{"id":69767,"date":"2024-10-14T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/14\/mobile-app-gives-armor-soldiers-a-training-simulator-in-their-pockets\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:10:23","slug":"mobile-app-gives-armor-soldiers-a-training-simulator-in-their-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2024\/10\/14\/mobile-app-gives-armor-soldiers-a-training-simulator-in-their-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile app gives armor soldiers a training simulator in their pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A recently launched mobile software application merges virtual armor training with a video game-like experience on a soldier\u2019s smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The application, called the Standardized Armor Base of Training-Experimental, or SABO-X, has been a featured simulator training system for armor soldiers<\/a> in an office setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But since the mobile app came online in August, leaders are hoping that it will help soldiers practice more of their gunnery skills while also providing detailed feedback to the Army as the service looks to improve its use of firepower by armored formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Harris<\/a>, senior enlisted leader at Training and Doctrine Command, specifically named the application as one that soldiers should be using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a virtual, tabletop way to train on the Abrams, Bradley and soon the M10 Booker,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t