Assaulting a Fixed Position

June 22, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Historical Study, History Remembered, History Roundup, Military History, Small unit Tactics, World War II History and tagged Assaulting a Fixed Position, Band of Brothers, Know Your WW2 History, Military History, Small unit Tactics, WW2 History

The Brécourt Manor Assault: Classic Small Unit Assault

The assault on the Brécourt Manor guns is a textbook example of frontal assault on a fixed position and is taught at West Point, as a case study. With 24 men, including reinforcements, Winters defeated approximately 60 Germans in a defensive position, killing about 20 and taking 12 prisoners, at the cost of only 6 American casualties: 4 dead and 2 wounded.

Originally, the commander of the 506th PIR put him up for the Medal of Honor, but US Army policy at the time limited the highest award to one per division: the MOH was awarded to Col. Robert G. Cole for his bayonet charge and taking the last 4 bridges on the road to Carentan. Lt. Richard D. Winters was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Small Unit Tactics: Panzergreandier Squad Tactics (1944)

May 23, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Know your History, Military History, Small unit Tactics, Strategy, Studies in Warfare, Tactics, Training, Training Tips, Warrior Tech, Weapons & Ammo, Weapons Training Issues, World War II History, WW2 Era Weapons and tagged Know your History, Panzer Grenadier Tactics in WW2, Small unit Tactics, Weapons and Warfare, WW2 History

Team Training Ideas

May 10, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Another Reason to Be Armed, Armed Citizen Corner, Asymmetrical Warfare, Practical Christianity, Practical Skill Sets, Practical Solutions to Serious Problems, Real World Threats, Reality Check, Self-Defense Issues, Small unit Tactics and tagged Practical Skill Sets, Real World Skills, Self-Defense Issues, Small unit Tactics, Team Training

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Tactical Wisdom

Whenever existing prepper groups train as a group, one of two things happen. They either spend the entire weekend shooting and doing unrealistic tactics like practicing urban combat, or it just becomes a family camping trip, where a good time is had, but no actual training occurs.

As the law & order situation in the US continues to deteriorate at an increasing rate, you and your team can’t afford to waste valuable training time with unfocused training or training on things that actually won’t be used. Let’s begin there.

Let’s talk first about things we WON’T actually be doing:

Conducting building clearing: While this is always fun training, it’s not very practical from a preparedness standpoint. Your objective is DEFENSE, not OFFENSE. If you need to force entry to one of your own buildings and re-take it, you’ve already lost and it’s time to move.
Doing “camp-out” things: If you…

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Lessons From Decades of Training and War

April 29, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in 4GW, 5GW, Another Reason to Be Armed, Armed Citizen Corner, Asymmetrical Warfare, Civilian Operator 101, Fieldcraft, Firearm Training Tips, Fourth Gen Warfare, Future Warfare, Know Your Weapons, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Training, Training Tips, Warfare, Weapons & Ammo, Weapons Training Issues and tagged 4GW, Army Manuals, Asymetrical Warfare, Combat Lessons, Guerilla Warfare, Military Training Manuals, Small unit Tactics, Warfare

Lessons From Decades of Training and War

Superb resource from Raptor 2.

I really hope you guys have a devoted flash drive for things like this.

DO NOT save them on your home laptop.

Stay Sharp and Prepare Accordingly.

Excellent examples of fire and maneuver

March 31, 2021 by The Tactical Hermit in Another Reason to Be Armed, Armed Citizen Corner, Asymmetrical Warfare, Small unit Tactics, Strategy, Studies in Warfare, Tactics, Tales from the Battlefield, Tradecraft and tagged Badlands Fieldcraft, Fire and Maneuver, Shoot and Scoot, Small unit Tactics, Tactics

Outstanding SUT (Small Unit Tactics) study here.

Brush Up and Prepare Accordingly.
The Days are Short.

Badlands Fieldcraft

Violence of Action. Making fast decisions, getting off the X quickly, and fixing and flanking their enemy were all critical to the success of these men. Violence of action is the difference between life and death in a fight. The following two videos are excellent depictions of fire and maneuver, a topic among many we will be covering in the Fieldcraft Course.

This first video is squad size fire and maneuver done correctly. Note how Lt. Winters deploys his men into two groups, one as a base of fire, and one as a flanking element. That is text book stuff there. But also note as the assault develops these elements begin firing and maneuvering on their own as well, using their own individual initiative to assault the enemy when they felt it was the right time. They didn’t pause and wait for orders, just kept up the momentum and pressed…

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