I Field Force Vietnam Lessons Learned 14 October 1969

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CO lN lF lD tNT IALA V FA - A T - DSUBJECT:perationalReport of HeadquartersandHeadquartersBattery,IFieldForceVietnamArtilleryfo rPeriod1Mayto3 1July1969( U )

( 6 )uringth eperiod,therewere4attacksin which1 1roundof140mmrocketwereemployedintheFlelku area.heseareth efirst attacksofHOmmrocketsinth eCentralHighlands.

( 7 )adarOperations.(a)recentadditiontotheradarassetsofIICTZisth eAN/TP3-25GroundSurveillanceRadar.FFORCEVrecentlyreceivedtw odetachmentsconsistingofone( 1 )officerand6EM each.hesesetsare presentlydeployedatLZSherry(PhanThiet)andUUplift(LEEA0).he272ndF ARadarDetachmentlocatedat LZSherryhas made numeroussightingswhichfriendlyartilleryhasengagedtorestrictth eenemy'smovementaroundth efirebase.( b )uringth eperiod1May69through3 1Jul69th eenemyconducted

atotalof346standoffattackswithinrangeofoperationalcounter-mortarradarsthroughoutIICTZ.ountermortar radarsmade locations in 1 08in-stancesfo raeffectivenessof5 1percent.breakdownbymonth follows:MONTH OT ALATT ACKSERCENTAGEMay 35 0$June 55 4%July 6 8 %( c )MReffectivenessincreasedoverth epreviousreportingperiodwhichca nbeattributedtotheintenseactivityin th eDAK TO-BENHETareaandconcentrationofCMRassets inthatarea.( d )heAN/TPS-25GroundSurveillance Radarhasbeeninstrumentalinrestrictingenemymovementinthe PhanThiet area.saresultoftheradardetections snd quickartilleryreactionth eenemy's capabilitytomove atwillhasbeenseverely limited.c .perationsandTrainingActivities(1)perations( a )uringthereportingperiod,artillery unitswithIFFO R C E Vcon-tinuedsupportofARVN,ROK,US,RF/PF,RDTeamsan d USSF/CIDGforcesInII CTZ.F FO R C E VArtilleryunitscontinuedsupport ofIFFGRCEV maneuverforces1Aprovidingmaximumparticipationin pacification,fireplanning,an dartilleryprotectionfo rth e greatestnumber ofvillagessndhamletsin theII CTZ.Btry,3dB n ,6thArtywaspermanently attachedto5th

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CONHDEN T I A LA V FA - A T - DSUBJECT:perationalReportofHeadquartersan dHeadquartersBattery,IFieldForceVietnamartilleryfo rPeriod1Mayto3 1July1969( U )

( b )reasofresponsibilitiesremainedunchangedwithth egroupscon-tinuingtooperateintheirAO*s.orcommandandcontrolpurposes,C/7/15wa sattachedtemporarilyto3/6 Arty( - ) .

( 2 )ireSupportCoordinationElement(a)avalGunfiresupportfo rIICT Zwasprovidedby an average oftwoshipseachday.hefollowingis asummary ofnavalgunfiresupport:M I SSI ONSARGETSOUNDS

4 05,1335, 8 17(b)uringthereportingperiod,a dailyaverageof 6 8immediatereactionand hangfiretargetswere developed;ofwhich,adailyaverageof 47werefired.hefollowing is asummary oftargetsdevelopedan dfired:

IMMEDIATEREACTION HANGFIRE O T H E RDEVELOPED:2948 223FIRED:703714 8(c)uringthequarters,IF FO R C E V FS C Eissueda dailyaverageof 9175mmgunsuppressionsfo r ARCLIGHTS.( d )he areaharassmentprogram,established 1March69,hasbeendevelopedintoaworkingapplication of th eprincipleofwar-economy offorce.riticalevaluationofintelligence,knowledgeofenemyhabits andeffectiveemployment ofavailable firepowerresourceshaveharassed theenemyin hisbaseareasan dsanctuaries.urrentlythe programmonitors1 3areas, of which7arebeingtargeted.t hadbeennoticedthattheenemy movedtothe maximumrangelimitsofartillery and navalguns seek-ingnewsecureareas*sintelligence provideshis position,ai rstrikesaredirectedagainst hisforcesserving toeffectively dispersehis forces,to preventenemy build-upfor the attackan dto denyhimthesanctuariesneededtoconducttraining,resupply,andcommandactivities.s Intelli-genceindicatesenemyactivitymoving out of adefinedareaofharassment,th eareaismovedtoencompassth enew areaofenemyactivity.veryfivedaysth eentire program is reevaluatedtoselectnew priorities of engage-mentandtoconsider proposalsfo rrelocation ofareas.hefollowingIsth eFireSupport Summary 1May -31Jul69s

