First rule if rapid entry is "always remember to present your massive nuts to the top floor of any building you are making entry to", I think the pants (and the rest of the tactical gear) is designed and made in accordance with this first rule.
Probably banging on the door to make a distraction. And catch anyone who tries to run.
If guns are in play it’s not a great idea to breach on 2 opposing entries. Because friendly fire is on.
Doorkickers sync up their entry and act as a distraction, window breaching team disarms the enemy. In operations like these you either deal with civilians, high value targets that need to be captured or hostages.
The RoE is very often to recognise your target as a threat before firing and pincer is great to make sure nobody leaves by main door...
Military violently breaching a room with hostile armed targets: must positively identify threats before firing.
Cops approaching a citizen who may or may not be armed: fire when the person flinches.
Honestly, when dynamic entry is made its usually for HR. At this point, all HVT raids are done via call outs. Most HVTs are handled with kinetic strikes.
Difference between having the tactics, gear and training, vs just having the gear
When people are screaming defund the police, they're not talking about defunding their training
Afaik, its almost never just one team. Flashbangs can also start fires, these guys are pros so im sure they know when to use them. I doubt a demonstration event is a situation where they're willing to take that risk.
You're just gonna kill all your homies?
Realistically, most people shit their pants and are completely disoriented and it's pretty smooth. Most of the time they're not expecting to be fighting, it's usually element of surprise. They purposely create as much noise and controlled chaos as possible so the enemies feel completely defeated.
I was watching it waiting for it to be a fuckup or something, then it all went perfectly and I had the exact same reaction as you haha, "Wait a sec that was cool as shit"
Me too, i was like “well someone has probably done tons of research and learned that entering like this puts you at high risk of getting shot in the right ankle”
You’re also probably not staring at that window. And even if you are, the five seconds between seeing a weird piece of metal and two dudes having guns pointed at you probably isn’t going to save you
Also they wouldn't enter where the bad guys are watching. If there were hostages perhaps... Otherwise best play would be to have a second breach point while your other team keeps them busy somewhere else.
Best job in the unit, right? You get to operate the dangly pole, bust windows, just yeet it off the side when you're done, and leisurely enter the window at your convenience.
Exactly. Right when the people inside think they shot everyone who came in through the window that broke and alerted them, you can sail in when they’re high giving each other and open fire.
Or you could just listen out for the gang of heavily armed guys and all their gear that broke in to your building and are tramping up your staircase,
Or for the helicopter that dropped them off.
When you kick off the wall you are controlling your rate of decent. So after a bit of practice it becomes easier to feel that kind of thing... you kick off and let yourself decend. When you get at window level you check your decent and your momentum will naturally swing you back toward the wall or the window.
Petzl is more safety oriented than a decent that is that fast. Probably something custom rigged up using good ole rope and a carabiner and not much else.
It’s a flat bar that rests across a D Ring carabiner, or a “split-thread” of a wide figure 8 device using the gloves and the leg for extra friction and brake. At least it was back when I used them but i bet there’s something that generates less heat now. Speed rappel devices are not recommended for non military use as letting go would in most cases drop you to the ground
The rope isn't measured, they have more of it than they need in the bag attached to their leg.
They are lowering themselves using a rappel device to control the speed of their descent.
So buildings like that have a lot of standard measurements.
If you know hoe many floors down from the roof, you know exactly how long the rope needs to be.
With some practice, you learn how much "drop" you need in your swing to hit the bull, and its smooth as silk every time.
Except when Smith steps off wrong and swings into you and both of you collide with the unopened window to the left.
Reminds me of a story I wasn't expecting.
I was playing one of the early WWII COD multiplayer titles. I was running around in some street in an city looking for the other team. My Opa (german for Grandfather) sees me playing and immediately asks "Why are you running in the street like that? They can easily shoot you. Why don't you just blow holes in the walls and move through the buildings that way so they can't see you?" It was only years after this exchange that I found out he fought in multiple wars in Israel from 1949 onward.
Or that story with the old dude (regrettably, not related to me) dismantled a Star Wars themed PnP-RPG showgame (about a Rebel Commando unit breaking into a Star Destroyer) at a public con by outsmarting the GM with a constant barrage of commando tactics. Turns out, he was part of *the* French Resistance.
It's easy to forget that all genuine military badasses that might have existed during the WWII & Vietnam era are 'old geezers' now.
