Become a Rifle Expert - Master Your Marksmanship With US Army Rifle & Sniper Handbooks
Military Marksmanship, Ballistics, Field Positions & Sniper FundamentalsBy U.S. Department of Defense
Length21h 4m
About this audiobook
Become a Rifle Expert—Master Your Marksmanship With US Army Rifle & Sniper Handbooks presents a systematic introduction to the principles, practices, and disciplined habits underlying military rifle marksmanship. Drawing on the instructional tradition of U.S. Army field and sniper manuals, the volume treats weapon handling, firing fundamentals, sight alignment, breathing, trigger control, range estimation, field observation, and the sustained development of accuracy under demanding conditions. Its style is procedural rather than literary: concise explanations, technical terminology, and an emphasis on repeatable drills reflect the handbook genre and its practical origins. The book is best understood within the broader culture of professional military training, where competence depends upon standardization, safety, physical control, and informed judgment rather than improvised technique. The U.S. Department of Defense is not an individual author but the institutional voice responsible for organizing, preserving, and disseminating doctrine developed through military experience, testing, and training. That institutional perspective explains the book's emphasis on method, accountability, and operational readiness. Its material emerges from a long governmental effort to codify lessons learned by soldiers and instructors, translating specialized expertise into accessible guidance for disciplined practice. The result reflects the Army's educational mission as much as its combat heritage. Recommended for students of military history, firearms instruction, tactical doctrine, and the sociology of professional training, this volume offers a valuable primary-source window into how the U.S. Army defines effective marksmanship. Readers should approach it with appropriate attention to safety, legality, and qualified supervision; within those limits, it rewards careful study as both a practical reference and a document of institutional knowledge.
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GenreOther
Length21 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TIMES OF WAR & PERIL - The Historical Novels Series (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)
2Rifle Marksmanship:
3PREFACE
4INTRODUCTION AND TRAINING STRATEGY
5CHARACTERISTICS, AMMUNITION, AND ACCESSORIES
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6TROUBLESHOOTING AND DESTRUCTION
7PRELIMINARY MARKSMANSHIP INSTRUCTION
8DOWNRANGE FEEDBACK
9FIELD FIRE
10ADVANCED RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP (pt. 1)
11ADVANCED RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP (pt. 2)
12ADVANCED OPTICS, LASERS, AND IRON SIGHTS
13APPENDIX A: TRAINING AIDS AND DEVICES
14APPENDIX B: SCORECARDS
15APPENDIX C: LASER MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING SYSTEM
16APPENDIX D: RANGE SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
17APPENDIX E: RANGE OPERATIONS CHECKLIST
18APPENDIX F: ACTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND STANDARDS
19APPENDIX G: 10 – METTER TARGET OFFSET AND 25 – METTER ZERO OFFSETS
20APPENDIX H: NIGHT FIGHTING
21Sniper Training:
22Preface
23Introduction
24Equipment
25Marksmanship
26Field Techniques
27Mission Preparation
28Operations
29Communications
30Tracking/Countertracking
31Sniper Sustainment Training
32Appendix A: Primary Sniper Weapons of the World
33Appendix B: M21 Sniper Weapon System
34Counter Sniper Guide:
35FOREWORD
36AMMUNITION
37RIFLES
38SIGHTS
39NOISE AND MUZZLE FLASH
40GENERAL NOTES
41ANNEX A: TRAJECTORY OF 222 CARTRIDGE
42ANNEX B: DESCRIPTION OF EPOXY IMPREGNATION OF STOCK
43ANNEX C: FIRING POSITIONS
44ANNEX D: TYPICAL COUNTERSNIPER SITUATIONS
45ANNEX E: SUITABLE COUNTERSNIPING EQUIPMENT
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