0341 NCO Exam
1 What are the Marine Corps' leadership traits? Judgment, Justice, Decisiveness, Integrity, Discipline, Tact, Initiative, Enthusiasm, Bearing, Unselfishness, Courage, Knowledge, Loyalty, Endurance
2 What is the purpose of an NCO? To train and supervise subordinate Marines
3 What is the maximum effective range of the M249 SAW? 1,000 m
4 What is the sustained rate of fire of the M249? 85 rounds per minute
5 What determines a hot barrel for the M249? 200 rounds in 2 minutes
6 What is the maximum effective range of the M203 grenade launcher? Area Target: 350 m; Point Target: 150 m
7 What are the characteristics of the M252 81mm mortar? smooth-bore, muzzle-loaded, high-angle-of-fire weapon, consisting of a cannon, mount, baseplate, and sight unit.
8 What is the nomenclature of the M252 81mm mortar components? M253 mortar cannon, M177 mortar mount, M3A1 baseplate, M64A1 sight unit
9 What are the weights of each of these components? cannon--35 lbs, bipod--27 lbs, baseplate--29 lbs, sight--2.5 lbs
10 How many mils of elevation does the sight have? about 800 mils or 0800-1600 mils
11 How many mils of traverse does the sight have? 6400 mils
12 One turn on the traverse handwheel equals how many mils? 10 mils
13 What does boresighting do to the weapon system? removes the error between the barrel and sight to produce more accurate fire
14 What does reciprocally laying the mortars in a section do? it puts every mortar on the same azimuth of fire
15 What are the two methods to reciprocally lay a mortar? ...
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...ound do you use for screening, incendiary action, & signaling? Smoke
58 White phosphorous is stored with the fuze end in what direction? Up
59 What is the purpose of camouflage? To provide you with cover and concealment
60 What is Angle T? When there is more than 500 mils difference between the gun target line and the observer target line.
Practical Application
Adjust indirect fire
Lay a mortar with a lensatic compass
Translate a fire command
Compute firing data with a plotting board
Pass a gunner’s exam
Fig.1 Seventeen .223 Remington cases and the bullet impact sights on the Sherriff’s County Vehicle.
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This is a brief paragraph or two on each of the major siege weapons. For the not just the besiegers but also the defenders. Please note most of these weapons were not used alone and often had many different versions of the same weapon.
During the years leading up to and during the American Civil War there were a number of advancements in firearms technology. This paper will focus on a few of those advancements, namely the inventions of the Minié ball, the Spencer and Henry repeating rifles, and of the Gatling gun.
8 Galum, John, Joshua Shakon and Tan Mau Wu. “National Missile Defense – A CS91 Final Project.” < http://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~eroberts/cs91/projects/national-missile-defense/index.html>
...e leadership characteristic that popped out at me was how Cap. John Goodwin was his resilience to overcome all the horrific parts of this deployment and still stayed with it and worked his hardest with no breaks until he was forced to go on that leave to rest and then as soon as he heard something bad had happened, he stopped everything he was doing and got back to his men as quickly as he could it showed how much he cared, he also listened to his men and what they needed and tried helping them all the time. One thing he did not do a good job of was letting Kunk get to him and knock his confidence down and taking care of his own health so he could be awake and alert as company commander each and every day. His soldiers mentioned how weak, and tired and malnourished he looked from being next to the radio 24/7 which should never happen when you are calling the shots.
Melton, Jack W. and Lawrence E. Pawl. “Basic Facts Concerning Artillery.” Civil War Artillery. 2009. 17 January 2010. .
The Battle of Antietam was filled will weaponry that was state of the art at its time. Smooth barrel and rifling barrel cannons where employed on both sides which helped to contribute to the high death toll; terrain was also instrumental at key locations on the battlefield. Such key locations were the cornfield North of Sharpsburg, Dunker church, Sunken Road, and Burnside bridge all of which contributed to bot...
Pike, John. A. The "Mosin-Nagant M1891/1930. " www.globalsecurity.org - www.globalsecurity.org.
Now to talk about the technology for infantry; There are five main rifles that are used for infantry. The SCAR-light, XM-25, SAR 21, Corner shot launcher, and the FMG9 Folding Machine Gun. The S...
hundred pounds each of four cannons - a British and American cannon from the battle of
...rounds per minute, all with just the pull of the trigger. The recoil operation was a milestone in machine gun development. Warfare had truly changed. “Point a machine, and killing men was like killing bugs” (Chivers, 2010, p.85). It used new forms of cartridges which were placed on a belt that was automatically fed into the gun via the recoil operation.
The United States (1988). Army Field Manual 100-1, Washington, DC: Headquarters. Dept.
COMPONENTS: The M252 81mm mortar consists of three main components, and a dovetail slot sight. They are:
Useful for the military, projectile motion can now be used for a number of weapons; which is when an object (like a bullet or cannon) is thrown-projected- and mov...