The 'Army VIII' was formed in the same year, its purpose was to select a team for Inter-Service matches organized by the National Rifle Association (NRA).
It was formed to encourage interest in service shooting to "promote interest in small arms shooting for service purposes by means of collective competitions, matches being framed to induce practice in methods which le[a]d to increased efficiency on the battlefield".
One chapter contains information and rules on planning considerations, dress and equipment, targets and scoring, penalties, timings and ammunition.
The second chapter contains all the details required to plan and conduct the rifle, pistol, machine gun and sniper matches (known formally as Advanced Operational Marksmanship Assessments).
Historically, this information was contained in a separate publication known as: Infantry Training, Volume IV, Ranges, Pamphlet No.