Design, Development and Evaluation of a Training Method to Improve Firing Skills on Moving Targets
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2023
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The basis for any country’s sustained overall growth in a long term, is it’s ability to ensure fulfilment of minimum basic essentials to all its populace, create a healthy & competitive atmosphere and provide equal opportunities for all, so as to ensure overall prosperity in the long run. The underlying foundation for all this to happen is an assured stable and peaceful atmosphere, which is the responsibility of the security forces. Conventionally, world over, external threats are taken care by security (defence) forces and internal security is handled by police forces. In the modern history of security threats, especially in the last 3-5 decades, terrorism has gradually gained gigantic proportions to the tune of becoming a global phenomenon which seriously & significantly affects/ impacts many nations across the world. Of the many ways in which terrorism affects, suicide styled surprise terror-attacks, is a major global challenge that security forces (police included) of many countries are coping up with. These attacks can be divided into two broad categories. First, attacks which target the civilian population, who are generally unarmed and hence such attacks cannot be resisted. Second, attacks which are specifically targeted on security personnel (soldiers as well as police), on those who are deployed on patrol duties or guarding a check-post, i.e., those deployed as the first line of defence. While there are many multi-pronged measures in place to control/ curb the terror-menace, one common step/ feature i.r.o. many countries is Special Forces (SF), who are highly capable to handle & neutralise such terror threats. These indomitable forces are considered, every country’s most potent force, capable to handle any kind of risk/ threat situations. From the observations based on various terror attacks that have been unleashed in the past on security personnel (police or security forces), it has been observed that, SF do take/ need some time – atleast a few hours, to reach the scene of attack, before they can take control over the situation and neutralise the terror threat. So, it is evident that, when ever a terror attack occurs, it is the security forces of the first line of defence, i.e., those deployed on patrol duties or on check-post duties, who are inevitably the ‘first to bear the brunt’ of such attacks. In this context, the ability of these security personnel (soldiers as well as police) to fire accurately at those attacking terrorists is highly significant, to nail them down or chase them away or atleast give stiff resistance, till the time additional/ SF arrive. From the training perspective, ability to fire at moving targets during training stage can be considered as equivalent to, or a reasonable measure of the ability to fire at moving attackers in real situations. In this context, imparting firing skill on moving targets at training stage is considered important.
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Supervisor: Salve, Urmi Ravindra