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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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Criminal Insurgency 101: Criminal Groups Are Ramping Up Explosives in Mexico

Posted on 7 February 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

Criminal Groups Are Ramping Up Explosives in Mexico   A series of recent attacks using improvised explosive devices in Mexico points to a generalization of warfare tactics among criminal groups. A Mexican army helicopter was flying over a hill in Apatzingán, in the western state of Michoacán, when it was attacked by a criminal group…

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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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Mangione’s Weapon of Choice

Posted on 10 December 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Via: Big Country       A Glock 3-D Printer Variant of the G-19. And that mag? Glock 17. Way longer than the grip/magwell. Threaded Barrel. Suppressor height iron sights. It is NOT a Poly80 however. Zooming in you can see the ‘threading’ and stippling on the grips that one gets from a 3-D Printer. Also, it…

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Know Your Weapons: 1911 Facts

Posted on 18 November 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

H/T: Wynn   John M. Browning designed the 1911 so that an empty cartridge casing could be used in a pinch if the spring plug was lost.  

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Know Your Firearms History: The Maxim Irony

Posted on 15 November 2024 by The Tactical Hermit
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Know Your Weapons: The Ruger MP9

Posted on 19 August 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

The MP9 – That Time Ruger Sold a Submachine Gun   If I say Ruger, what do you think? Ruger is a fairly diverse company. Some might picture their robust revolvers in a variety of calibers. Others may picture their affordable handgun lineups. Still, others might think of the slick and absolutely wonderful No. 1 rifle…

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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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Guerilla Gunsmith: Guerilla Arms Factory in Colombia

Posted on 11 August 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Illicit SMG Factory Raided in Colombia       Via: Radios Regionales “Parliamentarians from the Los Ríos region described the clandestine weapons factory found in the commune of Panguipulli as serious. The senator of Renovación Nacional, María José Gatica, assured that this discovery represents the capacity of criminal organizations to establish complex and technically advanced operations…

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AK Corner: Is the PKM the Best Light Machine Gun Ever?

Posted on 9 July 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

PKM: Is This the Best Light Machine Gun Ever?   Key point: PKMs still arm many western-aligned nations as well. Mikhail Kalashnikov is known for creating the AK rifle, but his contributions to Soviet firearms design didn’t end there. In 1961 he designed the PK machine gun, which was modernized into the PKM in 1969….

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