Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics conducted his three day Street Fighter class 25-27
July 2009 at the Johnston County Community College Range outside of Smithfield,
NC.

Kyle is a former member of US Army Special Operations with extensive real world
experience. His insight into what works and what doesn't when it comes to fighting
with a carbine is invaluable. Assisting Kyle was Dan Brokos. Dan also has a Special
Operations background and is the co-star in the Viking Tactics videos on YouTube.
Making a special appearance, straight from West Point for a short term engagement
was Jimbo. He was Kyle's range monkey. Made sure the targets were squared away
which helped the class run smoothly. Lieutenants are good for something besides
land navigation?

The class was a mix of law enforcement, civilians and contractors. They came from
as far away as California, Arizona, Indiana, Alabama, Massachusetts, Connecticut
and New Jersey for this rare opportunity to attend an open enrollment Street
Fighter class.


Day 1
Kyle started with an quick introduction and safety briefing, then right into
zeroing/reconfirming zeros at 50 and 100 yards. A few drills were run from 100yds
and in, using prone, seated, kneeling and standing positions. The drills were
repeated using both strong side and support side. Kyle is a huge proponent of
being able to fight from either side and gives examples why it is beneficial.
Picking up where Carbine 1.5 left off, we moved on to review various shooting
positions from cover and then applied them while working around vehicles.  


DAY 2
Warm up began with a series of carbine drill to reinforce driving the weapon from
target to target, watching your sights, and trigger control. We also warmed up
with pistols doing forward and lateral movement on steel. These warm ups led to
the afternoon's activities where we engaged targets from inside a vehicle, then
bailed out and used the vehicle for cover while engaging additional targets from
locations around the vehicle. The drills emphasized weapons manipulation, use of
cover/positions, strong/support side shooting and movement.

After class, Kyle had us over to the Viking Tactics HQ for an NC BBQ dinner. We
all got to pick out a free VTAC shirt, do some shopping, and just socialize away
from the range. It was a great way to end the day. Special thanks to Melynda,
Kyle's wife, and Tom from the office for having chow all set up when we got there,
and for putting up with us while we invaded their work space and fondled the
VTAC products.


DAY 3
We started by testing various pistol and rifle ammunition against different areas
of the vehicles (side front, side rear, tires, rims, roof supports and windshields)
to see how they performed. Another longer drill to help reinforce weapons
manipulation, use of cover/positions, strong/support side shooting and movement
was performed. It included fighting from inside a vehicle, bailing out, using the
vehicle for cover while engaging additional targets from locations around the
vehicle, shooting on the move, and finally engaging targets inside a vehicle.
The final drill was to develop familiarity with strong side only and support side
only shooting to simulate an injured arm. The Jersey boys stole the day with their
Starsky and Hutch impersonations by sliding across hoods and diving through windows.


GUNS/AMMO
The only issues I saw were ammo related.  
- Three popped primers ended up inside uppers.
- One case failed to extract. It was Wolf. The rim was ripped off.
- XM193 (I think. If someone remembers, please elaborate.)


SUMMARY
There are not many opportunities to shoot from inside, around or at vehicles unless
you are on the two-way range. The Street Fighter class gives you that opportunity.
Kyle draws from his experience and gives you tools to help you fight effectively
with your carbine and pistol in and around vehicles. He pushes you beyond your
comfort zone but always emphasizes accuracy and speed. I would highly recommend
the class to anyone in the law enforcement, military or contracting professions.    



You can get the book: http://www.vikingtactics.com/book.html
You can can watch the drills: http://www.youtube.com/user/VikingTactics
But there is no substitute for the real thing: http://www.vikingtactics.com/instruction.html

A few pictures from the class.

Kyle getting things started with a range a briefing.


Kyle giving some one on one instruction.


Dan the MAN watching a student during a drill on TD1.


Dan still watching...


Kyle making a point with Dan watching to make sure he does it right.:D



A student getting on the gas.



Shooting through the passenger side glass.





A student shooting from within the vehicle.  This was a new experience for a lot of people in the class.



Smashing the rear passenger glass with a muzzle strike.


Rifle round through the windshield.



Car noises....BEEP!!!!! Then he loses his mind and forgets his plan.:)







Getting some with the shorty.

Where the heck is a Trooper when you need one.:D



Dinner at Viking Tactics Corporate Headquarters. It was very nice of them to provide dinner and some social time for the students away from the range.




More pictures.

Jersey cop getting some with the pistol.  The Jersey guys were very GTG and were hard as woodpecker lips.  They all wore their kit for the entire class.



Shooter attempting to engage targets but forget to compensate for the sight height over bore issue.  Look at the sideview mirror.



Shooter engaging steel targets around the rear corner of the vehicle.



Kyle showing one of the Jersey guys some love. I really think Kyle was wanting and actually enjoyed the lap dance.:D






Jack shooting through the side of the vehicle with an AK.



This rifle locked up due to a blown primer.  We had several instances where blown primers locked up rifles. Even though this was not XM193 it struck again during this class from blown primers to primers failing to detonate.