I thought it would be valuable and a good learning experience to post videos of different life-threatening situations, either from various force-on-force training or real conflicts caught on camera, and get feedback from our SMEs and other members of the community.
There are so many variables that it's impossible to plan for everything, but getting feedback and openly discussing different approaches can help us all be better prepared.
Here's a situation from a recent force on force class I attended. I'm in the driver's seat with my eye's closed, and I don't know what the situation is. All I know is I'm in the car. I don't know if there are bad guys, etc. where they are, etc.
Assuming you cannot de-escalate, what would you have done? My thought process was to use the door to hide my draw and run laterally to create distance while opening fire. I understand car doors are not good cover (as they appear in the movies), so I didn't use the door for cover.
But after reviewing the footage, part of me wonders if it would be best to have run towards the rear of the vehicle. Some potential pros and cons pop into my head:
Thoughts?
There are so many variables that it's impossible to plan for everything, but getting feedback and openly discussing different approaches can help us all be better prepared.
Here's a situation from a recent force on force class I attended. I'm in the driver's seat with my eye's closed, and I don't know what the situation is. All I know is I'm in the car. I don't know if there are bad guys, etc. where they are, etc.
Assuming you cannot de-escalate, what would you have done? My thought process was to use the door to hide my draw and run laterally to create distance while opening fire. I understand car doors are not good cover (as they appear in the movies), so I didn't use the door for cover.
But after reviewing the footage, part of me wonders if it would be best to have run towards the rear of the vehicle. Some potential pros and cons pop into my head:
- Pro
- Although the car door is not ideal cover, perhaps it could significantly slow down any bullets?
- I could make it all the way to the back of the truck where there would be a lot more vehicle in between the bad guy and me to decrease the chance of a lethal shot through the vehicle.
- I could then use the car as some kind of cover.
- Cons
- I would have been directly in the line of fire moving straight back (though the door would have been in between us).
- I don't feel I would have been able to sprint to the back while getting good shots off, even with one hand.
- My shots may be negatively affected by the door, too, though I would likely aim for the bad guy through the glass.
- The bad guy has a gun and it's highly like they would return fire. My thought process in running to create distance, even though I had no cover, is that the bad guy would not be able to fire accurately while taking hits. My partner in this drill did mention that he got hit multiple times.
- I ran more on a 45 degree angle. I think I would have run more of 90 degree angle if I had to do it again to make myself a 'harder' target to hit.
Thoughts?
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