Tactical Impact

Viewers asked us to develop a show that addressed the fast-growing interest in tactical firearms and techniques; defensive pistols, black and sniper rifles, night vision and specialized optics. They also said they wanted it to have a format specially developed for television, where technical information would be combined with interesting storytelling and fast-paced action.

The result is Tactical Impact.

Well-known Special Forces operator, pistolsmith and firearms trainer Larry Vickers will host Tactical Impact. His resume includes special missions all over the world in more than 20 years of service with America’s most elite forces. An expert with every sort of small arms used on the battlefield today, his know-how about what small arms and accessories are the right choice for any situation is unmatched.

Joining him will be Aaron Roberts, another veteran of elite Army formations, as well as a former Texas State Trooper and trainer at the fabled Blackwater school. He will add invaluable insights from the law enforcement side of tactical operations.

Each week, Tactical Impact takes a particular tactical problem and analyzes how it might have been approached in the past, with recommendations about how it would be tackled in the present day.

Each week, Tactical Impact takes a particular tactical problem and analyzes how it might have been approached in the past, with recommendations about how it would be tackled in the present day. Vickers and Roberts analyze the hardware and tactics that worked in the past, and how today’s arms, ammunition and accessories have reshaped the battlefield.

They’ll also take a hard look at the ways habits built up on the range can get you killed if followed on the battlefield or on the street. We all have groaned at the ways Hollywood uses and misuses guns, and Tactical Impact makes an often-wry examination of some more boneheaded Tinseltown gun handling.

Ever wonder what you’d have chosen for personal armament at the OK Corral or Iwo Jima? Vickers and Roberts debate the right tool for the job.

Tactical Impact is a show unlike any other you’ll find on television today, bringing the expertise of men who’ve been on the receiving end of gunfire and know what it takes to prevail when the bullets fly.--Robert W. Hunnicutt