Weapons

Question 1

What is the FM concerning the M4 rifle?

Answer 1

FM 3-22.9

Question 2

What is the first thing you should do when you handle a weapon?

Answer 2

Clear it

Question 3

What are the five phases in basic rifle marksmanship?

Answer 3

Preliminary rifle instruction
Downrange feedback
Field fire
Advanced rifle marksmanship
Advanced optics, lasers and iron sights

Question 4

What are the four fundamentals of marksmanship?

Answer 4

Steady position
Sight picture
Breathing
Trigger squeeze

Question 5

What are the two basic elements of the sight picture?

Answer 5

Sight alignment

Placing of the aiming point

Question 6

What does the acronym SPORTS stand for?

Answer 6

Slap, pull, observe, release, tap, and squeeze

Question 7

What is remedial action?

Answer 7

Continuing effort to determine the cause for a stoppage or malfunction and clearing the stoppage once it has been identified.

Question 8

What is immediate action?

Answer 8

Quickly applying a possible correction to reduce a stoppage without performing troubleshooting procedures to determine athe actual cause.

Question 9

Is SPORTS immediate or remedial?

Answer 9

Immediate

Question 10

What is the muzzle velocity of the M4 rifle?

Answer 10

2,970 feet/second

Question 11

What are the ranges for an M4 rifle?

Answer 11

Max - 3,600m
Point - 500m
Area - 600m

Question 12

What are the eight steps in the functioning of the M4 rifle?

Answer 12

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