36(V)8 Operations
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PRESET LIST

• JAMMER SIGNAL ON
• LOCATION AVERAGING ON
• AUTO CENSORING OFF
• IMPACT PREDICTION ON
• VIDEO INTEGRATION ON
• PULSED INTERFERENCE REJECTION ON
• EXTENDED AZIMUTH OFF
• VIDEO OVERLAY NONE

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ZONES

• Zones are geometric shapes entered into the
  system while in the hostile mode of operation.
• These zones are passed from higher to the radar
  team and represent areas on the battlefield.
• Zones are placed around known or suspected
  enemy locations with the intent of monitoring
  when these weapons fire and how often.
• Targets tracked that originate from a zone or
  land in a zone are called zone violations.
• Zone violations produce higher or lower
  priority message formats when transmitted from
  the radar.

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ZONES

• There are 2 types of zones Censor and
  Priority
• While there is only one censor zone, there are
  3 priority zones
• Critical Friendly Zone (CFZ)
• Call for Fire Zone (CFFZ)
• Artillery Target Intelligence Zone (ATIZ)

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CENSOR ZONE
ROUNDS ORIGINATING WITHIN A CENSOR ZONE ARE
IGNORED BY THE RADAR. A censor zone is used to
reduce processing time spent on known targets or
targets of no interest. It may be used to ignore
friendly units that are firing at an angle
relative to the radar that the operational
program expects to be hostile.
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PRIORITY ZONES
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF PRIORITY ZONES
Critical Friendly Zone (CFZ) An area within
friendly territory considered sensitive according
to the Commanders guidance. When the computer
predicts that a tracked hostile round will impact
within a CFZ, the location of the hostile weapon
that fired the projectile will be reported by the
computer at a priority level ahead of CFF and ATI
detections. Such impacts will result in the
generation of an FMCFF Message at priority level
one.
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PRIORITY ZONES
Call for Fire Zone (CFF) A CFF zone is placed
in enemy territory around suspected areas where
enemy artillery weapons are most probably
located. It is, at the Commanders guidance,
considered extremely important to quickly
neutralize any enemy artillery that fires from
that area. Hostile weapons detected within the
CFF are reported ahead of ATI detections and
behind all CFZ detections. CFF detections
generate an FMCFF with a priority level of two.
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PRIORITY ZONES
Artillery Target Intelligence (ATI) An ATI zone
is an area in enemy territory. It is, by order
of the Commander, important to determine if any
enemy artillery fires from that territory.
Detections from within an ATI zone are reported
at a priority level behind CFZ and CFF
detections, but ahead of detections from areas
outside of all zones. An ATI detection generates
an ATICDR (message priority 3).
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ZONE RESTRICTIONS / LIMITS

• THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS MUST BE OBSERVED WHEN
  ENTERING ZONES
• The radar must be in either the hostile mode or
  embedded training program.
• Zones cannot overlap.
• Zone points must be entered in sequence around
  the perimeter of the zone.

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ZONE RESTRICTIONS / LIMITS

• All points must be within 75 km of the radar
  location. If a point is entered beyond that limit
  the computer will adjust the point to within that
  75km range.
• The zone must have at least three points with
  different coordinates. If the operator attempts
  to put in too few points or duplicate points, the
  computer will display an error message.

