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Board of Inquiry - Afghanistan 2002
Documents - Final Report

Annex E - Tarnak Farm Multi-Purpose Range Complex

The following diagram shows key details of the Tarnak Farm Range, including:

Drainage Ditch (Wadi East) - location of the firing point
  for the Tank Stalk range
Drainage Ditch (Wadi South) - location /approach path
  for the Close-Quarter Combat range
Administrative Area  - location of waiting troops, support vehicles
Ammunition Point - area where individual relays
  received ammunition
Corral - part of the Close-Quarter Combat range
Tank Targets (close / far) - primary targets for Tank Stalk range firing
Training Compound - southern limit of range area





















Of note are the relative locations of the two simultaneous ranges being conducted that evening, as well as their arcs of fire.  Depicted on the right of the                     photo below is the Tank Stalk range, which moved north from the Ammunition Point; at the bottom, running east-west, is the Close-Quarter Combat range, which moved west and then up towards the corral.

These two ranges were designed to be conducted simultaneously to allow for maximum training value in terms of immersion in the tactical scenario.  Accordingly, they have intersecting arcs of fire at and beyond the northern edge of the corral structure.  Additional safety arcs were built into the scenario by a process called "templating" to ensure that troop positions were not impinged upon by friendly fire.


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