The Eighth Annual U.S. Army International Sniper Competition will be hosted and administered by the U.S. Army Sniper School and the United States Army Infantry Center Oct. 16-23 at Fort Benning, Ga.
The competition is designed to physically and mentally challenge sniper teams from all over the world.
Competitors must be organic two-man sniper teams, able to show proof of sniper training, i.e. ASI B4, certificate of training (Special Forces, Marine Corps, Navy SEAL, etc.). Federal Law Enforcement must show certificate from Federal Law Enforcement Sniper Training or pre-existing military training certificate.
All teams must pre-register no later than October 1, 2008. Pre-registration must include full names, rank, military occupation specialty, social security number, Sniper certification/training dates, and unit POC.
Snipers will be limited to using equipment that is part of their unit’s TDA. These are the classes:
Service ClassAny team firing 7.62 NATO or smaller as a primary and/or secondary weapon system. Weapons must be Military issue firearms and not custom equivalents. Custom and/or commercial-off-the-Shelf firearms will not be allowed in the Service Class.
Open ClassAny team firing a primary and/or secondary weapon chambered in a caliber LARGER than 7.62 NATO (i.e. 300 Win Mag., 300 WSM, .338 LM).
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For more information, please contact Sniper School (706-544-6006).
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Every sniper team will participate in ten to fifteen combat related events. The following are examples of some sniper skills that will be tested:
Field firing. Each team will be tested on their ability to successfully engage targets of unknown distances with a primary (long gun) and alternate (spotter) from 0m-1100m (day/night) as well as engagements with secondary weapon (pistol) from 0m-50m. Each team will also be tested on their ability to compensate for cold bore/clean bore shots with the primary weapon (day/night). This will take place during more than one event.
Advanced marksmanship. Each team will engage moving targets at varying speeds and distances (day/night) with individual weapons. Each team will also be required to engage targets using alternate firing positions. This will take place during more than one event.
Field Craft. Each team will be challenged on their abilities to select a route, move into a firing position, deliver a shot, and exfiltrate undetected while under continuous observation. Each team will be challenged on their abilities to construct a field sketch, detect concealed targets, and estimate range to targets and items without the aid of a laser range finder.
