Author: Samuel Griffin

In an emergency, it may become necessary to deploy your firearm, knife, or even a weapon of opportunity in physical response to an active threat intent on causing you severe bodily injury or worse. What are three close-quarter combative concepts needed for you to effectively deploy a ballistic or non-ballistic weapon in a timely manner? Applied awareness, carry, access or selection, and reaction time. Applied Awareness Everyone knows that situational awareness is a matter of just looking around. Keep your head on a swivel, right? Mechanically speaking, yes, you can move your head around and even put your eyeballs on…

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In March 1962 the Israeli Defence Forces launched a raid on Syrian positions in the village of Al-Nuqayb, on the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee. The raid, known as Operation Swallowย (ืžื‘ืฆืข ืกื ื•ื ื™ืช) was described by the IDF as a retaliation for Syrian attacks on Israeli fishermen in the Sea of Galilee. During the operation, Israeli commandos captured a selection of weapons which were subsequently displayed for the press. In this article, weโ€™ll examine the weapons captured. On 16 March 1962, Israeli troops from the Golani Brigade made an assault on Syrian positions inย Nuqayb. 30 Syrian soldiers were reported…

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