fargo: kad tur sāksies pilsoņu karš, tās prasmes būs gana noderīgas, varbūt pat pašaizsardzības nolūkos.

fargo: paldies. izlasīju "Clarifications regarding cited "sniper training" article izdevuma redaktors skaidro, ka tā ir biatlona treniņu sastāvdaļa.

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"Allehanda´s news editor is trying to explain that the training has nothing to do with sniping. However, small calibre guns are often used in the beginning to teach shooters the right shooting mechanism without a fear of heavy recoil. When they learn how to shoot the next phase is to move into high power sniper rifles. Someone starting training straight with a high power sniper rifle is prone to develop a fear of recoil that will be difficult to unlearn. As 22 calibre ammunition is cheap it is possible to shoot thousands of times that is required to get a certain confidence and accuracy.

There is no clarification that in countries where Biathlon is practiced it was traditionally done so to train military or militia personnel for fighting in snow / mountain areas on operation. The two key parts of biathlon are cross country skiing and precision shooting."