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…
Category: Warfare
Chaos Reigns: Modern Warfare in the West
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,…
Mines and Such Whatnot
Mines and Such Whatnot A nice little review from Big Country of some very nasty “Anti-Personnel” devices you might see in the upcoming FUSA shit show. Study up and Prepare Accordingly.
The Sniper Big Four
The Sniper Big Four This is from the former Patrol Base blog. Highly recommend you bookmark.
Know Your Weapons: The M18A1 Claymore Mine
The M18A1 Claymore Mine: From Vietnam to Today Aimed in the right direction, the U.S. M18A1 Claymore mine is one of the most lethal and devastating anti-infiltration weapons of modern warfare. There’s a reason for the qualifier on that kudo, and more about that in a moment. From its initial employment with U.S….
Know Your WW2 Weapons: The German Panzerfaust
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…
Unsung Heroes – U.S. Navy Corpsmen
Unsung Heroes – U.S. Navy Corpsmen This memorial day weekend is very special to me for a reason I will be writing about later. In the meantime I wanted to do a trio of articles honoring the real heroes, starting off with every Devil Dog’s best friend: The U.S. Navy Corpsmen. “Corpsman Up!!”…
Know Your Weapons: The German Panzerschreck
German Panzerschreck: Allied Tank’s Bane The German Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 or “Rocket Anti-armor Rifle Model 54” was abbreviated to RPzB 54. German troops called it the Panzerschreck. This literally translates to “tank scream,” “tank fright,” or “tank’s bane.” The RPzB 54 was essentially a copy of the American bazooka tweaked in places and scaled up to better…
Guerilla Warfare 101: Lessons from the Spanish Civil War
H/T WRSA The Spanish CNT-FAI Anarchist Defense Cadre Operating Concept The author of this essay, Karl Dahl has a book out titled Faction that I highly recommend. Study Up and Gear Up Gents. Spicy Times are on the Menu.
Know Your WW1 History: The East Africa Campaign and Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
H/T WRSA The East Africa Campaign On the outbreak of war in 1914, Colonel Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck was the commander of a small army in German East Africa (Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda). He was determined to tie down as many Allied troops as he could in the region to prevent them from…