This is more of an ‘old school’ video covering some CQB training that SEALs attend. Watching this and seeing the weapons and gear they are using reminds me of the movie Navy SEALs from the early 90’s and the Rogue Warrior series of books. My last deployment in the Marine Corps was a 6 month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. My unit was on the USS Saipan (now retired). On the boat with us was SEAL Team 8. I still remember seeing those guys walk around with their flight suits on and sporting their bad-ass Oakley shades. Down in the belly of ship where all the military vehicles and tanks were stowed was also where storage crates and gear lockers were kept. Several of those crates were labeled ST8 (SEAL Team 8). Inside those crates were their gear and old school MP5 sub guns. The gear and weapons you see in the following video was considered by most to be high speed shit back in the day.
(featured image courtesy of specwarops.com)
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Fast is slow Slow is quick There are three additional statements in this video that I find so interesting. 1. Each person has to be thinking on his own. 2. If a guy happens not to think he may sweep a guy with his muzzle 3. One thing you don't want to be involuntary is pulling that trigger I think that being able to share information in sub second time makes the clearing much more efficient. I also think that understanding where involuntary becomes voluntary and if and when a sweep occurs are very important in the training cycle--the difference between life and death. I would very much like to open a discussion with anyone that understands these principles. I need to exchange information with folks that can provide me feedback. biosension.com
Suppressed MP5 with flashlight circa early 90's. Loose carry and muzzle direction were result of (now former) brother-in-law standing next to me. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a2d49199f9df373fa07ec8da4a01f3e2194dd6b41b968b1e919ee64be1e2a8c1.jpg
I still have loving dreams about my MP5SD. The sound of that bolt going back and forth with subsonic ammo was pure magic.
I fondly remember the first generation MP5 - although the non suppressed version without the flashlight had the tapered handguard which was very short for a person with longer arms. This resulted in the non firing hand creeping too close to the muzzle having the consequence of burned and occasionally missing fingers. It was quite a different platform than the CAR15 - for close in work it was the cats meow.