rowdyb Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 As prayer rugs for Chechen soldiers, during pre-deployment training for the "special operation" in Ukraine. Unless there is some other widely used target, that shape, that is white on one side and brown on the other.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Seems a bit odd. IPSC everywhere in the world hasn't used a target that shape since 2008. Well, it's the NYT. They could have grabbed a random photo to 'illustrate' the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 The patch on the uniform lines up with the story. Get a geotag out of the photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamasabound Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Targets have no perfs. Makes me think they are training targets inspired by IPSC / USPSA targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schutzenmeister Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Coming next ... Export of USPSA targets (and their derivatives such as IDPA targets) to be banned from export by ITAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Looks like perfs. To me but my eyes are old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 I thought that this might be Competitors praying for Doubles for the 2024 USPSA Nationals..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamasabound Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 3 hours ago, barry said: Looks like perfs. To me but my eyes are old. In the NYTimes article you can see them a little bit clearer. Although the downside is you are now looking at the NYTimes. There’s another image where these are being used as cardboard backers for a more conventional bullseye. Clearly they learned from the folks who frequent my gun club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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