Beware Of Highly-Trained Armed Parasites In A SHTF Situation

Barnes and Noble, military history section. Virtually all of these books will give you insight into military tactics.

Had all this back in '68 , I've studied the maps around this place and it isn't a good defensible position

As far as the books and TV ,Thats just someone else s opinion ,you can read all you want but until you've lived that life style you haven't lived or learned

You couldn’t “train” a starving coyote to snif a bloody rump roast.
Sooner or later, the moderator is going to get on your behvioral problem - again, you’re way out of line - and a REAL brave typist.
The double post was my error - that is NOT an *gasp* “apology.

Urban has pros and cons defensively speaking, depending a lot on the size and cohesion of your group. Hard to have a long clear defensive space. Suburbs are a little better.

For now, I am holding with the theory that it is best to develop one’s relationships with the neighbors, in an urban or suburban situation.
Or a secondary nearby network if the immediate neighbors don’t pan out.
Preparing to be able to go to the swamps you know may not be a bad plan if family obligations do not preclude it or prevent taking them with you.
Having a route picked and supplied can’t hurt if it is not used. As well as some good talks with old connections down that way. Everyone has some gifts they can offer to the situation, and can be a welcome asset to wherever they find they need to be.

That said, the biblical advice goes along these lines:
Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

I was talking to some people at a party a couple of weeks ago. One of the guys told us he was buying an AR-15 and showed us on his phone the one he was going to get. I asked him why he was buying it and at first he said just because he wanted to try shooting it. I told him that I knew a guy who had one similar to that one and he bought it because he was afraid SHTF. He told me that was actually why he was buying it but didn't want to be ridiculed about it. We then talked about how much ammo he should have and so forth. When I asked him if he had been storing food he said he hadn't. So I asked him what he would do with his AR when his family ran out of food to eat. He said he hadn't really thought about that part of it. It told him that since food was cheap enough right now he should go out and either start canning or looking for a longer term solutions to avoid becoming part of the problem.

From what I understand, you can use the AR-15 for hunting game as well, the .223 Remington/5.56mm NATO is a good varmint round from what my sources tell me. A semi-automatic rifle like that has uses for defense and hunting of course. .223 is a bit light for larger game like deer, but if that's all you have, well, it can be used. My cousin uses his SKS to hunt deer with, at least the 7.62x39mm CommBloc ammo is comparable to the .30-30.

One of the things I’ve been thinking about regarding preparations is that you really need a village to survive. A small family won’t survive alone in a hostile environment. You may get through a few days or weeks, but it won’t be easy.

You’re going to need a doctor and mechanics, people who can sew and cook. You need folks to care for children and grow food. ...and you will need people to defend what you have.

It things really go to hell, you need to have a group of people with a rally point. People who will be committed to surviving together, maximizing their strengths and working to a common goal.

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