Serving as the senior instructor at the
FBI Academy in the FBI’s SOARS, the elite Special Operations units he was chosen by the DEA to train and equip DEA agents
in Close Quarters Battle, SWAT tactics and combat survival skills. These agents went on to participate in some of the most
highly secretive joint agency covert operations that the US has ever run. During his tours of duty with the Bureau and DEA
he attended every major firearms school in the world and qualified as a Master or Expert in long and short firearms.
Following the FBI he
was a staff instructor at the Smith & Wesson Academy; he is a subject matter expert in SWAT, Anti-Terrorism, Hostage Rescue
and Police Survival issues; he is a Staff Instructor for the US Department of State's Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program and
is also an adjunct Instructor at Alan Brosnan's Tactical Explosive Entry School and Kelly McCain’s Crucible Training
Center. He is an accomplished author and is a staff writer for many LE Magazines, publications, and journals”. Robert
Taubert is the co-author of Soldiering on: The Stories of Two Former Kiwi SAS Men in Their Continuing World-Wide
Careers of Adventure and the author of RATTENKRIEG! The Art and Science of Close Quarters Battle
Pistol.
According to the book description of
RATTENKRIEG! The Art and Science of Close Quarters Battle Pistol, “Rattenkrieg was the term used by German
soldiers during the battle for Stalingrad to describe the type of vicious, close quarters battle they experienced there while
fighting a determined force of Russian soldiers and partisans street by bloody street. That term has been adopted for the
title of this book because the true art and science of close quarters battle pistol skills can only be found when the techniques
practiced and employed are based not on unrealistic range training protocols, but on the vivid realities experienced when
engaged in a life or death fight for survival and total victory. Prospective students are advised that RATTENKRIEG! is not
a basic pistol course and that very little time is spent reviewing those skills. Students must be able to hit the ground running
and physical fitness is a definite asset when challenged by some of the more dynamic aspects of this training. While primarily
focused on the handgun, many of the drills and techniques shown in this book are adaptable to the long gun as well.
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Bob's personal training philosophy, developed during
his many years while involved in SWAT and FBI Special Operations is distilled into this unique book. It provides a compendium
of information and advice regarding skills development, weapons, ammunition, equipment, close quarters battle tactics, shield
use, and much more. It also contains a chapter detailing 25 advanced training drills. This chapter includes information on
set-up, execution and diagrams for each unique long and short gun drill used to hone and maintain the critical skills and
techniques employed during SWAT operations and raids.”
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