Four active duty professionals with a dilated history of contact with specialised training and tactical equipment in multinational environments and diverse operational areas.
Together we sum 88 years of service and 37 countries covered on duty.
Tercio is the name of the old military units of the Spanish empire, back when Spain was the main military power of the West. The Tercios were actually multinational, and had Spanish, Italian, French, Belgian, Dutch, German and even English volunteers.
The organisation and tactics of the Tercios drew their inspiration from the Swiss infantry formations that successfully defeated German heavy cavalry at the onset of the 15th century.
Tactics were a mix of pike formations, cutting-edge use of crossbows and early firearms and CQC tactics using short daggers and dirty moves.
Este means “East” in Spanish.
The frustration of many enthusiasts and professionals with a legal and cultural environment which is not conductive to excellence in firearms training or recreational enjoyment.
This is applicable to many EU countries (the UK, Spain) that continue to have highly restrictive gun laws which affect access to firearm types, certain calibres, adequate shooting ranges, normal capacity magazines or specific barrel lengths.
We not only seek to provide training and recreational opportunities to civilian enthusiasts and armed professionals alike, but also to promote a more informed, safe and effective firearms culture in Europe.
We are able to offer:
Mostly in Fort Pacew (pronounced Fort Patsef), a shooting compound at a 45 minutes drive south of Warsaw-Chopin airport.
This shooting compound has very interesting training capabilities: integration of land vehicles and helicopters, shooting sectors of 180 and even 360 degrees, steel targets (including hostage types), anatomical paper targets, electronic ear protection, individual kit such as adequate belts and holsters… and guns.
As some countries like the UK or Spain become more restrictive (with zero effect on street safety) others, with Poland among them, have adopted a more open-minded approach to firearm legislation, following common sense regulations which are few in number, very intuitive and impose few restrictions if one meets the requirements for owning a weapon as defined by Polish law.
We do not seek spectacularity, but efficiency. It’s possible that our shooting sessions are not very flashy, but we’re interested more in speed and accuracy. Let the timer and shot placement – not likes on social networks –be our judges.
Yes. In Poland it is legally and culturally normal for a civilian to practise ‘tactical’ shooting.
IPSC has its place and we take many lessons from it, but we do not train IPSC or any other modality of sports shooting, but rather defensive/tactical shooting.
We have all the equipment necessary to partake in our shooting sessions. In case the shooter wishes to bring his own kit, we recommend 1st-line belt with magazine pouches and a 9 mm full-sized Glock-compatible holster
In any case, it’s necessary to bring clothing adequate to the environmental and seasonal conditions .
Destination Warsaw-Chopin airport.
Flights to Warsaw from the UK are frequent, inexpensive and available from most British airports.
Price of the flight not included in the price of the shooting sessions.
Hotel or Airbnb close to Warsaw-Chopin airport and/or the south of Warsaw.
We will provide housing to the shooters, included in the price of our shooting sessions.
• We adhere to the Four Universal Rules Of Firearm Safety:
1- All firearms must be treated as if loaded (conceptual discipline)
2- Don’t point your weapon at anything you are not willing to shoot upon (muzzle discipline)
3- Finger off the trigger unless actually shooting (trigger discipline)
4- Identify your target as well as the surroundings of the target and what’s beyond the target (target discipline)
• We reserve the right to expel without compensation any shooter who repeatedly violates these rules or carries out excessively unstable firearm manipulations, threatening the rest of the group with a negligent discharge.
• The most dangerous moment of firearms use is reholstering – especially in Conceal Carry shooting sessions. We will instill an extreme attention to this key moment, with stress control and breaking tunnel vision.
• We ban holsters made of leather or nylon, holsters that place the index finger in a risky position on the trigger guard and/or those that don’t adequately protect the weapon’s trigger guard.
• The shooting ranges of Fort Pacew are located in an isolated rural area and have tall backstops to ensure a safe landing of all bullets.
• Some exercises might include certain physical exertion (body on floor, standing from low postures, sprints). We will warn of these exercises so that the shooters who are not in disposition of carrying them our may avoid them. We will offer warming up knees, hip and back before carrying our these exercises.
• We refuse to train individuals about whom we might suspect intention of partaking in armed conflict and we reserve the right of notifying both Polish and origin-country authorities.
• We reject individuals who are excessively politisised, psychologically unstable or prone to criminal behaviour.
• All our instructores have undergone first aid, TECC and TCCC training and possess the sanitary equipment necessary to attend most cases of trauma caused by firearm negligent discharge.
• The emergency number of Poland is 112. In the shooting ranges of Fort Pacew, there are maps of the facilities and the evacuation route. All shooting ranges of Fort Pacew are accessible by land vehicles, including ambulances.
If you come from an EU country, you can travel to Poland with a weapon if you are provided with a European Firearms Pass.
If you’re travelling from the UK, please see here:
European firearms requirements – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Of course. We have access to a variety of firearms, related accessories and everything necessary to train.
It can vary greatly depending on the type of the course, type of shooting range, ammunition count, type of material, number of days, number of shooters, etc. Feel free to contact us to express your training needs.
By international bank transfer to a Polish bank account. We will provide the transfer details by email.
We do not. We will not pretend that any certification emitted by us will have any kind of official recognition.
We understand that shooters who choose us for shooting sessions do this because they trust the quality of our instruction and to enjoy contact with a quality culture of firearm training.
You ought to bring passport/national ID.
We’re on instagram as @tercio_este y and on YouTube as Tercio Este. Our content is only in Spanish for the time being, but all of us are English speakers.