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MANUAL ENTRY OF ZONES
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MANUAL ENTRY OF ZONES
Zone Definition
CLICK ON APPLY AFTER A ZONE IS ENTERED CORRECTLY
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Zone Number
Zone Type
Censor
Priority
Critical Friendly
Commanders Priority
CLICK ON OK ONCE ALL ZONES ARE ENTERED
Easting
Northing
Pt 1
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3850050
Pt 2
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Print
OK
Cancel
Apply
Help
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ZONE DATA
WHEN THE PRIORITY ZONE RADIO BUTTON IS SELECTED A
POPUP MENU WITH THREE ZONE TYPES IS ENABLED.
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RECEIVED ZONE DATA
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SPRTFILTER MESSAGE
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MESSAGE DISPLAYED UPON AUTOMATIC ENTRY OF ZONES
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OPERATIONAL SITUATION SCREEN
AN/TPQ-36(V)8 Operations
Hostile
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MODIFY ZONE
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MODIFY ZONE
Zone Definition
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Zone Number
Zone Type
Censor
Priority
Critical Friendly
Pt 3
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Commanders Priority
Northing
Easting
Pt 1
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Pt 2
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Pt 3
Pt 4
Pt 5
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OK
Print
Cancel
Apply
Help
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DISPLAY ZONES
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MANUAL ENTRY OF ZONES
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PRINT ZONES FORMAT
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RADIATE ANTENNA
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DISPAYING NEXT TARGET
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TARGET INFORMATION SCREEN
IF USING AUTO HEIGHT CORRECTION, CLICK
TRANSMIT TO SEND TARGET
400
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SITE MAP WITH TARGET DISPLAYED AT 400 METERS
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TARGET INFORMATION SCREEN
MANUAL HEIGHT CORRECTION ALTITUDE DISPLAYED IS
450 METERS CLICK APPLY THEN TRANSMIT/STORE
AB0010
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3848100
548700
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CFZ1
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TARGET INFORMATION SCREEN
RADAR CROSS SECTION (RCS) IS THE NUMBER
REPRESENTING THE BEST ESTIMATE OF THE EFFECTIVE
AREA OF THE PROJECTILE AS SEEN BY THE RADAR
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TARGET INFORMATION SCREEN

• RADAR CROSS SECTION
• IS THE EFFECTIVE AREA OF THE PROJECTILE AS SEEN
  BY THE RADAR. IT IS DETERMINED BY THE RETURNED
  SIGNAL GENERATED BY THAT PROJECTILE.
• RANGES FOR THIS FIELD AR -50 TO 0 DECIBLES PER
  SQUARE METER (dBsm). THE LOWER THE RETURN, THE
  SMALLER THE PROJECTILE. CONVENTIONAL INDIRECT
  FIRE WEAPONS GENERALLY HAVE RCS VALUES OF -5 TO
  -30 dBsm. CONVENTIONAL SMALL ARMS HAVE RCS
  VALUES OF -17 TO -38 dBsm.

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TARGET INFORMATION SCREEN
TARGET SMOOTHED VELOCITY (VEL) IS THE NUMBER
REPRESENTING THE APPROXIMATE VELOCITY OF A
PROJECTILE
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TARGET INFORMATION SCREEN

• TARGET SMOOTHED VELOCITY
• IS A NUMBER REPRESENTING THE APPROXIMATE VELOCITY
  OF A PROJECTILE AT THE POINT WHEN THE RADAR BEGAN
  TRACKING IT. LEGAL RANGE FOR THIS FIELD IS 0 TO
  1300 METERS PER SECOND (m/s).
• ROCKETS GENERALLY TRAVEL IN EXCESS OF 1000 m/s.
• ARTILLERY IS USUALLY BETWEEN 250-800 m/s.
• MORTARS GENERALLY TRAVEL LESS THAN 300 m/s.
• SMALL ARM PROJECTILES RANGE FROM 700-1000 m/s,
  BUT LOSE VELOCITY VERY QUICKLY, SO THEY MAY
  APPEAR WITH REDUCED VALUES
• NOTE The C2 node is making an educated guess,
  based on the information provided coupled with
  experience in specific, real-world situation.

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TRANSMIT TARGET REPORT
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HOSTILE TARGET DATABASE SCREEN
ABOO1O 5 1
548700 3839350 400
6 CFZ1
1 140000 D 43
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OPERATING CONTROLS

• JAMMER/SIGNAL
• LOCATION AVERAGING
• IMPACT PREDICTION
• VIDEO INTEGRATION
• PULSED INTERFERENCE REJECTION
• VIDEO DISPLAY

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RADAR CONTROLS SCREEN
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CONTROLS - JAM STATUS
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RADAR CONTROLS SCREEN
Radar Controls
Jammer/Signal
Location Averaging
Auto Censoring
Maximum Number of Rounds
Target Report Update
Update Time Interval
Minutes
Number of Loc. Avg
Autoprint
Impact Prediction
Video Integration
Pulsed Interference Rejection
Extended Azimuth
Select Defaults
Deselect All
OK
Cancel
Help
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TRANSMIT TARGET UPDATE MESSAGE

