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CSGT
Trevor La Frank takes aim at a target.
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Adam Schmidt, CWOFF Phil Smart, CWOFF Alida Sayuni and CSGT
Trevor La Frank show off the trophy they won.
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No. 4 Wing team in the cadets’ National Shooting Competition has
won the group event for the third consecutive year.
Cadet Warrant Officer Phil Smart and Cadet Sergeant Trevor La
Frank also took out first and second respectively in the individual
competition held at Puckapunyal on July 17-18.
Cadet Corporal Adam Schmidt said, “Not being sure whether we had
won or not we turned up to the presentation ceremony. The first
wave of relief came when the last place was read out.
It wasn’t us. “Then, as they read out the placings, it eventually
got to second place and we still hadn’t been read out. “For the
third year in a row No. 4 Wing was to be engraved on the cup.”
Cadet Warrant Officer Alida Sayuni was the fourth member of the
team. The national competition began with training in the safe
handling of the rifle for two days.
Then came the LF9, which consisted of a number of serials, was
shot from the lying, sitting, kneeling and standing positions
and included magazine changes.
On the last day of the competition the LF18B, one of the hardest
live fires, was conducted and lasted about an hour.
All cadets found firing the rifle with live rounds much different
from the simulations. The first try-outs for a place on the team
were at the Weapons Training Simulation System at Duntroon.
The computer range comprises modified Steyr rifles with laser
beams and pneumatic recoil along with other gadgets and a series
of projectors that can be linked up to simulate scenarios.
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