Armor and Mechanized Infantry Company Team

1 ATP Armor and Mechanized Infantry Company Team JANUARY 2016 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution will be unlimited. This publication supersedes FM , 9 December 2002. Headquarters, Department of the Army This publication is available at Army Knowledge Online ( ). To receive publishing updates, please subscribe at ATP (FM ) Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution will be unlimited. *This publication supersedes FM , 9 December *Army Techniques PublicationNo. Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 27 January 2016 Armor and Mechanized Infantry Company Team Contents Page PREFACE .. vii INTRODUCTION .. viii Chapter 1 ORGANIZATION AND CAPABILITIES .. 1-1 SECTION I ROLE OF THE Armor AND Mechanized Infantry Company TEAM .. 1-1 Task Organization.

2 1-1 Role of the Company Team in CAB .. 1-4 Role of the Company Team in Other Organizations .. 1-5 SECTION II Company TEAM OPERATIONS .. 1-5 Decisive 1-5 Warfighting Functions .. 1-6 Mission 1-8 Company Command 1-9 Company Intelligence Support Team .. 1-11 Company Intelligence 1-12 SECTION III DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF KEY PERSONNEL .. 1-14 Commander .. 1-14 Executive Officer .. 1-14 First Sergeant .. 1-15 Platoon Leader .. 1-15 Platoon Sergeant .. 1-15 Fire Support Officer .. 1-16 Master Gunner .. 1-16 Supply Sergeant .. 1-17 Signal Support Specialist .. 1-17 Emergency Care Sergeant .. 1-17 Field Maintenance Team Chief .. 1-18 Chapter 2 OFFENSE .. 2-1 SECTION I CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OFFENSE .. 2-1 Contents ii ATP 27 January 2016 Basics of the Common Planning Considerations ..2-3 Sequence of Offense.

3 2-13 Forms of Contact .. 2-13 Actions on Contact .. 2-13 SECTION II MOVEMENT TO 2-16 Conduct Movement to Contact .. 2-16 Search and Attack .. 2-19 Cordon and Search .. 2-21 SECTION III ATTACK .. 2-26 Organize Forces .. 2-26 Control Measures for an Attack .. 2-27 Prepare for an Attack .. 2-29 SECTION IV TRANSITIONS .. 2-35 2-35 Reorganization .. 2-36 Continuing Operations .. 2-36 Chapter 3 DEFENSE ..3-1 SECTION I BASICS OF THE DEFENSE ..3-1 Defensive Tasks ..3-2 Forms of the Defense ..3-5 Defense Of A Linear Obstacle ..3-5 Perimeter Defense ..3-6 Reverse-Slope Defense ..3-6 Section II PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS ..3-7 Common Planning Considerations ..3-7 Organization of Forces ..3-9 Sequence of Defense .. 3-10 Common Defensive Control Measures .. 3-13 SECTION III ENGAGEMENT AREA DEVELOPMENT .. 3-14 Identify Likely Enemy Avenues of 3-14 Determine Enemy Scheme of Maneuver.

4 3-15 Determine Where to Kill Enemy .. 3-16 Plan and Integrate Obstacles .. 3-17 Emplace Weapon Systems .. 3-18 Plan and Integrate Indirect Fires .. 3-19 Rehearse Execution of Operations in Engagement Area .. 3-20 Priority of Work .. 3-21 SECTION IV TRANSITIONS .. 3-21 3-22 Reorganization .. 3-22 Continuing Operations .. 3-22 Chapter 4 STABILITY ..4-1 SECTION I STABILITY OVERVIEW ..4-1 Phases of Stability ..4-1 Initial Response Phase ..4-1 Contents 27 January 2016 ATP iii Transformation Phase .. 4-1 Fostering Sustainability Phase .. 4-2 SECTION II STABILITY PRINCIPLES .. 4-2 Conflict Transformation .. 4-2 Unity of Effort .. 4-2 Legitimacy and Host-Nation Ownership .. 4-2 Building Partner Capacity .. 4-2 Rule of Law .. 4-2 SECTION III STABILITY TASKS .. 4-3 Establish Civil Security .. 4-5 Establish Civil 4-5 Restore Essential Services.

5 4-5 Support to Governance .. 4-5 Support to Economic and Infrastructure Development .. 4-6 SECTION IV PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS .. 4-6 Situational 4-6 Unit Integration .. 4-6 Interorganizational Coordination .. 4-6 Sustainment .. 4-7 Protection .. 4-8 SECTION V TRANSITIONS .. 4-8 Transition to Offense .. 4-9 Transition to Defense .. 4-9 Transfer of Authority .. 4-9 Transition to Civilian/HN Security Force 4-9 Chapter 5 ENABLING TASKS AND ACTIVITIES .. 5-1 SECTION I 5-1 Security Operations .. 5-1 Fundamentals of Security Operations .. 5-2 SECTION II RECONNAISSANCE .. 5-6 Reconnaissance Operations .. 5-6 Reconnaissance Fundamentals .. 5-6 Forms of Reconnaissance .. 5-7 Task Organization .. 5-8 Planning Considerations .. 5-9 SECTION III RELIEF IN PLACE .. 5-9 Planning .. 5-10 Coordination .. 5-11 Conducting the Relief.

