As an Engineer we use sandbags filled with concrete to construct water / flood control to re-enforce the soil near drainage ditches. Then use a layer of sand filled sandbags to slow down any projectiles

I have 200 concrete bricks, 500 concrete street tiles, plenty of barb wire, hundreds of caltrops and weapons. Actually, it is quite difficult to store and hide this stuff as long as S has not HTF yet. If family and friends knew, they would think that I have gone out of my mind - and they would know that I am a prepper.

@PrepperLegend

5 жыл бұрын

Actually you can just say you're thinking of starting a building project in the back yard, could be a patio or a fire pit, and never start it, or say the caltrops are for my garden against rodents, most people wouldn't even think twice about it, let alone ask, but just in case :)

@DayofJudgement-ur5gp

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you are prepared. Thank God the shizzy has not hit the fizzy

@RC-bv8nf

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry your not alone I’m doing the same thing!

@johnjanuary2958

Жыл бұрын

You are far ahead of most of us. Keep preparing.

@natenissan1339

10 ай бұрын

Your not alone, it's good to have all that stuff on hand. I have footings ready to throw up a fence hidden in my yard. I'm working on a good fire plan that includes putting out multail cocktails!!

Great advice for people living in rural areas. I had a trap door under my bedroom at my mountain ranch. The crawl space underneath was very high. I hid things underneath it that no one would have looked for, including me.

A couple of suggestions: Replace your typically short door hinge, lockset and strikeplate screws with 3" stainless steel screws. If you're going to store pre-cut plywood panels for windows (at least on the ground floor), paint the outward face flat black, and secure them with 3" screws to the interior side of the windows, with mostly-closed curtains in between. Panels hung on the outside tell scavengers that the building is either unoccupied or protected, and thereby worth trying to take over. Cut a small, vertical observation/firing slot (~ 1"w x 3" h) near the bottom of each panel, and hang a black cloth or paper to cover it when not in use. That configuration will allow for a weapon to be sighted, and you can see by moving back and forth. If nearby buildings have been damaged, you might want to break the window glass directly outside your slot to facilitate firing and listening. Keep your own noise low, and exercise light discipline.

@13CRAZYDAVE13

5 жыл бұрын

Cetok01 plywood over windows 😂😂😂 Headed to Home Depot to look for bullet proof plywood😂😂😂😂😂

@Barskor1

5 жыл бұрын

@@13CRAZYDAVE13 It really is just for keeping out the morons who attack with melee weapons or just fists. He could use the plywood for the steel sheets and ceramic tile shatter plates and make it bullet resistant.

@13CRAZYDAVE13

5 жыл бұрын

Barskor1 a good dog or 2 would be a better investment & designing a kill box area to control invaders😉

@Barskor1

5 жыл бұрын

@@13CRAZYDAVE13 If I was hungry a dog roaming around even behind a fence is a few meals waiting to happen it also tell me the guy has enough food so he does not need to eat his dog so craking the nut may be worth it.

@13CRAZYDAVE13

5 жыл бұрын

Barskor1 😂 careful bro, my pit eats bones & I'll have 3x the meals from anybody I get... Yeah, I'm not opposed to eating Long Pork

An alternative to Sand Bags,in an area where you can get away with it,is Tires. Filled with dirt/sand will last almost forever,where sun and weather will kill sand bags.It should also be possible to get things to Grow on the resulting wall providing camoflage as to the walls intent,if desired.

@tyblorp585

4 жыл бұрын

Tires make decent pots for plants. Potted plants can be arranged mostly anywhere on your homebase and not look obvious

@justnoobtoo6352

3 жыл бұрын

@@tyblorp585 u could grow food in them too

Water is always ALWAYS the first priority

Simple barbwire works wonders. It can be used to funnel enemies into kill zones. Sand bagged positions work wonders also and can be hidden. Making existing structures bullet proof and fire resistant also helps. Having and knowing how to use optics on rifles is a force multiplier as is thermal scopes at night. Part of prepper defense is not be seen. Hide your strong points. provide mutual defense and fire for each point, have escape routs for each area. A 1000 sandbags, 200 barbwire fence posts and a couple of miles of wire will make most places really tough to assault.

