Infantry ALC Marksmanship Exam 2023

Is all shooting the same? - Answer- All shooting is the same, the fundamentals required to hit your target are the same. What are the 4 fundamentals of marksmanship? - Answer- Steady Position Sight Picture Breathing Trigger Squeeze What are the 2 firing tasks? - Answer- Sight alignment Trigger Control Will the bullet always go in the direction that the barrel is pointed? - Answer- Yes What is sight alignment? - Answer- The process of centering your eye with the aiming system What is sight picture? - Answer- The process of centering your eye with the aiming system and with the target Why is consistent stock weld important? - Answer- allows for consistent sight alignment While aiming, where should your eye be focused? - Answer- The front sight post or reticle What does misalignment of sighting system create? - Answer- Angular error that increases with distance What is Trigger Control? - Answer- The skillful manipulation of the trigger that causes the rifle to fire without disturbing the aim How should your finger be placed on the trigger? - Answer- It doesn't matter as long as you have it resting on the trigger naturally What is follow through? - Answer- Continuing to apply the basic fundamentals until recoil has ceased Consistent sight alignment plus smooth trigger control is known as what? - Answer- Shooting / integrated act of firing What is the purpose of a firing position? - Answer- to support the 2 basic firing tasks (sight alignment and trigger control) What are the 4 elements of steady position? - Answer- Support Muscular Relaxation Natural Point of Aim Durability What are the 5 points of a solid position? - Answer- 1. Non-Firing hand 2. Firing Hand 3. Elbows 4. Rifle butt 5. Stock weld Does having a optic improve ones fundamentals? - Answer- No. What is Ballistics? - Answer- Everything that happens to the projectile from the time the primer is struck by the firing pin, until the projectile comes to a complete stop. What are the 3 phases of ballistics? - Answer- Internal External Terminal A bullet flying through the air is acted upon primarily by 2 forces that can change the direction and velocity of its motion. What are these 2 forces? - Answer- Gravity Air Resistance What happens when a bullet leave the bore of a rifle? - Answer- It immediately begins to fall to the earth Increasing the angle of departure, impairing spin, and impairing high velocities on the bullet are 3 things we do to counter what? - Answer- Gravity and Air Resistance What is Line of Sight (LOS)? - Answer- It is what the shooter sees depicted by a straight line from the shooters eye to the target What is Line of Bore (LOB)? - Answer- Straight line from the muzzle to the target What is the purpose of battle sight zeroing? - Answer- align sights with weapons barrel, when done correctly the point of aim and the point of impact are the same at a given range (provides highest hit probability w/ minimum adjustment to aim point) What is Mechanically Zeroing? - Answer- Mechanically center the sights Front Sight post is flush with housing Rear Sight is mounted in last slot on receiver, the index line is centered and elevation set to 300 What are the 2 methods the Army developed for engaging targets? - Answer- Battle Sight Zero (unknown distance)