On a roll
James clued us in that the XM-8 was on its way out. Now, he talks about the Tavor and tanks:
Israel has had to fight its own War on Terror a lot longer than we have been fighting ours, and they are undoubtedly the most experienced army in the world when it comes to this type of conflict. They seem to be happy with the 5.56mm round even though there are more powerful alternatives available.
My favorite Israeli military fact is that, in the past anyway, one member of each squad carried an integrally suppressed Ruger 10/22. This was used to shoot at the knees when less lethal force was required and had the added benefit that the shooter was difficult to find.
November 5th, 2005 at 6:07 am
Jeff Cooper in “To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth” (Rimfire in Riot Control) seemed to think highly of the idea of careful use of a suppressed .22 rifle to calm a riot. His idea was that most people in the area of a riot are not significant in terms of making a riot worse or in stopping it but that a few key individuals in the crowd are significant. Applying not-fatal but damaging injuries to such individuals at the right time without anyone even knowing that shots had been fired could lead to the riot disipating without undue damage or injury to most.
Seems plausible. Most people will lose interest in carring on a fight if they have a .22 in the lung.