If a shooter is satisfied with his zero prior to expending 18.
M4 paper target qualification standards.
Upon completion of zero the firer will begin the record fire phase of weapons qualification.
The shot groups must be centered within the zero circle.
The soldier develops confidence knowledge.
Nbc and night firing are done on a go no go scoring system and recorded in remarks column.
It is a guide for the instructor to develop training programs plans and lessons that meet the objectives of the us army marksmanship program for developing combat effective marksmen.
See format for scorecard in figure b 2.
In july the army released tc 3 20 40 training and qualification individual weapons or dot 40 that covers not just rifle and carbine marksmanship but also has new standards for.
Appendix f of tc 3 22 9 change 1 states that the 25 meter scaled target alternate course is used when a standard record fire or kd range is unavailable for weapon qualification.
The references for this is tc 3 22 9 change 1 dated january 2017.
5 target hits go.
Army medical center of excellence jbsa ft.
7 target hits go.
Qualification with the m249 m60 m240b machine gun consists of achieving the minimum standards for 10 meter day and transition day firing tables.
The qualification scores are.
Specifically we are going to address what the standard is for qualification with the m4.
Us army combined arms center.
You must hit 23 to 29 out of the 40 targets in order to earn the marksmanship qualification.
Marksman 80 to 119.
One point is allowed for each round impacting within the scoring space maximum of 7 points m249 or 9 points m60 m240b for each space for firing table i.
Sharpshooter 120 to 159.
If you do a little better 30 to 35 you qualify for the sharpshooter badge.
M9 9 mm pistol and the m11 9 mm pistol.
After the sight changes are made two more three round shot groups are fired using the same procedure to confirm the zero.
The army is about to release its new training strategy for a challenging marksmanship qualification standard that all soldiers will have to use to qualify annually with their m16 rifles and m4.
