TACTICAL TUESDAY: WW2 Underground Resistance & Lessons from Ukraine for Preppers

Hm the Pepper Broadcasting Network. We have to hit the reset, but to create a true culture preparedness, starting at a very young age and filtering. All the way up. Welcome to the gun Metal Armory. Here's your host, Dane d. What's up, everybody. This is Dane from the gun Metal Armory. I'm actually coming to you live. Haven't done this in quite a while, so forgive me if I f up a few things here and there and maybe cuss quite so. I wanted to come to you guys live because I happen to get off work in enough time where I could do it, and I figure every once in a while when I get a chance, it's probably pretty nice for you guys to actually hear me. I don't know. I'm not gonna say uncensored, because obviously the recordings are, you know, just recordings, you know, and they can be edited. But this is the most uncensored you'll get unless you're actually hanging out with me, which I'm sure anyone can tell you that has hung out with me is quite fun. No, not really, I'm not that much fun anyways. So let me go over a couple of things that I'm thinking about here. First, I don't know if any of you guys know this. I don't know if I've talked about it on my podcast yet, but I recently quit drinking coffee. Now. My wife still drinks it like a fish, and that's totally cool. And I still stockpile coffee because personally it's I think it's amazing, but I wanted to give my body a break from it for a little while, not forever, because like I said, I love coffee, but I'm giving my body a break from it for a little while and letting my body kind of reacclimate to not having the up and down energy of coffee and energy drinks and things like that, because a lot of my day centered around, you know, having energy drinks or coffee or anything else that I used to have a lot of energy. It's been I don't know, about a month or so since I've had any coffee, and I can honestly tell you that I'm okay now. Granted there were you know sometimes where of course you get headaches, you know, from not having as much as you used to have, or not drinking energy drinks or things like that, but all in all, no big deal. And I think I may be wrong on this, but it seems like the higher quality coffee actually is a little bit easier for your body to handle not having all the time. And of course, you know, keep in mind everything in moderation. This is not to say that I'm telling you to stop drinking coffee, not at all. It is a very safe drink. It's a good drink, and like I said, I'm still stockpiling it, okay, because number one, it's great for barter. Number two, even if I never drink it again, my wife still does drink quite a bit of it. So there's that. But there's something else that I wanted to test personally that I will go into later on why I'm taking a break from drinking coffee for a little while. So and not just coffee, but entergy drinks and other things like that as well. Okay, So that is just something I wanted to kind of talk about real quick. The next thing that I wanted to go into, and I'm going to bust right into this super fast. Everybody is seeing what's going on right now when it comes to the Russia, Ukraine. You know thing that's going on over there right now? Okay, there is a lot of misinformation going on there's a lot of confusion going on right now, a lot of propaganda, and I think that there is quite a bit of lying or gas lighting or whatever you want to call it going on right now. So I wanted to kind of explain what I think is going on in that conflict right now. Okay, if I remember correctly, there was something a you know, years ago called the Minska Chords. Okay, now that was brokeer. There was a peace deal brokeer if no, I'm just gonna use my memory here. It was a peace deal broker between the Ukraine and UH, the region right next to them, the the don Bass region, and I think it was the region right below Donbas that was involved in that as well. Okay, this was broken by Russia. Now, if I remember correctly, the Ukraine had no intention of keeping any of these UH peace treaties or these accords, these UH these peace accords that were broken by Russia. And to this day they have not kept any of those peace treates. Now that's fine, that's whatever, who cares. But when when the when Ukrainian government would not keep to their side of that treaty that was negotiated, you know, Russia would try to hold them to it, and you know, Russia would ask the world, you know, what do we do here? And everyone told them, you know, the EU and you know, so on and so forth, told them, use diplomacy, use diplomacy, you know, just use diplomatic means in sanctions and things like that to you know, bring them back around and have them do what they're supposed to do. Well, if I remember correctly, this has been going on for years. I think something like five or six, maybe even seven years. Okay, so that is something going on in the background that no one is talking about. Now. I personally want to know more about this. I don't have a dog in this fight, don't much care one hundred percent what happens in that area left right center whatever. It's tear war is hell. It's terrible, Okay, it's freaking gross. It should never happen. Okay, But that is something that I have learned about and was curious if anyone else was up on this or