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b e t ostudyandrevaluatet h e present I I Corpss y s t e m ,exchangean under-standingofgeographicalandtacticalconsiderations peculiar t oalliedoperationsthroughoutI ICorps,andt o discussthe proposed directivei nan attempt to anticipate problem areas an d develop solutions prior topublication ofthedirectiveby M A C V ,( 3 )raining.( a )heI FFORCEV Arty Forward Observer Training Course( F O T C ) andt h e FireDirection Officer Training Course(FDOTC)continued t otrainartil-lery Lieutenantsandother US an d RVHAF personnel1Twoseparateprograms of Instructionsare being conducted toaccom-modatet h e various personnel receiving forwardobservertrainings5 da ycourseconducted forartilleryLieutenante end A R T S * personnel; a 4 hour livefiringexercisefor RF/PF RangerS c h o o l *totalof3 3 ARVNpersonneland130 US personnelgraduated from the two courses

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heFireDirectionOfficerTrainingCourae(FDOTC)graduated09officersand23enliatadsenduringth ethreemonthperiod2heFAD ACAssistanceTeascomposedof1enlisted nan,and1civiliantechnicalrepresentstirevisitedelevenbatteryelseelementspresentinginstruction onthetacticalandtechnicaluseoftheFieldArtilleryDigitalAutomatic Computerduring thequarter(b)rtilleryAssistancetoRVMAFX RVXAF assistanceprogramscontinuedtoshowprogress duringthereportingperiod.urveycontrolhas beenextendedto most ARVMartillery

positionsandadvanceshavebeenmadeinthetransmissionofmeteorologicalmessages toARVMartilleryunits*onsequently anincreaseintheuse ofMET plusVEcorrectionsbyARVMartilleryhasbeennotedg Increasedemphasis has been placedonartilleryassistancetoRF/PFunits,RDTeamsandP 8 D F ieldgradeartillerycommandershavebeenassignedspecificdistrictsInwhich toimplementartilleryassistanceCurrent goalsaretoreviewandstrengthenallterritorialforcefireplans,toincreaseth elevelof trainedforwardobservers sadtogeneratemorefiremissions fromterritorialforceunits2s a partoftheacceleratedPhaseIIplanfor S V N A F ImprovementandModernisation,6thE t o ,8 4 thArty has beensenednledforturnovertothe ARVM

45thArty E n . pprovaloftheturnoverwasgrantedayMACVon 2April1969BtryCcompletedturnoverofits equipmenton1 8April1969tryBandBtryAaccomplishedturnoveron 1 5Junesad14Julyrespectively(4)ther(a)rtillery SafetyheArtillery SafetySectionprocessedseven(7)IIFORGEVArtillery sadsix(6)4 thDivision Artillery reports of In-vestigationinvolvingartilleryaccidents/incidentsduringthisthroe monthperiodheSafety Sectionwas theproponentoftherevised IF F O R CB CReg-ulation20-3,publishedon5 May 1969*omesignificant provisions ofthisregulationwere(a)afinalletterreportbe sentto USARV insteadofthecomplete reportofinvestigation,( b )officialfile forreportsofinvesti-gationbemaintainedatdivision,artillerygroup,andseparatebrigadelevel,and(e)responsibility for processingmortaraccident/incidentre-portsofinvestigationbegivento03IFFORCEV.nMsy 1969,the SafetyOfficerinitiatedanartilleryfiringsafetyawardprogram.plaquesadcertificatewasawarded tothe6thBattalion,32dArtilleryfortheperiod2 1March1 9 6 7to30April1969*hisbattalionhas not hadanartilleryaccidentorincidentsinesitsarrivalintheRepublicofVietnamertificatesofrecognition werepresented to 7/15,6/84,7/13,2jY!ad6/14ArtilleryBattalionsfor havingnoaccidentsorincidentsattributedto

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2 ectionII( C )essonsLearned;ommanders observations,evaluationsandrecommendationsaersonneloneb .perations.on ec .rainingoned .ntelligencesimultaneous.Employmentofth eAN/TPS-25and AN/MPQ-4ARadars.( 1 )BSERV ATI ON!tappearsthatthenevly acquiredAN/TPS-25GroundSurveillanceRadarandth eAN/MPQ-4 Countermortar Radarcanbe utilisedina combined effort to locatetargetsandtrack th eenemy.( 2 )VALUATION^t thepresent timeone( 1 )AN/MPQ-4 andone( 1 )AN/TPS-25areemployedatLZSherry.henth eAN/TPS-25makesapersonnel

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6th Battalion,32dArtillery(175/8inchSP)Headquarters Battery,8 thBattalion,26thArtillery(TAB)

54thInfantryDetachment(RadarGroundSurveillance)7 7thField Artillery Detachment(Radar)237thFieldArtilleryDetachment(Radar)2 4 1 et Field Artillery Detachment(Radar)242dFieldArtillery Detachment(Radar)243dFieldArtilleryDetachment(Radar)244thFieldArtillery Detachment(Radar)253dFieldArtilleryDetachment(Radar)254thFieldArtilleryDetachment(Radar)255thFieldArtilleryDetachment(Radar)256thField ArtilleryDetachment(Radar)

4 1 atArtillery Group7th Battalion,13thArtillery(105mm T)7 thBattalion,15thArtillery(-CBtry)(I75mm/8inchSP)6thBattalion,8 4thArtillery(155mmT )

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