Infantry ALC Marksmanship Study
overmatch - Answer- The soldier applying their learned skills, employing their
equipment, leveraging technology, and applying the proper force to create an unfair
fight in favor of the soldier
engagement process - Answer- Direct, Identify, Decide, Engage, Assess (DIDEA)
Applying the shot process - Answer- 1) Pre-shot
2) Shot
3) Post-shot
Shot Process - Answer- The basic outline of an individual engagement sequence all
firers consider during an engagement, regardless of the weapon employed
Functional elements of the shot process - Answer- Stability, Aim, Control, movement
Carry Positions - Answer- 1) Hang
2) safe hang
3) Collapsed low Ready
4) Low ready
5) High ready
6) ready or ready up
Primary positions - Answer- Standing, squatting, kneeling, sitting and prone. There are
12 total.
Elements of stability - Answer- Support, Muscle relaxation, Natural point of aim, Recoil
management
Elements of firing position - Answer- Leg position, stance/CoG, Firing elbow, Non-firing
elbow, firing hand, non-firing hand, stockweld, butt plate, shooter gun angle
The 2 components of aiming - Answer- 1) Sight alignment
2) Sight picture
Aiming process actions for common engagements - Answer- Weapon orientation, Sight
alignment, Sight picture, Point of aim, Desired point of impact
Arc of movement or the wobble zone - Answer- The extent of lateral, horizontal and
front-to-back variance in the movement that occurs in the sight picture
