Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
On marksmanship alone (not weapons handling),
a.) Train for a quite limited test with individual weapons. Check and test that the soldier can group 10cm at 100m, and can thus zero his weapon.

b.) Then train him to score hits, from the standing position on a 0.5 x 1m target, exposed for 5 seconds at 100m. He can fire as many rounds as he wants. He just has to hit once. 10 exposures. 7 must show hits, to pass.

After that, expose him to a lot of CQB training and firing under field conditions, though would bring together marksmanship and weapons handling.
OK I won't knit-pick the shoot but I would suggest that the individual's performance when contact is initiated for the first time is still uncertain.