Prone position

Concerning the forearm, prone refers to that configuration where the palm of the hand is directed posteriorly, and the radius and ulna are crossed.

Many first-person shooter video games also allow the player character to go into the prone position, again with similar benefits.

In other types of video games where this is not a factor, such as platformers, the prone position may be used to dodge attacks or crawl under obstacles.

From January 2018, the final for this event was discarded entirely; competition rankings were determined by the score obtained in the 60 shot match only.

[3] These disciplines are popular in Commonwealth countries, and are heavily influenced by the British National Rifle Association.

Shooting takes place at "knock down" targets which indicate a simple hit or miss with no scoring rings.

A 50-yard, 50-metre or 100-yard target is generally constructed to allow 20 shots to count, to be executed during one 'detail' of 20 minutes duration.

Outdoors, variables such as light, wind, temperature, humidity and mirage affect the target image and bullet trajectory.

Later, it was suggested that a pilot in the prone position might be more effective in some kinds of high-speed aircraft, because it would permit the pilot to withstand a greater g-force in the upward and downward direction with respect to the plane, and many speculative designs of the 1950s featured this arrangement.

[6][7] However, it never became mainstream, as testing revealed that the increased difficulty of operating aircraft controls in the prone position outweighed the advantages.