Is it possible to shoot with two hands. Duel "in Macedonian" (shooting from two pistols)
Many viewers remember episodes in which the famous heroine Lara Croft deftly shoots from two pistols, smashing enemies on the spot. This technique produces a colossal impression, which is why it is used so often in adventure films, action films and westerns.
This technique of warfare is called "Macedonian shooting". In domestic practice, it was described by Alexei Potapov in his work “Pistol shooting techniques. SMERSH practice. He also spoke about the advantages and disadvantages of the "Macedonian" method.
Features of shooting in Macedonian
Only truly skilled shooters can shoot from two barrels at once. This method involves the use of two pistols of similar parameters, which are held in outstretched hands. For such a battle, accuracy and remarkable physical strength. The fire is often carried out in the direction of travel, which imposes even more responsibility on the shooter, but also protects him from enemy attacks.
Hands during shooting in Macedonian are held parallel to each other. Sometimes linked with the thumbs for better balance and accuracy. The advantage of the method is a double increase in the firepower of one shooter. If the fingers are interlocked, then the recoil from the shot is slightly reduced.
Why "in Macedonian"?
The writer Vladimir Bogomolov, who used this term in his works, refers to the Croatian nationalists Ustashe (1929-1941), whose favorite technique was shooting in Macedonian. Later, Scotland Yard operatives, FBI agents and, of course, Soviet counterintelligence officers began to train this method.
As one of the most likely versions of the origin of the term, Bogomolov cites the borrowing of the name from the nationality of the fighters who "invented" the method of shooting with two hands. They were Macedonian freedom fighters during the Balkan Wars.
Disadvantages of the "Macedonian" method
Shooting two pistols at once looks very spectacular and is great for a movie. However, in real life she has a lot of shortcomings. The first is to increase the reload time of weapons. When the cartridges in both barrels run out, the shooter has to tinker to get back into the fight.
The second problem is the very low accuracy of shooting. Keeping the enemy on two front sights at once is almost unrealistic. Especially if the shooter is moving. So the brave Lara Croft hardly laid down many opponents for all her heroism. Most likely, she only scared them thoroughly.
The third fact that feature films lie about is the deliberate simplicity of Macedonian shooting. The viewer is accustomed to the fact that the beloved hero carelessly grabs 2 huge large-caliber pistols (such as magnum or Desert) and on the run accurately fires at an entire army of enemies. They fall to the ground like cut grass.
In practice, this does not happen. It is quite difficult to manage two barrels at once. Large-caliber pistols and revolvers also have tremendous recoil. Fragile Lara, she would have simply knocked down.
Even Soviet counterintelligence officers did not practice this method for long due to its inconvenience. In addition, in the 50s, compact submachine guns became widespread, with sufficient firepower to replace 2 old-style barrels. It is more convenient to hide such weapons, and there is more sense from it. Nowadays, shooting in Macedonian has remained only on the screen. Nobody has ever used it in real life.
It is believed that Macedonian shooting was first invented by Macedonian freedom fighters during the beginning of the last century, and the term itself appeared around the mid-thirties. But in fact, no one can say exactly when this happened. It is only known that this method of firing is currently used by operatives in many countries and is considered quite effective. It is also believed that this term, as well as the names of pistols, is named "according to the author" and is associated with the methods of warfare, the troops of which did everything on the go: they drank, ate, and even defecated. And again, it is impossible to confirm or disprove this theory.
Shooting in Macedonian by itself is shooting with two pistols at once. By the way, this technique is widely used in cinema and computer games. One has only to think of Lara Croft, the famous tomb raider, or a typical cowboy showdown, and a dozen more examples come to mind. Such popularization, apparently, is associated with the effectiveness of this method. One way or another, this type of shooting is familiar to almost every person, if not by name, then by definition.
Arming with this troop technique special purpose and police departments is explained by the fact that shooting in Macedonian is very effective in a firefight at close range. Of course, it is hardly possible to achieve high shooting accuracy by this method, but high crowding has a high damaging ability, which can become a significant advantage in operations. But is it possible to assume that such a shooting technique will gradually replace the standard ones, such as shooting from the hip or shooting from two
hands? Especially considering that more and more attention has been paid to this technique recently.
It is difficult to say something about the distant future, but this is not expected in the near future. Be that as it may, but the main task of the police so far remains the capture of the criminal, and not his destruction. So it can be assumed that Macedonian-style shooting will remain in service with the military, whose main task is to prevent the further development of the conflict by any means. Moreover, the preparation of this skill takes a long time and needs constant training. The police simply do not have enough money or time, despite the fact that the troops are constantly busy with it.
