Appendix
C to Chapter 3
Squad
and Platoon Night Vision Task Organization
1.
MTOE 07035LFC82 FC7595, effective 16 November 1994, authorizes the following
night fighting equipment for infantry rifle companies:
a.
69
AN/PVS-7B Night Vision Gogglesb.
33
AN/PVS-4 Night Vision Sightc.
33
AN/PAQ-4 Aiming Lightd.
6
AN/TAS-5 Dragon Night Sighte.
3
AN/PAS-7 Thermal Viewer2.
According to the MTOE, this equipment is allocated as follows:
| Rifle
Squad | 6
x PVS-7B | 3
x PAQ-4 | 3
x PVS-4 |
|---|
| Squad
Leader | X | X |
|
| A
Team Leader | X | X |
|
| SAW |
|
| X |
| M203 | X |
|
|
| M16-A2 | X |
|
|
| B
Team Leader | X | X |
|
| SAW |
|
| X |
| M203 |
|
| X |
| M16-A2 | X |
|
|
| Weapons
Squad | 2
x PVS-7B | 1
x PAQ-4 | 2
x TAS-5 | 2
x PVS-4 |
|---|
| Weapons
Squad Ldr | X | X |
|
|
| Machine
Gunner |
|
|
| X |
| Assistant
Gunner | X |
|
|
|
| Ammo
Bearer |
|
|
|
|
| Dragon
Gunner |
|
| X |
|
| Machine
Gunner |
|
|
| X |
| Assistant
Gunner |
|
|
|
|
| Ammo
Bearer |
|
|
|
|
| Dragon
Gunner |
|
| X |
|
| Platoon
Headquarters | 1
x PVS-7B | 1
x PAQ-4 | 1
x PAS-7 |
|---|
| Platoon
Leader | X | X | X |
| Company
Mortar Section | 4
x PVS-7B |
|---|
| Section
Leader | X |
| Squad
Leader | X |
| Gunner | X |
| Gunner | X |
| Ammo
Bearer |
|
| Ammo
Bearer |
|
3. Reconciliation of Company
Night Vision Equipment:
|
| PVS-7B | PVS-4 | PAQ-4 | TAS-5 | PAS-7 |
|---|
| Rifle
Squads | 54 | 27 | 27 |
|
|
| Weapons
Squads | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
|
| Platoon
Headquarters | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| Mortar
Section | 4 |
|
|
|
|
| Company
Headquarters | 2 |
|
|
|
|
| Total | 69 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 3 |
|
4.
Task
organization considerations.
Company
commanders and platoon leaders may adjust the task organization of the night
vision devices to suit the situation. Depending on the mission, terrain, or
troops available, the leader can move his night vision devices wherever he
feels they will provide him an advantage. Some suggestions that can be incorporated
are: assign riflemen the PVS-4s for pin-point accuracy and assign the SAW gunners
the PVS-7s thereby reducing white-out and allowing them to adjust fires on
the target; place additional night vision devices in the support-by-fire positions;
give the assault elements additional night vision devices, and give the company
main effort additional equipment from the supporting efforts, etc. The matrixes
above are standard allocations, but they can be adjusted by the leaders.
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