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Sucked Down the Tube: A Failure in Training

AAR, Concepts, Equipment, Military, Primary & Secondary, Training, Weapons

Much, if not all training and practice is conducted on flat ranges under calm conditions with no surprises. We shoot steel and paper that we purposely place and…

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Inches, Minutes, Clicks- Zero That Blaster

Concepts, Equipment, Primary & Secondary, Training, Weapons

Zeroing is literally one of the most important thing we need to accomplish with our rifles and #spacegun pistols. There is much talk around the technique to accomplish…

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Running the Irons.

Concepts, Equipment, Everything Else, Law Enforcement, Military, Primary & Secondary, Training, Weapons

Iron sights have been part of shooting since the very least April 19th 1775. Aiming was a major part of our tactics that helped defeat the British unaimed…

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Malfunctions

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are continuing our discussion on Control. Specifically, we will be addressing how to handle malfunctions, which is a particular part of the shot process that was not…

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Understanding the AR-15 Gas System

Concepts, Weapons

The AR-15 Direct Gas Impingement System is a rather straight forward system to understand. When the weapon is fired, gas travels down the barrel behind the bullet. As…

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Follow Through With the M4 and M4A1

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are continuing our discussion on control. Specifically we will be addressing Follow-through for the M4 and M4A1 platforms. The Reference for this discussion is TC 3-22.9 Change…

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Thermal Boresighting

Concepts, Equipment, Military, Training

We are continuing our discussion on the Boresight. Specifically, we will be boresighting thermals. The reference for this is TM 9-5860-226-13&P dated August 2007. The boresight needs to…

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Standard Qualification for the M4

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are going to start a discussion on qualification standards. Specifically, we are going to address what the standard is for qualification with the M4. The references for…

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Rates of Fire for the M4 and M4A1

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are continuing our discussion on control. Specifically we will be addressing the rates of fire for the M4 and M4A1 platforms. The Reference for this discussion is…

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Low Power Variable Optics

Concepts, Equipment, Military

We will be discussing optics, and what trends there are in the civilian market that may carry over to the military force modernization efforts. One of the biggest…

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Fire Control for Machine Guns

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are continuing our discussion on Fire control for machine guns. Specifically, we are addressing what fire control is, and what methods are available to the Paratrooper. The…

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Loss and Learning

Concepts, Law Enforcement

Law Enforcement is a family. We think of one another as brothers and sisters; Much like actual siblings we don’t always get along but when adversity strikes we…

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Even More On Boresighting

Concepts, Equipment, Military, Training

We are continuing our discussion on the Boresight. Specifically, we will be boresighting lasers. The reference for this is TM 9-5860-226-13&P dated August 2007. The boresight needs to…

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Q/A on IWTS

Concepts, Military, Training

We are answering some questions that have been brought up in reference to the Integrated Weapons Training Strategy and how it is reported. As we discussed in previous…

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Fire Commands

Concepts, Military, Training

We are going to address something that is common for machine guns and AT weapons to need to know; fire commands. The reference for this is FM 3-22.68…

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More Zeroing With Boresight

Concepts, Equipment, Military, Training, Weapons

We are going to continue our discussion on the Laser Boresight. Specifically, we are going to talk about how to zero the enabler with a zeroed LBS. The…

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Machine Gun: Ammunition Planning

Concepts, Military, Training, Weapons

We are continuing our discussion on machine gun theory, specifically we are addressing an oft overlooked thing for support by fire: Ammunition planning. I know most of us…

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Calling the Shot

Concepts, Military, Training

We are continuing our discussion on the functional element of control. Specifically we will be discussing ‘calling the shot.’ The reference for this is TC 3-22.9 Change 1,…

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Follow Up on TC 3-22.9

AAR, Concepts, Military, Primary & Secondary, Training, Weapons

A year ago, we finished the last edits on the TC 3-22.9 that published in May of 2016. For those that have taken the time to read this…

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Functional Element Of Weapon Control

Concepts, Military, Training

We are continuing our discussion on the functional element of control. Specifically, we will be addressing workspace management. The reference for this study is TC 3-22.9 dated January…

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Dressing for Winter – Gloves

Concepts, Equipment

By: Orvar Bäcklin “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing” -Swedish Proverb This is a follow-up to the cold weather primer I wrote. If you haven’t…

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