Abstract
ABSTRACT The following research was initiated in order to compare the relationship between the amount of gunfire shot and itsresulting heavy metal pollution rate. The research was conducted at two firing ranges located inside a military unitstationed in the rear strategical area, where one full distance firing range is used by soldiers in active service, and the otheris used by recruits and reserves. The heavy metal pollution rate was measured also on water sample collected from thetarget zone while raining. Based on values such as the real amount of gunshot fired, amount of heavy metal in the soil ofthe target zone, and the degree of heavy metal pollution for each firing range, the research showed that although pollutionrate was higher when more gunshots were fired, there was no close correlation between the two. The water samplesshowed that this might result from the soils containing heavy metals eroded and transported by rain due to the target zonehaving no vegetation.Key words : Heavy metal, Firing range
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