Post by 2nd Bat on Mar 30, 2014 11:59:37 GMT -5
Define or explain the following:
LMG*. Light machine gun
Stovepipe*. (a jam where the shell cassing isn't fully ejecting from the weapon)
Runaway gun*. A full automatic that continues to fire even though the trigger is no longer being pulled
Stoppage*. Any thing that prevents a weapon from being fired
Immediate action*. The steps (in order) that a soldier takes to eliminate a stoppage. The actions have be instinct without thought.
How you might use a nickle or dime with a .50 Cal machine gun*. These coins can serve as a substitute for the space and timing tool used to calibrate a 50 Cal machine gun.
FMJ*. A type of round (Full metal jacket)
Common types of rifle ammunition*. Ball, tracer, incendiary, armor piercing and training round.
Cone of fire*. A full auto weapon creates a trajectory that forms a lethl channel with some variance due to the recoil causing the muzzle to move around a bit.
Beaten zone*. Rifles and machine guns can be lobbed at an area target to pulverize an area. This impact point is called the beaten zone.
A "short round"*. Indirect weapons occassionally fire rounds that due to wind, atmospheric conditions, treelines or insufficient powder or combustion fall short of their intended impact point. These sometimes creat friendly casualties. When ever possible you try NOT to fire indirect fire weapons over friendly forces although often this is
not possible.
Enfilade fire*. when ever possible it is desireable to catch your enemy so the axis of their formation is in line with your fire. A colume attacked from the front or rear or a line attacked from the flank. In addition if the target unit is on level ground with no dips or (defilade) that will provide cover, This is called enfilade fire.
Cover vs concealment*. Cover is when your force or your enemy force is behind an obstacle that will deflect or absorb fire. (protection). Concealment is when your enemy or your force is screened from view but direct fire weapons can still produce caualties. Brush or thin walls can provide " concealment" but not "cover"
Back blast area*. Recoiless rifles such as panzerschrechs or bazookas are rocket propelled and these rockets produce a potentially lethal back blast area and when fired from inside a building or bunker may be unsafe to use.
Plunging fire*. When weapons are aimed such that ammunition is delivered by lobbing the ammunition rather than firing it directly. Sometimes fire delivered from a hilltop or ridgeline on a target below is incorrectly referred to as plunging fire but in fact more often than not it is direct fire.
A howitzer vs a Cannon*. A howitzer is an artillery designed to fire primarily such that ammo plunges into its target a cannon is primarily designed to deliver direct fire. Typically anti tank guns were cannons and conventional artillery were howitzers.
A gun vs a rifle. A rifle is a weapon with twisted grooves in its barrel that causes the round to centrifically spin through the air (much like a football thrown in a tight spiral).
This rifling produces a more consistent trajectory for greater accuracy. A gun has no such rifling inside the barrel. Shotguns for example are indeed guns. airsoft weapons are indeed guns. By WW2 most weapons had rifling. A mans private parts were also referred to as his "gun".
T.O.T*. "Time on Target". US artillery could be syncopated so a variety of batteries firing from widely assorted ranges could be timed so the rounds would all strike t once with devastating results. Only US artillery in Ww2 deliberately and with regularity could produce this effect.
H.E.*. high Explosive"
W.P.*. White Posperous ammunition. These were rounds designed primarily as marking rounds as their intense white smoke was easily seen however the resulting fire was very intense and incendiary and the effect aginst infantry unlucky enough to be struck by it was very very nasty. Posphorous continues to burn as long as it is exposed to oxygen. Hence to extinguish the heat you must cover the powder. WP imbedded in a body could be put out by covering the wound with a poncho but as soon as the poncho is removed the WP reignites! Nasty nasty nasty. When the round impacts it looks very much like aerial fireworks exploding.
