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LESSON ONE
PRACTICE EXERCISE
INSTRUCTIONS: The following items will test your grasp of the material in this lesson. There is only one correct answer for each item. When you complete the exercise, check your answers with the asnwer key that follows. If you answer any item incorrectly, study that part of the lesson again before continuing. Answer the following questions. Choose the BEST answer for each question, and select the corresponding letter.
General Situation: You are an infantry officer stationed in the Middle East. As an infantry officer it is vital that you recognize and know some of the capabilities of the various THREAT heavy armored vehicles that Soviet, Warsaw Pact, and Middle East forces could deploy against you. Use this situation to answer the questions in this practice exercise.
| 1. | You are conducting spotting operations along the border of a Warsaw Pact country who is engaged in training exercises. You observe a number of vehicles of the same type with large turrets and bow-mounted machine guns. You identify the vehicles (shown in Figure 1-11) as
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Figure 1-11.
| 2. | The vehicle in Figure 1-11 carries two layers of armament consisting of a
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| 3. | With snorkel installed, the vehicle shown in Figure 1-11 can ford a maximum of
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| 4. | While you are on field maneuvers in the Middle East, one of your men points out an Iraqi vehicle across the border. Using your binoculars, you notice that in addition to its armament, the vehicle has two snorkels mounted at the rear. You identify the vehicle (shown in Figure 1-12) as a
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Figure 1-12.
| 5. | Refer to Figure 1-12. Two other main features or characteristics of the vehicle that most enabled you to correctly identify it was the
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| 6. | The vehicle shown in Figure 1-12 arrives at the edge of a small lake. You know the water is a maximum of 4-meters deep. The vehicle
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| 7. | You are on a reconnaissance mission in a Middle Eastern desert and spot a vehicle (shown in Figure 1-13) with a distinct spacing between the third and fourth and fourth and fifth road wheel. You also observe what appears to be a 115 mm turret-mounted main gun. You identify the vehicle as a
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Figure 1-13.
| 8. | Refer to Figure 1-13. Other recognition features of the vehicle that most enabled you to correctly identify it was its
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| 9. | Refer to Figure 1-13. You are directing a construction unit to dig an anti-tank ditch to prevent the vehicle type shown in Figure 1-13 from crossing into your holding zone. Knowing the capabilities of the vehicle, you instruct the team to dig a deep trench with straight vertical walls and a minimum width of
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