@13CRAZYDAVE13

5 жыл бұрын

Ken Kaufman strips of plywood or rubber with a couple rows of 16P nails are easier to use than barb wire & much easier to camouflage

@kenkaufman9998

5 жыл бұрын

@@13CRAZYDAVE13 Barbwire is used to funnel into kill zones. It should be a visible obstacle. Attackers usually will try to go around it. But you are correct if you are trying to incapacitate someone. Razor wire is way better for that.

@13CRAZYDAVE13

5 жыл бұрын

Ken Kaufman In a highly populated area surrounded by liberals, Barb wire is going to attract far too much attention & caltrops will accomplish the same result.

@WraithHeart

Жыл бұрын

As an aside, I know I'm late to the party, but if you have access to a lathe, you can tie off 20ft lengths of barbed wire, put the other end in a lathe clamp, and let her spin for a bit (in the same direction of the wire's twist). Makes a nasty, springy, bouncy, trip/thorn area denial device. Just be careful when you start to spool it up after taking it off the lathe, as well as putting it down, because it *will* have some spring to it. Don't wan't to get caught up in your own area denial device while placing it.

I premade some planks with nails into a Trap. In a shtf i would place them in my yard just under the Grass level. You cant see them but will mess up your feet really bad. Easy, cheap but it works.

@calvinbowling9579

5 жыл бұрын

I did the same. That's why I save all old nails and screws. Even putting them on the upper inside edge of a wooden privacy fence will catch some DNA. :)

1:30 "The difference between soft cover and hard cover." For anybody interested, the terminology that militaries use is concealment and cover, respectively.

Wow..this video was great....I love 18th century fortification tactics.

@HabeasJ

3 жыл бұрын

If it aint broke...

In the US military cover refers to hard fortifications that provides balistic protection. Concealment refers to non balistic protection from observation. It is much easier to keep the very important differences in mind using dedicated names for each type of protection.

Look into thorn bushes (including rose bushes) or cactus for some help with limiting access areas or to make choke points

@friedrice9535

5 жыл бұрын

Rugosa roses (will also give you rose hips, high in vitamin C), firethorn/pyrocanthis, and my favorite: wild blackberries!

@krinka1458

4 жыл бұрын

yes yes

@lemonmunch5082

3 жыл бұрын

Ah rose bushes nature's barbed wire

@normgraham8630

3 жыл бұрын

Hawthorns.

@CaptainDickGs

4 ай бұрын

Century plants too!

Awesome video! Remember guys the number victim of a trap is the person who set that trap! Be extremely cautious and pay attention to your local laws.

I remember that sand bags in all of our windows. It brings me back to childhood in Croata .

Trenches beat rapid fire weapons. That’s why in the civil war the south had a 2.5x -1 kill ratio when the north had better weapons. However if airplanes are used it doesn’t matter.

Great video! I love the real world experience you have.

I have thought and planned it out in great detail.

just moved from NYC. to Rural town in Florida. building a homestead with security in mind. one of the many techniques that I use are 2 and 3 door entries on 90 degree angles , where the outer door has zero ballistic protection and wide visibility and the inner door having ballistic protection and little visibility.

@jukeboxhero1649

5 жыл бұрын

Florida is going to get a tsunami that will kill all its inhabitants. Go up to the Appalachians.

@AncientFlorida

3 ай бұрын

Why did you choose Florida? And not Georiga or Alabama?

Great info! I wish you were still making videos!

If you are using earth instead of sand in 'sandbags' use an extra layer. They don't stop big rounds as efficiently. Also will slowly melt away with rain.

@catsincredulous9998

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of making some sandbags, but building something around it, like a wooden rectangular box as high and wide as it is. Then just make it look like a big cabinet or something. Could even hang a few gardening tools on it for disguise. Then it will just keep the elements from it.

another idea on how to stop /slow down cars/vehicles being lowkey are chopped logs, have a pile of 3foot logs, you can scatter it around entry points in your compound.

