Nah. It's type of fire. As in:
No 1 rifleman, (Group)
100 metres, (Range)
Man in red shirt, (Indication)
One round for effect, FIRE. (Type of fire)

Take it from an ex infantryman.

Talking to my daughter after her first day weapon training at Catterick and all the stoppage drills came flooding back, she said "thats exactly what the range instructor told us" - Though I understand these days that they dont bother looking, just mag off, mag on. When you're in a real war 'grandad' you don't have time to tit about!

Or as J*l**n S***t*n after spotting some intruders, when playing GDT Guard Cdr during some B@stard Bill induced Pratteval at Coningsby ordered:

"Sergeant - those buggers over there - WASTE THEM"
"Sir?"
"SHOOT THE BUGGERS!"

Followed by several blanks and a yell from the 'enemy' of "Oi!! What about a challenge then?" :uhoh:

Mmm, If 'Left 2 O'Clock, 5 enemy in open, RAPID Fire', is 'Target...what is your 'Indication'?

Left 2 O'Clock!!!:D

Don't you mean the whole order being something like;
Gun group
200 m
Left of arc, enemy in open ground
Rapid Fire!
:p


So, "Only in be Northern Hemisphere", isn't being picky?
Nice to see you realised its all about GMA and edited your post ;)

I think in the Great war it was D R I N K ???

Designate [target, as in cavalry]
Range
Indicate [bearing, fingers to left/ right, left of red barn or whatever]
Number of rounds

but what was K? Kontrol, as in Fire, cease fire ....?

"One round for effect, Fire!"....that's a new one for me.
Only time I heard FFE was when laying down some Art'y :ok:

If that one round missed the man in the red shirt, do you then have to repeat the fire order :ugh:

Wouldn't miss. Warning shots went out after Aden. Take leader out and, in theory, rioters dispersed. Leader of riot was traditionally dressed in red shirt according to IS training. A bit like bushy topped trees.

....and if its parked by a silver birch tree it's a T-64, unless it's on a train...in which case it's a T-72 :ok:

GenS - I recall as a cadet at Cranditz early 60s being taught IS - unfurl banner, read Riot Act, etc, teaching was aimed shot at ringleader (red shirted or not), and NEVER fire over their heads

Beagle - spot on!

F
B
I
Detective.

Don't the black hats always conceal themselves in a red roofed building ,least thats what I wrote on my compo box!

What about this one?
 

I can't believe no-one has mentioned ****AS, SHET4(2) yet!
Anyone remember that one?!
BV:8

1. Warn the crew
2. Close throttle
3. Rpm lever to feather
4. Feathering button pressed
5. Injector cut off to cut off
6. Fuel master cock off
7. Ignition off

Not a drill, but sticks in my mind:

PITHBLOT

How 'bout the two TACAN rule.....

Surely some are familiar

RAF Regiment GDT training Brize, "just shoot the barstewards but make sure they don't get up, that way there is no one to disprove you never issued a challenge". :E

PITHBLOT. Took me a while, but my IRE memory finally came good. Pressure instruments.:ok:

True Virgins Make Dull Companions

caught the attention of one 17-year-old and pointed him in the right direction. :ok:

Or the inverse; "Cadbury's Dairy Milk Very Tasty".

C-Clearly
L-Loudly
A-As an order
P-With pauses

At least that what I was taught both on my Sandhurst course and subsequently at Warminster back in the early 70's.
Also definitely Type of fire for the T in GRIT

SF