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Know Your Firearms History: The Dillinger Gang’s Assault Rifle

Posted on 12 May 202512 May 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

The Dillinger Gang’s Assault Rifle   When we think of 1930s bank robberies, the Thompson no doubt comes to mind. These heavy yet potent sub-guns were among the most preferred weapons of that era’s outlaws. The Dillinger/Nelson gang was no exception, of course, and Johnny D. was not afraid to sling a drum full of…

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On This Day in History: January 4, 1847

Posted on 4 January 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government and in doing so, Truly made All Men Equal.    

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Know Your Real WW2 History: The War in the Pacific

Posted on 2 December 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Via: War Views Military History Blog     Pacific War 1 – Preliminary Moves   Road to the Pacific War Beginning of the war in the Pacific came unexpectedly, at least for some people. Attention was on Europe, where war had been raging for two years. Poland had been invaded by Germany and USSR in September…

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The Bad Ass Files: Colonel Charles Askins, US Army (Ret.)

Posted on 11 November 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

    The Legend Of Charley Askins by Skeeter Skelton (As Published in Shooting Times Magazine, May 1972)   In The West Wing of a secluded, tile-roofed Spanish home in San Antonio, Texas is a room that is one of my favorite retreats. It’s a large room, carpeted with the rich hides of Polar and…

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On This Day in History, November 4, 1862

Posted on 4 November 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Built over 150 years ago, the first machine gun is still influential   American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand-cranked Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis.   “It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine gun which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty…

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Under Control Of A Luciferian Cabal

Posted on 12 October 202413 October 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Under Control Of A Luciferian Cabal   I don’t know about you but I literally don’t trust ANYTHING the Government tells us anymore.  It is all propaganda driven by dark agendas. Dorothy discovered it for us when she exposed the Wizard.  Who can every forget his clear and direct advice. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN…

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Karl Dahl: Presentation: Small Arms of the Spanish Civil War

Posted on 10 September 2024 by The Tactical Hermit
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Improvised Weapons History: The Humble Lady’s Hatpin

Posted on 6 September 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Before Mace, a Hatpin Was an Unescorted Lady’s Best Defense   There were once, among the rogues’ gallery of men who harass women in public, disreputable fellows known as mashers. The masher took a lady’s arm, the masher took liberties, the masher might, with the slightest provocation, take advantage. He approached a woman he did not…

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Know Your Real Civil War History: The Whitworth Sniper Rifle

Posted on 2 September 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

    Whitworth “Sharpshooter” Rifle   The Whitworth was widely considered to have been the first rifle used for true sniping. They were reportedly accurate up to 1,800 yards or more. At shorter distances, such as 500 yards, the Whitworth was far more accurate with tighter groupings than the Enfield rifles of the time thanks…

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Know Your Partisan Firearms

Posted on 17 August 202417 August 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

  Came across this picture on WRSA  and being a firearms history nerd, my curiosity was peaked, so I did an image search: ‘A Warsaw insurgent armed with a ZB vz. 26 light machine gun during the Warsaw Uprising.’   More on the Czech ZB vz.26:     Caliber: 7.92×57 mm Mauser Weight: 8.9 kg Length: 1168 mm Length…

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