Quote:
Originally Posted by
R Moran
In the Hackathorn video, he readily admits one of the three rounds he fired was useless. The others fired, would not be to our standards.
I've trained with Ken, so no hack on him, but for the situation he was demoing, that may not be sufficient.
In a hostage rescue type operation, it would not be.
You have some very high standards for dignitary protection shooting, especially from the guy escorting the dignitary, shooting one handed, moving away while pushing someone. 3 of 3 hits, 2 would probably be very effective to buy you some time to more effectively evac. This is definitely not HRT type shots and of course we need to take in the totality of the backstop issue. We also need to consider that perhaps PSD teams overseas may have a bit of a different mind set, protocols or situations then we in LE may have domestically.
Quote:
In the Hackathorn video, the primary objective is to move the principle out of the area, moving quickly, while "suppressing" an adversary may be the way to go. Other team mates, who are not moving the principle, will be able to deliver more accurate fire.
Teaching exactly what Ken is teaching is very valuable. We never know what situation our security details may end up in. Are there multiple active threats that your team may be engaging and you are forced to shoot?
Quote:
In a HR type situation, you are moving toward the threat, through the building, clearing rooms. The primary purpose is to get to the adversary, and deliver PRECISION fire to him, with out causing damage to the hostage, or vital equipment.
In this case, speed becomes secondary to your accuracy. While moving thru the target building, you must be prepared to accurately engage any adversaries along your route.
Once, the location of the hostage is found, you must move into the room quickly, and dominate it, the primary reason for moving is to overwhelm the adversary, and get everyone into the room, and out of the "fatal funnel". Doing this smoothly, will be fast enough, and allow you to take a high percentage shot.
Just speaking for myself and my unit (full time unit of 50 guys), the majority of our CQB type of operations are not necessarily HRT situations. Mostly search warrant initiated operations, or barricade situations. Of course they can easily turn into an HRT situation, but shooting on the move in a team manner is critical and we do not necessarily need to be taking more methodical pin point head shots when faster combat accuracy hits can be made. Keeping up a quick pace, clearing the doorway and getting guns into a room may dictate a quicker pace. So in essence a faster pace with combat accuracy may be better suited for a situation then a very slow pace or coming to a stand still for that precision shot. We also do not like guys changing gears while entering a room. We do not want a break neck pace that we cannot get accurate hits, but we do not want a slow pace or the pace to slow down. Especially when we don't know the situation within the room. Possible multiple threats etc.