This is awesome stuff! Love the "toe-popper" mines that you feature here. Learned those back in 1983 at the U.S. Army's Jungle Warfare School. On a similar note I THANK GOD I was trained by Vietnam Vets, along with the individual techniques developed during that war. All of this "stand-around, kneel-around," just because you're wearing a plate carrier is just stupid. Are we really that dumbed-down these days (Oh, I forgot: Running forward all the time with a plate carrier on is how it's done in computer games)? Back in the day, we lived our lives in the prone position. As a matter of fact, I wish I could find that old photo of The Black Watch regiment operating in Belfast: In an urban environment, all in the prone, with a woman pushing a baby carriage past them.

Definitely made me smile 👍😉😁 Love to see more of these. Have a great day from Australia 🦘🦘🦘

I needed to hear all of this. I really learned a whole lot my guy...

I have found that dark gray indoor/outdoor carpet makes a good window cover to block light and vision. It can be hung on steel doors and windows with a magnetic tool holders, or screwed to wood, if it is not dark enough spray on plastic dip in one side. Another option is to hang sheers and the loose black plastic sheeting. The sheers hide the plastic sheeting.

Fish hooks hanging down from a branch to slow an attack. Rat traps/trip wire 12ga shells or CHEMLIGHT for booby trap or warning light. Just a couple.

@Thatsmisteroldguytou

3 жыл бұрын

Fish hooks. Thx!

Oh man, time to start digging! I also love the land mine idea using rifle cartridges and shotgun shells. I've thought of that one before too.

@Barskor1 indeed, a real simple way to do them is take a small pvc or thick rubber tube, cut them to a 1 inch circle, then cut the cylinder in a line across, then hammer 4 nails (preferably 4 inch nails or larger), stick them in 4 opposite directions to each other, and you get a very nice home-made caltrops, takes a few minutes and you can make a bunch of them from a garden hose and a bag of nails - they work great just like Barskor1 described, and putting them at locations inside the home in case you're seeing intruders about to come in, this will allow you more time to retaliate or escape according to your pre-determined plan and your readiness situation.

Awesome video sir! Thank you!

If you use plywood on windows/doors, cut a small “peep hole” to see outside. In my area , hurricane country, most use plywood on windows but it makes the house very dark and you cannot see what is happening outside. Of course use 4-6 inch screws in hinges and hardware on doors with two(2) extra long deadbolt locks at top and bottom of door. Get those that operate without a key from the outside. Don’t let crooks know you have deadbolts there. You may have to inquire or search for them.

Thanks for your video sir it reminds me my days in the service.more power

the zig zag is also good for making the enemy to slow down and not br able to crash into your gate

My hole farm is a 9 foot deer Fence around the hole property then dirt 8 foot of poison ivory and oak and another 2 foot of dirt between the 2 fences concrete 2 foot wide and another 7 foot fence then my bees hive are boxes every 14 feet apart along 460 acre farm. If poison ivory and oak do get on inside the goats will eat it and keep it at bay I do have warning sign along the hole fence warning bee will sing near hive and poison ivory and oak and other poison plants on property with skull and bones sign And your being recorded sign As a electrician I install Camera along the hole fence

Great video so informative. Thank you. 🌻

I plan to be a trader of heirloom and rare seeds. I will be planting a semi-concealed row of pyracantha thorn bushes along the perimeter, among other things of course. I think it'll work well for bears.

@DJW56

5 жыл бұрын

Love it. a k a....firethorn burns the skin for days

@99Racker

3 жыл бұрын

The common blackberry makes great fruit baring hedges or barriers. Channel approaches using them to your advantage.

@Mike-yl6hs

3 жыл бұрын

Yuccas are better, self replicating..As with all thorny plants easy to identify. Will give away your loca

@jackofalltradesprepping9611

3 жыл бұрын

Giant thorned black berry bushes are a long term grow, but almost permanent , border/perimeter.

One of best video on KZread

Thanks for the video. I feel ready to build my fortress now.

Thanks for the video it was very informative it gave me some new ideas. I have spent many, many hours filling sandbags back in my younger days, thats a tried and true hardening method. The problem with sandbags nowadays is they are so darn expensive. Once again thanks for the video.

@PrepperLegend

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Hans, thank you very much for your comment! You can buy empty burlap or rice sacks and fill them up with sand or earth which will make it a lot cheaper :-)

@swampfox5329

6 жыл бұрын

Hans McQ Contact a farmer and ask for grain sacks. Once filled spray paint a subdued color.

