*From the Archives Asymmetrical Warfare and 4GW: How Militia Groups are America’s Domestic Viet Cong Civil War 2 appears to be the new buzzword among both sides of the brewing conflict in the US, no longer considered some fringe notion. The Right and the Left find themselves at an impasse, and its rapidly…
Category: Military Weapons History
Know Your Firearms History: The Maxim Irony
Know Your Real Civil War History: The Whitworth Sniper Rifle
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…
Know Your Dissident History: The Battle of Athens (1946)
This incident occurred in Athens, Tennessee in 1946. Many are completely unaware that an armed revolt by WWII veterans took place on American soil. Now the Second Amendment can be understood in it’s Original, unaltered Context: To Arm Citizens in order to protect themselves against a Tyrannical and Corrupt Government. FACTS: The…
Reconsidering the Designated Marksman
Reconsidering the Designated Marksman The role of the designated marksman, or DM, has been around since firearms came into battle. Out of every formation, someone always rises to the top when it comes to shooting prowess. The difference between this individual and a sniper is that the DM is part of the squad, not…
Know Your WW2 Naval History: Hunting the Bismarck – Part I
Hunting the Bismarck – Part I Without doubt, the Bismarck is the single best-known German warship of World War II. Large, fast, hard to sink and equipped with the latest in German radar and optics technology, it quickly earned notoriety after it sank the HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy. The panicked British response eventually brought low the German monster, but only after…
Know Your Obscure WW2 History: Boeing Wonderland
Did You Know About the Boeing Wonderland? World War II saw numerous innovative attempts to confuse the enemy through camouflage: by hiding one’s assets from detection, while creating fake units elsewhere to misdirect the enemy’s attention. (You might recall one of our older articles about the Germans disguising the battleship Tirpitz as a group of houses. Read our earlier…
Ghost Fleet
Military unveils New Underwater Technology For those of you out there who have not yet read P.W. Singer’s 2015 WW3 novel Ghost Fleet, I highly recommend it. The rapid development of drone tech just in the last decade is both amazing and scary: Navy Releases Videos From Mysterious Drone Swarms Around Warships Off California Russia’s…
Know Your WW2 History: The M8 Greyhound
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…
Obscure WW2 History: Jap Lunge Mines and Banzai Sticks
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…