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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Pas, cut fences leave a clear trail and azimuth. I learned that when I started to do it one night in Central America and my Team Sergeant schooled me.
I had a camping axe or hatchet and a small set of bolt cutters on my list. I might be able to replace the bolt cutters with a good set of fence pliers, now that you mention it, though I would lose the ability to cut padlocks off. Everything is a compromise.
Not sure the vehicles would flood the streets to be a good diversion, or that the LEOs would all be there, instead of looking after their own families, but I suppose that you could use it for that.
Amen on the spring or fall. I hate humping a ruck in the summer.
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Good tip on leaving a trail with cut fence, it never crossed my mind!
Maybe better way of putting the traffic distraction, those in cars in my immediate AO in many cases are themselves going to be distracted or focused straight ahead and unaware of what is going on around them.
For example late last month while at soccer practice with my daughter, I heard a train crossing the track as usual, then I heard a car accelerating down the road, then I heard lots of sirens for various directions, then I heard cars screech to a stop and then I just heard the train. It was out of the ordinary
All that happened within 200m of the building we were in, and out of about 25 parents there I was the only person that walked out the open overhead door to see what was going on......Oodles and gobs of police with long guns and pistols drawn had surrounded a small parking lot on the opposite side of the street.
It should be noted that a several kids took notice and peeked out to see what all the ruckus was all about.
After a bit I walked back in and told one of the Dads what was going on. He walked back out with me, I pointed out the police and their guns.....are you sure they have their guns out? How can you tell?
Based on that experience the odds were that 1 in 25 would recognize a potential threat and avoid it, and that 24 in 25 would be distracted and susceptible to threats.
If you include all the kids, you are talking 60-75 people with only one person taking any real notice of the situation.