FIGURE ONE
To further narrow your
communications, consider coding
specific openings such as doors
and windows. If you are spotting for
enemy or being engaged you can
call in fire quickly and efficiently,
either taking down the target or at
least forcing them to get their head
down, allowing assaulters to move
forwards and breach. I recommend
a safe and simple numbers system.
“Target, white, 2-2. Referring
”
to figure one, this communication
means that an enemy has been
spotted (or engaged) in the right
bedroom on the front of the house.
The system works from the ground
floor up, with the first number
relating to each storey (one for
ground level, two for first floor
and so on). Each aperture is also
numbered (from left to right) in the
same way, regardless of whether it’s a door
or window, and its position is the second
number.
Split windows are not numbered
individually as this would cause confusion
– it’s the window area as a whole you
take into account when using the number
system. So an enemy player leaning out of
a first floor window, two windows along
from the left at the back of the venue would
be indicated by the command: “Target,
black, 2-2.
”
I now know immediately that there is a
target or suspected threat at the rear of
the venue, on the first floor, two windows
along – so that is where I look to engage
or identify the threat. It’s quick, simple and
effective.
FIGURE TWO
Figure two shows one of the buildings
we used as a feature in a recent MilSim
event. It represented a laboratory and
was one of the main objectives. This
picture was taken at the rear (black)
aspect and also shows some of the left
(green) aspect as well. If I was to use
simple target indication to identify this
building I would work systematically,
from left to right starting at the ground
floor and working up. My aspect
report based on this image would be
communicated to my control room or
comms centre as: “Black aspect 1-1, 1-2,
1-3, 2-1, 2-2. Green aspect 1-1, 2-1.
”
Anyone trained in this system would
be able to quickly (and, of course,
roughly) sketch this aspect for planning
purposes or, if calling out a fire control
order, identify the opening being used by
the enemy.
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December 2011