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The Pershing Ii Firing Battery Field Manual HEADQUARTERS Number 6-1 1 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Washington. DC. 13 March 1985 THE PERSHING II FIRING BATTERY TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE ................................. v CHAPTER 1 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION .................. 1-1 Missile Characteristics .................... 1-1 Ground Support Equipment ............... 1-6 Target Reference Scene Production ........ 1-11 Countdown Operations ................... 1-12 Two-Stage Flight Sequence ............... 1-12 Single-Stage Flight Sequence ............. 1-14 CHAPTER 2 TASKS. ORGANIZATION. AND KEY PERSONNEL .............................. 2-1 Deployment to Field Locations ............. 2-1 Firing Battery Tasks ...................... 2-2 Immediate Coverage ...................... 2-2 Delayed Coverage ........................ 2-2 No Coverage ............................. 2-2 Single Target ............................ 2-2 Organization ............................. 2-2 Battery Commander ...................... 2-4 Executive Officer ......................... 2-4 Operations Officer ........................ 2-4 Firing Platoon Leader ..................... 2-5 Fire Control Officer ....................... 2-5 Support Platoon Leader ................... 2-5 Missile Maintenance Technician .......... 2-5 First Sergeant ............................ 2-6 Page Firing Platoon Sergeant ................... 2-6 Firing Platoon Chief of Section ............ 2-6 CHAPTER 3 RECONNAISSANCE. SELECTION. AND OCCUPATION OF POSITION .............. Section I Reconnaissance and the Advance Party ...... Definition ................................ Receipt of Order ......................... Methods of Reconnaissance .............. Planning the Reconnaissance ............. Assembling the Advance Party ............ Organization of the Advance Party ......... Making the Reconnaissance .............. Section I1 Selection of Position ........................ Basic Types of Positions .................. Specific Types of Positions ................ Section Ill Organization of Position .................... Launch Point Identification ................ Facilities and Equipment .................. Track Plan and Vehicle Order of March .... Defense Plan ............................ Internal Wire Plan ........................ Vehicle Guides ........................... Section IV Tactical Marches ........................... Movement Methods ...................... Loading Plan/List ........................ Final Preparations ........................ Convoy Control Measures ................. Marking the Route ....................... Conduct of the March .................... March Discipline ......................... Contingencies ............................ Unit Movement SOP ...................... Section V Occupation of Position ...................... Deliberate Occupation .................... Hasty Occupation ........................ Sustaining Actions ....................... CHAPTER 4 DEFENSE ................................. Establishment of Priorities ................ Organization of the Defense .............. Coordination ............................. Patrols .................................. Page Listening/Observation Posts .............. 4-3 Remote Sensors ......................... 4-3 Defensive Perimeter ...................... 4-3 Defense Control Center ................... 4-4 Reaction Force ........................... 4-4 Defense Against Detection ................ 4-5 Defense Against Airborne Attack .......... 4-6 Defense Against Air Attack ............... 4-6 Defense Against Missile/Rocket Attack .... 4-7 Defense Against Nuclear. Biological. or Chemical Attack ...................... Reporting ................................ CHAPTER 5 PHYSICAL SECURITY IN NUCLEAR OPERATIONS ............................. Personnel Reliability Program ............. Controls on Nuclear Release .............. Custodial Agents ......................... Exclusion Area ........................... Duties in the Nuclear Convoy ............. Convoy Organization ..................... Convoy Safety and Security ............... Air Movement ........................... Destruction to Prevent Enemy Use ......... CHAPTER 6 DETERMINATION OF LOCATION ......... Determination by PADS ................... Survey Data Card ........................ Coordinates .............................. Pace Cards .............................. M2 Compass ............................. CHAPTER 7 COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT ............. Responsibilities .......................... Classes of Supply ........................ Battery Trains ............................ Supply Operations ........................ Field Services ............................ Health Services .......................... Maintenance. Repair. and Recovery ........ Logistics Raid Site ........................ CHAPTER 8 COMMUNICATIONS ...................... Communications Security ................. Cryptographic Security .................... Voice/Radio Transmission Security ........ iii Page Radio Frequencies ........................ 8-3 Operations and Procedures ............... 8-3 Physical Security ......................... 8-5 Secure Area for COMSEC Operations ...... 8-5 COMSEC Control and Accounting ......... 8-5 Destruction of Classified Waste ........... 8-6 Packing and Transportation of COMSEC Material ................................ Emergency Evacuation or Destruction of COMSEC Material .................... Electronic Counter-Countermeasures ...... Electromagnetic Pulse Threat ............. CHAPTER 9 TRAINING FOR A FIELD ENVIRONMENT ........................... Performance-Oriented Training ........... Training Program Development ............ Training Management .................... Training Publications ..................... Army Training and Evaluation Program .... Field Training Exercise .................... Skill Qualification Test .................... Tactical Exercise Without Troops .......... Map Exercise ............................ Communications Exercise ................. NBC Training ............................ APPENDIX A INTERNATIONAL STANDARDlZATIlON AGREEMENTS ........................... B RANGE CARD ............................ C DEFENSE DIAGRAM .................. D ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF FRIENDLY INFORMATION ........................... E NUCLEAR. BIOLOGICAL. CHEMICAL DEFENSE ................................ E- 1 GLOSSARY ..................................................... Glossary-I REFERENCES .................................................. References-I INDEX .......................................................... Index- 1 FM 6-1 1 PREFACE Pershing I1 is a terminally guided theater fire support missile system that can accurately deliver tactical nuclear warheads. It has the longest range and the greatest payload of any US Army weapon system. The system is ground mobile, air transportable, and can be employed worldwide. This publication describes doctrine, techniques, considerations, and planning factors to maintain combat readiness and sustain combat operations within the Pershing 11 firing battery. Guidance is provided on the duties of key personnel and the training of sections, platoons, and the battery as a whole. All users of this publication are encouraged to recommend changes and improvements. Comments should be keyed to the specific page, paragraph, and line of the text in which the change is recommended. Rationale should be provided in support of comments to ensure complete understanding and evaluation. Comments should be prepared, using DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes, to Publications and Blank Forms), and forwarded directly to: Commandant US Army Field Artillery Sc ATTN: ATSF-WGP Fort Sill, Oklahoma 73503-560 FM 6-11 is designed for use in conjunction with user's manuals for the appropriate equipment and with other technical manuals as referenced throughout this publication. When used in this publication, "he," "him," "his," and 66men9'represent both the masculine and feminine genders unless otherwise state CHAPTER 1 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION Pershing I1 (PII) is a ground-mobile, surface-to-surface, nuclear weapon system. It is a solid-propellant missile with ground support equipment (GSE) mounted on wheeled vehicles. The missile may be launched quickly and is an effective weapon against a broad spectrum of targets. NISSILE CHARACTERISTICS 10.6 meters long, and has a range of 1,000 miles (1,800 krn). A kit is available with which The Pershing II missile, with the normal the erector-launcher can be converted to configuration of first- and second-stage adapt to a single-stage missile, if required. propulsion sections and. the. reentry vehicle, The result is a missile with reduced weight, weighs more than 16,000 pounds, is about length, and range. FIRST-STAGE SECOND-STAGE REENTRY PROPULSION PROPULSION VEHICLE I SECTION 1 SECTION 1 I FM 6-11 THE PERSHING II FIRING BAlTERY FIRST-STAGE PROPULSION SECTION The first stage provides the initial thrust required to propel the missile toward a ballistic trajectory. It consists of a rocket motor with attached forward and aft skirts. The forward skirt allows the second stage to be mated to the first stage. In a single-stage configuration, the reentry vehicle is mated directly to the forward skirt. The forward skirt contains three thrust termination ports. These ports stop the forward thrust at the time determined by the guidance and control section of the reentry vehicle when the missile is fired in the single-stage configuration. The first stage contains a motor ignition safe/arm mechanism designed to prevent the accidental
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