The department conducts all types of training classes in the disciplines “Small arms and firearms training”, “Firearms training”, “Arms and shooting”, taking into account the latest scientific achievements and the specifics of further activities of graduates. In the course of training in the disciplines of the department, cadets master various types of small arms, grenade launchers, armament of combat vehicles, ammunition, day and night sights and surveillance devices. They learn to master the weapon, perform shooting exercises in various conditions during the day and at night.
Today, the Department of Firearms Training has many combatants and officers who served in the armed conflict zone among its academic staff. These are the Head of the Department Colonel Roman Sidor, Deputy Head of the Department Colonel Mukovoz Oleksandr Mykolaiovych, who was awarded the Presidential insignia “Defender of the Fatherland”, Associate Professors Colonel Vovk Viktor Ivanovych, Lieutenant Colonel Netrebko Vitalii Yuriiovych, Senior Lecturers Colonel Kholiavka Roman Yevhenovych, Lieutenant Colonel Prus Ruslan Leonidovych, Lieutenant Colonel Kmin Oleksandr Viktorovych, Lieutenant Colonel Koval Denys Mykolaiovych, Lieutenant Colonel Oleksii Hryshchyn, Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Hermanak, lecturers - Major Hlib Katmakov, awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, III degree, Major Maksym Ivanchenko, Major Sulyma, Major Bondaruk, Major Vitalii Bondaruk, Major Denys Arefiev, Head of the Educational and Laboratory Complex - Captain Oleksandr Plisak, Head of the Group of the Educational and Training Complex - Captain Vasyl Miskiv.
The main tasks of the department are:
- training of qualified specialists for law enforcement agencies;
- organizing and conducting all types of educational, methodological and scientific activities at a high level;
- conducting educational work with cadets.
A quote from the head of the department: “A modern officer must not only be able to shoot accurately, but also know and love his weapon and have the pedagogical skills to train his subordinates.”