ATP 3-09.42, Fire Support for the Brigade Combat Team, provides BCT fire support considerations for offensive, defensive, and stability tasks, for Defense Support of Civil Authorities, and for tactical enabling and other tasks. It also describes augmentation of BCT fire support from echelons above the BCT and fire support coordination and planning for BCT operations. Appendices provide supplementary information on attack and sensor systems capabilities; examples of format and content for the fires running estimate; fires portions of BCT plans, orders, and annexes to plans and orders, communications, and fire support at battalion and below.
DesignationATP 3-09.42
EditionMar 2016
StatusActive
ProponentTRADOC
Pages308
FunctionFires
EchelonBrigade
CollectionCurrent Doctrine
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. This manual supersedes FMs 6-20-40 and 6-20-50, both dated 5 J