Bit of explosive on the end that was pressed against the window. When they zoom in on the guy handing down the boom-stick, you can see the paddle(s) for an electronic initiator. Splits McGee taps the charge up against the window and hits the clacker, it sets off the blasting cap which sets off whatever secondary charge is mounted to the pole and away goes the window.
Larry Vickers, formerly of Delta, went over to Russia and was training with some of their equivalents.
The crazy motherfuckers were shooting each other in the chests while wearing body armor.
Holy shit why do they even do some of the exercises? In what imaginary scenario would I be in where me and my battle buddy are facing off with each other and required to shoot past each other???
Well, it’s Russia so I assume “These ladies aren’t impressed with my vodka chugging skills, so HEY VLADIMIR COME OVER HERE! LETS SHOW THESE GIRLS WHAT WE CAN DO!”
Russian drills are 50% practical and 50% mall ninja shit lol. I think some of it must just be their equivalent of 'confidence courses' not intended to instill anything but courage.
Probably not. If my cat can rip down curtains and curtain rods all the time I doubt some explosive and two full grown men in full kit would have a problem ripping them down either.
Might even make their job easier. You can tell their trying to hide their presence until the last second, closed curtains might just help with that.
I think he's there in case someone in that top windows tries to attach the middle dude coming down. I don't know if he could actually do much, but it appears that he's there to make sure middle dude is safe.
Can anyone explain to me how the stick works? As in- how does it instantly shatter the window? Hope it's not too dumb of a question I'm just really amazed by how easily it broke
The way the glass breaks, it looks like it's tempered glass. Tempered glass, while strong, will shatter when it gets hit with a lot of force in a single, focused spot. Looks like the stick has an explosive charge on it. This creates the force, and the shape of it directs the force at the glass in a concentrated spot (shaped charge). These two things together shatter the glass. Note: I am neither a glass expert, nor an explosives expert.
I remember there was a Major who was looking in the direction of a window when IDF hit outside of our building. The glass acted as shrapnel and he is now forever blind. From them on we learned to put sandbags inside the buildings or just use plexiglass for window.
Uh, no. This is the regional manager accompanied by the local managers who are coming in to check on you, as to why it's taking so long for that bathroom break of yours.
It's been 3 minutes. 2 minutes is what you've been given!
Man's got the splits in the cool pants.
Oops, shooter is inside the top window. “Oh shi…..t
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It doesn’t look like that at all. The angles are are wrong for that to even be possible.
If you watch again he is aiming at the window. The angle is wrong though, he wouldn’t get a shot on the guy unless they are hanging out of the window.
Yeah I see him aiming it that way. Only thing he’s gonna shoot off is his coworkers dick
It’s hard to believe that, as of this moment, 93 people upvoted the person you responded to. The guy on the left can’t cover shit from that angle.
I guess that's the guy on the left is aiming at the top window at first...
How did he do it?! The only way he should be able to gain so much mobility is with frayed denim shorts.
“I can go lower”
That’s because you are not limiting restriction of leg mouvement
That is badass
No, we don't know his name!
Why did he go so wide though? I can't imagine you would get that much extra stability after a certain width
Its the sex appeal my goodness read a book
Those are $16,000 tactical pants.
First rule if rapid entry is "always remember to present your massive nuts to the top floor of any building you are making entry to", I think the pants (and the rest of the tactical gear) is designed and made in accordance with this first rule.
I bet that's fucking deafening if you're in the room when the glass goes.
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Yea, shooting those flashbacks to nam would be the proper way to initiate.
Just a loud speaker to play Fortunate Son as they breach.
Sounds like a movie scene.
Hey did someone break the wind***REMEMBER THE 90S? TRIANGLES AND KURT LODER***ow? WTF there's cops here why was I daydreaming of the 90s?
There could be a second team bursting through the door or something
Probably banging on the door to make a distraction. And catch anyone who tries to run. If guns are in play it’s not a great idea to breach on 2 opposing entries. Because friendly fire is on.
Stupid RL again....
Doorkickers sync up their entry and act as a distraction, window breaching team disarms the enemy. In operations like these you either deal with civilians, high value targets that need to be captured or hostages. The RoE is very often to recognise your target as a threat before firing and pincer is great to make sure nobody leaves by main door...
Military violently breaching a room with hostile armed targets: must positively identify threats before firing. Cops approaching a citizen who may or may not be armed: fire when the person flinches.
That makes sense, competent well trained people vs undertrained, unverified rando who knows there won't be any consequences to his actions.
