Marksmanship training devices, systems, methods, and games

Abstract

A representative marksmanship training device includes: a support frame having an outer periphery and an aperture, the aperture at least partially defining a void; a first sub-target, spaced from the aperture, disposed within the void and supported by the support frame; and a first plurality of connectors, each of the first plurality of connectors spanning the void between the support frame and the first sub-target; wherein the first plurality of connectors is configured to separate the first sub-target from the support frame based on discontinuity of each of the first plurality of connectors between the support frame and the first sub-target.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A marksmanship training device comprising:
 a support frame having an outer periphery and an aperture, the aperture at least partially defining a void;   a first sub-target, spaced from the aperture, disposed within the void and supported by the support frame; and   a first plurality of connectors, each of the first plurality of connectors spanning the void between the support frame and the first sub-target;   wherein the first plurality of connectors is configured to separate the first sub-target from the support frame based on discontinuity of each of the first plurality of connectors between the support frame and the first sub-target.   
     
     
         2 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the marksmanship device further comprises:
 a second sub-target disposed within the void and spaced from the first sub-target; and 
 a second plurality of connectors, each of the second plurality of connectors spanning between the first sub-target and the second sub-target; 
 the support frame, the first sub-target, the second sub-target, the first plurality of connectors, and the second plurality of connectors being in a planar configuration; 
   the second plurality of connectors is configured detach the second sub-target from the first sub-target based on discontinuity of each of the second plurality of connectors between the first sub-target and the second sub-target.   
     
     
         3 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 2 , wherein the first sub-target and the second sub-target are configured as concentric rings. 
     
     
         4 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 2 , wherein each of the first plurality of connectors is radially aligned with a corresponding one of the second plurality of connectors. 
     
     
         5 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first plurality of connectors is radially aligned with a corresponding one of the second plurality of connectors. 
     
     
         6 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 2 , further comprising targeting indicia representing a recommended shot order of aim points for the first plurality of connectors and the second plurality of connectors. 
     
     
         7 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 6 , wherein the targeting indicia comprises a plurality of zones, each of the zones including a subset of the connectors from the first plurality of connectors and the second plurality of connectors. 
     
     
         8 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 1 , wherein the support frame, the first sub-target, and the first plurality of connectors being in a planar configuration. 
     
     
         9 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 1 , wherein the support frame, the first sub-target, and the first plurality of connectors are contiguous and formed of a sheet of plywood. 
     
     
         10 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the aperture is a first aperture;   the void is a first void;   the support frame has a second aperture that at least partially defines a second void; and   the marksmanship device further comprises:
 a second sub-target, spaced from the second aperture, disposed within the second void; and 
 a second plurality of connectors, each of the second plurality of connectors spanning between the support frame and the second sub-target. 
   
     
     
         11 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 1 , further comprising a target zone defined, at least partially, by scoring into the material forming the marksmanship training device. 
     
     
         12 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 11 , wherein the target zone is disposed on the first sub-target. 
     
     
         13 . The marksmanship training device of  claim 11 , wherein the target zone has a circle and a concentric ring. 
     
     
         14 . A marksmanship training system comprising:
 a shooting lane defining a shooter location and a target location; and   a marksmanship training device positioned at the target location, the marksmanship device having a front-facing surface oriented toward the shooter location, a support frame having an outer periphery and an aperture, the aperture at least partially defining a void, a first sub-target, spaced from the aperture, disposed within the void and supported by the support frame, and a first plurality of connectors, each of the first plurality of connectors spanning the void between the support frame and the first sub-target;   wherein the first plurality of connectors is configured to separate the first sub-target from the support frame based on discontinuity of each of the first plurality of connectors between the support frame and the first sub-target.   
     
     
         15 . The marksmanship training system of  claim 14 , further comprising gaming indicia containing instructions for scoring results of impacts of the bullets on the marksmanship training device. 
     
     
         16 . A marksmanship training method comprising:
 defining a first shooter location and a first target location;   providing a first marksmanship training device having a front-facing surface, a support frame, a first sub-target, and a first plurality of connectors, the support frame having an outer periphery and a first aperture, the first aperture at least partially defining a first void, the first sub-target disposed within the first void and supported by the support frame, each of the first plurality of connectors spanning the first void between the support frame and the first sub-target;   positioning the first marksmanship training device at the first target location with the front-facing surface oriented toward the first shooter location; and   instructing a first marksmanship trainee, positioned at the first shooter location, to shoot the first plurality of connectors of the first marksmanship training device with bullets projected from a first firearm to separate the first sub-target from the support frame based on discontinuity of each of the first plurality of connectors between the support frame and the first sub-target.   
     
     
         17 . The marksmanship training method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 defining a second shooter location and a second target location;   providing a second marksmanship training device;   positioning the second marksmanship training device at the second target location and oriented toward the second shooter location;   instructing a second marksmanship trainee, positioned at the second shooter location, to shoot the second marksmanship training device with bullets projected from a second firearm; and   scoring results of impacts of the bullets on the first marksmanship training device and the second marksmanship training device, respectively, to determine a winner from among the first marksmanship trainee and the second marksmanship trainee.