Vojenské Rozhledy

Czech Military Review

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2025, Vol. XXXIV. (LXVI.): 155-178


Effectiveness of Training Using Simulation Technologies in the Training of Students of the University of Defence in Tactical TrainingReviewed - Research

Ľudovít Hradský Author profileORCID...1, Luděk Rak Author profile1, Jan Nohel Author profileORCID...1
1 Univerzita obrany, Brno, Česká republika

The article deals with the possibility of using simulation technologies in the training of students of the University of Defence in tactical training and seeks to answer the question whether the use of these means brings demonstrable effectiveness by means of an experiment. First-year students in a Field Training course were randomly divided into 42 sections of approximately equal numbers and then assigned to 3 categories based on their use of live and virtual simulation. All groups were assigned points for a specific tactical activity during the final exercise. The total scores of all groups were subjected to a subsequent statistical investigation using a one-factor analysis of variance on the data to examine whether there were statistically significant differences between the groups. Although students' use of modern simulation technology had a perceived positive effect on improving the quality of training, there was no evidence of statistically significant differences between the groups studied using statistical methods. However, the results of the experiment do show to some extent that some differences do exist between the groups and therefore leaves some opportunity to conduct similar, or more extensive research, in an effort to promote the attractiveness of the training process to military school students.

Keywords: Czech Armed Forces; Military education; Simulation; Staff training; Training

Published: January 2, 2026  Show citation

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Effectiveness of Training Using Simulation Technologies in the Training of Students of the University of Defence in Tactical Training. Czech Military Review, 106(2), 155-178
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