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...(G/VLLD). Targets through the 13x optics for the G/VLLD in daylight and with no obscuration can distinguish between friendly and enemy vehicles at 7,500 meters. Enemy targets acquired by lasing systems normally are engaged at ranges of 3,000 to 5,000 meters from the observation post (OP) instead of maximizing the system and lasing them at 7,000 to 8,000 meters.

Any azimuth inaccuracies applied to the lasing system are amplified the farther away the target is from the lasing system. During force-on-force battles at the NTC, observer teams are commonly inaccurate in determining their observer-to-target azimuths by as much as 120 mils. If the target had been lased at 7,000 meters, the initial indirect fires would incur a target location error (TLE) of as much as 840 meters to the left or right of the target.

The G/VLLD is range accurate to +/-one meter at 9,999 meters and azimuth accurate to +/- 1 mil; however, it requires manual input of the most accurate azimuth possible. Yet observers seem to have difficulty determining accurate azimuths to input into the G/VLLD and other lasing systems.

Current doctrinal minimum standards for the M2 compass are not accurate enough to engage targets effectively at the maximum potential of the lasing system. In the Soldier's Training Publication (STP)...

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