A few teams overshot the target landing and were forced to gather their chutes and run extra precious steps back to the target before they were allowed to run off to their next challenge. After a quick ten minute break and de-rigging of their rucks, the teams are off on a grueling 2.7 mile ruck run on concrete which ended with a surprise .5 mile stretcher run burdened with steel plates duplicating the weight of a human body. They were first given 150 7.62mm rounds for the M240B Machine Gun-the largest weapon the Rangers will shoot during the competition. Every fifth bullet on the ammo belt is a tracer round that blazed red when fired, helping the shooter to zero in on pop up targets up to 900 meters away. The assistant gunner provider binocular-assisted spotting for the amazing distances.
Earplugs are standard issue for anyone in the immediate vicinity.
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