There is utility to be gained from viewing some documentaries about the war in Afghanistan. I’m not talking about compilations of ‘war porn’, but studied documentaries. There were some comments about the HBO series of the U.S. Marines in Marjah, Helmand that I posted recently, so to follow up, here is a well made series […]

We are bringing a new class online: Active Shooter CCW. The first class is scheduled for February 20-21 2016. There is no prerequisite. More details will be put out about this class. In outline, this is a concealed handgun class aimed at defense against active shooter scenarios. This class will start at the basics of carry […]

I have had a number of requests to purchase the MVT Shield, apparently after it was posted on survivalblog.com. As posted here a couple of days ago, MVT gear, including the Shield, is not currently available, due to problems with production. This is a temporary situation, and I will announce when we are back in production. […]

I’m just going to throw this three video series up here. This brought back some memories, although the series was made  about two decades after I went to Sandhurst: “It’s not like it was back in my day.” Comment: 1) Thompson, who commissions into The Parachute Regiment, is not actually in the Parachute Regiment despite […]

I sometimes get questions about Break Contact Drills, and what to do if the contact is from multiple directions. We do practice some scenarios like this on the Combat Patrol (CP) class, which take the drills beyond what we do on the Combat Team Tactics (CTT) Class. There are really two types of break contact […]

Combat Patrol review 20 November 2015 Trailman In the past year and a half I’ve taken MVT’s Combat Rifle Course with my wife, individually I’ve attended Combat Team Tactics (CTT) this past January and now Combat Patrol (CP) this past November. I’ll pass on a detailed course outline as that can be found here: http://www.maxvelocitytactical.com/tactical-training/tactical-classes/patrol/ […]

Yesterday, I posted the video below on the forum. I did so because it is a useful video to illustrate military operations in Helmand Province,  Afghanistan, and the conditions. I am putting it up here on the blog and adding comments. It would be easy to watch the video uncritically and have the simple ‘Facebook-style’ reaction […]

The Combat Rifle Skills Class (CRS) can be described as a ‘Carbine 1’ class. It was designed as an introductory class for those without the confidence to move on to the tactical ranges. The Combat Team Tactics (CTT) class includes a day on the Square Range (Friday) with the option of attending the Rifle Skills class […]

This past weekend at Combat Team Tactics (CTT) we had an excellent class. We ran the new Squad Attack for the first time. I have completely changed the squad attack from what we had before, and I am really excited about it. as the final capstone exercise of the class, it brings together everything we […]

MVT GEAR is not currently available, due to a problem with the supplier. This includes: MVT SHIELD MVT VERSA RIG MVT SINGLE CALIBER RIG MVT LITE LITTER & related products. Current orders will be fulfilled. If the situation changes, we will update you. That is all.