Videos tagged with Cover Techniques

This expert-level guide from GBRS Group, featuring instructor Jared Tapper, details the critical concept of Height Over Bore (HOB) in tactical shooting, particularly during vehicle engagements. It explains how the distance between the optic's sight line and the firearm's bore line creates an offset that can lead to rounds impacting vehicles instead of targets. The guide provides practical techniques for visualizing and compensating for this offset, emphasizing the importance of proper positioning, standoff distance, and dynamic movement to ensure accurate fire and avoid dangerous consequences.

This video details Day 2 of AK-47 training at Thunder Ranch with renowned instructor Clint Smith. The training focuses on advanced techniques including movement drills, utilizing cover and barricades, understanding height-over-bore offset for close-quarters engagements, and tactical reloading while on the move. Smith emphasizes a combat mindset, partner communication, and mastering fundamental weapon manipulation under stress.

This training session, led by former Green Berets Mike Glover and Kevin Owens of FieldCraft Survival, focuses on advanced shooting techniques for SWAT officers. It covers mastering alternate shooting positions and effectively utilizing cover. The instruction emphasizes natural movement, maximizing stability through multiple points of contact with structures, and employing improvised rests for precision. Key takeaways include maintaining shooting fundamentals even in non-standard positions and practicing dynamic transitions without compromising the engagement.