Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

• Training Strategy

  Gunnery Standards

  Gunnery Tables

  Readiness Reporting

  Master Gunner Program

  Weapons Training Standards

CHAPTER 2. HELICOPTER GUNNERY TRAINING STRATEGY

• Section 1. Training Assesment and Planning

  • The Commander's Assesment

    Planning the Training

    Effective Assesment and Training

  Section 2. Pregunnery Training

  • Subject Areas and Techniques

    Table V

  Section 3. Helicopter Gunnery Range Training

  • Qualification Gates

    Individual Gates

    Crew Simulator/Ground Training Gates

    Crew Live-Fire Gates

    Engagement Scoring System

    Scoring Criteria

    Engagement Scoring

    Scoring Moving Engagements

    Scoring Hellfire Engagements with the VRS and AVTR

    Remote Hellfire Engagement Scoring

  Section 4. Posttraining Assesment

  • After-Action Review

    Required Documents

    Range Score Sheet

CHAPTER 3. RANGES FOR HELICOPTER GUNNERY TRAINING

• Section 1. Range Requirements

  • Range Considerations

    Realistic Training

    Operational Requirements

    Range Scheduling

  Section 2. Personnel Responsibilites and Duties

  • Officer in Charge

    Range Safety Officer

    Master Gunner

    Laser Range Safety Officer or NCO

    Radio Operators

    Class III/V OIC or NCOIC

  Section 3. Helicopter Gunnery Range Safety

  • Ground Safety

    Firing Safety

    Aircraft Emergency Plan

  Section 4. Range Layout

  • Considerations

    Multipurpose Range Complex

    Aerial Weapons Scoring System

    Attack Helicopter Gunnery Range

  Section 5. Successful Training

  • Guides to Successful Training

CHAPTER 4. BALLISTICS

• Interior Ballistics

  Exterior Ballistics

  Aerial Ballistics

  Terminal Ballistics

  Dispersion

CHAPTER 5. MUNITIONS FOR HELICOPTER WEAPON SYSTEMS

• Section 1. Linked Ammunition

  • 7.62 Millimeter for M60/M60d Machine Gun

    .50 Caliber for OH-58D Kiowa Warrior

    20-Millimeter for AH-1E/F

    30 Millimeter forthe AH-64 M230 Cannon

  Section 2. Rockets

  • 2.75 Inch Rockets

    Rocket Warheads (Tactical and Training)

    Fuzes

  Section 3. Missiles

  • Missile Configurations

    Missile Performance Capabilities

    Missile Performance Distracters

    TOW Missile

    Air-To-Air Stinger

CHAPTER 6. CREW WARFIGHTING

• Section 1. Fratricide Prevention

  • Situational Awareness

    Contributing Factors

    Fratricide Prevention

  Section 2. Target Aquisition

  • Acquisition Defined

    Target Acquisition Process

    Crew Search

    Aerial Search Techniques

    Techniques for Crew Search

    Target Detection

    Target Detection Challenges

    Target Location

    Target Classification

    Confirmation

  Section 3. Range Determination

  • Range Determination

    Aircraft Mil Values

    Laser-off Operations

  Section 4. Crew Communications

  • Crew Communications

    Fire Commands

    Lines of Communications

    Phraseology

    Remote Hellfire Missile Firing

    Remote Call for Fire

    Call for Fire Description

    Example of Call for Fire, One Missile, Two AHs

    Example of Call for Fire, Two Missiles, Ripple Fire, Two AHs

    Autonomous Fire Mission to Apache

  Section 5. Precombat Checks

  • Precombat Checks

    Before Mission Receipt Checks

    Upon Mission Receipt

    Preparing for the Mission

    Final Checks

    Crew Checks

    Run-up Checks

    Communications Checks

    Conclusion

CHAPTER 7. ENGAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

• Section 1. Modes and Types of Fire

  • Types of Fire

    Modes of Fire

    Target Effect Standards

  Section 2. Terminology and Information on Weapons

  • Effective Range

    2.75 inch Rocket

    Boresighting and Dynamic Harmonization

  Section 3. Crew Techniques

  • Firing Techniques

    TTP for the Modes of Fire

  Section 4. Night Gunnery for Non-C-NITE AH-1

  • AH-1 Night Firing

    Issues with Night AH-1 Gunnery

  Section 5. Air Combat Weaponeering

  • Weapon Systems Engagement Ranges

    Target Engagement Factors

APPENDIX A. HELICOPTER DOOR GUNNERY

APPENDIX B. HELICOPTER GUNNERY TABLES

APPENDIX C. ENGAGEMENT TIME POINT CALCULATION SHEETS

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

HOMEPAGE