European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 4, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 combined arms forces show prowess in test a Tony Navonia  Bureau Cirrin Vui he.  Tut you it Ibum 10 Sec is run pretty said Sarim r pm no r do . Whal followed was i nearly Complete demonstration of How the army intends in fight on a modern Battlefield. Nut Prilly but  Otis said. Aboul 150 battalion and by ipad com Manders from throughout us Arhur watched this army air Force combined arms exercise wednesday at the 7ih army training come s most advanced Range the demonstration featured the capability of the army s new laser guided Copperhead missile but officials played Down its importance As Star of the show. The Copperhead . Which is tire from a 155mm artillery tube did draw the most attention from the Media As was expected but officials stressed the interaction of All the weapons systems As the most important Point or the demonstration. The real Issue is not what Copperhead can do but what the total combined forces can do Otis said. The 3rd so i Ith army Cav Rygl from bad hers old the 2nd in. 75lh Field arty from Hanau the 81 is tac fighter ving from Raf bunt Waters England and the 50th tac fighter Wing from harm a participated. A us Arhur spokesman said the i Ith army Cav regt was chosen As the major ground Force because it has most of the equipment in the army s modern weapons inventory including the laser guidance system needed to bring the Copperhead missile to its target. The weapons in the demonstration included the my Abrams tank m2 and  Bradley fighting vehicles a is cobra attack helicopter. Air Force a-10 tank killing planes f-16 Jet fighters and 155mm artillery Cannon. Most of these commanders Don t have a Bradley fighting chicle Lucks away from danger during a combined firm demonstration in Grafen Wocher. Nhoun by Tony Nauroth this stuff yet and Only a few have seen a of these systems working together. This is an education for them an army spokes Man said. One piece in the combined arms Pulc was missing in wednesday s demonstration. The new multiple launched rocket system was absent because according to one official safety requires that the Gra fun Wocher Range area be evacuated during firing of the system. Officials rolled out a soviet armoured vehicle to show what kind of vehicles the , combined arms strategy would face. Although the demonstration was rehearsed to include simulated enemy Artil Lery fire without practising the highly coordinated cum bind arms strategy in would be unlikely that soldiers would do Well on a real Battlefield a spokesman said. There Are Jusi Loo Many things Oul there hat can go wrong he Stid. Copperhead missile lives up to its claim during demo by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau Gral li.n\vol-Llr, Germany if the Forward observer of an artillery fire sup port team can see it Copperhead can kill it with one shot. That s the claim made by Martin mar Ietta builder of the artillery launched Copperhead missile. During a demonstration incorporated Ink a combined arms training exercise wednesday at Cir Afen Woehr training area. Copperhead killed four out of four targets on first shots. In technical information provided by Martin Marietta the defense contractor said that even though artillery has historically inflicted two thirds of Battlefield casualties it accounts for Only 1 percent of tank kills. The reason is that an artillery Battery is set up with its guns spaced out. All guns fire at the same time and the shells land As one Shell to cover a Large area. Al though soldiers and lightly armoured vehicles Mav be hurl and damaged heavy Armor would need a direct hit to kill it. Traditional artillery rounds Are not acs a photo by Tony Nauru h cobra attack helicopters Fly of the target area before wednesday s demonstration in Grafen Wocher Germany. Curate enough to do that. Using a laser operated by a fire support team a Soldier can put a spot of invisible Light on a tank. One artillery Pun fires one Copperhead. Hich Homes in on the laser Energy reflected from the Lank. The fire support teams belong to Artil Lery units but Stratf. With Armor and infantry units to direct artillery fire. Martin Marietta  claiming More than an 80 per cent first round kill Rale for the Copper head almost i to percent for a second round kill. Bui who in rounds cosi from $30,000 of 340.000 each depending on Haw Many arc being produced. A Normal artillery round costs Only a few Hundred dollars said la col. Waller Hinman project Mana a for the Copperhead laser guidance system now being fielded in to Uroic. Hinman who is assigned to Redstone Arsenal. Ala., said that the new ground laser locator designator can also be used with other weapons  will be mounted on the new fire support team vehicle noon to join army artillery unit inventories in Europe. According to a us Arhur spokesman. Copperhead is not designed to replace traditional artillery ammunition partly be cause of its Cost. Instead ii has specific uses three of which were demonstrated inthe wednesday display because they were fired by artillery. Copperhead  were Able to destroy three mock up soviet scout vehicles before the scouts could have Given their location to i hair leaders. Using  Artil Lery the scouts might still have been destroyed but not before Radi oing . Positions Back to the main soviet Force. A command and control who Csc was spotted with the laser and taken Oul of action with Copperhead illustrating its use As a specific target pm Mimin