Best Practices

As a consulting business, we often use our research department to investigate best practices of tank gunnery training. Please click on the one of the thumbnails below to read about the tips, techniques and procedures afforded by various training organizations.

Filling transferable learning requirement needs in a collaborative, authentic learning environment, the Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) trains tank and mechanized infantry units using both individual and collective methods.

The CCTT is a system of manned modules and workstations that allow units to train armor, cavalry, and mechanized infantry collective tasks at the platoon through battalion task force level.

Previous Editions (for members only)
The PGT is designed to train armor platoon leaders and platoon sergeants in command and control and fire distribution to destroy enemy targets in a tactical scenario. It does this by presenting the platoon with a series of realistic combat situations that require proper planning, reporting, and execution if the platoon is to be successful. The system reinforces those skills already learned using the COFT or AGTS. It requires the TC/gunner combinations to continue to engage targets using correct precision and degraded-mode gunnery techniques.

2nd Qtr FY 05
1st Qtr FY 05
 In the late 1980's, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) helped create a revolution in simulation, known as SIMulation NETwork, or SIMNET. The SIMNET program was the first step in moving from individual task-based simulators to a network of low-cost simulators that fought on a virtual battlefield to provide "synchronized execution of collective warfighting skills in a combined arms and joint arena". With the advent of new technology, the US Army PEO Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) is harnessing the revolution occurring in the Personal Computer (PC) three-dimensional (3D) graphics market to breath new life into these venerable SIMNET simulators. PEO STRI has recently updated the Aviation Test Bed (AVTB), Ft. Rucker, Al. SIMNET training facility with fully operational replacements of the SIMNET devices with personal computer based solution.
The COFT is an M1/M1A1 tank gunnery training device for TC/gunner teams. Its primary purpose is to sustain basic gunnery skills and increase combat gunnery skills. The COFT places the TC and gunner in a realistically simulated crew station and presents them with a full range of computer-controlled engagement situations. The COFT produces full-color, computer-generated action scenes in which crew members interact with various target situations. Programmed exercises vary in target type and number, range, vehicle and target motion, visibility, and other complex conditions. The crew is in no danger, no fuel is consumed, and no ammunition is expended. The result is challenging, progressive gunnery training. For convenience, the COFT has a mobile unit (MCOFT) that is predominantly used by National Guard units, and provides the same training values as the COFT.
4th Qtr FY 04
3rd Qtr FY 04
 The Combat Training Centers (CTC) are the premier establishments for force on force missions against and uncooperative OPFOR. The CTCs boast state-of-the-art MOUT and ancillary training facilities that allow CTCs to provide training in both combat operations and military operations other than war (MOOTW). The CTCs provides training across the spectrum of conflict, using scenarios developed from recent operations (Haiti, Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo, etc.) and mission rehearsals to prepare forces for deployment or likely contingency operations. The CTCs focuses on brigade and below commands and staffs, force-on-force maneuver training for armored and mechanized infantry battalions, company-level situational training exercises (STXs), and individual replacement training (IRT) for forces entering the Bosnia and Kosovo theaters of operations.