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Know Your WW2 History: The M8 Greyhound

Posted on 4 May 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

The M8 Greyhound   Armored cars tend to be overlooked by World War II history buffs. Nimble fighter planes, deadly bombers, hulking tanks and stealthy submarines are “sexier” than a car that can’t fight like a tank, can’t race a plane, and can’t use terrain to its advantage like infantry. Nevertheless, armored cars were a vital part…

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Obscure WW2 History: Jap Lunge Mines and Banzai Sticks

Posted on 1 May 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Jap Lunge Mines and Banzai Sticks – Last Ditch Weapons in WW2   During World War II, the ancient Samurai moral code of honor, obedience, duty and self-sacrifice found its way into Japanese military tactics, particularly during the last desperate months of the empire of the Rising Sun. Beyond the high-profile Kamikaze air strikes, the…

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AK Corner: AK’s from Finland

Posted on 18 April 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

AKs from Finland. Part 1: Development History   The small European country of Finland always had a great reputation when it comes to arms production. For collectors, Finnish-made Mosin-Nagants are some of the most desirable Mosin rifles, but there is another rifle design that the Finnish took to a whole other level. It is called RK…

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AK Corner: Story of the RPK-74

Posted on 10 April 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Story of the RPK-74   The 5.45x39mm RPK-74 was an evolutionary development of Mikhail Kalashnikov’s original 1940’s-vintage AK-47. The earliest AK (Avtomat Kalashnikova) rifle fired the then radically new M43 7.62x39mm round and was built around a stamped steel receiver. This 35″, 7.7-lb. infantry rifle legitimately changed the world. Alas, those early stamped receivers weren’t…

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The Bad Ass Files: Robert “R.J.” Thomas – The Story of a Real American Gunfighter

Posted on 24 February 202424 February 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

A REAL AMERICAN GUNFIGHTER AND HIS GUNS   When those who grew up in my era hear the words “gunfight” or “gunfighter,” we immediately get a vision of something that never existed. Spending many of my Saturdays in the late 1940s at the West Theater to watch western movies with the likes of Roy Rogers,…

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Know Your WW2 History: Masters of the Air Twofer

Posted on 18 February 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

DID YOU KNOW WHY THE GERMAN PLANES ATTACKED FROM THE FRONT IN MASTERS OF THE AIR?     DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE AERIAL ROCKETS SEEN IN MASTERS OF THE AIR?   Highly recommend this mini-series along with the book upon which it is based: Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War…

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Last of the Cold War Gunfighters: Vought F-8 Crusader

Posted on 4 February 20244 February 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Vought F-8 Crusader: Last of the Gunfighters   The Vought F-8 Crusader was a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based, high-performance jet fighter that first flew in 1955, a mere decade after the end of World War II. The Crusader was the first American fighter to break 1,000 miles per hour. The F-8 earned its testosterone-besotted moniker because…

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WW1 History: A First-Hand Account

Posted on 12 November 202312 November 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

November 11, 1918   My grandfather served in France during WWI in a machine-gun unit. That, along with the somewhat cryptic “PFC 314 Machine Gun Company” marking on his headstone, was all I knew about Gramp, who died at home on the night of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords and never, ever talked about his service to…

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Know Your WW2 Weapons: Japanese Model 89 Knee Mortar

Posted on 4 November 20234 November 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Japanese Model 89 Knee Mortar   For more than a century, American troops have given a wide variety of nicknames to their own weapons, and also those of their enemies. During World War II, American troops in the Pacific Theatre created a nickname for a highly effective Japanese weapon that was a bit misleading. The…

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The Marine Corps Iwo Jima Stinger

Posted on 8 October 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

The Marine Corps Iwo Jima Stinger   Good God, do I love the United States Marine Corps. Not just because I served in the Marine Corps and because the cult brainwashing runs deep, but because of the Marine Corps attitude of improvising, overcoming, and adapting. Until recently, the Marine Corps has been famously known for…

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