Is the problem of recruits missing the target in a shooting assessment serious? Why?

A retired veteran who has been a soldier for 23 years answers this question: After being a soldier for more than 20 years, I really can’t remember how many boxes of bullets I shot in one round? I only know that I was training too much at that time and I didn’t even want to play anymore. It's actually normal for recruits to fail to hit the target. Don't make it so serious. If you can't hit the target well at first, it may be because you don't have the right movements. You can just practice more slowly later on. In target shooting, you must master the methods and techniques in order to hit accurately and well.

If a recruit fails to hit the target accurately, he must carefully analyze and find out the reasons for the inaccuracy. However, the shooting training in the recruit company must be cherished. Many soldiers, after leaving the recruit company, will probably never have the opportunity to practice target training again after they retire. This situation is quite common. After the completion of some recruit companies, they were assigned to warehouses, agencies and some logistics support units, although there was live-fire assessment training. They may also not have the opportunity to practice target shooting again for some reason.

Twenty-five years ago, when I joined the army, I took my first live-fire assessment. I only hit 2 out of 5 bullets, one with 8 rings, one with 6 rings, and two with 14 rings. The other three bullets disappeared. At that time, the training was still not solid, and I really didn’t know how to feel. Later, I realized that I had not mastered the methods and key points during training.

If you want to hit the target well, you must be able to aim, hold the gun steady, and grasp the timing of firing well. It is relatively simple to say, the notch front sight is exactly right, and the three dots and one line are aimed at the target. Everyone knows these. But for new recruits, this doesn't make sense. When I started to practice aiming, I always deliberately looked for the white dot on the target, but I made a mistake in aiming. The correct aim is that the notch sight is clear and the target is blurry. After the notch sight is aligned, slowly move towards the target. Make adjustments so that you can basically hit the target.

Guns are also very important. A very important aspect of the recruit's inaccurate target shooting is that the gun is held incorrectly, or the gun is held too tightly. In fact, it is relatively easy to hold the gun. You have to press it lightly against your cheek, press your shoulder against the butt of the gun, hold the grip tightly with your fingers, and push straight back to ensure that it is more difficult to lift the muzzle with your hands. In this way, the gun is basically more stable. . Will the recruits find this feeling soon? It requires slow practice and long-term training.

Firing is also very important. One of the mistakes of new recruits in shooting is to pull the trigger hard and blink when firing. In this way, the muzzle of the gun will basically be deflected at the moment of firing. If the crosshair deviates by one millimeter, it will basically miss the target. Missed the target.

I served as a soldier in an infantry regiment. Later, I graduated from the military academy and became an infantry platoon leader. The training in the recruit company was relatively solid, but at the beginning I could never get the essentials, and my target shooting results were always not ideal. This will only get better and better after you slowly practice and get a feel for it.

Later on, it was basically no problem to assess excellence in target shooting. Automatic rifles fired continuously, and 10 rounds of bullets could basically hit the target. Light machine guns and heavy machine guns, as long as you mastered the requirements of holding the gun, aiming, and firing. , infantry weapons can basically be played smoothly. (Pictures come from the Internet)

Hello questioner, let me answer this question.

After entering the camp, new recruits will undergo intensive training. During this period of training, most of the training subjects in the "New Training Outline" must be completed, and assessments must be conducted before going down to the company, including shooting assessments. The questioner mentioned that he missed the target in the shooting test. This is not a problem at all. The reasons are as follows.

Most recruits have never been exposed to firearms before joining the army, and their knowledge of firearms is limited to movies, TV series and games. Some recruits may have done their homework before joining the army, or they may be familiar with the performance of firearms out of hobbies, but this does not mean that they will not miss the target during the live-fire shooting assessment. After all, it is quite difficult for a person who has never touched a gun to accurately hit every shot in live ammunition shooting after half a month of training. Moreover, the live-fire shooting assessment only tests the training results and does not constitute the problem mentioned by the questioner.

In shooting training, not only hard work is required, but talent does also play a role.

Some recruits are really receptive and have a thorough understanding of shooting theory. In actual training, he can indeed apply theory to it, you have to admit this. But everyone has their own characteristics. Missing the target in the shooting assessment does not mean that the soldier is not good at other things. I hope the questioner can understand this!

During the live-fire shooting assessment as a new recruit, I fired five bullets in one shot, one missed the target, and one actually hit someone else's target (the squad leader told me afterwards). There is also a comrade who has eight bullet holes in his target. How do you think this score is calculated? Thinking about it now, it still makes me laugh or cry. However, I was really in a very low mood at that time. After all, it was my first time to fire live ammunition. Not only did it not bring glory to the squad leader’s face, but the bullets also hit other people’s targets. Later, I fired more live ammunition, and my results gradually stabilized.

