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Contact!: A Tactical Manual for Post Collapse Survival [Paperback]

Max Velocity
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Book Description

July 1, 2012
This manual is the result of a detailed consideration of a societal collapse and the civil shift and aftermath that would impact individuals and families who are intent on survival. The purpose of this manual is to provide information to enhance security, tactics and survival skills of law-abiding citizens who are faced with civil disorder, lawlessness, violence and physical threat in a post-collapse environment. The information in this manual is derived from years of experience gained from service with special operations forces (SOF) followed by extensive employment as a security contractor in hostile environments including Iraq and Afghanistan. It is a distillation of military and security training, principles, and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) adapted to the threat and environment anticipated in this type of scenario in order to provide knowledge needed to train to survive in a world turned upside down. It is no longer just survival of the fittest but survival of those prepared. The manual will take you from self-defense as an individual, team and family, both pre and post collapse, and move on to tactics, techniques, procedures and training that can be used by tactical teams that you may need to form in order to survive. In a serious post-event scenario, one of total collapse with several months or years before recovery, families, groups and communities may be forced to create such tactical defense forces to protect personnel, loved ones and resources against marauders. There is something in this manual for both the tactical newbie and the military veteran. Author’s blog: maxvelocitytactical.blogspot.com Authors note on choosing Contact or Rapid Fire: Contact and Rapid Fire are not designed as sequels, but are aimed at different audiences. There is an amount of material, the main bulk of the tactical stuff, which is common to both books. It is not intended that you buy both, just one or the other depending on your requirements.

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About the Author

Website: maxvelocitytactical.com Blog: maxvelocitytactical.blogspot.com The author is a lifelong soldier with extensive military experience. He has served in both the British and US Armies. He served with British Special Operations Forces, mainly with the Parachute Regiment which is Britain’s elite quick reaction force and which also provides support to the UK Tier 1 Special Forces, the Special Air Service. The author served on six operational deployments, including to Afghanistan immediately post-9/11, and also a tour training and selecting recruits for the Regiment. In explaining what the Parachute Regiment is, it is easiest to compare it in role to the 75th Ranger Regiment, although it is of course its own unique and elite force.He retired from the British Army in 2003. Following retirement, the author spent five years serving as a security contractor in both Iraq and Afghanistan. This included working on contract for the US Government in Iraq, a year of which was based out of Fallujah, the rest variously based out of Baghdad and country-wide, and also two years working for the British Government in Helmand Province and Kabul, Afghanistan. These roles were operational security roles that included exposure to multiple different training methods and operational schools of thought, as well as both high profile and low profile mobile operations across Iraq and Afghanistan. The author then joined the U.S. Army and trained as a Combat Medic and Civil Affairs Specialist, he is a U.S. Citizen and lives in the United States. The author is a family man with a strong interest in prepping. This comes from a desire to prepare for the worst while living to the best in our current society. This book springs from the author’s ruminations on the need to keep his own family safe and survive any coming apocalyptic event, and a desire to share this knowledge with other law abiding folk. The intent is not at all to train you as a special ops team; much of the manual is written with the presence of young kids in mind. However, as the manual progresses it will give you the skills to train and operate a tactical team that will be able to conduct necessary operations beyond the family sphere.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 376 pages
  • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 1, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1478106697
  • ISBN-13: 978-1478106692
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Blog: http://maxvelocitytactical.blogspot.com/

Website: http://maxvelocitytactical.com

The author is is a tactical self-defense trainer and author, a lifelong soldier with extensive military experience. He has served in both the British and US Armies. He served with British Special Operations Forces, mainly with the Parachute Regiment which is Britain's elite quick reaction force and which also provides support to the UK Tier 1 Special Forces, the Special Air Service. The author served on six operational deployments, including to Afghanistan immediately post-9/11, and also a tour training and selecting recruits for the Regiment. In explaining what the Parachute Regiment is, it is easiest to compare it in role to the 75th Ranger Regiment, although it is of course its own unique and elite force.He retired from the British Army in 2003. Following retirement, the author spent five years serving as a security contractor in both Iraq and Afghanistan. This included working on contract for the US Government in Iraq, a year of which was based out of Fallujah, the rest variously based out of Baghdad and country-wide, and also two years working for the British Government in Helmand Province and Kabul, Afghanistan. These roles were operational security roles that included exposure to multiple different training methods and operational schools of thought, as well as both high profile and low profile mobile operations across Iraq and Afghanistan. The author then joined the U.S. Army and trained as a Combat Medic and Civil Affairs Specialist, he is a U.S. Citizen and lives in the United States. The author is a family man with a strong interest in disaster preparedness and military tactics.

