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PMCI - May 2021

It's that time again and even though parts of our world are still ravaged by COVID, Bill and Trampas have pulled out the stops to get another issue of PMCI up and online! The world doesn't stop turning, and neither do they stop "getting work done" as PMCI gets inside the doors of the cutting-edge WOFT Training Facility in the USA and has a look at what G&G Armament are doing with the Taiwanese Military in terms of "6MM Training" for the real world. While Trampas gets on the range with the SIG M18, whilst Bill turns his attention to packs and plate carriers; it may be hard to get stuff done right now, but as always PMCI deliver something for everyone when it comes to "tacticool"!

It's that time again and even though parts of our world are still ravaged by COVID, Bill and Trampas have pulled out the stops to get another issue of PMCI up and online! The world doesn't stop turning, and neither do they stop "getting work done" as PMCI gets inside the doors of the cutting-edge WOFT Training Facility in the USA and has a look at what G&G Armament are doing with the Taiwanese Military in terms of "6MM Training" for the real world. While Trampas gets on the range with the SIG M18, whilst Bill turns his attention to packs and plate carriers; it may be hard to get stuff done right now, but as always PMCI deliver something for everyone when it comes to "tacticool"!

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their conference facilities where they welcome various regional and

international guests and allow them to try their hand in situ!

G&G recognise that changes in the way we live today, along

with advances in weapon technologies, mean that modern ground

encounters gradually progress from traditional field combat to urban

warfare, where there is more focus on faster reaction times, shorter

engagement ranges and rapid action in close quarter settings. They

also understand that tension and pressure in a current-day scenario

is far higher, and that this needs to be mitigated.

Corresponding to new combat situations, building a traditional

live-fire, or even simunitions, training facility will cost a huge amount

and place numerous challenges such as environmental protection,

loud noises, and even user-error on the staff. Also weapon control

procedures, security risks and personnel management create

challenges that make effective training more difficult to keep up

with when it’s all “live”.

G&G found that the Taiwanese National Defense units faced all

these challenges in training, so they learned from the West Point

Academy and the Swiss Police Department that using a “6MM”

option for some training could be safer but still efficacious. Their

advanced program can fully use any and all available space in any

facility and substantially lowers the training cost. “Airsoft” training

has now been proven to have beneficial result on improving muscle

memory, personal adherence to mission, combat process, entry

drills for room clearing and response to crisis.

Many Military Training Centres in Taiwan have now adopted

G&G Armament airsoft training platforms and their electronic

target system. Cadets must be trained with an airsoft platform for

a certain amount of hours before live round training commences,

and this advanced training program increases the training pattern

and lowers the security risk. Training facilities can be rearranged

or changed dependant on the purpose of the training or mission,

and this program improves Close Quarter combat skills and reaction

under pressure. Because of the durability, simulation capability and

high product quality, the cost for military training has been lowered

without any sacrifice in eventual performance.

Approved by military and law enforcement from many other

countries and field tested by the Taiwanese Army, and they

welcome all training facilities and organizations to contract them

for more information and let us help you build a more effective and

inexpensive training system.

FINAL THOUGHTS

So, by using G&G’s obvious success, not just in the business world,

but also in driving forward advancement in safe training processes,

it’s pretty clear to me that “6MM Training”, or airsoft, or whatever

clever name you might wish to use for essentially what is the same

thing, is with us to stay!

Trampas has illustrated in this very issue that with the current

ammunition situation we all need to be smart to keep our personal

training tempos up to speed, and coming from a country where I

can’t own a semi-auto rifle over .22 or a live-fire handgun in any

meaningful form, “6MM” is where it’s at for me a lot of the time

until I travel overseas.

Yes, I know after a lifetime of shooting the real thing that a

“BB Gun” ain’t gonna give me everything I need when it comes

to my personal shooting skills, but it will certainly help me in that

direction. Frankly, if it’s good enough for military and police units to

train with, then it’s certainly good enough for me!

With ongoing licencing arrangements with some well-known

firearms manufacturers and new developments in G&G’s own gas

MGCR “training rifle” technology on the table in addition to the

work they’ve already done with their growing range of handgun

models, sometimes it’s as easy as winding in our own egos and

accepting that something simple, safe, and relatively

cheap is going to actually prove beneficial. Thankfully

companies like G&G are there to help us when that

realisation finally dawns!

My sincere thanks go to my good friends in Taiwan,

Stu Mortimer for the insight, and Rick at G&G Armament

(www.guay2.com) for all their kind help in creating this

article.

TRAINING: 6MM

pmcimagazine.com

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