WEBVTT 1 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:29.080 My name is Terry 2 00:00:29.080 --> 00:00:32.080 Shepherd, and I will be your guide into the world of close quarters out. 3 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:33.760 I'm a current U.S. 4 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:37.400 Army Green Beret, and I have fought in two armed conflicts in the Middle East. 5 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:41.600 Initially, I was trained to fight in the European theater to protect the U.S. 6 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:43.600 and its Western allies from the Soviet Union. 7 00:00:44.160 --> 00:00:46.560 During the heart of a Cold War. 8 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:49.520 As a Green Beret, I had to learn an Eastern Bloc language 9 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:54.360 and be prepared to infiltrate behind enemy lines, to link up with train and fight 10 00:00:54.360 --> 00:00:58.200 alongside Partizans to defeat the Red Army in their very own backyard. 11 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:01.960 In other words, I had to be really good at guerilla warfare. 12 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:04.960 Although the Cold War is technically over, 13 00:01:04.960 --> 00:01:08.040 we now face a new global conflict terrorism. 14 00:01:08.520 --> 00:01:10.120 To combat this threat, 15 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:13.200 I've got to be an expert in the techniques of close quarter battle. 16 00:01:13.440 --> 00:01:17.080 Together, we'll explore how elite soldiers and police units use these 17 00:01:17.080 --> 00:01:18.240 specific techniques, 18 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:20.680 weapons and technologies 19 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:23.440 to defeat their enemies at very close range. 20 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:27.280 The term close quarter battle is used to describe scenarios 21 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:30.880 that police and military face in both urban and rural environments. 22 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:34.320 Although the origin of close quartered battle goes back to sword fighting 23 00:01:34.320 --> 00:01:37.680 and hand-to-hand combat, today's use primarily to describe the techniques 24 00:01:38.160 --> 00:01:42.240 when small teams are confronting an enemy inside a building or within a compound. 25 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.920 Stairwells, hallways and rooms always pose dangerous and unknown variables. 26 00:01:49.080 --> 00:01:51.920 From basic muzzle awareness, weapons transitions 27 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:55.680 to silent team communication, all police and military units need to be 28 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:59.360 as good as they can possibly be at close quarters battle. 29 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:03.600 In today's episode, we're looking at the French foreign Legion's 30 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:07.600 use of close quarter battle techniques when taking control of an airport. 31 00:02:08.440 --> 00:02:11.720 We'll also take a look at the H and K for 16 rifle system 32 00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:14.880 with Erna, the Czech National Anti-terror Unit. 33 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:18.240 I'll take a look at how units like the French Foreign Legion 34 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:22.280 use the ghillie suit and camouflage to hide their approach from an enemy. 35 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:29.640 Throughout history, the idea of foreign nationals fighting alongside 36 00:02:29.640 --> 00:02:33.560 citizens in a military unit has been used by various countries and kingdoms. 37 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:37.240 France created the French Foreign Legion in 1831 38 00:02:37.480 --> 00:02:41.440 in an effort to rid themselves of the undesirables within its population. 39 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:45.080 So they allowed people with the right qualifications from any country 40 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:47.440 to try out to be a part of that elite unit. 41 00:02:48.440 --> 00:02:52.000 This often meant that criminals and mercenary soldiers populated the ranks 42 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:56.800 with a focus on intensive psychological training to solidify team building. 43 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:00.400 Men from different backgrounds received special warfare training, 44 00:03:00.760 --> 00:03:04.800 and the French Foreign Legion has become a formidable modern Special Forces unit. 45 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:08.640 Most recently, they've seen action in parts of Africa 46 00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:12.600 and both Iraq wars and are active in Afghanistan. As of 2012. 47 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:17.760 When you hear French Foreign Legion, you think tough. 48 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.120 And that's exactly what those guys are. 49 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:22.640 In 1831, they were formed because the French government 50 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:25.360 did not allow foreigners to serve in its military. 51 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:27.600 And this was a way to get around that. 52 00:03:27.600 --> 00:03:28.920 They're based in Algeria. 53 00:03:28.920 --> 00:03:31.640 So right away they cut their teeth in some very difficult battles 54 00:03:31.640 --> 00:03:34.160 dealing with locals who did not want the French to be there. 