Artillery Firing Contest among KPA Large Combined Units Held
An artillery firing contest among large combined units of the Korean People’s Army was held in the presence of
At the Fourth Conference of KPA Artillerymen the Supreme Commander gave instructions on hitting targets at a single shot without test firing. The contest was aimed at basically improving the mode, content and method of artillery drills and kindling fiercer flames of marksmanship movement among artillerymen by appraising the firing results in the same way as when using small arms, so as to greet the WPK’s Seventh Congress with remarkable success in building up the artillery force and carry out his instructions. One gun was allotted to each participating unit.
Among the participants were the artillery sub-units of the KPA large combined units 966, 313, 567, 526, 233, 549, 324, 593 and 287.
As soon as the firing order was issued, shells reached the targets with thunderous roar, demonstrating the KPA service personnel’s determination to annihilate the enemy.
Crack shot certificates, medals and badges were awarded to the units and soldiers who proved excellent.
Noting that the participating officers and soldiers displayed a high level of marksmanship, signalling the start of the new year’s onward march,
He also gave the KPA commanding officers, members of the executive committee of the KPA Party Committee and the artillery commanders of the large combined units important instructions on further building up the Juche-oriented artillery: keeping in mind the fact that modern war is precisely artillery warfare and the combat readiness of artillerymen is that of the KPA; maximizing the mobility of guns and strictly ensuring the promptness and exactness of firing; and incessantly improving the mode, content and method of drills in line with the modernization of gun weapons and their increasing performances.