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PAKISTAN ARMY Wins The Coveted And Prestigious Xuanyuan Sword Best Sniper Team Award At The Sharp Blade-2023 International Sniper Competition In CHINA:
PAKISTAN ARMY, the Guardians of the Sacred Frontiers of the Sacred Country PAKISTAN, has managed to won the Coveted and Prestigious Xuanyuan Sword Best Sniper Team Award at the Sharp Blade-2023 International Sniper Competition held at Urumqi, Xinjiang in CHINA on Thursday, July 17 2023, PAKISTAN ARMY Media Wing Head DG ISPR Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in an Official Statement.
According to the details, Nearly 40 sniper teams from 18 countries, including Sacred Country PAKISTAN, Belarus, Kuwait, South Africa, and the Dominica Republic, together with seven sniper teams from the CHINESE military and police units, competed on 12 subjects.
During the 3-day Sharp Blade-2023 International Sniper Competition, PAKISTAN ARMY managed to won the Coveted and Prestigious Xuanyuan Sword Best Sniper Team Award among the 40 International Sniper teams from the 18 different countries of the globe.
In one of subject of the Sharp Blade-2023 Competition, the participating teams were required to board suspended speedboats and shoot at targets floating 200 meters away.
In the comprehensive combat contest, the participating teams should approach the designated positions discreetly, each carrying two sniper rifles and necessary equipment when moving along designated route.
They were assigned the tasks such as infiltrating enemy lines, rescuing hostages by force, tracking targets, controlling and guarding positions, and counterattacking while evacuating at the same time. Each team must fire a total of nine rifle bullets and 12 pistol bullets within a time limit of 20 minutes during the whole process.
In the most challenging test, the close-quarters precision sniper contest, participants who successfully execute specific technical movements were awarded the “Xuanyuan Sword” and PAKISTAN ARMY earns blessings by getting the prestigious Xyanyuan Sword Best Sniper Team Award in the Sharp Blade-2023 International Sniper Competition.
Huo Junli, the leader of the CHINESE naval team, stated that some of the 12 subjects in the competition were not so familiar to them in normal training. Competing in this event and and exchanging ideas with CHINESE and international counterparts was a valuable opportunity for them to enhance their capabilities.
Sirawit Khaengkhan, director of the Special Tasks Department of the Royal Thai Armed Forces and a member of the Competition Arbitration Committee, highly praised CHINA’s intelligent refereeing system.
“It possesses functions such as information input, intelligent scoring, and video monitoring. With referees placed in 68 sniper positions and 110 high-definition cameras covering six competition venues, the system enhances the speed, accuracy, fairness, and impartiality of refereeing,” he said.
“The Xuanyuan Sword is one of the top ten renowned swords in ancient CHINA. The Presentation of swords to heroes symbolizes awarding honor to and admiring the achievements of the snipers, which enabed me to appreciate the rich and glorious CHINESE Culture, stated a Sniper from the PAKISTAN ARMY Team.
Point system judging was done by computers using 110 high-definition cameras covering six competition venues, the system enhancing the speed, accuracy, fairness, and impartiality of refereeing.