55 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:37.160 I think it was in 1863 that the French Foreign Legion 56 00:03:37.160 --> 00:03:39.600 gained the reputation as never say surrender. 57 00:03:40.640 --> 00:03:42.400 They're in Mexico and a company of them. 58 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:44.760 We're moving to relieve a besieged city, 59 00:03:44.760 --> 00:03:47.120 leer ambushed by 2000 Mexican revolutionaries. 60 00:03:47.480 --> 00:03:49.680 They literally fought to almost the last man. 61 00:03:49.760 --> 00:03:52.600 There are only three guys left and they were captured. 62 00:03:52.600 --> 00:03:55.480 And the Mexicans were so impressed with how tough and brave 63 00:03:55.480 --> 00:03:58.360 they were that they let them return to France with the body of their leader. 64 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:00.760 That leader had a wooden hand, 65 00:04:00.760 --> 00:04:04.000 and a wooden hand rests in the French Foreign Legion Museum in France 66 00:04:04.160 --> 00:04:08.080 and is paraded every year on the day in commemoration of that battle. 67 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:11.440 The Legion has served with distinction throughout the world at all times. 68 00:04:11.720 --> 00:04:14.320 My experience with those guys was in 1990, in the Gulf War. 69 00:04:14.320 --> 00:04:16.080 I got to ride in with them into Iraq. 70 00:04:16.080 --> 00:04:20.720 And as a young 82nd Airborne paratrooper, my first impression when I saw them was 71 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.680 they just look tough. They're a bit older. 72 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:26.200 They look very weathered, and they just look very hard. 73 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:27.960 The French Foreign Legion, what distinguishes 74 00:04:27.960 --> 00:04:31.280 them from other units is really their esprit de corps. 75 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:35.040 They go through incredibly physical and mental training, and they have to, 76 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:38.040 because you're taking a unit of guys from different cultures, different 77 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:42.280 languages, different backgrounds, and forming them into one team. 78 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:45.000 They have their own code of honor. They have their own song. 79 00:04:45.880 --> 00:04:48.760 The French Foreign Legion's admission process may have changed. 80 00:04:49.200 --> 00:04:50.920 Their missions may have changed. 81 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:52.800 Maybe their equipment and training has changed. 82 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:55.840 But the esprit de corps for those guys is never going to go away. 83 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:02.040 Today we're looking at how a small platoon of French Foreign Legion troops 84 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:05.200 separate into different elements in order to take control 85 00:05:05.200 --> 00:05:07.360 of a vital airport in enemy territory. 86 00:05:09.520 --> 00:05:11.920 An airport can be a difficult target to approach, 87 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:15.320 as it is often both heavily defended and can have elaborate 88 00:05:15.320 --> 00:05:17.520 electronic systems of radar and surveillance. 89 00:05:19.880 --> 00:05:21.720 The first element to get into place 90 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:25.080 is a scout sniper team that is supported by a traditional recon group. 91 00:05:25.760 --> 00:05:28.440 The operators find their way to a vantage point where they can 92 00:05:28.440 --> 00:05:32.600 observe the airport and report real time target activities and potentially 93 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:34.680 offer fire support to the other teams. 94 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:42.440 Three additional groups approached the Target airport. 95 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:47.440 Alpha team from the West moves in with an additional sniper. 96 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:37.960 They cut through a fence light and eliminated guard. 97 00:07:19.080 --> 00:07:21.280 Then put a light machine gun into a covering position 98 00:07:21.280 --> 00:07:24.400 on the roof of one of the hangars. 99 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.520 Bravo team moves in from the north along an embankment. 100 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:05.120 They approached three guards to the rear of the airport 101 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:09.120 and using a suppressed weapon, they eliminate one and prepare to go hot 102 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:12.840 and enter the second stage of the attack. 103 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:42.080 Every situation calls for a different type of approach. 104 00:08:42.400 --> 00:08:45.640 But when it comes to sea QB, the basics are always the same. 105 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:49.120 Surprise, speed and violence of action. 106 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:52.560 Let's take a look at how an elite operator might take down 107 00:08:52.560 --> 00:08:56.440 a group of perimeter guards in order to keep an operation silent. 108 00:08:56.640 --> 00:08:58.560 There are three basic options. 109 00:08:58.560 --> 00:09:01.080 An operator can use a knife or a suppressed weapon. 110 00:09:01.400 --> 00:09:04.160 But the other more basic option is that of his own hands. 111 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:16.400 Here I am showing how two guards walking 112 00:09:16.400 --> 00:09:18.560 the perimeter are surprised and overwhelmed. 