The National Guard identified the best marksmen from automatic rifle, pistol and practical shooting
During two days at the general military training ground of the International Center of NGU in Kyiv region, the guards competed for the title of the best marksmen in automatic rifle, pistol and practical shooting in the National Guard. 17 teams from different parts of the National Guard of Ukraine demonstrated their skills in eight exercises with Applied and practical shooting from combat weapons. On the second day, the conditions for the exercises were hampered by rapid movement to the firing line and increasing the distance to the target.
“The conditions for conducting exercises should be as close as possible to combat ones. Endurance, speed, physical toughness, psychological endurance, accuracy — these are the qualities that are needed by the National Guardsmen today during the performance of their service and combat tasks,” said the chief judge of the Championship during the competition, the Head of the Physical Training Department of the Department of Vocational Training of the Main Directorate of the National Directorate Colonel Andriy Meleshko of the Guard of Ukraine.
The winners of the championship were:
In the personal championship in the nomination “Best pistol shooter” —
Sergeant Serhiy Zhurba, soldier of the military unit 4114 of the Western ATO
In the nomination “Best Rifle Shooter” —
Major Ruslan Levchuk, soldier of military unit 1141 of the Western ATO
In the nomination “Best marksman in practical shooting” —
Sergeant Artem Gishtemult, soldier of military unit 3044
Among the commands of the military units of the III Group —
III-place military unit 3045
2nd place military unit 3043
1st place military unit 3044
Among the commands of the military units of the II Group —
III-place military unit 3022
II place — military unit 2269
I-place — military unit 3018
Among the teams of Group I —
III- Western OTO team
Second place team of Southern OTO
I- Central OTO team
All winners of the competition were presented with cups, certificates and commemorative plaques. And from the honorary guests of the championship Lyubov Cheshko, the chairman of the Voronkivsk settlement council and Oleg Petrov, the president of the National Federation of Practical Shooting of Ukraine and the head of the Ibis company, Romas Grunskis, there is also modern military equipment and valuable gifts. The participants of the artistic performance of the International Center were congratulated on the completion of the Guards Championship by Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Voskoboev and Junior Sergeant Elena Hobta.
Information and Communication Department of the International Center of NGU
photo by Artem Kocharyan and Alexei Kushnir
