text: Team Operations
  • Visual target engagement and adjustment of fires.
  • VHF radio capabilities.
  CLOSE COMBAT ATTACK (ARMY ROTARY WING) LIMITATIONS
  4-222. Close combat attack limitations follow:
  • Limited ability to operate in poor weather.
  • Limited munitions.
  • Vulnerability to enemy ground fire.
  FIRE PLANS
  4-223. Teams plan targets on infiltration and exfiltration routes, LZs, DZs, PZs, routes to and from the
  objective, on the objective, between the objective and surveillance, and between the surveillance and
  hide sites (contiguous targets work well). Teams plan RFAs and NFAs as needed. Coordination is done
  using the team target list and coordination checklist. They consider the effects, the mission, the types of
  targets, and the methods of engagement.
  Section VI. URBAN TERRAIN
  The LRS teams can be very effective in an urban environment. Their ability to gather information and report
  timely information about the current situation is vital to the BFSB intelligence-collection plan. The LRS team
  can help in two ways during an urban operation: First, the commanders can use LRS teams extensively and
  effectively for surveillance. Second, he can use them on a limited basis for reconnaissance. Before committing
  a LRS team to a mission in urban terrain, he must consider all aspects of the mission and the environment.
  Specifically, he must consider the differences between LRSU support to offense, defense, stability and civil
  support operations.
  SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS
  4-224. This is normally the primary mission a LRS team conducts in an urban environment. LRS teams
  are most often used to report information received along main supply routes to and from the urban
  environment. Depending on the size of the urban area and location of key buildings, the LRS team might
  report information on specific buildings, motor pools, and so on. During stability operations, a LRS team
  might surveil a specific target from inside the environment. Considerations include camouflage,
  observation, security, and support.
  CAMOUFLAGE
  4-225. LRS teams are proficient in camouflage techniques specific to urban environments such as
  window screening and false walls.
  OBSERVATION
  4-226. In built-up areas, windows provide readily accessible observation ports. However, care should
  be taken to prevent optics from protruding beyond the window. This is an obvious sign of a surveillance
  position. The team members must position themselves as far back in the room as possible to keep from
  being seen. To lower their silhouettes, they can support their positions with a table or sand bags. Another
  technique is to observe through a hole in the wall. When observing through the window, individuals
  should stand well back in the shadows. At all times, care must be taken to avoid allowing light to reflect
  off optics.