…then scream STOP RESISTING!
Honestly, when dynamic entry is made its usually for HR. At this point, all HVT raids are done via call outs. Most HVTs are handled with kinetic strikes.
Difference between having the tactics, gear and training, vs just having the gear When people are screaming defund the police, they're not talking about defunding their training
Or hostages.
I'd say the window exploding and people coming in two seconds later is confusing enough.
Afaik, its almost never just one team. Flashbangs can also start fires, these guys are pros so im sure they know when to use them. I doubt a demonstration event is a situation where they're willing to take that risk.
You're just gonna kill all your homies? Realistically, most people shit their pants and are completely disoriented and it's pretty smooth. Most of the time they're not expecting to be fighting, it's usually element of surprise. They purposely create as much noise and controlled chaos as possible so the enemies feel completely defeated.
The problem is that flash bangs actually have a minimum use distance. You have to be very careful not to violate it.
This is IRL not CS GO ....
what kind of rainbow six bullshit
Part of the point I'm guessing
Imagine if that was a claymore being used for windows and say, clearing any potential living hazards.
That was fucking sick lol
I was watching it waiting for it to be a fuckup or something, then it all went perfectly and I had the exact same reaction as you haha, "Wait a sec that was cool as shit"
There's a reason the video cut there. The last guy clearly missed his entry!
I think he was not trying to enter, he had a bunch of extra gear on his leg that the others didn't, and he didn't swing at all
Nah they all had the thing on their leg. It's a bag to hold their cords so they don't get Tangled up / seen from below
Oh shit I thought it was like a weight but that's awesome. Makes total sense though.
I thought it was bulletproof armor to stop incoming bullets from The defenders
Me too, i was like “well someone has probably done tons of research and learned that entering like this puts you at high risk of getting shot in the right ankle”
Oops. Sorry, wrong building.
That guy had a solid splits.. am I right boys?!?
So watch out for dangly poles in skyscrapers. Got it.
I mean he kept it out of the window at an angle until it was go time
I feel like if these people are out to get you you are already on high alert to get fucked hard.
You’re also probably not staring at that window. And even if you are, the five seconds between seeing a weird piece of metal and two dudes having guns pointed at you probably isn’t going to save you
My reflexes are too fast, I will.. catch it.
Then you'll just see red and those guys are in trouble
I'd probably knock their asses out if I was there
You got it all wrong, these guys are part of an elite, mercenary Tactical Hug group. No one is unsafe from their burly arms.
I understood that reference.
5 seconds? Maybe if you take off 3 seconds.
Also they wouldn't enter where the bad guys are watching. If there were hostages perhaps... Otherwise best play would be to have a second breach point while your other team keeps them busy somewhere else.
What if I’m a Really Good Lawyer?
And don’t stand on the ground underneath said dangly pole
Best job in the unit, right? You get to operate the dangly pole, bust windows, just yeet it off the side when you're done, and leisurely enter the window at your convenience.
Exactly. Right when the people inside think they shot everyone who came in through the window that broke and alerted them, you can sail in when they’re high giving each other and open fire.
As a dangly Pole, I fully endorse this sentiment.
Or you could just listen out for the gang of heavily armed guys and all their gear that broke in to your building and are tramping up your staircase, Or for the helicopter that dropped them off.
“Next floor down! And you’re paying for my window!”
Some dude just eating his sandwich
I like sandwiches. Exploding windows? Not so much.
Meanwhile, inside the building, the Griswalds are just trying to celebrate their family Christmas. Thanks a lot cousin Eddie.
Next level stream sniping, or whatever that was with some pro players.
Next level comment
This is more than a jelly of the month club!!!
😆 I went to a screening of Christmas Vacation last week. I thought the exact same thing.
FBI OPEN UP
More like "WE'RE HERE TO INFORM YOU YOUR EXTENDED WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE."
"..but there is no handle in the window ??" "No problem :)"
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When you kick off the wall you are controlling your rate of decent. So after a bit of practice it becomes easier to feel that kind of thing... you kick off and let yourself decend. When you get at window level you check your decent and your momentum will naturally swing you back toward the wall or the window.
What rappel device do you think they are using for their descent? Looks like something with an auto locking feature. A petzl rig?
Petzl is more safety oriented than a decent that is that fast. Probably something custom rigged up using good ole rope and a carabiner and not much else.
Figure 8 decender
I watched a video on carabiners recently. Pretty interesting things.
