SPENDING time on the range has its benefits but most shooters never train for one of the most important aspects of surviving a gunfight: keeping concealed (if possible) and (once the shooting starts) using cover to your advantage.
According to one of my old military handbooks, cover is protection from the fire of hostile weapons, while concealment is protection from observation or surveillance from hostile forces but not from hostile fire.
Cover and concealment are divided into two main categories: natural and artificial. In South Africa we mostly use the brick walls of buildings which provide excellent cover. In many countries, like the USA, dry