knew anything about this. If you do know anything about this, or more about this than I know, or maybe this is wrong, maybe I'm completely wrong, please email me Gunmetal Armory at gmail dot com. Let me know what you think or what you know about this whole thing. You know, it's very very interesting what we're seeing. You know, we're seeing this massive Russian military machine that everyone thinks is ten feet tall and you know, missile proof, and they're really not quite what we thought, are they. They're not as tough as everyone thought, they're not as scary or you know, quote unch quote scary. Right, they're not as scary as everyone thought. They're not invincible, you know, they're not these Russian superman and you know, the spetsanas and all this other crap. I mean, it's not anything like what people seem to think it is, you know. I just I find that very very interesting. So if you've had a different viewpoint on it, or you know something I don't or whatever, please let me know. I'd love to know more. But there are some lessons here that the average prepper can learn from this conflict, and these may be things that you already know. Okay, and just for the sake of reference, I am going to get into the World War two resistance sell stuff very very soon here. Okay. I'm definitely doing a show on that. Don't know how long I'll be on, but I am doing a show on that. So don't forget about that. We'll be doing that very very soon here, okay in tonight's show. Okay, so the lessons that we can learn. This is just something I was thinking about on the way home from my work, something that Zelenski said. I believe that's the guy from the Ukraine, the president of the Ukraine. I think it's Zelenski. Now, when all of the various leaders from around the world said, you know, we can send you planes, we can send you this, we can send you money, we can send you food. Remember what he said. He said, we need AMMO. We need AMMO, we need bullets. Okay, think about that for a second. We need AMMO. If you were a prepper and you're hearing a nation state that big offered all kinds of stuff and the only thing they respond with is we need AMMO, maybe that's something that you might want to pay attention to as a prepper, you know, like, maybe that's something that everybody who's a prepper should be paying attention to. I need AMMO, and I need a hell of a lot of it. Okay, I mean you got to consider what if the Second Amendment was normal in the Ukraine. I mean, granted, they just went through and gave their citizens the right to keeping bare arms just recently. Okay, they voted to do that. Imagine if they had what America had that you know, civilians could have all kinds of stuff, hundreds of guns, thousands of rounds, you know, millions of rounds if you got the money. Think about that for a second. What on earth? How on earth could a military fight a place like this? Okay? If someone tried to come into America and take away our freedom? What do you think would happen? And I'm serious, email me Gunmetal Armory at gmail dot com. What do you think would happen if someone tried to come in like Russia tried to come into America with our Second Amendment behind us? What do you think would happen if they tried to invade? You think it would go easy? Do you think that they would use heavy weapons? It's interesting question. Okay, So that is the lesson there, right, we need AMMO. Okay. The next lesson that I thought about, and it just popped into my head again on my way home, is what the Ukrainian government. The information the Ukrainian government was putting out to their people, Okay, they knew that Russia was going to come through there with a whole lot of armor. And if you don't know, armor means like BTRs and freaking tanks and you know, armored vehicles, so on and so forth. Okay, for those of you that do know, of course, you know. But so that that's something considered. Now, the Ukrainian government put out information for their civilians to learn or to know how best to handle these weapons, these the armor, you know, how do how does one person fight a tank? How does one person fight an armored troop carrier? Well you fight them, just like the Ukrainian government said, with molotov cocktails. Okay, Now keep in mind again, I am not on either side of this conflict. Obviously, not a big deal. They you know, that's all for other people to worry about. Okay, I don't have a dog in the fight. I'm just looking at this as a learning experience. So the Ukrainian government says molotov cocktails. Now, if you've done any study on molotov cocktails and how they work and why they work so well on armored vehicles, you'll know why the Ukrainian government told them to do that. So as a prepper, what do you think that that is telling you to do. No, it's not telling you to stock pile a bunch of Molotov cocktails. That's stupid, that's dangerous. Okay, that's not what it's telling you to do. But there are lessons there. There are lessons there for the average person, the average prepper. Imagine, if you have to face armor, what are you gonna do? Okay? Now, granted, the Ukrainians they were able to get, you know, all kinds of missiles from US and other places, and you know, stingers and freaking javelins and all kinds of crap. Yeah, they were able to get that stuff, which, you know, okay, But if you were in a place