Development of an Advanced Rifle Marksmanship Program of Instruction

Abstract

The Advanced Rifle Marksmanship (ARM) program existing in 1981 was analyzed and three major problems were identified: (a) limited scope of training; (b) inappropriate automatic fire and night fire training, and (c) inadequate feedback (bullet location information). An extensive analysis of Army Training and Evaluation Programs was performed for both the Infantry (ARTEP 7- 15) and the Mechanized Infantry (ARTEP 71-2). This analysis attempted to identify the most important marksmanship skills required by Infantrymen, but which had not been taught in the Basic Rifle Marksmanship program. Keywords: Automatic fire; M16A1 rifle; Marksmanship targets; Markmanship training devices; Moving target engagement training; Night fire; Quick fire; Rapid semi-automatic fire; Rifle marksmanship training; Suppressive fire; Training effectiveness analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA160268

Entities

People

  • J. D. Schendel
  • K. L. Evans

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Army Training
  • Automatic Rifles
  • Ball Ammunition
  • Combat Operations
  • Firing Rate
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Moving Targets
  • Social Sciences
  • Trailing Edges
  • Training
  • Training Devices
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Systems Analysis and Design