Analysis Of The Threat Oriented Marksmanship Training Capabilities Of The Infantry Remoted Target System Irets PDF Download

At present in the U.S. Army, rifle marksmanship training is conducted on TRAINFIRE ranges which were developed and installed during the late 1950's at selected Army Training Centers and other major U.S. Army installations. These ranges are rapidly becoming obsolete. As a consequence, the U.S. Army is considering the procurement of a new, improved live fire training system, the Infantry Remoted Target System (IRETS). This system has been designed to provide for the conduct of rifle marksmanship training in a threat oriented context. Early in 1976 the U.S. Army Infantry Center (USAIC) published threat oriented rifle marksmanship scenarios for the defense, the attack, and the counterattack. The USAIC defense scenario was subsequently incorporated into the IRETS specifications. In this regard, the defense scenario and its target presentation requirements served as the basis for the target conditions to be portrayed by and the live fire range requirements for the IRETS. Because it is planned to replace selected rifle marksmanship live fire ranges with the IRETS, it is important to know to what extent the planned capabilities of the IRETS are consistent with current concepts of threat oriented rifle marksmanship training. This report presents the findings of a comparative analysis of the specifications for the IRETS and the target presentation and training requirements for threat oriented rifle marksmanship training. The purpose of the analysis was to identify potential shortcomings in the threat oriented training capabilities of the IRETS.