Opinion: What are prototactics?

January 3, 2023 by The Tactical Hermit in American Partisan, Asymmetrical Warfare, Brushbeater, Bushcraft, Fieldcraft, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Military History, Small Unit Tactics and tagged Asymmetrical Warfare, Fieldcraft, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Insurgency Tactics, Military History, Small Unit Tactics

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I’ve spent the better part of the last couple years (to be honest tactics and strategy have always been a big interest of mine) studying small unit tactics from different perspectives in an attempt to discern those that might be practical for today’s concerned citizens, including myself. I wanted to go beyond the typical self defense tactics though, and delve into something deeper, and maybe more taboo.

Popular culture and politicians want the “regular” (I use this term loosely, since many of the men I’ve trained with are anything but regular) guys to think tactics and tactical training are reserved for those in the employ of such “elites”, and “regular” guys don’t have any use for them. They want “regular” guys to think that if they find themselves interested in such things, they are hobbyists, LARPers, or “doomsday preppers” and that they have no practical need for such knowledge or…

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On the Guerrilla, His Ecology and His Communications

January 2, 2023 by The Tactical Hermit in American Partisan, Another Reason to Be Armed, Anti-Socialist, Armed Citizen Corner, Asymmetrical Warfare, Brushbeater, Citizen Action Groups, Civilian Operator 101, COIN, Comm Corner, Communications, Community Action Groups, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Surveillance, Escape and Evasion, Examining GW Tactics, Examining Terrorist Tactics, Fieldcraft, Fourth Gen Warfare, Future Warfare, Get The Facts, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Hybrid Warfare, Militia History, Militias, Modern War, OPSEC, Political Warfare, Politics, Practical Skill Sets, Practical Solutions to Serious Problems, Prepping, Prepping 101, Real World Threats, Reality Check, Reference Materials, Small Unit Tactics, Studies in Warfare, Tactics, Technology, The Surveillance State, Tradecraft, Training, Training Tips and tagged American Partisan, Asymmetrical Warfare, Baofeng Radio, Brusbeater, Comms, Field Comms, Guerilla Warfare, Insurgent Warfare, Modern Warfare, NC Scout, Radio Comms, Small Unit Tactics, Tactics, Tradecraft

On the Guerrilla, His Ecology and His Communications

The Guerrilla must recognize three critical points:

He, and his local network, are his own supply line.
He fights with what he has, not with what he wishes.
He cannot fight as a conventional force.

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Take Heed and Prepare Accordingly.

Squad Organization

December 6, 2022 by The Tactical Hermit in Another Reason to Be Armed, Armed Citizen Corner, Asymmetrical Warfare, Citizen Action Groups, Civilian Operator 101, Guerilla Warfare, Military Manuals, Self-Defense Issues, Small Unit Tactics, Tactics and tagged Armed Citizen Corner, Asymmetrical Warfare, Citizen Action Groups, Civilian Operator 101, Guerilla Warfare, Military Manuals, Militia, Small Unit Tactics, Squad Organization, Tactics

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One of my biggest goals for the classes that I teach and the articles that I write is to get patriotic Americans in the mindset of working with others in a team. A key element of this is learning how to task-organize a group into an effective squad, which is something I cover in the Team Leader Class. In this article I will discuss considerations for organizing a squad of volunteers, list some common billets for specialized roles and duties, and present my proposed “Jäger Squad” model for the modern American Minuteman.

Cognitive Load Theory (How Many Men can a Squad Leader Control?)

Our brains are like computers. A computer has a limited amount of processing power and can only handle so many tasks at once. If you overburden a computer with too many tasks, it will slow down considerably and do none of the tasks efficiently (or…

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The Minuteman’s Guide to Countering Armored Vehicles (For Educational Purposes Only)

October 27, 2022 by The Tactical Hermit in 4GW, Another Reason to Be Armed, Armed Citizen Corner, Asymmetrical Warfare, Cartel Corner, Cartel Corner History, Cartel Tactics, Citizen Action Groups, Civilian Operator 101, Cold War Era Weapons, Cold War History, Counter-Insurgency, Examining GW Tactics, Examining Terrorist Tactics, explosives, Fighting in and Around Vehicles, Fourth Gen Warfare, Future Warfare, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, History of Weapons, Hybrid Warfare, ISIS, ISIS Corner, Know Your Enemy, Know Your Weapons, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Military History, Military Tech, Military Weapons from the Past, Military Weapons History, Modern War, Practical Skill Sets, Practical Solutions to Serious Problems, Reality Check, Reference Materials, Russia, Russian Corner, Small Unit Tactics, Soviet History, Soviet Military history, Studies in Warfare, Tactics, Tales from the Battlefield, Tank Warfare, Technology, Tradecraft, Ukraine Civil War, Urban Skill Sets, Urban Warfare, Vehicles as Weapons, War Machines, Warfare, Warrior Tech, WRSA and tagged Armored Vehicles, Asymmetrical Warfare, CO 101, Countering Armored Threats, Guerilla Warfare, Minuteman's Guide, Partisan's Field Guide, Small Unit Tactics, Tanks, Vehicles as Weapons, Von Steuben Training

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 one form or another. I’m not even talking about fighting a professional military, partisan groups and gangs/cartels have ways of getting or making armored vehicles for use in a prolonged period of conflict/disorder. Some examples are below;

In 2020 alone, there were at least two police MRAPs and one National Guard humvee stolen in California during the rioting. The humvee and one MRAP have since been recovered.

Mexican Cartels such as the CJNG frequently weld makeshift armored plating onto trucks and install turrets onto them. They call these vehicles “monstruos”, meaning “monsters.”

Private ownership of military surplus armored vehicles is perfectly legal as long as the weapons are disabled or removed. For about the same price as a new car you can own an OT-64 SKOT (Polish wheeled amphibious APC). For much less you can buy a surplus humvee. There are many such vehicles in the hands of private citizens for collecting, war re-enacting, etc.

I predict that in a prolonged civil conflict, WROL scenario, etc, it will only take a few weeks before people with access to these vehicles start to roll them out for whatever purpose. For this reason and the hypothetical Chinese invasion, any serious minuteman should be thinking about how to deal with armored vehicles. In this article I will cover the types of armored vehicles, the threat they pose, and how you can fight them or mitigate their effectiveness.

Combined Arms for the Minuteman

September 24, 2022 by The Tactical Hermit in Another Reason to Be Armed, Armed Citizen Corner, Asymmetrical Warfare, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Hybrid Warfare, Know your History, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Military History, Small Unit Tactics, Strategy, Studies in Warfare, Tactics, Tales from the Battlefield, Tradecraft, Training, Training Tips, Urban Skill Sets, Urban Warfare, Warfare, Warrior Tech, Weapons Training Issues and tagged Combined Armed for the Minuteman, Guerilla Warfare, Hybrid Warfare, Lessons from the Battlefield, Small Unit Tactics, Strategy, Tactics

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The term “combined arms” conjures up images of tanks advancing with aircraft screaming overhead and infantry charging in front. While this is one modern, conventional form of a combined arms technique, it is far from the only one. And just because the modern Minuteman has limited types of arms available does not mean that he cannot still adopt a combined arms approach to combat. All that is required is a little creativity, knowledge, and the proper training.

Let’s start with the definition of “combined arms” as defined by the US Army publication ADRP 3-0 Unified Land Operations.

“Combined arms is the synchronized and simultaneous application of arms to achieve an effect greater than if each arm was used separately or sequentially.”

In this sense, the term “arms” means any form of weapon, combat vehicle, or unit. On a large scale your “arms” could be an infantry regiment and a fighter…

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