Also known as the failure-to-
stop drill, the Mozambique Drill is two shots (a double
tap) to the chest followed by
one to the head. While it may sound easy, the maneuver is difficult to perform under pressure. It was named by
Mike Rousseau, a mercenary fighting on the side of the Portuguese during the Mozambican War of Independence. Rousseau found himself in a hostile airport, armed only with a sidearm, and turned a corner and bumped into a FRELIMO (Mozambican rebel) soldier. He quickly fired two shots into the chest of the man, and when that did not appear to affect his adversary, Rousseau fired a third round into the soldier'
s neck, severing his spine. This drill has been performed often in cinema and in video games,
one prominent film being Michael Mann'
s 1995 thriller Heat, where it is performed
twice.
When the
zombie lumbered towards me, I fired
two shots into his chest. When this failed to incapacitate the undead menace, I fired a third shot through his left eye, completing the
Mozambique Drill.
