Joint Fire Support Team
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A Joint Fire Support Team ( JFST ; German joint fire support force ) is an amalgamation of artillery observers , advanced observers of the mortars and the flight control units to form a team that accompanies the combat force and has the ability to provide joint tactical fire support , which allows steep fire (pipe and rocket artillery) Mortar, tactical fire support from sea to land ( Naval Gunfire Support ) and close air support (English CAS Close Air Support ) requests and directs.
The tasks are, among other things, the monitoring of the battlefield , the reconnaissance and determination of targets, the fire control of own weapons and determination of the success of the weapon use, the evaluation and reporting of the own reconnaissance results and those of other troops, the acceptance and forwarding of fire requests of the combat troops as well as holding the connection to the local subordinate leader of the combat force.
Furnishing
The equipment of a Joint Fire Support Team includes a vehicle-integrated hybrid navigation system, elevatable target measurement system with day vision camera, thermal imaging device, laser range finder and laser target illuminator, radio equipment in the HF, VHF and UHF range and for satellite-based communication as well as portable observation equipment for use without a vehicle.
JFST of the German Armed Forces
The Joint Fire Support Teams of the Bundeswehr are in the artillery battalion 131 (Weiden), artillery battalion 295 ( Stetten am kalten Markt ) and the artillery teaching battalion 325 ( Munster ) as well as the artillery teaching battalion 345 ( Idar-Oberstein ) and in the heavy hunters - (5./1 , 5./91, 5./413, 5./292), heavy paratroopers (7./26, 7./31) and heavy mountain troop companies (5./231, 5./232, 5./233 ) intended.
The Bundeswehr concept divides the observer into two teams, each with one vehicle. A JFST consists of an observation team for steep fire (BODEN-BODEN ) - this means fire support by artillery , mortars and ship artillery - and an air command team (LUFT-BODEN) for close aerial support by combat helicopters, drones and aircraft.
The vehicles planned are the GTK Boxer (mechanized forces), the Fennek scout car (wheel-moving forces), the Wiesel 2 (air-moving forces) and the Bv206S ( mountain hunters ). Together with the Joint Fire Support Coordination Team (JFSCT) at the battalion level and the Joint Fire Support Coordination Group (JFSCG) at the brigade / division level , they form the " Joint Armed Forces Tactical Fire Support ", or STF of the German Armed Forces. For dismounted use, the teams are equipped with the light observation equipment Nyxus , a mobile guidance equipment based on the FüWES Adler , the video download link system Rosetta and a portable laser target illuminator. In addition, the vehicles have a weapon station and a smoke launch system for their own protection.
For the "New Army" structure, 60 JFST, 20 JFSCT and 23 interface troops are planned, which will allow every company and unit of intervention forces to be supported. The support ratio for the stabilizing forces , on the other hand, is one to three. In March 2010 five troops with Fennek were handed over to the troops, three of which are used for training at the artillery school. The "STF training facility" is to be built there in future. In October 2010 it was decided to acquire another ten Fennek teams.
JFST in action
In April 2010 two JFST Fennek deployed to Afghanistan ( ISAF ). These were subordinated to the training and protection battalions in September 2010 . For the first time, the complete mapping of an STF organization with JFST, JFSCT (Joint Fire Support Coordination Team), JFSCG (Joint Fire Support Coordination Group) and the allocation of the armored howitzer 2000 and mortar agents was carried out . The Allied combat helicopters and other aircraft were not subordinated to the JFSCG.
International
The British Armed Forces refer to their Army forces as the Fire Support Team. Previously, the term Forward Observation Party was used because the flight control officers were only assigned to the teams when necessary. In the new structure, each group has a staff of six.
Another name is Joint Fires Observer (JFO) and is primarily used by the units of the US Army and US Marine Corps . The JFO mostly work with the Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) or the association of several JTACs, the Tactical Air Control Party. The JFST concept does not exist in the American units. However, JFOs are members of the combat force and only "observer" in a secondary function. So they only request fire support or only direct it if the company or battalion has not been assigned a TACP or Forward Observer.
swell
- Strategy and technology: JFST Fennek in action , February 2011 edition, pp. 26–29
Individual evidence
- ↑ Strategy and Technology : Armed Forces Common Tactical Fire Support, Chances and Setting the Course in the Army , January 2009 edition, pp. 30–34
- ↑ British Army website: Artillery Soldier, 13 Jobs, 14 Locations, taught to drive, qualifications for life Section ARTILLERY TARGETING ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website of the US Army on the training course of the Joint Fires Observer in Fort Sill, Oklahoma ( Memento from April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
