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Originally Posted by dividebyzero
Good article, but a couple of things stood out to me:
1. From what I've read, the attackers were armed with military grade weaponry (AK's, grenades) and were shooting and maneuvering like a light infantry unit would. It seems like the most logical choice of firearms for a civilian would be a handgun, so it would likely be ill-matched against the kind of weapons and tactics the attackers were using. .
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Early April of 2007 in Tarmiya, Iraq. When a VBIED rolled up on Demon company's Joint Security Station and detonated, 2 US Soldiers were killed instantly. After the initial explosion, terrorists tryed to over run Demon company inside the rubble of the collapsed JSS. Many of demon company's men, who were on their down cycle when the blast collapsed the building, could not locate there M4's, having been lost in rubble or destroyed. They turned to what they had left at there disposal. Their 9mm Hand Guns on there side.
D. co held off the terrorists who were carrying ak-47s and other as you say "military grade weapons" with those pistols and fire from those who still had their rifles, killing many of them, and saving themselves and their brothers. They fought like this till the Reaction force rolled in and fully repelled the attack.
I was on the reaction force, I saw and heard first hand that as Team Sergeant said, mindset trumps equipment, and man power.