The recruits missed the target during the shooting assessment. This is neither a training accident nor a serious violation of discipline. There is nothing to make a fuss about. Just like giving the wrong command when standing guard for the first time, or turning in the wrong direction during the first queue maneuver, these are all small setbacks that every soldier will inevitably encounter in the process of training and growth in the military camp. Therefore, this kind of thing is not as serious as the recruits think, and they must not carry ideological baggage because of it.

In the movie "Youth", recruit He Xiaoping participated in live-fire shooting and hit all the bullets on the target of his comrade Hao Shuwen on the left. He Xiaoping did not suffer from her 0-ring score. and received criticism. On the contrary, Lin Dingding and the photographer were severely criticized by shooting organizer Liu Feng for violating shooting regulations and pointing their guns at people. Although this is just a movie clip, it also reflects the army's general approach to dealing with recruits' missed shots.

Although it is not a serious problem for recruits to miss the target in the shooting assessment, the reasons behind it are worthy of careful consideration and summary by the recruits themselves and the backbone of the troops. Currently, most of the rifles used by recruits are Type 95-1 automatic rifles. The rifle adopts a hole-type aiming and has a very high adaptability rate. As long as you aim carefully according to the essentials, there will generally be no miss.

Moreover, for the shooting assessment of recruits, the assessment conditions are relatively simple to set. Usually, the shooting conditions of rifle one practice are used, and the prone position is supported, and the fixed chest ring target is shot within a distance of 100m. Under this relatively simple assessment condition, if there are no ideological problems or physical defects in vision, it is difficult to miss the target.

The most common reason is that recruits are too nervous during the live-fire assessment, or have psychological barriers at the moment of firing. This requires the backbone of the troops to consciously cultivate the psychological quality of the recruits during daily training and guide them to overcome psychological obstacles.

Please correct me if there are any omissions.

Mushtago is looking forward to your attention! In fact, this kind of thing is nothing more than a smile for everyone in the recruit company. There is really no specific impact on how much impact it will have. The key is to adjust yourself and not have any shadow.

1. Recruits miss the target in the assessment. In fact, this situation basically occurs in every year and in every company. It is not a big deal in itself. Not to mention new recruits, veterans may also make these mistakes. Sometimes when cadres are shooting, they miss the target and hit the wrong target, so these are normal and don't need to worry too much.

2. But you may have to bear pressure from two aspects. On the one hand, the leaders and squad leaders of the unit will criticize you. This is normal. If you fail to hit the target, is it possible that you will be set up as a role model? On the other hand, other comrades will tease you. Imagine that the company commander announces the shooting results in front of the entire company, saying so-and-so and "bald", which will inevitably be followed by laughter from other people.

3. This is not necessarily a bad thing. It can also promote your improvement and put you under pressure. Knowing that you are still deficient in this aspect, we can make adjustments in the next step.

But I am afraid that it will cast a shadow because of this, and the more I say no, the worse I get. I once had a comrade who always failed to shoot a pistol. Even if he fired 2 rounds at the beginning, the subsequent ones would always miss the target. It was not mainly about the shooting action. The problem is mainly a psychological one. So I say the key is not to have any psychological burden, be generous, it’s nothing, and believe that you can do well in the future.

4. The other step is to reflect carefully, and then train repeatedly to find out where your problem lies, whether you looked at the wrong target, pulled the trigger hard, or you are not sure about the relationship between the front sight and the hole. Okay, or it may be mental stress during the assessment, etc. You have to find the reasons for these, and then overcome and train in a targeted manner. It is not difficult, and you can definitely do it well! Starting from 121, we focus on applying for military academies and enlisting in the army. Welcome to pay attention and consult.

If they all hit the target, they are not new recruits. The most serious problem for recruits is fear and fear of difficulties. Nothing else is a problem, the army will make you better and better.

There are really very few sharpshooters, they can be said to be the best in a hundred. The marksmanship of other soldiers is actually about the same, everyone is similar; A few people with poor marksmanship.

In fact, this is very normal. Think about it when you were in school, one or two students (who were often praised at parent-teacher meetings) had top-notch grades and stood out in the class. Most of them Some students are in the middle, slightly above, or below. Of course, there are also a few who are at the bottom (often criticized at parent-teacher meetings).

In addition to queue training, equipment training, physical training, grappling and fighting, individual tactics, political classes, learning to sing military songs, sitting on the bench and memorizing regulations, etc., every year new recruits also have to undergo bombing, assassination, Training such as bandaging, taking off and putting on gas masks, etc., among which shooting is definitely a very important assessment content for recruits, which reflects a very important part of the comprehensive technical and tactical quality of individual soldiers.

Target practice for new recruits is basically shooting at a 100-meter fixed chest target in a prone position. They usually shoot 5 rounds of bullets first. Since many people have been exposed to infantry firearms for the first time since they were young, so , his excitement will be beyond words.