113 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.480 In this situation, 114 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:34.400 I have to sneak into position behind the guard closest to me 115 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:38.040 and I subdue him by either knocking him out or breaking his neck. 116 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:42.480 Then, as he falls, I now use my primary weapon to subdue the second guard. 117 00:09:52.560 --> 00:09:55.520 Coming up I show you more can be techniques 118 00:09:55.640 --> 00:09:59.560 of how Special Forces operators approach and plan with scout sniper teams. 119 00:10:00.160 --> 00:10:03.400 We'll also take a look at the H and K for 16 rifle system. 120 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:11.960 Close quartered battle is a term 121 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:15.680 used to describe the training of combat in buildings, hallways and rooms. 122 00:10:16.520 --> 00:10:19.120 In today's episode, we're looking at how the French 123 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:22.200 Foreign Legion approaches and takes control of an airport. 124 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:38.320 There's a common myth that snipers deploy by themselves, and that's just not true. 125 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.880 At a minimum, they work in two man teams. 126 00:10:41.880 --> 00:10:44.000 The sniper weapons are big and heavy, 127 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:47.080 and they're not very good for engaging targets. Close range. 128 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:50.960 So the security guy, the other guy who's not shooting the sniper weapon, 129 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:53.640 he's carrying a smaller weapon to support the mission in this case. 130 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.560 I've got a suppressed MP five. 131 00:10:56.560 --> 00:10:59.920 I'm also going to be taking point because I'm the one who will engage 132 00:10:59.920 --> 00:11:00.840 something that pops out. 133 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:01.920 I need to drop it quickly. 134 00:11:01.920 --> 00:11:05.800 We need to keep going by shooters behind me, relying on me to navigate 135 00:11:05.800 --> 00:11:07.040 where we're going. 136 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:24.160 Being able to take a precise long range 137 00:11:24.160 --> 00:11:28.120 shot in any conditions is just really it's kind of a small part of what snipers do. 138 00:11:28.160 --> 00:11:33.280 We have to be good at so many other skills, field craft, camouflage, 139 00:11:33.680 --> 00:11:36.680 land navigation, being able to call in close air support, 140 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:40.560 communications, they have to be good at everything because when we're out here, 141 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.280 we are out here by ourselves. And if it gets bad, 142 00:11:44.400 --> 00:11:46.680 we've got no one to rely on. 143 00:12:01.400 --> 00:12:02.720 Now an example like this, 144 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:06.560 we know that the objective is just over that rise in that valley. 145 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:10.440 Before we came out here, we really tried to do our homework. 146 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:13.000 We did a terrain analysis with maps. 147 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:17.280 We used satellite imagery, even talked to local sources because it's not enough 148 00:12:17.760 --> 00:12:20.680 to know the physical lay of this land, the physical terrain. 149 00:12:20.920 --> 00:12:23.840 You need to know the human terrain who lives out here? 150 00:12:24.160 --> 00:12:26.680 Are there goat herds are in a combi at certain times, 151 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.920 other pathways that people use. 152 00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:31.960 We need to know that every piece of information is vital 153 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:36.040 because if one is left out, that could be the difference between success or failure 154 00:12:36.560 --> 00:12:40.400 and unfortunately, life or death. 155 00:12:51.800 --> 00:12:53.360 The entire time we're moving here. 156 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:55.800 We are using every bit of trade to our advantage. 157 00:12:56.520 --> 00:12:58.240 Every tree stump could hide us. 158 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.200 Every gully could conceal us. 159 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:02.320 If we're not careful, a ridgeline could expose us. 160 00:13:03.560 --> 00:13:05.360 Then once we're here, 161 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:06.840 we pinpoint the objective. 162 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:09.240 We find out exactly what it is we're looking for. 163 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:12.320 In this case, it's down in that valley. 164 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:15.040 Once we get eyes on, we never take them off. 165 00:13:15.680 --> 00:13:16.800 That just doesn't happen. 166 00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:19.680 So now the real work starts. 167 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:21.200 I'm watching the objective. 168 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:23.400 My buddy starts to dig its hide site. 169 00:13:23.400 --> 00:13:25.880 We call in communication. We basically get ready. 170 00:13:25.880 --> 00:13:28.200 It never stops here. 171 00:13:31.760 --> 00:13:33.040 It doesn't matter if it's raining. 