VT Round* This referred to "Variably timed" artillery rounds which was a deliberately missleading term. these rounds consistently produced air bursts which were far more lethal that conventional ground impacts against exposed infantry or Infantry in shallow holes. These airbursts were not produced with "timed" fuses but instead employed radar as used in anti aircraft shells that were designed to go off when in proximity to enemy aircraft. Traditional anti aircraft rounds had to have their fuses timed so the flak would go off at pre selected ranges. The US was the first to employ "proximity" rounds against ground targets with horrific effects. How these worked was top secret back in the day. VT rounds were said to have first been used at the Battle of The Bulge but anecdotal evidence supports their use long before that.
Rounds in Sheath. Artillery called with directions to create an impact pattern that will produce greater lethality. Impacts for example along the axis of a trail or road. Only the Us during WW2 had the capability to consistently produce this kind of precision routinely. US Artillery was significantly more advanced then the artillery of the other main belligerants although what Soviet Russia lacked in finesse they made up for in mass.
The difference between a clip and a magazine.*. A clip is inserted within the weapon and a magazine protrudes from the weapon. These terms however were commonly reversed. A .45 Automatic would have a "clip" while a Thompson would have a magazine.
Cleared weapon. A weapon that is free of ammunition. In the US Military, for a weapon to be cleared the person handling the weapon must remove the clip or magazine, physically look inide the chamber to insure there is no " round in battery". Point the weapon in a safe location and squeaze the trigger. Often the process required a second persons inspection concurring that the weapon is "cleared."
"Bolo Badge". Every US soldier had to qualify with his main battle weapon to graduate from basic training. There were three levels of qualification. EXPERT, Sharpshooter and Marksman. Marksman was the lowest level of achievement while still showing a passing grade. The marksman badge was ridiculed as a "bolo badge".
Maggies Drawers*. In the era prior to and throughout WW2 on the rifle range, men sat in trenches at the far end of the target line and held up a probe that would inidicte where the bullet struck. When the target was missed altogether they waved a flag which was nicknamed "maggies drawers". The insult stuck and meant a poor effort or total miss.
* denotes answered correctly answered in subsequent posts and discussions.
THANKS EVERYONE BELOW FOR PLAYING? I HOPE THIS WAS INFORMATIVE AND FUN.
LMG*. Light machine gun
Stovepipe*. (a jam where the shell cassing isn't fully ejecting from the weapon)
Runaway gun*. A full automatic that continues to fire even though the trigger is no longer being pulled
Stoppage*. Any thing that prevents a weapon from being fired
Immediate action*. The steps (in order) that a soldier takes to eliminate a stoppage. The actions have be instinct without thought.
How you might use a nickle or dime with a .50 Cal machine gun*. These coins can serve as a substitute for the space and timing tool used to calibrate a 50 Cal machine gun.
FMJ*. A type of round (Full metal jacket)
Common types of rifle ammunition*. Ball, tracer, incendiary, armor piercing and training round.
Cone of fire*. A full auto weapon creates a trajectory that forms a lethl channel with some variance due to the recoil causing the muzzle to move around a bit.
Beaten zone*. Rifles and machine guns can be lobbed at an area target to pulverize an area. This impact point is called the beaten zone.
A "short round"*. Indirect weapons occassionally fire rounds that due to wind, atmospheric conditions, treelines or insufficient powder or combustion fall short of their intended impact point. These sometimes creat friendly casualties. When ever possible you try NOT to fire indirect fire weapons over friendly forces although often this is
not possible.
Enfilade fire*. when ever possible it is desireable to catch your enemy so the axis of their formation is in line with your fire. A colume attacked from the front or rear or a line attacked from the flank. In addition if the target unit is on level ground with no dips or (defilade) that will provide cover, This is called enfilade fire.
Cover vs concealment*. Cover is when your force or your enemy force is behind an obstacle that will deflect or absorb fire. (protection). Concealment is when your enemy or your force is screened from view but direct fire weapons can still produce caualties. Brush or thin walls can provide " concealment" but not "cover"
Back blast area*. Recoiless rifles such as panzerschrechs or bazookas are rocket propelled and these rockets produce a potentially lethal back blast area and when fired from inside a building or bunker may be unsafe to use.
