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 in…
Tag: Insurgent Tactics
Guerilla Tactics Flashback: 2002 D.C. Snipers and 2015 Dallas Police Attack
Guerilla Tactics Flashback: 2002 D.C. Snipers and 2015 Dallas Police Attack Don Shift’s recent article on Gun Trucks got my mind turning on Guerilla Vehicle Tactics. From the Hermit Cave Archives: The attack on Dallas PD June 13, 2015 by a man in an armored van represents a variation on a tactic that has…
Tactics Flashback: 2002 D.C. Snipers and 2015 Dallas Police Attack
The attack on Dallas PD June 13, 2015 by a man in an armored van represents a variation on a tactic that has not been seen since the DC Sniper Murders in 2002, where two gay black muslim extremist using a Chevy Caprice sedan and turning the trunk into a “mobile” sniper hide, killed…
The Insurgent Sleep Cycle
Via American Partisan
The Essence of Guerilla Warfare is MINDSET
“Charlie didn’t get much USO. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His ideal of good R&R was some cold rice and a little rat meat. He had only two ways home: Death or Victory.” In the above passage, “Charlie” is the Vietcong but you could just as easily apply this…
Learning from Insurgent Tactics: The Vehicle as a Weapon
From the Archives, 2015 The attack on Dallas PD this past Saturday by a man in an armored van represents a variation on a tactic that has not been seen since the DC Sniper Murders in 2002, where a man and his young accomplice, using a Chevy Caprice sedan and turning the trunk into a…
Urban Guerilla Sniping v3.0
“History is nothing else than a long succession of useless cruelties.” (Voltaire) When you look at the situation in Syria, you see the logic in Voltaire’s prose. I suppose it is the hopeless romantic in me that wishes for a world that is not filled with asshole tyrants and despots that take advantage of…
Examining Guerilla Warfare Tactics: Three-Man Urban Hunter Teams
Small Unit Tactics: Three-Man Urban Hunter Teams Excellent primer with some historical background on some variations on what can be accomplished with a dedicated small team of guerilla fighters. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Learning from Insurgent Tactics: The “Hide n’ Glide”
Since the War in Afghanistan and Iraq began, we have seen a multitude of different “insurgent” tactics come to light, the most notable (and deadly) ones being the use of the IED and VBIED (Vehicle Born IED’s) in ambushes, booby-traps and suicide attacks. But as far as actual ground tactics the enemy uses, there…