Training Session Six: Failure-to-Stop Drills and Weapon Transitions
Whether the enemy is equipped with ballistic protection in the form of body armor, is jacked up on some form of chemical stimulant, or just happens to be tougher than the fighter's ammunition is deadly, there are numerous reasons that even a properly delivered round of high-velocity ammunition may not put him down. For this reason, it is imperative that the shooter develop a consistent, trained plan for continuing to engage the enemy until the enemy is no longer a threat.
Traditionally, the method technique taught for this was the “Mozambique” drill (Named by LTC Cooper, for a former student who used it during the unpleasantness in that country a couple decades ago. For you young guys, go Google it. --J.M.). The idea behind the Mozambique drill is that, if two to the chest did not kill the bad guy, more may not work either, so shut him down in a hurry with a shot to the head. Unfortunately, even a person who just took two in the chest may still be moving his head erratically enough to prevent a solid hit to the brain box (While I do advocate practicing and mastering head shots with the pistol at near-contact ranges inside of 15 feet or so, to counter the body armor threat, I have my doubts as to its realistic application any further away than that. --J.M.).
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