TBS PHASE 3 Question and Answer [2026] |
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | Detailed Solutions
• MG Support relationships - General -✓✓ "Support given to the supported force
as a whole and not to any particular subdivision thereof. " Supported units must
coordinate with the supporting unit's parent in order to receive specific or more
direct support.
• MG Support relationships - Direct -✓✓ A unit in direct support of another unit is
assigned the mission of providing the support requested directly to the supported
unit
• MG Support Relationships - Attachments -✓✓ Attachment is the placement of a
unit in an organization where such placement is relatively temporary. The
organization to which a unit is attached assumes complete tactical and
administrative control over the unit, subject to any limitations (usually time)
stipulated in the attachment order.
• Oblique Fire -✓✓ Fire delivered on the oblique of a target, when the target is
oriented between 0 and 90 degrees to the firing unit.
• Enfilade Fire -✓✓ - The long axis of the beaten zone coincides with or nearly
coincides with the long axis of the target.
- This class of fire is either Frontal or Flanking and is the most desirable class of
fire with respect to the target, because it maximizes the use of the beaten zone
• MG Employment Principles -✓✓ PICMDEEP: Pairs, Interlocking Fires,
Coordination of Fires, Mutual Support, Defilade, Enfilade, Economy of Fires,
Protection
, • Offensive Roles of MG's -✓✓ Fires in Support of: Maneuver, Consolidation,
Assault, Isolation
• MG Displacement Considerations -✓✓ MORT
Method
Objective
Route
Time
• M240B Grazing Fire -✓✓ 600m
• M240B Sustained Rate of Fire -✓✓ 100 rpm
• M240B Rapid Rate of Fire -✓✓ 200 rpm
• M240B Max Effective Range -✓✓ 1800m
• M2 .50cal Rapid Rate of Fire -✓✓ 40 or more rds per minute
6-9rd burst
5-10 sec pause
barrel change every hour
• M2 .50 Cal Ranges -✓✓ Max: 7400m
Max effective: 1800m
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | Detailed Solutions
• MG Support relationships - General -✓✓ "Support given to the supported force
as a whole and not to any particular subdivision thereof. " Supported units must
coordinate with the supporting unit's parent in order to receive specific or more
direct support.
• MG Support relationships - Direct -✓✓ A unit in direct support of another unit is
assigned the mission of providing the support requested directly to the supported
unit
• MG Support Relationships - Attachments -✓✓ Attachment is the placement of a
unit in an organization where such placement is relatively temporary. The
organization to which a unit is attached assumes complete tactical and
administrative control over the unit, subject to any limitations (usually time)
stipulated in the attachment order.
• Oblique Fire -✓✓ Fire delivered on the oblique of a target, when the target is
oriented between 0 and 90 degrees to the firing unit.
• Enfilade Fire -✓✓ - The long axis of the beaten zone coincides with or nearly
coincides with the long axis of the target.
- This class of fire is either Frontal or Flanking and is the most desirable class of
fire with respect to the target, because it maximizes the use of the beaten zone
• MG Employment Principles -✓✓ PICMDEEP: Pairs, Interlocking Fires,
Coordination of Fires, Mutual Support, Defilade, Enfilade, Economy of Fires,
Protection
, • Offensive Roles of MG's -✓✓ Fires in Support of: Maneuver, Consolidation,
Assault, Isolation
• MG Displacement Considerations -✓✓ MORT
Method
Objective
Route
Time
• M240B Grazing Fire -✓✓ 600m
• M240B Sustained Rate of Fire -✓✓ 100 rpm
• M240B Rapid Rate of Fire -✓✓ 200 rpm
• M240B Max Effective Range -✓✓ 1800m
• M2 .50cal Rapid Rate of Fire -✓✓ 40 or more rds per minute
6-9rd burst
5-10 sec pause
barrel change every hour
• M2 .50 Cal Ranges -✓✓ Max: 7400m
Max effective: 1800m
