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As a project to construct a machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod approaches what could be the last regulatory hurdle, the Mashpee Board of Selectmen at its Monday,
By BETH TREFFEISEN | Cape Cod Times | Published: May 4, 2021 JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. (Tribune News Service) The drive out to the Sierra Range, one of the few active gun ranges on Camp Edwards, is long, dusty and bumpy. Upon arrival, there s an open field filled with grass-covered berms. Brightly colored plastic targets sit upright, riddled with bullet holes. The range, one of four currently active on Joint Base Camp Cod, is used to train members of the National Guard in using M4 and M16 rifles. Members use the range following virtual and short-range pistol training. A soldier has to hit 23 of the 40 targets from distances of 50 and 300 meters to meet their annual training requirement, and they have just over three minutes to complete the task.
Federal officials approve plan for National Guard to build a new machine gun range on Cape Cod
By David Abel Globe Staff,Updated May 4, 2021, 6:13 p.m.
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Joint Base Cape Cod, MA 4/7/21 A view of the proposed site for a new machine gun range at Camp Edwards. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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The National Guard is set to announce Wednesday that it has received the go-ahead from federal officials to clear 170 acres of dense forest at Joint Base Cape Cod to build a sprawling machine gun range.
The National Guard Bureau, a federal agency overseeing state militias, determined that the proposed range would have âno significant impactâ on the areaâs ecology, according to an e-mail Guard officials sent Tuesday to local lawmakers and others on Cape Cod.
JOINT BASE CAPE COD The drive out to the Sierra Range, one of the few active gun ranges on Camp Edwards, is long, dusty and bumpy. Upon arrival, there’s an open field filled with grass-covered berms. Brightly colored plastic targets sit upright, riddled with bullet holes.
The range, one of four currently active on Joint Base Camp Cod, is used to train members of the National Guard in using M4 and M16 rifles. Members use the range following virtual and short-range pistol training.
A soldier has to hit 23 of the 40 targets from distances of 50 and 300 meters to meet their annual training requirement, and they have just over three minutes to complete the task.