Research Pays Off for the Reserve Component: U.S. Arm Research Institute Products From 1985-1998

A Review of Research on the Laser Marksmanship Training System

“…Budget cuts, coupled with increased ammunition costs and reduced access to live-fire ranges, have all but mandated the use of cutting edge technology to meet current marksmanship training standards (Krug & Pickell, 1996). In the Reserve Component (RC), budget cuts and range access problems are exacerbated by ever-present training time constraints (Hagman & Phelps, 1999), plus the necessity for conducting most training at home station where live-fire range facilities are often not readily available.…”