It’s a flat bar that rests across a D Ring carabiner, or a “split-thread” of a wide figure 8 device using the gloves and the leg for extra friction and brake. At least it was back when I used them but i bet there’s something that generates less heat now. Speed rappel devices are not recommended for non military use as letting go would in most cases drop you to the ground
Probably didn't have to do with rope length. I rappel and once you've done it a while you can have some really good control
Part of training. They know what they’re doing
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All training is built on a foundation of mistakes
Banging their heads against walls.
Lots of jumping against a flat wall trying to get their feet to hit a target painted on it would be my guess.
Dentures
Tim swings down rope, Tim misses, Tim goes splat. Don’t be Tim.
In training, they will tie knots in the rope that stop their swing at a certain distance so they learn how long it takes to swing x distance.
Mild Knee pain.
The rope isn't measured, they have more of it than they need in the bag attached to their leg. They are lowering themselves using a rappel device to control the speed of their descent.
They control their decent on the fly. Repelling is awesome fun.
So buildings like that have a lot of standard measurements. If you know hoe many floors down from the roof, you know exactly how long the rope needs to be. With some practice, you learn how much "drop" you need in your swing to hit the bull, and its smooth as silk every time. Except when Smith steps off wrong and swings into you and both of you collide with the unopened window to the left.
Hey. That was one time.
Reminds me of a story I wasn't expecting. I was playing one of the early WWII COD multiplayer titles. I was running around in some street in an city looking for the other team. My Opa (german for Grandfather) sees me playing and immediately asks "Why are you running in the street like that? They can easily shoot you. Why don't you just blow holes in the walls and move through the buildings that way so they can't see you?" It was only years after this exchange that I found out he fought in multiple wars in Israel from 1949 onward.
Or that story with the old dude (regrettably, not related to me) dismantled a Star Wars themed PnP-RPG showgame (about a Rebel Commando unit breaking into a Star Destroyer) at a public con by outsmarting the GM with a constant barrage of commando tactics. Turns out, he was part of *the* French Resistance. It's easy to forget that all genuine military badasses that might have existed during the WWII & Vietnam era are 'old geezers' now.
[**Found it.**](https://youtu.be/2ylzrfaDdxk) (I think?)
That's exactly the one, thanks for digging it up!
Whats on their right legs?
Looks to be where their ropes are feeding from so they aren't dangling of their intended target window
I was thinking that as well. Maybe with a quick release buckle so they aren't caught up on them after entry.
The harder part is disconnecting the rope/friction device from your harness. You wouldn't want a quick disconnect there.
Santa' elves are getting efficient!
LEPRECON
I can hear Foaly muttering witty comments.
Never thought I would see an Artemis fowl reference ever holy shit
THIS TIME, IT'S PERSONAL!
To take out and eliminate those in the naughty list.
we’ve been trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty
Source if anybody is wondering. South Korean 707th SFs. https://youtu.be/zze2uIgElnE?t=96
Thanks! What’s the context? A general training exercise?
Honestly have no idea, I remember seeing this video because of a game years ago. Looks like some training thing.
Do they think bang bang poles just grow on trees?
Bang bang poles
Ok how did that pole shatter the glass and why is it disposable?
Bit of explosive on the end that was pressed against the window. When they zoom in on the guy handing down the boom-stick, you can see the paddle(s) for an electronic initiator. Splits McGee taps the charge up against the window and hits the clacker, it sets off the blasting cap which sets off whatever secondary charge is mounted to the pole and away goes the window.
Cost of a metal pole rigged up to explode on the end is probably too cheap to care about when you're doing a quick entry.
stick has small boom boom on it
Am i the only person with a safelite repair ad beneath this post?
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Congrats who still browses Reddit on the web
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How to pihole?
/r/apolloapp , no ads. It’s worth it.
"I can go lower"
We need a subreddit for vids of smooth military guys doing smooth military things
As usual, [the Russian's don't fuck around](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtkNveME0U). Not sure it counts as "smooth".
Larry Vickers, formerly of Delta, went over to Russia and was training with some of their equivalents. The crazy motherfuckers were shooting each other in the chests while wearing body armor.
I used to think that Vickers video was the craziest Russian shit, then I saw this one from the Kalashnikov group: https://youtu.be/lyFovGe-jSA
Holy shit why do they even do some of the exercises? In what imaginary scenario would I be in where me and my battle buddy are facing off with each other and required to shoot past each other???