that didn't have access to that kind of stuff, or you were just fighting that kind of armor all by yourself, you know, or I don't know, some place decides to turn tyrannical, I don't know, whatever. But just for the sake of argument, let's say you really need to know how to do that. Well, there is a lesson there, and you can apply that lesson yourself. Okay. So that was another lesson that kind of popped into my head while I was while I was driving home today. The other lesson I was thinking about today when I was driving home was some of the tactics that are being used right now on the Ukrainian people. They are using the cauldron tactic or the encirclement tactic. Very interesting to see them using that encirclement tactic because that type of tactic and the way that they're doing that, that shit goes all the way back to like Stallingrad, that goes back to World War Two. They're still using the same tactics that they were using in World War Two. Kind of makes you wonder if tactics that were used during World War Two, if some of them aren't still useful, you know, or maybe they're not exactly antiquated, right, it's just just fought. But on that note, if you have that encirclement tactic, what would be the best way to counter that encirclement tactic. The best way to counter it is to never let it happened. You have to break up that encirclement. You have to make sure that your forces or your mag or your neighborhood watch or your police department or your whatever, that your guys never get encircled. Okay, this has been a doctrine of war for many, many, many many years. This is nothing new that encirclement can happen and does happen. So knowing that the Russians are still utilizing tactics from World War II, either because they work extremely well or because they haven't really developed any new tactics. All they've done is develop new weapons is something that the average prepper needs to be paying attention to. Okay, I just want to put that out there for everybody to think about and pay attention to, because I know that there are some parts of this war that I'm really paying attention to and looking at and going why would they do that? That's antiquated, that makes no sense, or I wonder whether using that tactic or you know, things of that nature. So that is something that I wanted to bring to you guys attention as other preppers. All Right, So let's move on to the World War two tactics that I was going to talk about, you know, the spy tactics, resistance, things like that. How did that work during World War Two? Well, let's get a little bit more into it now. Some of the things that we talked about a couple of weeks ago or last week potentially. I can't remember exactly, but we talked about the two main categories of targets. There were long term and short term targets, two different types. Okay, there is long term targets which can be attacked at any time or constantly. They can be attacked whenever, which would be like transport, if you want to go propaganda. They could be any morale, it could be propaganda, they could be any of that stuff. Okay. Then there are the short term targets, which are going to be things that need to be hit quickly, okay, right away type of stuff. All right, now, any anyone that is leading a resistance group, anyone that is leading a team of resistance fighters, will need to make a list of targets, and they will need to have a priority list of those targets. Okay, those priority list targets or those prior already targets are important because that organizer is going to need to know which ones to that are the priority. Okay. So you're also potentially, you know, in World War two they would have HQ, which would be like you know, the six soe, you know, oss whatever, They're going to have targets that they're going to give them as well that they're going to give to the resistance, the French maquis, you know, whoever, whoever's going to be the resistance fighters there, they're going to give them targets that they want them to hit. There were multiple, multiple targets during World War Two that the resistance was hitting in France when the Allies landed at Normandy. You know, there were so many targets that they were hitting simultaneously. So that's something to consider as well. If you can have a you know, if those resistance groups can have have other teams that are hitting simultaneously with them, you know, and basically consecutive strikes, then that does a lot more damage, not only to the enemies infrastructure, but also to the enemy's morale. Think about it. You know, if they start communicating, they're like, yeah, man, our place was hit. Yeah, our place was hit too, when yesterday ours was hit yesterday? Well how far apart are they? Oh they're thousands of miles apart? Well what the hell? You know, if all it is is a bunch of you know, partisans that are doing this, then that's going to make them, you know, really think about who are they up against, which I'm sure Russia's thinking about right now in the Ukraine. Who are we up against? This is not what we thought, right Okay. So next thing, there is going to be areas that are extremely important to your enemy, okay, key personnel information. There's going to be certain groups of soldiers, you know, like during World War Two, there were certain groups that were extremely important