Armed Forces Joint Tactical Fire Support

Joint armed forces tactical fire support ( STF ) is the joint armed forces (= cross- armed forces ) ability to provide mutual fire support for the tactical level of land , air and naval forces as well as special forces of the Bundeswehr in all dimensions of the operational area.

Mission and ability

STF includes direct fire support for operations at the tactical level and, within the framework of the reconnaissance - leadership - effect network, aims at the coordinated and responsive use of the most suitable national / multinational effective means available in the operational area . Demands for effectiveness grow “from the bottom up” to the level at which a control decision can be made, has active agents and can assign them. For this purpose, STF uses the most suitable forces and resources from the entire spectrum of active agents available. Therefore, STF must be synchronized in or with the joint fire process at the correct level. This is done from brigade level upwards.

The requirements for effectiveness are: locking off , fighting (relatively general expression), lighting , blinding ( artificial fog ), holding down ( keeping under cover for a limited time ), blocking (with the help of fired mine barriers ), disrupting (worrying, hindering actions, if possible damaging ), Surveillance , annihilation (inflicting such losses that the enemy fails to continue the fight), smashing (reducing combat strength so that it is not possible to take part in combat for a limited time or the intention can no longer be carried out) , Destroy (damage an object / facility in such a way that it fails for a long time).

Parts and agents

STF comprises national and multinational educational and active means of:

• artillery
  • M113 ABRA
  • Artillery detection radar COBRA
  • KZO
  • Joint Fire Support Team
  • Self-propelled howitzer 2000
  • MARS
• Infantry ( mortar ),
• Army aviators / combat helicopters ,
• Air Force
  • Forward Air Controller (FAC)
  • Close air support (Close Air Support / CAS)
• Naval / Sea Air Force as well as
  • Ship artillery
• Forces and resources of the Army Reconnaissance Force .

Coordination elements

Coordination elements at the respective tactical management levels coordinate all requirements with one another. Below the LCC (JFSCC) level, these are:

• the Joint Fire Support Team (JFST) at the unit level ,
• the Joint Fire Support Coordination Team (JFSCT) at association level ,
• the Joint Fire Support Coordination Group (JFSCG) at the brigade and division level .

education

The training area military Joint Tactical fire support / Indirect fire is a decision inspector of the army since the 4th September 2009 as a training facility STF responsible for the training and the preparation for use of all STF coordination elements. In the first half of 2015, the artillery school was dissolved and converted into the training area Armed Forces Joint Tactical Fire Support / Indirect Fire (STF / IndirF), which is subordinate to the Munster training center (Munster training center ).

See also : MONARC

literature

• Armed Forces Joint Tactical Fire Support / STF - Joint Fire Support / JFS . In: Zu Gleich - magazine of the artillery force and the armed forces joint tactical fire support . No. 2 , 2018, p. 11 .
• BMVg - Fü S - GenInsp - Basic conceptual concepts "Armed forces joint tactical fire support (KGv STF)" from September 2006
• Area regulation C1-160 / 0-1130 "STF for land operations" from August 2016
• Area guideline C2-227 / 0-0-2000 VS-NfD "Command and Use of Artillery" from September 2017