ALC MACHINE GUN QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ACTUAL 2025/2026
Automatic riflemen use assault fire when in close combat. Assault fire
involves firing without the aid of sights using hip, shoulder, and
underarm positions. Which of the below is a consideration for
automatic riflemen using assault fire? ----Answers---Aim low fire
upwards
Fire distributed in width and depth by successive changes in
direction and elevation is known as . ----Answers---Searching
and Traversing
occurs when the long axis of the beaten zone is at an angle
other than a right angle to the front of the target. ----Answers---
Oblique Fire
The weapons squad leader must understand fully the mission, the
amount of available ammunition, and application of machine gun fire
needed to support fully all vital events of the mission. What are the
rates of fire for the M249 squad automatic weapon? ----Answers---
Sustained - 100RPM
Rapid - 200RPM
Cyclic - 650-850 RPM
Gunners can use this technique of fire when there is sufficient low
ground between the machine gun and target area of the maneuver
friendly force. ----Answers---Overhead
, What are the six (6) fires with respect to the machine gun? ----
Answers---Fixed fire, Traversing fire, Searching fire, Traversing and
Searching fire, Swinging traversing, Free Gun fire.*
Fire commands are given to deliver fire on a target quickly and
without confusion. What are the six (6) elements of fire commands
for the machine gun? ----Answers---*Alert, Direction, Description,
Range, Method of fire, Command to fire*
When several rounds are fired in a burst from any machine gun, each
round takes a slightly different trajectory. The pattern these rounds
form on the way to the target is called a? ----Answers---Cone of Fire
Once the enemy has been suppressed, machine gunners fire at the
rate of fire. By using this rate of fire, the gunners can
conserve ammunition and requires only infrequent barrel changes. ----
Answers---Sustained rate
Leaders and gunners should strive at all times to position their gun
teams where they can best take advantage of the machine guns beaten
zone with respect to an enemy target. What are the (4) classifications
of fires with respect to the target? ----Answers- -*Frontal fires,
Flanking fires, Oblique fires, Enfilade fires*
fire is employed against targets requiring major
changes in direction but little or no change in elevation.----Answers--
-Swinging traverse
ACTUAL 2025/2026
Automatic riflemen use assault fire when in close combat. Assault fire
involves firing without the aid of sights using hip, shoulder, and
underarm positions. Which of the below is a consideration for
automatic riflemen using assault fire? ----Answers---Aim low fire
upwards
Fire distributed in width and depth by successive changes in
direction and elevation is known as . ----Answers---Searching
and Traversing
occurs when the long axis of the beaten zone is at an angle
other than a right angle to the front of the target. ----Answers---
Oblique Fire
The weapons squad leader must understand fully the mission, the
amount of available ammunition, and application of machine gun fire
needed to support fully all vital events of the mission. What are the
rates of fire for the M249 squad automatic weapon? ----Answers---
Sustained - 100RPM
Rapid - 200RPM
Cyclic - 650-850 RPM
Gunners can use this technique of fire when there is sufficient low
ground between the machine gun and target area of the maneuver
friendly force. ----Answers---Overhead
, What are the six (6) fires with respect to the machine gun? ----
Answers---Fixed fire, Traversing fire, Searching fire, Traversing and
Searching fire, Swinging traversing, Free Gun fire.*
Fire commands are given to deliver fire on a target quickly and
without confusion. What are the six (6) elements of fire commands
for the machine gun? ----Answers---*Alert, Direction, Description,
Range, Method of fire, Command to fire*
When several rounds are fired in a burst from any machine gun, each
round takes a slightly different trajectory. The pattern these rounds
form on the way to the target is called a? ----Answers---Cone of Fire
Once the enemy has been suppressed, machine gunners fire at the
rate of fire. By using this rate of fire, the gunners can
conserve ammunition and requires only infrequent barrel changes. ----
Answers---Sustained rate
Leaders and gunners should strive at all times to position their gun
teams where they can best take advantage of the machine guns beaten
zone with respect to an enemy target. What are the (4) classifications
of fires with respect to the target? ----Answers- -*Frontal fires,
Flanking fires, Oblique fires, Enfilade fires*
fire is employed against targets requiring major
changes in direction but little or no change in elevation.----Answers--
-Swinging traverse
