In WW2 the Japanese mastered this tactic really cool of you to explain it so well.

This is an excellent explanation if the reverse slope defense. The Afrikaners used this with great success against the British at The Battle of Spioenkop in 1900.

I wish you still made these you left so much untaught, now more than ever we could use your knowledge... please consider making more.. stay safe and god bless

I find your tactical videos very easy to understand. You are a natural teacher.

I look forward to your videos. Great information on how to use the terrain to our advantage.

Yes, the spider hole is what I had in mind... and I agree that I would not want to be one of those guys... but as many of us already know, desperate times call for desperate measures. Good video man. I really do enjoy getting your insights into the battle scenarios. First hand info is always better than a book! Keep up the good work!

While I do know how to use firearms, I have very little knowledge in warfare. You explained it so well for us beginners. It's so good for me to understand basic concepts just in case my husband is unavailable. Thank you!

Thank you sooo much for doing these kinds of videos, these are the ones i really look forward to and I learn the most MORE MORE MORE

SP1 - thanks for the discussion on tactics. I think the exercise is good to provoke thought for defense as an underdog. I would like to see some discussion on defense tactics for flat terrain like Texas or Florida. It seems to me that the flatlanders are at a distinct disadvantage especially when dealing with a mechanized unit. Cover is essential. Perhaps a discussion for improvised cover using items that are commonly available may be of interest to folks. Thanks for all!

Dude, Thanks for this video... 46 years ago I read Sun Tzu and he wrote about these kind of tactical preporations.... Thanks for the refresher... Now I am going to get that book out and review.... review.... review.... P.S. I hope that the operation comes out allright for your brother in Maine

It is apparent that you are former military as I and you have my respect. Our wars were at different times so I will not be arrogant to think my way is the only way. If the shtf this war will be a hit and run tactics reducing the enemies effectiveness and to reduce their morale. It will be a musket-behind-every-tree and the only way to obtain the weapons similar to the enemy is to steel them from the enemy using their weapons against them! God bless!

Keep the small unit tactics comming. You do a great job with the white board. This is a great window of thought that most people do not think about or understand through everyday life. Studying SUT and unequal force tactics is a must and you are doing a great job at it.

You explained that very well, excellent video.

I really love your vids, from a tactical perspective. Its fun to trade theory. And useful, if the information is absorbed.

A "must read" is the book One Second After by William Forstchen. In there, they must deal with a large threat group advancing on their town (post-EMP attack). Tactics like these are certainly very relevant to those preparing for such scenarios. Good information here !

I enjoy watching this type of videos, I hope you do more.

Love it! Keep up the great work! Kinda reminds me of that scene near the end of The Patriot where the British chase a small group of our troops over the hill and all the rest of ours are waiting for them and we overwhelm them.

I agree with the tactical standpoint I don't see many of these videos great video sir

great info ive learned this playing realistic millitary shooters and it sure does work but you went into even more detail great great video id love to see more tactical videos!!!

Good questions I will try to answer some of these questions when I do another white board video. Cant really answer them typing in this little box. Thanks David

Outstanding video. Thanks much for making it.

I just want to thank you for your service for our fine country, and your videos. They helped me get the courage to rejoin youtube. My cousin, an uncle of mine, and my fiance's father are ex military. Although her father was in the british army. My doctor felt I could pass for a waiver to join the military and im weighing out my options cause ever since my cousin joined the army i wanted to join some sort of military branch, just not which one. I know that my experience could help when shtf

Informative vid, I enjoy the white board series Thanks

Excellent information! thank you

Thank You Sir for your time and knowledge

Great points, Enjoyed the video

Thank you SP1... Subscribed and will forever watch until the preverbial shit has come to pass... Hope to shake your hand one day... Keep up the good work, brother.

Very cool. Now you will be able to see them highlighted against the sky as they crest the hill like you recommended be avoided for your own unit.

thanks a lot for nice explanation

southern prepper 1 please do a video on the 3 c's. Camouflage. ..cover...and concealment. ..fot those whom are nor military trained. This could truly save life in the field of operations. It also makes elude.. evade egress..or retreat more viable. ..

Very helpful info thanks 🙏

Great video.

yes....having someone that can see the impact and give corrections is a huge advantage for the mortar team

im not nocking this plan, cause its not bad, good insight. i just want to add. that, I,having read a lot, and if your gonna have to deal with a malicious and determined ground threat, wouldnt be anticipating bullets and mortar fire as much as half a dozen assholes starting a bunch of fires at the base of the hill forcing smoke and fire into the defensive positions (fire will travel up hill rapidly, but smoke would be my big concern, and worst case scenario).

Good information! Thanks for sharing! :)

thanks for another great upload! Do you think at some point in the future you can do a video on convoy traveling? Thanks.