@kevincasey1211

5 жыл бұрын

Use old car tyres filled with dirt and rammed solid, stack them like a brick wall. Random piles of tyres, 2 3 4 5 high further out can slow down attackers and stop vehicles, especially if wired or staked down, best bit is you can get them for free.

I always like when I learn something. Thanks!

Thank you that is very informative I appreciate your help.

Things to consider are obscure methods for defense deterrence I like to employ bees that are situated under ground with tubes for outlets when intruders come smoke pours into the hives and releases the bees through the tubes thereby creating a natural deterrent if you have police or armed people coming to your place the last thing they’re going to be prepared for is wasps and bees swarming.

@PrepperLegend

3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting idea, Just keep in mind that wasps kill bees, and bees do need frequent maintenance - but as a bonus you get pure honey as a byproduct... Wasps on the other hand just want to F**k S*it Up heh - they are evil creatures... they don't produce anything just pray on other creatures, it will be hard to contain them in storage... it might be easier to employ caltrops or something inanimate on the same line so it will be there ready to activate if needed. pull up wires at ankle or neck or chest levels are also very effective not to mention motion detector activated turrets - sky is the limit here...

@Dagreenberg68

3 жыл бұрын

@@PrepperLegend And sprinklers that shoot gasoline instead of water

@PrepperLegend

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dagreenberg68 we need to be carful not to destroy the home we want to protect, but awesome ideas!!

@Dagreenberg68

3 жыл бұрын

@@PrepperLegend on the ranch I grew up on, we had our own feul reserves. While growing up I planted pipe in the ground with sprinkler heads at the ends. I then connected the other end to the fuel tanks, and pump. The sprinkler heads were right next to a patch of weeds that would pop up all the time. I would spray the weeds with about four gallons of gasoline, then turn off the sprinklers and LIGHT IT UP! but my lines are changed with a fuel that is mixed and and an igniters placed just around fifty feet away. The spray is really just to get the attention of intruders. If I was sprayed by gas, fighting would be the last thing on my mind.

@PrepperLegend

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dagreenberg68 haha, that's awesome!! and totally agreed!

You mentioned trip wires. More extensive is tangle foot wire. Using new or even shorter lengths of old bobwire, lay out wires along approaches from about 5" above the surface to 2' above the surface. The are typically mixed heights and as extensive as possible along perimeter lines. You can mix flare trip wires, etc. among the tangle wiring. This makes any approaches more difficult. Thanks for the video.

@PrepperLegend

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!! love it!

Roll down metal shutters are the Cadillac of window protection. They are expensive, even if you get the manual style as opposed to electric.

Ditches provide cover for the enemy. Also sandbags need to be at least 2 if not 3 or more bags thick, or rounds will still get through. Trenches work well, as well as spider holes, and clear fields of fire. Yes lots of options for a WROL/SHTF situation. All these options you mentioned are only effective if you are in the correct terrain to use such defenses. It really is situational, and area dependent what will work effectively, and what will not work. I would not be talking about improvised devices here on youtube, be careful. Overall good video, some good ideas.

Caltrops in moments you can block off hall ways and approaches with a bucket of them. In grass they disappear lay a belt of them and whole zones can be denial areas where the enemy just can not walk crawl or run freely. you can make them with long cheap nails spot welded together and then bent and sharpened.

@13CRAZYDAVE13

5 жыл бұрын

Barskor1 💯

@dirtisbetterthandiamonds

4 жыл бұрын

Weld them to chain or add to boards and you might get a whole bunch of vehicles instead of them just sticking in the first ones tires and being carried off..

