Know Your Weapons: The MAS 49/56

June 17, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Armed Citizen Corner, Armed Citizen Corner Video, Cold War Era Weapons, Cold War Files, Know Your Weapons, Rifle Corner, Weapons & Ammo, Weapons Training Issues and tagged 9-Hole Reviews, Forgotten Weapons, French MAS 49/56, Know Your Weapons, Rifle Corner, Weapons and Ammo

29 mph winds? I would have called it and came back when the Hurricane was gone, but still a decent shoot.

The discussion with Ian from Forgotten Weapons about the similarities of the 7.5 French to the 7.62 NATO is awesome.

Pay Attention, you just might learn something.

Lessons from Grozny: Deadly Classroom for Urban Combat

June 1, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Armed Citizen Corner, Armed Citizen Corner Video, Asymmetrical Warfare, Civilian Operator 101, Cold War Era Weapons, Cold War Files, Cold War History, Counter-Insurgency, Europe, European History, Examining GW Tactics, Examining Terrorist Tactics, Fourth Gen Warfare, Future Warfare, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Historical Study, History Remembered, History Roundup, Hybrid Warfare, Know your History, Military History, Military Tech, Modern War, Russia, Russian Corner, Small unit Tactics, Sniper History, Snipers in History, Studies in Warfare, Tactics, Tank Warfare, Tradecraft, Urban Skill Sets, Urban Warfare, War Documentaries Worth A Damn and tagged Asymmetrical Warfare, Global Warfare Studies, Grozny, Guerilla Warfare Studies, Modern Warfare, Urban Combat, WRSA

H/T to WRSA

The Battle of Grozny: Deadly Classroom for Urban Combat

Cold War Weapons: The Polish PM-63

November 9, 2020 by The Tactical Hermit in Cold War Era Weapons, Cold War History, Firearms History, Weapons & Ammo and tagged Cold War Era Weapons, Firearms and Ammo, Know Your Weapons, PM-63 RAK

The Peculiar Pioneer Arms PM-63C Pistol

For all you “Cold War Kids” like me that grew up with 80’s action movies, This venerable Cold War classic SMG version (PM-63 RAK) can be seen in such Pre- 9/11 Hijack Action flicks like Delta Force from 1986:

and in 6 Days (2017) about the London Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980.

In one of the most popular Cold War films of all time, Red Dawn (1984) The PM-63 RAK was scheduled to be the sidearm of Colonel Strelnikov but due to a shortage in Poland at the time of filming, a Finnish Jaitmatic is substituted.

The Jaitmatic can be seen in the famous train scene near the end of the film:

Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!

Know Your Weapons: Carl Gustav m/45B (Swedish K)

June 11, 2020 by The Tactical Hermit in Cold War Era Weapons, Cold War History, Firearms History, Know Your Weapons, Weapons & Ammo and tagged Carl Gustav m/45B, Cold War Weapons, Forgotten Weapons, John L. Plaster, Know Your Weapons, Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Line with Elite Warriors of SOG, Sub-Machine Guns, Swedish K

I remember the first time I heard about this gun was when I read John Plaster’s outstanding book about MAC-V-SOG in Vietnam, Secret Commando’s: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG.

If you enjoy Military History, I highly recommend this book.

Plaster is the real deal, having written one of the foremost books on Rifle Marksmanship as well, The Ultimate Sniper.

Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!

Know Your Cold War History: Operation Protea and Beyond…

May 26, 2020 by The Tactical Hermit in Africa, Cold War Era Weapons, Cold War Files, Cold War History, Historical Study, History Remembered, History Roundup, Know your History, Strategy, Tactics, Tales from the Battlefield, Warfare and tagged Africa, Cold War Files, Historical Study, Know Your Cold War History, Know your History, Warfare, Weapons and Warfare

Operation Protea was launched on 23 August 1981. Its objectives were to destroy the South-West Africa People’s Organisations (SWAPO) command and training center at Xangongo as well as to destroy its logistic bases at Xangongo and Ongiva. The South African forces reached Ongiva on 26 August 1981 and attacked the combined SWAPO/FAPLA forces dug in […]
Operation Protea and Beyond… — Weapons and Warfare

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