Special Forces CQB Tactics You Shouldn't Do (New Channel  

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"Do not shoot at the lights" Splinter cell dreams shattered 😂

The point he made about the way we train is huge. I used to play OpFor a lot. A single cinderblock or sandbag would wreck entire fireteams. Guys absolutely weren't prepared for any kind of resistance at all. If the door didnt give, didnt open fully, hit resistance, guys would just bunch up and block the first guy or trip over the top of him when he fell.

If you have never been in combat and never been kinetic in a building you don’t know. It’s not as smooth as training goes…. Usually after the first room is cleared the enemy already knows you’re there.

Room clearing just seems so insanely dangerous to me no matter what you do it seems, especially if it's a military engagement. Partially obstructed door for example with a small hallway closet next to it. Try to breech the door, find out it partially opens, while fiddling with it a claymore or pipe bomb by the closet goes off. Or opening the door partway pulls a string tied to the pin of a grenade, strikes a match to a room full of gas, homemade flamethrower in a ventilation system with the vent cover gone, enemy sets up in an adjacent building and sees guys enter a room then shoot an RPG through the window at the door while everyone is clustered right there, set up sandbags and a heavy support machinegun and rake the door and the adjacent walls... ... Hell, just knowing that professional squads or well-trained police officers are on either side of a door, combined with knowing just how easily a bullet penetrates through thin drywall; yeah it blocks line-of-sight, but it's hardly any protection at all. Aim near the center of the door and you're very likely to hit someone.

People often think if they do what SFs do they become closer to SFs. But they often forget how SFs do things is exactly because the type unit they're in and the premises they operate on, which is quite often different from a lot of us face as civilians.

Let’s get out in front of this. Dry wall is not cover. Nobody thinks it is, what it is, is concealment. Concealment- obscures you from the bad guy. Using Concealment is taught as a concept, idea, and tactic in every military and law enforcement agency (I imagine globally). Because you point out that dry wall is concealment…it doesn’t mean that it won’t provide you the very purpose of concealment. Your alternative places you in the room, which offers you neither cover or concealment…and as pointed out in the intro video….shot a lot waiting for #3 guy to enter to find the bad guy. It’s a cost to benefit ratio, its probabilities, likelihoods and statistics…there isn’t anybody…who thinks (objectively) you are safer inside the room with gunman.

Really unique edit that you did I have never seen someone be their own backup lol. Def need more of that.

SurvivingTheStreet, I must say, your videos have already taught me so much about self-defense. But when it comes to handling firearms, there's no teacher I'd rather have than you. Your ability to convey the details and nuances of effective firearm defense is truly outstanding. It's crucial that we not only understand firearm ownership but also how to use them safely and responsibly. Your emphasis on education, legal knowledge, and mental preparedness is exactly what we all need to protect ourselves and our loved ones. Thank you for not only showing us the techniques but also the necessary wisdom to apply them correctly. Keep up the great work!

My favorite thing is teaching guys breaching techniques just to then barricade the door on the first practical, haha. Good video, even for my guys in the military, they all think every situation involves throwing bodies through the door and as soon as the door is open it means everyone is flooding in. Gotta remind them they aren't CAG sometimes.

Videos like this are ground breaking in the community and have been needed for far too long. Too many people out there in every branch of military/special forces and in LE has passed along so many tactics without testing or critically analyzing in exquisite detail if the CQB techniques they use make sense or not. They just do what they are taught, and bad tactics are passed down without question because they were quote "paid for in blood" which creates this false environment where they think questioning those same tactics are beyond reproach. Even if those same tactics dont make any sense. Any tactic used by any unit no matter how "prestigious" must make sense and they must be able to clearly expain in exquisite detail precisely while those tactics are implemented.

