URBAN WARFARE, BACK IN THE DAY Current headlines are replete with stories of urban warfare. Be it Aleppo, Ramadi, Tripoli or some Ukrainian city you only learned of last year, there appears to be no shortage of combatants that want to fight in/over/for some piece of urban terrain. Perhaps a brief step back in to…
Category: Tales from the Battlefield
5 Of The Most Brutal Tactics in the History of Warfare
5 Of The Most Brutal Tactics in the History of Warfare Very interesting piece about the tactics of the Roman cohort, to include their footwear. Never underestimate how useful and practical a good pair of boots are! I have always worn mid-ankle type boots year around versus athletic shoes for this very reason. Prepare…
The Gunmetal Armory: WW2 SOE/OSS Railway & Bridge Demo
The Gunmetal Armory: WW2 SOE/OSS Railway & Bridge Demo Really well done 37 minute podcast about OSS Sabotage in WW2 on trains and railways.
Creating Technological Parity With The ‘Modern Warfighter’
The last time I was out in Wyoming, K from Combat Studies Group and I had a lot to discuss over some quality Pendleton Rye- everything from the latest in electronic security options to (obviously) communications but we went down a deep rabbit hole on the importance of technological parity for Patriot Partisans; that is,… Creating…
The Malayan Emergency, and what it can teach us about today’s American Emergency
H/T WRSA The Malayan Emergency, and what it can Teach us about today’s American Emergency A large part of current U.S. COIN doctrine (Counter-Insurgency) that was re-vamped and rolled out around 2006 to ground pounders in Iraq and A-Stan is based upon the lessons learned by the British during the Malayan Emergency. Think Tankers…
Lessons On Modern Urban Warfare
Lessons On Modern Urban Warfare Excellent treatise on Modern Urban Warfare by Raptor 2. I Highly recommend you guys take advantage of the Q&A Raptor 2 is offering! Pick his brain and Sharpen that edge. For further reading on the subject of Urban Warfare: Mean Streets: The Clash of Technology and Terrain in Urban Warfare…
Lessons from a Guerrilla: Marine Raider Frank Sturgis, the Fight for Freedom and Mastering Logistics
Lessons from a Guerrilla: Marine Raider Frank Sturgis, the Fight for Freedom and Mastering Logistics Awesome write up by NC Scout on former USMC Raider and CIA agent Frank Sturgis. Being both a military history buff and a student of guerilla warfare the book Warrior: Frank Sturgis—The CIA’s #1 Assassin-Spy, Who Nearly Killed Castro…
The Taliban Won Against The Same People Coming To Smash You And Your Family – Here are Some Lessons From Them
H/T WRSA 10 Lessons I Learned From The Taliban The bastards didn’t count on all of us taking all this hard earned knowledge and turning the tables like we did at The Battle of Athens in 1946. That day has come again. Prepare Accordingly.
5 Life Lessons Learned from USMC Scout Sniper School
From the Archives, 2016 A former Marine scout sniper shares life lessons from the Marine Corps’ Scout Sniper Basic Course. There is no shortage of popular culture lionizing snipers. From movies to books, legendary exploits are laced with evocative imagery. Alone, unafraid, heroically holding back enemy hoards with only a bolt gun. This captivation…
How to Hide from Drones: Lessons Learned in Modern War
HOW TO HIDE FROM DRONES: LESSONS LEARNED IN MODERN WAR Some excellent information here. Drones are going to be part and parcel of Modern Guerilla Warfare, so take notes. Here is a post from the ARCHIVES as well.