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Military Defense News: Army Issues 18 Weapon Improvements to Make the Infantry Soldier More Deadly

Posted on 2 June 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Soldiers should not hold their breath on any of these, some of this tech has been “in the pipeline” for years.-SF 1. M4A1 The Army has looked at several ways to improve the M4A1. (Photo: PEO Soldier)  What does it do? Long-distance hole-punch. (It’s the latest version of your M4 carbine rifle.) How heavy is it?…

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Know Your Weapons: The CIA Probably Still Uses Some of the High Standard Spy Pistols It Bought During World War II

Posted on 31 May 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

A suppressed .22-caliber “Wetwork” weapon that never needed replacing   When the United States entered World War II, the Pentagon quickly bought up all the stocks it could find of .22LR target pistols — a .22-caliber handgun that fires a rifle-style cartridge—for training purposes. But the British Special Operations Executive was already using suppressed versions of similar weapons in combat….

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Real Facts About School & Other Mass Shooting Defense Tactics

Posted on 16 May 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

What if I told you that all of the mass and school shootings over the past 20 years or so could have been done, to equal effect, by a murderer using a 150-year old lever action rifle? You know, the same kind that was commonly used in the Civil War? Or, what if I told…

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Military Defense News: The Reaper Machine Gun Support Pole

Posted on 12 May 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Sometimes the simplest things make a world of difference. -SF When the legendary American-born inventor Hiram Maxim designed the first modern machine gun at the end of the 19th century, he completely changedthe face of war. But after more than a century of development, one thing still limits these deadly weapons — their weight. In early May…

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Cold and Hot Ranges & The Use of “Safeties” in Training

Posted on 9 April 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

In reference to the issue of the use of rifle or pistol safeties when conducting realistic tactical training, this video pretty much sums up my attitude:  The  weapons safety is to be disengaged when the drill starts and not re-engaged until the drill STOPS. When not shooting, finger is to be at High Register. Being…

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Let’s talk AK Ammo Types for Self-Defense

Posted on 2 April 2015 by The Tactical Hermit

From the Archives, 2015   I get asked a TON of questions about pistol and rifle ammo regularly. Probably the most asked question with rifles is: “What is the best TYPE of ammo to use in an AK for self-defense?” My general response is typically “Whatever you have loaded at the time is fine, the…

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