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Now that we understand how to conduct Assault a Sedan, let’s now discuss the Van Assault.

3. VAN ASSAULT.

a. Because of the different sizes of vans the number of shooters required to make up the assault team may vary, normally your will need a minimum of six shooters. A rule of thumb to go by is one shooter is dedicated per seat/section and two for rear. Each shooter's primary weapon should be a handgun. The shooter stack for a van assault is depicted in fig. 4.

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b. Assault Team Configuration. The Van Assault Team will be configured as follows, as depicted in fig. 5.

(1) Number 1 Man - Will lead the stack to the rear of the van. Will move to and take position beside the front passenger/drivers side door. His primary sector of fire is the drivers compartment.

(2) Number 2 Man - Will move to and take position on the first passenger section, which is also his primary sector of fire.

(3) Number 3 Man - Will move to and take position on the second passenger section, which is also his primary sector of fire.

(4) Number 4 Man - Team Leader. Will move to and take position on the rear cargo compart-ment/passenger section, which is also his primary sector of fire.

(5) Number 5 Man - Will move to and take position at the rear door of the van. His sector of fire is straight ahead down the long axis of the van.

(6) Number 6 Man - Will move abreast of the Number 1 Man and take position at the rear door of the van. His sector of fire is straight ahead down the long axis of the van.

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c. Van Assault:

(1) Plan to initiate the assault with a diversion to the front of the vehicle, opposite side of the assault.

(2) The most likely body part that will be exposed for you to engage is the brain.

(3) Avoid placing the muzzle of your weapon past the plane of the window.

(4) Once shots have been taken, punch out remaining glass with your support fist if it obstructs your view of the inside of the sedan. Recommend wearing of the kevlar glove on the support hand.

(5) Once your sector of fire is clear, collapse to and view other sectors, but observe the one meter rule.

(6) Once target engagement has ceased, any shooter will initiate the following verbiage: PLACE YOUR HANDS ON THE SEAT IN FRONT OF YOUR/DASH BOARD...DON'T MOVE."

(7) Once target engagement has ceased and verbiage has been issued, shooters will then announce their number and clear, ie, "1 CLEAR...2 CLEAR", etc. Once all shooters have announced their individual clear, the team leader will then announce "ALL CLEAR."

(8) Upon the team leader announcing "ALL CLEAR," Shooters Number 5 and 6 will then open the rear doors of the van and visually clear underneath the seats. Once underneath the seats are clear, the Number 5 or 6 Man announce "VAN ALL CLEAR."

The van team will then start to remove the occupants from the van.

d. Post Van Assault:

(1) Once the verbiage of "VAN ALL CLEAR" has been given, the Number 5 and 6 Men will move to the forward side of the van.

(2) As the Number 1 and 2 Men provide cover, the Number 5 and 6 Men remove occupants from those sections, and then move to and work the Number 3 and 4 Men sections, as depicted in fig. 6.

(3) Once the van has been completely evacuated, the assault team will then begin personnel handling and medical treatment will be administered.

a. Unlike the sedan or van, the bus assault will require a troop of shooters, roughly 19 shooters. Their weapons will vary between handguns and assault rifles/sub-machineguns. The assault formation is as de-picted in fig. 7.

(1) In fig. 7, the forward two blocks of the stack containing the letter S signify shooters. The right block of shooters are armed with MP5's, while the left block of shooters are armed with handguns.

(2) The blocks containing the letters L, S, and C are three man teams. The L stands for ladder man, the S stands for shooter, and the C stands for coverman. The shooter is armed with a handgun while the coverman is armed with a MP5.

b. Bus Assault: (Refer to fig. 8)

(1) The left, forward block of shooters lead the stack along the long axis of the bus and take position at the forward bus door. Their sector of fire is the drivers compartment.

(2) The ladder man leads his three man team to there assigned window and places the ladder, sup-porting it.

(3) The cover man moves outboard of his team and provides coverage on the windows. The coverman is armed with a MP5.

(4) Once the ladder has been placed, the shooter mounts the ladder and takes position in the window with his handgun. The ladder man may support the shooter by grabbing his pistol belt firmly. Once the shooter is positioned on the ladder, the cover man now assumes a supporting role, in that the shooter is now in his sector of fire. The shooters sector of fire will be a section of two seats, as depicted in fig. 9:

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(5) The block of shooters located at the right rear of the bus position themselves, covering the interi-or, long axis of the bus. They are armed with MP5's.

(6) Once all shooting has ceased, all shooters of teams will announce their sectors clear. The team leader, located toward the rear of the bus, will then announce "ALL CLEAR".

(7) Upon "ALL CLEAR," the two shooters located at the rear of the bus will move to the front door of the bus.

(8) Upon "ALL CLEAR," the two shooters located at the drivers door will then open the door and make entry, positioning themselves to either side of the aisle. They will then initiate the following verbi-age: "PLACE YOUR HANDS ON THE SEAT IN FRONT OF YOU...DO NOT MOVE...ARE THERE ANY TERRORIST SITTING BESIDE YOU...IS ANYONE WIRED WITH EXPLOSIVES OR ARE THERE ANY EXPLOSIVES ON THIS BUS...IS ANYONE HURT."

(9) Upon completion of the verbiage, the second group of two shooters make entry onto the bus and assume a modified weapons retention. Both shooters begin moving to the rear of the bus, conducting dead checks enroute. Once at the rear of the bus, the rear emergency door is opened and both shooters position themselves in opposite rear seats.

(10) Once the two shooters are positioned in the rear of the bus, the forward two shooters will then direct occupants, a seat at a time, to exit the rear of the bus. The verbiage that is used is as follows:

"YOU...PLACE YOUR HANDS ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD, INTERLOCKING YOUR FINGERS...STAND AND FACE TO THE REAR...WALK TO THE EMERGENCY DOOR."

(11) As the shooters on the bus are preparing to off load, covermen and extra shooters/trailers will form a corridor at the rear of the bus.

(12) The corridor assist occupants off of the bus and maintain positive control over them, moving them into a H.H.A.

(13) Once all living has been moved off of the bus, the dead are then removed.

NOTE: If no ladders are available, then the ladder men will place their back against the skin of the bus, bending the knees, pushing against the body of the bus. The shooter will then step up onto the ladder

man's legs, placing his feet near the pelvis. The ladder man will grab the shooters pistol belt in order to support him.

SUMMARY. Remember, the main advantage of the vehicle option, is that now you know where all the hostages and terrorist are. You don't have to go searching through a building. However, surgical shooting is even more important here, in that you have both hostages and terrorist in very close proximity to each other with potentially very little of the adversary exposed. You will always plan and rehearse for a vehicle assault anytime you are planning for a stronghold assault, you never know what might happen.

HOSTAGE HOLDING AREA (HHA)