172 00:13:33.040 --> 00:13:35.840 Does it matter if it's snowing? Doesn't matter how hungry are. 173 00:13:36.400 --> 00:13:38.400 This is our job. 174 00:13:38.880 --> 00:13:43.040 Sniper teams operate well away from any support for long periods of time. 175 00:13:43.040 --> 00:13:46.360 And it really is a special relationship between the two of them. 176 00:13:46.400 --> 00:13:48.000 They're like brothers. 177 00:13:48.880 --> 00:13:50.080 They're on top of each other 178 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:53.920 the whole time. You get to know everything about your sniper buddy. 179 00:13:54.520 --> 00:13:56.040 They want a two man sniper team. 180 00:13:56.040 --> 00:13:58.320 The most senior guy is actually not the shooter. 181 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:00.360 It's the spotter. Here's why. 182 00:14:01.680 --> 00:14:03.520 What's the shooters in place? 183 00:14:03.520 --> 00:14:05.760 All he has to do is really pull that trigger. 184 00:14:06.280 --> 00:14:09.160 The spotter has the art of calling the winds. 185 00:14:09.160 --> 00:14:10.440 That's the most important job. 186 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:14.000 Once we get here, we can use technology to get the exact range. 187 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.800 I could pull out a laser rangefinder, and I know exactly how far that target is. 188 00:14:18.280 --> 00:14:19.840 But nothing takes the place 189 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:22.640 of a really well-trained and experienced sniper calling winds. 190 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:25.720 And they change constantly, especially in a place like this. 191 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:29.840 You've got up and down environment, you've got stands of trees, you've got houses. 192 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:35.440 The wind's 20 feet from me, maybe totally different, 300 yards from me. 193 00:14:35.760 --> 00:14:38.640 And a good spot has got to take all that into account, because if he doesn't, 194 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:41.440 the shot is going to miss. And once you take that shot, 195 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:44.000 that's it. They know you're there. 196 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:46.160 So that first shot has to really count. 197 00:14:46.760 --> 00:14:48.120 You might think actually at first 198 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.760 that, you know, snipers have nothing to do with Kobe. 199 00:14:51.280 --> 00:14:52.960 That's not the case at all. 200 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:56.520 Matter of fact, snipers are often c could be trained if not having served 201 00:14:56.680 --> 00:14:58.040 in a scuba assault course. 202 00:14:58.040 --> 00:15:01.360 Because when we get out here, we're working for that secret B force. 203 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:04.400 We're working for the assaulters. We know what they want. 204 00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:06.240 We know what they need. 205 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.440 We may have to lead them through. 206 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:10.560 We may have to take a shot to start the assault. 207 00:15:11.280 --> 00:15:14.160 You can't separate us when it comes to this kind of mission. 208 00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:19.440 Snipers and assaulters are really part of the same team when it comes to C QB. 209 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:21.720 You really can't have one without the other. 210 00:15:26.400 --> 00:15:27.680 The French Foreign Legion uses 211 00:15:27.680 --> 00:15:31.920 many different types of weapons, primarily the famous bull pump assault rifle. 212 00:15:32.400 --> 00:15:35.480 They also use another style of rifle for medium and long range 213 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:37.080 sharpshooter missions. 214 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:42.120 The German agent K for 16 and for 17 are assault rifles that have excellent 215 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:45.880 long range ability while still maintaining automatic firing capacity. 216 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:50.240 I'm here at the hula training compound 217 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:52.800 or NGA are the Czech National Police Force. 218 00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:55.720 These guys are a rapid response anti-terrorist unit 219 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:59.520 that actually accomplished a lot of missions as well, not the least 220 00:15:59.520 --> 00:16:03.720 of which is long range shooting, sniping in support of all our operations. 221 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:07.440 Trust me, I've been in their trophy room. These guys are really good. 222 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:09.640 They've won a lot of competitions and they know what they're doing 223 00:16:09.640 --> 00:16:12.160 and they have a lot of experience, real world experience. 224 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:16.040 So here we are, just smash. 225 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:18.480 And so let's start. 226 00:16:18.560 --> 00:16:22.520 This is political. 417 227 00:16:23.680 --> 00:16:26.120 for 17. Okay. Yup. 228 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:29.120 This is caliber 308. Yep. 229 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:32.160 We use this with night vision. Yep. 230 00:16:32.400 --> 00:16:35.400 And you have a regular, regular scope due to this. 231 00:16:35.400 --> 00:16:38.240 This is called Hansel. 