Great video very useful info would love to see more of a urban environment.biggest worry of mine is I prepp but I live in a large city.witch as you know would put me and my family right in the thick of the shit

Thanks for all the videos David ! Hey I wanted to let you know, I finally had one person 3 miles down from my house I was getting into preparing, guess what ? He's moving to Columbia this week ! Looks like I'm gonna have to pop people on the head or somthing to get them to wake up (lol) !!! Anyways, much love sent your way, take care my friend !

Hard line communications is an awesome advantage. I use a Creshian Web design, and I also have my audio/video LPOP early warnings. Knowing what the problem is, and having time to react accordingly is my #1 "force multiplier". Having the hard lines dug in and ready for final setup is a HUGE advantage. Backups to backups.

US Army soldier here. Chances are any communications options available to a prepper would be able to be "bugged" or intercepted by a sophisticated enemy. The best thing you could do in this situation is have code words to confuse the enemy and make it harder for them to anticipate your actions. You should also make sure that you have practiced combat before hand, so everyone knows what they have to do to win, while keeping communication to a minimum to remain tactical and quiet.

thanks for the help...it does help and more please ....

Thanks, already been informed of that.

Great vid sp1!

Please do a lot more of these

When you talk about how the "enemy" cant see you on the other side of the mountain, THEY can't see you, but what if they can see you with drones?

Good info!

Great vid! Another white table idea - Counter Ambush during bug-out WROL scenario.

Take a look at the Citadel fort in Halifax, Nova Scotia. From the bottom of the hill you can't even tell that the fort is there, from the fort you can see everything. Amazing rear-slope position and the gold standard in my books.

great info

Good overview of a reverse slope defence. I've dug many a hole in the ground preparing such defensive positions and it's use in defence of a home/community would be my choice if the ground allowed for it. May I add to also factor in your weapons ranges ref: the crest of the Hill and your (friendly) firing positions. Ensure the crest is in effective range otherwise EN forces can just come over the top and proceed down towards you without taking effective fire, also consider dummy positions

Thanks a lot!!!

My retreat is the Blue ridge Mtns. of Va. lots of hills there but covered with hard wood trees, Cant see much of anything, One location is Spy Rock, high barren rock that is highest point around. Used in war between the states as a look out spot to look for camp fires from any forces that might be moving in close. If not in a spot like that you cant see 50 feet.. Reverse slope, right but only scouts could warn of movement. Good video. DAVE

Great video. Would it be useful to preppers to spend their tactical energies on a focused subset of infantry missions (i.e. maybe "no" to Deliberate Attack, "yes" to Recce Patrol, etc.)?

I really didnt pick one scenario or a specific enemy to have in this training video. I look at the possibilities of us having to face numerous potential threats and this tactic of using reverse slope defense will work on many different threats.

Thanks for the insight, there are risks involved, but you've covered the scenario and it is a strategy that would most definitely work in many cases. When dealing with a combination of pine/wooded lots, farmed / open fields, and swamp/mangroves mixed in different ratios in square lots, here in Florida, would you have any strategy on defensive positions and LPOP placement when it's all flat? I'm scouting land for potential buy, most fits that description, I only think high hide and booby traps

This is good, because a lot of preppers have never be in the infantry and do not understand these thing. A few obstacles on the forward slope will slow the enemy and give you time to get set up for a reverse slope defense. It can also channel the enemy into kill zones. I hope this doesn't need to be used, but it is good to know. Get an older infantry manual, early 80's before the Bradley, and it shows a lot of these things.

respect the LPOP .thumbs up!

Another great vid the thumbs down were the guys coming over the crest.

have a google search for the ZULU tribe and how they made use of there flat terrain for near PERFECT concealment and war stratagie.

I can see a big advantage for the counter-attack - when you make your push and make it back over the topographical crest their guys will be up there too in close proximity so they won't be able to unload on you with mortars and 50 cals etc. I'd like to see your couter attack... i'd be thinking of blowing that top barricaded choke point with pre-positioned explosives just before the push and then sending everyone back over. If your OP on another hill hasn't engaged that would be the time.

Just my observation but if you maintain a couple of LPOP's on the Forward Crest (and let's assume you have some decent comm), then they could alert you to that circumstance and using your forward slope guys, you could gain a distinct advantage over the enemy. Correct me if I'm wrong SP, but if you had guys hunkered down on the forward crest, you could also trap the enemy at the topo crest and not have to worry about any crossfire from your own team. Again, just my thoughts...

So if you had mortars and another hill, you could fire the mortars over the hill and get the other hill to help you correct your aim?

GO TEAM GO...ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A PLAN

Good point..how about an advance observation point

All I remember from ROTC in 1962 was reverse slope defense made more sense when the elevations differnces are small, and it also gave you an advantage at night (night vision equimpment was primitive and scarce then.) Enemy are siloueted. If you think of the advantages/disadvantages SP1 mentioned, none of the observational advantages for either side changes if the hill is 10 feet above the valley or 400 feet above the valley and the advantage of the enemy attacking down hill is vastly reduced.

if you cant find it, youtube search, its called "introduction to convoying during wrol". Hope that helps.

