Indirect Fire Support in Small Wars

[Pete]

Why not a "fire support" MOS trained to do all the different arty fires as well as fixed and rotary wing?

Ask and you shall receive--click here. The description of the MOS makes it seem though these guys are headquarters weenies when in fact they spend their field time with infantry and armor units.

[kaur]

Army Fast Tracks GPS Mortar Round

The Army is fast tracking a GPS guided 120mm mortar round to Afghanistan in response to an urgent request for precision mortar fire from commanders on the ground there, and should be fielded by the end of the year.

http://defensetech.org/2010/03/12/ar...-mortar-round/

[Xenophon]

In testimony before lawmakers yesterday, David Duma, OSD’s Principal Deputy Director for Operational Testing and Evaluation (OT&E), detailed failings of the Army’s Non-Line of Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS).
During the most recent tests carried out in February, new navigation software caused six of seven total system aborts. Overall missile reliability is just 61 percent, well below the 85 percent requirement. The missile’s problems appear to be with its infrared seeker; missiles using the IR seeker hit only 5 out of 11 times during tests last year and again this year.

http://defensetech.org/2010/04/16/de...#axzz0lIZs7E4R