CRITICAL COMBAT PERFORMANCES, KNOWLEDGES, AND SKILLS REQUIRED OF THE INFANTRY RIFLE SQUAD LEADER: RIFLE, 5.56MM, M16

Abstract

The paper covers the critical combat performances, knowledges, and skills required of the Infantry rifle squad leader when using and supervising the use of the M16 rifle as an automatic or semiautomatic weapon to include zeroing, firing positions, delivery of fire, rapid reloading, maintenance, immediate action, safety, and destruction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0713821

Entities

People

  • Henry E. Kelly
  • Richard A. Taylor
  • T. O. Jacobs

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Cooled
  • Ammunition
  • Assembly
  • Automatic
  • Ball Ammunition
  • Cartridge Cases
  • Enemy Personnel
  • Firing Pins
  • Materials
  • Semiautomatic
  • Semiautomatic Weapons
  • Training
  • Trajectories
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • ballistics.