ALC Machine Gun Test
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? - correct answer ✔✔Aim low fire upwards
Fire distributed in width and depth by successive changes in direction and elevation is known as
_____________. - correct answer ✔✔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. - correct answer ✔✔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? - correct answer ✔✔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. - correct answer ✔✔Overhead
What are the six (6) fires with respect to the machine gun? - correct answer ✔✔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? - correct answer ✔✔*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? - correct answer ✔✔Cone
of Fire
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? - correct answer ✔✔Aim low fire upwards
Fire distributed in width and depth by successive changes in direction and elevation is known as
_____________. - correct answer ✔✔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. - correct answer ✔✔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? - correct answer ✔✔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. - correct answer ✔✔Overhead
What are the six (6) fires with respect to the machine gun? - correct answer ✔✔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? - correct answer ✔✔*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? - correct answer ✔✔Cone
of Fire
