Ch 7 Combat Marksmanship Flashcards
4 weapon safety rules?
- (1) Treat all weapons as if loaded.
- (2) Never let the muzzle cover anything not to be destroyed.
- (3) Keep finger off the trigger until the sights are on target.
- (4) Know the target and what is behind it.
What is the Combat Triad is a three-concept idea?
combat mindset, weapons handling, and
marksmanship.
What are the
three basic elements of any shooting program.
Moving, shooting, and communicating
MK 262 MOD 0 as an average or what MOA?
2 Minute of Angle
Marksmanship consist of?
- Stance.
- Grip.
- Sight alignment.
- Sight picture.
- Trigger control.
- Second Sight Picture.
- Recoil management.
- Reassess.
M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) Description and Data?
The M-249
automatic rifle is a gas-operated, air-cooled, belt- and magazine-fed, automatic weapon
that fires from the open-bolt position. It has a maximum rate of fire of 850 rounds per
minute. It can be fired from the shoulder, hip, underarm or bipod-steadied position.
M-240 Machine gun Description and Data
The M-240B is a general-purpose
machine gun. It mounts on a bipod, tripod, aircraft, or vehicle. It is a belt-fed, air-cooled,
gas-operated, fully automatic weapon. It fires from the open bolt position. Ammunition
feeds from a 100-round bandoleer with disintegrating links. Each M-240B is issued with a
spare barrel. The gunner can change barrels quickly, because the weapon has a fixed head
space.
M249 normal rate of fire is?
50 rounds per minute, in 3- to 5-round bursts.
M240B normal rate of fire is?
100 rounds per minute, in 6- to 9-round bursts.
M49 Rapid rate of fire is?
100 rounds per minute, in 6- to 8-round bursts.
M240B rapid rate of fire is?
200 rounds per minute in 10- to 12-round bursts.
During sustained rate of fire how often should you change out the barrel?
10 minutes
During rapid rate of fire how often should you change out the barrel?
2 minutes
M249 Cyclic rate of fire?
850 rounds per minute
M240B
650 to 950 rounds per minute
M4 Effective range?
300 meters point target, 700
meters area target
M9 effective range?
25 meters
M249 effective range?
Varies upon configuration and
mission
M240B effective range?
800 meter point targets/1,800
area targets
MM110 effective range?
800 meters point target
M203 effective range?
400 meters
