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PedroAsani
PedroAsani
Ideas for two drills
May 29 2009, 5:53 PM EDT | Post edited: May 29 2009, 5:53 PM EDT
In the 50's, England had National Service, where every male aged 18 had to do a stint in the armed forces. One drill they showed was bayonet drill, where they had to run an obstacle course, and were told to spear every sandbag with a white X on it.

One sandbag could not be seen until you had run past it. Every recruit (of an intake of 60) bar one missed the hidden bag, and were told at the end of the run that the missed enemy would have clsoed on them from behind and killed them.

The exact same kind of drill should be considered for zombies. Not every one will be standing, some will have damaged limbs and be crawling. You will not see them until it is too late unless you are looking for them, and it will take a lot of training to break the "all zombies are upright" mentality.

Going further along this line of thought, clearing a house would need to be the most thorough sweep ever conducted. Imagine a child has been bitten, but eascapes when a parent sacrifices themselves. You come in a week later. You see the original zombie, the zombified parent and clear the house. But the kid ran and hid in the kitchen cupboard under the sink, where he turned. And he bites you when you go to the sink to see if the water works.

Again, ANY place that a zombie, man, woman or child could fit needs to be swept. Cupboards, wardrobes, toy chests, under the beds, sofas, everywhere. 4  out of 4 found this valuable. Do you?    
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DevilNuts
DevilNuts
1. RE: Ideas for two drills
May 29 2009, 5:57 PM EDT | Post edited: May 29 2009, 5:59 PM EDT
I have mentioned in my building clearing page that moving through a structure is a slow, methodical process. If you don't have enough time to do it right, you shouldn't be attempting it at all.

http://www.zombiesurvivalwiki.com/page/Office%2FApartment+building

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