Kali Endgame
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Indiana SWAT training with a little too much enthusiasm. Video is clean, but site NSFW.
Sorry if this has been posted before, but it's still funny.
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The Deer Hunter
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Did I miss something?
Kali Endgame
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The excessive amount of bang powder wasn't funny? I guess I need to recalibrate my funny meter.
rockstar.esq
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It was funny, I hope they learned their lesson during training so they don't screw up like that when it really counts.
possum
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another reason while training with your gear, team, and equipment is paramount!
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Training, training, training, training...
The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat. Simple as that.
Frankly, it seems to apply to most human endeavors.
The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat. Simple as that.
Frankly, it seems to apply to most human endeavors.
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loki.fish
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Bahahahhaaha.....that's great. I'm from Indiana and that's the first I've seen or heard of that. Wonder where in the state that was.
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I wouldn't be laughing, I'd be kicking whoever's /\$$ set the charge improperly. If they can accidently blow the roof off, they can accidently blow my head off. Very childish if you ask me.
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My guess is that that's in Indianapolis, that's the only really big city in IN isn't it?
sansone
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that's first time I saw it.. thanks
CNYCacher
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Gee I didn't know that there were so many explosives experts on this board.
So you guys all think that it is possible to construct a door-breaching charge strong enough to blow open a door, but not strong enough to knock down a flimsy suspended ceiling 10 feet away? And in a confined space no less?
So you guys all think that it is possible to construct a door-breaching charge strong enough to blow open a door, but not strong enough to knock down a flimsy suspended ceiling 10 feet away? And in a confined space no less?
trueblue1776
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That looks like a funny group of guys to work with.
El Tejon
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loki, looks like the ILEA in Plainfield, Indiana, could be anywhere though.
Crunker, Plainfield is just west of Indy (and is where Mike Tyson was imprisoned). However, the state police train all over the state.
Oh, and yes, Indianapolis is the only "big city" (13th largest in the US) in the state. The next biggest is Fort Wayne which is 1/4th of Indy's size.
Crunker, Plainfield is just west of Indy (and is where Mike Tyson was imprisoned). However, the state police train all over the state.
Oh, and yes, Indianapolis is the only "big city" (13th largest in the US) in the state. The next biggest is Fort Wayne which is 1/4th of Indy's size.
TimboKhan
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+1 for some common sense!
I don't care what you safety experts say, that was funny!
C-grunt
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They all thought it was funny and so did I. You cant have a job like that without a sick sense of humor.
DiggityBiggity
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Two thumbs up!
jdkelly
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No, I just think its funny that the LEO explosives expert didn’t know that.
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El Tejon
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I think the laughter is a coping/release mechanism.
What else can one do? "Oh, man, we could have all been killed." Curse? Punch something or someone? File a lawsuit?
Not unusual for people to see something horrific and laugh. Gallows humor and all.
What else can one do? "Oh, man, we could have all been killed." Curse? Punch something or someone? File a lawsuit?
Not unusual for people to see something horrific and laugh. Gallows humor and all.
jdkelly
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It sounds more like hysterical laugher to me. Someone really sounded like they were enjoying it. Like “you f*cked up who’s’ going to tell the LT about the broken lights stupid.” Surprised sure, "horrific" I wouldn't guess so, but I could be wrong.
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Irwin
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Is it just me or were alot of the guys fafing around once the charge was set like they couldnt make up ther mind what side of the hall they wanted to be on, and also isnt that 2 many folk to be doing a room clearing shouldnt one team goinging some were else?
possum
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yes i do!
I saw this linked elsewhere and it continues to mystify me. Why do they stick so much explosive right in the center of the door? If I were doing it I'd stick a bit of explosive at each hinge and one at the junction between the deadbolt and the frame.
Maybe just turning the whole door into toothpicks is designed to get it "open" faster?
Maybe just turning the whole door into toothpicks is designed to get it "open" faster?
heypete
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Yes.
When I was in the army, we were doing indoor and outdoor urban combat training (hooray for sunny Fort Lewis, WA).
Several of the exercises involved placing charges on doors, usually around the doorknob and likely areas where locks might be (or simply taking off the six inches of the door on the side where the knob was with linear charges).
I'm certainly not an expert (though one of my friends did work at a demolitions company prior to being in the army), but I do have a little bit of practical experience (enough to be dangerous?
).The objective is not to turn the door into toothpicks (though we did that to see what happened
), but simply to defeat any mechanism securing the door and allow rapid entry into the room.So yes, it can be done and I expect the explosives guy on the SWAT team to know what size charge to use and where to place it. They're usually dealing with bad guys who want to shoot them and hostages, so getting it right the first time is key.
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