You can master this technique on your own. Of course, it is difficult to say why an ordinary citizen needs it, but if there is a desire and an opportunity arises, why deny yourself the pleasure? For this you need to contact shooting clubs with a corresponding request. The owners are unlikely to refuse a new client, but a suitable trainer may not be found, and then you will have to do all the work yourself. Literature and the Internet can come to the rescue. The main thing is to remember that shooting should be comfortable and "automatic". Accuracy in this technique is in last place, and the main bias is on crowding and hitting more targets.
DUEL "IN MACEDONIAN" (SHOOTING FROM TWO PISTOLS)
Shooting in Macedonian - shooting on the move from two pistols (revolvers) at a moving target
In Bogomolov In August forty-four
The combat concept of simultaneous firing from two barrels - one in each hand - appeared in the 1890s. It was the result of the invention of five - six-shot self-cocking revolvers - "Smith Wesson" and other systems designed to arm the police, gendarmerie, border guards and other special services of that time. The emergence of new high-speed weapons and their increased specifications immediately led to the emergence of new shooting techniques and, accordingly, changes in combat tactics.
The simultaneous operation of two barrels made it possible to solve the old combat problem - how to instantly suppress a dangerous group or single target with increased fire density by one operative (detective, gendarme, special agent). Such things often happened and are happening in the conditions of a corridor-apartment battle, in rocky labyrinths, forest thickets and in rugged terrain. Recent combat practice dictates the relevance of this technique, and today - an operative in civilian clothes will not be able to take a machine gun with him, but two short barrels - completely. In addition, at all times there was a need to suppress goals that simultaneously appeared in different directions.
Now no one remembers how the term “Macedonian shooting” appeared, but this combat technique, which dramatically increases the firepower of a particular shooter by short distances operational clash, turned out to be very successful. So successful that it is still cultivated in the operational and combat use of anti-terrorist units in many countries of the world.
The mysterious and mythical Macedonian shooting technique is actually quite simple. The technique of firing from one pistol while holding it with two hands in a "triangle" has been known for a long time. With the advent of self-cocking multiply charged revolvers, there was no need to cock the trigger before each shot - just pull the trigger harder, and the self-cocking mechanism of the weapon did the rest. The shooters got the opportunity to take the second revolver in the second, unoccupied hand and then bring down an avalanche of lead on the enemy from both barrels at once.
A little later, the shooters realized that all this works much better and the lead flies to one point if both hands are pressed tightly together to create a more solid basis for the shooter-gun system. And it will be even better if both shooting hands are clasped with each other (photo 217). To do this, the thumbs of the hands holding the weapon are tightly grasped one after the other (photo 218).
The weapon is oriented towards the target with barrels placed parallel to each other (photo 217). In this case, a classic modern manufacturing shooting triangle is formed, but already with two barrels. This simple technique at one time made a real revolution in operational-combat practice. The density of fire of a particular operational unit has doubled - it's hard to overestimate.
You can shoot “in Macedonian style” from two revolvers (pistols) in one gulp at the same time, separately and alternately, firing one ammunition load after another. In any case, the advantages of combat work from two barrels are obvious. If you shoot even from one pistol (revolver), holding two weapons in the "Macedonian grip", such shooting at a particularly important point target will turn out to be much faster and more effective. The reason for this is not only the holding of the weapon by the efforts of two hands, but also the fact that the additional mass of the non-working pistol at the moment of firing and the pressing force of the other hand do not allow the firing barrel to “pull off” at the moment the trigger is released and excessively “go astray” when recoiling after the shot.
How to aim when shooting from two barrels at the same time? Some individuals are good at "catching" the target simultaneously with each eye on the sights of the right and left pistols. But most shooters don't get it that way, and so you should aim visually with one gun and the other oriented parallel to the main barrel. In the old days, they trained like this: at short distances they aimed from one revolver, and fired from another, marking bullet holes by their alternate appearance on a silhouette illuminated from behind and leading the firing barrel to the desired point of impact.
Photo 218
Nowadays, Americans who cultivate this method of shooting do not use an illuminated silhouette, but a laser (LED) pointer, which pulses when the trigger is released and “marks” the “point of impact” on the target. With both of the above methods of training, the shooter quite quickly combines the aiming point of one pistol and the point of impact of an unaimed, but firing barrel. After that, the position of this non-aiming firing barrel relative to the aiming weapon in the other hand, from which the aiming was made, is memorized by the muscular-coordination memory and reproduced during practical shooting.
To make it all more effective, aim with the front sight and the entire left pistol, and shoot with the right one. Why is that? Because the right hand (if you are not left-handed) in a person is coordinatively better developed and developed. When you learn to instinctively, quickly and without thinking to orient the right pistol to the “left sight” (and this is developed quite quickly), start aiming with the right pistol and develop coordination of aiming the weapon with the left hand.
