Rifle Squad Weapons and Tactics

Question 1

IAR characteristics

Answer 1

Lightweight, air-cooled, pusher rod gas operated, magazine fed, shoulder fired weapon. It operates in semi-automatic and automatic mdoes of fire.

Question 2

IAR max effective range

Answer 2

point target: 550m
area target: 700m
maximum range: 3600m

Question 3

IAR cycle of operations

Answer 3

feeding, chambering, locking, firing, unlocking, extracting, ejecting, cocking

Question 4

IAR Weapons conditions

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

M320 max effective range

Answer 5

point target: 150m
area target: 350m
max range: 400m

Question 6

M320 effective casualty radius

Answer 6

5m kill
15m casualty

Question 7

M320 cycle of operations

Answer 7

firing, unlocking, locking, cocking/firing, unlocking, extracting, ejecting

Question 8

M320 weapons conditions

Answer 8

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

Question 9

M67 Effective Casualty Radius

Answer 9

5m kill
15m casualty

Question 10

4 types of offensive operations

Answer 10

movement to contact
attack
exploitation
pursuit

Question 11

types of attack

Answer 11

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

Question 12

phases of the attack

Answer 12

preparation
conduct
exploitation/consolidation

Question 13

forms of maneuver

Answer 13

frontal attack
flanking attack
envelopment
turning movement
infiltration
penetration

Question 14

mission of the marine corps rifle squad

Answer 14

to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy’s assault by fire and close combat

Question 15

assembly area

Answer 15

friendly/permissive environment

Question 16

attack position

Answer 16

last covered and concealed position before crossing the line of departure

Question 17

line of departure

Answer 17

a line designated to coordinate the departure of attacking elements

Question 18

assault position

Answer 18

last covered and concealed position before the objective

Question 19

squad formations of movement

Answer 19

column
wedge
vee
online
echelon

Question 20

fighter/leader

Answer 20

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

Question 21

base unit concept

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Suppress (movement under fire)

Answer 22

one marine supresses the enemy from the fore position while his buddy is in the aft position

Question 23

assess (movement under fire)

Answer 23

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)

Question 24

move (movement under fire)

Answer 24

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

Question 25

fire and maneuver

Answer 25

a technique of advance in which one element (the maneuver element) moves while being support by another element (the support by fire element)

Question 26

fire and movement

Answer 26

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

Question 27

consolidation

Answer 27

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

Question 28

SAFE

Answer 28

Security
Automatic Weapons
Fields of Fire
Entrenchment

Question 29

ACE

Answer 29

Ammunition
Casualties
Equipment

Question 30

pursuit by fire (exploitation)

Answer 30

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

Question 31

continuation of the attack

Answer 31

the purpose of continuing the attack is to maintain pressure on the enemy and exploit success and destroy his combat power