The
previous post got me looking for an illustration of another potentially useful
technique for a Soldier in a civil unrest situation. In the event that the
barrel of your rifle is grabbed you can employ a variation of one of the wrist
grab escape techniques I detail in the book. You take the muzzle underneath the
wrist and over the outside of the forearm, using the length of the rifle as a
lever in this case. In this particular example he just needs to swing the muzzle inwards to lay across the arm. The same technique can be used with a nightstick or your
unarmed arm. The upper tier of photos shows a more direct approach –simply striking
with the other end of the weapon.
