Subject: Militiaman's Pop Quiz #1
From: tanker06@aol.com


An older posting that I found archived on a diskette that originally
appeared
in the Paul Revere's Militia newsgrouping. Originally posted by Tom
Whittaker of JFPO.

MILTIAMAN'S POP QUIZ

1. Which is the current issue infantryman's antitank rocket launcher of
    the U.S. Army?
a. 3.5" rocket launcher.  b. M72 LAW, 66mm.  c. AT-4, 84mm. d. RPG7.

2. In the middle of a firefight, you jump up on an abandoned Humvee
with a pedestal-mounted .50 caliber M2 Browning machinegun to try
to make like Audie Murphy.  The weapon is unloaded so you have to
break open a box of ammo.
   After setting the can in the rack, you pop the cover on the M2 and
lay the first cartridge of the belt in place and close the cover.  How
many times do you pull the cocking lever?
a. 1.  b. 2.  c. you don't have to pull the cocking lever.  d. you are

        killed while

        trying to

        figure it out.

3.  You then grab the .50 and swing it into position and begin firing
     using:
a. your left hand trigger finger.  b. your right hand trigger finger
c. one thumb.   d. both thumbs.

4.  Your squad is occupying some shellholes and building rubble with
     a little overhead cover.  You notice a mortar shell ground burst
     about fifty meters to the left of your position.  A moment later,
     another ground burst erupts fifty meters to your right.  You should:
a. Stay put and keep your head down
b. Retreat to the rear as fast as you can.  c.  Shift to the left.
d. Shift to the right.   e.  Pray.

5.  You're the end man of your section (making you furthest to the left
     of your squad which is strung out in a line facing the enemy). Your
     squad leader tells you to shift left to a better firing position for
the
     entire squad.  As you lead out, you notice you will have to pass
     another militiaman armed with a LAWs rocket who is just about to
     fire.  You:
a. Pass behind him.  b. Pass in front of him.
c. Stop your leftward movement and seek the best available cover.
d.  Ask your squad leader what he wants to do.

6.  What is the most vulnerable spot to anti-tank fire on an M1A1
     Abrams tank?
a. Right frontal armor.  b. Tread bogies.  c. Turbine engine compartment.
d. Top turret armor from above.  e.  There ain't one.

7.  What is the caliber of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle's main gun?
a. 20mm.   b. 25mm.   c. 30mm.   d. 40mm.   e.  .50 cal.

8.  You have been called up for riot duty to assist the National Guard,
     which has been terribly weakened by Clinton Administration budget
cuts.  You are about to be issued gas masks at the armory.  Of course,
the reservists already have theirs, so your unit is getting what's left
over.
There is a box full of M17A2 masks, a box of M25 masks and a box of
M40 masks.  Which type mask should you pick?
a. M17A2.  b. M25.   c. M40.  d.  Any as long as there are sufficient
                                             replacement filters for the
type you select.

9.  Someone gives you a box of loose ammunition.  It is U.S. production
     7.62 NATO caliber and has white paint on the bullet tips.   You have:
a. armor-piercing ammunition.   b. tracer ammunition.
c. incendiary ammunition.   d.  practice ammunition.
e.  armor-piercing incendiary ammuntion.

10.  Bill Clinton announces that he is mustering the unorganized militia
      into Federal service.  Should you report for duty?
a. yes, fully armed and accoutered.   b. yes, unarmed.   c. No.
d. Are you out of your mind?

