{"id":1891,"date":"2009-11-08T20:33:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T00:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2009-11-08T20:33:33","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T00:33:33","slug":"fire-for-effect-should-i-duck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/fire-for-effect-should-i-duck\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire for Effect?  Should I Duck?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever heard &#8220;Fire for Effect&#8221;?  Here&#8217;s a good example, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-whiteboard.com\/index.html\">The Whiteboard comic<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Automation23643596-0294-413A-889B-437C7297F43F.jpg\" alt=\"23643596-0294-413A-889B-437C7297F43F.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"785\" height=\"302\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nWhat is Fire for Effect?  It means that after corrections, the target area is satisfactory, and to start firing on the targeted area.<\/p>\n<p>According to NATO doctrine:<\/p>\n<p>1. Fire which is delivered after the mean point of impact or burst is within the desired distance of the target or adjusting\/ranging point.<\/p>\n<p>2. Term in a call for fire to indicate the adjustment\/ranging is satisfactory and fire for effect is desired.<\/p>\n<p>According to United States Department of Defense:<\/p>\n<p>That volume of fires delivered on a target to achieve the desired effect. Also called FFE.<\/p>\n<p>The game Squad Leader gives a very good demonstration of the difference between spotting rounds, harassing fire and fire for effect. First the Forward Observer (FO) establishes contact with the artillery unit. Then a spotting round is called for. Spotting rounds are then &#8220;walked&#8221; on to the target. When the spotting round is either on the target or the necessary adjustment is small enough to be within allowable limits, the FO calls for a Fire Mission, often with the phrase, &#8220;Fire for Effect.&#8221; If the first fire mission does not reduce the position or change the tactical situation sufficiently, other fire missions may be called for.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fire_for_effect\">Fire for effect &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever heard &#8220;Fire for Effect&#8221;? Here&#8217;s a good example, from The Whiteboard comic&#8230; What is Fire for Effect? It means that after corrections, the target area is satisfactory, and to start firing on the targeted area. According to NATO doctrine: 1. Fire which is delivered after the mean point of impact or burst <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/fire-for-effect-should-i-duck\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[212],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The constant WPCACHEHOME must be set in the file wp-config.php and point at the WP Super Cache plugin directory. -->