text: Ground Tactical Plan
  missionisanalyzedanddeductionsaremade,allotherfactorsareconsideredintermsoftheirimpactonthe
  mission.Itisthereforeimperativethatthemissionbeunderstood.
  ENEMY
  10-21. Examining enemy factors should be as detailed as possible depending on the time available.
  Generalfactorstoconsiderare(cid:650)
  (cid:122) Identification.Sizeandtypeofunit(regularorirregularforce,orsomecombination ofthetwo).
  (cid:122) Location.Currentandfuturemovement.
  (cid:122) Disposition.Organizationorformation.
  (cid:122) Strength.Comparedtofriendlyforces.
  (cid:122) Morale.Esprit,experience,stateoftraining,regularorreserve.
  (cid:122) Capabilities. Electronic warfare, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear, air defense,
  airborne,airmovement,attackhelicopters,mobility(incomparisontotheairassaultforce).
  (cid:122) Composition.Armored,Infantry,artillery,andsustainment.
  (cid:122) Probablecoursesofaction.Likelymissionorobjective,probabilityofachievingit.
  (cid:122) Mostdangerous course of actionas it appliesto the AATF missionand itspotential impacton
  thegroundtacticalplan.
  10-22. Whenplanninganairassaultoperation,thefollowingfactorsabouttheenemymustbeconsidered:
  (cid:122) Airdefenseweaponsandcapability.
  (cid:122) Mobility;particularlyhisabilitytoreacttoanairassaultinsertion.
  (cid:122) Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear capability; particularly his ability to influence
  potentialflightroutesandlandingzones.
  (cid:122) Capability to interdict or interrupt air assault operations with his helicopters or fixed-wing
  aircraft.
  TERRAINANDWEATHER
  10-23. In air assault operations, terrain and weather must be analyzed in terms of their effect on the air
  assault force. This includes the air assault force’s pick up, air movement, insertion, and movement to the
  finalobjective,andintermsoftheoverallinfluenceonaviationoperations.
  Terrain
  10-24. Terrain preparation starts with the situational understanding of terrain through proper terrain
  analysis. Terrain analysis described in terms of the military aspects of terrain includes observation and
  fieldsoffire,avenuesofapproach,keyterrain,obstacles,andcoverandconcealment(OAKOC).
  ObservationandFieldsofFire
  10-25. Observation is the conditionof weather and terrainthat permitsa force to see friendly, enemy, and
  neutral personnel, systems, and key aspects of the environment. An assault force’s field of fire is directly
  relatedtoitsabilitytoobserve.Considerationsrelatedtobothenemyandfriendlyforcesand,forairassault
  operations,include(cid:650)
  (cid:122) Enemy visual observation or electronic surveillance of pickup zones, flight routes, and
  landingzones.
  (cid:122) Enhanced friendly observation provided by scout weapons teams and aerial field artillery
  observationhelicopters.
  (cid:122) Easeofnavigationalongflightroutesparticularlyfornightoradverseweatheroperations.
  AvenuesofApproach
  10-26. Air and ground avenues of approach are considered in both offensive and defensive operations
  fromfriendlyandenemyviewpoints.Agoodavenueofapproachforairassaultforcesoffers(cid:650)
  (cid:122) Areasonabledegreeofmobilityandfewnaturalobstaclestotheaircraft.
  (cid:122) Littleornocanalization.
  (cid:122) Terrainmaskingthatdecreaseseffectivenessofenemyairdefenseweapons.