An artillery observer, artillery spotter, or forward observer (FO) is a soldier responsible for directing artillery and mortar fire support onto a target...

Forward observers in the U.S. military are artillery observers who carry the Military Occupational Specialty designator of 13F in the United States Army...

obstacles. These gunners can also rely upon a trained artillery observer, also called a forward observer, who sees the target and relays the coordinates of...

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability...

fictional television character Observers, beings in the television show Fringe Air observer, an aircrew member Artillery observer, a front line personnel who...

mortar carrier, R&R vehicle, command-and-control vehicle, ambulance, artillery observer, and the AIFV model. In Spanish service, the vehicle is called "Pizarro"...

positions to the air force and after several air strikes and a four-hour-long artillery barrage, Operation Magistral began. As the operation went on, Soviet commanders...

reported by a single artillery observer. The system can and is also used to quickly switch between targets within the artillery observer's vision by simply...

requirements for smaller vehicles to be used in the headquarters, artillery observer, radio, and reconnaissance roles. Demag, the designer of the smallest...

War I, to conduct indirect artillery fire, three distinct components have evolved in this organization: the forward observer (FO), the fire direction center...

coordination with ground forces, typically handled by specialists such as artillery observers, joint terminal attack controllers, and forward air controllers....

(1905 – 6 August 1917), was a Romanian girl who acted as an impromptu artillery observer for the Romanian Army and was killed during the Battle of Mărășești...

The Marine Artillery Scout Observer Course (MASOC) is a forward observer training program intended to prepare United States Marines for the MOS #0861...

a laser designator, typically operated by a drone or ground-based artillery observer. Krasnopol projectiles are fired mainly from Soviet self-propelled...

Vehicle) is a United States Army armored vehicle designed to house an artillery observer team in mechanized units. It was based on the M901 Improved TOW Vehicle...

attack; the airplanes carried trained artillery officers as observers. These aerial observers called in artillery fire via radio. The German military noted...

Support Team, some with and without IED added protection) FAO (Forward artillery observer) Both Germany and the Netherlands have deployed Fennek reconnaissance...

forms. Fire support is typically ordered and directed by an observer (e.g. artillery observer, forward air controller, etc.) on the front line, and provided...

a mobile artillery observer vehicle. The difference is in the cabin that is designed to offer a good visibility to the artillery observers. The electronic...

commander to carry out tasks such as special reconnaissance, raids on enemy artillery positions, airfields, supply dumps and tactical headquarters or other...

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Finland. He gained the rank of second lieutenant, with the role of an artillery observer. He bought computer science professor Andrew Tanenbaum's book Operating...

professional SOF units, and some of the reserve officers trained as artillery observers also receive training in directing close air support. Finnish JTACs...

German anti-tank guns, and sustained heavy casualties. A U.S. forward artillery observer whose radio and landlines had been cut by shellfire recalled, It was...

military aircraft have included lighter-than-air balloons carrying artillery observers; lighter-than-air airships for bombing cities; various sorts of reconnaissance...

flanked the Americans at dusk, capturing them. Only one American, an artillery observer, was killed, while 14 others were wounded, while German casualties...

Type Light infantry Role Anti-guerrilla warfare Anti-tank warfare Artillery observer Close-quarters combat Counterinsurgency Desert warfare Patrolling...

before the investigation had begun. CPT Kenneth W. Boatman – an artillery forward observer; was accused by the Army of failure to report possible misconduct...

to Japan Sd.Kfz. 247 – armored command car Sd.Kfz. 253 half-track artillery observer Infanterie Sturmsteg auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV (infantry...

and aircraft but also by a conventional intelligence center, by an artillery observer, or from aerial photos scanned into a computer. The missiles can be...