Training officers, tasked with providing this high degree of realistic training in an era of escalating costs and shrinking budgets, have turned to simulation to meet their training objectives. In any small and supporting arms training programme, a well-balanced integration of manpower and equipment is essential. Only constant training through repetition reduces the error factor.
Simulators allow the instructor to create a wide range of problem situations.
The instructor can use the simulator for instruction through demonstration, allowing his knowledge to serve as the model, and then have the student practise repeatedly. The student must be able to use actual weapons that have been re-engineered and retrofitted with lasers and sensors to provide the realism of weapons function, while providing the computerized diagnostics vital to the instructor. Recoil in a modified weapon, for example, is essential for realistic training. Butt pressure, trigger squeeze, cant, aim trace, breath control and shot analysis are key diagnostics on which the instructor focuses. Realistic weapons modification must extend from basic revolvers to mortar and artillery weapons.