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Preparation for Future “Days of Jihad”

Posted on 20 October 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Preparation for Future “Days of Jihad”   This is a great training resource article with plenty of links, recommend you download to a flash drive. Topics such as knife attacks, vehicles used as weapons and counter-kidnapping tactics are covered. Keep Alert and Stay Armed.  

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Anti-Tank 101: How Cumulative Projectiles Work

Posted on 13 October 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

How Cumulative Projectiles Work   Cumulative or HEAT warheads are the staple of infantry (man-portable) anti-tank weapons and are also used by artillery and various unarmoured and armoured vehicles for the purposes of anti-tank combat. Their main advantage over other types of anti-tank projectiles is that their effectiveness does not depend on the projectile’s velocity. As…

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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 Your Military Psy-Op History: Operation Wandering Soul

Posted on 17 September 202317 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

The Ghostly Legacies of America’s War in Vietnam   During the Vietnam War, as Viet Cong soldiers tried to sleep in the jungle at night, they sometimes heard an anguished, disembodied voice shrieking at them from the afterlife. The men heard the tormented, grief-stricken cries of a deceased comrade cautioning them against the futility of…

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Armed Citizen’s Corner: Review of Jim Cirillo’s “Guns, Bullets and Gunfights”

Posted on 11 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Cirillo’s “Guns, Bullets and Gunfights”   Jim Cirillo was probably the last real gunfighter in America. Without a doubt the combat arms fellas in our military are gunfighters, but they ply their trade overseas. Jim did it at home, in the grim streets of New York city. He was a member of the city’s Stake…

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Old School Pistolcraft: Mastering Jim Cirillo’s Technique For Coarse-Aim Shooting

Posted on 10 September 202310 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Mastering Jim Cirillo’s Technique For Coarse-Aim Shooting   (From the Tactical Hermit: This is one of the early uses of the “Metal on Meat” technique. Field Proven!!)   Lethal-force events can happen in a split second, you need the capability to respond in kind. Here’s how law-enforcement legend Jim Cirillo got the drop on the…

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It’s Time to Bring Back Citizen Militias

Posted on 4 September 20234 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

H/T WRSA   It’s Time to Bring Back Citizen Militias   My two cents on militias has always been PRACTICAL. The streak of natural disasters in the past decade shows this:   Learn this Lesson Now: A Civilian “Militia” is more than Guys with Guns, It’s People that Help when the “Government” Could not Find…

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Small Unit Tactics: Building a Fighting Position (Revised)

Posted on 28 August 202328 August 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

  For the individual soldier, being able to build either a hasty or prepared position to fight from that will give you adequate cover and at the same time good fields of fire is essential for small units to be efficient in the field. All of the material I am covering here can be found…

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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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