Infantry ALC Marksmanship Study Questions and
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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
Direct, Identify, Decide, Engage, Assess (DIDEA)
Applying the shot process
1) Pre-shot
2) Shot
3) Post-shot
Shot Process
The basic outline of an individual engagement sequence all firers consider during an
engagement, regardless of the weapon employed
Functional elements of the shot process
Stability, Aim, Control, movement
Carry Positions
1) Hang
2) safe hang
3) Collapsed low Ready
4) Low ready
5) High ready
6) ready or ready up
Primary positions
Standing, squatting, kneeling, sitting and prone. There are 12 total.
Elements of stability
Support, Muscle relaxation, Natural point of aim, Recoil management
Elements of firing position
Leg position, stance/CoG, Firing elbow, Non-firing elbow, firing hand, non-firing hand,
stockweld, butt plate, shooter gun angle
The 2 components of aiming
1) Sight alignment
2) Sight picture
Aiming process actions for common engagements
Weapon orientation, Sight alignment, Sight picture, Point of aim, Desired point of impact
Arc of movement or the wobble zone
The extent of lateral, horizontal and front-to-back variance in the movement that occurs
in the sight picture
Key to trigger control
A smooth, consistent trigger squeeze, regardless of speed, allows the shot to fire at
soldier's moment of choosing
Sequence of action follow-through
Recoil management, Recoil recovery, Trigger/sear reset, Sight picture adjustment,
engagement assessment
Answers with Complete Solutions 100% Correct | 2024
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
Direct, Identify, Decide, Engage, Assess (DIDEA)
Applying the shot process
1) Pre-shot
2) Shot
3) Post-shot
Shot Process
The basic outline of an individual engagement sequence all firers consider during an
engagement, regardless of the weapon employed
Functional elements of the shot process
Stability, Aim, Control, movement
Carry Positions
1) Hang
2) safe hang
3) Collapsed low Ready
4) Low ready
5) High ready
6) ready or ready up
Primary positions
Standing, squatting, kneeling, sitting and prone. There are 12 total.
Elements of stability
Support, Muscle relaxation, Natural point of aim, Recoil management
Elements of firing position
Leg position, stance/CoG, Firing elbow, Non-firing elbow, firing hand, non-firing hand,
stockweld, butt plate, shooter gun angle
The 2 components of aiming
1) Sight alignment
2) Sight picture
Aiming process actions for common engagements
Weapon orientation, Sight alignment, Sight picture, Point of aim, Desired point of impact
Arc of movement or the wobble zone
The extent of lateral, horizontal and front-to-back variance in the movement that occurs
in the sight picture
Key to trigger control
A smooth, consistent trigger squeeze, regardless of speed, allows the shot to fire at
soldier's moment of choosing
Sequence of action follow-through
Recoil management, Recoil recovery, Trigger/sear reset, Sight picture adjustment,
engagement assessment
