Mozambique Drill

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The Mozambique Drill (also known as the Failure Drill or 2+1 Drill) instructs the shooter to place a double-tap in the center of mass, followed by a carefully aimed head shot. The third shot should be aimed to destroy the brain, killing the target and thereby preventing the target from retaliating. It was added to the modern technique of gunfighting by Jeff Cooper based on the experience of one of his students, Mike Rousseau, while on duty in Mozambique. Rousseau was later killed in action in the Rhodesian War.

The Mozambique Drill considers the deficiency of the pistol round in stopping an adversary. Statistics show^{[citation needed]} that reactions in gunfights are extremely irregular - one must be prepared for the worst. Many times^{[citation needed]} it is the case that after absorbing the trauma of the first shots, the enemy will disregard further ballistic insult. In this situation, "more shots" are not the answer. As part of the U.S. National Guard Combat Pistol and other military combat pistol competitions, the Mozambique Drill is called Body Armor Defeat, and is frequently a discriminator between the average shooter and a gifted shooter^{[citation needed]}, especially when it is timed.