BONUS DISCUSSION QUESTION:
It is June, 1997:
Elements of the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division are still taking orders
from the Clinton Administration.   It is D plus five, and the 24th (-) is
advancing to support an airmobile attempt to secure for the Clintonistas
the assets of the Anniston Army Depot which is currently being held by
a composite force of regulars, National Guardsmen, Alabama State
Defense Force troops and militiamen acting under orders from the
Governor of Alabama.  The 24th (-) is driving west out of Georgia,
having first secured the Atlanta area.  Your unit has been assigned the
task of harassing and delaying the enemy as much as possible.  At
this precise moment, you find yourself cut off from your squad after some
particularly intense street fighting in downtown Anniston.  You are in a
corner office on the third floor of a brick office building, looking out
on
the intersection below.  You are alone in the room except for a dead 24th
Mech trooper, whose buddies you can hear clearing the rooms below you.
You search the dead man and strip him of an AT-4, a Claymore mine,
and two fragmentation grenades.  You are armed with a semiautomatic
AK47, a .45 cal. pistol and a LAWs rocket. You have about fifty rounds
left for your AK and one magazine for your .45.  The dead trooper's rifle,
an M16A2, has a broken stock and is useless.  In the intersection
below, three armored vehicles pull to a stop.  A man gets out of vehicle
"a" (a Bradley Fighting Vehicle) and jogs back to vehicle "c" (a M577
command track).  Vehicle "b" is an M113 series APC with a .50 caliber
machinegun in a ring mount which is currently unmanned.  You realize
that from your perfect vantage point you can nail two of the three
vehicles
with your AT rockets.  You have maybe a minute or two before the
hostiles below start up that last flight of stairs to you.  What do you
do?
Specifically, which vehicles, if any, do you target with which weapon and
in what order?  What use can be made of the Claymore?   What can you
do with the frags? How did you get into this mess in the first place?  Why
did you vote for Perot in '92 and in '96?

Jerry
Tanker06@aol.com
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>1. Which is the current issue infantryman's antitank rocket launcher of
>    the U.S. Army?
>a. 3.5" rocket launcher.  b. M72 LAW, 66mm.  c. AT-4, 84mm. d. RPG7.
 *C*

>lay the first cartridge of the belt in place and close the cover.  How
>many times do you pull the cocking lever?
>a. 1.  b. 2.  c. you don't have to pull the cocking lever.  d. you are
*B*

>3.  You then grab the .50 and swing it into position and begin firing
>     using:
>a. your left hand trigger finger.  b. your right hand trigger finger
>c. one thumb.   d. both thumbs. *D*
>4.  Your squad is occupying some shellholes and building rubble with
>     a little overhead cover.  You notice a mortar shell ground burst
>     about fifty meters to the left of your position.  A moment later,
>     another ground burst erupts fifty meters to your right.  You should:
>a. Stay put and keep your head down
>b. Retreat to the rear as fast as you can.  c.  Shift to the left.
>d. Shift to the right.   e.  Pray. *B*
>5.
>     entire squad.  As you lead out, you notice you will have to pass
>     another militiaman armed with a LAWs rocket who is just about to
>     fire.  You:
>c. Stop your leftward movement and seek the best available cover.
>d.  Ask your squad leader what he wants to do.
*C*
>6.  What is the most vulnerable spot to anti-tank fire on an M1A1
>     Abrams tank?
*D* TOP ARMOR IS THINNEST, HOWEVER YOU COULD DISABLE BY HITTING TRACK
BOGIES OR GO FOR TURRET RING SHOT (HARD WITHOUT TRAINING)
>7.  What is the caliber of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle's main gun?
>a. 20mm.   b. 25mm.   c. 30mm.   d. 40mm.   e.  .50 cal.
*B*

>There is a box full of M17A2 masks, a box of M25 masks and a box of
>M40 masks.  Which type mask should you pick?
>a. M17A2.  b. M25.   c. M40.  d.  Any as long as there are sufficient
>                                             replacement filters for the**D*
>type you select.
*D*
>9.  Someone gives you a box of loose ammunition.  It is U.S. production
>     7.62 NATO caliber and has white paint on the bullet tips.   You have:
>a. armor-piercing ammunition.   b. tracer ammunition.
>c. incendiary ammunition.   d.  practice ammunition.
>e.  armor-piercing incendiary ammuntion.
*D*
>10.  Bill Clinton announces that he is mustering the unorganized militia
>d. Are you out of your mind?
*D*


If you can't get out of the building without passing the troops doing
the clearing ops below, rig the claymore trip wire upper end of the
stair case (the elevator is out, right?) with the mine at the lower
end of the stair case, That way the lead man will trip it and those
following will be incapacitated. After the blast, toss a grenade down
the stairs. Hey, you've got to clear a path OUT of the building.
Assuming you get out and that the tracks are still there, hit the
Bradley with the heavier AT and take out the 557 with the LAWs.
Reason, the Bradley is a major threat, the 557 may have command and
control types in it. At the most the M113 has only a driver in it
since troops don't like to sit down inside a '113.
Don't fire the AT's from inside the building. You'll be wiped out by
the back blast no matter what. If you can't get to the vehicles, well
that happens. Main thing is to get out of that building. No sense in
getting killed or captured.

Regards,
Tom



