Ok. I'll try to word this carefully as to avoid any confusion to what I am saying.
I will preface this with saying that GPF probably have a ways to go, when it comes to using updated techniques, and that "Big Army" is a bit behind the curve in this area.
Here is a vid made by a Norwegian Home Guard unit, clearly showing that they are not switched on to contemporary techniques:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=407807095985513
However, stating that GPF forces have not been adequately prepared for combat through their training is pretty exaggerated, in my opinion.
Compared to who, exactly?
A civilian whose only frame of reference is said course from said ex-SOF instructor?
A SOF soldier, who has undergone a more rigorous selection, more rigorous training conducted by more experienced personell, serving in units with a totally different budgetary reality? For example, the Army SOF unit in Norway is allocated 2/3 of the entire Army ammunition budget every year. This is a unit with maybe 200-250 actual shooters, the rest are support personnell.
And what is the mission profile we are looking at when claiming that GPF don't know enough to be successful in combat? Hostage Rescue? HVT kill or capture? Probably true. Combined arms assault against a prepared and dug in enemy? I think it will suffice. In the Big Army fight, it's not the shooters per se who win.
I agree that one should seek to refine or change techniques if there are better out there, but we should be careful when making broad statements like the one made above. It is very easy to lose perspective. To compare GPF to SOF with regards to individual soldier skills is like comparing the driving skills of Joe the bus driver to Michael Schumacher.
I know that the statement stems from frustration and a desire to improve things. I also understand about attitudes, but they are victims of their frame of reference. Why should they automatically discard what they have learned, or perhaps used successfully in combat, just because somebody says it on the internet? Show them a better way, teach them a better way. Don't berate them for not knowing.
Hell, I used a magwell grip on my G3, and choked the chicken on my VFG when I first started using them. My techniques evolved as I continued to learn.
In closing, I want to remind people that shooting, while an important skill, is only a small part of what makes a soldier a soldier.
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