6 5-11 SECTION IV PASSAGE OF LINES .. 5-12 Planning Considerations .. 5-12 Forward Passage of Lines .. 5-12 Rearward Passage of Lines .. 5-13 SECTION V PATROLS .. 5-15 Types of Patrols .. 5-15 Planning Considerations for Mounted Patrols .. 5-16 Contents iv ATP 27 January 2016 Planning Considerations for Dismounted Patrols .. 5-16 SECTION VI LINKUP .. 5-17 Two Linkup 5-17 Phases of Linkup .. 5-17 SECTION VII ASSEMBLY AREAS .. 5-18 Quartering Party Operations .. 5-18 Occupation of Assembly Area .. 5-19 Actions in Assembly Area .. 5-20 Troop Movement .. 5-22 SECTION VIII BREACHING OPERATIONS .. 5-23 Breaching Tenets .. 5-23 Conducting the Breach .. 5-26 Breaching Organization .. 5-26 Attachments .. 5-34 Assets .. 5-35 SECTION IX GAP CROSSING OPERATIONS .. 5-36 SECTION X DETAINEE PROCESSING AND EVACUATION.

7 5-38 Chapter 6 DIRECT FIRE PLANNING AND CONTROL ..6-1 SECTION I FIRE CONTROL Fire Control Process ..6-1 Principles of Direct Fire SECTION II DIRECT FIRE PLANNING ..6-6 Overview ..6-6 Standard Operating SECTION III DIRECT FIRE CONTROL ..6-8 Fire Control Measures ..6-8 Company Fire Commands .. 6-18 Chapter 7 AUGMENTING COMBAT SECTION I INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES ..7-1 Company Intelligence Support Team ..7-1 Intelligence Operations ..7-1 SECTION II FIRES ..7-4 Fire Support Team ..7-4 Fire Support Team Employment ..7-4 Joint Fires Observer ..7-5 Fire Planning ..7-5 SECTION III PROTECTION ..7-9 Employ Safety Techniques, Including Fratricide Avoidance ..7-9 Implement Operations Security .. 7-10 Conduct Survivability Operations .. 7-10 Provide Force Health Protection .. 7-11 Conduct CBRN Operations .. 7-11 Provide Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Protection Support.

8 7-13 Coordinate air and missile defense .. 7-14 Conduct Personnel Recovery .. 7-15 Contents 27 January 2016 ATP v SECTION IV AVIATION .. 7-15 Air/Ground operation .. 7-16 Air Movement .. 7-17 Air Resupply .. 7-17 SECTION V INFORMATION OPERATIONS .. 7-18 SECTION VI MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT OPERATIONS .. 7-19 SECTION VII SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES .. 7-19 SECTION VIII CIVIL AFFAIRS .. 7-20 Chapter 8 SUSTAINMENT .. 8-1 SECTION I FUNCTIONS OF SUSTAINMENT .. 8-1 Concept of Support .. 8-1 Development of Company Sustainment Plan .. 8-1 Company Trains Operations .. 8-2 Company Sustainment Personnel and Organization .. 8-3 Emergency Resupply .. 8-8 Pre-positioned Supplies .. 8-8 Aerial Delivery .. 8-10 Maintenance .. 8-11 Human Resources Support .. 8-12 Medical Support .. 8-13 SECTION II UNIT COMBAT AND BASIC LOADS.

9 8-14 GLOSSARY .. Glossary-1 References-1 INDEX .. Index-1 Figures Figure 1-1. Mechanized Infantry Company organization .. 1-2 Figure 1-2. Armor Company organization .. 1-3 Figure 2-1. Company team column with platoons in column, staggered column, and wedge .. 2-7 Figure 2-2. Company team in wedge with platoons in different formations .. 2-8 Figure 2-3. Company team in vee with platoons in different formations .. 2-9 Figure 2-4. Company team in line with platoons in wedge formations .. 2-10 Figure 2-5. Company team in echelon right with platoons in echelon right .. 2-11 Figure 2-6. Company team MTC .. 2-17 Figure 2-7. Establish a cordon .. 2-25 Figure 3-1. Obstacle effects .. 3-12 Figure 3-2. Identify likely enemy avenues of approach .. 3-15 Figure 3-3. Likely enemy scheme of maneuver .. 3-16 Figure 3-4. Identify where to kill the enemy.

10 3-17 Figure 3-5. Plan for integration of obstacles .. 3-18 Figure 3-6. Emplacement of weapons systems .. 3-19 Contents vi ATP 27 January 2016 Figure 3-7. Integration of direct and indirect fires .. 3-20 Figure 4-1. Stability principles and tasks .. 4-4 Figure 5 1. Company team forward passage of lines .. 5-13 Figure 5-2. Company team rearward passage of lines .. 5-14 Figure 5-3. Company team AA example .. 5-20 Figure 5-4. Example Laager 5-22 Figure 5-5. Company team sets the conditions for the breach .. 5-29 Figure 5-6. Company team establishes security .. 5-30 Figure 5-7. Company team conducts the 5-31 Figure 5-8. Breach force proofs lane and establishes far side security .. 5-32 Figure 5-9. Assault force conducts assault and secures the objective .. 5-33 Figure 6-1. Example of identifying probable enemy locations and determining enemy scheme of maneuver.