Detailed Report of SEAL Team 6's Raid Released

Stealhead · 05-19-11, 08:50 AM

Yep head shots are pure Hollywood most Spec Ops and tactical shooters train to fire fire "double taps" one or two rounds at center mass(chest) and then one to the head if needed.

The reasons for this are two fold first center mass is easier to hit from any range and unless they have heavy body armor is going to cause much trauma the second reason is even if the target has on body armor they are going to slump forwards from the two rounds hitting center mass(ideally near the heart/lungs) allowing the shooter a solid head shot where there is not going to be any armor protection.Also Spec OPs tend to prefer semi automatic controlled fire to fully auto fire with rifles.

I am reading a book about modern US Army and Marine(other DOD) snipers and over the past several years even they have trained to aim for center mass over head shots due to center mass being a much larger target and due the fact that one can line up a center mass shot much faster than a head shot.One Sniper team commander said that he ordered his men to focus on center mass shots and he said that their kill ratio went up substantialy.

Many lay persons do not realize that a head or rather the brain is a very small target and pretty easy to miss even for a very skilled marksman in a combat situation where as something like center mass is a much easier target to hit.

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05-19-11, 08:50 AM	#10
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yep head shots are pure Hollywood most Spec Ops and tactical shooters train to fire fire "double taps" one or two rounds at center mass(chest) and then one to the head if needed. The reasons for this are two fold first center mass is easier to hit from any range and unless they have heavy body armor is going to cause much trauma the second reason is even if the target has on body armor they are going to slump forwards from the two rounds hitting center mass(ideally near the heart/lungs) allowing the shooter a solid head shot where there is not going to be any armor protection.Also Spec OPs tend to prefer semi automatic controlled fire to fully auto fire with rifles. I am reading a book about modern US Army and Marine(other DOD) snipers and over the past several years even they have trained to aim for center mass over head shots due to center mass being a much larger target and due the fact that one can line up a center mass shot much faster than a head shot.One Sniper team commander said that he ordered his men to focus on center mass shots and he said that their kill ratio went up substantialy. Many lay persons do not realize that a head or rather the brain is a very small target and pretty easy to miss even for a very skilled marksman in a combat situation where as something like center mass is a much easier target to hit.