• Tactical Tuesday Episode Seven - Squad Automatic Weapons (SAWs) and Light Machine Guns (LMGs): How to Use Them Effectively

  • Jun 15 2021
  • Length: 36 mins
  • Podcast

Tactical Tuesday Episode Seven - Squad Automatic Weapons (SAWs) and Light Machine Guns (LMGs): How to Use Them Effectively

  • Summary

  • EPISODE SUMMARY

    In this episode of Tactical Tuesday with Modern Milsim, we discuss the effective use of squad automatic weapons and light machine guns during offensive and defensive operations. Specifically, we discuss:

    • The Differences in SAWs and LMGs (1:02)
    • What Makes Someone an Effective Support Gunner (5:03)
    • Accurate Versus Precision Fire (5:52)
    • Overmatch (7:02)
    • Characteristics of Automatic Fire (8:47)
    • Beaten Zone (10:51)
    • Classification of Automatic Weapons Fire (13:15)
    • Grazing Fire (14:04)
    • Plunging Fire (14:55)
    • Enfilade Fire (15:49)
    • Frontal Fire (16:31)
    • Oblique Fire. (17:37)
    • Rates of Fire (21:39)
    • Tips for Employment of SAWs and LMGs (23:09)
    • SAWs and LMGs in the Offense (26:20)
    • SAWs and LMGs on the Defense (27:28)
    • Support Gunner Standing Operating Procedures (29:04)
    • Final Protective Fire (30:40)
    • Talking Guns (31:51)
    • and more.

    A new episode of Tactical Tuesdays is uploaded on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

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    To find “From Insertion to Extraction: Advanced MILSIM CQB Tactics, Techniques and Procedures” : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07THX1CFT/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

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