Range Day on the Hilltop

The exercise was special because this has been the first such target practice in recent years.

Since the Rezi training base was closed down, the Hungarian soldiers haven’t had many

opportunities to hold high-terrain target practices in Hungary. Now with the help of the HDF

Bakony Combat Training Center the 5/24 “Bornemissza Gergely" Reconnaissance Battalion

set up an ad hoc firing range on Mórocz hilltop, which offered a good venue for mastering or

brushing up special skills.

First the scouts conducted the special target practice, and afterwards the other subunits also

had a chance to test the physically challenging steep fire lanes.

Seven soldiers from each of the three companies of the 39

forms the backbone of the NATO-declared Infantry Battle Group (IBG-2) – took part in this

unaccustomed training session. The non-organic scouts used assault rifles with silencers to

hit the targets during the complex series of tasks on the hilly terrain. The heavily rugged and

partly covered, steep terrain required the small units to perform highly coordinated fire and

maneuver.

The special target practice was inspected by Maj.-Gen. László Domján, the commander of the

HDF Joint Force Command.

Photo: Col. Péter Lippai