I have been following your videos for a few weeks now. You are literally everything i try to convey to my swat guys. Your ability to communicate the WHY is very good. I demonstrate to my guys and they get it, but my Lt. Has his old school cronie who refuses certain change. Love your content and wish ppl were more like you and are more about knowledge and the why, then showmanship and refusing to change or adapt.

Good stuff. Always take a 51/49 advantage for sure. Honestly the biggest problem is only full time teams can practice this enough. As a former street cop, you won’t get the training. You also need to make sure your partners are on the same page. Get your own training and don’t depend on the department. It’s your life that’s at risk. Keep up the good work 🤙

We can nit pick technique all we want and should do for training but the thing people need to not lose sight of is working in the unknown. We often get trapped by artificiality when training in terms of familiarity of space because it’s what we alway use. The unknown can throw monkey wrenches into what is happening even on the most basic level of task so be able to adapt on the fly to what you’re seeing. Sometimes it’s not the most pretty thing ever but our training should be setting us up to adapt to what we need at that moment.

I think what gets lost in translation with a lot of room clearing techniques and procedures is the instructor actually setting the stage for students. You touch on this briefly at 0:50 but should be addressed prior to any tactics are discussed and/or demonstrated. The situation (facts and circumstances) will dictate your tactics. Hasty vs a deliberate entry, HR vs non-HR. I'm really appreciating your content, keep up the great work.

Cqb room clearing is the military equivalent of mcdojo martial arts. Everyone looks super cool until the person in the next room magdums through two walls.

I’m guilty of some of the things you pointed out, going from the cqb mindset of being an infantryman to a police officer, these videos are helping me become better.

Explosive breaches and flash bangs was something not shown in BCMs ‘The Capability’ video you’ve used in this example. This changes how a dynamic entry may favor the assaulting element rather than the defensive adversary.

Doors and stairs are tricky. From my experience as an instructor on the LEO side, the ride the door part of dynamic CQB is often over simplified CQB taught in intro courses which don't have a lot of time to teach and train the finer technical points of deliberate CQB but must teach something to the "lowest common denominator" of student. As an example, for our new hires we get a limited amount of time to teach them CQB, so we need to spend more time on dynamic rather than deliberate because its the most caveman style of CQB which will give them tools they can utilize with limited cognitive processing while in an already high stress situation. During in service training, we shift the focus to have more technical and deliberate options because they have more exposure and experience to CQB.

You are thinking, asking why and when, and then ascertaining best options....excellent.

I gotta say your editing is perfect. I’m extremely impressed. Also this is very very helpful I really enjoyed and learned form this

Only really law inforcement should do that because they have a civilian to hostile ratio that is insanely high and mostly face small arms their body armour can take even if it goes bad. Military in most conflicts doesn't bother with closed doors at all and 9/10 times just blows a wall, throws grenades in and only then enters for clean-up.

Maybe just using the Israeli method of leveling the entire neighborhood is the best way to room clear instead? Either that or just pass altogether? Which is worse room clearing or trench clearing?

So, in SF, we learned this lesson around 2007. Step center shoot center. Old tactic.

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I am no operator, or with any military unit whatsoever, but i feel this knowledge could be useful, especially with the way the world is going lately.

I like it and I like having the least amount of suck in my methods. Having a few 2x4s or 2x6s between you and any real caliber bullet (9mm, 5.56, .308, etc.) isn't much protection but it's certainly more than a 2" thick door or a fibercore door that isn't even there for bullets, air soft pellets would whip through those. If you're forced to go into a blind room then there will always be a lethal level of suck but, as he said, try to minimize it.

Im so glad i saw this video. Ever since i lesrned the basics of cqb i have always had questions similar to those discussed in this video. Thank you so much.

Other than playing Arma 3 and some other milsims, I have no real reason to be binge watching CQB videos other than im just fascinated with the mechanics of it. I have a few long guns that I shoot every now and then, but I have a feeling if I started training CQB it would quickly become an addicition. I appreciate that you are challenging some of the existing paradigms regarding CQB best practices that are out there.

