Rifle marksmanship M4

Question 1

What are the five phases in basic rifle marksmanship?

Answer 1

1. Preliminary rifle instruction
2. Downrange feedback
3. Field fire
4. Advanced rifle marksmanship
5. Advanced optics, laser and iron sights

Question 2

What are the four fundamentals of marksmanship?

Answer 2

1. Steady positioning
2. Proper aim (sight picture)
3. Breathing
4. Trigger squeeze

Question 3

What are the two basic elements of the sight picture?

Answer 3

1. Sight alignment
2. Placing of the aiming point

Question 4

Describe the M4?

Answer 4

A lightweight, 5.56mm, magazine fed, gas operator, air cooled, semi-automatic or 3 round burst, hand-held, shoulder-fired weapons.

Question 5

What is a malfunction?

Answer 5

The weapon ceasing to fire due to a stopping resulting from mechanical failure of either the weapon, magazine, or ammunition.

Question 6

What is the appropriate action to clear stoppage?

Answer 6

Apply immediate or remedial action

Question 7

What is remedial action?

Answer 7

The continuous effort to determine the cause for a stoppage that can not be solved with immediate action and the attempt to clear the stoppage once it has been properly identified.

Question 8

What is immediate action?

Answer 8

Immediate action involves quickly applying a possible correction to reduce a stoppage without performing troubleshooting procedures to determine the actual cause.