Shots in the Dark – Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since WW2 A Great read both from a historical point of view and practical, Civilian Operator POV on the RELEVANCE of Guerilla Warfare in the 21st Century. You have to Understand the Lessons of History in order not to repeat the…
Category: Guerilla Warfare History
Cryptocurrencies and Unconventional Warfare
Cryptocurrencies and Unconventional Warfare (click on title link above to be re-directed to Source) A really interesting read for the forward thinking civilian operator. There are so many applications here that I really could not name them all. One of the key ones I find really relevant is the Partisan/Asymmetric Concept. Stay Alert, Stay Armed…
Urban Warfare: Anatomy of the Room
ANATOMY OF THE ROOM PART 1 ANATOMY OF THE ROOM PART 2 This is great information not just for the civilian squad using Small Unit Tactics but for the individual civilian homeowner who may have to “Clear” his own home or other structure because time is of the essence and you cannot wait 30 minutes…
World War II History: The Living Hell of the Finnish Winter War
Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
An In-Depth History of the AK-47
Tools of Modern Terror Very rarely do you read anything about Firearms in the New York Times that is not liberal biased dribble and excrement that seeks to vilify firearms as the culprit to society’s ills. But this article by C.J. Chivers, a Marine and author of The Gun, a historical tour-de-force of the history of…
Military History In Pictures: IRA Snipers and The Troubles
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4GW: Cyberpower Crushes Coup in Turkey
Rewriting the Rulebook on coups, time to add cyberpower Mere hours after the putsch in Turkey has failed, it is still too early to understand exactly what went on. Given those constraints, I still want to discuss something which has altered “the game” so much that the existing guidebook needs to be significantly revised….
History of Guerilla Warfare: IRA Guerilla Gunmsiths and the “Shipyard Special”
At the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, both the Republicans and Loyalists were desperate for any weapons they could lay their hands on. These weapons ranged from smuggled AR-18s — infamously nicknamed Widowmakers — to crude but ingenious improvised weapons such as the submachine gun pictured above. These improvised weapons took the STEN as their basis. They…
History of Guerilla Warfare Book Suggestion
I came across this book, Secret Commandos, Behind Enemy Lines With the Elite Warriors of SOG a while back after I read Plaster’s Ultimate Sniper book. A friend had told me Plaster had another book about his days in MAC-V-SOG and it was really good. Intrigued, I ordered it from Amazon. I think I burned…
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…