Mcrp 301a reflects this ethos and the marine corps warfighting philosophy. Over the years, the marine corps have changed standards that meet a growing need to help with future mission critical tasks. For example, you may be looking at a data book for the m16a2 shooting m855 62 grain ball ammo. Department of the navy headquarters united states marine corps washington, d. Defense program acquisition news, budget data, market briefings. At parris island, young marines will pick up a rifle and learn. The marine corps combat rifle program progresses the individual marine from the fundamentals of marksmanship to advanced combat shooting, ensuring the ability to masterfully employ the service rifle under all conditions.
M16a2 ar15a2 usmc range data books discussion in ar talk started by volksweegle, oct 27, 2012. One such task is the weapons rifle qualifications course. The manual would be very useful for high power match competitors. There are commercial data books, military data books used for rifle or pistol requalification, matches, and sniping, as well as the home made variety. A site dedicated to the history of the colt ar15 rifles, carbines and associated items. Suppressive fire is provided by the m249 saw, which is being replaced by the m27 infantry automatic rifle, and the m240b machine gun, at the squad and company levels respectively. M14 forum usmc m16a2 marksmanshipdata book, pdf posted. Purpose marine corps reference publication mcrp 301a, rifle marksmanship, provides techniques and procedures for marine corps rifle marksmanship. Determinants of rifle marksmanship performance dtic.
Us marine corps m16a2 rifle manual january 1992 edition. The official us marine corps pistol marksmanship handbook isbn. Marine corps chose a new gun to serve as a designated marksman rifle and gave the old m14 a new life. My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The basic infantry weapon of the united states marine corps is the m4 carbine. Given an m16m4 carbine service rifle with a magazine and small arms maintenance equipment case. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Free printable training targets, data book pages, and manuals. The m16a2 has, itself, since been replaced by the equallyimproved m16a4 though it still sees widespread circulation in us. Mcrp 301 a reflects this ethos and the marine corps warfighting philosophy. Usmc marine corps rifle markmanship and data book 1972 edition navmc 42. Marine corps rifle marksmanship and data book 3574 for u. The usmc was the first us service branch to adopt the improved m16a2 in the mid1980s with other service branches following suit.
These have continued to evolve over the past decade and the current standards are the following. The marine corps combat marksmanship program has established new rifle qualification. Us marine corps m16a2 rifle manual by united states, january 1992, desert pubns edition, paperback in english. Since 2002, marines use the usmc multipurpose bayonet mb. Your source for precision rifle and sniper data books endorsed by us military and law enforcement snipers consistency equals accuracy. The m16 rifle, officially designated rifle, caliber 5. The sniper rifle used by the marine corps is a marine corps designed and produced bolt action, 7. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. In addition, indirect fire is provided by the m203 grenade launcher in fireteams. The m16a2 rifle has a maximum effective range of 550 meters for individual or point targets. Remember that any correction chart shown in a military data book is specific to that rifle and ammo. Weapons training battalion officials aim to gather data from 600 marines across the force to best determine what the thresholds for qualification. Rifle marksmanship and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle.
Jims book presents a simple system for judging the speed, direction, and value of the wind. The manual covers all of the fundamentals of marksmanship with the m16a2. The official us marine corps rifle marksmanship handbook. This is a discussion on usmc m16a2 marksmanshipdata book, pdf posted.
I hardly used the rifle enough to justify for sale by kreush33 on gunsamerica 967024848. The coei bii listings and component hand receipts on are valid for the m16a2 rifle, which is a product improvement of the m16a1 rifle and entered service in 1983. List of weapons of the united states marine corps wikipedia. Purpose marine corps reference publication mcrp 301a, rifle marksmanship, provides the doctrin e, techni ques, and pro cedures for marine corps rifle marksma nship. This chart from ps magazine, january 2008 shows the differences in models m16a1, m16a2 and m16a4. Armed forces to adopt the m16a2 in the earlymid1980s, with the united states army following suit in the late 1980s. Drastic changes coming to marine corps rifle qualification. The carbine is an extension of the pistol, not a reduction of a rifle. The bottom of the trigger guard opens to provide access to the trigger while wearing winter mittens. Double posted here because it took some time and effort to do this, so i. The development of the m16a2 rifle was originally requested by the united states marine corps as a result of the usmcs combat experience in vietnam with the xm16e1 and m16a1. Department of the navy headquarters, united states marine corps washington, dc 203800001 23 feb 1999 foreword 1.
Storm tactical free downloads, targets, sniper rifle. Appendix u task directions for data book procedure knowledge mapping 275. If you are shooting an ar15 with 80 grain sierra match king bullets, your windage corrections will. Once you have made your best estimate of wind, you need to convert that into clicks of sight adjustment for the rifle and ammo you are using. Purpose marine corps reference publication mcrp 301 a, rifle marksmanship, provides techniques and procedures for marine corps rifle marksmanship. They chose m14s modified by the precision weapons shop in marine corps base quantico designated the dmr. Well, the marine corps will always be a rifle marine corps. These weapons are lightweight, gasoperated, aircooled, magazinefed. Marine corps rifle marksmanship and data books emilitary manuals. This publication discusses the individual skills required for effective rifle marksmanship and standardizes the techniques and procedures used throughout the marine corps. This manual provides operation and maintenance instructions for the m16a2, m16a3, m16a4 rifles, m4 and m4a1 carbines.
Usmc rifle marksmanship data book m14 m16 1172 marksman. The m16 rifle uses the m7 bayonet which was replaced by the newer m9 multipurpose bayonet system starting in 1987. Scope every marine is first and foremost a rifleman. I didnt copy every data page in the back of the book, just. M16a2ar15a2 usmc range data books springfield xd forum.
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