An Cosantóir October 2015 www.dfmagazine.ie
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by SAIR MCCOLGAN, COMPL TACA, 1 CN COIS
T
he Danish Army Sniper Competition took place at borris Live fire Area in the centre/west
of Denmark near Skjern from the 29th June to 3rd July 2015. This was the first year the
competition was open to so many international sniper teams, with competitors including
teams from Ireland, UK, Sweden, US Army (Europe), Norway and Canada and it also included a
team from Politiet - the Danish Police force.
The Defence Forces sniper team of Sgt Greene (shooter/sniper) and Cpl
Callanan (spotter) both from Compl TACA, 1 Cn Cois, Galway, were the 2nd
place team from the DF Sniper Concentration that was held in May 2015.
The Team Coach was Sgt McColgan, Compl TACA 1 Cn Cois and the Team
Capt was Sgt Campbell, Inf Wpns Wing, DFTC.
The terrain in that part of Denmark is extremely flat and temperatures
are 30°+ that time of year. The purpose of the competition is to test and
expand the participant's physical and mental sniper skills, and to present
the competitors with a stressful and realistic environment. Testing the
sniper's ability in field firing, advanced marksmanship, field craft, dialog
shooting, pistol shooting, close quarter combat (CBQ/FIBUA) and
physical fitness.
The team done well the first two days achieving a number of top
five placing in a number of events, but a number of low scores
dropped their overall placing. It was a really great experi-
ence for the team to go to Denmark, and they will use that
experience going forward to the next Defence Forces
Sniper Concentration.
S n i p e r C o m p e t i t i o n
Pistol shoot
Zeroing Day
