Rifle Marksmanship Course Trainfire: Department of the Army Field Manual FM 23-71, September 1957

1. Purpose and Scope

a. This manual is published for the use of instructors in the conduct of the TRAINFIRE I Rifle Marksmanship Course. It includes a description of the course, training aids, targets, and ranges. It also includes subject schedules and detailed lesson plans for the conduct of the training.

b. The material presented herein is applicable without modification to both atomic and nonatomic warfare TRAINFIRE I.

Table of Contents • CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 2. CONDUCT OF TRAINING
• CHAPTER 3. PREPARATORY MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING AND 25-METER FIRING
• CHAPTER 4. FIELD FIRING AND RECORD FIRING
• CHAPTER 5. TARGET DETECTION
• CHAPTER 6. TRAINING AIDS, RANGES, AND TARGETS
• APPENDIX LESSON PLANS
• Period 1. Orientation
• Period 2. Introduction to Firing
• Period 3. Mechanical Training
• Period 4. Aiming and the Steady Hold Factors
• Period 5. Prone, Sitting, and Squatting Positions; Introduction to Target Detection
• Period 6. Kneeling, Foxhole, and Standing Positions; Detection of Realistic Battlefield Targets
• Period 7. Progress Check on the Components of Shooting (25-Meter Firing)
• Period 8. Battlesight Zeroing
• Period 9. Introduction to Field Firing; Detection of Single Moving Targets
• Period 10. Simulated Advance of Stationary Targets; Detection of Multiple Moving Targets
• Period 11. Field Firing on Surprise Targets; Target Locations by Sound
• Period 12. Advancing on Surprise Targets and Firing from Prescribed Positions; Review of Fundamentals
• Period 13. Advance on Surprise Targets and Firing from an Optional Position; Detection Training, Personal Camouflage, and Movement Skills
• Period 14. Field Firing on Distant Stationary Targets; Confirmation of Zeros
• Period 15. Engaging Multiple Surprise Targets from a Stationary Position; Target Detection Training to Include Combination of Sound Localization and Multiple Moving Targets
• Period 16. Engaging Multiple Surprise Targets While Advancing; Review of Target Detection
• Period 17. Record Course; Record Firing I