Gallery: The Goofy and Cool Shooting Targets Used by the World's Armies
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German photographer Herlinde Koelbl's series Targets documents shooting targets used around the world. This one is from Norway.
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Some of the targets, like this one used in Germany, look like they've jumped off the page of a comic book.
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The images reveal a great deal about each country's perceived enemy, and the resources made available to each military. Here, targets in Ukraine.
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“Most of the soldiers told me the more realistic the targets are, the better training it is,” Koelbl says.
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Western Saharan countries in Africa practice aim on scrap metal.
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In Mali, like in Western Sarahan countries, the shooting targets are cheap and crude.
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In the United States, life-sized cutouts of men wearing keffiyehs are the "enemy."
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Koelbl says darker-skinned targets were more common around the world. This suit-wearing target, used in Austria, is an exception.