to the Germans. Okay, like the ss they were really really important to the Germans. Let's see, what was the name, the Falshambyeger, the paratroopers, they were very important to the Germans. Okay. So knowing what units and what teams are important to your enemy will give you a distinct advantage and you will know who and what can be hit and make the most impact, the most damaged to your enemy. That is something that's very very important to know. Key personnel. Also consider things like bridges, right, We've talked about this before, key installations, bridges, transport hubs, gas stations, all of these things are super super important to the enemy, just as much as they're important to the average person. Right. So think about the other what you're seeing in the Ukraine as well. Those Russian soldiers, some of them went in and robbed a bank, like are you kidding me? And then some of them went in and uh robbed grocery stores they were getting food, Like what are do you not have supplies? What the hell? Okay, So think about these kinds of things, especially if there's going to be kind of a I don't want to call it a scorched earth campaign, but oh, if you don't know what scorched earth means, it means that the retreating army will generally they leave nothing for the army that's coming through there. They'll burn everything down, scorch the earth. Okay, all of it gone. They don't want to leave any food for the enemy to eat, they don't want to leave any houses for the enemy to sleep in. No rest for the enemy. Okay, that's what scorched earth is all about. Because if the enemy can't stop and rest, then the enemy is going to continue to be very, very tired because they're going to have to keep moving forward. So that is something to consider when it comes to what these guys were thinking during World War Two. They're thinking, Okay, you know, this may be our best bet. Is something in that vein? Okay, the next thing. The next thing to think about is what is vulnerable? What is the most vulnerable? Okay, So let's think about out what's going on in rut or in the Ukraine right now. Okay, I'm sorry I keep using that as an example, but it is an actual live example going on right now. Looking at the the way that everything's going right now. And I'm not sure if the forty mile column of trucks is still out there or whatever, in armored vehicles and so on surrounding Kiev. But what do you think what part of that group do you think is the most vulnerable. Okay, I'm going to let you think about that on your own. I'm not going to give you any hints. I'm not going to tell you what I think, but I have some thoughts too. Okay, think about what part of it is the most vulnerable. Then I want you to think about what method of attack you would use for that vulnerable part of that column or the vulnerable part of that invasion force. Okay, these is all these are all very very important things that you need to consider. Then I will if you think about what part of the enemy's group is vulnerable, and then you think about the key terrain around the enemy, the vulnerability okay. And then you're thinking about the way that you might attack that vulnerability okay. And then I want you to think about the resources that you have. Okay. This is all stuff that they taught these resistance groups. They wanted to get them to understand. You have to go through all of these things. First is the vulnerable people, you know what, what vulnerabilities exist. Next is the terrain around that vulnerability. Next, after that is the method of attack you're going to use. And then after that is the resources you have to affect that method of attack. Okay. Now, once you've got all those things in place, this is something we've talked about before, but you need to consider then they would have considered back in the day. They would need to consider what effect it would have on the local population. Now I've done all these different World War two resistance training little podcasts. I've done them all from the perspective like I am teaching you like you're a soldier at Camp X. Okay, like you're a spy at Camp X, or you're one of these guys that's going to be parachuting into you know, Nazi occupied Europe. Okay. So I'm doing this from the standpoint of an instructor that's trying to teach you this stuff. Okay, so next you need to think about the effect on the local population. What's going to happen as a result of what you're going to do. You know, key personnel, We talked about that, We talked about you know, key personnel. You know what, what stuff you have at your disposal, key terrain, the vulnerability, which parts are vulnerable. Well, if you determine that you've got key personnel far behind enemy lines that you can, you know, take a bite into, well, what can happen to the local population that's around that area. Think about the Ukraine again. Okay, what if there's a resistance group inside of an area that's complete de controlled by the Russians right now? What if that resistance group is just laying low waiting for them to go by, and then they're going to attack them from the back? Okay? What if they hurt or kill some Russian soldiers that you know, I don't know, may be important or something, right, So what are those What are the remaining Russian soldiers going to do to the innocent people? Something that needs