Email: First Time TAB Experience, US Army.

In my inbox. SSG ****** sends: Long time forum lurker, I post as RedWire.  I cannot access your website on my work computer, so I will email you to share my revelations on the subject of the TAB. My unit is currently hosting a group of British ********** troops here in ***, and I volunteered to […]

Carrying Weight: Ammo & Plates: Thoughts

Incidentally, I think I may have broken the internet with my post yesterday: ‘CUTT Maneuver: Patrol Formations & Actions on Contact’. I can see tumbleweed blowing past across my computer screen, so maybe that was a tactical bridge too far? Perhaps we should just stick to talking about gear? That is little tongue in cheek […]

Team Leader SUT Class

Team Leader SUT Class: who’s up for it? I have some ideas. 3 days. Planning, troop leading, combat estimate, field SUT training. I’m thinking some dynamic leadership SUT. It would be controlled force on force, with designated and briefed enemy in order to train certain scenarios. At the MVT training site, under the pavilion and in […]

Instructional Video: Team Break Contact Front (2)

A new addition to the TRAINING VIDEO page:

Instructional Video: Squad Attack (2)

A new addition to the TRAINING VIDEO page:

Arming the Citizen Unconventional Tactical Team (CUTT) by Absolute Survivalist (Owl21)

Guest post by OWL21: ‘AbsoluteSurvivalist.com‘ As a complement to the Max Velocity’s article ‘The Citizen Unconventional Rifle Squad: Arming with .308?‘, here are some thoughts on the subject. (Max adds: And also ‘Citizen Unconventional Tactical Team (CUTT): Order of Battle’) Before beginning, I will point out that my business consults and builds AR uppers for […]

Cover Shooting: Live Fire Training Drill

My recent posts on: ‘The Citizen Unconventional Rifle Squad: Arming with .308?’ ‘Citizen Unconventional Tactical Team (CUTT): Order of Battle’ Have raised the concept of ‘Cover Shooting’ again (The Drake Method). Here is a post explaining cover shooting: ‘Rhodesian Cover Shooting (The Drake Method)‘ In short, this is a variation on the standard RTR drill […]

Instructional Video: Jungle Walk

New addition to the TRAINING VIDEO Page:

Student Review: Combat Team Tactics March 2015: Ben

I trained in the March 2015 CTT class. I can’t overstate the value of training with Max.  This was undoubtedly the best tactical training you can get in the private sector. I have completed several “square range” tactical training classes and there is no comparison to the realism found in the MVT training.  I especially […]

The Citizen Unconventional Rifle Squad: Arming with .308?

STOP! I know, you saw .308 and you were reflexively going to scroll all the way down to comments without reading the article? I hope I’m wrong….I know it only applies to some… This is going to be a hard article to write, because there are nuances to it. This is not intended to be […]