Correct Answers 2024
What is an imaginary line, from the firers' eye, through the
sights, to the point of aim on the target?
Line of Sight
What is a number of successive rounds fired with the same
elevation and point of aim, when the trigger is held to the rear?
Burst of fire
What are factors that affect a burst of fire?
1.The gunner and rate of fire.
2.The gun and ammunition.
3.Clarity of target.
4.Air / weather.
5.Distance.
What is the curved path the round takes
during its flight?
Trajectory
What is the highest point above the
line of sight which a projectile rises during its' flight?
Maximum ordinate
What is the pattern made by a group of rounds resulting from a
burst of fire?
Cone of Fire
What is the elliptical pattern formed
on the ground or target by the striking rounds?
The Beaten Zone
What % is an effective beaten zone?
85%
What is BETWEEN the muzzle of the weapon
and the target where the trajectory rises less than 1.8
meters (the average height of a standing Soldier) above the
ground, including the beaten zone?
The Danger Space
What are classes of MG?
Respect to the ground
Respect to the target
Respect to the MG
What are the respect to the ground?
Grazing fire
Plunging fire
Dead space
What are respect to the target?
Frontal Fire
Flanking Fire