++ [ originally posted by gray
] ++
I think you've been playing too much Rainbow Six
I'm aware of the existence of such capabilities, but in such a presumably crowded situation as it was, you have several problems, including:
1) if the terrorists are getting shot through the walls one by one, I think they'll start executing hostages before you have a chance of figuring out exactly who's a terrorist and who's not and shooting them all through the walls
2) bullets don't fly in a perfectly straight path when travelling through walls, so you'd have to wait until there's sufficient space allowed so you don't accidentally shoot a hostage
sounds far-fetched, but in this kind of situation, they really shouldn't take any risks... not that what they actually did was brilliant anyway, so maybe they should've just donned the thermo-gogs and started blasting through the plaster :groan: