The Prepper Broadcasting Network - TGA-2023 Offensive Tactical Tasks

Episode Date: December 15, 2023

A quick primer on Offense and tactical tasks... we talk about below ground ops and seizing ground a little bit.

Welcome to the Gun Metal Armory. Here's your host, Dane D. Hey, what's up Team Gun Metal? This is Dane from the Gun Metal Armory. Tonight we are going to talk about offensive tactical tasks. We're going to talk about seizing ground. We're going to talk about probably below ground operations, clearing, general terrain considerations, restrictive terrain considerations. We're going to talk about a lot of fun stuff. But I thought the below ground operations would be a good thing to kind of talk about because... Whoops, sorry, dropped something. would be a good thing to kind of talk about because whoops sorry drop something uh would be kind of a good thing to talk about because you've got the israelis going into all those tunnels

right so it might be a good thing for us to kind of understand what they're doing and why okay um now this is just going to be the american version of this? This is just going to be the American version of how this stuff is done. Okay. When I get to the below ground side of things. Okay. Um, but what I did want to let you guys know is, um, we're going to be talking about different size, uh, units today. Um, you know, like, uh, companies, platoons, so on and so forth, squads, whatever. Okay. One thing that I do want to mention to you guys is the Vista Outdoors. They're the ones that make CCI ammo. They own Remington. They make Federal ammo. They make a whole bunch of different ammunitions. They have a whole bunch of different outdoor companies. They make Federal Ammo. They make a whole bunch of different ammunitions.

They have a whole bunch of different outdoor companies. They make Heavy Shot. And they also provide Alliant Powder. Okay, Alliant Powder. Okay, so they said that prices are set to go up anywhere from 1% to 7% on a couple of different types of ammunition. on a couple of different types of ammunition. It is something that we all need to be aware of, especially if we are people who actually like to shoot, right?

So I just wanted to kind of let you guys know what was going on there. I know sometimes people, they just kind of, you know, oh, well, whatever, you know, just deal with it, you know. But either way, I figured you guys would want to know what was going on there. So let me see if I can find where that information was on exactly what uh what kind of prices we're looking at as far as the increases okay so companies that will increase their prices from vista outdoors are set to be uh remington alliant powder that's a-l-l-i-a-n-t alliant powder okay uh Some other companies will be CCI, Federal, Heavy Shot, and Spear. The following increases are set to include

shot shells are going to go up 1-7%. Rifle shells are going to go up 1-7%. Rifle cartridges, the actual ammo. Handgun ammunition is set to go up one to five percent uh rifle one to seven sorry uh 22 lr and 22 shorts are set to go up one to five percent as

well any kind of uh wmr or hmr is set to go up one to seven percent uh primers are set to go up 1% to 7%. Primers are set to go up 5%. And then any Alliant powder will have limited availability, and it will go up 10%. So if you're buying powder at $50, it's going to go up $5, guys. So this is just something that i wanted each and every one of you to kind of understand that if you think that you need ammunition if you're one of those people like me that's like yeah you know it'd be nice to have a little bit more right then you need to definitely be thinking about that for right now and getting that kind of squared away okay

all right so um obviously a lot of other crazy stuff is going on in the world right now. Do what you can to kind of keep yourself sane and kind of keep yourself, uh, preparing. Okay. I know that it's not easy. I know that, you know, times are tough right now. Um, me and the mistress are feeling it as well. know we're uh we're you know not doing great financially either so you know i feel you just do the best you can okay do the best you can and try your best to set some stuff back or i don't know if you can do it or want to do it maybe work some few like a few extra hours. I don't know. Maybe I don't want to say deliver pizzas, but DoorDash, Uber. I've heard of people delivering groceries for Walmart one day a week

and making a couple hundred bucks a day, guys. So something to think about, okay? Something to think about. You can go on Walmart's website and find out what company it is that does the deliveries for them. I can't remember the name. Anyways, all right, so let's get into this, okay? So let's talk about offensive tactics, tactical tasks, okay? Offensive tactical tasks. These are going to be military tactics that we're going to talk about, and thus, these are going to be military tactics that we're going to talk about, and thus, when we talk about these military tactics, we are going to use the group sizes for the military groups that we're going to discuss, such as a platoon, okay, excuse me sorry um a platoon sorry i keep burping a uh a platoon can be made up of like three maybe four squads which uh would have roughly 20 to 50 soldiers okay so each platoon is going to have

anywhere between 20 to 50 soldiers all right a company usually that's made up of three platoons, okay? And that could be anywhere between 60 to 200 soldiers, but they say that they can have more than that for various different reasons, okay? There's also like squadrons, of course, squads. You know, in the army, there's the squad, which contains 7 to 14 soldiers. In the army, there's a squad, which contains 7 to 14 soldiers. A sergeant commands that. They say two or more platoons makes up a company. Oh, okay.

