The message to observer

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This block is not in a published chapter and should not be relied upon.

The MTO is the battery's confirmation of the FO’s CFF with their decisions: whether or not the target will be engaged at all, the final volume of fire and type of ammo used including all changes to the FO’s requests, the time of flight if requested, and crucially the target identification number.

The MTO is transmitted to the FO ahead of all shots. For expedience again, it is kept brief.

The first shot can ring out as soon as the FO has read back the MTO.

Suppression and immediate suppression missions do not require an MTO, because those missions are planned in advance.