An Original Essay by The Tactical Hermit I began the genesis of this article around the time of Mollie Tibbett’s rape and murder in 2018. The White Genocide that proceeded that was 100% preventable and consequently, pathetic beyond words. Then this past week was the double-nut punch of Iryna Zarutska and just yesterday, Charlie Kirk. So in…
Category: Urban Skill Sets
Shoot & Scoot
Lessons: Windows and Doors “Frame” you as a target, AVOID standing in them. If you must shoot out of a window or door, lower your profile. OODA Loop 101: Never Stay in one place too long in a gunfight; ‘Shoot and Scoot’ or ‘Get off the X’ and force your enemy to re-calibrate. Success…
DIY Infiltration Tools: Press Pass
Via Big Country I’m planning on doing some intel-gathering possibly on Saturday. For this, as mentioned before, those who might be interested in doing the same, I suggest checking out THIS website. It’s pretty damned cool. It has a interactive GUI (graphic user interface) that allows you to modify the pass so that you can buy it as…
The Future Of Warfare Is Now, Old Man: Updates From The Drone Front
The Future Of Warfare Is Now, Old Man: Updates From The Drone Front In the summer of 2025, policy changes enacted by the Trump administration slowed the flood of migrants across the U.S./Mexico border to a steady stream. The cartels, in order to protect their income, stepped up their efforts to corrupt local law…
Prepping For Apartment Dwellers
Prepping For Apartment Dwellers Thanks to some of the sensationalistic “reality” shows aired in recent years, the word “prepper” often conjures up visions of eccentric isolationists stockpiling mountains of supplies in remote compounds or underground bunkers. While those folks do exist, intelligent people — like those who invested in this publication — know better…
The Surveillance State: IMSI Catchers
H/T American Partisan Understanding How IMSI-Catchers Exploit Cell Networks Some additional reading on How to Catch an IMSI Catcher.
Bullets Follow Walls – Explained
I remember when I started MOUT training, I heard the phrase “bullets follow walls, so stay away from walls.” I heard it and did it, but I had to eventually ask what it meant. Why do bullets follow walls? At 18, I had no idea what bullets did. I was told to shut up…
Criminal Insurgency 101: Criminal Groups Are Ramping Up Explosives in Mexico
Criminal Groups Are Ramping Up Explosives in Mexico A series of recent attacks using improvised explosive devices in Mexico points to a generalization of warfare tactics among criminal groups. A Mexican army helicopter was flying over a hill in Apatzingán, in the western state of Michoacán, when it was attacked by a criminal group…
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Motorbike Warfare
Via: Matthew Bracken Substack Circa 1997, I was in Panama, on the Caribbean side, getting my boat ready to transit the canal to the Pacific. I was walking from Colon’s old so-called yacht club (now long gone) through an industrial port area to get to Colon City. When I was passing about…