>tfw new recruits are this fucking dumb
Ugh.
Isn't that the same rag that said cleaning your gun was unnecessary?
>>29447456
Someone ought to garret that fucking newsman. You are not a soldier until you CAN shoot.
>mfw there were soldiers in my BCT class in 2008 that went through 20 iterations on the firing line to qualify with a 23
>>29447490
You need a 26, sport.
>>29447456
military times' aren't written by people in the military and DOD has little control over what gets published and what doesn't.
They have to put something on the cover to get your attention just like every other form of entertainment media. I literally only buy it for info that command doesn't feel like telling us about en masse like upcoming uniform and reg changes. Other than that its just shit to read while you shit
>>29447490
>>29447498
Neverserved here, how is the scoring done?
And what does it take to qualify?
>>29447498
Whatever it is, I was in the ballpark.
>>29447520
It's out of 40 pop up targets between 50 and 300 meters.
>>29447595
How fast do they pop up? One shot per target?
Do you have to use irons or do you get an optic for the gun?
>>29447752
They are up for something like 5 seconds. In BCT it is with irons.
>>29447794
How can you not pass that? They're man sized targets right?
Who the fuck takes over twenty tries to do that?
I believe it. A lot of soldiers, mostly female, I had, didn't care about shooting until they needed points.
>>29447752
exposure time carries on distance. the farther out the target, the longer it is up, so you engage near before far. there are 40 targets, and you get 40 rounds.
>>29447456
Does it matter? Combat arms is a very small part of the army.
>>29447883
Upper torso and head only, not full human. Sometimes it's faulty equipment, but usually it's nervousness or not sighting your weapon in right.
Expert is a cake walk with any of the heavy weapons, but some people just have issues with irons.
>>29447971
Every soldier HAS to shoot and qual. No matter what
>>29447456
future recruit here they still use iron sights or am I stuck using some optic, I know you zero them in all that before hand
You guys are acting like a bunch of POGs who only shoot twice a year can hit a 300m target with ease. At that range you had to aim differently as you won't hit it on a flat trajectory.
>>29447456
MR SARGEND I HAVE LOSSED MY RIFLE :-DDDD
>>29447456
>be me, 2005, first class to have to qualify again after AIT
>onna range, pew pew
>bolt jams forward, hitting rifle, range Sgt comes over and beats stock against the ground, finally cycles
>missed at least 8 targets due to malfunction, still qualified easily
There are benefits to being out.
>>29448027
M16/m4s are zeroed so that a center of mass sight picture will result in a hit on any target 25-300m
>>29448149
That's target center, any hit counts
