British SAS and shotguns

[Slater]

Don't know if this incident has been embellished to any degree, but it's an impressive feat anyway. Didn't even know that the SAS used shotguns that much.


"One of the breachers immediately opened fire with a Benelli M4 shotgun. In short order, he reportedly killed three would-be bombers, according to dailystar.co.uk. “The terrorists were no more than a few feet away when the SAS team came face to face with them,” an unnamed source told dailystar.co.uk.

“One of the breach team opened fire with a shotgun and shot dead three before they could get a shot off,” the source continued. “Another two terrorists appeared from a building and he neutralized them as well. It was a case of bang, bang, bang, then bang, bang. It was over in seven seconds.

“Several other terrorists emerged from the building but immediately surrendered and began panicking as two of the bodies didn’t have heads – they thought they were about to be executed,” reported dailystar.co.uk."

https://www.tactical-life.com/firear...ts-benelli-m4/

[AndyLate]

"began panicking as two of the bodies didn’t have heads"

Breaching rounds, explosive projectiles I have never heard of, or hyperbole?

Andy

[Coal Dragger]

A 3” 00 12 gauge shell at close range will probably effectively blow a human skull into mush and red mist.

[SteyrAUG]

If he was using a M1S90/M2 it would have been over in 5 seconds.

Fastest shotty I've ever seen, especially in the hands of Tom Knapp. For "reasons" the USMC decided they needed a gas operated shotgun and it seems everyone else followed suit with the M4. And of course the SAS themselves are famous for going from zero to "f-ck up ALL your shit" in the blink of an eye.

[SteyrAUG]

"began panicking as two of the bodies didn’t have heads"

Breaching rounds, explosive projectiles I have never heard of, or hyperbole?

Andy

I've seen "after" pics of a 870 used at "inside the room" distance with standard 00 buck, it can happen.

Pro tip: When the police walk in on you with an 870 and "you" in their sight picture, don't try and outdraw them.

[AndyLate]

Admittedly, the other guys didn't have time to evaluate casualties and a bloody lump may as well be missing completely. Everybody wants to be a gangster 'till gangster sh!+ happens.

Andy

[prepare]

He obviously knew how to run his gun

[HKGuns]

Didn't we just have a thread about the use of shotguns today? I seem to recall lots of people poo-pooing shotguns, which is idiodic.

[C-grunt]

My brother in law was a Marine in Fallujah in 2006. He said their breachers would just use the Benelli during CQB and were very effective with it.

Ive seen several close range 12 gauge (buckshot or slug) headshots over the years. Every one of them was missing at least 3/4 of their head. To say their head wasnt missing would just be semantics.

[flenna]

Sort of lines up with what Clint Smith has to say about shotguns.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l9nGB8cK1HM