Surveillance_and_target_acquisition Knowpia

Surveillance and target acquisition (STA) is a military role assigned to units and/or their equipment. It involves watching an area to see what changes (surveillance) and then the acquisition of targets based on that information.

Artillery STA edit

The role of STA artillery is to locate, track, assess and where appropriate cue the attack of hostile artillery, mortars, units and formation.

It provides commanders with surveillance and targeting information across the battle space and is always linked by a robust command-and-control (C2) system to offensive support (OS) systems.

Special Observer Badge, worn by Soldiers of the HAC or 4/73 Battery RA who have passed STA Patrol Training and successfully completed a probationary period

Units edit

British Army edit

Regular army edit

Army Reserve edit

French Army edit

61e régiment d'artillerie

German Army edit

Artillerieaufklärungsbataillon 131, Mühlhausen

Australian Army edit

20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery

Italian Army edit

01.09.2004 - today

Com.F.O.Ter. Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri (Verona)
- Co.T.I.E. Comando Trasmissioni ed Informazioni dell'Esercito (Anzio - Caserma “Santa Barbara”)
  - Brg.R.I.S.T.A.-I.E.W. Brigata Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition – Intelligence and Electronic Warfare (Anzio - Caserma “Santa Barbara”)
    - 41° Rgt.A.Ter.Sor.A.O. Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre Sorveglianza ed Aquisizione Obiettivi (Casarsa della Delizia - Caserma “Trieste”)
      - 2° Gr.Sor.A.O. Gruppo Sorveglianza ed Aquisizione Obiettivi (Sora - Caserma “Simone Simoni”)
        B.A.T. Batteria Aerei Teleguidati

Com.F.O.Ter. Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri (Verona)
- Com.F.O.S.E. Comando delle Forze Speciali dell'Esercito
  - - 185° Reggimento Paracadutisti Ricognizione Acquisizione Obiettivi "Folgore"

United States Marine Corps edit

Target Acquisition Platoon (TAP)

Equipment edit

Counter-battery radar^[1] (CoBRa)
Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Asset (MAMBA)
Advanced Sound-ranging Programme (ASP)
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

References edit

^ ARMY FM 3-09.12 (FM 6-121) MCRP 3-16.1A Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for FIELD ARTILLERY TARGET ACQUISITION (PDF). US Army. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.