This Army and Marine Corps multiservice publication serves as doctrinal
reference for the employment of mortar squads, sections, and platoons.
It contains guidance on tactics and techniques that mortar units use to
execute their part of combat operations described in battalion-,
squadron-, troop-, and company-level manuals. This publication also
contains guidance on how a mortar unit's fires and displacement are best
planned and employed to sustain a commander's intent for fire support.
The target audience of this publication includes mortar squad, section,
and platoon leaders, company and battalion commanders, battalion staff
officers, and all others responsible for controlling and coordinating
fire support during combined arms operations. Training developers also
use this manual as a source document for combat critical tasks