In training, try to fix the force sensations that arise in the muscles with muscle memory. Such sensations in themselves are very vivid and are well remembered by the "dark" muscle memory. Practice reproducing the coordination position of the trunks relative to each other, bringing the emerging muscle efforts to the “beacon” of previously experienced and remembered muscle sensations. Practice doing all this with your eyes closed and, opening them, check visually how you did it. If necessary, “correct” and work with muscle memory again.
It doesn't matter how you shoot - in one gulp or randomly, pressing the triggers one by one. It is important that the coordination efforts that you remember with your muscles during successful “estimations” are constantly preserved in your hands and shoulders. Then everything will work out as it should. If you switch your attention to aiming, your hands will open, and each of your two pistols will "jump" on its own. So remember: first training stages focus on the general grip of the hands, and let the goal be perceived "somewhere and vaguely." The weapon itself will reach this target if you learn to do everything right.
When your arms and shoulders hurt (they should get sick from an unusual static load in an unusual position), start training to "feel" the target intuitively. Having outlined the training target, close your eyes and throw both trunks at it in the “Macedonian grip”. Open your eyes and check for correct aiming.
With frequent and persistent training, the results grow faster than you might think. Sooner or later, the cadet manifests the so-called "coordination effect" - the shooter unexpectedly discovers that he can confidently and accurately hit the target from two barrels at once, without aiming visually. And then, having trained a little more, the cadet notices an even more striking phenomenon - it turns out that the less he “turns on his head” when shooting offhand with the “Macedonian grip”, the better his shooting is. This is because coordination-balance training contributes to the manifestation of combat reflexes in humans, which we inherited from distant ancestors.
There is another phenomenon characteristic of this technique. When the shooter achieves more or less solid shooting skills with the “Macedonian grip”, training is carried out in the gathering dusk at a target illuminated from time to time. Then the target is sounded for a short time in any way. As a result, the cadet confidently and quickly gets "by ear" in the dark, and this is better than when shooting from any other weapon and by other methods. This is explained by the fact that when working in a rigidly enslaved and evenly "tense" triangle, the shooter is oriented to the target in a natural way without turning his head.
The method of shooting "in Macedonian" was used earlier and is still used, but only when firing from revolvers, which structurally have voluminous and thin handles, as well as from self-loading pistols of small calibers (6, 35 and 7, 65 mm), in which also oversized handles. Pistols of large (9 mm and more) calibers, having a high shot power, “take away” recoil when firing, which reduces the advantages of this method of firing. The handles of such pistols are wide and thick; In any case, the weapon must be held on outstretched arms - this enslaves the hands and prevents excessive tilting of the weapon when firing.
Until now, those soldiers of assault special forces who have a leading left eye cannot refuse the “Macedonian” method of shooting, and for this reason they cannot fully shoot from a machine gun. When holding the weapon with the “Macedonian grip”, you can aim with either eye.
Released on screens in 2001. And in the 80s I read the novel by Vladimir Bogomolov, on which this film was made. The story about the operations of the Soviet counterintelligence SMERSH was very interesting and I remembered some moments from this book for a long time. One of these moments was the description of one of the main characters, senior lieutenant Tamantsev, who was a real “wolfhound” (as SMERSH operatives who participated in military actions and detentions were called in professional jargon). So Tamantsev “flew to Moscow, where he demonstrated the ability to shoot in Macedonian to a group of generals and returned with a premium pistol. Shooting in Macedonian- firing on the move from two pistols (revolvers) at a moving target, ”wrote V. Bogomolov.
A lot of time has passed since then, and while watching a lot of films (our and foreign), I noticed that in them many shooters use the Macedonian method of shooting.
Vladislav Galkin as Tamantsev
Bruce Willis in the movie Alone
Harvey Keitel
Neo in The Matrix
The main character in the film "Equilibrium"
Clive Owen
And the officers from the movie "Save the Emperor" so everyone knows this technique
Women are not far behind ... Lara Croft performed by many models
Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil
She's in another movie
Kate Baskinsale in "Underworld"
"Red Alert"
The girl from the next "Terminator"
Zoe Saldana
"Ji Joe"
From some new movie
And even Irina Saltykova with all her glamor
These are all, of course, beautiful movie stunts. But this technique actually exists. Here are real life shots.
The inscription in German "DublGlock".
American soldier with two Kalashnikov machine guns
At the shooting range
Shooting in Macedonian is described in the SMERSH Combat Instructions for SOBR, OMON and military counterintelligence ...