@tylergooden2183

Жыл бұрын

You can also use micro machines on hard wood floors and broken Christmas ornaments by the windows

Excelent video! Some of my ideas, please comment: I live in a rural area with a free standing house and a garden around it, but the neifhbours houses are very close. I prefer to use the garden fence as my first line of defence. It is a wooden fence with spikes on it against burglars and I integrated some concrete man-high structures at various points with hidden shooting holes in it. All camouflaged in a creative way, so people don't recognize it as a fortification in peace time. My house is the second line of defence. I made some heavy wooden panels with small latches in it which I can open as a tiny window to stick a gun out and painted them in the colour of the front door. As soon as SHTF, I take out a window beside the front door and put one of the wooden plates in. Next, I quickly construct a wall of concrete bricks behind it from the inside. So even this fortification will not immediately be recognized from the outside. I also planted some shrubbery in front of the house with thorns on it. Now I clip them in nice shapes, but when SHTF, I let them grow freely. Inside I hid poles, to attach barb wire. My doomsday scenario is an all out EMP catastrophe. First and foremost priority in the first hours will be to prevent the house from burning down, as an EMP will blow up every electric device in your house. At last, I do have a question. When you man your guard posts, how can you communicate without electric devices? Shouting is not good enough (you cannot hear everything around the house, you tell the enemy what you do, etc), I thought of very loud whistles and three short signals: (alarm, engaged in a gunfight, need help).

@kevincasey1211

5 жыл бұрын

Bouganvillia is a good thorny vine, grows well in arid,dry spots, lots of different coloured flowers. Best bit is the more you water it, gives you more thorns and less flowers.

@sweetbriarfarm777

4 жыл бұрын

retep eyahaled Try native bird calls. In my area, barred owls call at night. One during the day is a signal. Bob White Quail are gone from here in the wild. Their call is a signal. Night Hawks buzz at dusk. Any other time of day is a signal.

@p.c.matthews2653

Жыл бұрын

What about walkie talkies.

@retepeyahaled2961

Жыл бұрын

@@p.c.matthews2653 hi, I prefer not to use walkie talkies since these are electric devices that can get destroyed by an EMP. I would need six of them, they can break and they need to be charged which might not be possible. But maybe it is a good choice after all if they are protected in a Faraday box until after the EMP. Maybe I change my mind.😉

Blackberries make a very effective barrier

Great video. Subscribed.

Your "soft / hard" cover idea is better described as concealment vs. cover. Concealment hides you from the enemy, cover protects you from projectiles.

@PrepperLegend

5 жыл бұрын

Very true it means the same thing, But this is how we referred to them in service so it stuck :)

Took a bit trying to find info like this, glad I found your video!

A proper fence in your potted plants. I dig it.

I have made trip wire alarms . I have a firecracker attached so it will alert anyone near by of an intruder. Pugy sticks are good . I have made holes just large enough for a foot of any size to fall in and at the bottom a board with protruding nails. You can preconstruct the boards with nails so when the time comes all you have to do is dig the holes.

Bullet primers require an impact, not just pressure. For evidence, crush one in a vice, and another with a hammer- wear ear and eye protection...

@13CRAZYDAVE13

5 жыл бұрын

steve yost 💯

@TheEmosesnepho

5 жыл бұрын

It might work better in a pungy stick hole . The force going down would be greater .?

@joshlower1

4 жыл бұрын

If a nail penetrates a primer the bullet will go off

Better not to have your sack exposed.😀 Raised flower bed fill to the ground, etc.

im thinking of buying Abraham tank and SAM..nice video

A box filled with gravel can work provided you have lots in WW11 The British home guard or at least one of the many groups had an armoured car with this as armour and it was quite effective you could make a pill box or just house by making a brick/concrete/wooden/ corrugated iron wall with a gap in the middle filled with gravel the the corrugated iron is best it is used in roofing will last longest and be cheapest just have metal frames and then a strong roof of the same nature though it would need to be have of support

Tip to secure door... Replace Hing screws with long ones.. and where deadbolt goes into

Just found your video, great stuff. Thanks! Also, take a 2x6, whatever length you need, screw some long wood screws through it and conceal it on the ground. An easier to make mantrap much like the punji sticks. Works good on vehicle tires too.

@thefirstnoob5577

5 жыл бұрын

You can use long nail also.

@13CRAZYDAVE13

5 жыл бұрын

michael wier 16P nails work just as well & they go in faster than screws

Scary, but interesting. I survived a financial assault, where people stole my business, because I was prepared for other expected disasters - CMEs, pole shift, NWO-crony takeover, plasma change-over event, etc. I had food to last for months. Any reason to be prepared is a good one. Food prices are going to skyrocket this year and get dramatically worse each year. Store food and water, salt and sugar. Learn how to grow your own food. Cover your soil (greenhouses) to protect it from atmospheric aerosols, which are making the soil too acidic to grow food. Demand labeling of GMO foods. Quality food, water, air, is essential for freedom and a basic human right. Encourage others to get informed. Withdraw from what isn't working.

