[greasy_old_tanker]

Real world response time for a BN level mortar sec is 3-5 minutes. Bear in mind that a real fire mission goes from the individual calling for the mission (in degrees) to the FISTer that converts it to mils, then to the guns who may or may not be mobile atm.

Add 2-4 minutes for allocated FA Bn guns (105mm and above).

So...say your Tank BN has a Battery of M109A6 Paladins allocated for support. You call for fire to the FIST, he converts your mission to Gun Bunny speak (mils) and then calls the BN FDO who verifies friendly locations (yes they do that) and relays the mission to the guns. Those guns may be mobile and a "shoot and scoot" mission can be fired in less than a minute. Add that all up and 5-8 minutes is a very good response time for a fire mission.