Reading the Wind and Mirage
by Jason Reaume
1. This is what we know
2. Preliminary Marksmanship
3. Marksmanship
3.1. FM 3-22.9
3.2. Steady Poition
3.3. Aiming
3.4. Breathing
3.5. Trigger Squeeze
4. Who does this apply to?
5. Good information to apply once you have the basic fundamentals down
6. Do we really need all this?
7. Live Fire Exercise
8. Inconsistencies in the wind
8.1. Drift Smoke
8.2. Feel on the Face
8.3. Moves Leaves
8.4. Blowing dust/paper
9. What about the bracketing method
9.1. To many variables to be accurate
9.2. Such a small difference going around the bracket
10. Are we Snipers?
11. Mirage is very difficult to track direction
11.1. Hard to see which direction
11.2. Wont work if you don't have a scope
11.3. Only works in the daytime
11.4. Only works in warm weather