SAF need to learn some foreign weapons?
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ya but we are on the basis of issuing all grunts with a sidearm so it effectively removes the pistol = officer assumption.
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Anyway, just curious...from knowledge my friend whom is training to be a pilot used the P226. But what about others? Are officers from CDO, Infantry, Armour, Guards,Arty outfits being issued with sidearms or trained on them as well? 6SIR I believe do, for the so called Task Force Commander they are issued with P226, but the others I doubt so right?
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so current ly only officers, tank crew and special forces were issued hand gun... is that correct? or theres others?
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In the old days, I met one Arty FO in the field. He was unarmed except for a very large and menacing kukri and a Beretta 92F in a canvas waist holster. This LT, whom was a sikh, said he was terrified of losing the pistol in the field and therefore he coiled 2 bootlaces very securely around the pistol and holster to make sure that if he fell into the sea, the pistol will still be attached to him.
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my friend who is a military police is also trained in firing the p226.
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Pistol more difficult to master than rifle?
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I read that pistols are harder to master than rifles but i feel the opposite though.
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Not necessarily. Generally, if you're comfortable shooting a rifle, you should already have most of the skills, like trigger control and sight picture acquisition, needed to be competent with a pistol.Originally posted by Cro-Magnon:Pistol more difficult to master than rifle?
However, one area where rifle shooters might have difficulty in shooting a pistol, is in recoil control (and I've seen this happen with all new pistol shooters in general). With a rifle, most of the recoil impulse is absorbed by the shooter's shoulder, against which the buttstock is firmly wedged. With a pistol, the recoil pulse is absorbed entirely by shooter's arm, and most new pistol shooters initially develop a flinch which causes them to anticipate the recoil by pushing the pistol forward and down when they pull the trigger, resulting in shots printing low on the target. But the flinching does diminish as the shooter gradually becomes accustomed to the recoil characteristics.
Larger pistol calibers are more likely to cause flinching. In the case of the 9mm P226, however, the recoil is actually rather negligible. -
Hi there, actually the p226 is pretty much easy to handle. Was an RP and trained in it.
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Yeah but weren't we trying to discuss if the sidearm should become standard issue for all the grunts in the first place?Originally posted by storm_freaky13:ya but we are on the basis of issuing all grunts with a sidearm so it effectively removes the pistol = officer assumption.
I'm for the sidearm though, and that's not because I play too much BF2.