Command&Control Unit 4 Gun

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Welcome

Military English

28 September 2021

Describe your weekend in one sentence?

Today

We well learn about GUNS

You will be able to understand an English text about guns

mortar

Are guns difficult to use?

Why would a soldier choose to use a gun or cannon instead of a different type of weaponry?

Please, open your books on page 7

1. Guns are used very close to an enemy position.
true or false

1. true
2. false

2. Guns are loaded either from the muzzle or breech.

1. true
2. false

3. A gun fires projectiles on a nearly flat course.
true or false?

1. true
2. false

4. Guns like the howitzer are used only as indirect-fire weapons.
true or false?

1. true
2. false

Exercise 2
complete the word
1. They are weapons requiring more than one person to use.
_ _e_-s_ _ _ _d w_ _ _o_ _

exercise 3
Fill in the blanks
1. Soldiers preparing to enter a ____ must check their weapons and equipment.
direct fire, breech, cannon, howitzer, battle

ex 5 page 7

read the questions

1. What is the name of the weapon discussed by the speaker?

2. Where are rounds loaded into the weapon?

3. What is the maximum range of the weapon?

4. What is the weapon's rate of fire?

ex 5
1. What is the name of the weapon discussed by the speaker?

ex 5
2. Where are rounds loaded into the weapons?

ex 5
3. What is the maximum range of the weapon?

ex 5
4. What is the weapon's maximum rate of fire?

to summarize:

• we learned about guns in English
• vocabulary: gun, cannon, crew-served weapon, battle, muzzle, breech, artillery piece, projectiles, howitzers
• we can understand an English text describing a howitzer

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