The Great LARP Thread
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The Great LARP Thread
In this grid we discuss guerrilla warfare tactics and surviving the coming purge.
In hilly terrain, with dense forest and streams, I plan on building a redoubt similar to Obama Bin Laden’s AfPk hideout. Any suggestions on securing entrances. The suspension bridge can be easily cut forcing the invaders to cross the river. The only entrance available to vehicles runs along a mile long route cut in to the side of a hill which makes landslides to block it easy.
Major weakness is its surrounded by hills which I can only imagine having to occupy with sentries to ensure security of lower elevation buildings.
In hilly terrain, with dense forest and streams, I plan on building a redoubt similar to Obama Bin Laden’s AfPk hideout. Any suggestions on securing entrances. The suspension bridge can be easily cut forcing the invaders to cross the river. The only entrance available to vehicles runs along a mile long route cut in to the side of a hill which makes landslides to block it easy.
Major weakness is its surrounded by hills which I can only imagine having to occupy with sentries to ensure security of lower elevation buildings.
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the only reason to go static on a defensive position is to hold vital groundkybkh wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 7:01 pmIn this grid we discuss guerrilla warfare tactics and surviving the coming purge.
In hilly terrain, with dense forest and streams, I plan on building a redoubt similar to Obama Bin Laden’s AfPk hideout. Any suggestions on securing entrances. The suspension bridge can be easily cut forcing the invaders to cross the river. The only entrance available to vehicles runs along a mile long route cut in to the side of a hill which makes landslides to block it easy.
Major weakness is its surrounded by hills which I can only imagine having to occupy with sentries to ensure security of lower elevation buildings.
building a redoubt for its own sake is going static without purpose
I would retain mobility and freedom of action by stealth, using a network of sniper hides instead
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in terms of tactical dismounted operations, the critical preparation is PT
if you're going to be fighting on foot in the woods, the main imperative is cardiovascular endurance and strength
otherwise you're gonna fall apart pretty quick, don't underestimate how exhausting it is be an infantryman
like the vast majority of our training in the infantry was basically just PT
if you can't run a half marathon and climb like an ape, you're probably not gonna survive
the best training for combat is to train for the Ironman Triathlon
we had a military Ironman competition every year, and we spent the whole year training for it
if you're going to be an army clerk, maybe you can get away with the basic fitness test
but if you're going to be at the tip of the spear light infantry, the standard of fitness required is Olympic like
if you're going to be fighting on foot in the woods, the main imperative is cardiovascular endurance and strength
otherwise you're gonna fall apart pretty quick, don't underestimate how exhausting it is be an infantryman
like the vast majority of our training in the infantry was basically just PT
if you can't run a half marathon and climb like an ape, you're probably not gonna survive
the best training for combat is to train for the Ironman Triathlon
we had a military Ironman competition every year, and we spent the whole year training for it
if you're going to be an army clerk, maybe you can get away with the basic fitness test
but if you're going to be at the tip of the spear light infantry, the standard of fitness required is Olympic like
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What about the family tho. I mean, if I was on the lamb it’d be less complicated. But I am envisioning a 21st century Boonesborough
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Start running hills.
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if you have civilians in tow, I'd say you'd be better off hiding them, then drawing the enemy away
one man alone cannot go static, you have to keep moving
you have to move fast, so the family would have to be hidden at a safe location
rather than building a redoubt
I would dig a hide site, then camouflage it so well, you could be standing on it and not know it was there
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you gotta think less like Rambo and more like the Viet Cong
it's not about winning gunfights, it's about hiding in plain sight right under the enemies noses
it's not about winning gunfights, it's about hiding in plain sight right under the enemies noses
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it's like there is a family of drug dealers on my street
they are not gangsters, they are just a family who works for somebody up the food chain
I am aware of their activities because I am always here watching
but nobody else notices, not even their next door neighbours
they are very good at hiding in plain sight
they are not gangsters, they are just a family who works for somebody up the food chain
I am aware of their activities because I am always here watching
but nobody else notices, not even their next door neighbours
they are very good at hiding in plain sight
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my role in the infantry was reconnaissance
so I spent all my time avoiding contact
in the event of contact, we broke contact and ran
the mission was to go undetected, right under the enemies noses
right into their camp, right up to their sleeping area, right in amongst them, undetected
so I spent all my time avoiding contact
in the event of contact, we broke contact and ran
the mission was to go undetected, right under the enemies noses
right into their camp, right up to their sleeping area, right in amongst them, undetected
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10-4 on Hidden dugout. Plan is 12 ft tall outer perimeter (probably encompass 3 acres) wall with a second in terror wall Around the house. Trench from barn to house and encompass shed and stable into perimeter wall.
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