Rifle Squad Weapons and Tactics Flashcards
IAR characteristics
Lightweight, air-cooled, pusher rod gas operated, magazine fed, shoulder fired weapon. It operates in semi-automatic and automatic mdoes of fire.
IAR max effective range
point target: 550m
area target: 700m
maximum range: 3600m
IAR cycle of operations
feeding, chambering, locking, firing, unlocking, extracting, ejecting, cocking
IAR Weapons conditions
Condition 1: Magazine inserted, bolt forward, round in chamber, weapon on safe, ejection port cover closed.
Condition 2: Does Not Apply
Condition 3: Magazine inserted, bolt forward, chamber empty, weapon on safe, ejection port cover closed.
Condition 4: Magazine removed, bolt forward, chamber empty, weapon on safe, ejection port cover closed.
M320 max effective range
point target: 150m
area target: 350m
max range: 400m
M320 effective casualty radius
5m kill
15m casualty
M320 cycle of operations
firing, unlocking, locking, cocking/firing, unlocking, extracting, ejecting
M320 weapons conditions
Condition 4: No round in chamber, breach closed, weapon on safe
Condition 3: does not apply
Condition 2: does not apply
Condition 1: Round in chamber, breach closed, weapon on safe
M67 Effective Casualty Radius
5m kill
15m casualty
4 types of offensive operations
movement to contact
attack
exploitation
pursuit
types of attack
hasty- an attack in which preparation is traded for speed to exploit opportunity
deliberate- offensive action characterized by pre-planned coordinated employment of firepower and maneuver to close with and destroy the enemy
phases of the attack
preparation
conduct
exploitation/consolidation
forms of maneuver
frontal attack
flanking attack
envelopment
turning movement
infiltration
penetration
mission of the marine corps rifle squad
to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy’s assault by fire and close combat
assembly area
friendly/permissive environment
attack position
last covered and concealed position before crossing the line of departure
line of departure
a line designated to coordinate the departure of attacking elements
assault position
last covered and concealed position before the objective
squad formations of movement
column
wedge
vee
online
echelon
fighter/leader
during the fog of war, it will be more effective for a fire team or squad leader to execute what he/she wants done rather than verbally communicate it
base unit concept
designated sub-unit that serves a reference point for the other sub-units’ related movements. Leaders control the entire unit by driving the base unit through the objective area
- squad leader uses the base unit fire team to control the squad’s direction, orientation and speed
Suppress (movement under fire)
one marine supresses the enemy from the fore position while his buddy is in the aft position
assess (movement under fire)
the Marine in the aft position assesses the effects of his buddy’s suppression before moving. Once suppression is effective, the Marine in the aft position looks to his unit leader, looks to his buddy, identifies micro terrain, manipulates his weapon (and performs additional actions)
move (movement under fire)
under effective suppression, the Marine from the aft position quickly moves to the micro terrain he already identified and begins engaging enemy or searching/assessing his sector (when no enemy) does the Marine in the fore position begin to transition and perform the responsibilities of the aft position
fire and maneuver
a technique of advance in which one element (the maneuver element) moves while being support by another element (the support by fire element)
fire and movement
a technique of advance in which elements and individuals provide their own suppression and move by bounds. Elements and individuals alternate the firing and moving so that movement is always covered by fire, and the assault’s momentum is retained
consolidation
facilitates the rapid reorganization of a hasty defense to permit the attacking unit to hold the objective just seized in the event of an enemy counterattack
SAFE
Security
Automatic Weapons
Fields of Fire
Entrenchment
ACE
Ammunition
Casualties
Equipment
pursuit by fire (exploitation)
when the assault through the objective is completed, the squad fires upon the withdrawing enemy forces until they are no longer visible or are beyond effective range of the squad’s weapon systems
continuation of the attack
the purpose of continuing the attack is to maintain pressure on the enemy and exploit success and destroy his combat power
