its actually a common posture in competitive precision rifle shooting, even the US army allows it during some qualifications. its impractical for actual combat but does improve precision.
edit: the turkish shooters casual-seeming hand-in-pocket posture is actually also a specific precision shooting posture, in events where using a 2 handed grip is disallowed the hand-in-pocket stance uses the offhand to stabilize the torso.
i believe this, the modern two-handed pistol shooting stances are a relatively recent thing related to the development of effective body armor afaik. ww2 tactics were to fire one-handed with your torso facing away from the enemy to reduce your target profile, whereas in modern tactics you want your front chest armor plate to be facing the enemy so that you have the greatest amount of armor coverage (you will almost certainly still go down if shot through armor but you are much more likely make it to a hospital, whereas getting shot while unarmored and in a ww2 rifle or pistol stance will get your heart and both lungs shot with one good center-mass hit. this is also why most militaries issue shoulder/upper arm armor also, because a shot through the armholes is devastating)
Dang which delegation is the one in the left photo from? (Also never fire a real gun like that)
I appreciate Turkish guy for being about the last guy I’d peg as an Olympian.
its actually a common posture in competitive precision rifle shooting, even the US army allows it during some qualifications. its impractical for actual combat but does improve precision.
edit: the turkish shooters casual-seeming hand-in-pocket posture is actually also a specific precision shooting posture, in events where using a 2 handed grip is disallowed the hand-in-pocket stance uses the offhand to stabilize the torso.
The Turkish shooter is using a posture that was widely used by police in the U.S. throughout the middle 20th century.
i believe this, the modern two-handed pistol shooting stances are a relatively recent thing related to the development of effective body armor afaik. ww2 tactics were to fire one-handed with your torso facing away from the enemy to reduce your target profile, whereas in modern tactics you want your front chest armor plate to be facing the enemy so that you have the greatest amount of armor coverage (you will almost certainly still go down if shot through armor but you are much more likely make it to a hospital, whereas getting shot while unarmored and in a ww2 rifle or pistol stance will get your heart and both lungs shot with one good center-mass hit. this is also why most militaries issue shoulder/upper arm armor also, because a shot through the armholes is devastating)
He’s a retired cop (MP), trained by a NATO military in the late 90s, so it probably is a result of American techniques.
Nope, he used to be an NCO for the Gendarmerie. It’s the “rural police”, as a part of the military
Ah, like how a fencer’s other arm functions.
I think it’s China, there were pictures of their fancy shooting team outfits posted here a few days ago.
Would you peg him as a non olympian?
I’d peg him regardless