232 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:41.280 Oh, yeah. That does a nice, effective four inch, 233 00:16:41.280 --> 00:16:44.960 maybe one 100 meter with my. 234 00:16:45.400 --> 00:16:48.680 Yeah. Well, you know, this is also this is a heckler cock for 17. 235 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:53.800 This is also the same assault rifle I shot, basically bullet for 16 inches. 236 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:57.840 Okay. You've got also I call it the brass catcher. Yes. 237 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:02.400 The cartridge catch we use in helicopter. It's right. 238 00:17:02.400 --> 00:17:05.920 You use this quite a bit. Often? Yes. Yeah, often. Often. 239 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:10.360 But it's not the our my only guns, as I understand. 240 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:14.720 So, again, this is this is almost like a cross, 241 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:18.480 really, between an assault rifle and a sniper rifle. 242 00:17:18.520 --> 00:17:22.200 This is something like we have in the US called like an S PR special purpose rifle. 243 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:25.560 It's kind of bridges the gap. It's got the rail systems. 244 00:17:25.600 --> 00:17:30.480 You can see that again Harry's bipod this is cool for inside 245 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.360 that's makes sense 246 00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:34.960 for the helicopter a lot of metal surface you don't want the cartridges 247 00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:37.440 you'll slip on them. Not a good thing. 248 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:40.440 So you can see here, too, and add some weight to the gun. 249 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.920 This is a night vision and it's piggybacked on top of a 250 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:44.920 of a regular scope. 251 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:47.120 We have some similar systems to this. 252 00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:49.080 They're different, but, you know, they have the same properties. 253 00:17:49.080 --> 00:17:50.760 This enables you to see 254 00:17:50.760 --> 00:17:54.640 pretty far out there with night vision, though it can go either way. 255 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.240 Sometimes it gets 256 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:59.240 washed out by bright light, so sometimes even a regular scope is better at night 257 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:02.360 if you've got ambient light that takes you down there. So yeah, good. 258 00:18:06.280 --> 00:18:13.040 A nice. She then? 259 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:26.240 Coming up, we analyze how the French Foreign Legion uses various teams 260 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:29.280 with sniper support to coordinate the siege of an airport. 261 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:32.760 Then I take a look at a sniper's ghillie suit 262 00:18:32.760 --> 00:18:35.600 and how being aware of your immediate surroundings is important 263 00:18:35.760 --> 00:18:39.120 when designing that camouflage. 264 00:18:42.760 --> 00:18:44.960 Close quartered battle is a term used to describe 265 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:47.920 the training of combat in buildings, hallways and rooms. 266 00:18:57.840 --> 00:19:00.280 Really the primary task of any sniper reconnaissance 267 00:19:00.280 --> 00:19:01.960 mission is not to get caught. 268 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:05.160 There's a lot of ways to avoid getting busted. 269 00:19:05.520 --> 00:19:07.400 Good terrain analysis is one of them. 270 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:11.280 But something else that people see in movies and on TV are ghillie suits. 271 00:19:11.280 --> 00:19:14.760 And they do a really good job of hiding you in any kind of terrain. 272 00:19:15.800 --> 00:19:16.560 Come on up, guys. 273 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:24.280 I don't like having them behind me at all. 274 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:29.400 We use this camouflage when we hide it before people. Mm hmm. 275 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:35.520 And we have another color for any nature grass or desert or something like that. 276 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:39.120 Now you've got kind of got something more of like an overall woodland 277 00:19:40.080 --> 00:19:41.520 that's like the real tree 278 00:19:41.520 --> 00:19:45.320 raised at the real tree camouflage pattern we have in the United States. 279 00:19:45.800 --> 00:19:49.800 And of course, you look like some kind of a bush in the desert. 280 00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:53.840 The point of all this is that there really are no straight 281 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:57.760 lines in nature and straight lines jump out at you right away. 282 00:19:57.800 --> 00:19:59.640 So even when these guys are sitting behind 283 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:03.320 me, this isn't even an exact match of this tree. 284 00:20:03.520 --> 00:20:07.200 It's not at all. But back there, their outline was broken up. 285 00:20:07.560 --> 00:20:08.720 If these guys were moving 286 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:12.680 into a specific area, they would know by an area, study or experience 287 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.600 what would be there. 288 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:15.160 So when they got to that area, 289 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:18.760 they'd cut little bits of vegetation and put it in this ghillie suit 290 00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:23.040 so that you'd walk right up on this person and you would have no idea he was there. 