Sniper training - 10th Febuary

[Jimmy]

Principle Course Overview

 All levels of Sniper and counter Sniper Training will be offered, from basic introduction to advanced levels. These will be held at various Training Days throughout the year. 

Stirling Airsoft will cover all aspects of The Sniper upto advanced skills over a period of Training Days. Our Training courses are tailored to included any of the following or specific elements depending on students level of experience.

Courses are offered at basic introductory level through to advanced, and are designed to enable a Sniper Team to become an effective operational Team.

1.INTRODUCTION

DEFINITION
OPERATIONAL CONCEPT
ORGANIZATION
SNIPER / SPOTTER RESPONSIBILITIES
TEAM FIRING TECHNIQUES
SELECTION OF PERSONNEL

 2. MAP READING

GRID REFERENCES
NAVIGATION
ROUTE PLANNING
IDENTIFIYING FEATURES
SCALE & GRIDDING
CROSS REFERENCING

 3. OBSERVATION  JUDGING DISTANCE

FACTORS EFFECTING RANGE ESTIMATION
RANGE ESTIMATION METHODS
ESTIMATION GUIDELINES
RANGEING AIDS
SPOTTING
HASTY & DETAILED SEARCHES
ELEMENTS OF OBSERVATION
TWILIGHT TECHNIQUES
FIELD SKETCHING
ILLUMINATION AIDS
TARGET DETECTION & SELECTION
TARGET INDEXING
KEY TARGETS
COUNTER SNIPER TECHNIQUES

 4. CONCEALMENT

TARGET INDICATION
BASIC METHODS
TYPES OF CAMOUFLAGE
THE GHILLIE SUIT
COVER & CONCEALMENT
SELECTION, OCCUPATION & CONTRUCTION OF SNIPER POSITIONS
POSITIONS IN URBAN TERRAIN

 5. MOVEMENT

RULES OF MOVEMENT
MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES
SNIPER TEAM MOVEMENT & NAVIGATION
HAND & ARM SIGNALS
TRACKING & COUNTER TRACKING TECHNIQUES

 6. MARKMANSHIP
FUNDAMENTALS
FIRING POSITIONS
AIMING
ZEROING
BREATH & TRIGGER CONTROL
FOLLOW-THROUGH
CALLING THE SHOT
MISS DRILLS
GROUPINGS
SHOOTING IMPROVEMENT OPTIONS
SNIPER SHOT PLACEMENT
BALLISTICS
TERMINOLOGY
EFFECTS OF TRAGECTORY
ANGLE FIRING
EFFECTS OF WEATHER
WIND CLASSIFICATION
CONVERSION OF WIND VELOCITY TO M.O.A
EFEECTS OF TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY
ENGAGEMENTS OF MOVING TARGETS
TECHNIQIUES
COMMON ERRORS
CALCULATION OF LEADS

 7. OPERATION PLANNING
INSERTION
PLANNING
AIR,LAND,VECHICLE & AMPHIBIOUS INSERSIONS
EXECUTION
MOVEMENT TO TARGET AREA
OCCUPATION OF POSITION
SITE SELECTION
REPORTS
EXTRACTION
PLANNING
EVASION & ESCAPE PLAN
AIR,LAND,VECHICLE & AMPHIBIOUS EXTRACTIONS
RECOVERY
     
Cost for training day: £30 per person .

Equipment not included in this price. For full hire price contact Matt Belgrove.

Direction for this events;

Stonleigh Park - CV8 2LZ


http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=52.33995,-1.52711|16|4&loc=GB:52.33995:-1.52711:16|CV8%202LZ|CV8%202LZ

[slowjoe]

Location?

And do you need a sniper's rifle for this?

[Ovany]

Will we need ghille suites for the first one?

[Little John]

Unfortunately i will not be instructing on this first sniper training day, as i fly out on that day on my skiing holiday..yippee
as stated not all the areas will be covered on the day, but through i period of other training days all areas will be covered, moving to  a more advanced level if so required.

as to the questions....

don`t worry if you dont have a sniper rifle.
when practising firing positions & movement an assault rifle will do.(pref with some from of scope fitted)

regarding a ghillie suit, you wont need one to begin with, as we will cover how you can make one. if you do have one, bring it along as its always nice to see, and gives people some great ideas when  trying  to making there own.

if you intend to take this subject seriously, to get the full benifit from these training days, i would advise that anyone who does`nt have a sniper rifle buys one, or borrows one from a friend for the day. later on when we start doing stalking excerises a ghillie suit will be required.

as am not sure what areas will be covered on this day, if anyone has any questions etc please post them, and i will find out and let you know asap.

Cheers
Nik

[Labyrinth]

Just wanted to say a big thanks to Russ for sharing all his wisdom with us on the course yesterday.   I was really breaking into learning new techniques, recalling some that I had forgotten through lack of practice, and ultimately learning a lot.  The course was challenging and a real wake up call to how inexperienced I was in this particular field, and some aspects I found difficult, although I enjoyed every minute.

Cheers also to Matt and Will for their help, and all those who attended for being great classmates and bringing a variety of insights and experiences to the course.

I'm replaying the whole day over and over in my head, focusing on the areas where I know I could improve, and eager to get back out there and train some more. 

Good stuff!

[Ghilly]

To echo Labyrinth I’d like to say thanks to Russ, Matt and Will for a great day. Russ, Bootneck   ? Your instruction was top notch, even a banna like me picked up stuff, looking forward to the next one. Sorry I didn’t come with sod all kit (cheers Matt and Russ), I’ll sort out my admin for the next one.

My only disappointment of the day was that I didn’t slot the second target and then get the third, which was Matt’s arse/nut sack. Lol, what a nightmare that terrain was, it was like crawling through 2ft high skinny crisps! Thanks to Tim as well for that last exercise, good working with you, looking forward to  teaming up with you for the next one.

Cheers
Ghilly

[China]

A Big thanks to all the Stirling Instructors for the Sniper course, it was great to be around such marvelous people who made the day go all to quickly. 

To Gilly, thanks mate, nice to have done the last exercise with you too! Looking forward  to linking up with you in the near future!

Finally thanks to all the other participants, for putting up with my wit! nice to have made it through the day with you all.

A totally knackered "China" Tim!