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LESSON 3
PRACTICE EXERCISE

Instructions	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 conducting a hit-and-run antiarmor ambush, which will be followed by the engagement of targets within a village. Use this situation to answer questions 1 through 3.

1.	To conceal your TOW and its crew until the ambush is executed, you instruct the crew to construct which of thefollowing positions? A. Mounted. B. Dismounted. C. Hunter-killer. D. Urban terrain.

2.	You ensure that there is at least how many inches of muzzle clearance around the end of the TOW's launch tube? A. Five. B. Seven. C. Eight. D. Nine.

3.	Later, a TOW is to be fired from a building. Before the TOW is fired, you conduct an examination of the building. You ensure that its ceiling is at least how many meters high? A. Five. B. Two. C. Eight. D. Nine.

Situation: You are positioning your TOW weapon systems on the battlefield. Use this situation to answer questions 4 and 5.

4.	In order to protect the TOWs and their crews from mounted assaults, you intend to position them on restricted terrain. Which of the following types of terrain is considered restricted? A. Broad plains. B. Meadows. C. Rolling hills. D. Forested areas.

5.

To protect the TOWs and their crews from dismounted infantry attack, you A. use fires from flanking positions and the TOWs' standoff. B. designate on-order platoon positions throughout the battle area to aid in quickly deploying platoons once they have been targeted. C. select flank shot positions throughout the depth of the battle area. D. position antiarmor squads or sections with infantry elements.

Situation:   You are the commander of an antiarmor company. Battalion has advised you that a nuclear attack appears imminent. Your TOW units are moving and have no time to dig in. Only minimum protection is possible. Use this situation to answer questions 6 through 8.

6.	You instruct your TOW units to A. assume positions at the bottom of hills. B. position armored vehicles to reduce blast damage and radiation exposure. C. use sandbags for radiation shielding. D. remove or secure and cover equipment that is stowed on the outside of the vehicle.

7.

Following the attack, you instruct your soldiers to perform individual decontamination. To remove dust particles from themselves, they move away from the position to be occupied and A. Brush or wash clothing and equipment thoroughly before showering and changing clothes. B. Burn clothing before showering and changing into uncontaminated uniforms. C. Bury clothing and personal equipment before showering and changing clothes. D. Discard clothing, shower, and change clothes.

8.	To decontaminate the equipment and area, you ensure that your soldiers turn over soil in the immediate area around fighting positions and vehicles to a depth of at least how many inches? A. Six. B. Seven. C. Eight. D. Nine.

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