Well, yeah. We just talked about that. Never mind. Okay. So let's talk about this for a second. Let's look at the tactics that we're going to be dealing with here. Okay? So, sorry, excuse me.

We're going to have various different tactical tasks that are going to be specific activities that are performed by units as they conduct tactical operations. That's what this whole thing is based around, when you're conducting tactical operations, all right? So at the platoon level, again, we just talked about that, platoon, these tasks are actually going to be warfighting actions that the platoon may be called on to perform in battle. So, you know, such as seizing ground or clearing a room or under below ground operations, what they call fighting in tunnels, trenches, and things of that nature. Okay. The stuff that we're going to go over actually has discussion and examples of some of the common actions and tasks that any type of platoon may perform during a movement to contact, okay? But they also could perform them in a deliberate attack, potentially a hasty attack, etc., okay?

Understanding the actual purpose behind what needs to be done or the task, right? And the why, the what and the why, which would be the purpose behind task right and the why the what and the why which would be the purpose behind the task and the because of the purpose if you will the what and the why uh it that's actually going to define what the platoon needs to achieve as a result of executing that mission right so if you're trying to seize ground why are you trying to seize that ground? Does that make sense? I hope so. Cause it's weird to talk to yourself. Just kidding. So why are we seizing this ground? Okay. Well, we're seizing this ground. So, uh, no one else can't, right. Or we are seizing this ground because we're going to use it for, I don't know, an ambush or something like that, right? So there's lots of different reasons, a lot of different whys behind the whats, okay?

So let's keep that in mind as we're kind of talking about this stuff and, you know, thinking about what is, what kind of offensive tactical tasks that we're talking about, okay? Now, speaking of these different tasks a task could be accomplished and it could be accomplished fully but keep in mind the battlefield conditions change okay and if the uh group platoon company whatever if the if the group that's sent is unable to achieve the purpose, then technically that mission is a failure. Okay. Technically that mission does not count and it is, you know, something that you're just going to have to take as a loss. So, um, the stuff that we're going to

talk about are going to be used to describe kind of the leader of the platoon's role and how these tactical tasks are going to be conducted, okay? But keep in mind these are basically just examples that we're going to go through, but it's going to kind of give you an idea of some of the things that can make some sense here, okay? Every tactical operation is going to be different. Every environment is going to be different, right? The operation, the environment. Remember last time we talked about METTC, mission, environment, terrain, so on and so forth, okay?

So keep that in mind when we're talking about this stuff because things do change, okay? And a good leader, a sign of a really good leader is being able to, I don't want to say seize, but seize upon that change or that, I don't want to say instability. I guess instability works, but the changing battlefield, being able to seize upon the change in that battlefield and allowing, uh, themselves to make flexible decisions. I hope, I hope that tracks for you guys and may being able to make flexible decisions and, or being flexible in your decision-making is, is huge guys. It's huge. Okay. So, uh, let's talk about seizing ground real quick. Okay. Talk about seizing ground.

So, um, seizing ground actually involved gaining possession of a designated objective by overwhelming force. Okay. Um, seizing an objective is actually a pretty complex operation. It involves closure with the enemy. You're going to be under enemy fire depending on the weapons that the enemy has. Let's see here. Friendly assaulting elements are going to gain positional advantage depending on where they are versus where the enemy is. Um, you're going to hope that the friendly assaulting elements actually gain positional advantage, uh, destroy or force the withdrawal of that enemy. Hopefully, ideally, um, a platoon may seizeatoon may seize prepared or unprepared enemy positions

from either an offensive or defensive posture. Examples would include such as the far side of an obstacle as a part of a company breach or seizes a building to establish a foothold in an urban environment. A platoon seizes a portion of an enemy defense as a part of a company deliberate attack. Or a platoon could seize key terrain to prevent its use by the enemy. Okay. So those are some possible kind of reasoning for seizing ground. Okay. So let's also talk about

below ground operations. Below ground operations involve clearing enemy trenches, tunnels, caves, basements and bunker complexes. The platoon's base of fire element and maneuvering squads must maintain close coordination.

