751st Small arms familiarization

Courtesy Photo | Staff Sgt. Charles Muntz, a Mount Pleasant, S.C., native, and leader with HHC, 751st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, engages his target during Small Arms Familiarization Fire.  

AL ASAD, IRAQ

09.12.2009

Courtesy Story

13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC)

AL ASAD, Iraq — Soldiers of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 751st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade recently conducted training on the small arms range here.

The training familiarized Soldiers on performing function checks and firing their assigned weapons.

Soldiers fired the M9 pistol and the M4A1 rifle. Soldiers are required to qualify with their weapons yearly according to Army standards. A majority of Soldiers carry the M4A1 rifle. It is effective at ranges of 150 meters or less and has a maximum effective range of about 500-600 meters. Qualification requires that a hit at a minimum, 23 out of 40 targets.

Soldiers also used this training session to familiarize themselves with proper breathing techniques as well as proper stances. Three firing positions are required to qualify with the M4A1 — prone-supported, prone unsupported, and kneeling.

• Date Taken: 09.12.2009
• Date Posted: 09.12.2009 17:54
• Story ID: 38686
• Location: AL ASAD, IQ