@joshlower1

4 жыл бұрын

Wendy Fountain chem trails are a myth. Why would the elite kill there own food source and the people they need to stay rich. They won’t. They’d rather have us as slaves then dead.

Best prepping video i saw great video but pls make a video on food supply eventually no mater how much we store its going to ran out some day

We once used a bucket off a front end loader as a dfp

Guard towers only work if you have the manpower to man them 24/7. Otherwise they can be used against you. Not having that kind of manpower, the important mindset is to think like a mosquito, not like an elephant.

There is no “soft” cover. That’s concealment, we use a different word to ensure it’s understood that that is NOT cover.

Plant Briarpatch with ditches underneath them so when they try to cut through the briars they fall into the pits

Wow NO FLUFF HERE. GREAT video.

I need to buy more toothpicks!

@Mr. zed my accent might be Israeli-American, I grew up in both, but spent most of recent years in Europe, so I guess a mix...

Very interesting video! I would like to see a video like this for a suburban setting.

@kasherquanadlibs6486

2 жыл бұрын

Impossible unless u have 20 plus people w guns or else ur local gang set from a city down is gonna Rob u

I want to fortify my compound in the sierra Nevada’s but I can’t bring myself to wall off nature and block the natural view with a concrete wall not to mention it’s not flat, but I’d prefer a wall and fortifications for the main hacienda with 3 houses a garage and barn. Any ideas? I also have a 2 entrance pull through drive way gravel road

@PrepperLegend

Жыл бұрын

There are two main ways to fortify, a wall or a moat, both are valid and good (best is obviously both), so you could dig a 1-2 meter moat around your compound (water and alligators are a plus - although Nevada is not known for water... but if it was Florida that would have been perfect). A caterpillar excavator will do the digging quickly and rent is not that high if you do it yourself, if you hire a professional you can find a freelancer (or a friend) to do it at a reasonable rate, should take 1-2 days per 50 acres depends on the proficiency of the operator (could be faster). Another option is a wire fence, with interesting signs on them like "danger mines" or "beware dog" - the signs are enough to keep most people out, and you can always add the actual dogs or mines if you really want to... many military bases have attack dogs spread on the parameter with a wide wire collar that gives the dog its parameter - usually 50 meters in each direction, but then you'll have to do a feeding round everyday and setup a water system for them. Both methods work great and you can keep the nice view while you're well protected. For the main compound you can add some type of either a low brick or stone fence with metal poles at the top, or fully metal pole fence with some light vegetation. Keep in mind that fences and/or walls are made to deter most invaders (animal or human), but the most tenacious which this will only slow them down, so some type of a motion light system or a dog, and/or a parameter alarm will work great to give the final security push. And when all that fails, have your trusty 12g nearby :D

@IdiotBoxProductionsTV

Жыл бұрын

@@PrepperLegend thank you for all the help Prepper Legend. I will keep you updated on construction. Florida sounds wonderful and the flat fertile land would be ideal, but the saving grace is the Stanislaus river runs through the north of my property so my water rights are clean unlimited for irrigation. You’re Video was great

We could also have a castle with a stone wall around it. It could be called Tintagel.

Plant Trees to create a choke point on a road .. Use a cattle crossing with a sheer pin .. When the lead vehicle drives on the cattle crossing they drop 2 feet and their vehicle is disabled .. When the people get out of the vehicles to walk along side the vehicle to see about clearing the lead vehicle they step on trip devices which are rigged with multiple 1-5 pounds of pepper powder .. Pepper powder can be purchase from places in the world where they are grown .. Ghost pepper powder purchased from India is the least expensive and some of the most effective .. In this case you want to tell them to grind seeds and all .. Some places only grind the skin but that's not where the heat comes from .. The finer the powder the better .. These 30 - 60 in diameter clouds will incapacitate and a small force of men can easily over take a large group of men .. Armor piercing rounds to stop the engines or hit the fuel tanks, tires if less lethal is preferred .. Binary trigger upgrades in semi-auto weapons are not Class 3 but will send 2x more bullets down range .. Mines are illegal, so is ammonia .. Binary triggers are one of the best force multipliers on the market ..

