Entry, room clearning, CQB
 

Anyone have any real experience on room entry, clearing, and close quarters battle (with guns, not martial weapons)? Taking an application test to a tactical team, and was wondering if anyone could throw me some tips before I take this test (its just to guage where I am, not a pass/fail kind of thing). Thanks!

Remember when clearing a room to slice pie and keep your long gun in tight to your body and in a low ready position. If using a handgun, keep it high and close to your shoulder, aim with your other elbow.

Unfortunately, my room-clearing experience is limited to games inspired by Tom Clancy books, and some Counterstrike, but I would like to wish you good luck on the test.

Do you know where you'll be positioned in the team during entry? I used to shoot for the Police Athletic League, so I had the pleasure of spending a day at the range watching assessment for the local Police Tactical Team (they didn't call it SWAT for whatever reason.) Not sure how you've been trained, but a few guys lost some points for losing physical contact with the man bringing up the rear. The other time I saw points lost was when a few of them accidentally swept another team member when scanning the room.

Good luck on the test. On a side note, I did find it kind of funny that at 18, I was giving pointers to police snipers twice my age :lol:

Took the test. Were actually no questions on entry or CQB, with the exception of "When during a boarding is it OK to leave your partner" to which I answered "never". Had to label all the parts of an M-9, though the safety/decocking lever wasn't even on the picture for some reason. Enough questions to get a psych profile on me to make sure I'm not crazy I guess. Thanks for your help!

HARD CORNERS!

What was the test for again?