Training strip, the filling of which is greater80 years practically does not change, and to this day is an effective method of training military personnel. It's time to find out what it is and where it finds application.
The army's obstacle course has dimensions150-200 meters in length. Its mission is to develop the skills of military personnel to overcome obstacles often encountered on the battlefield, develop dexterity, quick reaction, endurance, and make the force loads more intense. It is used to train not only the Russian army, but also in the overwhelming majority of the armies of other countries, as well as special services and security agencies.
It occurs on the ranges of military units or instandard version, either in the form of a section of 40 x 90 meters, or in the form of long routes of 3-5 km. Obstacles are located either one after another, or in the form of connected by transitions of parallel bands, or as a circle, or as a figure-eight.
The army obstacle course usually includes the following structures:
So that you can see what the standard army obstacle strip looks like, you can see the photo below.
The army's obstacle course finds application in our country both in the military sphere and in the civil sphere:
The technique of overcoming the Soviet stripservicemen owned before the Great Patriotic War. The army obstacle course was one of the components of the complex "Ready for Labor and Defense". By the way, the widespread prevalence of this element of physical education in schools, universities, factories and factories, state and collective farms is considered one of the reasons for the Victory of the USSR. After entering the complex exercises train dexterity, endurance, speed, visibly strengthen the body, develop intelligence.
The army obstacle course was the most important applied exercise of the TRP complex. And thousands of ordinary Soviet citizens who had the TRP badge had the skills to successfully pass it.