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Date Posted: Thu, January 20 2005, 16:42:14
Author: Larry Lusk
Author Host/IP: 66.214.61.174
Subject: A question for the Redlegs

As I mentioned in discussion on an earlier post, the Army in Vietnam normally used a set SOP when a unit asked for artillery fire support. It consisted of a smoke round first followed by a WP round before any HE rounds were fired. This allowed the unit or the FO to make corrections before a “fire for effect” was given (I believe that if requested HE could be called for directly). The Army fire control coordinator also would tell us if the fire support we were going to get was heavier than 105mm. Did the Marines have a similar SOP for close fire support? Also, does anyone know how the Navy handled artillery fire support? Was the proceedure handled differently if the requesting unit or FO was from a differnt branch of the service? There were times when we and I would guess other units had to depend on support from a different service because they were out of communication range or for other reasons unable to contact their normal fire support center.

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