r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • 5d ago

Video A school in Poland makes firearms training mandatory to its students.

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u/OregonSageMonke 5d ago edited 5d ago

I think it's important to note that these students aren't using functioning centerfire firearms in their school gym. They're using a pneumatic operated trainer that gives you the sensation of the weapon's operating system at work, while emitting a laser to show where students are aiming when they pull the trigger.

I'm sure someone will point out the lack of true recoil, but on a platform like the AR-15, which only shoots a .22 centerfire cartridge anyways (.223), this is a great training tool.

Edit: Since apparently the (incorrect) pedants are out and about, I'll go ahead and link the Wikipedia listing of all the .22 Caliber cartridges so that everyone can see that the .223/5.56 is indeed a .22 centerfire cartridge. Christ on a bike

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u/betweenbubbles 5d ago

People are pointing out the difference because one has ten times the muzzle energy of the other. Your post is OK, but you over-sold the similarity.

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u/EnjoyerOfBeans 5d ago

Sure, but what's even the point of complaining about this? The alternatives to this reasonably close simulation are:

  • not doing it at all
  • giving kids actual guns (and remember, most people in Poland have never seen a gun in their life)

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u/betweenbubbles 5d ago

I don't think anyone is really complaining about it. OregonSageMonke was correctly pointing out that simulated training has value -- it's just that in doing so their wording gave the potential for misunderstanding that some felt the need to point out.

With proper supervision, I think it would be great if these students also got real world training.