Weapons

Question 1

What TC covers rifle and carbine?

Answer 1

TC 3-22.9

Question 2

What are the three employment skills to achieve accurate and precise shots consistently during combat operations?

Answer 2

Accuracy, precision, and consistency.

Question 3

What are the 3 components of safe weapons handling?

Answer 3

1. Soldier: must maintain situational understanding of friendly forces, the status of the weapon, and the ability to evaluate the environment to properly handle any weapon.
2. Weapon: primary tool of soldiers to defeat threats in combat. Soldier must know of and how to operate mechanical safeties built into the weapons they employ, as well as the principles of operation for those weapons.
3. Environment: soldiers surroundings. Must be aware of muzzle discipline, the nature of the target, and what is behind it.

Question 4

What are the 4 rules of firearms safety?

Answer 4

1. Treat every weapon as if it is loaded.
2. Never point the weapon at anything you do not intend to destroy.
3. Keep finger straight and off the trigger until ready to fire.
4. Ensure positive identification of the target and its surroundings.

Question 5

What does the acronym WSS stand for?

Answer 5

Weapon safety status

Question 6

What three colors are used to represent a weapons safety status, and what do they mean?

Answer 6

1. Green: the weapon’s magazine is removed, it’s chamber is empty, it’s bolt is locked open or forward, and the selector is set to safe.
2. Amber: a magazine is locked into the magazine well of the weapon, the bolt is forward on an empty chamber, the ejection bolt cover should be closed, and the selector should be set to safe.
3. Red: the weapon’s magazine is inserted, a round is in the chamber, the bolt is forward and locked, the ejection port cover is closed, and the selector is set to safe.

Question 7

What does the acronym WCS stand for?

Answer 7

Weapons control status

Question 8

Provide a description of the standard WCS used in training and combat.

Answer 8

1. Weapons hold: engage only if engaged or ordered to engage.
2. Weapons tight: engage only if target is positively identified as enemy.
3. Weapons free: engage targets not positively identified as friendly.

Question 9

What are the 4 attributes that develop the soldiers direct fire engagement skills?

Answer 9

1. Smart: the ability to routinely generate understanding through changing conditions.
2. Fast: the ability to physically and cognitively outmaneuver adversaries.
3. Lethal: deadly in the application of force.
4. Precise: consistently accurate in the application of power to ensure deliver of the right effects in time, space, and purpose.

Question 10

What are the components of overmatch?

Answer 10

1. Target detection, acquisition, and identification.
2. Engagement range
3. Limited visibility
4. Precision
5. Speed
6. Terminal performance

Question 11

Provide a description of the M-4 series Carbine.

Answer 11

A lightweight, 5.56mm, magazine fed, gas operated, air cooled, shoulder fired carbine.

Question 12

Depending on the position of the selector lever, how many firing modes does the M-4 series Carbine present?

Answer 12

1. Semi-automatic (single shot)
2. Three round burst
3. Automatic

Question 13

What are the 8 phases of the cycle of function for the M-4 series Carbine?

Answer 13

1. Feeding
2. Chambering
3. Locking
4. Firing
5. Unlocking
6. Extracting
7. Ejecting
8. Cocking

Question 14

What is feeding?

Answer 14

Feeding is the process of mechanically providing a cartridge of ammunition to the entrance of the chamber.

Question 15

What is chambering?

Answer 15

The continuing action of the feeding round into the chamber of the weapon.

Question 16

What is locking?

Answer 16

The process of creating a mechanical grip between the bolt assembly and chamber with the appropriate amount of headspace (clearance) for safe firing.

Question 17

What is firing?

Answer 17

The finite process of initiating the primer detonation of the cartridge and continues through shot-exit of the projectile from the muzzle.

Question 18

What is unlocking?

Answer 18

The process of releasing the locking lugs on the bolt face from the corresponding recesses on the barrel extension surrounding the chamber area.

Question 19

What is extracting?

Answer 19

The removal of the expended cartridge case from the chamber by means of the extractor.

Question 20

What is ejecting?

Answer 20

The removal of the spent cartridge case from the weapon itself.

Question 21

What is cocking?

Answer 21

The process of mechanically positioning the trigger assembly’s parts for firing. The cocking phase completes the full cycle of functioning.

Question 22

What are the three methods of cooling?

Answer 22

1. Radiational cooling
2. Conduction cooling
3. Convection cooling

Question 23

How many types of aiming devices are there?

Answer 23

1. Iron
2. Optics
3. Thermal
4. Pointer/illuminator/laser

Question 24

What does CCO stand for?

Answer 24

Close combat optic

Question 25

What does ARS stand for?

Answer 25

Adaptive rail system

Question 26

What are the 3 distinct phases of the shot process?

Answer 26

Pre-shot, shot, and post-shot

Question 27

What are the functional elements of the shot process?

Answer 27

1. Stability 2. Aim 3. Control 4. Movement

Question 28

What are the three actions of the target acquisition process?

Answer 28

1. Detect 2. Identify 3. Prioritize