DAVID'S TOOL KIT: A Citizens’ Guide to Taking Out Big Brother's Heavy Weapons by Ragnar Benson ‘The government is going to knock down your door any second, so you best have some Molotov cocktails and land ‘mines handy.” — Alan Bisbont, The Harford Advocate "This book... bas loads of pertinent information... Benson has apparently gone to great lenyths to secure an awful lt of information that is hard to find, if not somewhat classified " Angry Thoreauan “Some people will be shocked that there is an extensive Inersture on guerrilla war tactics, expecially writen for the ossiilcy that our own military may be turned aginst us somedag to enforce unjust laws. What do you do? Some of os vill fight back. This volume tells us how to prudently disable hose technological behemoths that the modem military = The Reader's Review DAVID’S TOOL KIT: A Citizens’ Guide to Taking Out Big Brother's Heavy Weapons DAVID'S TOOL KIT: A Citizens’ Guide to Taking Out Big Brother's Heavy Weapons by Ragnar Benson Loompanics Unlimited Port Townsend, Washington This book is sold for informarion purposes only, Neither the auher nor the publisher will be ted accountable for the use or ‘misuse of the information coniained in this back David's Tool Kit A Citizens’ Guide to Taking Out Big Brother's Heavy Weapons © 1996 by Ragnar Benson AlLrights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or sored in any fom whatsoever without the prior written consent of the publisher. Reviews may quote brief passages without the ‘rites consent of the publisher as long as proper credit i given. Published by: ‘Locmpsnics Unlimited PO Box 1197 Pont Townsend, WA 99368 ‘Loormpunica Untimied is a vision of Laompaies Enters, ns Cover illavration by Spain Radriguer ISBN 1.S5950-143-X Library of Cangress Card Catalog 97-7454 Contents Introduction... Foreword. Chapter One Intelligent flan... Chapter Two Toole. Chapter Three ‘A Brief Practical History of Tanks wand Tonk Warfare... ‘Chuptor Four ‘Killing Tanks. Chapter Five Defending Against the Chopper . Chapter Six ‘Taking Out Armored Personnel Carriere Chapter Seven det Aircraft Chapter Right ‘Thin-Skinned Uiility Vehicles... 181 197 Acknowledgments Great oumbers of experts in the fields of military deployment of tanks, helicopters, support jot sirera, artillery, armored pereennel earriers, mortare aad snore mundano, thin-skinned vehicles sue a# jeeps and trucks, have contrimuted to this volume. Many are currently Officora in the armed forees, assigned to places that would be of great interest to readers of thie volume. Others are rooently retired soilitury, defense contractors with currant contracts, or angineers who have worked on the weapons under discussion. For obvious reasons, these people generally wich to remain in the background, ‘Those people inelnde: ‘© Tro weapons design engineers who warked on Bradley and/or Abrams in their design stage. ¢ Two officers, one past commander and one present commander, of the world’s most prestigious tank schol. ‘+ Numerous master sergeants within these schocla who were gracious enoogh to entertain my andieea, often contradictory, questions, © Two retired Marine officers of the rank of major or abore who sat down for extended periods of time ex- plaining the U.S, Marine smart field expedient methods of dealing with various heavy weapons, Training and personal inclination give the Marines a wall-doserved reputation for being the beet in the world at what they do, 4) Thruo retired army officers af the rank of colonel or above who spent their entire careers with these ‘weapons systems, ‘© Our nation’s top sniper. ¢ A prior employsa of Air America who now hes a ‘successful international business brokering military lusavy equipment and knows of these devices Giret hand. ‘+ Gar nation's most decorated, most aecomplished army aviator — new retired. + Two retired air foree officers who flew most of the jet ‘apport aircraft described in this book. + Two active duty helicoplar mechanics In addition, I drew heavily on six epplicable militery mannale: FM 7-93. The Mechanized Infentry Platoon and Squad (Bradley). Not 3 commonly available manual. The cover reads: “This publication contains technieal oc opare tional information that is for official gavarament se only. Requisition from cutalde the U.S. Government for rolease of this publication under the Freedam af In- formation Act must be made to Commander, TRADOC.” FM 1402, Aviators’ Recognition Manual, Again, diatribe tion of this voluma ia restricted and it may not ke available to average citizens. FM 6-31. Boo ‘TAM 9.2950-264-10-10, The Abrame Tonk. FI 90-10-1. An Infuntryman’s Guide to Urban Combat. To Catch a Tunk ANTARMOR Board, 1.8. Infantry, Fort Benning, Georgia. An obscure comic hook format publi- ation but one of great value with detailed field expedient methoda of dealing with Main buttle tanks