Practical Military Training - Armour

The aim of practical military training is to provide direct contact with the military environment for students in the final phase of their studies. The purpose of the subject is to enable quality teaching by means of a partnership between university teachers and military professionals. Through practical training the students will gain new knowledge and skills learning from professional experience which will complement the academic environment. This should be beneficial for students in the process of acquiring practical engineering and military knowledge. Also, they will be better prepared for the job they can expect after finishing the studies and they will be provided opportunities for better individual profiling in the process of gaining specialist knowledge in their final year of academic study. The course promotes closer cooperation between the military system and the academic community. At the same time, the teachers get feedback on the knowledge and skills the employers expect, which has a positive backwash effect on the teaching-learning process. Each student will have his/her own supervisor of the Practical Military Training, an officer or a military specialist from the branch or service of the student''s speciality. The supervisor defines the training program and assigns tasks to the student in accordance with the plan. The student is obliged to follow instructions and meet obligations, recording this in his/her work diary. The work diary is the basis for producing the final student''s report on the activities conducted. The supervisor will keep notes of the student''s progress and records of the activities he/she has successfully completed in accordance with the plan, which should form the basis for suggesting the student''s final grade. Upon finishing the practical military training the student has to prepare a report on his/her work and submit it to the supervisor. The report includes the information about the supervisor, the work plan and the specifications of the tasks carried out, the time frame and the work diary. The supervisor verifies the report and recommends the final grade for the student. The student''s final thesis advisor is the teacher of the Practical Military Training, who is either a university professor or Vice Dean for teaching of the Faculty which provides practical military training for the particular branch or service. The advisor is obliged to read the student''s report and, on the basis of the recommendation given by the supervisor, assign the final grade. Students should be able to successfully conduct combat in a variety of weather conditions in the role of AFV crew and the commander of the tank / armored-mechanized platoon.

1. apply the steps of troop leading procedures
2. explain the basic tactical operations of armor units
3. repeat and describe the types of maneuvers and techniques of defence forces Armoured
4. compare the forms of maneuver and techniques of defence of armor units
5. analyze the tactical situation and make a timely decision
6. produce a decision scheme
7. explain ways of of shooting from armored vehicles
8. use combat armored vehicles weapons in solving fire tasks
9. plan and prepare a preparatory for shooting from the combat armored vehiclesweapons
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Exercises

Through the introduction to the exercise, cadets will recognize the features of the particular exercises and knowledge required to successfully master the practical work in the exercises.

Field work

Field training takes place through the conduct of tank and armored mechanized platoon exercise as well as the shooting preparation with armament of armored mechanized units.

1. Introduction to Exercise 1: Introduction to armor tactics Introduction to Exercise 2: Battle command
2. Exercise 2: Battle command Exercise 3: War fighting function Introduction to Exercise 4: Offensive operations
3. Introduction to Exercise 5: Defensive operations Introduction to Exercise 6: Retrograde operations Introduction to Exercise 7: Tactical enabling operations
4. Introduction to Exercise 7: Tactical enabling operations Introduction to Exercise 8: AFV crew preparation for combat Introduction to Exercise 9: Basics protection against NBC weapons Introduction to Exercise 10: Armor platoon in stability and support operations
5. Introduction to Exercise 10: Armor platoon in stability and support operations Exercise 4: Tank platoon in the attack
6. Exercise 4: Tank platoon in attack Exercise 5: Armored mechanized platoon in attack
7. Exercise 5: Armored mechanized platoon in attack Exercise 6: Tank platoon in defence
8. Exercise 6: Tank platoon in the defence Exercise 7: Armored mechanized platoon in defence
9. Exercise 7: Armored mechanized platoon in the defence Exercise 8: Retrograde operations Exercise 9: Tactical enabling operations Exercise 10: AFV crew preparation for combat
10. Exercise 10: AFV crew preparation for combat Final exam: Solving tactical task
11. Introduction to Exercise 11: Preparation of AFV weapons firing Introduction to Exercise 12: Shooting stationary and moving targets from the place and stop Introduction to Exercise 13: Shooting stationary and moving targets from short stop Introduction to Exercise 14: Shooting stationary and moving targets on the move
12. Introduction to Exercise 15: Shooting targets in airspace Introduction to Exercise 16: Shooting at night and in low visibility Introduction to Exercise 17: Shooting through, across the gap and next to own troops Introduction to Exercise 18: Shooting at great distances Introduction to Exercise 19: Shooting on the hill and mountain, intersected and karst land
13. Exercise 11: Running gear.
14. Exercise 12: AFV driving.
15. Exercise 13: Shooting on ATR