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Lesson 3

Practice Exercise

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The following items will test your understanding of the material covered in this lesson. There is only one correct answer for each item. When you have completed the exercise, check your answers with the answer key that follows. If you answer any item incorrectly, review that part of the lesson which contains the portion involved.
Situation: You are a platoon leader. Your platoon is on the defense. The company OPORD indicated that a reinforced motorized rifle battalion is expected to attack the company's positions. The attack will be supported by jet aircraft and helicopters.
1. To effectively locate and engage enemy jet aircraft, your gunners and OPs must understand threat tactics. The men should be aware that threat jet aircraft

 A. trail team drop bombs on the first pass on the target, and the lead team fire rockets on the second run.
B. deliver bombs accurately from high altitudes.
C. attack armored and mechanized units from the flank.
D. use ground cover and concealment while attacking.
2. You are planning for the use of smoke to screen movement between positions. You

A. should mark all routes.
B. must plan on using guides.
C. must reconnoiter all routes in depth.
D. relocate before employing smoke.
3. The attacking enemy battalion is being supported by T-64 tanks and you, the platoon leader, have been tasked to organize and conduct an antiarmor ambush with an Bradley squad. You are preparing to designate the squad that will conduct the ambush, you may also have to

A. brief each team on its duty.
B. assign personnel to the armor-killer team, and the support/security team.
C. develop the obstacle plan for the ambush.
D. provide augmentation due to the limited number of dismount troops in the squad.
4. Your point antiarmor ambush squad is selecting the ambush site. To determine if the kill zone is large enough to use the TOW, you

A. use the full sight method.
B. select a kill zone 200 meters wide.
C. use the half-sight method.
D. select an area with natural obstacles between the kill zone and ambush site.
5. The dismount team will be the armor-killer team in a medium-range ambush. A medium-ambush is established

A. within 200 meters.
B. at the maximum effective range of the TOW.
C. 400 to 1,000 meters.
D. 200 to 1,000 meters.