An Cosantóir

February 2013

An Cosantóir the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces.

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By Cpl Paul Millar Photos Peter Dobson (http://petergdobson. zenfolio.com/p964786117) | 31 International By Cpl Paul Millar Photos Peter Dobson A sniper team from the Army Ranger Wing (ARW) finished second in the US Army International Sniper Competition in November. The 72-hour competition was held in Fort Benning and had 36 teams from across the world. It is the second year in a row that we have taken home silver and were only defeated by an Olympic gold medal winning US team. The competition had 14 events and included a sniper stalk with roving foot and car patrols, urban shooting, firing under 'stressful' conditions and various other tests of sniping and marksmanship. The stress fire was from a barricade, running back 10m for each round fired, with targets ranged from 500m – 800m. The night shoot was timed to three minutes with the teams having to engage five targets with their NVS. This was followed by an unknown distance shoot from two bunkers and a 4.5-mile march in which the Irish team were the fastest. They were all conducted continuously over the three days and were as realistic and instinctive as possible; mirroring the SNIPER COMPETITION experiences encountered in today's multinational operations. Lt Kieran Woulfe, chief sniper instructor in the Infantry Weapons Wing (IWW) said, "We could have sent any DF team and they would have been well placed given the current standard of sniping in Ireland. The outstanding performance by this year's representatives from the ARW is not only a testament to their own hard work but also to that of the high quality of sniper training being carried out at brigade and unit level within the DF." The lessons learned from this competition will be shared by the IWW during the following events: sniper seminar (09th April), sniper concentration (20th -24th May) and the sniper instructor course (3rd June - 26th July). www.military.ie the defence forces magazine

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