5 Moving Targets
5 Moving Targets
5 Moving Targets
MOVING
TARGETS
ENGAGING
MOVING TARGET
AMBUSH
TRACKING
TRACKING
• TRACK OR FOLLOW THE TARGET AT A RATE
EQUAL TO ITS MOVEMENT PUTTING THE
CROSSHAIR/FRONTSIGHT POST AHEAD OF THE
TARGET
AMBUSH
AMBUSH
• AIM YOUR RIFLE ON A POINT AHEAD OF THE
TARGET, KEEP IT STATIONARY AND FIRE
WHEN THE TARGET REACHES A
PREDETERMINE POINT ON THE HORIZONTAL
RETICLE LINE
• ALLOW THE TARGET TO WALK INTO THE
CENTER OF THE CROSSHAIRS, RATHER
THAN MOVING THE WEAPON
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TRACK
AND HOLD
BOBBING
TARGETS
BOBBING TARGETS
• BRIEFLY EXPOSES ITSELF THEN RESUME
COVER
COMMON
ERRORS
COMMON ERRORS
a) WATCHING THE TARGET
• TENDENCY TO WATCH THE TARGET AND NOT THE CROSSHAIR
CALCULATING
LEADS
CALCULATING LEADS
a) FLIGHT OF THE BULLET
THE TIME OF FLIGHT INCREASES PROPORTIONALLY IN RELATION TO
THE DISTANCE OF THE TARGET. SHORT DISTANCE=SHORT TIME OF
FLIGHT. LONGER DISTANCE= LONGER TIME OF FLIGHT
ANGLE OF MOVEMENT
c) NO VALUE LEAD
NO VALUE