ALC Marksmanship Exam/47
Questions and answers
Overmatch - -The soldier applying their learned skills, employing their
equipment, leveraging technology, and applying the proper force to create
an unfair fight in favor of the soldier.
-Engagement process - -(DIDEA)
Detect, Identify, Decide, Engage, Assess
-3 phases of applying the shot process - -Pre-shot
Shot
Post-shot
-What is the shot process? - -The basic outline of an individual engagement
sequence all firers consider during an engagement, regardless of the weapon
employed.
-What are the functional elements of the shot process? - -Stability, Aim,
Control, Movement (SACM)
-What are the carry positions? - -Hang
Safe Hang
Collapsed Low Ready
Low Ready
High Ready
Ready or Ready Up
-What are the primary firing positions? - -Standing
Squatting
Kneeling
Sitting
Prone
-What are the elements of firing positions? - -Leg position, Stance/Center of
Gravity, Firing elbow, Non-firing elbow, Firing hand, Non firing hand, Butt
plate, Stock weld, Shooter gun angle
-What are the 4 functions of stability? - -Support
Muscle relaxation
Natural point of Aim
Recoil Management
-What are the 2 components of aiming? - -Sight alignment
, Sight Picture
-What are the aiming process actions for common engagements? - -Weapon
orientation
Sight alignment
Sight picture
Point of Aim
Desired point of impact
-What is the Arc of Movement or Wobble Zone? - -The extent of lateral,
horizontal and front-to-back variance in the movement that occurs in the
sight picture.
-What is the key to trigger control? - -A smooth, consistent trigger squeeze,
regardless of speed, allows the shot to fire at the soldier's moment of
choosing.
-What are the sequence of actions for follow through? - -Recoil Management
Recoil Recovery
Trigger/sear reset
Sight picture adjustment
Engagement adjustment
-What are the 2 movement techniques? - -Vertical movement
Horizontal movement
-What are examples of vertical movement? - -Change between any of the
primary firing positions; standing, crouched, kneeling, or prone.
-What are examples of Horizontal movement? - -Forward
Retrograde
Lateral right/left
Turning left/right/about
-What is Ballistics? - -Ballistics is the science of the processes that occur
from the time a firearm is fired to the time when the bullet impacts its target
-What are the 3 phases in ballistics? - -Internal
External
Terminal
-What is Internal ballistics? - -Internal ballistics is the study of the propulsion
of a projectile; it begins from the time the firing pin strikes the primer to the
time the bullet leaves the muzzle
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