Are Guerrilla Units like Submarines? My Creative Case to Spark Your Thinking, by GuerrillaLogistician
Reference 1B – The Bridge
“I love my right-wing friends who talk about the tree of liberty is water of the blood of patriots…” “If you need to work about taking on the federal government, you need some F-15s. You don’t need an AR-15.” – President Biden.
Is our President correct? To some extent, he is; in others, he isn’t, and before we decry President Biden as an idiot and start talking about the trees speaking Vietnamese, we need to look at the facts he is missing. We will also look at one of my favorite topics that cover most of the things YOU need to look at as a prepper to guerrilla leader. Logistics! Before that, and to keep this interesting, let’s compare the G-Unit to submarines to make this interesting.
What many honest but ignorant people on the left don’t get about a simple rifle is similar to Britain’s view during WWI. You can read the basics about Britain in WWI on the link below, but the lesson learned was this. The U-boats weren’t as effective when following the prize rules of the day. The boats had to tell the merchant ships to surrender and give the vessel time to escape before they were sunk. This gave Britain time to respond to these submarines. When unrestricted submarine warfare started after the British Q-ships were employed, Britain almost collapsed logistically and nearly lost the war.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-u-boat-campaign-that-almost-broke-britain
Extraordinary audio of a WWI interview of U-boat engagements.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-the-first-world-war-the-submarine-war
Some weapons platforms can counter others when applied correctly and to the correct target. Japan, Britain, and even Russia all struggled with the submarine and the effect on logistics. Some weapons platforms seem awesome and terrifying, and they are. The Iowa, Yamato, and Bismarck in a standup fight are impressive alone, much less with escorts, and did wipe out lesser opponents. It took nations coordinating with new tech to deal with some of these ships. The problem is they also cost a lot and have restraints. From tanks to battleships, everything in a fight requires something. We remember battleships and carriers that reigned supreme as figureheads of pinnacle battles. What gets neglected a lot is the absolute struggle with submarines and destroyer escorts the US, Britain, and Japan dealt with. These merchants had to feed, fuel, and bring material to these nations to stay in the war. We forget the signal intelligence used to find merchant ships or hunt subs using loop antennas, radar, and basic sonar.
https://uboat.net/articles/id/51
What does that have to do with a G-Unit, you ask? There is almost a direct parallel between the war at sea and the G-unit, not only in implementation but in virtually every aspect. While merchants shipping feared Submarines, warships had far less fear of submarines. This is also a probable outcome of many G-units vs. mechanized units and fast reaction forces such as the ones employed in Rhodesia. Let us review some history.
Of the 1,156 German U-boats built, 784 were lost from enemy action or other causes (one sunk from an incident with a toilet). Germany did lose, but each time the submarine was employed, victory was only accomplished when the U-boats were dealt with.
https://navyhistory.au/british-and-german-submarine-statistics-of-world-war-ii/
We won against Japan, and while we can’t deny the effects of other ships and battles, logistics were the reason Japan went to war, and US submarines were a massive reason why they lost logistics and the war.
[According to Naval historian Gary E. Weir, “In all, U.S. submarines destroyed 1,314 enemy warships in the Pacific, representing 55% of all Axis power warships lost and a total of 5.3 million tons of shipping.”