291 00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:26.720 This suit, he was telling me, is actually some has got some anti 292 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.800 thermal protection in it, which is also cool 293 00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:32.640 because guy's got thermal sites might not pick this up. 294 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:35.040 Now his buddy back there, that's a much thinner suit. 295 00:20:35.520 --> 00:20:37.000 You can see there's not as much to it. 296 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:38.280 It's much more ventilated. 297 00:20:38.280 --> 00:20:40.800 So his body heat is going to come through. 298 00:20:40.800 --> 00:20:43.040 The converse of this, though, is this is pretty warm. 299 00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:46.920 So to move long distances in a lot of heat is very difficult. 300 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:51.880 If he takes a bunch of natural vegetation and adds it to this wherever he is. 301 00:20:52.520 --> 00:20:54.080 You think he was invisible there? 302 00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:57.360 He is completely invisible. You'd walk right on him and never know it. 303 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:02.280 So camouflage, concealment, it's a huge principle of combat in general. 304 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.760 And with regard to Sea 305 00:21:03.760 --> 00:21:07.400 Cube, it adds to the surprise because you don't know they're there. 306 00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:09.080 And if you don't know they're there, 307 00:21:10.800 --> 00:21:12.960 these guys are going to get the jump on you. 308 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:15.680 Let's take a closer analytical look at how the siege 309 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:19.200 of a strategically important building or compound actually takes place. 310 00:21:20.280 --> 00:21:22.680 In this case, there are four teams on foot 311 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:25.280 that set up positions and close in on the target. 312 00:21:26.040 --> 00:21:28.040 The first team is a scout sniper team 313 00:21:28.040 --> 00:21:31.040 that gets eyes on the target across the runway from the tower. 314 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.640 Alpha team moves 315 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:36.240 in, concealed by the hangars and puts an additional sniper in position. 316 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:39.120 After eliminating the perimeter guards silently, 317 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:42.920 Alpha team puts a light machine gunner on the roof of a hangar to offer 318 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:46.080 supporting fire and eyes on the entire scenario. 319 00:21:47.040 --> 00:21:50.560 Bravo team moves in silently from the north and takes its first position. 320 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:54.800 From here, it uses a suppressed weapon to eliminate another perimeter guard. 321 00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:58.400 Charlie team puts a heavy machine gunner in a support position and flanks 322 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:01.600 from the Northeast with an aggressive fire in maneuver formation. 323 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:05.480 This cues the sniper team and the other two teams to go hot. 324 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:09.000 All teams push toward the control tower where they need to disable 325 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:10.720 the communication system. 326 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:14.240 Here we can see how a tightly coordinated secret platoon has to use 327 00:22:14.280 --> 00:22:18.480 all three rules of surprise, speed and violence of action to overcome 328 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:20.680 a large target area like an airport 329 00:22:23.520 --> 00:22:25.400 . Coming up, we take a look 330 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.400 at the conclusion to our airport siege. 331 00:22:34.280 --> 00:22:36.400 Close quarter battle is a term used to describe 332 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:39.320 the training of combat in buildings, hallways and rooms. 333 00:22:43.280 --> 00:22:47.360 Today we're looking at a Special Forces airport siege and how a larger 334 00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:50.400 military firefight turns into a close quartered battle. 335 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:54.400 Let's take a look at how our four separate teams 336 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:56.720 approach and take control of an airport. 337 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:59.480 Today we looked at scout sniper techniques when moving through rough terrain 338 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:01.880 and surveying territory for future operation. 339 00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:04.120 We looked at the ghillie suit 340 00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:07.120 and how the craft of camouflage helps to support sea QB. 341 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:11.960 Finally, we looked at how the French Foreign Legion takes control of an airport 342 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:15.840 with local teams using all three rules of close quarter battle. 343 00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:18.960 Surprise. Speed and violence of action.