to be considered. The one advantage that resistance groups have the one advantage that partisans will always have over the occupying army or the you know, the force that is raiding or coming in the invasion force. The the partisan or the resistance gets to pick the time and place and area the map, the location. They get to pick the time and place of the battle. They get to pick when it happens, how it happens, to whom it happens. All of that stuff gets to be picked by them. That's no small task, and that is nothing if not scary to the enemy. Think about that for a second. You have no idea when it's coming. You have no idea where it's coming or where it's going to be. You have no idea what weapons they're going to bring to bear, You have no idea who's going to be there. It really really starts to play with the mind of the enemy. Why do you think our troops got ground down in Vietnam because they could not freaking get a handle on this shit. They could not stop what did they call it? The flea on a dog's back just keeps biting and biting and biting. Right thing to consider there, you know, and this is a tactic that has been used for centuries guys for centuries. You know, even the Romans were attacked and just screwed over by ambushes and partisan forces and all kinds of resistance groups even back then. You know the Goths, and let's see the Thracians, you know, Spartacus, all the slaves. I mean, there's just so many stories throughout history of a weaker quote unquote army taking on a stronger army and whooping their ass. Okay. It is a very very important thing to keep in mind. Okay, when it comes to figuring out the vulnerability, the terrain that's vulnerable, the method of attack that you want to use, and the resources that you have to bring that attack to bear, you need to look at timing as well. Okay, So if you tell the resistance group that's in Paris, France that you're going to attack, and your resistance group is in I don't know, Brussels or some shit, you tell them you're going to attack at exactly four fifteen in the morning, Well, it's going to be important that you do that and that they do that as well. You're going to want to have those simultaneous attacks, synchronize all of those attacks together at the same time. It's also important that you synchronize those attacks within the same city. And the reason for those the reason for the synchronization of those attacks in the same city is going to because it's going to be very very hard for the enemy to call in reinforcements when those reinforcements are bogged down too. Those are getting attacked, those guys are those guys, are those guys are They can't call in reinforcement because the reinforcements are getting their butt kicked too. Okay, keep that in mind. The more that the you can tie down the Germans, you know, and keep them from calling in more SS or more foulshom Jeger or whoever. Keep in mind, the more you tie them down, the more damage you can do to that main attack. Okay, it's something that you need to be planning and putting into motion. Okay. The other thing to look at as well is during that time back then, of course, there weren't computers that they put in information and saved it, put in a word document on that bullshit. Okay, it was all it was all written down, Okay, plans, but those plans needed to be able to be destroyed quickly or if you wanted to drop a plan on the dirt, you know, like, Okay, here's this tree, and here's the little barracks or whatever. You know, this soda can is the barracks, and you know this little rock here is the water tower, and these two rocks are the enemy vehicles. If you make your plan on something that's disposable, something that's just going to disappear back into the ground anyway, that is usually what's best. Using natural materials and being able to dispose of it quickly, especially when you're out in the field behind enemy lines. Right. Think about that. You'll need to be able to make your plans, make everyone in your partisan group understand it, and move on from there. And finally, guys, what I'm going to end with is, I'm going to remind you guys that some of the most important information that you can have before any battle is information. I know that sounds stupid, I know that may sound wacky to some of you guys, But knowing what's about to happen on the battlefield, or knowing what troops are headed your way, you know what Germans were sent in during World War Two. Knowing what's going on is so important. Intelligence really does drive the fight knowing what's happening around you, situational awareness, all that stuff very very important. Know your area, know your enemy, and know yourself, and you will win every single battle, every single time. Okay, I think that's going to do it for me. Guys. I will get on here next week and we will do even more. Okay. I hope everybody out there is safe. Thank you, thanks so much for listening to me. Guys. I really appreciate you and every one of you, and we'll see you next time as we go deeper inside the gun Metal Armory. Good night, everybody. Thank you for joining us. We'll see you next time on the gun Metal Armory. Thank you for listening to the Prepper Broadcasting Network, where we promote self reliance and independence. Tuning in tomorrow for another great show, and visit us at prepperbroadcasting dot com