Development of Two Courses-of-Fire: Night Fire with Aiming Lights and Combat Field Fire
Abstract
The report summarizes prior research on the development of two courses-of-fire, which are documented in the Armys Marksmanship Field Manual. One course is the Night Fire qualification or record fire course developed for using aiming lights/pointers/illuminators with night vision goggles. Research on the night fire course and standards was conducted from 1998-2000. The day qualification scenario was found to be too challenging at night because of the inability of Soldiers to detect far targets with goggles under reduced illumination conditions. For night qualification changes were then made to the day scenario that reduced the number of longer-distance targets, including removal of all 300m target presentations. The other course-of-fire is Combat Field Fire, developed in 2009 and investigated again in 2010. The report documents both research efforts and presents the core information on Soldier performance and required skills. The report fills a gap in the marksmanship training and doctrine literature by summarizing how both courses and standards were developed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1006856
Entities
People
- Jean L. Dyer