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Motorbike Warfare

Posted on 12 December 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Via: Matthew Bracken Substack   Circa 1997, I was in Panama, on the Caribbean side, getting my boat ready to transit the canal to the Pacific.     I was walking from Colon’s old so-called yacht club (now long gone) through an industrial port area to get to Colon City. When I was passing about…

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The Modern Battlefield: Kamikaze Robot Dogs (No, I’m Serious)

Posted on 26 August 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Ukraine deploys $9K robot dogs vs. Russia with plans to use them as ‘kamikazes’ on the front lines   Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war. Ukraine is siccing a fleet of robot dogs on Russian troops, including some four-legged terminators it hopes to use to conduct “kamikaze” attacks on enemy soldiers and vehicles along…

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Reference Library: CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual

Posted on 12 August 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual   (Via: HSDL) This historical document was originally published by the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS; now the Central Intelligence Agency) in 1944, for use by OSS agents in motivating or recruiting potential foreign saboteurs. Agents were granted permission to print and disseminate portions of the document as…

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Guerilla Warfare History: “Boers, Beans, Bullets and Bear Soup”

Posted on 16 July 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Boers, Beans, Bullets, and Bear Soup – Parts  1 & 2   Nifty two part series on the history, tactics and weapons of the Boers. Remember: The most Dangerous thing in the world is a Disciplined, Motivated and Well Trained Rifleman, so get out there and TRAIN!    

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Small Unit Tactics 101: Assessing the Effects of Fires

Posted on 23 May 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Assessing the Effects of Fires   Anyone who has ever done any sort of small-unit tactics training can remember “covering” a buddy while they move. This is good to learn, but there can be a bit of misunderstanding as to what actually constitutes “covering fire” or “suppression”. Just because you are putting rounds downrange does not necessarily mean…

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War in the Shadows: The Unconventional Warfare Shaping America’s Future

Posted on 20 February 202420 February 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

H/T WRSA   War in the Shadows: The Unconventional Warfare Shaping America’s Future   Great read on 4GW (Fourth Generation Warfare). My only caveat would be to understand that 4GW is used by not only foreign powers (both state and non-state actors) but also by our own Globalist and Godless Government against their own citizenry…

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Assessing the Effects of Fires

Posted on 29 December 202329 December 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Assessing the Effects of Fires   Anyone who has ever done any sort of small-unit tactics training can remember “covering” a buddy while they move. This is good to learn, but there can be a bit of misunderstanding as to what actually constitutes “covering fire” or “suppression”. Just because you are putting rounds downrange does not necessarily mean…

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Small Unit Tactics: Building a Fighting Position (Revised)

Posted on 28 August 202328 August 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

  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…

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Neglected Skills of the Armed Civilian

Posted on 24 July 202324 July 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

  “Habit hardens the body for great exertions, strengthens the heart in great peril; Habit breeds that priceless quality: CALM, which passing from rifleman to commander, will lighten the task.” -Clausewitz   In the armed citizen’s quest to stay tactically prepared for any eventuality that may come down the pike, taking a realistic, no bullshit inventory…

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Guerilla Warfare 101: Lessons from the Spanish Civil War

Posted on 18 April 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

H/T WRSA The Spanish CNT-FAI Anarchist Defense Cadre Operating Concept   The author of this essay, Karl Dahl has a book out titled Faction that I highly recommend. Study Up and Gear Up Gents. Spicy Times are on the Menu.    

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