One likely reason Belgium hasn’t brokered, on Ukraine’s behalf, a deal for any of the 55 Gepards its army once operated is that the ex-Belgian Flakpanzers are the least upgraded of the vehicles-and the worst-maintained since Belgium retired them around 2006. “As if it had just come off the assembly line.” “The condition of this anti-aircraft tank is incredibly good,” the commander commented. The former Gepard commander noticed details of the equipment fit that indicate at least one of the Gepards in the video is ex-Qatari. And on Friday, the Ukrainian defense ministry posted a video montage depicting repainted Gepards in action. I look forward to being on the range again within the week.In July, a Qatari Gepard with its distinctive camouflage appeared in the background of a video that Oleksiy Makeyev, the Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin, shot at Putlos military training ground in Germany. Overall very impressed and recommend to any and all who want to shoot or get into air shooting. At the end of each shoot, each station is wiped down with disinfectant as are the weapons (if you have used one of theirs) and to minimise any physical contact, payments for your time are by bank transfer so you don't run the risk of card to machine to card transmission of the virus. They are both shooters themselves and are happy to give advice and during this time of uncertainty, their setup is remarkably good. To sum up, Didier and Stu are two very amiable people who are very passionate about shooting and their business. This testing was relatively quick and I would say within 5 minutes I was sending pellets down the range and 2 hrs flew by with me reminiscing about my youth in a garden. Otherwise you will fire one of their Walther Rotex RM8 air rifles which are fitted with bi-pod, scope and silencer. If you bring your own rifle, Didier and Stu go through the process of weighing your pellets and testing the Energy Downrange to check the legal requirements of compliance. Masks are optional and whilst I went in with good intentions, once I saw the set up and the other shooters adhering to the new rules, when my glasses started to steam up because of the mask, my fears were substantially allayed, the mask was removed for the duration of my shoot and I just popped it back on once I'd finished shooting.
Usually they operate up to 12, 10m lanes but in order to keep the 2m distancing, these are now limited to only 4 at any one time with 2 stations between each open lane. I arrived and called to let Didier know I had arrived and he came out and took me through their protocols hand sanitiser station, goggles and then introduced me to Stu who then took me through to the range. On arrival, all the pandemic measures were adhered to.
Within 10 minutes Didier, responded, gave me details and the next morning I was booked in for 2 hours. Unfortunately all this was "after hours" on a Saturday but thinking the owners would respond on the Monday, I left a message on their website. Typing in "air rifle range near me", Insights Air Range was the first on the list and lo and behold less than a mile away! Having been a keen backyard shooter in my youth, once the opportunity to make limited excursions during the pandemic arose, I wondered how I would fare having not shot on a range in some 24 years.
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