At this time, shooting may not necessarily be a good thing. Shooting must be done calmly and calmly. When a person is happy and excited, his heartbeat will speed up and his breathing will speed up. Besides, this is the first time to shoot. When a bullet comes out of the barrel, many people will be shocked and their eardrums will buzz, which will really affect their shooting performance.

Therefore, when a recruit shoots for the first time, he can only load 3-4 out of 5 bullets. Among them, 1-2 bullets miss the target, which is also a common phenomenon, so there is no need to make a fuss.

If a recruit's bullet misses the target when shooting, the squad leader will not only encourage the recruit, but also help the recruit find the reason why the bullet misses the target. He may hold a team meeting to discuss the problem of bullet miss during shooting.

Because before shooting, the squad leader or shooting instructor has long emphasized the shooting essentials such as three points and one line when aiming, and even force when pulling the trigger. However, what the recruits heard is different from actually controlling the firearm. When shooting, there will still be a very large gap.

Shooting is actually a step-by-step process and should not be impatient. It is just like doing homework in class. Of course, soldiers with high intelligence will have good shooting scores. Most soldiers are only at the mid-range level, with 5 rounds. Bullets can hit 40-45 rings, guns can hit the bull's-eye, and there are very few soldiers who can score 50 rings.

Zhang Taofang was the clerk of the Eighth Company of the Third Battalion of the 24th Volunteer Army. His unit was ordered to secretly go to Yuansan. After arriving at the designated place, in order to prevent the soldiers' combat effectiveness from being sharply reduced, the company started shooting training. .

On the shooting range, each person fired 3 bullets, and one shot hit the target, which was considered a passing score. In full view of everyone, as a pacesetter, Zhang Taofang fired 3 rounds in a row, but none of the bullets hit the target. , which made the company commander lose face. After shooting training, Zhang Taofang became a cook.

During usual shooting training with the 38-type rifle, Zhang Taofang, who had very good grades, actually fired three shots in a row without hitting the target. Zhang Taofang kept thinking about the Soviet-made Mosin· What is the difference between the shooting of the Nagant 5-round manual rifle and the Japanese 38 5-round manual rifle.

Finally, in actual combat at Highland 537, Zhang Taofang used this Soviet-made rifle to kill 214 enemies in just one month, setting a new record for sniper shooting on the Korean battlefield at that time. He was honored with special merit by the Volunteer Army Headquarters and awarded him the honorary title of "Level 2 Sniper Hero".

The real case of shooting hero Zhang Taofang missing the target with three shots is to illustrate that it is normal for recruits to miss the target for the first time and there is no serious problem.

As long as you carefully sum up experience, find out the reasons why bullets miss the target, and practice hard and skillfully on a daily basis, ordinary soldiers can achieve good or above shooting results. If the infantry cannot shoot up to standard, it is better to pack up and go home.

Hello, the questioner, regarding "Is it serious for recruits to miss the target when they shoot for the first time?", veterans believe that the problem of missing the target is still relatively common, mainly due to the following factors: Timidity

The first shooting test for recruits is often quite nervous, because the training is all about simulation exercises, empty gun aiming exercises, and mentally imagining the situation during the training. But when it comes to actual live ammunition shooting, they are often so excited that they can’t sleep. Finally, they can It's live ammunition. But when I arrived at the shooting range, I heard the deafening sound of gunfire and felt particularly scared. The aiming and firing movements were also affected by the sound of gunfire and became irregular. Nervous

When recruits take the first assessment, they often attach great importance to their grades and worry that they will be criticized if they do not do well. Nervous emotions will arise invisibly. When I was shooting, I was so nervous that I fired single shots into bursts. Three bullets were fired at once, and two missed the target. I remember that there were more than 300 people in the recruit group I was in at that time. Five bullets were fired, and more than 50 people missed one bullet.

To sum up, it is quite common for recruits to miss the target when they are shooting for the first time, but after experiencing it for the first time, it is rare for them to miss the target the second time. Personal opinion, for reference only, I wish you all the best. I am a retired soldier. If you have any policy issues regarding the military, retirement and re-employment, you are welcome to leave a message and communicate with each other!

The recruits will not have any big problems individually, so they will be criticized one by one. If a large number of new recruits fail, the squad leader and company commander will be talked to by their superiors.

Missing the target is a serious problem in itself. It means that you failed to kill the enemy at the first time during the war, leaving the opponent with the opportunity to knock you down. But for a new recruit, it is understandable, because you are in the training stage of continuous improvement, and an occasional mistake does not mean that you are really bad.

If the results of the comrades are not satisfactory, it may be caused by inaccurate calibration of the firearm or interference from objective factors such as weather.

If everyone is playing ideally, but you are the only one who loses every time, then you should take it seriously.

It’s normal to be inaccurate. Sharpshooters are fed by bullets, come on.