U.S. Weapon Systems

28 July 2011
Day 40

Now that qualification is over the next 2 days will be spend learning about different U.S. Weapon Systems. Today, wake up was about 0400 and first formation was at 0500. PT at 0515, which consisted of normal routine and the ability to group run. Chow was served at 0700 and off to the range we went. The first range we went to was to learn about the AT-4 and BDM. I'm sure everyone has seen one of these weapons. They are the "tube-looking" weapons that one fires from the shoulder. Both were very similar only one can penetrate 14 inch steel. Before lunch chow we were able to fire tracer rounds from the AT-4 at tanks and various targets about the range.

The second range we visited was the M203 grenade launcher. Talk about a neat weapon system. The M203 attaches to the M16 rifle and is fired directly from the rifle. This class was short and we moved directly into firing on the range. Talk about a weapon that packs some punch. Great day (very rewarding) after qualification). Tomorrow will be very interesting!

Matthew