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Libertas:
http://zerogov.com/?p=3846

I have several tomes of various survival application and such...but I cannot tell off the top of my head if I possess a single one of these "reference" books...granted these buckets are from a self-admitted "incurable bibliophile" and it is probably a good idea for some of these folks to be around, especially if, as he says, we enter the "Endarkenment" period, but for the rest of us maybe we can pick a few we might like to look into and toss in with our stash.

*Note: Did not see anything in the way of small squad tactics or other related military/survival type tomes, but if reminded I can list what few offerings I have possession of.

AmericanPatriot:
Wasn't there a post on here some time ago (I think by Weisshaupt) with links to a ton of downloadable resources like this?

Not as good as a real book but, if someone wanted to run a printer a lot, they could have a similar library.

Libertas:
I was thinking while I wrote this that if anybody here has an extensive database of any kind it is probably our friend Weisshaupt.

Will have to comb the threads sometime.  I know we copied a lot over en masse from the old site, and have added a lot since then.

I am probably no different than most here...I have stashed my favorite works of fiction and non-fiction, and in the SHTF section I have a few offerings on survival (one of them the Army FM), medicine, native plants, etc.  I have also but together a binder of things I've slide into plastic sleeves for stuff I've printed out.

Weisshaupt:
Actually we don't have a lot of technical manuals.  Certainly nothing on die-punching of gears and the like. I still have a number of engineering text books from college, so I am sure I could struggle through a lot of the basic math,  but if you are building a pig-shed, its just not that hard.

I live in an area filled with metal workers and welders, my neighbor builds steel building for a living, and my stepbrother worked in a machine shop.  But I own none of the required tools and only recenlty learned to weld.

My Stepdad is a general contractor, and knows how to build a house start to finish, and  I have already learned at lot of those skills ( and mastered none of them)

We have quite a few books on Gardening, live stock care and such because we are actively doing that,  but as with most things, the book can only take you so far. The variations in your soil, your climate, your animals eats what you feed them etc changes the parameters. We learn more from the local farmers here than we do from the books, that is for certain. 

I have almost no medical knowledge, and only that basic field manual on DYI surgery and a surgery kit. But its not something you get to practice unless you start doing it on deer carcass, and that won't heal, so you have no confirmation you did it right. I am kinda hoping that my doctor friend ( who is kinda preparing and kinda not)  ends up at my place. 

I certainly don't have any tactics manuals.. if I end up fighting it will be under a vetern who is willing to take me on and train me. I am 45, 30 lbs over weight and a I have a bad back. I do not think I would make great light infantry.   The guy back at the  base manning the radio, doing power generation and making coffee.. Yeah, I could be that guy. Or serve as a sentry.  But running around in the woods fighting? I don't think I would last long.

So no my library is not extenisve, but for what I plan on needing to do (staying here, farming and guarding the perimeter)  it doesn't need to be. 
 

Libertas:
I disagree a little bit...there is a fairly extensive database and you made mention of it...your mind.   ::thumbsup::

And yeah, I am not young and fleet of foot anymore either, so while I have to will to seek and destroy I might be more effective helping with strategy and tactics of defense and deployment and man an OP and call out patterns and strays...and I can pull a trigger...my range might be limited compared to more skilled folk with sharp eyes...but I can fill that middle ground...

You have more of that "I can build/fix that" skill...right now my BIL is that guy...

People need people of different skills and abilities to increase their overall survival chances...but like Israelis, everybody needs to know how to use firearms, do basic first aid and scavanging...

And this thread got me thinking we need to network knowledge where we can to help each other out, like we often do already.   ;)

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