The Taliban Won Against The Same People Coming To Smash You And Your Family – Here are Some Lessons From Them

October 10, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Afghanistan, Another Reason to Be Armed, Armed Citizen Corner, Asymmetrical Warfare, Civilian Operator 101, Government Gangsters, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Know Your Enemy, Know your History, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Limited Government, Small Unit Tactics, Tactics, Tales from the Battlefield, Taliban, Warfare and tagged Government Gangsters, Guerilla Warfare, Insurgent Warfare, Know your History, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Taliban, WRSA

H/T WRSA

10 Lessons I Learned From The Taliban

The bastards didn’t count on all of us taking all this hard earned knowledge and turning the tables like we did at The Battle of Athens in 1946.

That day has come again.

Prepare Accordingly.

One Shot One Kill

December 21, 2020 by The Tactical Hermit in 4GW, 5GW, Another Reason to Be Armed, Anti-Socialist, Armed Citizen Corner, Civilian Operator 101, COIN, Crime Awareness, Current Events, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, IRA, Know your History, Law Enforcement, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Small Unit Tactics, Sniper History, Snipers in History, Strategy, Studies in Warfare, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tactics, Tales from the Battlefield, Urban Skill Sets, Urban Warfare, Warfare, Weapons & Ammo, Weapons Training Issues and tagged 4GW, Concerned American, Guerilla Sniping, History of Guerilla Warfare, History of the IRA, IRA, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Snipers

One Shot, One Kill

A decent essay on the subject.

Check out my offering, Urban Guerilla Sniping v3.0

The bottom line is that this is no longer leisure reading for the Tactical Golfer.

Some seriously nasty Ungentlemanly Warfare is coming our way.

Prepare Accordingly.

Learning from Insurgent Tactics: The Vehicle as a Weapon

April 27, 2020 by The Tactical Hermit in 4GW, Active Shooter, Another Reason to Be Armed, Armed Citizen Corner, Asymmetrical Warfare, Civilian Operator 101, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism 101, Counterintelligence, Dark Arts For Good Guys, Deconstructing Terrorism, Domestic Terrorism, Examining GW Tactics, Examining Terrorist Tactics, Fifth Dimension Warfare, Fourth Gen Warfare, Future Warfare, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, History of Terrorism, Hybrid Warfare, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Modern War, Real World Threats, Reference Materials, Sniper History, Snipers in History, Strategy, Studies in Warfare, Terrorism, Tradecraft and tagged 4GW, Active Shooter Tactics, CO 101, Guerilla Warfare 101, Insurgent Tactics, Learning from Terrorist Tactics

From the Archives, 2015

Armored Van used in Attack on Dallas PD 6/13. Bought on Ebay for $8K

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 “mobile” sniper hide, killed 10 people and critically wounded three others. The two concepts, an Armored Wagon or Van and the Mobile Sniper Hide, have at their core, basically the same concept: To Use a vehicle as a platform for a shooter or shooters to engage civilians and law enforcement, attempting to kill as many as possible. The differences lay in HOW these methods are applied.

The Mobile Sniper Hide (MSH) is a covert weapon, meaning it’s strength lies in NOT being detected, as the shooter engages targets both quietly and quickly as possible, keeping the location of the shooter (and shot) both hid (in the DC Sniper Case, by shooting from the car’s trunk through a small hole). The Armored Wagon on the other hand, OVERTLY engages targets (through gun ports), purposely drawing fire as it rolls on, ie like the Dallas PD attack recently.

The critical keys to remember if the AV concept is to work effectively, is that the engine block must be further bullet proofed (a .50 Caliber round took out the engine block) the tires must be run flats and reserve fuel bladders added. If the engine or tires get disabled, or you run out of gas at a critical juncture, you are no longer mobile and have no egress options available; you are dead in the water, literally.

As far as the two concepts go, the Mobile Sniper Hide is a much more effective tool for the lone or small unit of of Guerilla fighters who live in a civilian population that is not controlled by military forces. Less attention is drawn to the vehicle as a whole, making it easier to hit and run (in reference to the One Shot Sniper Method discussed in the book Fry the Brain by John West.)

If history is studied, armored vans (or improvised fighting vehicles) work well in WAR zones, where both the VOLUME of fire coming OUT of the vehicle and the expectation of SUPPORT (from other vehicles and infantry) can be expected to be large. The downside of course is ANTI–Tank and Vehicle weapons such as Mines, IED’s, RPG’s, Javelins and Grenade Launchers. The evolution of the IFV is an interesting study for the CO. Although I typically steer away from Wiki-Pedia, their entry on this subject is quite extensive and for the most part, correct. Read it HERE.

Another element of the insurgents use of vehicles to achieve a desired aim can be seen currently with the situation in Iraq where a large number of American Humvees that had been given to the Iraqi Security Forces were stolen by ISIS and turned into VBIED’s (Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Devices). Read that story HERE.

VBIED’s (or car bombs) have been a technique that has seen widespread use by insurgents and terrorist alike. Some of the worst attacks (as far a total number killed) have occurred on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. However, if you ask any American with a sense of history, they will tell you by far, the two attacks that are seared into their memory are The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing and the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, both car bomb attacks.

In 2010, a car bomb was detected and diffused in New York’s Times Square, thanks to some street vendors who were paying attention. Just another example of why AWARENESS is our first and primary weapon in self-defense.

Bibliography and Suggested Reading

Fry the Brain by John West
Buda’s Wagon by Mike Davis
Bandit Country by Toby Harnden
Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough

Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!

History of Terrorism: Iran’s Hezbollah

October 24, 2016 by The Tactical Hermit in Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism 101, Crusader Corner, History of Terrorism, Terror Watch, Terrorism and tagged Beiruit Bombing 1983, Hezbollah, History of Terrorism, Iran, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, State Sponsored Terrorism, US Marine Barracks Bombing

The Hezbollah Threat: From the Marine Barracks Bombing to Today

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So often ISIS get’s all the attention, but when you study the History of Terrorism, Iran and Hezbollah have been busy killing Americans decades before AQ or ISIS was created.

We need to understand that Hezbollah is Iranian STATE sponsored terrorism and has been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans over the years and whats really sickening is we have a Government that currently thinks they can appease these pieces of garbage.

What is it that Winston Churchill said about Appeasers in speaking of the so called “Peace in our Time” speech made by then Prime Minister Chamberlain?

“Appeasers are people that feed crocodiles hoping it will eat them last.”

It applied in 1938 with Hitler and definitely applies in 2016 with Iran.

Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!

Examining Terrorist Tactics: Dealing With Stuff That Blows Up

August 20, 2016 by The Tactical Hermit in Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism 101, Crime Awareness, Crusader Corner, Examining GW Tactics, Examining Terrorist Tactics, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Terrorism and tagged Explosives in Terrorism, IED's Examining Terrorist Tactics, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Recognizing Terrorist Explosives | 3 Comments

Dealing with Bombs & Improvised Explosive Device Incidents

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This subject is becoming more and more a common topic among civilian self-defense trainers and that is a good thing. Our training ALWAYS needs to reflect the reality of the threat on the street. The average civilian needs to have some kind of working knowledge of these kinds of devices. I am not talking about being an EOD tech or anything like that, but just being aware of what they look like and how they are used. The Civilian Operator needs to REALLY pay attention to his surroundings now more than ever before simply because the likelihood of running into one of these devices is greater than ever before, even in CONUS.

Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!