Love it

8:28 Like a blow horn, or emergency whistle. Both are very loud and will get someone’s attention.

@PrepperLegend

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, the idea is that if you're breached, or about to be attacked in your compound you want everyone there to get ready, and the QRF will be able to jump into action immediately, for more info about this check out our free book on our website www.prepperlegend.com

It's a common misconception that walls are meant to keep people out. Now, some certainly are. Some walls are built to actually withstand an assault or barrage. But most walls are built to let people in, or rather, to let people in on your terms. Walls are built to let your enemies in in the right places; to funnel them into choke points and crossfire. They're meant to let your enemies in at a trickle so you can pick them off at a manageable pace. They're meant to let your enemies in in a way that notifies you of their location so you can send your forces to meet them. Walls that can withstand assault have their place, but they're generally expensive, limited in function, and best used as a last resort. The majority of your defenses should let the enemy think they're winning until the battle is truly lost.

If shtf bad enough that people are assaulting your home, you dont need an escape route. If things are that bad, escaping means leaving behind your stockpiled food, water and medicine which in turn means death.

I live in a floor legal apartment. Nothing seems to apply.

I find the rings of defense pretty good I got to get over them out get to the moat climb the fence hope I don't win on a bunch of boards with 10 penny nails on the other end just one ring after another just me a side of the razor wire and everything getting a fence shocker that they use on farms that once they touch that fence to getting shocked but just seeing all of that stuff you just said hell with it and leave and if not it can grind a bunch of people down even vehicles so the rings are the fence I find to be pretty good once I get past one I have to run into the others get around them keep up the good working god boss

He forgot the moat with alligators

1:30 translation: Soft cover = concealment Hard cover = cover (from projectiles)

The Israeli method is safer. I also like the pistol grip. I don’t think I have a preference. I do feel that it would take less time to discharge a weapon with one hand and deal with the threat with the other- even as a diversion.

Fortresses get attacked lonely looking wrecks get avoided s deception is a battle won because it was never fought.

@pmcccar

4 жыл бұрын

What about lonely looking wrecks surrounded by a moat?

@ramtharthegreat

4 жыл бұрын

I disagree. If I was looking for a new place to set up shop, it is the lonely wreck that I would pursue. A well defended fortress will get a wide berth from me.

@Barskor1

4 жыл бұрын

@@ramtharthegreat Not talking about that raiders want to loot and leave to find more loot if there is nothing to loot why would they bother? You are stating that you have different goals so it is not the same thing.

I really liked your shotgun shells mine idea

@wakanakapisihello5655

4 жыл бұрын

I m-1000 firecrackers dipped in wax and rolled in BBs or broken glass, etc. Combined with a Shepard's sling they rock at recon by fire...I call em my antipersonality device. Will definitely get a yell out of anything close to them but not lethal when you don't know exactly who may be there. (Though lurking is a bad idea around me)

look up american block house 1700 they used felled trees in stead of sticks in the ground just sharpened the brances to stop an attack and their log cabins had a cleaver design two, and to stop vehicals you can plant roock in grass worked great on chariots and charging barbarians as they would break their ankales

Hesco can also work well.

@wakanakapisihello5655

4 жыл бұрын

Assuming you have the equipment and mass materials needed to utilize them...

I found moats worked well when my family and I were attacked by zombies during the zombie wars of 2015. What also assisted us were large spot lights as zombies find light adverse to their comfort. Make sure you aim for the head as their bodies can take lots of physical wear.

@tylergooden2183

Жыл бұрын

Moats are horrible defense against zombies. They don’t work. Zombies just walk through it and then they stink even worse. I hated the zombie war of 2015. Never again.

Black spray paint for the windows. Camouflage the house is a better way make it look hazardous and not worth trying. If you make it look burned with paint and tools.

@justadood3167

2 жыл бұрын

Black mosquito netting will prevent THEM looking in, yet allow you to see out. If you use blackout curtains too, then you can prevent them from looking inside too at night.