I think dumping works when the target is not on guard or are just not expecting anything, but you'd have to figure that out, and contingencies are always nice, so probably still the last thing anyone should do.

Context always matters. I do not disagree with your information but also understand that some of the footage we see on youtube of team guys is meant purely for a cool factor. Also, not all teams are proficient nor do all of them have the same skill / experience levels. There is also the pride of clearing a drill or taking an entire structure as fast as possible for a "record". A lot of the techniques have adapted to threshold fighting but there are still old timers who refuse to give up "the way it's always been done".

I WANT flash bangs!!!

I learned this method (more or less) about 10 years ago during my time in the military in switzerland. Normally you would check the door and give it a little push and then step back. The reason was also to check for IEDs that could potentiall be triggered by the moving door. After that you check the frame of the door and pie, move etc. I find this is a method that is rather safe but also it depends how much the walls protects rather that conceals you.

Funny just saw a comparison between the American 5.56 round and the 7.62 x 39 round. Someone claimed the 7.62 round can shoot through walls better. Makes sense to go with the 7.62 round instead of the 5.56 round then.

Even in hostage situation, trying to use fast but high risk technique can cause the rescuer to die or out of action. A dead good guy isn't going to save any hostage.

You forgot the golden rule! When you’re all stacked up, preparing to breach.. don’t forget, forget to say please open the door! Please goes along way! Holy shit I just realized it’s coming up on 16 years since my last appointment doing this. Didn’t realize how much of a love-hate relationship it was!

All this has become so exhausting… CQB this CQB that 😂😂😂

Tyler Gray, Director of CBS‘s seal team, and former Delta Team operator, said recently in an FNG Academy video where they react to the Iranian embassy siege, that CQB situations are notoriously dangerous and that almost know special operations team in history has ever come out with zero hostages, dead, and zero team members injured or dead. According to Murphy’s Law, at least one operative and one hostage isn’t making it out of it.

this is probably the best CQB channel on YT

No matter how you cut it, CQB sucks lol! Excellent video as always bro!

How does this channel not have a million subscribers!? This is some of the best information on the internet!

Use an endoscope. But remember that you heard it best first.

Golden rule: call for fire, if not, frag everything, if it doesn't works: frag again.

Recently saw a video of a retired seal who operates a fairly well-known private training school. This guy (lead instructor) stood right in front of the threshold (smothering the door) while his teammate opened the door into a corner-fed room. If that wasn’t sketchy enough, they both tried to enter the room at the same time, shoulder to shoulder through the doorway 😳. I can’t even begin to guess where they got this or why they came up with these techniques. I’ve done a lot of training; I’ve never seen anything that makes less sense.

I'm just glad you started the video whit don't ride the door when clearing the room

I mean this is basic video game logic, you camp doors, you camp stairs and most fights devolve into pie slicing the threshold or who gets impatient first or who tosses the most grenades at the other.

There's really no reason for someone to stack up on the doorknob side of the door, once the door opens you're just staring at the door hinges now.

Im guessing that the 1 arm engagement technique might be for an aggressive 2-man stealth approach. The other guy checks the hard corner. You're silenced and the enemy doesn't know that youre there. Or it could be used when you toss in a flashbang; solo CQB scenario.

wth 9:09min the classic jurassic park car

Another very good and comprehensive breakdown. Thanks! On a side note, your editing skills have improved greatly. The split screen made it easier to understand your instruction. Imagine how much more work you could get done if you actually had two of you like the "2 Brad" entry team in the video!😂

I think people dont get it If this Is Just clearing room ok Just treats we can go słow But if this is a hostage rescue you dont have time to do it slow you have to be quick and acurate

I kinda wonder would the thickness of walls make differences? Since walls in many parts of the world are not thick enough to stop bullets, I believe getting shot through the walls once the adversary sees movement at the threshold might be a genuine worry.

