Fighting Position Flashcards

A location on the ground from which fire is delivered by an individual, a fire unit, a squad or fire team, or crew served weapon.

The best available position which the assigned sector of fire can be covered.

<p>Not normally assigned to individuals or units in the platoon, primarily used by crew-served weapons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prepared to guard against attack from directions other than those from which the main attack is expected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Used when there is little time for preparation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The area that is required to be covered by an individual, a fire unit, a squad, or a fire team.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Readily identifiable terrain features selected to indicate the line of sight of the sector.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The forward limit is established at the range at which the weapon will open fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two stakes placed near the position on the weapon indicating the lateral limits during restricted visibility.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They create a pivot point for the weapon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It allows you to better observe the enemy and ensure your fires are able to hit the enemy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Know your sector of fire and use the acronym SAFE (Security, Automatic Weapons, Fields of Fire, and Entrench).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Soil consideration and placement, camouflage, overhead cover, sand bags.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two Man Fighting Hole</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>As small as practical, wide enough to accommodate the shoulders of a man sitting on the fire step, two helmets wide, long enough for use of an e-tool, one rifle length, and armpit deep to the fire step.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It protects from direct fire weapons and is three feet thick, no more than six inches high leaving eight inches of space from the hole to elbow rest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>At least eight inches wide all the way around the hole, elbow holes are dug in the sector of fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It collects water and provides space while seated on the first step, 12 inches deep and sloped downward at an angle of 30 degrees toward the first step.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A circular sump dug into the center front, cone-shaped with an opening measuring as wide as the spade of the e-tool narrowing to five inches in diameter at the end, sloped downward at 30 degrees and as deep as a Marine can make it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Offers less protection against tank crossings, bombs, and fragments. Allows for continuous observation and redistribution of ammunition between occupants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wide enough for the two shoulders of men sitting on the fire step, two helmets wide, enough for a water sump in the center, two rifle lengths, tall as the tallest man's armpits on the first step.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Same as a one man fighting hole.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Same as one man fighting hole, except can be different if Marines are of different heights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Refer to page 7.</p> Signup and view all the answers