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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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Marine Corps: Optics vs. Iron Sights

Posted on 18 October 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Marine Corps: Optics vs. Iron Sights     Chief Warrant Officer 2 Billy Shinault, Officer-in-charge of Chosin Rifle Range at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, along with Warrant Officer Bobby Yarbrough, MCRD Parris Island CommStrat, explain the advantages of training recruits to start shooting with the Rifle Combat Optic instead of using iron sights….

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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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Interview with MACV-SOG Major John L. Plaster

Posted on 30 September 202330 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

MACV-SOG Major John L. Plaster   I have two books from Plaster in my Library that are dog eared, highlighted and just about worn out. The first is The Ultimate Sniper which I got many moons ago as a gift from a now departed friend (who was a better shot than me by a country…

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Know You USMC History: Operation Starlite (1965)

Posted on 16 September 202316 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

H/T Fix Bayonets     Locate, Close With, and Destroy   There are two reasons for people to clash.  First, because some people believe they have no other choice.  A second reason is that it suits them. During OPERATION STARLITE, the 1st V.C. Regiment lost 615 men, either as killed in action or detained as…

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Know Your Firearms History: The ‘Tiffany Guns’ of the Spanish-American War

Posted on 15 September 202315 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

The ‘Tiffany Guns’ of the Spanish-American War   President Joe Biden has repeatedly suggested when it was first drafted there were restrictions to the Second Amendment. He pressed the point by stating that “you couldn’t own a cannon,” while more recently he’s made the argument that the Second Amendment isn’t absolute in that Americans today…

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Fast and Furious: The Philosophy and Mechanics of the Blitzkrieg Tactic

Posted on 25 August 202325 August 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Fast and Furious: The Philosophy and Mechanics of the Blitzkrieg Tactic   It’s the dawn of World War II, and the old ways of fighting aren’t cutting it anymore. Soldiers huddled in trenches, days turning into weeks with little progress—it’s a stalemate that no one wants to repeat. Enter the Blitzkrieg tactic, a plan that’s…

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Chaos Reigns: Modern Warfare in the West

Posted on 21 August 202320 August 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Via: The Patrol Base Archives       Disgusted by the latest news, I pushed myself back from my computer desk. “The country is going to Hell,” I declared to no one. It seemed like America was pulling herself apart. In this cold Civil War, the schism isn’t as evident as the Mason-Dixon line was. Instead,…

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Know Your History: 3 Key Phases in the History of the Roman Army

Posted on 29 July 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

3 Key Phases in the History of the Roman Army   More Great articles in Roman Military History.  

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Know Your WW2 History: German-Soviet Alliance – How the Soviet Union Enabled Hitler’s Conquests

Posted on 14 May 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

German-Soviet Alliance: How Soviet Union Enabled Hitler’s Conquests   For all you fellow amateur military historians out there, I highly recommend you bookmark the resources for this article. They make for some excellent reading by themselves: The Buildup of the German War Economy: The Importance of the Nazi-Soviet Economic Agreements of 1939 and 1940 Historian…

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