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                                                                 EXHIBIT 3.01
                           CERTIFICATE OF ELIMINATION

                                       OF

                           CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

                                       OF

                             SENIOR PREFERRED STOCK

                                       OF

                         FIREARMS TRAINING SYSTEMS, INC.


                     Pursuant to Section 151 of the General
                    Corporation Law of the State of Delaware


         Firearms Training Systems, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a corporation
organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the "DCGL"), hereby certifies as follows:

         FIRST: The Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation
authorizes the issuance of up to 200,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value
$.10 per share (the "Preferred Stock") in one or more series pursuant to a
resolution or resolutions providing for such issuance adopted by the Board of
Directors, and further authorized the Board of Directors of the Corporation to
(i) determine or alter the voting powers, full or limited, and other rights,
preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly
unissued series of Preferred Stock, (ii) fix the number of shares of any series
of Preferred Stock and the designation of any such series of Preferred Stock and
(iii) within the limits and restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions
of the Board of Directors of the Corporation originally fixing the number of
shares constituting any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, increase or
decrease (but not below the number of shares of any such series then
outstanding) the number of shares of any such series then outstanding) the
number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issuance of shares of such
series.

         SECOND: On July 31, 1996, the Board of Directors of the Corporation
adopted a resolution authorizing the creation and issuance of a series of said
Preferred Stock to be known as Senior Preferred Stock.

         THIRD: On December 13, 1996, the Board of Directors of the Corporation
adopted the following resolution, eliminating from the Certificate of
Incorporation the resolution



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previously adopted by the Board of Directors on July 31, 1996, which authorized
the creation and issuance of a series of said Preferred Stock to be known as
Senior Preferred Stock, as follows:

         RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of
Directors of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of its
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, the series of Preferred Stock of the
Corporation, known as Senior Preferred Stock, be, and hereby is, eliminated, and
that the designation and amount thereof and the voting powers, full or limited,
and other rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed
upon such series of Preferred Stock be eliminated accordingly;

         RESOLVED, that no shares of the Senior Preferred Stock have been issued
and therefore none of the authorized shares of Senior Preferred Stock are
presently outstanding;

         RESOLVED, that none of such shares shall be issued subject to the
Certificate of Designations filed on August 5, 1996 by the Company with respect
to such Senior Preferred Shares; and

         RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 151 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation be
amended to eliminate all reference to the Series of Preferred Stock known as
Senior Preferred Stock.

         IN WITNESS WHERE OF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be
signed in its name and on its behalf and attested on this 13th day of December,
1996 by duly authorized officers of the Corporation.

                               FIREARMS TRAINING SYSTEMS, INC.

                               By:       /s/ Peter A. Marino
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                               Name:    Peter A. Marino
                               Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer





ATTEST:

By:       /s/ David A. Apseloff
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Name:    David A. Apseloff
Title:   Assistant Secretary

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