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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cndcgs</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2538-8959</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2669-2023</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">39__GOTTVALDOVA</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47459/cndcgs.2026.39</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Using Virtual Reality and AI to Teach the Historical Role of Artillery in Warfare</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>GOTTVALDOVÁ</surname>
            <given-names>Natálie</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:natalie.gottvaldova@unob.cz">natalie.gottvaldova@unob.cz</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_000">Department, Faculty, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>BLAHA</surname>
            <given-names>Martin</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_001">Department, Faculty, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>KOREC</surname>
            <given-names>Daniel</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_002"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_002">Department, Faculty, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>MACHOVÁ</surname>
            <given-names>Markéta</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_003"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_003">XR Unity Developer, YORD Studio s.r.o., Czech Republic</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>2026</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>339</fpage>
      <lpage>348</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>08</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <permissions>
        <license license-type="open-access">
          <license-p>Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY)</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>This paper examines the use of Virtual Reality (VR) for teaching the historical role of artillery. The methodology combines VR-based scenarios with behavioral and speech analytics supported by Artificial Intelligence. The findings indicate that VR enhances understanding of decision-making under constraints and shifts learners from technical to context-driven reasoning. The results suggest that VR can improve the linkage between theory and operational practice in artillery training. The study contributes by integrating experiential learning with measurable performance indicators and offers a novel approach to military education.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>Virtual Reality</kwd>
        <kwd>Artificial Intelligence</kwd>
        <kwd>Artillery History</kwd>
        <kwd>Military Education</kwd>
        <kwd>Ballistics</kwd>
        <kwd>Battlefield Context</kwd>
        <kwd>Learning Effectiveness</kwd>
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