Brazilian Firearm Training
Here is another firearm practice that might have you shaking your head or cause you to wince. The purpose of this style of training is to reinforce situational awareness. The instructors walk across the shooting line in front of the targets while the students are shooting. The shooters must be aware of what is around them and not just tunnel visioned into the target. Albeit we do not know at what stage of their training this is, I think we can assume the trainers are confident in their skill set that this can be done safely. This training is not for everyone and while I personally would not want to be downrange of firearms going off, I can see how this could help these officers.
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I am not sure but this might be video of BOPE training. Can anyone verify if the shooters are from BOPE in Rio?
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Got to be specially selected personal for urban incursion. The Favelas in Brazil are no man land. There are youtube video of a gunfight within that community.
I saw a documentary a few years ago where they showed this exact same thing. I do know that I've watched documentaries on BOPE also but I can't recall if this video was from the BOPE version or not, I'm leaning towards yes. I wish I could remember the details so I could find it and watch it again. If I remember correctly it was about an American who was former military or LE who was invited to come train and "ride along" with BOPE. I think they met during a training exercise in the US. Of course I'm on woohoo meds so details are fuzzier than a caterpillar's butt.