DATED April 2016  

The mission of the Field Artillery is to destroy, defeat or disrupt the enemy with integrated fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land operations.

Army and Marine Corps forces are employed to deliver fires in support of the maneuver commander. Consequently, this TC is grounded in Army and Marine Corps doctrine.

The techniques herein build on the collective knowledge and experience gained through recent operations, numerous exercises, and the deliberate process of informed reasoning. These techniques are rooted in the deliver manual gunnery principles identified in TC 3-09.81, and accommodate force design changes, new technologies and diverse threats.

TC 3-09.81 is organized into 15 chapters and supporting appendixes A through H.

Chapter 1 is an introduction to the gunnery problem and the relationship between the gunnery team for the effective accomplishment of tasks during operations.

Chapter 2 describes the responsibilities of members of the fire direction center (FDC), and the battery organization in the brigade combat team (BCT).

Chapter 3 describes a practical application of the science of ballistics.

Chapter 4 describes the requirements muzzle velocity management and guidance in establishing an order of preference when managing muzzle velocity.

Chapter 5 details the procedures for determine fire order, message to observer, and fire commands.

Chapter 6 describes one of the elements to the solution of the gunnery problem by determination of chart data.

Chapter 7 described the use of tabular firing tables (TFT) and graphical firing tables (GFT) in the solution of the gunnery problem.

Chapter 8 discuses the procedures that are follow to account for the difference in altitude between the firing unit and the target.

Chapter 9 details the use of the record of fire as well as the basic mission processing for high explosive and illumination munitions.

Chapter 10 describes the means of determining cumulative errors and the correction for those errors. It explains registrations and their application to the gunnery problem.

Chapter 11 describes the met techniques that allow a unit to account for the effects of non standard conditions and achieve first round fire for effect.

Chapter 12 explains the techniques that can be use on the battlefield to enhance survivability.

Chapter 13 discusses the characteristics and procedures or techniques required to fire special munitions. Chapter 14 provides guidance on delivering of fire under emergency situations.

Chapter 15 provides guidance on the determination of safety and executive officer minimum quadrant elevation.

Appendix A provides a standard operation procedure that can be use a guideline for setting the fire direction center.

Appendix B describes the procedures that can be follow when a unit does not achieve accurate first round and is in needs of troubleshoot.

Appendix C provides planning ranges for artillery weapons systems.

Appendix D described the procedures to determine the refinements data transmitted by the observer.

Appendix E describes the basic operation of an automated fire direction center.

Appendix F assists in the determination of firing data with a graphical firing table. Appendix G is a supplement of chapter 13 which details more common special situations. Appendix H contains the tables for firing smoke missions.

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The covers are laminated for weather protection with black and white inside printing.

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