Artillery Fire Request

Good morning and welcome to the 1st Armored Division’s Automated Artillery Fire Request Line. If you are calling from a touch-tone radio, press 1 now, otherwise wait on the line and one of our artillery fire request operators will be with you as soon as possible.

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Thank you. To speed your artillery fire request, please consider the following options:

If you are assaulting a fixed enemy position, press 1
If you are engaging the enemy in a meeting engagement, press 2
If you are in mobile defense, press 3
If you are defending in fixed positions, press 4
If you are being overrun, press 5

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Thank you. To speed your artillery fire request, please consider the following options:

If you wish an 81mm mortar fire mission, press 1
If you wish a 155mm howitzer fire mission, press 2
If you wish an 8-inch howitzer fire mission, press 3
If you wish MLRS support, press 4
If none of these options meet your needs, please stay on the line and an artillery fire request operator will be with you as soon as possible.

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Thank you. To speed your artillery fire request, please choose one of the following options

To select illumination rounds, press 1
To select smoke rounds, press 2
To select high explosive rounds, press 3
To select Improved Conventional Munitions, press 4
To select FASCAM, press 5
To select nuclear or chemical rounds, please stay on the line. The Secretary of Defense will be with you as soon as possible to work with you to solve your special artillery needs.

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Thank you. To speed your artillery fire request, please enter the desired impact point. Enter the four-digit map number, then press pound, then enter the six-digit coordinate of the impact point on the map, then press pound again.

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Thank you. Stand by for map verification. Our records show that that grid location is on the friendly side of the FEBA. This fire mission may cause friendly casualties. To proceed with the fire mission, press 1. To cancel the fire mission, press 2. To talk to an artillery fire request operator, remain on the line.

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Thank you. You wish 155mm Improved Conventional Munitions fire on grid location 182874 on map 1883. Is this correct? Press 1 to accept these choices. Press 2 to change them.

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Please enter your battalion code and press pound.

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Thank you. Please stand by while your fire request is processed.

We are sorry. All of our artillery batteries are currently in use. Please try again later, and thank you for using the 1st Armored Division's Automated Artillery Fire Request Line.

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