El Tejon
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My Wing Chun instructor took a year long gig in Iraq and is now on a vacation. We recently exchanged several e-mails after his first five months there after plenty of action including being stuck behind Shi'a militia lines for a few days. I related the following gun-related observations as it may be of interest to THR:
--The SIG226 is a wonderful pistol. Working flawlessly in the sand and grit of Iraq.
--The 9mm with its larger ammunition capacity as to aid in dealing with multiple threats is much preferred over the 1911.
--Hot loaded fmj (especially those designed for machine pistols) is the pistol ammo in demand. Dealing with many bad guys in improvised or Chinee body armour or inside vehicles.
--Gear from Tactical Taylor is working great. Very important when working in and out of vehicles (or running in and out of buildings) not to have stuff hanging around waist. Vest with pistol on it is very handy for this kind of work.
--The Mk46 is working out great and is the best thing in the world for breaking an ambush. Tell boys at Crane to keep them coming.
--The ACOG 1x with amber triangle is a great sight for this kind of fighting in this envionment, espcially at night.
--No substitute for experience. While you cannot train enough, your training must approximate conditions as closely as possible. Apparently his team included an individual who had completed a number of CBQ/ECBQ courses, he had never been in battle and performed less than optimal in his first fight. He was confused at the din and froze.
After surviving that fight, training then consisted of exercises including smoke, arty sims and Arabic music played at jet engine dB levels. The next fight went exceedingly well (as fights can go--the bad guys all died).
--The SIG226 is a wonderful pistol. Working flawlessly in the sand and grit of Iraq.
--The 9mm with its larger ammunition capacity as to aid in dealing with multiple threats is much preferred over the 1911.
--Hot loaded fmj (especially those designed for machine pistols) is the pistol ammo in demand. Dealing with many bad guys in improvised or Chinee body armour or inside vehicles.
--Gear from Tactical Taylor is working great. Very important when working in and out of vehicles (or running in and out of buildings) not to have stuff hanging around waist. Vest with pistol on it is very handy for this kind of work.
--The Mk46 is working out great and is the best thing in the world for breaking an ambush. Tell boys at Crane to keep them coming.
--The ACOG 1x with amber triangle is a great sight for this kind of fighting in this envionment, espcially at night.
--No substitute for experience. While you cannot train enough, your training must approximate conditions as closely as possible. Apparently his team included an individual who had completed a number of CBQ/ECBQ courses, he had never been in battle and performed less than optimal in his first fight. He was confused at the din and froze.
After surviving that fight, training then consisted of exercises including smoke, arty sims and Arabic music played at jet engine dB levels. The next fight went exceedingly well (as fights can go--the bad guys all died).
