tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post9019690549075372084..comments2024-03-23T06:17:06.909-04:00Comments on Real and Simulated Wars: Rhodesian Cover Shooting - Bullet-Storming the BushesJChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770262108283393835noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-88406890720304446392017-08-23T08:45:29.218-04:002017-08-23T08:45:29.218-04:00Hi,
That's a very important point. Thanks for ...Hi,<br />That's a very important point. Thanks for reading.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00770262108283393835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-4099690827122080282017-08-18T20:38:59.673-04:002017-08-18T20:38:59.673-04:00The PDF article makes the point of using the FALs ...The PDF article makes the point of using the FALs advantages against the AK47, that being greater penetration of foliage and tree trunks. This concept of exploiting your enemies firearm limitation is important. During the Vietnam War the AK47 was purposefully used at very close quarters against the M16 whenever possible which is another example of this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215784803037404236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-26872395194635996292012-07-26T09:35:39.917-04:002012-07-26T09:35:39.917-04:00Surely there's a significant shortcoming to th...Surely there's a significant shortcoming to this strategy if you do not have an overwhelming firepower advantage. If you've wasted your element of surprise shooting at an empty bush, then you've given away your location, and so are immensely vulnerable to attack yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-67811907830096699552012-07-16T19:02:38.588-04:002012-07-16T19:02:38.588-04:00Thanks, Brant.Thanks, Brant.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00770262108283393835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-60202741902621077022012-07-13T14:14:33.882-04:002012-07-13T14:14:33.882-04:00excellent article. I wish more people wrote intel...excellent article. I wish more people wrote intelligent stuff like this.Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-10527684978505766852012-07-08T20:17:20.900-04:002012-07-08T20:17:20.900-04:00Thanks everyboby for your comments. This is exactl...Thanks everyboby for your comments. This is exactly the discussion I wanted to encourage.<br /><br />I will check out the links that you guys provided. Keep the comments coming!<br /><br />Cheers,JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00770262108283393835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-88047837584651283072012-07-06T16:47:41.214-04:002012-07-06T16:47:41.214-04:00Nice JC! Smallwarsjournal ftw. Maybe you can conti...Nice JC! Smallwarsjournal ftw. Maybe you can continue this trend by covering swarming on a small tactical level; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarming_(military)Olavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450755286880203927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-66138444654235520502012-07-06T16:47:07.036-04:002012-07-06T16:47:07.036-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Olavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450755286880203927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-84627580206267897242012-07-06T10:09:04.806-04:002012-07-06T10:09:04.806-04:00Personally I find the differences in training rega...Personally I find the differences in training regarding shooting both between and in different armed forces interesting, and both the pdf and your post were extremely interesting.<br /><br />Having served a year as a conscript in the Finnish Defense Forces, our forces take on shooting was that everybody was to be able to consistently hit targets at ranges out to 100-150 m, and to be able to lay effective fire out to 300 m with the standard firearm being a Sako built AK-47 clone in 7,62x39. The presumption is that the Finnish forces will always be fighting outnumbered (and often against a better equipped enemy), so preserving ammo is always a must. It is not the “one shot, one kill” of the snipers, but rather always firing single shot (except when clearing trenches, buildings, and so forth) and firing on individual targets, not in the general direction of the targets. The Rhodesian Cover Shooting would fit perfectly in this scheme, but I don’t think there was much discussion on firing to kill covers during my time. However, I served as a driver on a landing craft, so it might be that the infantry had it in their curriculum.Robinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-88192766769090455882012-07-05T09:52:33.769-04:002012-07-05T09:52:33.769-04:00Nice Article, always enjoy reading your blog, I fo...Nice Article, always enjoy reading your blog, I found this website a interesting read http://selousscouts.tripod.com/home_page.htm <br /><br />about the Selous Scouts & their counter insurgency war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-14227075094144068632012-07-05T09:32:42.951-04:002012-07-05T09:32:42.951-04:00Very interresting read (both the Blog post and the...Very interresting read (both the Blog post and the PDF). Thanks! My interpretation is somewhat similar to James, this is just a more deliberate form of a standard military procedure (recon by fire).<br /><br />I think that the deliberation was just forced upon the Rhodesians, because of limited ammunition supply and numbers. Had they had the numbers and logistics of, for instance, the Americans in Vietnam, they would probably have also sprayed all possible enemy cover positions with lots more firepower. So, IMHO, "Drake shooting" is just a fancy name for a bit more deliberate and less ammo wasting "recon by fire".Johannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055491912637469469.post-44439535782063540042012-07-04T21:37:21.535-04:002012-07-04T21:37:21.535-04:00A standard infantry procedure when reacting to con...A standard infantry procedure when reacting to contact: immediately "engage known or <b>SUSPECTED</b> enemy positions". It appears this is exactly what you did with the ten man squad maneuvering against you. Of course the "left to right" pray and spray test you did fails to focus on the "suspected positions" point and obviously yields less encouraging results.<br />Great stuff as always, now I'm off to read that paper, CheersJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07823484590752342922noreply@blogger.com