CONSTRUCT INDIVIDUAL FIGHTING POSITIONS STP 21 1 SMCT

CONSTRUCT INDIVIDUAL FIGHTING POSITIONS STP 21 -1 -SMCT TASK # 071 -326 -5703 CW 2 R. MANDELL 1

Conditions: Given load-carry equipment (LCE) with bayonet, scabbard, entrenching tool, poncho, and M 16 A 1 rifle; a specific location and sector of fire; and logs to construct overhead cover. Standards: 1. Construct a hasty fighting position that gives frontal cover from enemy direct fire and allows you to fire to the front and oblique. 2. Construct a one-Soldier fighting position wide enough for you and your equipment, armpit deep, with frontal and overhead cover at least 18 inches deep, with grenade sumps, and with a floor sloped toward the sumps. Ensure that the position allows you to place fire on your assigned sector. 2

HASTY FIGHTING POSITION PREPARE FIGHTING POSITION - COVER - FRONTAL PROTECTION - FIRING AREAS -18 INCHES DEEP IMPROVE POSITION - DIGGING 3

ONE SOLDIER FIGHTING POSITION PREPARE ONE SOLDIER FIGHTING POSITION - OBTAIN POSITION LOCATION - SHAPE HOLE - SECTOR OF FIRE STAKES - ARMPIT DEEP - CLEAR FIELD OF FIRE - DIRT - HASTY HOLE - MODIFY - CAMOUFLAGE 4

GRENADE SUMPS DIG TWO GRENADE SUMPS - PLACE ONE AT EACH END -WIIDTH/ LENGTH - SLOPE FLOOR 5

OVERHEAD, FRONT, AND REAR COVERHEAD - LOG’S 10 to 15 cm THICK - WATERPROOFING REAR/FRONT - HEIGHT COVER - DIRT 6

7 SUPPORT

FLANK OVERHEAD COVER POSITION - SILHOUTTE 8

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