Garden Tools in Close Combat
The shovel is actually a more effective APERS (anti-personnel) tool than than a bayonet. What it…
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Zastava M59 / 66 underfolding blade bayonet
This Yugo blade bayonet has a very distinctive, enlongated ricasso to accommodate the papovka’s permanently affixed…
Philippine Bolos and Spanish Bolo Bayonets
The Spanish learned, during their half-millenium occupation of the Philippines, how effective bolos are as close…
Carcano Bayonets
This article may help you identify a bayonet made for the Italian Model 1891 Carcano rifles…
Why own a bayonet?
Many people collect bayonets and other militaria. Would they ever have any practical application for armed…
Isandhlwana and the Pulse Nightclub
This article I wrote, originally published on the now-defunct ILIVED website, explains concepts relating to maximum,…
Bus Takedowns
Part 1 of our Tubular Target Trilogy A tubular target is a long and narrow, tunnel-like …
Protected: Pediatric First Aid, Spring semester 2023
Students took the didactic portions of this Pediatric First Aid with all-ages CPR and AED course…
Area Targets: A Tango’s Dream
“Point” and “area” targets are military concepts that are directly applicable to active violence and counterterrorism.…