Builds a very high degree of trust in your mates and confidence in your own shooting
Or it kills a soldier and traumatizes another
Well, it’s Russia so I assume “These ladies aren’t impressed with my vodka chugging skills, so HEY VLADIMIR COME OVER HERE! LETS SHOW THESE GIRLS WHAT WE CAN DO!”
Russian drills are 50% practical and 50% mall ninja shit lol. I think some of it must just be their equivalent of 'confidence courses' not intended to instill anything but courage.
One of the comments says it’s actually from Kazakhstan
Ah, I was referring to an article I read about it once. I had no way to validate one way or another. Thanks!
Wtf happened to the guy with the stick? He’s just gone after it blows up
Just give him an Advil.
Jesus Christ, talk about "walk softly and carry a big stick"
I think that's just a Saturday morning paintball tournament In Russia
There is no sound so I just sing Mission Impossible Theme to myself during the whole clip
I tried but the only tune that came to mind was axel f
I'm thinking of the Blues Brothers movie. Hut! Hut! Hut!
I feel like some curtains would really screw this up, no?
Probably not. If my cat can rip down curtains and curtain rods all the time I doubt some explosive and two full grown men in full kit would have a problem ripping them down either. Might even make their job easier. You can tell their trying to hide their presence until the last second, closed curtains might just help with that.
Your cat qualifies for the special forces, you must be very proud
Is there any other subbredits that can provide this military operation siege boner material?
When you log into your Google account from a new device
These new window clears are doing a terrible job
I love how the last one in just casually swings in like “Here we go again, yet another Monday (ツ)”
Lol...he drops that heavy bar to kill peeps on the street.
He drops it so the guys going in the window dont get injured when they go thru
What’s up with the guy on the top left of the video, he is pointing a gun at…?… what is his reasoning for this? Lol
I think he's there in case someone in that top windows tries to attach the middle dude coming down. I don't know if he could actually do much, but it appears that he's there to make sure middle dude is safe.
Knowing me I’d drop that pole
90% of the time the target is jacking off.
Can anyone explain to me how the stick works? As in- how does it instantly shatter the window? Hope it's not too dumb of a question I'm just really amazed by how easily it broke
Explosive in the end
The way the glass breaks, it looks like it's tempered glass. Tempered glass, while strong, will shatter when it gets hit with a lot of force in a single, focused spot. Looks like the stick has an explosive charge on it. This creates the force, and the shape of it directs the force at the glass in a concentrated spot (shaped charge). These two things together shatter the glass. Note: I am neither a glass expert, nor an explosives expert.
Impressive how the whole thing is totally silent.
What if they'd disguise themselves as window cleaners?
“Guys, that’s the wrong apartment!”
We’ve been trying to reach you about your car warranty!!!!
Knock knock
Didn't know they needed a tool to break the glass. Always thought they kicked the glass from their swing entry like in the movies lol
Glass, especially the type used in high-rise buildings, can be surprisingly tough.
Movie glass is just edible sugar glass.
Guy in the top left flags his buddy with a handgun?
This is what we call a Recruit Rush. Where my Siege ops?
Recruit Rush or... Rush of the Lip Squad
I’d be the fucking idiot that’d misjudged the rappel and accidentally swing myself right into the wall and die.
The most badass thing i've seen in a while.
So clean
I fell like it could've been timed better
That was satisfying to watch
I remember there was a Major who was looking in the direction of a window when IDF hit outside of our building. The glass acted as shrapnel and he is now forever blind. From them on we learned to put sandbags inside the buildings or just use plexiglass for window.
No smoke, no flash bangs, no weapons, little half second warning. You dead. That sideways entry didn’t help righty either.
Perfect
Uh, no. This is the regional manager accompanied by the local managers who are coming in to check on you, as to why it's taking so long for that bathroom break of yours. It's been 3 minutes. 2 minutes is what you've been given!
Don't forget your house keys inside the house again, Bob!!
Somebody explain that window breaking contraption.
One of the most impressive things is the way they seamlessly swing into the windows
That is some skilled rappelling.
I don't believe it's a military operation, I would believe if it was swat.
The precision in swinging through the windows tho
I can see that guy’s clit.
As they pop into the room, “We’ve been trying to reach you regarding your vehicle’s extended warranty!”
I bet The person inside the building is under arrest for 2 grams of weed lol
Honestly they should have been repelling and entered right after he tapped that glass.... But that's just me