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Posted by: Siege Sep 30 2003, 08:19 PM

Not really Shadowrun (per se), but more along the lines of interesting tidbits of information for those of you who interject vague, semi-realism in your games.

http://www.strategosintl.com/pdfs/FlashlightTechniques.pdf

It deals with some of the more common grips for holding a handgun and a flashlight and addresses merits and flaws of each technique.

Although I suppose it would fall more under the heading of "small unit tactics".

The file is in Adobe, so you need either Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.

-Siege

Posted by: Siege Sep 30 2003, 08:32 PM

Ahh, the joys of Google and a slow afternoon.

http://call.army.mil/products/TRNGQTR/articles/RoomClear/RoomClear.pdf

For those of you curious about the finer points of clearing a room during Urban Operations --and you know who you are...

-Siege

Posted by: Daishi Oct 1 2003, 01:20 AM

QUOTE (Siege)

For those of you curious about the finer points of clearing a room during Urban Operations --and you know who you are...

-Siege

Isn't that pretty much tantamount to "Roll call!" around here?

Posted by: Corywn Oct 2 2003, 03:31 PM

QUOTE (Siege)

It deals with some of the more common grips for holding a handgun and a flashlight and addresses merits and flaws of each technique.
-Siege

Not to knock down on the article, but isn't that what flashlight attachments are for for guns?

My understanding is that you want to point the light where the gun is pointing at all times anyway, so they achieve the same effect, but with the mounted flashlight, you have your hand free (to support your weapon, or other matters.

Posted by: TinkerGnome Oct 2 2003, 04:30 PM

QUOTE (Corywn)

Not to knock down on the article, but isn't that what flashlight attachments are for for guns?

That's a possibility... but what if you fire and miss? Your barrel climbs and suddenly you not only missed, but you've lost the person you were trying to keep in your sights.

Posted by: Req Oct 2 2003, 04:39 PM

That, and the nice 6-cell maglite gives you a good beatstick if someone gets too close.

Posted by: Siege Oct 2 2003, 06:20 PM

There are various reasons why you might not have a barrel-mounted light.

Most notably cost -- not every cop can afford the extra cash to buy a mount and tac light for his weapon.

But the most reasonable answer for most people -- if you have a flashlight out prior to drawing your weapon, you will want to optimize the situation. You won't have time to re-holster the light, nor would you want to drop it, adding to the environmental chaos.

Your agency or department might even have regs against weapon accessories (for various reasons).

Also, some weapons don't have barrel mounts for lights and other accessories -- either they don't make them for the model of weapon or the weapon itself is incapable of accepting such a mount.

-Siege

Posted by: Zazen Oct 2 2003, 06:29 PM

The last two pages of that guide describe the advantages of using an external flashlight even when you've got a gun-light.

That's a very cool find. Thanks Siege.

Posted by: Siege Oct 2 2003, 06:54 PM

Happy to oblige.

-Siege

Posted by: Rain Oct 3 2003, 02:48 PM

QUOTE (Siege)

The file is in Adobe, so you need either Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.

Twitch. Twitch.

You mean "the file is in PDF," don't you? There is no ".adobe" file format.

Twitch.

This post brought to you by an Adobe worker bee with a pet peeve.

Posted by: Siege Oct 3 2003, 03:18 PM

QUOTE (Rain)

QUOTE (Siege)

The file is in Adobe, so you need either Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.

Twitch. Twitch.

You mean "the file is in PDF," don't you? There is no ".adobe" file format.

Twitch.

This post brought to you by an Adobe worker bee with a pet peeve.

*snicker*

You sound like me and "magazines".

But yes, you are absolutely correct -- the file is in pdf format. My mistake.

-Siege