DGP inaugurates Containerized Shooting Range

Jammu, Feb 06: Director General of Police (DGP) J&K Dilbag Singh on Monday inaugurated the Containerized Shooting Range at District Police Lines, Jammu.
Spl. DG CID J&K R R Swain, ADGsP J&K, S.J.M. Gillani, Dr S D Singh Jamwal, Mukesh Singh, M.K Sinha, Sunil Kumar, Danesh Rana, Director, Fire & Emergency Services, J&K Alok Kumar, IGsP M N Tiwari, Vikramjeet Singh, B S Tuti, DIG Admin. PHQ Sarah Rizvi, DIG CRPF, Jammu, Udayabhaskar Billa, DIG JSK range Shakti Patakh, AIsG PHQ, SSP Jammu, officers of Police Construction Division and other senior officers of Jammu district were present on the occasion, a police spokesperson said in a statement.
The officers briefed the DGP about the features of Containerized Shooting Range and its monitor control system. Interacting with the officers, the DGP said the facility will help in providing a shooting facility to the personnel posted in Jammu city. He said such a modernized facility was the need of the hour. He directed officers to chalk out a plan for conducting shooting practices of personnel from different units.
The DGP and other senior officers fired some practice rounds on the occasion. He also monitored the demo session from the monitoring room of the facility.
On the occasion, the DGP was also briefed about the three newly inducted weapons in the armory of J&K Police which include Corner Shot, X-95 Tivor and MP-5. “The Containerized Shooting Range (CTSR) meets all international standards of safety and pollution with software capability of decreasing and increasing firing range of up to 300 meters. The air-conditioned shooting range which can be utilized 24×7 can also be easily transported to any other location. The shooter can fire in standing, kneeling and lying positions and it has Electronic Multi-Function Targets and Virtual Target systems. The CTSR has one Control Station each outside the Container and a monitoring tab near the shooter to monitor the firing and the control station is capable of printing the firing result of the shooter,” the spokesperson said.
“The ISO certified system is capable of displaying and recording shot location on the target, possible score, the aggregate score, indicate the mean point of impact, indicate the type of exercise in progress, show group size and MPI, etc,” the police spokesperson said.