And now I was interested in the question: Where did the name "shooting in Macedonian" come from? I dug around the net and caught the following assumptions and hypotheses of its origin:
There are several versions of the origin of the term. The writer Vladimir Bogomolov, in response to his accusation of inventing this term, wrote in a letter to the editor-in-chief of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper:
“... shooting in Macedonian first hit the pages of newspapers in 1934, when in Marseilles, the Ustashe, adherents of shooting in Macedonian, with the most careful protection of the motorcade, were shot dead by the Yugoslav King Alexander and French Foreign Minister Barthou. Since the mid-30s, shooting in Macedonian, that is, shooting on the move with two pistols (or revolvers) at a moving target, began to be trained in the United States by FBI agents, and in England - by agents of the operations departments of Scotland Yard. Since 1942, shooting in Macedonian began to be cultivated by the detectives of the Soviet military counterintelligence. By 1944, when the novel takes place, Macedonian shooting was being cultivated in at least seven countries.
It is not possible to verify the authenticity of Bogomolov's statements. Vlado Chernozemsky, the terrorist who single-handedly carried out the Marseille murder, was indeed an instructor in terrorist training camps and may have had special marksmanship skills. However, he carried out the murder mentioned by the writer by shooting at point-blank range from one Mauser, jumping onto the running board of the car in which King Alexander and his entourage rode. The terrorist also had a "Walter" with him, but he did not shoot from it.But, also, there is an assumption that the name "in Macedonian" came from the famous commander Alexander the Great, who perfectly mastered the art of using two swords at once in battle.
There are opinions that the term comes from the Macedonian freedom fighters who used two pistols at once during the Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913. Later, this technique was discovered by many special services of the world and even developed their own battle strategy using 2 pistols at once.
Even earlier, it was called Turkish shooting, Sipoy shooting, Reitar shooting, Cossack shooting, and much, much more.
So, there are many options, but it is impossible to figure out which one is correct. What do you think about this, dear readers? Can you help me resolve the issue?
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Origin of the term
There are several versions of the origin of the term. Writer Vladimir Bogomolov, when accused of inventing this term, wrote in a letter to the editor-in-chief of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper:
... shooting in Macedonian first hit the pages of newspapers in 1934, when in Marseilles, the Ustashe, adherents of shooting in Macedonian, with the most careful protection of the cortege, the Yugoslav King Alexander and French Foreign Minister Barthou were shot dead. Since the mid-30s, shooting in Macedonian, that is, shooting on the move with two pistols (or revolvers) at a moving target, began to be trained in the United States by FBI agents, and in England - by agents of the operations departments of Scotland Yard. Since 1942, shooting in Macedonian began to be cultivated by the detectives of the Soviet military counterintelligence. By 1944, when the novel takes place, Macedonian shooting was being cultivated in at least seven countries.
It is not possible to verify the authenticity of Bogomolov's statements. Vlado Chernozemsky, the terrorist who single-handedly carried out the Marseille Murder, was indeed an instructor in terrorist training camps and may have had specialized marksmanship skills. However, he carried out the murder mentioned by the writer by shooting at point-blank range from one Mauser, jumping onto the running board of the car in which King Alexander and his entourage rode. The terrorist also had a "Walter" with him, but he did not shoot from it. The protection of the motorcade was not at all thorough.
There is a version that the term comes from the Macedonian freedom fighters who used two pistols at once during the Balkan wars and 1913. There is also a version that the term "in Macedonian" means everything that is done on the move, on the move - and comes from the tactics of the troops of Philip and Alexander the Great, whose soldiers on the march did everything on the go - ate, urinated, etc.
Advantages and disadvantages
Many shooting experts point out several advantages and disadvantages in Macedonian shooting. The advantages lie in enhanced firepower and in a fairly dense accuracy of fire. Among the shortcomings, it can be noted that it takes quite a long time to reload two weapons at once, and not all types of pistols can be used for “two-handed shooting” (for example, magnum-type revolvers or large-caliber Desert Eagle pistols have too much recoil to effectively shoot like this) and extreme inaccuracy in shooting. The fact is that, given the inaccuracy when firing from two pistols, the chance to hit a target at a considerable distance is not so great, while for close combat, the chances instantly increase. It takes a lot of time to effectively master such a technique.
The method of shooting "in Macedonian" for an operative who cannot carry a machine gun with him for covert work is hard to overestimate. It was widely distributed both among our special services and among the Germans. It was used as long as it was possible to "get hold of" a second pistol. In the 1950s, a massive seizure of unusable weapons began from the operational staff, a second pistol was not provided for arming the operative, and with the departure of the old-timers, the method of firing two pistols from two hands was forgotten. No one else cultivated it either in our country or in the west - with the advent of small-sized submachine guns, it became unnecessary.
Potapov A. Pistol Shooting Techniques: SMERSH Practice
Shooting in Macedonian in Literature
This type of shooting is described by Vladimir Bogomolov in the novel In August 1944.
Victor Pelevin's story "Macedonian Criticism of French Thought" (part of the novel DPP (NN) plays up the semantic meaning of "shooting in Macedonian style" in relation to philosophical criticism. The hero of the story subjects modern French philosophers to derogatory criticism "with two hands", symbolically becoming like a shooter from two revolvers .
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