TBS PHASE 3 EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 REAL
EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|AGRADE
Describe Hasty Attack – ANSWER- an attack when the commander decides to
trade preparation time for speed to exploit an opportunity.
Describe a deliberate attack – ANSWER- a type of offensive action characterized
by pre-planned and coordinated employment of firepower and maneuver to close
with and destroy the enemy
Three phases of an attack – ANSWER- Preparation
Conduct
Exploitation/Consolidation
6 forms of offensive maneuver? – ANSWER- 1. Frontal
- Flanking
- Envelopment
- Turning
- Infiltration
- Penetration
Tell me about frontal attacks – ANSWER- used to rapidly destroy a weak enemy
force or to fix an enemy in place to support a flanking attack. The frontal attack is
simple and easy to control but attacks the enemy’s strongest point.
Uses fire and movement.
Think R5!
Marines use the __ mil rule to avoid fratricide. – ANSWER- 300 (mil)
Tell me about flanking attacks – ANSWER- uses fire and maneuver in order to
gain a position of advantage against an enemy vulnerability.
A flanking attack usually uses a support by fire position that diverts attention away
from the main effort and uses fires to fix the enemy in place which prevents them
from reorienting on the main effort.
Where should the Platoon Cmdr place the SBF position? – ANSWER- The SBF
direction of fire is ideally located 60-90 degrees offset from the maneuver
element’s direction of attack. This allows the maneuver element to advance as close
to the enemy as possible under friendly suppression without the risk of fratricide.
What are the two methods of occupying an SBF position? – ANSWER- Stealth
Force
Common TCMs in a Platoon-Sized Atk – ANSWER- Boundary
Assembly Area
Attack Position
Line of Departure
Checkpoint
Phase Line
Release Point
Target Reference Point
Assault Pos
Objective
Limit of Advance
Linkup Point
Most offensive missions will have a fire support plan utilizing IDF (mortars, arty).
The IDF supports maneuver. What types of IDF fires are there in the offense?
(Hint, there are three) – ANSWER- Preparatory Fires: Battalion or higher. Purpose
is to isolate the enemy.
Fires ISO Conduct: Used by PC to support maneuver (beginning of R5)
Fires ISO Consolidation: prevent counterattack (end of R5).
What three things should a tasking statement include? – ANSWER- 1. Condition
- Tactical Tast
- Purpose
Common signals used for SBF position – ANSWER- Commence
Shift
Cease
Displace
Commence (SBF signal) – ANSWER- When to begin firing. If occupying by force
this will be the signal to seize the position. Should be:
Original;
Appropriate;
Redundant; and
Simultaneous.
Shift (SBF signal) – ANSWER- When the maneuver element reaches the objective
the support by fire element may still able to safely suppress deep targets or another
part of the objective.
Cease (SBF Signal) – ANSWER- When support by fire element can no longer
support the maneuver element without the risk of fratricide, or when their fires are
no longer needed.
Displace (SBF signal) – ANSWER- Tells the support by fire element to execute the
displacement criteria and is usually briefed in scheme ofmaneuver and/or the
support by fire element’s task.
Criteria includes:
Method
Objective
Route
Time
Key Steps in Supervise Phase – ANSWER- Rehearsals;
PCCs;
PCIs.
Tell me about rates of fire? What is it, and why is it relevant? – ANSWER- Rates
of fire typically used by the support by fire position are sustained and rapid.
Rapid Rate of Fire (SBF) – ANSWER- The rapid rate of fire provides more
suppression but uses double the ammunition. This will cause weapons to overheat
and malfunction more often and begins to affect soldiers’ load—a machinegun
squad will go through 14 pounds of ammunition per minute at the rapid rate. The
rapid rate can be used to achieve fire superiority when commencing fire, or when
the maneuver element slows because of effective enemy fire, or when the
maneuver element is about to reach the objective.
Sustained Rate of Fire (SBF) – ANSWER- The sustained rate of fire provides
average suppression and conserves ammunition—in most cases, a round on target
every five seconds will keep the enemy’s head down as effectively as two or three
rounds every five seconds. The sustained rate of fire will not overheat weapons and
should be the default rate of fire unless a higher rate is needed to achieve effective
suppression.
What are the three offensive principles that guide rifle platoons? – ANSWER- 1.
Orient
- Disrupt and Fix
- Maneuver and Follow Through
Talk to me about Ting and Ted – ANSWER- Ting = SupporTING element. Could
be an SBF position or Marine in Fore, laying suppressing fires.
Ted = SupporTED element. Could be maneuver element of Marine in aft rushing
past fore position.
Which do we decide on first: our assault pos/maneuver route, or our SBF position?
- ANSWER- We plan assault pos first and then we establish our SBF pos later.
Tell me about the offset principles of SBF. How many degrees do I need for MSL
for fixed and unfixed fires? – ANSWER- Fixed weapon (tripod/bipod) = 15
degrees
Unfixed (rifle) = 45 degrees
What is the purpose of leader’s recon? – ANSWER- To confirm or deny our
EMLCOA/estimate of the situation.
What is the trinity of the night? – ANSWER- Direction
Surprise
Control
Advantages of Night Attacks – ANSWER- Conceals your movement