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Very useful information with some very good diagrams. RN  |  16 reviewers made a similar statement
It isnt, but its close, and the best I have read to date. Thomas Mcginnis  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent August 21, 2012
By MIO
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Ok, started reading this and I am impressed by alot of the material.
One thing I can say thats not a positive or a negative but a statement is that, just like the ability to perform the skills listed in this book, the reading and studying of this book will take TIME. If you think your gonna read this as a one hour self help like so many other prepardness books and become and instant leader of sheeple that folks will make a movie about "one day" after you save them, then this aint for you. This stuff is real and it takes years to develop and there are only certain places you can get it. This stuff is only learned by real misions, real hunting, real group training and togetherness and dedication.
Many of the areas will take several readings to soak in the full content and will take time, patience, practice and casting aside the egos to get it right. It is one of the hardest things to do because of the widley varied dynamics of a true family unit. Compared to running a unit of fit, fire breathing go getters like I am used to and trying to transfer it to my family unit as well as my new extended family unit is an absolute nightmare to me. Its not that it(the tasking, the mission) cant be done, its that it cant be done in the same breakneck speed and orderly fashion. There are things to do/think about/practice now, in this book, that will assist in this and bring it home.
You do not need to have been an operator shooter to understand this book either, even us low life thought of logisticians understand it.
I will probably post more after finishing the book but it is good enough right now to rate it.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book !!! December 24, 2012
By doc
Format:Paperback
Ive been buying a lot of books of late, trying to pepare for future possible hard times. (full blown $$ depression). A couple of them I had to stop reading. (scary as hell or aimed at some sort milita group.) This isnt one of them. Ive found that you have to pick through all "how to books" and take what you need and leave the rest.It all depends on your goal and situation. Military knowledge helps a great deal as to survival and self defense. My goal is to protect the life of my family from possible roving bands of area meth heads and gangs of government dependents when their checks stop comming. Having no military experience plus being old and tired, I need all the help I can get. I got a lot from this book.
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52 of 58 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I looked for years, and this is it. July 20, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have always been interested in tactics and strategy. I have always known that it would serve me in life. I played chess. I played paintball. I even like to fight. I didnt do these activities because I thought they were interesting. No, something was to be gleaned from my experience.

I have purchased many books and manuals on military tactics on how wars were won. I was always looking for knowledge that would resurface when needed. Im a "when does the other foot fall" type of guy. Affluence and security always give way to poverty and danger. I have studied.

There are many books to study. So many start out great and then peter out. So many have titles full of bravado that leave me feeling weaker for having read them. So many books that miss the "tone and tenor" of my aims, that I almost gave up.

But I always keep my eye out for the concise manual. A book that gets the "tone and tenor" of a situation or life. Something that instructs without pomposity and unneeded rigor. I dont need an author to convince me through stories that he knows what hes talking about. I want the dope.

This book delivers. Straightforward and interesting. It lays out much of what you need to know to be a force of will in a non linear battlefield.

I feel like I should write more but feel like I would be creating an impression that the book is an entire compendium of what you need to know. It isnt, but its close, and the best I have read to date.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The cream of the crop
One of the best what to do when all hell breaks loose now what separates this manual from other SHTF books is that it actually advocates standing your ground and protecting your... Read more
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I bought this book a while ago and read it. I read a lot of stuff and this is one of the better instructional manuals in this subject area. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Joe
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Info
Very detailed information. Great resource book hope we never need to use the information that is packed in this book!
Published 5 days ago by Karen
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for about any level.
This book brought back some old memories. Not all good. But it was well worth the money and the time. Put this on your reading list.
Published 20 days ago by A. Judge
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read
An excellent book that is closer to the truth than one might think. It makes you think and rethink the direction our country is heading. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Mike Wright
3.0 out of 5 stars Good book.
The book is good, kind of difficult to read at times. I think that the author is full of good information, but is probably better at showing you how to do the things he writes... Read more
Published 29 days ago by JimmyG
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Info
Reminded me of things I needed to do to make my home and family more ready for things that could happen.
Published 1 month ago by Robert Partridge
4.0 out of 5 stars good read
4 stars today for an easy read that is full of good information. I'll agree with some of the other reviews that it has more than a few typos, but they're easily overlooked. Read more
Published 1 month ago by John Doyle
5.0 out of 5 stars Merging Tactical Considerations with Post-Apocalyptic Planning
I really enjoyed this book and was able to take more than a few lessons from it. As a veteran I knew all the things that I had been trained on, and I had an idea of how I would've... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Contact !
Insightful and interesting. A great overview of situational survival. Has scenarios you may have never imagined or prepared against in spades.
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