Dozier Training Drill with AK47 SBR
I train all year long, and last July the advanced students participated in a “drills and skills” day of scenario-based fight focused training.
One drill we run is called the Dozier Drill, which is named after a US Army Brigadier General who was taken hostage by Italian terrorists in the 80s. Four terrorists entered the general’s apartment posing as plumbers. One terrorist assembled an SMG from a bag while they read a statement.
The general was not allowed to possess a firearm in Italy, and was at the mercy of his captors. What would have happened if one man with a handgun squared off against four terrorists while one was deploying a rifle?
The drill is thus:
- One student plays the role of the hostage. They are armed with a handgun.
- Another student plays the role of the armed terrorist. There is a rifle in a bag.
- The hostage has to score two hits on four steel targets at 10 yards.
- The terrorist has to open the bag, deploy the rifle, chamber a round, and fire at least two shots at the berm before the last target is hit.
The class used my AK SBR inside of my daily carry backpack. I did not lock the bag.
As you can see in this video, some students were more familiar than others with the AK platform. I also learned some things about how different people tried to clear the bag and the laptop sleeve that holds my AK.
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