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Germany, at least in the late 90s, didn't put much worth on individual marksmanship. There's a standard everyone has to keep, beyond that is just a "bonus" for the squad that soldier is assigned to.
Consequently, there isn't (or at least wasn't back then) much training in that regard either. As long as you passed the standards every year or so, that meant you had enough training. Training is meant to bring everyone up to the regulatory standard, not beyond; keeping your ability up to that (same) standard is required to serve in pretty much any function in the Bundeswehr.
There are a few marksmanship awards in Germany (the Schützenschnur stuff), but you pretty much don't get these for an individual excellent result with a particular weapon, but for consistent results at a-standard-better-than-regular-standard across the board with all small arms in your platoon's STAN outfit.
Regular standards in the Bundeswehr (Heer/Army) emphasize rifle and - to some extent - (L)MG shooting capability btw. There are very few pistol exercises (focussing on "being able to hit your target(s) when you absolutely have to use a pistol"), and SMGs are only trained in those units where it's part of the STAN outfit anyway.
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