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Fighting Positions

Fighting Positions. REF FM 7-7 THE MECHANIZED INFANTRY PLATOON AND SQUAD (APC) SSG Christian J. Behr 1st Squad Leader Det 1, 169th MP Co. General.

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Fighting Positions

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  1. Fighting Positions REF FM 7-7 THE MECHANIZED INFANTRY PLATOON AND SQUAD (APC) SSG Christian J. Behr 1st Squad Leader Det 1, 169th MP Co.

  2. General Whenever a dismount team dismounts to conduct the defense, it prepares fighting positions. A well-built fighting position gives the defender a marked advantage over the attacker and enhances his weapons’ firing capability. Fighting positions must provide cover and concealment against aerial and ground fire and observation, and provide for mutual support among fighting positions observation and fields of fire.

  3. COVER Protect the firing team Thick enough in front, rear and flanks and overhead provide cover to shoot to the oblique, if under fire to the front

  4. FRONT AND OBLIQUE • Cover should be at least 18 inches of dirt to stop small arms. • shooting oblique requires that the cover be long enough for two men and hide the muzzle blasts of their rifles.

  5. CONCEALMENT • Readily available • will not attract enemy attention • need not be replaced • make it hard for enemy to see • conceal from enemy aircraft

  6. FIGHTING POSITIONS • Hasty fighting position

  7. FIGHTING POSITIONS One man position Two-Man Position.

  8. FIGHTING POSITIONS Modified Two-Man Position

  9. FIGHTING POSITIONS Steep Terrain

  10. PREPARING FIGHTING POSITIONS Dig a fighting position armpit deep to lower the profile of the occupant(s) and still let him shoot his weapon.

  11. PREPARING FIGHTING POSITIONS • Provide support by having a distance between the hole and the frontal cover that should be enough to let a soldier shoot from a supported position (elbows on the ground).

  12. PREPARING FIGHTING POSITIONS • Dig elbow holes that serve to stabilize the shooter’s arms and lower is profile • Dig trenches for the bipod legs of an automatic rifle to get it close to ground level • Use aiming stakes to help a soldier fire his rifle on dangerous approaches at night

  13. PREPARING FIGHTING POSITIONS • Use sector stakes, right and left, to define the sector of fire. They prevent accidental shooting into adjacent positions. A soldier should not let takes spoil his position’s concealment.

  14. PREPARING FIGHTING POSITIONS • Shape the floor of the hole so that it slopes toward the grenade sumps. Water will run into the sumps, and grenades will tend to roll into them. • Dig two trench-shaped hand-grenade sumps at each end of the position. The trenches should be dug as wide as the blade of an intrenching tool, at least as deep as the intrenching tool, and as long as the position is wide. The slope of the floor should channel grenades thrown into the position into one of the sumps.

  15. PREPARING FIGHTING POSITIONS Building overhead cover • protect from airbursts & shell fragments • use logs, 4 to 6 inches on top of each other along the entire length of the frontal and rear cover • high enough so that men can shoot beneath when complete • room for night vision and other devices

  16. Base is made of logs, 4 to 6 inches placed side by side across supports

  17. Water repellent layer, such as packing material from dragon rounds is then laid over the logs. About 6 to 8 inches of dirt is added and molded to blend with the slope of the terrain. And finally, the overhead cover is camouflage. When it is complete, the man in the position will have protection from shell fragments and still be able to shoot.

  18. When overhead cover would make a position easy to see, it can be built off to both flanks. When flank overhead cover is used, only one grenade sump is dug in the center of the floor against the back wall.

  19. After removing sod and 25 to 35 centimeters (10 to 14 inches) of dirt, 10 to 15 centimeters (4 to 6 inches) of supporting logs or planks are laid across that place to support the rest of the over head cover material

  20. The logs are covered by piling on them 15 to 20 centimeters (6 to 8 inches) of dirt. Sod is used to camouflage the dirt. It all must look natural.

  21. Revetments Revetments are supports put against the sides of a fighting position to keep them from collapsing. Revetting is necessary when positions are dug in loose or wet soil. Anything that will hold in the walls (wire, boards, logs, etc.) can be used to revet as long as it is staked and anchored. After anchor lines are attached, stakes are driven all the way into the ground. That hides them so they will not be mistaken for aiming or sector stakes.

  22. FIGHTING POSITIONS REF FM 7-7 ANY QUESTIONS????

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