tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post602637510522813385..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: Tacticool Tuesday - The Pregnant Ladybug DilemmaDutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-85972763132721195852016-05-03T22:59:57.904-05:002016-05-03T22:59:57.904-05:00To state a lateral corollary to Merle Morrison'...To state a lateral corollary to Merle Morrison's comment, I'm a bit alarmed by anyone talking as if the rest of us are going to last long enough to need water. Like Neal Jensen says, for most of us the big culling will be when the economy collapses, before combat skills beyond warding off looters even come into play.<br /><br />Thinking of it that way, a lot of us with lower BMI might be envying the "less fit" before things even get well-underway in our area (of course, that's part of the biologically-ingrained reason we all tend to find fat people morally appalling even in an age where there is no real reason to do so).<br /><br />Be as fit and prepared as you can, but don't give up because you're not going to be a body-armored Marine running around in a hostile area of a foreign nation on the other side of the world...that's as silly as giving up because you can't afford a main battle tank (with logistics). If we all had everything we wished we had, we'd have a Constitutional government, sound money, and the prosperity of a free-market propelling us towards the inevitable choice of whether to embrace transhumanism during the imminent Vingean Singularity (frankly, I'd probably end up ruining that for everyone somehow, so it's probably just as well we're not headed there).<br /><br />The situation is going to evolve with a lot of variation in local circumstances. No doubt <i>someone</i> is going to have a main battle tank at some point...and urban combat in an unfriendly neighborhood doesn't seem unlikely to occur. Restricting your urban combat to areas full of people you're defending (who know and accept that) seems like a better idea generally, but we're all going to encounter emerging situations different from what we anticipated.<br /><br />It happens.Chiu ChunLinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519192610708043962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-87350755988772523272016-05-03T11:54:30.181-05:002016-05-03T11:54:30.181-05:00Lite is right, drop the snivel gear and most of th...Lite is right, drop the snivel gear and most of the other weight. Hard to fight effectively when you have been a pack mule up to or during the fight. US Military ground units pack weight they don't "need". Being a pack mule is not required if you over run the target quickly/effectively while executing a logical/tactical effective plan. Playing "WAR" is for children/fools. A one on one fight is stupid in war, overwhelm the objective, an move on to the next target. A knife or a hammer used effectively, gets it over with quickly. Misuse or swing either long enough and your in for a prolonged fight. Which requires tons of logistics, lives, money, ect. B-4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-12721760141739497562016-05-03T10:20:02.607-05:002016-05-03T10:20:02.607-05:00I'm surprised fat boy thinks he will last long...I'm surprised fat boy thinks he will last long enough to need water! :)<br /><br />MerleMerlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351769452837850427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-90759400586312129222016-05-03T09:20:44.888-05:002016-05-03T09:20:44.888-05:00Ugh...militia members...cults of personality and i...Ugh...militia members...cults of personality and insanity. The only redeeming value they have is that the memebrs at least spend some money towards basics, but beyond that the mentalities completely defeat the rest of the efforts they claim to achieve. All chiefs with little to no experience in real battles or no clue except to live up to the most irrational rhetoric. They can call me AFTER the collapse happens and they weed themselves out of the dangerous morons and the internal leadership feuds are resolved through attrition with their strategic and tactical failures. REAL leaders and sensible no nonsense ideals will then be in effect.<br /><br />Sign me, Neal JensenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-17631104036668718682016-05-03T08:36:14.836-05:002016-05-03T08:36:14.836-05:00My gray man gear is a GI butt pack with shoulder s...My gray man gear is a GI butt pack with shoulder strap. In it I can carry a half-dozen magazines for the rifle, space blanket, gloves and some snacks...<br />On the outside I have a 1 qt canteen with cup and stove on one side and on the other a first aid kit carrier and insert (with highly modified contents).<br /><br />I can grab a radio and clip it to the shoulder strap.<br /><br />The weapon has a light, and I carry a multi-tool on my belt along with another light, pistol and mags...<br /><br />For my AO (my property) I don't need much in the way of nav gear, and I can walk around without too much attention being drawn by it all. Others may need more, but I don't need full battle-rattle....Fidelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623013337654868540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-78688688585169727032016-05-03T08:16:23.771-05:002016-05-03T08:16:23.771-05:00Train as if my life, and maybe your life, depends ...Train as if my life, and maybe your life, depends on it. Because it does. T. Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14454065692970274189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-39679790413820209042016-05-03T06:45:37.051-05:002016-05-03T06:45:37.051-05:00I am currently reading a 1950 copy of "The So...I am currently reading a 1950 copy of "The Soldier's Load and the Mobility of a Nation", by Col. S.L.A. Marshall. Text deals with the combat soldier and the relation between the soldier's issued combat load of equipment and his morale and fighting ability while under fire, based on the lessons primarily from WWII. It's a worthwhile read, perhaps it should be the subject of a Praxis article in and of itself. Maddawg308noreply@blogger.com