VIDEO: HEAT Shootout Revisited/Recreated
H/T to Ryan @ TSLRF for finding this video.
The instructor covers safety in the video. A couple of things that I would adjust to the way we do it at MVT:
1) There is no need for the 270 degree pirouette. Muzzle down and out of the way of your buddy(s), turn 90 degrees and move. It comes down to active muzzle awareness.
2) Although I have done plenty of break contact drills with the rifle muzzle up, at MVT we teach for it to be held in the patrol ready (muzzle down) position when moving. That way, if you end up disregarding the requirement to apply safety and keep your finger outside of the trigger guard, and you fall, there is less likelihood of the muzzle sweeping anyone as you fall. When training on real ground, there is always a danger of stumbling and falling, and muzzle down is safer: usually the worst that happens is that you dig your barrel in.
3) Notice the emergency/speed reload: weapon stops firing, cant and observe the chamber, empty magazine, drop off the magazine, new magazine on (push pull), bolt release catch, keep firing.
4) Full auto fire is not good covering fire unless it is accurate enough to suppress the enemy i.e. a support machine gun firing short accurate controlled bursts. Volume of fire does not suppress unless it is accurate and effective. You are better off with rapid aimed single shots.
Why was the HEAT shootout so well done? Following on from my video post on fighting through, I put up this is interesting video on the making of the movie HEAT. What is interesting is the training that the actors underwent in order to create such excellent shootout scenes:
Live Hard.
Die Free.
Max
They spent a lot of time trying to figure out where to turn and run and how. Muzzle down at low ready, lift your shoulders and rifle and then run. It’s a lot faster. I’ve seen some guys crook the gun in their elbow too. That allows you to run with full range of motion but you flag everything.
That vest is even more low pro than my stuff. I must have one!
Good stuff; haven’t seen the movie, but now I plan on it.
Cool video…
I have never shot a full auto M4, but I would assume, especially with the short barrel, that it would be much harder to control in full auto than semi. It does, however, look a lot cooler, and makes for much better action sequences in full auto.
That vest is nice, although it looks like it is simply a mag vest with no way to use it for other gear. I went to their website, and it is not in production for sale to the public yet. https://www.dynamisalliance.com/gear/entry/dynamis-low-vis-go-carrier
The vest originally used in heat and the one used for this study both seem designed to allow the wearer to shoot his way out of a situation. Unfortunately, the first thought that came to mind is with no sustainment pouches of any kind, only quick access magazine retention, this vest is an LA shootout dream or some other active shooter’s choice. Low vis for most scenarios in real world is designed to not get actively engaged and get off the X in a hurry if compromised. In the PSD world, you carry 4-5 mags to get your principle off the x and carry basic TCCC first aid (see no white fluffy stuff, control bleeding only) and maybe comms. All other kit, more extensive first aid, signal, water, ammo stays with the limo and escort vehicles. The low vis carrier seems to be mass casualty producing kit with no regard for the wearer other than mas bullets. Im sure this may rattle some points of view here but that was my observation.
High threat executive protection, low vis special operations or Police UC work uses come to mind.