Posted on May 14, 2015
Combat Pistol: Marines vs Army: Comparison?
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Marines Shooting the Combat Pistol Program Course of Fire
Marines shooting the Combat Pistol Program course of fire aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Video by Cpl. Hector de Jesus | Marine Corps Air Stat...
I was looking at both the Army and Marine method of combat pistol. To be quite frank I think the Marines have a better handle on this. What so you think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU17hG4zZvw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU17hG4zZvw
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Posted 7 y ago
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As soon as you said 'Combat Pistol' everything that followed seemed a bit foggy. If you are in combat and going to your pistol...well I am praying for you already.
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SPC John Cummings
1LT Nick Kidwell This too was my experience in Sadr City 2003. When driving, or in a crowd (more often then not) my M9 was out.
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Capt Christian D. Orr
The pistol still has its place in CQB. Not as a primary weapon, but as a secondary. To quote H.W.. McBride in his famous book "A Rifleman Went to War," "I may not want this thing [the pistol, that is] often, but when I do, I want it damn bad."
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SSgt Bill Bowlan
CPT John Hanaberry - As an Air Force Combat Documemetation photographer the pistol was often our only weapon.
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Marines (of course)! How could you have possibly thought otherwise? :-)
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SGT Todd Morelock
I got the Army pistol expert badge and M16. Not that hard if you follow instructions..
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SSG Robert Clark
SGT Carl Blas - Congrats Marine, Though I do find it mildly ironic that the above cert. for the "Combat Handgun Coarse" doesn't depict a single soldier using a handgun. LOL.
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As a federal agent I can tell you that based on this video their technique is just not the best. For example sticking both hand out and drawing the weapon all the way out when you can just shoot from the hip. In addition they seem to just look left and right before holstering their weapon, this is intended for the firer to watch his six, not just his left and right. Lastly, when they holster their weapon they need to do it without looking at their holster, one would not be able to see in the dark. Just some pointers.
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SA Michael Moore
A different perspective: In the late 40's, I lived with my grandparents and an uncle who was newly married and we all lived as a family in a single house. Granddad had been a deputy for a small town Jerry (uncle) was too young for War 2 and worked for Brinks armored deliivery in Alabama. I loved to listen to his exciting stories. One thing he told me was the way they learned to shoot. They had a shooting range in the basement of their office building and every guard had to fire?? rounds every day after they got off work but before they left for the day. They used .38 special revolvers, but their technique was not to aim, but instead to extend the index finger along the frame parallel to the barrel and point at the target.The claim was that you could accurately point at a target and with the practice could land the bullet there.
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SA Michael Moore
I also recall him saying they believed you could always point accurately no matter where yur arms were.
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Cpl Bill Johnson
If you feel safe enough to reholster, you are probably safe enough to look at it rather than feel for it. Also military holsters are different
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