The Edge - Shooting Academy

10/10/2026

No wall too high when the team has your back. 💪🇬🇳

Proud of these men from Guinea putting in the work on scaling techniques. Sweat in training, success in the field.

10/10/2026

06/10/2026

Staying alive!!! between the humidity, the threat of attacks, and the relentless sun, sweating takes on a whole new meaning☝️😬🥵🙌

RRU Training 🇬🇳

05/10/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1KAfDqGQ5k/

13/09/2026

Situational Awareness and Anti-Hijacking course in East London...

14 hard-working people, exposed on a daily basis to criminals, in a country where criminal protection takes precedence over the security of its citizens. True?

When politicians bask in luxury, and the working class fights to see the sunrise of tomorrow... True?

Be vigilant,
Be safe, be competent, be ready 💪

Well done to all attending the course...you've got this 🙌

Leo and Carla

13/09/2026

Well done to all🙌

12/09/2026

My Bokkie dié!

Tots op jou Bokka! ❤️ Trotse pa!

Mag die Bokke wen vandag!

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09/09/2026

Are you joining me on Saturday?
12 Sept

07h45 at ESSA Tactical Sh00ting Range?

WhatsApp me for details — a day not to be missed!

084 800 6098 (FB blocks me if I share details here 😬😁🫡)

See you on the range🫡🙌

Leo

03/09/2026

Leo, Frenchy en Liam...kudos! 🙌🙌🙌
Grandpower magic in die regte grip - se groupings lyk so! Netjies!
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23/08/2026

A non-test-driven armoured vehicle is not an add-on to your team's protection.

The driver and all other passengers need to have full confidence in the vehicle before they start any journey....

That confidence doesn't come from a badge or a sales pitch. It comes from route planning, vehicle checks, equipment checks, comms checks and every member of the team actually knowing how the vehicle handles, not just trusting that it will.

Armoured vehicles behave very differently from their soft skin counterparts, and that's exactly why training can't be overemphasized...

Four weeks ago I test drove an armoured ambulance on a Toyota 79 series chassis. Early on, I could feel something wasn't quite right, the handling was more of a fight than it should have been, more body roll than I was comfortable putting a crew through.

I flagged it. ASC looked into it, found the cause and fixed it. A few days later I was back behind the wheel and the difference was night and day. Smooth through the slalom, confident through the off-road track, no white-knuckle moments over uneven ground.

That's the part that actually matters to me. Not the fix itself, but that when something didn't feel right, it got taken seriously and sorted before that vehicle ever reaches a driver or a crew trusting it with their life.

But having said that... Nothing beats good old common sense (ja ja, I know, common sense is not a flower that grows in everybody's backyard).

If you drive within the limitations of the vehicle and your own ability, and adapt to the surface and the environment in front of you, that's what actually gives you peace of mind. Not the vehicle alone.

Till next time,

Be safe, be careful... Watch your "6"

Leo