The Gunnery Sergeant of the US Marine Corps is quite different from the gunnery sergeant of the US Army. The only time that I ever heard this term used in the Army was in Field Artillery units. The Field Artillery Gunnery Sergeant was responsible for insuring that the guns were laid correctly and safely. Laying [...]
The Civil air Patrol is an official auxillary to the US Air Force. Its members are not employed by the federal government as Airmen but they do wear uniforms whenever they perform their duties in accomplishing their mission. The Civil AirPatrol was founded on December 1st 1941 during WWII. It initially was a way to garner [...]
The light machine gun is loved by infantrymen the world over. It is normally used by small infantry squads. It is any machinegun which is light enough to be carried and used by a single soldier, or a two man crew. Since it uses small caliber ammunition it is good as an antipersonnel weapon. The light machine gun (LMG) is [...]
There is really no formal term that I can relate on this one but a firefight is decsribed as an extremely intense short battle between two units where gunfire is exchanged. There can be many firefights in a battle. I normally think of it in terms of a fight between smaller sized units but my [...]
The medium machine gun (MMG) is a step up from the light machine gun in size and power. The MMG can be carried by a machine gunner or mounted on a vehicle using a vehicle mount. The medium machine gun is normally belt fed for sustained firepower and fires a full power rifle cartridge which [...]
External ballistics are the forces which effect a non powered projectile after it leaves the tube or barrel of the gun that it is fired from. We normally associate this with pistol or rifle fire but it is applied to naval gunfire as you Navy ring customers are well aware of, and mortars and field artillery [...]
Some of my older military ring customers may have heard this term before. This tactic was developed during WW1 and used in subsequent conflicts. The barrage used many different artillery pieces to fire on an area before the area was attacked by ground units. The rolling barrage was developed from this. During the rolling barrage ground units [...]
Heavy machine guns are mounted on a tripod or vehicls and are too heavy to be carried by one individual. This machine gun is manned by a crew, is belt fed, and fires a very large projectile which gives it extended range, accuracy, and firepower. This machine gun is extremely lethal and is used against [...]
Small arms refers to any weapons which are small enough to be carried by the individual soldier. So we are not only talking about rifles and pistols here. We are talking about every possible weapon that the individual combatant could possibly use. Lets add light machine guns to this list. along with this we need [...]
A reticle is the term used to describe a shape which is superimposed onto an image which is used for precise alignment. In common vernacular the reticle helps you to draw a bead on the target when it is referred to in military terms. We normally associate the reticle with firing a pistol or rifle [...]
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