The skills learned and practice in Table I will be foundational for all other weapons training. Soldiers will be evaluated both by in-person performance and by a short written test on weapons topics, such as “weaponry tasks, characteristics, capabilities, and function of their assigned individual weapon”. This written test should be developed by the unit’s master gunner (or whomever the Commander has designated to fill that role, regardless of certification as a Master Gunner) and administered to Soldiers following their preliminary marksmanship instruction, or the classroom portion. All Soldiers should receive a PMI prior to starting the IWTS Individual Weapons Tables.
2-1. The unit must have a knowledgeable SME on the various individual, crew-served, and special purposeweapons, systems, optics, pointers, lasers, and attachments. A marksmanship master trainer (known as MMT)is an institution-trained and certified Soldier on small arms weapons, ammunition, maintenance of weaponsystems, and the various weapon’s unit training programs. These courses include, but are not limited to, theMMT course and the heavy weapons leader course. MMT instruction focuses on either individual orcrew-served weapons to build weapons proficiency within any organization.
2-2. The MMT specializes in developing, coordinating, executing, and evaluating UTPs. They have adetailed understanding of the individual and crew-served weapons training strategies and are skilled attraining small unit leaders on how to teach marksmanship skills for those weapons.2-3. For units that do not have a MMT assigned or authorized, the commander should select an experiencednoncommissioned officer (NCO) who has clearly demonstrated a high level of proficiency training andexperience in employing weapons and small units. Typically, the selected Soldier will perform the functionsof the MMT as an additional duty.
TC 3-20.40, Individual Weapons IWTS, page 2-1
Please see the following graphic for Table I’s task conditions and standard.
Commanders are free to add additional tasks to this table that relate directly to desired training objectives.
For each table, there is an ‘Event Design Template’ as seen above. These templates concisely provide useful information, so I have included them on each table’s individual page. This graphic shows the annual frequency this table is required to be completed (every six months for the Active Component, and once a year for the Reserve Component). Additionally, it lists ‘condemnation criteria’ for the specific table. ‘Condemnation Criteria’ refers to what can change or invalidate a specific training. Here, for table I, time is the biggest issue – Soldiers stop being qualified if too much time (over one year) elapses.
Listed below are the specific training objectives and training circular references relevant to Table I.
Please continue on to the following links to better understand each table individually.
The Integrated Weapons Training Strategy Explained 