We have a drone to investigate any noise alarms that go off.

How to Fortify your homebase if you have an army at your desposal.

@MA-ii3gm

5 жыл бұрын

John D They have money

@wakanakapisihello5655

4 жыл бұрын

Army can be nothing more than like minded individuals banding together. A pack of wolves is more dangerous than any one dog.

@wakanakapisihello5655

3 жыл бұрын

@The Good Life imagine a pack of cujos...

How do I defend my castle against Trebuchets? Answer: Bushes.

Put soft cover over hard cover so they don’t know what they’re getting into

Best case to watch to learn would be waco

its really simple. plywood your windows and doors and stop mowing your lawn in a Shtf. dont go outside dont answer your door hide and look abandoned and for gods sake dont let anyone know you prep. dont go on stupid prepper shows and dont have a youtube channel. those that keep their mouth shut will be the ones that survive.

@mikehanner3489

4 жыл бұрын

first place people will look are places that look abandoned. so now what

@24packman74

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikehanner3489 make it look hazardous and burned out if they think it has nothing but danger they'll just pass on by.

@banksta3

4 жыл бұрын

Burn your house to the ground, got it.

The thumbnail photo is horrible. You would never want weeds or bush against your wooden wall. Not only does it give baddies concealment it is also flammable. I think HESCO barriers with a layer of razer wire might be the most durable for your outer perimeter. If not a five or six strand barwire fence with electric current running through it. You would also want a vehicle ditch (moat) around this as well. This way no one can drive up to your barrier or get close without getting soaked or ramming your barrier. If you have electric you could put amps into the water to stop people. If you want to be extra mean you drop razor wire into the water as well. No matter what you do you need to keep a clear line of sight from a bullet resistant position.

Its important to note about broken windows theory.. if ur place looks like an abandoned shithole then it does invite more looters etc. Depending on the situation you need to be aware of the perception to others

For traps I did make a calatrop launcher

Kill Box!! Roaches check in, but they ain't coming out😉

Anyone else notice fallout 4 as some of the example screenshots.

Fast forward to 2024. Just came across this video and can’t help laughing out loud. This guy is taking a basic home and turning it into a military fortress. First, you build concrete barriers, then you get sandbags, then you make a sniper tower, then you dig all the ground out around your house, and then you need another guard post and then you need traps… and voila, your house has now transformed into a “compound”. 😅 What a laugh.

Well this just validates my thoughts that as a 68 yr old woman who lives on social security, in a mobile home, in an urban area , that I am totally screwed!!! All I can say is they will have to pry my weapon from my cold dead hands. I used to hunt all the time with my dad and a 12 gauge so I'm pretty sure a few will go down with me.

@PrepperLegend

5 жыл бұрын

T ledzepgirl - thanks for your comment! First of all you should know that a mobile home is one of the best defenses! The obvious reason - it’s mobile! You can move it once you feel the area is compromised Second, it’s a natural camouflage - most people wouldn’t bother with it since - chances are there’s nothing they would need in there (perception wise) Third you can easily boobytrap the door, add spikes to the windows, and even have a bag of caltrops handy if you want to slow an intruder - spread some in front of your entrance, or in the house and wait with your 12G Also growing thorny bushes around your parameter, and blocking the view to your house is a plus. But the best defense ever is building a community with your neighbors were you can all band together and form a type of militia in case it’s needed to protect one another. Hope this helps :)

@kennaoconnor4633

4 жыл бұрын

You will be fine! I lived in a mobile home 30 years ago. Make a trap door to get underneath it. Cover the entry with a rug. If the outside is skirted, no one will see you underneath. If it's not, skirt the area underneath with something no one can see you in. If they don't find anything inside that they can grab or make a buck stealing, they should leave within a few minutes. If nothing else, you have a secret exit to get out and back in without detection. You might even hide your bugout back under there. When I lived in that mobile home I thought about this a lot. My husband was a police officer and I worked as a correctional officer. One day a parolee showed up to my front door looking for my husband. After that I took a lot of precautions. That was my idea in case we didn't move soon.

Tank traps tire traps these are things that will stop vehicles in their tracks