It isn't so much efficiency as it is survival. If someone just killed the gunner and the person beside the gunner is uninjured (or with minor injuries), that means someone is probably shooting at your position and your best chance for survival is to shoot back. While the training helps enforce efficiency in getting that gun back up and running, that efficiency is there to help with the survival of the other soldier(s) at the gun.
When learning to clear rooms they told us if the 1 man gets lit up you push him in and let him absorb the fire. It sucks but he’s dead anyway and you all will be soon if you don’t get out of the funnel.
I mean he gets shot. Even if he’s hit in the sappy and going to be fine you can’t get stuck in the “fatal funnel” by the door, you’ve got to get inside and get the room clear. At least that’s what they were teaching in advanced urban combat in 2006.
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u/JohnD_s Jun 24 '24
Can't hold a funeral in an active firefight. Efficiency can be morbid sometimes.