Rifle, simulator unveiled for K’pur NCC cadets

| | KORAPUT | in Bhubaneswar

The first ever 10 m air rifle range and .22 Rifile firing simulator Nishan were inaugurated on Saturday by Jeypore MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati.

Bahinipati said Nishana range will benefit to all those NCC cadets who have a dream to serve in defence service for practicing firing and also will help to get national level shooters.

Manas Mohapatra, a student from Vikram Dev College, said the firing range is going to help for learning better shooting.

Col Rajesh Kumar Rao said with a mission to focus on quality of training, the unit has procured 10m air rifles through annual training grant for shooting practice.

He added that the unit has also procured a .22 rifle simulator from Simulator Development Division at Secundrabad and the unit is the first in India to procure .22 firing simulator which was till now restricted to only regular army units.