Unit 1 Infantry Book 3 Command and Control

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2,3

Welcome  

Military English 

25 February 2021

How was your week? Describe it in one sentence, use a capital and a full stop.

today

• we 'll learn about infantry 
• we'll know the vocabulary connected to infantry
• we'll be able to understand English texts about infantry

kahoot.it

What does the infantry do?

Is the infantry necessary? Why or why not?

open your book 3 page 4

1. Which of the following can be inferred about infantry squads in the past?

1. they were the last units to enter combat
2. they consisted solely of soldiers armed with rifles
3. they were made up of more men than modern squads
4. they did not use shoulder-launched missile weapons

2. Which of the following is NOT part of a typical infantry squad?

1. a soldier who launches grenades
2. a soldier who targets enemy snipers
3. a soldier who cares for the wounded
4. a soldier who operates a machine gun

• infantrymen
• fireteams
• attack team
• weapons team
• grenade launcher
• SAW(squad authomatic weapon)
• sharpshooter
• sniper rifle
• shoulder-launcher

• infanteristen
• gevechtseenheid
• aanvalsteam
• wapenteam
• granaatlanceerder
• machinegeweer

• scherpschutter
• scherpschuttersgeweer
• schouderwerper

• shoulder-launched missile weapon
• rifleman
• attack operation
• enemy-held objective
• defense operation
• base defense operation
• field training
• recovery phase

• Schouder gelanceerde raketwapen
• schutter
• aanvalsoperatie
• vijandelijk doel
• verdediging
• verdediging van basis
• veldtraining
• herstelfase

Ex 6
Listen to a sergeant giving orders to a fireteam for a combat mission. Choose the actions that the sergeant mentions

1. attack team provides suppressive fire
2. Corporal Jones engages the shooter in face-to-face combat
3. sharpshooter takes position on hill

to summarize:

• kahoot: we refreshed our knowledge about the crowd control
• vocabulary: infantrymen, fireteam, attack team, weapons team, grenade launcher, SAW, sharpshooter, sniper rifle, shoulder-launched missile weapon, rifleman, enemy-held objective, attack-,  defense-, pursuit-, base defense operations, field training, recovery phase

to summarize

• we read a text about the infantry
• we listened to a sergeant giving orders

Home work

• practice Unit 1 and 9 vocabulary  (use my ppt in Teams)
• finish the exercises in Unit 1 Infantry 
•  upload your screenshots in Teams-> Algemeen ->Opdrachten due to 2 October at 12.00 pm

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