Marine Corps 500 Yard Target Size

300 yard line able target 5 rounds sitting.

Marine corps 500 yard target size.

The course of fire. The b mod target is the larger silhouette with black 40 tall and 20 wide. The targets are at 200 300 and 500 yards and the firing is a combination of rapid and slow fire in a variety of firing positions. In boot camp 1987 i m pretty sure we fired on the alpha dog and baker modified targets.

During firing week the second week of marksmanship training recruits b. Alpha was the 12 black round bull dog was the 19 tall shoulder up silhouette for rapids and the baker was the 40 tall silhouette for the 500 yard prone firing. 200 yard line dog target 10 rounds rapid fire sitting. Qualification day qual day is the last day of firing week during recruit training.

Shooting at targets that are 200 300 and 500 yards away from the prone sitting kneeling and standing. Marines basically return from their annual ranges away from the unit for two or more weeks with a score and a. 1145 clyde hanson dr hammond wi 54015. The b modified target is a human silhouette also on a 6ft x 6ft paper and used for slow fire at the 500 yard line from the prone.

300 yard line dog 10 round rapid fire prone. In the short bay marines engage a series of stationary and moving targets at 100 yards from standing and kneeling positions as well as targets moving from 25 to 15 yards from the standing position. I was last wearing the marine uniform in 1990. 200 yard line firing at able.

The marine corps basic training marksmanship course consists of threedistinct phases. A marine can make expert without ever hitting the target from the 500 yard line. 5 sitting 5 kneeling 5 standing. Marine corps training and qualification targets.

The new course of fire starts at the 500 yard line and shooters work their way forward to the 15 yard line shooting at the same target the entire course of fire. 500 yard line b mod 10 rounds prone.