leconteur wrote: ↑1 year ago
Note that they don't instruct anyone to wrap tape around the head. Gags need to be able to come out quick if necessary. Tape wrapping is a bit too risky to be endorsing in a manual is my guess.
I apologise for having to disagree with you so often, but I think you're misconstruing the info in order to suit a narrative contrary to military motto.
Everything about the military industry is based on raw efficiency and never expending more resources than necessary to accomplish a given task. Do you really think that an organisation which promotes the forceful stuffing of turf inside a prisoner's mouth (a serious choking hazard) and that promotes the use of neck-lasso style hogties with thin paracord
doesn't endorse wraparound tapegags because they aren't safe???
The reason why they wouldn't encourage wraparound tapegags in most scenarios is that tape is a valuable commodity in the military. Even more so back in WW2. It's used primarily for quick repairs and even the temporary mending of battlefield wounds. Soldiers carry a limited supply of it. So why use a larger than necessary amount of critically important material on a prisoner who is not actively fighting his gag if the stuffing + strips do the job?
The prisoner's safety is of secondary importance. The soldier's primary concerns are 1 - stopping the prisoner from escaping (hence the neck-lasso hogtie which will effectively choke the prisoner if he attempts to struggle) and 2 - preventing the prisoner from calling for help, all the while using the
least amount of resources possible.
Everything in the military revolves around the efficient use of resources and limiting any unnecessary expenditure. Hence why wraparound tapegags are not the prescribed method of gagging a prisoner. Not unless it became necessary to further secure his gag, that is.
Hope that explains it.
I think we can both agree that the prescribed methods (many of which are still in use today) are harsh AF though
The safety and comfort of prisoners is most definitely
not what military organisations aim for. Only raw efficiency.
The ends justify the means sorta thing.