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1
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What are the characteristics of a Weapons Company?

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  • Require a crew to operate
  • Generally cannot provide their own security
  • A force multiplier
  • Limited mobility
  • Requires specialized training
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What is the mission of Weapons Platoon?

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To provide fire support coordination, light mortar, anti-mechanized assault, and medium machine gun support for the infantry company and its subordinate elements

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What is the T/O of Platoon Headquarters?

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  • Platoon Commander
  • Platoon Sergeant
  • Platoon Messenger
    (3 Marines)
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What is the T/O of the Light Weight Crew Served Mortar System (LWCMS) (60s) section?

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10 Marines

  • 1 Section Leader
  • 3 Squads/section
    • 1 Squad leader/gunner
    • 1 Assistant gunner
    • 1 Ammoman
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What is the T/O for a Weapons Platoon?

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3 Sections (48 Marines)

  • Machine guns (22 Marines)
  • Mortar (10 Marines)
  • Assault (13 Marines)
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Who is in charge for a Weapons Platoon?

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  • Company Commander
  • Weapons Platoon Commander
  • Weapons Platoon Sergeant
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What is the T/O of the machine gun section?

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22 Marines
- 2 Teams/squad
- 3 Marines/team
   - 1 Team leader
   - 1 Gunner
   - 1 Ammo
- 1 Squad leader
= 7 Marines/squad
- 3 Squads/section
- 1 Section leader
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What is the T/E of the machine gun section?

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  • 6 240s/section
  • 2 240s/squad
  • 1 240/team
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What is the T/E of the LWCMS (60s) section?

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  • 3 mortars/section

- 1 mortar/squad

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What is the T/O of the Assault Section?

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13 Marines

  • 1 Section leader
  • 3 Squads/section (total 4)
    • 1 Squad Leader/Gunner each ???
    • 2 teams/squad (2 Marines/team)
      • 1 team leader/gunner
      • 1 Assistant gunner
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What is the T/E of the Assault Section?

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  • 6 SMAWs/section
  • 2 SMAWs/squad
  • 1 SMAW/team
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What is the mission of the Weapons Company?

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To provide fire support coordination, medium mortar, anti-mechanized assault, and heavy machine gun support for the infantry battalion and its subordinate elements.

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What is the T/O of the HQ element?

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7 Marines

  • Company Commander (Major)
  • XO (Capt)
  • 1st Sgt
  • Ops Chief (MSgt)
  • Property NCO (Sgt)
  • 2 Messenger/Driver (Cpl)
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What is the T/O of the Weapons Company?

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3 Platoons

  • 1 Heavy Machine Gun (3 sections)
  • 1 81 Mortars (2 sections)
  • 1 Anti-armor section (2 section)
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What is the T/O of the 81 Mortar Platoon?

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  • Platoon HQ (4 Marines)
    • Platoon Commander
    • Platoon Sgt
    • Ammo tech
    • Ammo man/driver
      2 Sections
    • Section HQ (8 Marines)
      • Section leader
      • 2 Ammomen
      • Plotter
      • Recorder
      • Recorder/Driver
      • 2 Forward Observers
    • 4 Mortar Squads (6 Marines)
      • Squad leader
      • Gunner
      • Assistant gunner
      • 3 Ammoman
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What is the T/E of the 81mm Mortar Platoon?

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  • 8 81mm Mortar/platoon
  • 4 81mm Mortar/section
  • 1 81mm Mortar/squad
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What is the T/O of the Anti-Armor Platoon?

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Total 41 Marines (31???)

  • Platoon HQ (3 Marines)
    • Platoon Commander
    • Platoon Sgt
    • Messenger/Driver
  • Javelin Section (19 Marines/section)
    • 1 Section Leader
    • 2 Squads/section (9 Marines/squad)
      • 1 Squad Leader
      • 4 teams/section (2 Marines/team)
        • 1 Gunner
        • 1 Assistant Gunner
  • Antitank Section (9 Marines/section)
    • 1 Section Leader
    • 4 Squads/section (8 Marines/squad)
      • 2 TOW Gunner
      • 2 Assistant TOW Gunner
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What is the T/E of the Anti-Armor Platoon?

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  • 8 Javelins/section
  • 1 Javelin/team
  • 8 M220E4 TOWs/section
  • 2 M220E4 TOWs/squad
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What is the T/O of the Heave Machine Gun Section?

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Total 28 Marines

  • Platoon HQ (4 Marines)
    • Platoon Cmdr
    • Platoon Sgt
    • Messenger
    • Messenger/Driver
  • 3 Sections/platoon (8 Marines/section)
    • Section leader is 1st squad leader
    • 2 squads/section (4 Marines/squad)
      • 1 Squad leader
      • 1 Gunner
      • 1 Assistant Gunner
      • 1 Ammoman/driver
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What is the T/E of the Heavy Machine Gun section?

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  • 6 .50s/platoon
  • 2 .50s/section
  • 6 Mk19s/platoon
  • 2 Mk19s/section
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What is the T/O of the Scout Sniper Platoon?

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Total 26 Marines

  • Platoon HQ
    • Platoon Cmdr
    • Platoon Sgt
  • 2 sections/platoon (12 Marines/section)
    • Senior team leader is section leader
    • 2 teams/section
      • 6 Marines/team
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What is the T/E of the Scout Sniper Platoon?

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  • 8 M40A3 7.62 Sniper Rifles

- 4 M82A3 SASRs

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What are the characteristics of the 60mm mortar?

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  • Smoothbore
  • Muzzle loaded
  • High angle of fire weapon
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What are the components of the 60mm mortar?

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  • Canon
  • Sight
  • Mount
  • Baseplate
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What are the two modes of the 60mm mortar?

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  • Handheld

- Assault mode

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What are the Rates of Fire for the 60mm moratar?

