Fighting Commands for rifle/handgun?
I am thinking the best commands are "Friendly, Threat, Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun Knife, Contact Front, rear, left, right, Kill". Those seem to identify exactly what the threat or friendly is. I think gun and type are important as they all have different abilities and a knife is more lethal at close range than any in some situations. Any ideas or info on these or better commands?
Whatever type of ADRAC and Fire Commands you use, it is most important to ensure that you and every member of your team know what it is you are talking about.
Keep them short and easy to understand. "GUN!!!" for example, I have never really liked because it can create confusion and panic in an already jacked up situation. I prefer a word that gets my attention followed by a word that orients me to the target/threat/action.
Originally Posted By Payback99:
Whatever type of ADRAC and Fire Commands you use, it is most important to ensure that you and every member of your team know what it is you are talking about.
Keep them short and easy to understand. "GUN!!!" for example, I have never really liked because it can create confusion and panic in an already jacked up situation. I prefer a word that gets my attention followed by a word that orients me to the target/threat/action.
What does ADRAC stand for?
ALERT
DIRECTION
DESCRIPTION
RANGE
ASSIGNMENT
CONTROL
Thank you sir.
If you are talking about a training standpoint here are the commands I use when I train:
I do use the word "gun", however I use it in different tones. I am very aggressive in my tone when I want the shooters to shoot, and will usually encompass "behind you" or "in font of you" It is all about tone and how you inflect your voice.
As the shooters shoot through TD1, I will add in the command "UP". This again would be used in a high inflected tone. UP simply means the threat is still there, and you need to eliminate it. At 1st this just encompasses 2-3 shots to the same target(s) in the chest area, but after my failure drills class, and anatomy overview I expect my shooters to transition to the t-box and bust out that medulla.
I also use the command "domino effect". I will say "On gun 3 shots weakhanded left target domino effect from the left" "standby" "gun, hurry up! Hurry up he is going to kill you" In this case the left most shooter shoots only, when his shot breaks then that is the cue for the next shooter to draw and shoot, etc etc. I shoot on steel constantly in my classes, and this will add some pressure on the individual students, and we can all joke about how bob never hit, or how nancy is a bad ass and always hit. This gives some stress to the shooters, and mixes up the monotny that sometimes happens in a high round count course.
Another command that I used in the military was my MP5, we would stand to the side of the student line, and the command would be " 3 shots to the chest and 2 shots to the medulla" "standby" then one of the instructors would dump a burst infront of the targets with an mp5 or a berretta using the "bump", and then students would reply in kind with neutralizing their paper targets. At times the instructor would just shoot into the berm as well. This technique works extremely well when you are doing vehicle ambushes, and the students in that sedan or suv can't hear your command, but they can hear that automatic 9mm going off. (note this only works with a very high berm or a huge sdz that the military has on nearly all their ranges. This might not be considered safe to a civilian, but we taught an advance gunfighting class in the Marines. The instructors need to make sure they are shooting in a safe direction at all times whether it be at the berm or infront of a target were bullets will not bounce over the berm, we had a grass range were bullets would simply plop into the grass or bounce and go in the direction of the 2 mile SDZ, or our high berms)
I am a firm believer in adding stress to the shooters. I have found that if you just say "gun" with no inflection the students will tend to draw slow and lazy. If you use inflection no matter what your command is, you will get better results from your students.
