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Quote by: rmnunez  It still seems incomprehensible to me. Suppose you're the trainee, you've learned how to assemble and disassemble an AK-47 blindfolded, can clear the chamber, change the magazine and have qualified on the firing range, then they teach you how to pack your self-detonating explosive vest, hookup all the dynamite fuses to the triggering device, how to put it on and properly conceal it under some local flowing garment with care not to accidentally set it off or interfere with the triggering device, so you're all set.
Now the mission requires you attack a specific target with your machine gun, this is simple, you aim at the target and fire your weapon until the target is destroyed. After you're done you're supposed to trigger the explosive vest -for what? Would that be because despite your aiming at the target and hiting it (with a machine gun), you may have missed? Or maybe you've been shooting at the target and aren't sure you got it, change clips, send off another 40 rounds, reload or detonate? How does the trainee decide whether another clip will be better than suicide? |
It looked to me like the shooters in the video were shooting pistols and I think you are underestimating the enemy. Just like a trainee is taught to shoot the target and blow up with their automatic rifle, they were just trained to shoot the target with their pistol and blow up after the target was hit.
I don't think the strategy of the suicide bombers has anything to do with personal choice, though I'm not too keen on their training.
The attacker goes bang bang bang then BOOM whether its a pistol or a AK.