• SENT WHEN AVERAGED LOCATION CHANGES FROM ATICDR
  TO FMCFF
• NEW FMCFF TARGET RETAINS ALL PROPERTIES OF
  PREVIOUS ATICDR TARGET

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DISPLAY SEARCH PARAMETERS
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EXTENDED AZIMUTH SEARCH PARAMETERS SCREEN
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SEARCH FENCE
INTERVALS THAT ARE WITHIN THE SELECTED HOSTILE
SEARCH SECTOR
Beam
0 No elevation coverage F Approximately
5 mils frequency coverage Enabled frequencies 0
- 31
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SEARCH FENCE
CODES USED AT EACH AZIMUTH. ONE LINE SHOWS
CURRENT LOW/HI LIMITS
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SEARCH FENCE
SYMBOLS REPRESENT APPROX. 5 MILS OF COVERAGE AT A
PARTICULAR AZIMUTH. VIEWED SIDEWAYS, SHOWS
ELEVATION OF RADAR COVERAGE AVAILABLE FOR EACH
AZIMUTH BEAM.
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UNIT INFORMATION SCREEN
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MODIFY UNIT
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MODIFY UNIT
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NET MEMBER LIST SCREEN
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NET MEMBER INFORMATION SCREEN
USE BACKSPACE AND DELETE AFTER PLACING THE CURSOR
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DELETE SUBSCRIBER MESSAGE
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VIDEO DISPLAY
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MESSAGE FORMATS
Receive Radar Search Area Msg (SPRTSEARCH)
Msg Source
Priority
Auth
Antenna Azimuth
Frequency Limit
Left Sector Edge
Min Range
Right Sector Edge
Max Range
Effective
Process
Print
Remove
Help
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MESSAGE ALERT
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MESSAGE QUEUE INCREMENT
AN/TPQ-36(V) Operations
Processing
Comm
Controls
Parameters
Tools
Help
Mode
Friendly
Tgts Q0
Msg Q1
JAM
INTRF
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RECEIVED MESSAGE QUEUE
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VIEW PREVIOUSLY SAVED MESSAGE
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SAVED MESSAGE
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SPRTFILTER
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SPRTSEARCH
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METTA
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FMOBCO
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FMINTM and FMMTO
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FMSUBS
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FMFOCMD
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MDXMT5
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FREE TEXT MESSAGE
Receive Free Text
Msg
(K01.50)
Priority
Msg
Source
MRN
RSN
CAK key
Time
The text of a 1 to 1200 character free text
message goes here.
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RADAR READY STATUS
Transmit Radar Ready Status
Ready to fire?
Cancel
Subscriber..
Transmit
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CHECK FIRE
Transmit Fire Mission (FMFOCMD)
Send Check fire
Cancel
Subscriber..
Transmit
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HOSTILE TARGET DATABASE SCREEN
ABOO1O 5 1
548700 3839350 400
6 CFZ1
1 140000 D 43
XXXXXX
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MEDEVAC DATA SCREEN
MEDEVAC Data
Highlighted fields require entry before
transmission
Call Sign
Request Number
Mission Type
Mission Priority
Number Killed
Number Wounded
0
0
Pick Up Day
Hour
Minute
Weather Condition
ltNonegt
ltNonegt
0
Cloud Base Altitude
00 feet
Wind Strength
Casualty Data
Comments
Pick Up Zone Information
Transmit
Store
Load
Cancel
Help
Subscriber
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CASUALTY DATA SCREEN
All data entries on the Casualty Data screen are
optional
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PICK UP ZONE INFORMATION SCREEN
At least one of the highlighted fields requires
entry before transmission
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COMMENTS SCREEN

• Enter comment of up to 200 characters
• Click on Cancel to exit without temporarily
  saving data
• Click on OK to temporarily save data and exit
  screen

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NON-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (NAK)
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RESYNCHRONIZE
Resynchronization
Existing Transmission Index 0005 Expected
Sequence Index 02 Enter new Transmission Index
Cancel
OK
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QUESTIONS