This publication is the Army's capstone manual for fire support. It embodies the doctrinal tenets for the employment of fire support in the AirLand Battle. It establishes a basis for understanding fire support as an essential element of combat power. The aim of this publication is to establish the principles of fire support and to describe the fire support system in terms of its major components, functions, and required products. The scope of this publication is broad in its focus in order to deal with the fire support system as a complete entity. It gives equal treatment to all of the diverse assets that are designated as fire support resources.
DesignationFM 6-20
EditionDec 1987
StatusSuperseded
Pages77
FunctionFires
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)