Sniper Small Unit Exchange 2026 - Winter edition

Who should attend

Experienced snipers and spotters seeking to expand capability in mountain winter environments and extreme long-range engagement. This course is for personell employed by a government agency from a NATO country (and selected NATO global partners: Australia, New Zealand, Japan or South Korea). 

Outcomes

Participants will return with improved cold-weather mobility skills, enhanced long-range precision under complex environmental conditions, stronger team integration techniques, and lasting professional connections within an international specialist network. 

Course highlights & training modules

• Winter mobility with snowmobile operations — safe, rapid movement and team employment across snow-covered terrain.

• Avalanche awareness & safety — terrain assessment, rescue techniques and risk mitigation for mountain operations.

• Mountain sniper operations — long-range precision shooting from alpine positions in complex terrain.

• Difficult wind and meteorological conditions — reading microclimates and compensating for highly variable winds.

• Extreme long-range engagements (up to 2000 m) — solutions for shot planning, holdovers and confirmation at extreme distances.

• External ballistics — data capture and applying ballistic solutions in the field.

• Cross-valley shooting & angle shooting — target geometry, line-of-sight, and ballistics corrections for lateral and vertical engagements.

• Tactical small-unit integration — employment of sniper teams within broader maneuver elements under winter conditions.

• International sniper networking — structured opportunities for knowledge exchange, lessons learned, and building cross-national professional links in a specialist community.

  
  

Uppon registration you will receive more information related to the formalities around Request for Visit, Request for training ect.