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Kamikaze Drones

Posted on 27 February 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

Ukraine pumping out kamikaze drones for as little as $300 – and they can destroy tanks: ‘This is modern warfare’   KYIV — They’re small, but mighty — and deadly, too. The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ reliance on cheaper, more compact drones has altered the look of warfare for good, operators and experts tell The Post. Instead of the…

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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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Know Your WW2 History: Kursk – The Battle that Changed Everything

Posted on 1 September 20231 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Kursk: The Battle that Changed Everything   It is 75 years since the Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history. More than 3,000,000 men and 8,000 tanks met, 400 miles south of Moscow. Yet today, once again, German tanks are facing Russian tanks, just a few hundred miles from the site of that…

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Know Your WW2 Weapons: The German Panzerfaust

Posted on 23 June 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Panzerfaust — The Story of Germany’s “Tank Fist”   Panzerfaust literally translates to “tank fist,” and it was one of several desperation weapons fielded by the Germans in the closing months of World War II to blunt the Soviet juggernaut and the increasing threats on the Western Front. First developed in 1942, as Germany’s fortunes…

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Know Your WWII History: The True Story that Inspired ‘Fury’

Posted on 14 April 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

The True Story that Inspired ‘Fury’    Is Fury a true story? Was the Fury tank an actual Sherman? It sure seems to be. In this article, the renowned and redoubtable Red2Alpha73 (Mike Durand) reviews Belton Y. Cooper’s 1998 memoir:  Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II.  

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Know Your WW1 Weapon’s History: The Flammenwerfer

Posted on 20 January 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Flammenwefer — World War I German Flamethrowers   It appears the first flamethrower of modern design was patented in Germany by Richard Fiedler in 1901. During the same year, the German army funded his continued work on flamethrower designs. Fiedler, a private citizen, designed several flamethrowers models and presented a working product to the German…

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The Minuteman’s Guide to Countering Armored Vehicles *(For Educational Purposes Only)*

Posted on 27 October 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

The Minuteman’s Guide to Countering Armored Vehicles   Since the first tanks and armored cars appeared on the battlefields of WWI Europe, infantrymen have been forced to find ways to deal with them. The modern minuteman is no different, and any prolonged civil conflict in the United States is bound to see armored vehicles used…

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Know Your Obscure WW2 Weapons: The British PIAT Gun

Posted on 2 July 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

A SINGLE SHOT THAT SAVED D-DAY: THE BRITISH PIAT   A Spring Loaded Anti-Tank Gun that you had to Manually Cock to fire and be within 100 yards to be accurate. Yeah Sounds like a Hoot!

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Know Your Weapons: Russian BMP-Terminator Tank

Posted on 19 March 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

BMP-Terminator: Designed after the lessons of the Chechen War   This Tank or (Tank Support Combat Vehicle) design came in response to the DISASTER the Russian Army encountered in Grozny in 1994-95 when small elements of Guerilla Rifleman armed with RPG’s and Anti-Tank mines took out entire Russian Armored columns. Note the Grenade Launcher tubes…

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Know Your History: The Molotov Cocktail vs The Tank

Posted on 11 March 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

MOLOTOV COCKTAIL VS. TANK: A HISTORY OF THIS DESPERATE MEASURE Concise history on the Molotov as an Anti-Tank Measure down through the decades of modern warfare. The free pdf book David’s Tool Kit: A Citizen’s Guide to Taking Out Big Brother’s Heavy Weapons is an awesome resource for the Armed Citizen. Download yours Today!  …

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