The textbook contains basic information from ballistics and the theory of firing from small arms and grenade launchers, information on the device of small arms, grenade launchers, hand grenades and a portable anti-aircraft missile system. It also sets out the basics of fire control, the rules for the operation of weapons and the methodology of fire training. Designed for cadets of military educational institutions of professional education, officers, sergeants and soldiers of various units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.