Do you think people who have only ever done sport shooting but were good at it (decent marksmen) could do well in military if say... a war came up and they got drafted?
How well would they do in comparison to regular infantrymen who are professional army?
Only if their sport was biathlon, all other sports don't really offer you any advantages because biathlon is mostly about breath and muscle control, something absolutely mandatory for a skilled marksman.
What about regular shooting at a target? Doesn't that alone already make the guy better than a regular inf?
It might if the person is assigned to a role where movement isn't crucial (i.e GPMG gunner, platoon marksman or anything involved with guns on vehicles). The thing is that to be proficient with aiming in a high intensity combat zone, is that breath control when you've been doing nothing for 20 minutes is a lot different than doing the same after running 800 meters with full kit on. Biathlon is a sport that focuses heavily on mastering the latter.
Running with full kit on is important in and of itself. An Olympic shooter can be trained to that standard, sure. But getting to a spot to shoot someone is more important than just being an excellent shot.
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>Their guns are s o u l l e s s so they must actually be liberals who hate guns!
>why don't we use full power cartridges for biathalon?
>why isn't 2-gun an olympic sport?
>How well would they do in comparison to regular infantrymen who are professional army?
Being infantry is a lot more than just SHOOTING.
But that shooting part, yeah, they'd know about ballistics and would most likely not only be better, but learn better.
Like someone already said, biathlon - skiing and shooting, both accuracy and performance matter here - is probably closest to what combat would be breathing and shooting wise.
A lot of the "sport" shooting skills and techniques are only able to be used in optimal conditions. What they is impressive but when forced to use techniques and do all the other things a soldier is required to do, they will be above average at best. I have a feeling that a lot of their shooting habits especially will need to be trained away.
Its like asking is formula 1 racecar drivers would make good Uber drivers.
well im in my countries army and the sport shooters are very good at the shooting range but they have no advantages in real combat. because in real combat the individual doesnt count. its all about squad tactics, positioning and the overarching situation. its not hard to shoot a modern assault rifle accuratly over medium distances you can learn that in a day, id rather have 4 guys with a brain and understanding of positioning rather than 4 good marksman desu. its nice to have but they arent supersoldiers.