zombie apoc weapons book 8

ZOMBIE APOC WEAPONS BOOK 8

Chapter Three ( cont. )

Melee Weapon & Blade

Despite all the Hollywood BS, steel weapons back in the day, especially the Dark Ages with its almost complete lack of trade, were scarce and expensive. Today, making barely more than minimum wage, a worker could outfit himself with an assault weapon with one weeks wages. This is the age of affluence as far as tools, because manufacturing doesn't need to wait for trees to grow for charcoal, nor are near surface ore deposits few and far between. We are spoiled by petroleum ( soon, very soon, to change ). So forget everyone having shiny arms and armor.

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Spears were the weapon of choice, not only because of its tactical superiority ( or, its 80/20 advantage, anyway ) but because they minimized the needed steel which was expensive. All these Survivalist Guru's during Beer Virus unemployment are telling you to Train Up, you could do a lot worse than searching out YouTube “spear fighting techniques” or similar. Yeah, paper books are superior. Use what you've got if the Orange Man checks or state unemployment money is slow in coming. Just take notes ( with stick figure drawings ) and you should be fine. And if you do believe a spear is a superior melee weapon, you could even reconsider your firearms.

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If I did go with the spear, and my terrain was wooded, it might be worth considering if you even need a long firearm. It is much easier to drop your zombie weapon and draw a pistol, than to unsling your rifle and get it into position. If you are practiced and quick, or have red dot sights, you might not agree. But there is the cheek weld that for me makes a rifle slower. But of course, only a tool blames his tool. You can train against the tools disadvantages.

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And before I begin to hear the shrieking and lamentations, Good Gawd Almighty Lord Jesus Help Us, the fool said bring a pistol to a rifle fight, consider what you are doing. In theory, the theory that underpins this thought exercise, you are mobile. You aren't stationary, protecting your castle. If that was the case, infantry needs rifles, and pistols are sufficient for police and maybe officers ( although I would wager as the gunpowder and primer situation becomes dire, the officer corps would revert back to swords or similar as a last ditch weapon and badge of office ).

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If you are mobile, you don't need to take or defend ground. Upon ambush, you break and flee ( if in a group, always have a spot to meet up after. Ahead, if everyone has maps, behind if not ).  A pistol as the only firearm might be enough, and saves a lot of weight. Just a consideration. A spear also saves on weight, and doubles as a rough terrain walking stick. Don't discount the extra reach as unimportant in a melee weapon. Mr. Super Ninja with a sword needs to be close enough to work his magic, and spear men can negate his weapons advantage. Against zombies, your extra reach also works well ( no matter how cool the movies make skull stabbing, you never want to touch the nasty bastards ).

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Perhaps you'll have noticed the theme, of being able to quickly deploy your melee weapon. Ambush in thick brush, either by zombies or the living ( I don't necessarily buy into the whole “loudly moaning at the smell of living flesh” trope with zombies. If they make it THAT easy to defend against, they won't last long. But, if like every successful organism that evolves to survive, they learn to shut the hell up, you'll be in trouble in ambush ) requires instant response. Full power rifles quickly gave way to mass carbine firepower in the jungle because of this ambush issue.

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You won't have that luxury of firepower. Gunpowder requires a surplus energy political organization ( agriculture empire ) AND it requires surplus nitrates. You know, the stuff that makes your crops grow better ( or, at all, given the sad state of most of our big ag petroleum farming practices soil ). You can use melee weapons as a last resort for zombie attacks, relying on firearms primarily, in which case spears are not as important, or you can use spears as your primary weapon against them, BUT, then you are at a disadvantage against men.

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The one thing I agree with the show Walking Dead was that living men will always be a far greater threat to you than zombies. Zombies might hone their responses and adapt to certain stimulus, but they will never have the weapon package that men acquired hundreds of thousands of years ago. Not necessarily his brains, as most people are dumber than a box of rocks, but his GROUP intelligence, expressed in his culture. Yes, despite getting a bad rap, the hive mind is important. And to a very real extent, culture does make us unthinking mindless robots.

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Conservatives want everyone to unthinkingly stick with the old culture, Liberals want everyone to unthinkingly adhere to any behavior that goes against traditional culture ( which is why they will lose Boogaloo, and why you shouldn't feel bad about smiting their asses. But the point remains, cultural mores DO require unthinking adherence ). Follow me closely here, kids. Culture is a group adaptation to local conditions. Culture figured that out, trial and error with a trail of bodies left behind with On The Job Training. You will NEVER be as smart as cultural lessons paid for in blood. Culture is hive mind. Join the Borg.

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( Friggin nerds! My spell check only understands about 10% of the English language. But it recognized “Borg” )

I choose to rely on firepower, as long as possible, because of the threat from other groups of the living. Commie Twats can lovingly embrace OtherColors streaming over the border to suppress wages and eat our diminishing supply of food, but I refuse to willingly embrace “others”. Others are a threat. Others will kill you to eat in times of scarcity. And unlike all the living zombies, the brain dead humans, who guzzle their spoon fed “scientific” propaganda, I DO believe we are living in a time of rapidly diminishing resources. So ALL others are a threat to me.

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Your Lizard Brain is a racist, xenophobic, misanthropic little bastard. Lizard Brain is a dumb ass. He doesn't understand monkey mind. This very lack of understanding allows him to discount anything that isn't a threat to hisself, his beautiful self. And Lizard Brain KNOWS most other people are a threat, so he doesn't share and he wants to hurt others before he is hurt. You can be a dumb ass monkey when times are good. Bad Times require you to listen to Lizard Brain, NOT, let me repeat for the short bus riders, NOT the Monkey Mind. You don't have to fear the Reaper, but you'd better fear the Other. This chapter continued next time.

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