Private company teaches Taiwanese citizens how to pick up a gun
Private company teaches Taiwanese citizens how to pick up a gun
2023-02-22
With the threat of military aggression from Beijing growing, more and more Taiwanese citizens want to learn how to pick up a gun. Private companies are stepping into the market to provide military education. One company is getting inspiration from all round the world, using U.S., Chinese and Taiwanese equipment to educate students. They’ve even hired a U.S. Army officer. And they’re getting support from Taiwanese soldiers who’ve returned from volunteering for the Ukrainian army.
Helmet and bullet-proof vest on, a student steps forward on command.
They step into a narrow space, open fire on a target, and destroy the enemy fighters in less than 10 seconds.
“Shooting in a confined space” is a popular class, as is the “Board with Nine Holes” training, where students learn to hit a target precisely under many different conditions.
Hsiung Chi-sheng
Defense Education promotion industry
We’re teaching Military History Education, so that more citizens can understand the country as well as the equipment we use.
A private company offers these classes in the hope of spreading military knowledge among Taiwan’s population. They use imitation weapons which are almost exactly the same weight as real guns, and all kinds of equipment, in their combat training classes. They also display samples of weaponry from the Taiwanese, Chinese and U.S. armies, so students can learn to distinguish Taiwan’s army from potential invaders. Finally, they teach military history, and employ this retired U.S. Army officer as a teacher.
Richard Limon
Retired US Army officer
What you can learn from U.S. troops is combat training and medical training. In that respect, in my own opinion, I think it’s more useful, because that also gives more time to train the troops and get them ready for a potential fight.
Lee Cheng-ling
Volunteer soldier in Ukraine War
Taiwan needs to join up with the training system of NATO, because this is very important. The battles of the future will certainly be fought by alliances. There may be armies from other countries that might be fighting in Taiwan. You have to form an alliance. So in the same way you need to connect up with foreign armies in your training.
Lu Tzu-hao
Volunteer soldier in Ukraine War
The army needs to train everyone more in how to handle an individual weapon. Because in Ukraine, at the start, we were all using individual weapons. We were all trained in Stingers and missiles. It’s just we don’t know if the national weapons reserve is big enough. You can also train with virtual reality. We all had training of that kind.
These two Taiwanese soldiers volunteered to fight in the Ukraine War. Now they’re contributing to the school too, in the hopes of building up Taiwan’s preparedness to tackle an invasion.
強化全民國防概念 業者開辦射擊課程
2023-02-22
台海情勢緊繃，解放軍步步進逼，有民間業者為了推廣全民國防教育，同時強化國人射擊技巧，開辦相關課程，包括透過極為相似的台、美、中三國軍用裝備，學習軍事歷史，以及利用與真槍相似的玩具槍，進行限制空間射擊、九洞板射擊等專業訓練。
戴好鋼盔、穿上防彈背心，接獲指令後立刻行動。
進入狹小空間，朝人形靶開火，不到10秒就把敵人肅清。
除了「限制空間射擊」，還有國軍也在訓練的「九洞板」訓練，模擬在不同情境下，如何精準命中目標。
[[全民國防教育推廣業者 熊麒勝]]
“我們走的是軍事歷史教育，然後讓更多民眾去認識國家，還有我們用的器材有哪些。”
為了讓國人更瞭解全民國防概念，民間團體開辦相關課程，利用極為仿真、與真槍重量誤差不到一公斤的玩具槍，以及各式裝備，進行戰術訓練，此外現場也擺放台、美、中三國軍隊的裝備樣式，用來辨別敵我，以及學習軍事歷史。還延聘美軍退役人士當教官。
[[美軍陸戰隊退役教官 Richard Limon]]
“有什麼可以跟美軍學習的，有兩個地方，就是戰鬥訓練，跟醫學訓練。就我的觀點來看，我認為這(恢復一年兵役)很實用，因為可以更多的時間去訓練部隊，做好未來可能作戰的準備。”
[[台籍烏克蘭志願兵 李成零]]
“(國軍)必須銜接上北約的訓練制度，因為這非常重要，未來的作戰一定是聯合作戰，可能會有其他國家的軍隊，也可能會在台灣實施作戰方式，你必須做到一個聯合，那相對的你訓練上必須能夠與外國部隊銜接上。”
[[台籍烏克蘭志願兵 呂子豪]]
“國軍要給大家多訓練單兵武器，因為我們當初(在烏克蘭)都是拿單兵武器，刺針、標槍(飛彈)我們都訓練，只是我們不知道國家武器儲備夠不夠，你可以做成VR那種來訓練，我們在那邊都有那種訓練。”
以烏俄之戰為借鏡，台灣民間興起全民國防教育，應對北京可能的進犯。
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