Military shooting school

Military shooting schools were educational institutions for military personnel and served the proper handling of firearms. At the same time, improvements and inventions in the field of relevant weapons were examined and evaluated here. There were military shooting schools for infantry and artillery .

Germany

• Infantry shooting school in Spandau - Ruhlebener Schanzenwald (since 1861), 1883 rifle examination commission outsourced
• Military shooting school in Augsburg (military training area on the Lechfeld , since 1872)
• Artillery shooting school in Berlin (1867)
• Field artillery and foot artillery shooting school in Jüterbog (1890)

France

• École normal de tir ( Châlons )
• Écoles d'application pour le tir ( Le Ruchard , La Valbonne )
• Commission d'études de tir de l'artillerie in Poitiers
• Commission d'études de tir à la mer ( Toulon , since 1894)

Great Britain

• Infantry Shooting School in Hythe (School of Musketry, founded 1853)
• the oldest artillery school in Shoeburyness

literature

• The royal military shooting school in Spandau. In military sheets. No. 7 of February 17, 1863, p. 51 f.
• Theodor Wagner: The Royal Prussian Infantry Shooting School. 1900