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IBOLC Entrance Exam Study Guide
IBOLC Entrance Exam Study Guide
1. 5 principles of Patrolling
PRSCC
Planning
Recon
Security
Control
Common Sense
Situation
Mission
Execution
Sustainment
Command and Signal
GOTWA
5. METT-TC
6. Movement Techniques and when to use them
Traveling - use for fastest traveling and when contact is not likely
Traveling Overwatch - use when contact is possible
Bounding Overwatch - use when contact is expected and for most control and security and when speed is
not an issue
7. 6 Forms of maneuver
( Physical Fitness Intimidates The Fucking Enemy)
Penetration - seek to rupture enemy defense on a narrow front to create flanking opportunities and access
to enemy rear
Frontal Attack - destroy weaker enemy force or fix a larger force along a broad front
Infiltration - attacking element conducts undetected movement through or into an enemy area to gain
position of advantage in the enemy rear, (ambush, raid, covert breach of an obstacle are examples)
Turning movement - attacking element seeks to make enemy displace from his current location, similar to
envelopment through avoiding main enemy defense
Flank Attack
Envelopment - seize terrain, destroy specific enemy forces, interdicting enemy withdrawal routes (attacking
element seeks to avoid the enemy defense by attacking flank or rear)
Continuous and concurrent process of analyzing, allocating, and scheduling fire support to integrate it with
the maneuver forces and maximize combat power
Rates of Fire
Sustained: 50 rounds a minute in 3- to 5-round bursts, with 4 to 5 seconds between bursts (barrel change
every 10 minutes).
Rapid: 100 rounds per minute, fired in 8- to 10-round bursts, 2 to 3 seconds between bursts (barrel change
every 2 minutes).
Cyclic: 650 to 850 rounds per minute, continuous burst, barrel changed every minute.
M249 Ranges
(Max, Area, Point, Suppressive)
(MAPS)
Maximum: 3,600 meters
Maximum effective: 1,000 meters with the tripod and T&E Maximum for grazing fire over uniformly sloping
terrain; 600 meters
Area Target:
tripod: 1,000 meters
bipod: 800 meters
Point Target:
tripod: 800 meters
bipod: 600 meters
Rates of fire
Sustained=100rpm (6-9 round bursts, 4-5 sec between bursts, barrel changes every 10 min)
Rapid=200 rpm ((10-13 round bursts, 2-3 sec between bursts, barrel change every 2 minutes
M240B Ranges
Maximum: 3,725 meters
Maximum effective: 1,100 meters with tripod and T&E Area:
Maximum range of grazing fire terrain: 600 meters
M122A1 Tripod: 1,800 meters
M122A1 Bipod: 800 meters Point:
Tripod: 800 meters
Bipod" 600 meters
Suppression: 1,800 meters