Quantico, VA – The U.S. Marine Corps has taken a major step forward in enhancing combat readiness with the release of the new Marksmanship Campaign Plan (MCP). Signed by Major General Benjamin T. Watson on September 16, 2024, the plan introduces the most significant updates to Marine marksmanship in over a century. This groundbreaking strategy is built on the foundation of the S.P.E.A.R. Model of Lethality, designed to ensure that Marines can assess and improve their effectiveness on the battlefield.
Read more at AmmoLand blog. All ready on the right All ready on the left All ready on the firing back in the 1960s-70s for me with M-14 and later M-16. Reading over the new MCP it is a whole lot different than the four position shooting at standard targets for score at 200-500 yds. Now includes a 25 yard course of fire. And scoring is changed from so many points. Each round is given a “lethality” measure, which judges how likely a round is to “destroy, neutralize or suppress” a target. And you start at 500 yd line and move forward to close with and destroy the enemy. OooRah!
To emphasize speed, each round is scored on how fast a Marine fires it. For example, the ARQ test requires Marines to fire a two-round “controlled pair” at a target 300 yards away in 15 seconds from standing or kneeling with support, while the “failure to stop” drill calls for three shots in five seconds at a target 25 -yards away while target while standing.
Read more at AmmoLand blog. All ready on the right All ready on the left All ready on the firing back in the 1960s-70s for me with M-14 and later M-16. Reading over the new MCP it is a whole lot different than the four position shooting at standard targets for score at 200-500 yds. Now includes a 25 yard course of fire. And scoring is changed from so many points. Each round is given a “lethality” measure, which judges how likely a round is to “destroy, neutralize or suppress” a target. And you start at 500 yd line and move forward to close with and destroy the enemy. OooRah!
To emphasize speed, each round is scored on how fast a Marine fires it. For example, the ARQ test requires Marines to fire a two-round “controlled pair” at a target 300 yards away in 15 seconds from standing or kneeling with support, while the “failure to stop” drill calls for three shots in five seconds at a target 25 -yards away while target while standing.
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