General Secretary Kim Jong Un’s Revolutionary Activities

A shooting contest of snipers from Korean People's Army units at all levels took place at Pyongyang Training Base No. 60 under the Capital City Defence Corps on March 3 on the occasion of the Sniper's Day of the KPA.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, oversaw the contest.

He was accompanied by Jo Yong Won, Kim Jae Ryong and Ri Il Hwan, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, and other major cadres.

He was greeted on the spot by commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence and military and political commanding officers of the KPA large combined units.

The contest was aimed at steadily improving the marksmanship of snipers to whom greater importance is attached in modern warfare.

It was attended by snipers selected from the special operations units of different services of the KPA and its large combined units at all levels.

In the contest, the special operations brigade of the Air Force came first, the 4th Corps second and the 1st Corps third.

It was followed by demonstration shootings by snipers of the Company of Snipers under the Operations Bureau of the General Staff and the power demonstration by combatants of the special operations units.

Saying that the combat capability and role of snipers are being more highly valued in the composition of the armed forces of the country, Kim Jong Un noted that it is a main requirement in implementing the Party's line of building a powerful and modern army to bring about a rapid and qualitative change in boosting the combat capability of snipers in conformity with the development phase and trend of modern warfare.

He said that it is very important to frequently organize the practical training in virtual combat environments and the shooting contests which boost the spirit of competition among the units in order to train all the snipers of the KPA units at all levels into crack shots capable of dealing a fatal blow to the enemy in any weather and seasonal conditions and day and night.

Noting that accurate marksmanship should be a symbol and special feature of the matchless combat capability of the Korean People's Army, he gave important guidelines to be followed in training a-match-for-a-hundred, all-round snipers well-versed in the Juche-oriented shooting methods and knacks.