What does SCATMINE stand for?

The family of conventional munitions includes small caliber, grenades, propellant charges, pyrotechnics, mortar, artillery, tank, rocket, scatterable mines, Navy gun, and bombs.

Howitzer rounds include high explosive, smoke, scatterable mines and illumination.

Designed to deliver rockets carrying a payload of dual-purpose, improved conventional munitions (DPICM) and scatterable mines at ranges up to 30 kilometers, the weapon system and its munitions were ideal for providing the maneuver commander with suppression of enemy air defense fires in depth beyond the forward line of troops and reinforcing fires in support of conventional cannon artillery.

objection to the Oslo treaty is that it does not exempt the Family of Scatterable Mines (FASCAM), or so-called "smart mines.

We do this with fires, close air support, maneuver, and scatterable mines.

According to FM 6-71, commanders should address attack and engagement criteria, priorities for target engagement, guidance for special munitions (illumination, smoke, Copperhead and family of scatterable mines, or FASCAM) and, finally, how, when and where fire support should be employed in the development of courses of action (COAs).

For scatterable mines, the release authority was held at the Combined Forces Land Component Commander level; during a rapidly moving campaign against an ill-defined enemy, it is nearly impossible to identify a target and get timely approval to use scatterable mines during a short window of opportunity.

However, for mission-critical events, such as firing Copperhead targets using the Copperhead standing operating procedures (SOP) or firing family of scatterable mines (FASCAM) in the defense, the battery commander and FDO need to be present.