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Maximum - 30 rds/min for 4 minutes

Sustained - 20 rds/min

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27
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What is the maximum effective range of the 60mm mortar?

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3500m

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28
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What are the types of ammo for the 60mm mortar?

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  • HE (Point, Prox, NSB)
  • WP
  • Illum
  • Practice
  • Training
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29
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What are the characteristics of the M240B?

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  • Belt-fed
  • Air-cooled
  • Gas-operated
  • Fully automatic
  • Fires from the open bolt position
30
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What is the total weight of the M240B?

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Machine Gun - 27.6 lbs
Spare barrel case/SL3 complete - 12.9 lbs
Tripod, flex mount, and T&E - 20 lbs
* Total - 47.6 lbs

31
Q

What is the Rate of Fire for the M240B?

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Sustained - 100 rpm
Rapid - 200 rpm
Cyclic - 650 rpm

32
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What are the ranges for the M240B (maximum, effective, grazing)?

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Maximum - 3725m
Effective (suppression) - 1800m
Grazing - 600m

33
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What are the characteristics of the Mk153 Shoulder Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW)?

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  • One-man operable
  • 83mm smooth bore
  • Shoulder fired
  • Rocket launcher with a spotting rifle
34
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How is the weapon aimed?

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  • Iron sights
  • Telescopic sight
  • AN/PEQ-2A w/ NVGs
35
Q

What are the different types of SMAW ammo?

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  • Practice rocket
  • HEDM (High Explosive Dual Mode) - against bunkers and field fortifications (7’ reinforced wood, sandbags, 8” concrete, 12” brick, 1” steel armor)
  • HEAA (High Explosive Anti Armor) - against armor vehicles (23” steel armor)
  • NE (Novel Explosive) - Thermobaric explosive used against large field fortifications and structures
36
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What is the caliber of the SMAW?

37
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What are the ranges for the SMAW?

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Minimum - 17m
Maximum - 1800m
Maximum effective (HEDM) - 250m point / 400m area
Maximum effective (HEAA) - 500m

38
Q

What are the characteristics of the M252 81mm Mortar?

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  • Smoothbore
  • Muzzle loaded
  • High angle of fire
39
Q

What are the components of the 81mm mortar?

A
  • Canon
  • Sight
  • Mount
  • Baseplate
40
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What is the weight of the 81mm mortar?

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Canon - 35lbs
Mount - 27lbs
Baseplate - 25.5lbs
Sight - 2.25lbs
* SL-3 Complelte - 89.75lbs
41
Q

What are the Rates of Fire for the 81mm mortar?

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Maximum - 30 rpm for 2 min

Sustained - 20 rpm

42
Q

What is the maximum effective range of the 81mm mortar?

43
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What are the types of ammo for the 81mm mortar?

A
  • HE (point/prox)
  • WP
  • RP
  • Illum
  • Practice
  • Training
44
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What are the characteristics of the Javelin?

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  • Fire-and-forget system
  • Soft launch (black bast is 25m/60 degrees, caution 100m/60 degrees)
  • Dual mode (top attack or direct fire)
  • Man-portable
  • Medium antitank weapon
45
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What does the CLU (Command Launch Unit) consist of?

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  • Day sight
  • Night sight
  • Controls
  • Indicator
46
Q

What is the launch tube assembly composed of?

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  • propulsion section
  • guidance and control section
  • warhead and fuse section
  • control surfaces and seeker section
47
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What is the weight of the Javelin?

48
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What are the ranges for the Javelin?

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Minimum - 65m
Maximum - 2000+ meters
Maximum effective - 2000m (corrected in class to 2500m)

49
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What is the penetration of the Javelin?

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Classified - “well” in excess of 30” of rolled homogeneous steel

50
Q

What are the characteristics of the M41 Saber System (TOW)?

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  • tube-launched
  • optically tracked
  • wire command link
51
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What are the ranges of the TOW?

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Minimum - 65m

Maximum - 3750m (95% hit probability)

52
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What is the penetration of the TOW?

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  • 36” of homogeneous steel
53
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What is the back blast area of the TOW?

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100m / 90 degrees

54
Q

What are the characteristics of the M2 .50 MG?

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  • Belt-fed
  • Recoil-operated
  • Air-cooled
  • Crew-served
55
Q

What are the ranges for the M2?

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Maximum effective - 1830m
Grazing - 700m
Maximum range - 7400m

56
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What are the rates of fire for the M2?

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Rapid - > 40 rpm

Sustained - < 40 rpm

57
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What is the weight of the M2?

58
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What are the ammo types for the M2?

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  • Ball
  • Tracer
  • Armor Piercing
  • APIT
  • SLAP
59
Q

What are the characteristics of the Mk19 MOD 3 Automatic Grenade Launcher?

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  • Belt-fed
  • Air-cooled
  • Blowback-operated
  • Crew-served
  • Fully automatic
60
Q

What are the ranges for the Mk19?

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Max effective - 1500m

Max range - 2212m

61
Q

What are the rates of fire for the Mk19?

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Rapid - 60 rpm

Sustained - 40 rpm

62
Q

What is the ECR of the Mk19?

63
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What is the weight of the Mk19?

64
Q

What are the types of ammo for the Mk19?

A
  • HE
  • HEDP
  • Training
  • Practice
65
Q

What is the maximum effective range of the M40A3 sniper rifle?

66
Q

How many rounds in a sniper rifle?

67
Q

What is the scope on the sniper rifle?

68
Q

What are the characteristics of the M82A3 Special Application Scoped Rifle (SASR)?

A
  • Semi-automatic

- .50 cal

69
Q

What is the weight of the SASR?

70
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What is the maximum effective range of the SASR?

71
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How many rounds for a SASR?

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10 round box magazine

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