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Iraq
SAS hero with shotgun 'kills five ISIS fighters including two wearing suicide vests in just seven seconds during raid on jihadi bomb factory in Iraq'
2019-09-16
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A detailed report of action somewhere unnamed with, of course, photos.
Posted by:Skidmark

#16  If they took breaching rounds to the noggin it's no wonder they lost their heads.

In any case, good shooting!
Posted by: The peanut gallery   2019-09-16 16:41  

#15  Get a feeling why WWI Germans (you know the guys who let loose the gas genie) wanted an international law against the thing. They got a up close and personal experience when the Yanks got into the trenches. American never signed on.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-09-16 14:47  

#14  An M1014 firing a 2¾ inch 12 gauge shell filled with 9 hardened steel and antimony 00 buckshot bearings ? A double tap from that should be called a 'double whammy'.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-09-16 13:37  

#13  00 or 000 buckshot? Rifle slugs?
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-09-16 12:55  

#12  If you can find a chunk big enough for the second tap, possibly
Posted by: Frank G   2019-09-16 12:48  

#11  With a shotgun at close range, do you really need a double tap?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2019-09-16 12:34  

#10  Ah, thanks, Skid. You anticipated and answered my q why not a standard torso double tap.
Posted by: Lex   2019-09-16 11:57  

#9  Head shots circumvent possible body armor AND explosive vests.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-09-16 11:49  

#8  With you, Steve. That detail was a nice touch in a story that warms your heart.
Posted by: Lex   2019-09-16 11:47  

#7  A spunky lot, those SAS boys.

'Several other terrorists emerged from the building but immediately surrendered and began panicking as two of the bodies didn’t have heads – they thought they were about to be executed.'

I confess I laughed at that. Does that make me a bad person?
Posted by: SteveS   2019-09-16 11:20  

#6  I've always called a shotgun a "crowd pleaser" ironically.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2019-09-16 11:14  

#5  TRAINING does a FINE job??
Posted by: ranture   2019-09-16 10:53  

#4  War criminal
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2019-09-16 10:46  

#3  'Who dares wins.' In 7 seconds.

Salute.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-09-16 10:38  

#2  Who's gonna play him in the movie?
Posted by: jpal   2019-09-16 10:35  

#1  5 in 7 seconds. Impressive.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-09-16 10:02  

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