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Introduction
The graduate from the Master Gunner Course at Fort Knox is an accomplished
Armor Noncommissioned Officer trained in advanced gunnery methodology, turret
weapons systems maintenance, and gunnery training management. The acquired
skills and knowledge will allow him to function as the unit’s master
of gunnery, the tank commander’s mentor and the commander’s gunnery
technical advisor. The graduate can conduct maintenance procedures used to
identify and troubleshot complex malfunctions that occur in the tanks turret
electrical, hydraulic, armament, and fire control systems. The graduate has
trained “hands-on” with tanks for 25 day during the 55-day course.
In addition, the graduate has mastered tank gunnery doctrinal and technical
procedures needed to assess crew proficiency, identify crew procedural errors
that cause a tank not to hit a target, and provide training for crews to operate
the tank to its designed capabilities. The MG Course graduate is trained on
Battle Focused Training Management, Gunnery Training, and integration of training
devices, Assessment of Units, and the development of an annual gunnery program
to sustain and improve the unit’s tank gunnery proficiency. He is proficient
on digital systems.
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