How Cumulative Projectiles Work Cumulative or HEAT warheads are the staple of infantry (man-portable) anti-tank weapons and are also used by artillery and various unarmoured and armoured vehicles for the purposes of anti-tank combat. Their main advantage over other types of anti-tank projectiles is that their effectiveness does not depend on the projectile’s velocity. As…
Category: Asymmetrical Warfare
Know Your Vietnam War History: Remembering RT Alabama (MACV-SOG)
5 October 1968 – RT Alabama (MACV-SOG) On this day in 1968, RT Alabama was inserted into Laos with 1-0 Jim Stride, 1-1 Steve Engelke, and 1-2 Lynne Black As the helicopter was coming in, Black noticed an NVA flag flying which told him there was a large NVA base camp nearby. Stride…
Clay Martin: Young Men and Leadership & Rigidity in Thinking
Military History 101: How Siege Warfare Returned
How Siege Warfare Returned The history of war is never far removed from battles for cities. Many of us, of whatever creed, were brought up on the story of the walls of Jericho tumbling after the Israelites marched around the stronghold once a day for six days, seven times on the seventh day, and…
Clay Martin: Barbarian Village Model and Spirit Wolf
Clay Martin: Principles of a Lodge & Wolf Lodge Symbol 1
“At the End of the Day Fraternity and Will Always Trump Martial Ability.”
Clay Martin: Boer Style Leadership and Boer Survival Lessons
It’s Time to Bring Back Citizen Militias
H/T WRSA It’s Time to Bring Back Citizen Militias My two cents on militias has always been PRACTICAL. The streak of natural disasters in the past decade shows this: Learn this Lesson Now: A Civilian “Militia” is more than Guys with Guns, It’s People that Help when the “Government” Could not Find…
You Supply the Pictures, I’ll Supply the War
You supply the pictures. I’ll supply the War When you combine the recent article of Govt. Agencies employing AI to both censor and deceive the general public with the past shenanigans of one William Randolph Hearst, you have a 100% bonafide WARNING! Remember: There is nothing new under the Sun and Government’s don’t change…
Small Unit Tactics: Building a Fighting Position (Revised)
For the individual soldier, being able to build either a hasty or prepared position to fight from that will give you adequate cover and at the same time good fields of fire is essential for small units to be efficient in the field. All of the material I am covering here can be found…