Tactical Use of ATV ‘Four-Wheelers’
I decided to write this post after spending a day up at my site with J.C. Dodge from Mason-Dixon Tactical. He originally came up to meet and ended up staying all day to help with some work we were doing to improve the training site. We had a long tactical discussion and as part of […]
Canteen Vs. Hydration Bladder
The purpose of this post is to discuss the use of canteens and hydration bladders, to point out some advantages and disadvantages, and to make you think about how you plan to carry and use water. What do I mean by canteens? For this post, I will consider an canteen any sort of solid water […]
Training Slots & Planned Posts
Training: HERE is the link to my post on training weekends. You can also find more details on my website HERE. I have some spaces left on my upcoming courses. My maximum number of students per weekend is 12. When I get to 8 bookings (i.e. two 4 man teams) I stop worrying and trying […]
Commentary on Squad/Section Attacks
I had links to the following two Canadian Army articles sent in by a reader (links below). These are both excellent articles and summarize what I am teaching with Small Unit Tactics. They are a worthwhile read if you have a few minutes and a tactically interested mind. The details on squad attacks (known as […]
OPSEC & Family/ Retreat Security
Recently there have been a couple of posts by Lizard Farmer and Mountain Guerrilla that I simply felt the urge to chip in on and expand in my own direction. I noted with wry amusement the comments by LF & Mosby about not usually commenting on others posts but feeling the need to anyway – […]
NEW MVT Subdued Logo Patch
The intent is to make these into embroidered velcro-backed patches for wear on arms or caps. These will be issued to students attending training courses. If you already attended by the time these are made, then I will mail you one free of charge at your request. There will be the full version (above) and […]
NEW Max Velocity Tactical Logo
There is a subdued version that will form the basis of embroidered hook & loop patches that students will receive on completion of courses. Live Hard, Die Free. MV
August 31/ September 1 Training Weekend
I would like to get an additional team, or four students, for the August 31st/September 1st Combat Rifle / Contact Drills training weekend. By team, I don’t necessarily mean a current team, it can be four individuals but you will work as, and become, a team by the end of the weekend. Details on the […]
Crack & Thump
There have been some comments in response to my post: ‘Rationalizing Training Drills with Combat Reality’ that have inspired this post on the topic of the sound, range and direction of enemy fire. “From your description, it seems like understanding the differences in the sound of effective/ineffective incoming fire is a prerequisite skill. Some safety-nuts […]
Rationalizing Training Drills with Combat Reality
I received an interesting email about rationalizing training with combat; a request for a blog post on the subject. The question posed is here: “……we trained a great deal of the drills and principles you teach, but I never saw combat. One thing I don’t understand completely is how the drills relate to actual combat, […]