I would have to say this one falls in the "don't do this at home" category. I wonder how many ended up in hospitals or dead. The Russians certainly have taken it to a new level...crazy.

jesus christ. 

But i guess if they got this guy as their president







You know they need their special forces to be just as badass.

Holy smokes! 

I'm pretty sure that US special forces also trains with live rounds and live people.

I just wouldn't dream of it myself until I've had the millions of dollars worth of firearm training that Special forces operatives get.

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What kind of Pistol is that, is it this?
http://www.arsenalfirearms.com/products/strike-pistol-system

Of all the things going on in that video I fixated on that...

everyone that went apeshit after seeing Tactical Responses method of training, if those same guys watched this, their heads would probably explode.

I got to train with 1st group a few times, and I can tell you that this training they are showing is hogwash.

Thing is this is just way to risky. People can argue that 'well they do this because they need to know what its like to fire under fire and get hit to be effective'; ask any guy on this forum, be it LEO/Military/Civilian, if they needed to know what it was like to be shot in the chest or practice shooting at real people to be effective. I asked a lot of questions of the guys, including with regards to this type of training, and I can tell you that none of them would ever do this, because it not only puts the operator at risk, but the individual near the target as well. And there are so many underlying physiological responses that happen when you get hit from a bullet that you dont see coming that are beyond ones control, that it makes this type of training invalid (read 'On Combat' and case studies on nerve/body responses with regards to solar plexus impact trauma)

I've heard some crazy stories from some of the guys I knew, but no one ever said anything about any type of special forces groups training to be shot in the chest with live rounds, be it domestic or foreign troops.


P.S. John, no need to spend millions of dollars; just take a trip out to one of the Blackwater facilities or a dedicated course for operators, and you will get the same, if not better, training; they use the same or similar programs 

^ Agreed^
In my younger days I use to play with the dark side (still have friends on the dark side) and none of them have been shot, at least on purpose!

The Russians are infamous for their over the top training, good luck!

While taking hits purposely during training seems pretty far fetched, shooting around live targets is pretty commonplace with some of the elite groups out there.  SAS being most famous, with Margaret Thatcher participating as a hostage during live fire exercises in their killhouse.