This course was developed as an enhancement of basic FWPAC, and intended as more subject focused one – in order to provide students with more detailed information about constructional and functional characteristic, technical data, marking and safety consideration of specific kind of ammunition – in this case artillery ammo. Event was conducted in area of National EOD Centre in Novaky, supporting course with area and training aids.
Delivery of course was combination of theoretical lessons and practical exercises, finalized with outdoor exercise. Both tuition and exercises were run with large utilization of inert ammunition, models, cutaways and original posters, what greatly contributed to overall information delivery from the course. Eleven students from 5 countries (CAN, SWISS, SVN, HUN and SVK) successfully completed the course and were awarded with certificate of completion and course badge.
Author: MAJ Štefan Sopčák