CONSTRUCT INDIVIDUAL FIGHTING POSITIONS

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CONSTRUCT INDIVIDUAL FIGHTING POSITIONS

• STP 21-1-SMCT
• TASK 071-326-5703

CW2 R. MANDELL
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• Conditions Given load-carry equipment (LCE) with
  bayonet, scabbard, entrenching tool, poncho, and
  M16A1 rifle a specific location and sector of
  fire and logs to construct overhead cover.
• Standards 1. Construct a hasty fighting position
  that gives frontal cover from enemy direct fire
  and allows you to fire to the front and oblique.
• 2. Construct a one-Soldier fighting position wide
  enough for you and your equipment, armpit deep,
  with frontal and overhead cover at least 18
  inches deep, with grenade sumps, and with a floor
  sloped toward the sumps. Ensure that the position
  allows you to place fire on your assigned sector.

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HASTY FIGHTING POSITION

• PREPARE FIGHTING POSITION IMPROVE POSITION
• - COVER - DIGGING
• - FRONTAL PROTECTION
• - FIRING AREAS
• -18 INCHES DEEP

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ONE SOLDIER FIGHTING POSITION

• PREPARE ONE SOLDIER FIGHTING POSITION
• - OBTAIN POSITION LOCATION
  - SHAPE HOLE
• - SECTOR OF FIRE STAKES
  - ARMPIT DEEP
• - CLEAR FIELD OF FIRE
  - DIRT
• - HASTY HOLE
  - MODIFY
• - CAMOUFLAGE

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GRENADE SUMPS

• DIG TWO GRENADE SUMPS
• - PLACE ONE AT EACH END
• -WIIDTH/ LENGTH
• - SLOPE FLOOR

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OVERHEAD, FRONT, AND REAR COVER

• OVERHEAD
  REAR/FRONT COVER
• - LOGS 10 to 15 cm THICK -
  HEIGHT - DIRT
• - WATERPROOFING

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SUPPORT
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FLANK OVERHEAD COVER

• POSITION
• - SILHOUTTE

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• QUESTIONS?