Disclaimer, I'm a rank amateur. I find these tactics very interesting, but I doubt I will ever use them when there are actual rounds flying around. So, grain of salt on my opinions. But anyway... Concerning riding the door in, as demonstrated @8:50 in this video. As demonstrated, one more thing that makes it just... ugly... is the fact that you're muzzle-up to get through the door, and one-handed to manipulate and control the door. There's *_no_* chance of you beating a prepared enemy to a shot in that situation, as your gun is out of position. You have no positive effect on the rest of the room because you're either staring at a blank panel of wood or turning your head off-axis and have no shot. Anyone else who _does_ happen to have a visual on a target as you go in has their shot blocked by you entering. The absolute best that can happen in this technique is the first guy through the door draws _all_ the fire, none of which goes through the wall to take down the stack outside, and he goes down and props the door open with his soon-to-be lifeless corpse, while the rest of the squad deals with the room conventionally from the doorway. One man for one doorway is not a viable trade. If you were using a much shorter weapon (SBR, SMG, or pistol) or fully compressed, you could potentially be muzzle-on-axis as you go in, but that doesn't solve the problem of being open to multiple angles as you enter. I agree with you that fighting the room from outside the doorway is much more likely to result in an acceptable outcome. Even then, if the door stops halfway open (interior wall immediately behind the door, bookcase, etc., where the door only opens 90 degrees and hard-stops... My bedroom door when I was a kid did this because of an air-handling unit) if you're riding that door and expecting it to stop against the wall you're making entry from and it doesn't, you, and anyone following you, are pretty much boned, because everyone gets trapped in the doorway. If everyone is outside the door, at least they know what they're working with. The only point I do see riding the door in the direction of the swing as viable is flooding a room that has either been prepped with multiple distraction devices (from another point or points of access) immediately before, or a room that is completely cold in terms of surprise, like everyone in the room _asleep_ levels of cold. Otherwise, you're likely to just wind up with a doorstop.

A good tip for after surprise is lost is letting the door “breathe” 👍🏾 good stuff

no matter how you slice/pie it CQB is a nightmare.

Belgian Leo instructor here, love the levelheaded open approach ;) kudos

I'm in the process of writing a lesson plan, your videos have helped supplement my ideas, thanks bro

I’ll never understand how people who have never actually cleared a room with people who want to kill them try to talk shit to a guy who’s been there and done that

most buidlings have like wood and plaster walls, why wouldnt the badguy shoot through the walls on either side of the door?

What do you think of the limited penetration method in CQB?

I know its not related to the doorway mechanics, but what is going on with that Jurassic Park Ford Explorer in the background?

Badguy can shoot through the door or wall once hear something. You have to have ballistic shield to stand chance.

I honestly think the way police clear rooms is better than military or sf because the army guys have a whole team behind them they can get dragged out they have people behind them the police they maybe have a partner with them if that they have to train to be better in my opinion

You also have the wall assement on each room. So many questions.

Thumbnail had me thinking this was a Key and Peele sketch..

the grenade tends to work pretty well

I don’t know much about CBQ or clearing space v.v.. My question is does it exist a definition of perfect 1 man CBQ?

⁠Hey my man, I appreciate what you are doing-teaching others. But I read these comments saying guys are copying your tactics in training and situations where it’s for keeps. Be careful regurgitating tactics without any regard for CQB principles. Thats how dudes quickly realize all that training isn’t remotely close to what’s it like and people get dead. I’m not saying stop, you’re free to do what you like, but remember somewhere someday there will be consequences for what you are showing here. Be safe man.

Ok.. commented on your short.. Now I understand the context. You are doing an Israeli clear. My only question is.. What do you do when it gives and a possible body is behind the door. Ex pin the obstruction.. Now the 2 becomes 1 etc. Thoughts?

Lots of good things to think bout. Thanks.

