Explain: Your section commander may give you a fire control order so that

LESSON PLAN you may recognise the target and fire at it effectively.
Subject (FC) Skill at Arms Stores - Required - need
Explain: There is an unvarying sequence when giving out fire control
Lesson Fire Control Orders 1 Rifle, Slings orders based on the mnemonic GRIT and that the method of giving
CCF Basic 2 Aiming rests? them out is based in the mnemonic CLAP as below:
References Vol. I - Page 4-151 3 Landscape Clap Grit
Location Outside 4 C = Clear G = Group (Who, Section, Gun Group, No 2&3 etc)
L = Loud R = Range (just the number in meters “200”)
Length 2 x 30 minutes 5
A = As an Order I = Indication (Arc, Clock Ray, Ref Point etc…)
Beginning of Lesson (5 minutes) P = with Pauses T = Type of Fire (Rapid, Delayed, Watch and Shoot)
Prelims NSP’s, Roll Call, Tick off Subject on record sheet Action on hearing; FCO
Group = Who is it to?
Revision Ask questions on recognition of targets Range = Set the sights and look along that line.
Aim Teach what to do on a fire control order. Indication = Start following the indication…
Introduction Type of Fire = think about how many rounds to fire in a given time.
Types of Fire Control Orders (FCO)
Middle of Lesson (50 minutes) Explain each type and give an example on the ground or on the landscape
target, rather than the one given here. The practice the cadets at acting on
The Lesson next column each type.
End of Lesson (5 minutes) Full; FCO. These orders are only given if there is time.
Example – “Gun group – 300 – ruined house – left end – enemy machine
Questions from class; ? gun – bursts – rapid fire”.
Questions/test to class: Remember - Ask - Pause - Pick Brief; FCO. These orders are given when there is little time and the target
is obvious. Example – “quarter left – rapid fire”.
1 What is the mnemonic CLAP used for?
Delayed; FCO. These orders are used when the section commander can
2 What mnemonic is used to remember the sequence of a FCO? guess what the enemy are going to do; he gets his section ready to open
3 What does GRIT mean? fire, but waits till the right moment to order “Fire”. Examples:
4 How many types of FCO are there? a.“No 2 Section – 300 – farm house – immediately below – enemy in
hedgerow – No 1 section is moving through the copse on our right;
5 Ask for a few examples.
we are going to cover their advance when they get into the open –
NSP’s, (All trg with weapons end with NSP) Pack up, everything tidy rapid await my order – then when No 1 Section is about to come
Summary; into the open. “Fire”.
b.“No 3 section – 200 – quarter right – small wood – when the enemy
How to understand and carry out a Fire Control Order comes out this side – rapid – then, when the enemy are in a
Look forward to; suitable position “Fire”
Individual; FCO. These orders give you a chance to fire quickly when a
Section Organisation and place in the battalion target appears. Example: “No 3 Section – 200 – slightly left – farm
Tell them where they’re going next. buildings – enemy in that area – watch and shoot”.

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Tracer; FCO. These orders are given to targets that are too hard to
describe. Example: 300, watch this tracer, where it hits, enemy”

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