Showing posts with label Tactics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tactics. Show all posts

Saturday, July 11, 2015


''Like a thief in the night''


''Special reconnaissance (SR) is defined as reconnaissance and surveillance actions conducted by Special Forces (SF) to obtain or verify, by visual observation or other collection methods, information concerning the capabilities, intentions, and activities of an actual or potential enemy or to secure data concerning the meteorologic, hydrographic, geographic, or demographic characteristics of a particular area. It includes target acquisition, area assessment, and poststrike reconnaissance.''

FM 31-20-5 Special Forces Reconnaissance Tactics,Techniques,& Procedures (1990)

https://archive.org/details/milmanual-fm-31-20-5-special-reconnaissance-tactics-techniques--proced

Saturday, March 28, 2015


''With friends like these...''


''The main argument of the thesis is that the use of the California National Guard (CNG) in response to major emergencies has both advantages and disadvantages as a model for countries in transition, such as Ukraine. Furthermore, it argues that civil- military relations in domestic support operations (DSO) are a very important factor to consider when new democracies try to build an effective system of emergency management. The author attempts to explain why the civil authorities, specifically in the United States, request military involvement in domestic emergencies while remaining suspicious about military involvement in domestic affairs. He discusses the reasons for military involvement in disaster relief and law enforcement operations, and the considerations and constraints by which the US federal legislation authorizes and limits it. The study is based on two cases of DSO in which the CNG participated as one of the leading agencies: the 1992 Los Angeles Riots as an example of military assistance in a civil disturbance operation and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake as an example of a disaster assistance operation.''

Civil-military relations in domestic support operations-The California National Guard in Los Angeles 1992 Riots and Northridge Earthquake of 1994 (Naval Postgraduate School,1997)

https://archive.org/details/civilmilitaryrel00khom

Thursday, March 26, 2015


''Bada bing, bada... Boom!''



The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost and effectiveness of the RPG-7 has made it the most widely used grenade launcher in history. More than nine million units have been delivered since it was introduced by the Soviet armed forces in 1961.The RPG-7 has been used in almost all conflicts since the 1960s, from Viet-Nam to Syria.

RPG-7 Soviet Antitank Grenade Launcher manual (U.S. Army, 1976)

https://archive.org/details/milmanual-rpg-7-antitank-grenade-launcher

Monday, March 2, 2015


''Hearts and minds''



Manual published by the Central Intelligence Agency that was distributed in Nicaragua in the early 1980s.

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS IN GUERRILLA WARFARE (1981)

https://archive.org/details/PsychologicalOperationsInGuerrillaWarfare

Monday, February 23, 2015


''Auto De Fense''



A look at different types of anti protest weapons (including electrical, chemical, projectiles, sound frequency, etc.) and how to protect yourself from them. 

Excited Delirium - A protestor's guide to 'less-lethal' weaponry (2010's)

https://archive.org/details/ExcitedDelirium

Sunday, February 22, 2015


''Hide in plain sight''



''Manual prepared for the Industrial camouflage program at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York''

Industrial Camouflage Manual (Pratt Institute Camouflage Laboratory, 1942)

https://archive.org/details/industrialcamouf00wittrich

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Tuesday, February 17, 2015


''Taking Tiger Mountain..." 



Secret lectures delivered at the Voroshilov Soviet General Staff Academy (1973-75) dealing with military doctrine, strategy, operational art, and tactics.

Issues of Soviet Military Strategy- (National Defense Univ. Press 1989-92) 

Volume 1-  https://archive.org/details/voroshilovvol100ghul

Volume 2-  https://archive.org/details/voroshilovvol200ghul

Volume 3-  https://archive.org/details/voroshilovvol300ghul

Sunday, February 15, 2015



 ''Ka-Boom!''



''Not for the weak or the fainthearted'' Oh boy....

SH 21-76 Ranger Handbook (U.S. Army, 2011)
 

https://archive.org/details/RangerHandbook

''À La Recherche Du Temps Perdu''



''..(A) quaterly newsletter dedicated to the academic study of the type of music labelled ''punk''.''

Punk Research  Newsletter (1984-85)

https://archive.org/details/PunkResearchVol.1No.1may1984

https://archive.org/details/PunkResearchVol.2No.1march1985



''Four-one-one, may we help you?''


''...(C)omputers, BBS's, the telephone company, arcade games, radio equipment, general electronic equipment, cable and other utility companies and anything/everything nobody else wants to talk about...''

Blacklisted! 411 Magazine

https://archive.org/details/blacklisted411

Monday, February 9, 2015


''The Commandos Strike at Dawn''



FM 3-55.93 Long Range Unit Surveillance Operations (U.S. Army, 2009)

https://archive.org/details/FM3-55x93

Wednesday, January 28, 2015


''If he blows his cover he might blow the lid
  So he stays in the shadows like he always did...''



Published January 17, 1944- "This information is to characterize simple sabotage, to outline its possible effects, and to present suggestions for inciting and executing it...''

Simple Sabotage Field Manual (Office Of Strategic Services,1944)

https://archive.org/details/SimpleSabotageFieldManualStrategicServicesProvisional

Friday, January 23, 2015


''What the hell is he building in there? He has subscriptions to those magazines...''



73 Magazine was an amateur radio magazine that was published from 1960 to 2003.It was known for its emphasis on technical articles. ''73''  means "best regards" in amateur radio slang.

73 Magazine (Amateur Radio Today)

https://archive.org/details/73-magazine

''If anybody can be tape recorder 3 then tape recorder 3 loses power.''



 ''This publication listed and illustrated many professional and consumer tape recorders then on the market, alphabetically by manufacturer.'' 

 Audio Devices - Tape Recorder Directories (1955-1961)

https://archive.org/details/AudioDevices-TapeRecorderDirectory1960-1961
''Long live the New Flesh!''


The introduction of portable video cameras in the late 1960s brought about a new field- independent video. Radical Software was a journal started in 1970 to cover aspects of the new medium - from production, distribution, community work and political activism to theoretical,aesthetic and economic issues.

Radical Software (1970-74)

http://www.radicalsoftware.org/e/index.html


“Sooner or later, everything turns into television.” 





The first portable video system, the Sony Video Rover, was introduced in 1967. It was a two-piece set consisting of a black and white video camera and a separate, record only 1/2 inch recorder unit. 

The Video Guide: Ch. 12-The Video Portapak (Charles Bensiger,1981)

http://videopreservation.conservation-us.org/vid_guide/12/12.html