Conrad “Ben” Baker was a problem solver. When special operations troops during the Vietnam War needed a “non-attributable,” or sterile, knife for cross-border reconnaissance and irregular warfare, Baker was uniquely positioned to design and procure their plausibly deniable piece of kit. From this request were born the rare and legendary MACV-SOG knives. Background In…
Category: Warrior Tech
Kamikaze Drones
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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On This Day in History: January 4, 1847
Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government and in doing so, Truly made All Men Equal.
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…
Know Your Real WW2 History: The War in the Pacific
Via: War Views Military History Blog Pacific War 1 – Preliminary Moves Road to the Pacific War Beginning of the war in the Pacific came unexpectedly, at least for some people. Attention was on Europe, where war had been raging for two years. Poland had been invaded by Germany and USSR in September…
Know Your Weapons: 1911 Facts
H/T: Wynn John M. Browning designed the 1911 so that an empty cartridge casing could be used in a pinch if the spring plug was lost.
Armed Citizen Corner: On the Rise
On The Rise The Globo-Homo’s are panicking at how fun and appealing these things are. Bottom line is they are afraid that folks will be reminded that an armed man is a CITIZEN and a unarmed man a SUBJECT!
AK Corner: AR-15 vs AK-47 Wood, Concrete, and Steel penetration test
AR-15 vs AK-47 Wood, Concrete, and Steel penetration test The 7.62×39 FMJ chews up most cover. One of the many benefits of having a big and slow .30 caliber round versus a light in the ass but fast .22 Calber round.
Mossad Pager Bombs
Lebanon: Pagers Apparently Exploding and Blowing Pieces Off of People At least eight people were killed and about 2,750 were wounded by exploding handheld pagers across Lebanon. We appear to have entered into a whole new era of bizarre warfare, where consumer electronics can be triggered to explode and kill you or seriously injure/deform…