This was my first time training with Kyle Lamb and it was an excellent class. Many of the other students had previously taken the Viking Tactics Carbine 1.5 and all the students had completed courses from other well known instructors.
Round count for the class was less than advertised, I don’t think I shot so much as 1,000 rounds of carbine for all 3 days. I didn’t keep track of pistol ammo. Fortunately, many of the students are planning on coming back for the open enrollment Night Fighter class in November so they were able to leave the ammo for the next class.
Shooting targets after exiting the vehicle
We covered different shooting positions and Kyle explained the advantages and disadvantages of each one. Instead of just using barricades the class had 3 vehicles for us to shoot out of, in to and around which helped bridge the gap between square range training and reality.
Kyle emphasizes that because of his background and experiences, everything he teaches has been validated in real world gunfights.
Triple Threat Drill
Because of that experience he also spends a lot of time teaching things that most students don’t train enough such as shooting carbine one handed. He’s had friends and team mates who’ve been shot and only had the use of their dominant or support hand to continue the fight.
As others have stated there was quite a bit of lecturing and demonstrations on the effects of different types of bullets on different parts of the car. Everything from the tires to the hood, to the C-pillars and glass were specifically shot to show the students what may happen once the bullets start flying.
Kyle Lamb skipping rounds off the hood of vehicle
Kyle places a strong emphasis on being able to make the best of your position so he has students go through various drills where they won’t have an “easy” shot. On TD3 we shot our carbines strong hand only, to include a mandatory reload, the strong hand only included not just weapons manipulations but also things like opening the car door. Then we had to do it all again using support hand only.
His adherence to realism and thorough training also carries over to clearing malfunctions one handed. By running students through drills from inside the vehicle the class also gets a self correcting lesson on what type of gear works and what doesn’t.
We did several drills with multiple targets at both longer ranges (steel)a nd shorter (cardboard) ranges using different types of targets.
AI Dan Brokos watching student shoot around vehicle
I look forward to training with Viking Tactics again in the future.
Thanks to Jeff and Jack for hosting, to Kyle and Dan for the excellent instruction and to Melynda for setting up the dinner and warehouse tour. Each student who attended the BBQ dinner also got a free VTAC t-shirt.
Thanks to 5.11 for the free schwag- each student also received a coupon code for 30% off of an order from 5.11.
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