TBS PHASE 3 EXAM ACTUAL

TBS PHASE 3 EXAM / ACTUAL

QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS,

2025 / 2026.

Quiz____?Frontal Attack - Answer✓✓ A form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to destroy a weaker enemy force or fix a larger enemy force in place over a broad front.Quiz____?Flanking Attack - Answer✓✓

• uses fire and maneuver in order to gain a position of advantage against

an enemy vulnerability.

• usually uses a support by fire position that diverts attention away from

the main effort and uses fires to fix the enemy in place, preventing them from reorienting on the main effort.Quiz____?Classification of Offensive Fires - Answer✓✓ -Fires in support of maneuver-the MG unit will suppress the maneuver unit's immediate objective to allow the unit to move into position to conduct the final assault.-Fires in support of isolation- the MG unit will suppress any enemy unit that can interfere with the maneuver elements advance.Page 1 of 25 1 / 3

-Fires in support of assault- the MG unit will suppress the maneuver unit's immediate objective.-Fires in support of consolidation- enemy counterattack should be expected following seizure of objective. MG's are used to protect the unit's consolidation and reorganization.Quiz____?Types of Attacks - Answer✓✓ Deliberate Hasty Quiz____?Priority of Recon - Answer✓✓

• Confirm location of enemy defense CSW, obstacles and security.
• Identify the EN CV
• Identify the assault position that will best allow the ME to assault the

enemy

• Identify the best support by fire position
• Identify routes and TCM's

Quiz____?Occupying Support By Fire - Answer✓✓ -Stealth -Force Page 2 of 25 2 / 3

Quiz____?Eight Principles of Machine Gun Employment, PICMDEEP - Answer✓✓ Pairs Interlocking fires coordination of fires Mutual Suport Defilade Enfilade Economy of fires Protection Quiz____?Principal Direction of Fire - Answer✓✓ the weapons primary focus is covering a likely avenue of approach, key piece of terrain, or whatever object of interest that unit leader assigns it.Weapon will left and right lateral limits.Quiz____?Final Protective Line - Answer✓✓ the weapon is primarily in a position to employ grazing fires (center of the cone of fire does not pass 1 meter off the deck) across a unit's frontage as a last effort to defend the lines.Page 3 of 25

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