The Prussian made “Ballon Kanone” was the first Purpose Made AA Gun The first untethered balloon flight took place on Nov. 21, 1783, with the first military use occurring during the French Revolutionary Wars. A century later during the Franco-Prussian War, the French again deployed observation balloons — and when Prussian troops besieged Paris, they became a…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
Bad-Ass Files: John Coffee Hays, The Original Bad-Ass Texan!
19th century badass gunslinging Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays is the ultimate rea-life asskicker whose story bizarrely ties together the more well-known tales of Sam Houston, Andrew Jackson, Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood, Zachary Taylor, Wyatt Earp, and the dude with the shotgun who smokes all those fucking buffalo when you go hunting in The Oregon…
The Twisted Logic of the Lib-Tard Media and Anti-Gun Crowd
By Hammerhead I have never been one to waste my time (or yours) trying to argue with liberal no nuts about Americans 2A Rights, I simply have better things to do…Like Preparing to Protect myself and my family from Terrorist. But when I saw this article in the NY Times, combined with the terrible reporting…
Denial of Jihad and Fear of Islamophobia Killed 49 People, Not Assault Weapons with High Capacity Magazines
This is a combination of excerpts from two articles by John R. Schindler. Jihad Denial Kills…Again America just suffered our worst terrorist attack since 9/11. We need to start talking honestly about the enemy that keeps butchering Americans. Tonight we burn illusions. A terrorist attack on a popular gay club in Orlando, Florida in the…
Military Defense News: US Military Relearning Conventional Warfare
Forces relearning conventional warfare after 15 years of fighting terrorists TWENTYNINE PALMS (California) • Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines was deep in a simulated firefight on a recent morning in the high California desert. A group of Marines on the aptly named Machine Gun Hill unleashed live fire as another group of…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: Know Your Enemy
Instead of wasting time reading the multitude of articles about the Orlando Shooting, as bad as it was, as Responsible Armed Civilians, the best thing we can do IMO is PREPARE TO FIGHT THESE BASTARDS so something like this does not happen again. One of the best ways we can begin to do that is to…
5 Life Lessons Learned from USMC Scout Sniper School
A former Marine scout sniper shares life lessons from the Marine Corps’ Scout Sniper Basic Course. There is no shortage of popular culture lionizing snipers. From movies to books, legendary exploits are laced with evocative imagery. Alone, unafraid, heroically holding back enemy hoards with only a bolt gun. This captivation is not without good cause,…
In Memoriam: MSgt. Rodney Buentello, USMC
Rodney Buentello, a retired Marine master sergeant, is being hailed a hero after sacrificing his life to save others. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help the family of retired Marine Master Sgt. Rodney Buentello, a Marine Corps veteran and Purple Heart recipient, who drowned after rescuing two teens, in Bandera City, Texas, on…
Bad-Ass Files: Virathus, One Of The First Guerilla Fighters
So I was watching this series on the History Channel the other night called Barbarians Rising and the first episode was about Hannibal and Virathus. The Hannibal story was good, but I knew about most of it already, Having read more than a few books on Hannibal, including The Ghost of Cannae, which I highly recommend…..
Modern Crime: Will Cyber-Assassinations Soon Be A Reality?
As we hurtle forward into the digital, connected future, ever more objects are becoming targets for hackers and malicious software. Where once hacks only affected computers, they now bring down everything from cars to power grids and thermostats to secretive nuclear enrichment programs. So how long until a hack doesn’t just cause a nuisance or…