Chapter 13

Question 1

What is the art of looking through the rear sight aperture, focusing the eye on the front sight post, and centering the front sight post exactly in the rear sight aperture both vertically and horizontally? (Page 13-3)

Answer 1

Sight alignment

Question 2

What is the point of firm contact between the cheek and the stock of the rifle? (Page 13-4)

Answer 2

Stock weld

Question 3

What is the distance between the rear sight aperture and the aiming eye? (Page 13-4)

Answer 3

Eye relief

Question 4

What is the skillful manipulation of the trigger that causes the rifle to fire without disturbing sight alignment or sight picture? (Page 13- 5)

Answer 4

Trigger control

Question 5

What forms the basis of effective trigger control? (Page 13-5)

Answer 5

Firm grip

Question 6

What are the four basic shooting positions? (Page 13-6)

Answer 6

Prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing

Question 7

What shooting position is the quickest position to assume and offers the easiest maneuverability? (Page 13-6)

Answer 7

Standing

Question 8

What are the two methods used to determine wind velocity? (Page 13-8)

Answer 8

Observation and Flag

Question 9

What property of a projectile is its curved path through the air? (Page 13-9)

Answer 9

Trajectory

Question 10

For normal ground targets, the number of rounds in each burst varies from about how many rounds for the heavy machine gun? (Page 13-14)

Answer 10

6-20

Question 11

What is the area on the ground upon which the cone of fire falls? (Page 13-15)

Answer 11

Beaten zone

Question 12

What are areas within the maximum range of a weapon which cannot be covered by fire or observation? (Page 13-15)

Answer 12

Dead spaces

Question 13

What is the area between the weapon and the point of impact in which the bullet does not rise above the average height of a potential enemy? (Page 13-15)

Answer 13

Danger space

Question 14

What type of machine gun fire with respect to the ground is approximately parallel to the ground where the center of the cone of fire does not rise above one meter? (Page 13-16)

Answer 14

Grazing

Question 15

What type of machine gun fire with respect to the ground strikes the ground from above at a considerable angle? (Page 13-16)

Answer 15

Plunging

Question 16

What type of machine gun fire with respect to the target is delivered with the long axis of the beaten zone coinciding with or nearly coincides with the long axis of the target? (Page 13-16)

Answer 16

Enfilade

Question 17

What type of machine gun fire is employed against targets which require major changes in direction but little or not change in elevation? (Page 13-17)

Answer 17

Swinging traverse

Question 18

What includes all operations connected with the preparation and actual application of fire to a target? (Page 13-18)

Answer 18

Fire control

Question 19

What are the means by which fire control is exercised? (Page 13- 19)

Answer 19

Fire commands