I got say bro keep up the good shit i agree with alot of what you're teaching as far a practicality goes 💯 i remeber asking my drill sergeants alot of the questions or methods you've debunked there answere would always be well thats why the lowest rank guy is #1 😅 in other words they expected to take casualties and that never sat well with me i always thought there had to be a better way and your putting out there brother keep up the good work literally life saving content here . Surviving the streets for real for real .

You are resuming my faith in humanity 💜

"As I've said before." "As I've posted before" Bro, don't make me have to watch your entire channel's history in order to watch a video - just give the condensed version.

meanwhile a12 and grade 4 armor go beert, no need to clear the room when i can just delete the room XD

Yep Never rush to your death, Clear outside if possible try not to go in blind, take your corners, dominate the room.... Mistakes are good they teach you what not to do! Good Video, make mistakes in training and bleed less in war.

I never had any luck riding the door. It seems like a technique that would work only if I have breaching charges and flashbacks, which as a pleb civvy would be…. Never.

That opening is going to cause me nightmares.

Isnt #1 spose to breach the door , roll out of thr way and become #4?

Golem: "don't shoot the lights... GOLEM! GOLEM!"

You might be the goat, dawg. This is numero uno

Can you please go over entering rooms with heavy retracting doors. A lot of these tactics change especially at universities and places of business. Thank you!

Always remember. There are rulz to smokin' foolz!

Only a shield makes sense there or am I missing something?

I see nothing but dead men entering that door lol

This video was wild. God was watching over those officers that day. Are you planning on doing a full badge cam breakdown?

One question, if the door opens inward, how would you act? Thanks for the video.

I’ve never seen anyone use tactics like that in real life. You throw a grenade in first then 2 go in and smoke each corner in a figure 8 pattern. I have a funny “barricaded” story though, we hit one door that was barricaded and my partner threw his grenade but the door only popped open about 8” and slammed back shut. This bounced the grenade back in the room. I dove into the hallway we had entered THAT room from and HE dumped himself into a closet space. And nothing happened. His dumb ass didn’t get the pin all the way out thankfully! It was still in there by just a hair. Turned out the door went out into an alley and the rabbit was gone.

When the SHTF and people out there that have watched your videos and maybe completed some courses try any of this, they will get smoked. Period. The Best of the Best of the Best practice CQB and room clearing and they get picked off. And they work with each other as a team for years on end. Don't think a few RU-vid videos you've watched before everything fell apart is going to give you any advantage if: if you don't know your team, never worked with your team; by yourself; etc. Plus, there could be booby traps which you don't see, trip wires which may not set off lethal charges but noise/parameter alarms which give away your position and may startle you. Or something as simple as marbles on the floor. What looks like water maybe cooking oil. You're at a serious disadvantage when entering an unknown structure with possible bad guys. Best thing is to walk on by and leave it be. These types of videos will get you killed.

Unpopular take but sf guys aren't first line combat units they train to teach indig. A ranger has more mout training or a 11b from early Iraq Afghanistan has more combat experience

Speed and violence of action will help a lot

Thank u for this informative video

10:05 100% agree! From experience. Quick question! What if there is a hydraulic door closer? Is it better to one person ride the door and hold it open or disable the closer by any chance if applicable?

How do you handle someone waiting at the threshold to rush you as soon as you enter? Such as in the direction where the door opens?

READY UP

Very informative video. What is the system that he is running (i mean with the blue bolt)? It is a drop in airsoft training bolt replacement for your firearm or it is an entirely airsoft rifle?

Thanks, it worked!

All of this makes no sense if you are in the average american house made of wood/chalk walls with weak plywood doors To the rounds that environment is basically almost "transparent" and a supposed bad guy with an IQ of at least 100 would shoot "at the footsteps" he hears right through the "walls/doors", no?

If you're an instructor, what area are you in cause I'd definitely sign up.

Door crack open, can't go in, frag out. :P Hostages? What are those? :P

Awesome content!