The 48th edition of the Winton P. Wilson (WPW) Sniper Champioship (National Guard) competition, a military sporting event for marksmen, has just ended at the Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center in the state of Arkansas (USA). which was attended by teams from different nations, among which the Italian Army team was present, made up of two sharpshooters of the 3rd Bersaglieri regiment of the Sassari Brigade.
The competition, originally created to test and evaluate the effectiveness of training programs for American sniper units, has subsequently taken on an international character, becoming an important moment in the training of selected shooters, increasing their knowledge and technical skills and improving them thanks to the comparison with other foreign units.
The pair of bersaglieri, in addition to having sustained several precision shooting tests, successfully passed both the strength and endurance tests, such as a "ballasted" twenty kilometer march, carried out with a packed backpack, and orienteering activities.
