Combat Charts/Littoral Planning Charts
A special-purpose chart of a land-sea area using the characteristics of a map to represent the land area and a chart to represent the sea area. Special features make the chart useful in naval operations, specifically, amphibious operations. Combat Charts depict almost equal amounts of sea and land over an area of interest. A standard scale (with specific exceptions) is used to provide optimum operational coverage and afford the most orderly transition from the nautical chart coverage to the 1:50,000 topographic maps.
Combat Charts form a first step in developing a database for modern littoral warfare to include tactical maneuver from the sea and join logistics over the shore. Combat Charts are being replaced by the Littoral Planning Chart (LPC) to ensure the older Combat Charts are removed and the updated LPC is the new standard chart. They employ the use of nautical charts for tactical purposes in addition to the traditional use to ensure safety at sea.
Hydrographic stock numbers can be obtained via the NGA Reference Number/National Stock Number (NRN/NSN) Lookup and Download.
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