Self-Defense Tip: Know The Difference Between Cover and Concealment

12 Responses to Self-Defense Tip: Know The Difference Between Cover and Concealment

1. Cmdrlimpet says:

   October 19, 2012 at 21:44

   Many of the fields in Afghanistan are covered in tall mounds. That’s what the LMG is resting on as he fires. Several feet of dirt is pretty good cover.

   Example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/violinsoldier/188715007/sizes/o/in/photostream/

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2. jwm says:

   October 19, 2012 at 22:40

   Sometimes your war starts in the middle of a cornfield. It is what it is, you just have to deal with it.

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3. Bob says:

   October 19, 2012 at 23:08

   Sometimes the other guy in the gun fight does not know the difference. Some people think that if they can’t see you then they can’t shoot you, or vice versa, especially during ‘the heat of battle’.

   You can use this to your advantage. For example, if a home invader has been shooting at you, then he ducks behind a corner (and you know no one else is in the line of fire), put a bullet through the drywall in the corner. It will kill him just as well.

   It is also very likely that a bad guy will stop shooting at you, if you duck behind a corner, even though the drywall between you is concealment, not cover.

   Use every slight advantage you can find…

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   • gar says:

     October 19, 2012 at 23:28

     +1

     Better to have holes in the drywall than to holes in you chest… or you family’s chests.

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     • AlphaGeek says:

       October 20, 2012 at 00:37

       An pleasant evening spent reading http://theboxotruth.com/ will leave no doubt as to how ineffective drywall is at impeding bullets, slugs or buckshot.

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4. Rambeast says:

   October 19, 2012 at 23:13

   +1 (meant to comment to Bob)

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   • AlphaGeek says:

     October 20, 2012 at 00:33

     I’ve noticed a definite uptick in the number of misplaced comments since last night’s upgrade to the commenting system.

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5. Greg Camp says:

   October 19, 2012 at 23:39

   Cover, to the extent that it is cover, is also concealment, yes?

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   • PeteRR says:

     October 19, 2012 at 23:52

     Trees may give you effective cover, but probably not concealment.

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     • AlphaGeek says:

       October 20, 2012 at 00:33

       Not for the OFWGs, at least.

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   • EATENG says:

     October 20, 2012 at 02:13

     Yep. Cover = concealment with few exceptions such as bullet resistant glass or other transparent/translucent ballistic material. Concealment != cover.

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6. Paul Braman says:

   October 20, 2012 at 17:04

   It’s funny because we talk about this all the time playing Dungeons and Dragons where we have to teach people the difference so their characters can avoid an untimely death.

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