Plunging fire*. When weapons are aimed such that ammunition is delivered by lobbing the ammunition rather than firing it directly. Sometimes fire delivered from a hilltop or ridgeline on a target below is incorrectly referred to as plunging fire but in fact more often than not it is direct fire.
A howitzer vs a Cannon*. A howitzer is an artillery designed to fire primarily such that ammo plunges into its target a cannon is primarily designed to deliver direct fire. Typically anti tank guns were cannons and conventional artillery were howitzers.
A gun vs a rifle. A rifle is a weapon with twisted grooves in its barrel that causes the round to centrifically spin through the air (much like a football thrown in a tight spiral).
This rifling produces a more consistent trajectory for greater accuracy. A gun has no such rifling inside the barrel. Shotguns for example are indeed guns. airsoft weapons are indeed guns. By WW2 most weapons had rifling. A mans private parts were also referred to as his "gun".
T.O.T*. "Time on Target". US artillery could be syncopated so a variety of batteries firing from widely assorted ranges could be timed so the rounds would all strike t once with devastating results. Only US artillery in Ww2 deliberately and with regularity could produce this effect.
H.E.*. high Explosive"
W.P.*. White Posperous ammunition. These were rounds designed primarily as marking rounds as their intense white smoke was easily seen however the resulting fire was very intense and incendiary and the effect aginst infantry unlucky enough to be struck by it was very very nasty. Posphorous continues to burn as long as it is exposed to oxygen. Hence to extinguish the heat you must cover the powder. WP imbedded in a body could be put out by covering the wound with a poncho but as soon as the poncho is removed the WP reignites! Nasty nasty nasty. When the round impacts it looks very much like aerial fireworks exploding.
VT Round* This referred to "Variably timed" artillery rounds which was a deliberately missleading term. these rounds consistently produced air bursts which were far more lethal that conventional ground impacts against exposed infantry or Infantry in shallow holes. These airbursts were not produced with "timed" fuses but instead employed radar as used in anti aircraft shells that were designed to go off when in proximity to enemy aircraft. Traditional anti aircraft rounds had to have their fuses timed so the flak would go off at pre selected ranges. The US was the first to employ "proximity" rounds against ground targets with horrific effects. How these worked was top secret back in the day. VT rounds were said to have first been used at the Battle of The Bulge but anecdotal evidence supports their use long before that.
Rounds in Sheath. Artillery called with directions to create an impact pattern that will produce greater lethality. Impacts for example along the axis of a trail or road. Only the Us during WW2 had the capability to consistently produce this kind of precision routinely. US Artillery was significantly more advanced then the artillery of the other main belligerants although what Soviet Russia lacked in finesse they made up for in mass.
The difference between a clip and a magazine.*. A clip is inserted within the weapon and a magazine protrudes from the weapon. These terms however were commonly reversed. A .45 Automatic would have a "clip" while a Thompson would have a magazine.
Cleared weapon. A weapon that is free of ammunition. In the US Military, for a weapon to be cleared the person handling the weapon must remove the clip or magazine, physically look inide the chamber to insure there is no " round in battery". Point the weapon in a safe location and squeaze the trigger. Often the process required a second persons inspection concurring that the weapon is "cleared."
"Bolo Badge". Every US soldier had to qualify with his main battle weapon to graduate from basic training. There were three levels of qualification. EXPERT, Sharpshooter and Marksman. Marksman was the lowest level of achievement while still showing a passing grade. The marksman badge was ridiculed as a "bolo badge".
Maggies Drawers*. In the era prior to and throughout WW2 on the rifle range, men sat in trenches at the far end of the target line and held up a probe that would inidicte where the bullet struck. When the target was missed altogether they waved a flag which was nicknamed "maggies drawers". The insult stuck and meant a poor effort or total miss.
* denotes answered correctly answered in subsequent posts and discussions.
THANKS EVERYONE BELOW FOR PLAYING? I HOPE THIS WAS INFORMATIVE AND FUN.