Marksman Training Systems

Despite the fact that the founder of the company was engaged in sports shooting, today's version of the Marksman ST-2 shooting simulator, strongly focuses on hunting topics, although it has a variety of sports scenarios in its arsenal. Below we will try to understand why this shooting simulator is rightfully considered the best simulator for fans of hunting rifles and guns.

The most important difference from the already familiar to us kits using a laser feedback system with the target environment, such as Laser Ammo, iTarget and many others, is that the Marksman ST-2 simulator system does not use the laser action at all. Let's run a little ahead and say that all the complex work is done by a number of sensors installed on the weapon. The simulator kit includes mandatory components for its correct operation. Let's consider the main ones separately. A personal computer with installed software, which is already configured by the manufacturer for the correct operation of the entire system, which means that you cannot use your own. A projector for visualizing the target environment. By the way, if you have your own, then it can also become part of the system, as well as the projection screen, which can be a white flat matte wall or something similar, suitable in size for your system configuration. A high-precision sensor, which is attached to the barrel of almost any hunting weapon, and is the main element of the simulator, because It is he who is responsible for tracking and recording the movement of the weapon relative to the target, the location of impact and other information transmitted to the control program.

Unfortunately, a wired connection is used to interact with the computer, fortunately its length is 10 meters. There is also a special trigger, which is installed on the bracket of an unloaded weapon for the correct operation of the trigger, adding, among other things, the need for real force when pressing it. Now to the interesting thing, as a training weapon you can use your real hunting or sporting weapon, equipping it with a trigger and a sensor, although the simulator kit already has a model of the weapon, which, naturally, cannot be compared in feel with a real combat prototype. The principle of operation of Marksman ST-2 is somewhat similar to the operation of the MantisX analytical system, and is based on the simultaneous processing of all data transmitted to the control program, received by sensors installed on the weapon. The software allows you to conduct the deepest analysis of each shot, whether it is the speed of your reaction to a target appearing in the field of view or the angular velocity of a firearm, nothing will go unnoticed. It should be noted that the software even allows you to provide precise data on the number of pellets that hit the target or, conversely, missed it.

Simulator configurations such as CLASSIC, ULTRA and PRO essentially increase the viewing angle of your field of vision, bringing it to panoramic, and for the tilted screen described above, there is a special DRIVEN configuration. As the viewing angle increases, the size of the projection screen or projection area will increase accordingly, which in turn will create the effect of maximum immersion in what is happening on the screen.