PDWs...and other small arms.

[LR1955]

I agree about maintaining your primary weapon, but sometimes shit happens for whatever reason even with a well maintained (the best maintained) rifle. I am not an operator and not in the military. But I have done some 2 gun training and from my experience switching to my service pistol is much quicker than reloading. This is only for CQC. Not talking about engaging a target at a distance where a pistol use is idiotic. But anything within 30-50 yards, I have found that I am quicker transitioning to my sidearm than reloading my rifle. Every guy that I have been around during a timed event, finds that transitioning to their sidearm is quicker than reloading their rifle.

Again, this is for CQC. Not talking about engagement distances outside the logical use of a handgun cartridge.

AH:

Roger but there is a bit of a difference between two or three gun and the Mil. Like body armor with side plates plus a bunch of stuff you hang off of your kit. Helmets, eye pro, elbow pro, knee pro, rack of some sort, radios, et. al.
Also holsters that are easier than the old flap holsters but no where near a speed holster. And with all the kit being worn, the holsters tend to be leg holsters which means you got to get the carbine out of the way and maybe even contort to get to the pistol. BTW -- with all the kit a guy is wearing he may not be able to see the holster if he needs to. For CQB -- it is about the only thing a guy can do but it is way easier and faster to change a mag when a guy is wearing all the stuff they wear today. And with CQB it is a huge sin to run dry. Very bad kaa-kaa. If I were scoring 2 or 3 gun there would be big penalties for a malfunction of the primary weapon and a bigger penalty for letting it run dry.

There are doctrinal reasons why SF guys carry pistols. It involves, almost primarily, CQB. It is a good idea, don't get me wrong. But it isn't because of the money invested in training a SF guy.

LR55