Re: [HOE] Guns&ammo in odd environments

["Alex and Heidi Johnson" <heidij31@chartermi.net>]

> Man, a couple years ago this guy on the Shadowrun mailing list sent a link
> to page that had this long report on it. Basically it was about this group
> of 5 under-cover cops that were sent out into the southern deserts of
> California to try and infiltrate and stop border jumping groups and
> individuals. Because of the generally desperate nature of people trying to
> get across the border these cops saw more "action" than most precincts
> ever do. It was pretty long and meaty on the numbers, but the general gist
> was that most all of the gunfights that occured took place in poor
> lighting and at less than 20 feet. Using pistols and a shotgun the cops
> fired an un-godly number of rounds, had their lives saved by their vests
> an insane number of time and had a hit ratio of about 20:1 (20 misses to 1
> hit). It was about the only article I ever found that gave a "realistic"
> picture of what a modern gunfight would be like. I really wish I'd saved
> it.
>
>
Yeah, in Lansing when I was at school there was a shootout between the
police and a man in a house.  The officers fired over 300 rounds resulting
in 6 hits.  Pretty bad numbers, but it shows how stressful and difficult
actual combat is.

Alex