Army Room Clearing Techniques

Because there are so many unknowns and way too many dangerous angles to be cleared immediately by one person two shooters are needed.

Army room clearing techniques. Make sure that you are at least an arms length away from the corner. I joined eric of iv8888 to talk room clearing tactics for civilians cops and anyone who is interested in clearing rooms alone. This video gives a brief overview on room breaching and clearing techniques based on the us army field manual fm 3 06 11 from june 2011. Room clearing should always be done by at least two shooters.

10th mountain doing what we do in the shoot house. They involve increased risk to clear a building methodically rather than using overwhelming firepower to eliminate or neutralize all its inhabitants. The most common object in a house is a corner and the most common solution for an object is the same as clearing a corner. Note how they enter the room and face the uncleared prioritised parts of the room first.

If your weapon malfunctions or you run out of ammunition in your magazine take a step closer to the center of the room take a knee and call out a word that you and your group come up with to show that you re temporarily out of the fight. Approved for public release. These tactics or techniques. Start as close to the wall as possible without scraping up against the wall.

Logical room clearing as done by swedish air force rangers. This method is easier to learn more fluid requires lesser coordination and most importantly is safer. The process of traversing a corner is often referred to as slicing the pie. Distribution is unlimited this publication supersedes tc 90 1 1 april 2002.

They are techniques to be used when the tactical situation calls for room by room clearing of a relatively intact building in which enemy combatants and noncombatants may be intermixed. Tc 90 1 i training circular no.