Good video, for the “I would do” and the “what about” guys this is basic military Tips Tactics and Procedures (TTP) stuff. One must start with this basic stuff and understand it before moving to advanced subjects, no one tactic is right for everything/everywhere, and yes there are TTPs for dealing with “overhead” surveillance. Learn about "Key terrain" and the other basic military tactics, in short listen and learn from him while you can.

Thanks

more like this! Thanks

Sounds good. BUT what if they Flank you by coming AROUND the hill? If we were to be defending against any type of ORGANIZED force, they will know the detriment of cresting the hill and will most certainly try to avoid it most likely by sending FO's or Recon ahead to see if Flanking is possible. This then opens you up to getting flanked or even worse..hit from behind. What are your thoughts on this?

would be great, to pick his brain on that. I think each location is unique, maybe setup a google map printout and transparency marking friendly forces. I easily saw 3 natural choke points in my neighborhood; taking some volunteer vehicles and blocking off the entrances with 2 minimally staffed checkpoints (rotating shifts) and a mobile patrol could reinforce any position, would work in my area, if I can convince enough on the plan. + coded comms or runners required, appreciate any insight/tips

This is really not a ambush but part of a defense of a fixed location. Placing your forces in a position to protect your homes near by. A ambush and a defense are different but you are using some similar tactics mostly surprise but in the defense they know your there they just dont know exactly your location. Use the ambush before they get to your defense to weaken them and also try to maneuver them to your engagement area or kill zones. Make them hit your strongest areas.

Could you also do a video on making a 3d map for briefings . You know what I mean?

Reverse slope also limits enemy's long range weapons and reduces a numerical advantage (since not all of the opposing force can engage at once) sort of like the stand of the 300.

Sorry to tune in late, but are we assuming that the attacking force has very limited access to technology (drones, thermal imaging, air cover, etc)? Assuming that some type of EMP event has leveled the battlefield advantages a bit. My worry, after a EMP attack, an enemy arrives with fully functioning tech and vehicles. That would be a nightmare. I will try to follow along. Thanks for posting.

"he" can fly a drone with cameras that only cost about $400, so while it will be harder for the enemy, his mortars would not be blind and operating on luck only. Of course, their are many factors, such changing fighting positions, to keep him guessing. Good video, I hope you consider drones or even balloons as part of your prepping.

You can overcome the observations issue with drones

Iam loading a new one right now so in about 1 hour another one will be loaded.

cant you dig in to the hill like a tunnel network (whif traps?) a fort on the hill

where did you get your training?

Army Field Manual FM 3-90 (Tactics) for additional information on the reverse slope defense, see FM 3-21.30 and other brigade and lower echelon field manuals.

@TheRWS96 I have tried to dig like that. That shit is seriously hard, but it would be great

i would love to see some urban street scape tactics ???

Please research the Battle of Kings Mountain in North Carolina which was fought during the American Revolutionary War.

The Duke of Wellington used this tactic against the French in the Battle of Bussaco.

"No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main strength" Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke 26 October 1800-24 April 1891.

Hey, I Know Your Probably Busy, I've Seen Your Wood's "Radio Post" And Wondered How Would You Most Effected Utilizeation Of A Hill. (How To Put And How To Arrange Bunkers) And Also, Do You Support Trenching In A Hill?

Really? I checked his previous uploads. I must have missed it, I will check again.

Don't forget that the military could very well have technology like FLIR and THERMAL imaging. So the best place would be behind a hill for sure. If they can see your body heat, the forward crest of a hill would be almost as bad as the top of the hill.

I'm guessing in a situation in which the enemy is using air assets, the only option would be to let the enemy have the hill?

Whats to say the the enemy attack the 'reverse military crest'?

Easier to say then do. You would not want to risk those guys because they would have to hunker down and not be found when the enemy past and then they would attack from the rear??? They would probably be found unless they are dug in very well with spider holes. Risky but might work if properly planned. I just would not want to be one of those guys.

General Patton couldn't have said it better!

Tunnels are a must.

If the enemy already made it on top would you be assuming the forward military was killed?

That is good for the Northern 48 State... But here in FL Most of the Housing Developments has been forced to have indepent LARGE 5,000 or 10,000 Tanks of the Sodum Hyproclorite FOR WATER TREATMENT that can KILL every thing with in one mile if tank is OPENED

If the hill is vital in the defense of your community or retreat.

Sir, wouldn't it be respectable to send two groups around the lower portion of the mountain to come back up and flank the enemy?

Who would this hypothetical enemy be?

ok what if the enemy is not a bunch or running bulls and they actually dont cross the top of the hill but they fortify behind the top and fight safely from there? then we just gave the high position away for nothing