They say that the weapons squad or support by fire element focuses on protecting the squads as they clear the trenches or trench line, depending on how it's going to be done. Okay, so this again is below ground operations. The same kind of stuff Israel is doing right now. They may maneuver to destroy individual vehicle positions. They also say that the base of fire element normally concentrates on destroying key surface structures, especially command posts and crew-served weapons, bunkers, etc. Okay?

Now, the suppression and destruction of enemy vehicles is another one that they might look to do. All right? These are all things that you'll want to keep in mind here, guys. Okay? So, the platoon also needs to establish a base of fire to allow rifle squads to maneuver and enter whatever that trench line is. Tunnel, basement, or bunker, right? So, they have to have a base of fire.

They have to have a way to protect their guys from wherever they're at. Okay? The direct fire plan must be thoroughly developed and rehearsed to ensure it will facilitate effective protection for the infantry while preventing fratricide. So that's another problem, right? We need to prevent fratricide. If we have a problem with that, or if we, if we have even a potential, uh, a potential of that, then that needs to be admitted again against big time. We don't want to hurt our own guys right uh platoon leader also needs to consider specific hazard hazards associated with uh with the platoon or supporting weapon systems an example is the down is the down range hazard for a rifle squad and and that sort

of thing right so um they also talk about a platoon being able to use restrictive fire measures to protect converging friendly elements, right? Because if you're all converging on the same spot and getting ready to try to overtake it, you need to be able to use that restrictive fire to make sure, again, fratricide does not happen, right? Now, all this can be applied to a civilian group and their capability to basically protect the area that they're in, right? So once the rifle squad enters a below-ground area, the combined effects of the platoon's assets place the enemy in a dilemma. Every action the enemy takes to avoid direct fire from the support by fire element, such as maintaining a defiladed position or abandoning bunker complexes, leaves the enemy vulnerable to attack from the rifle squads maneuvering down the trench.

So either way, they're kind of in a pickle there. Every time the enemy moves his vehicles to avoid attacking squads or when his infantry elements stay in bunkers or command posts, he exposes himself to support fire. Okay?

Again, consolidation is going to consist of securing the objective and defending against an enemy counterattack. All right? So the last thing that they talk about is reorganization, right? Reorganizing after you do these kind of below ground operations or whatever it ends up being, right? So reorganization is actually normally going to get conducted concurrently with consolidation which is bringing everybody together okay it'll consist of preparing for

follow-on operations as with consolidation and uh the platoon leader needs to plan needs to plan and prepare for reorganization as he conducts any of his operations. Sorry. He ensures the platoon is prepared to provide essential medical treatment or evacuate casualties, cross-level personnel, and adjust task organization as required, conduct resupply

ops, including rearming and refueling, redistribute ammunition, and conduct required maintenance. So all, all of this stuff, that is to say that all of this stuff comes into play and makes a gigantic difference when it comes to these kind of operations. We'll talk more about this again later on, exactly what all of this stuff means and how important it is. Oh no, I dropped, I broke the thing I dropped. Exactly how important these kind of operations are.

And hopefully we can kind of get a little more into it and you guys will be able to get a better understanding of it. You know, kind of cool, you know, kind of cool to understand all this stuff. So, all right, guys. Well, I do have a ton, ton, ton of things to do around here. And luckily I was able to get off a little bit early hopefully we'll be able to do a show for you guys this weekend because last weekend we were recording a show me and me and my wife and for some reason the um the app that we

recorded on just turned off we don't know why we have no idea so we're gonna try and figure that out this weekend see what's going on and hopefully we can get it figured out okay all right i hope each and every one of you guys has a wonderful uh weekend thank you for listening to me guys y'all take care of yourself we'll see you next time as we go deeper inside gunmetal armory good night everyone 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.

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