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
