The event was organized by the Australian Army of the Royal Australian Army (AASAM) for 16 days from 3 to 19 May 2016, at Puckapunyal Military Range, Victoria, Australia
Head of General Information (Kabidpenum) Puspen TNI Colonel Czi Berlin G. S.Sos., M.M. at TNI Cilangkap Headquarter, Friday (20/05/2016) said that the army came out as the AASAM General Champion in 2016 after winning 23 gold medals from 50 gold medals in various contesting material. as the runner up is a contingent of the Chinese Army with the acquisition of 9 gold followed by the third rank of the contingent of the Japanese Army who get 4 gold medals .
"AASAM 2018 is followed by 20 countries as well as a mix of countries such as the ANZAC Contingent (Autralia New Zealand Army Corps). participating countries in this annual international shoot competition include the United States, France, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, China, Japan, United Arab Emirates, PNG, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Indonesia, "said Kabidpenum.
"During the participation of the AASAM Shooting Competition, Indonesian Army has always been the overall champion since the match in Puckapunyal 2008, using SS-2V4 type weapon made by PT Pindad which is an organic weapon of Kostrad troops," said Colonel Czi Berlin
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AASAM began in 1984 at the Singleton Australian Army Infantry Education Center. Some of the contested competitions include Rifle, Automatic Rifle (SO), Pistol and Sniper. Indonesia in this case the Army just followed AASAM in 1996/1997. in the history of AASAM, TNI AD from 2008 to 2016 always occupy the top rank and as the winner of the race with the title as the overall champion .
Kabidpenum further said that the success of the Army in winning the AASAM Shooting Competition shows the professionalism of TNI soldiers is not inferior to other country soldiers such as United States Marines Corps (USMC), US Army, Anzac, and UK, France, China and Australiaown.
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In the closing of the contest and the handover of the AASAM medal, Army Lt. Gen. Edy Rahmayadi also attended the event and handed the Medal and the Championship Trophy to the 2016 AASAM participants who succeeded in achieving and giving appreciation to the soldiers of the Army who hadmanaged to defend the overall title.the pangkostrad also emphasizes to the AASAM Competition Team of the Armed Forces to further improve its capability and unmindful, because in AASAM 2017 there will be more countries to participate and 35 countries will be expected to compete in AASAM 2017
