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We all know that pistols will be a necessary weapon in the fight against the undead. Either to stave off the horde so you can reaload your main weapon, or as a main weapon itself. They are great for close quarters fights, and can be positioned and moved much faster than a shotgun or rifle. The thing is, which one do you choose? Do you go purely for stopping power, or magazine capacity? Why go with a S&W 500 when a 22lr Browning Buckmark will do? These are all questions that we all have to ask ourselves to find out what kind of pistol we’d prefer for the Zombiepocalypse. Below are some selections made by ZAC that have the best of both worlds.

9MM:

Manufacturer: Glock
Model: G34
Ammo Capacity:17-33

Manufacturer: CZ-USA
Model: CZ75 SP-01
Ammo Capacity: 16-32

.45

Manufacturer: Springfield
Model: XD Tactical
Ammo Capacity: 13

Manufacturer:Sarsilmas (imported by EAA Corp)
Model: K2
Ammo Capacity: 14

Manufacturer: Para USA
Model: P14-45
Ammo Capacity: 14

Feel free to make suggestions and provide links to your suggestions.

Think about this:

If something bad happens, will you be prepared? Natural disasters, Economic Collapse, Z-Day, ect. is going to catch a lot of people unprepared. Two things will happen, your community will bind together, or it will tear itself apart. The best and worst of humanity will come out in a lot of people. Roving bands of marauders could come and try to take your supplies and perhaps your women and kids. What will you do? What resources are in the area? How much food do you have on hand? How much water? How are you going to make the water safe to drink? Do you have a garden? How will you preserve the food you grow? You’re basically going to be forced back to the 1800′s, and you’re going to have to work your ass off for everything you need. All of you really need to look at yourselves, your neighbors, and your community as a whole and try and establish a plan. Get ready, it IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

Here’s a good philosophy video to watch about WROL
(Without Rule of Law) I really suggest you watch this and think about all of the things that are said. Put together a list and start buying little things here and there. You’ll be suprised at how fast it all adds up.

In part 1 of Z-Day: Combat Without Firearms, we covered European Blade Martial Arts. In this segment, we’re going to cover Asian Blade and Unarmed Martial Arts. Asian Martial Arts are some of the most well known Martial Arts on the planet due largely in part to Bruce Lee, and the movie/tv industry. We know all the names of the most popular styles:

Karate (includes Weapon forms)
Kung Fu (includes Weapon forms)
Tae Kwon Do (mostly unarmed)

Though you may know the names of these schools or systems of martial arts, there are many that aren’t as popular, but are equally as deadly and efficient. For now though, lets focus on the more popular styles of Asian Martial Arts. For the sake of time, and to save space on the page, I’ve listed the martial arts and provided a link to their wikipedia pages along with a video demonstrating the style.

Karate
Karate Demo

Kung Fu
Kung Fu Demo

Tae Kwon Do
Tae Kwon Do DemoKwon Do

Weapons forms for Eastern Martial Arts generally use several of the same weapons: Staff, Spear, and Sword, so I will provide some video links to several forms for each of these weapons.
Karate:
Kama (this is the kata I use to practice 2 handed Kukris)
Bo Staff
Tonfa (Night Stick)
Katana (Performed with Bokken, but any2 handed single edged sword can be used)

Kung Fu
Bo Staff (Almost slow enough to learn from.)
Dao (Chinese Broadsword. Watch the other videos in his series to learn the whole form. Useful with large latin or panga machetes )
Spear (Very similar to Bo form, just with a pointy stick. LOL)

As you can see, a variety of forms can be used, and weapon choices are as varied as their users. Many other weapons and forms exist, and ZAC encourages you to learn as many as possible before Z-Day arrives to help raise your chances of surviving the initial outbreak and the insanity to follow.

(Yes I know I left out videos for Tae Kwon Do, but its weapon forms are almost interchangable with a lot of Karate weapon forms.)

Imagine you had an unlimited budget, and you could build the Zombie Fort of your dreams. Zombies Are Coming wants your ideas and we’re going to give prizes to the winners.

Here are the rules:

You have to use existing technology, and building materials.
You have to DRAW and submit your work electronicaly. (Via email, photobucket, facebook, ect. We have to have photos to judge.)
It has to be able to accomodate 100 people total.

You must list:
Square footage
Defenses (Caliber, type, ect. Existing technology only!)
Notable features

You must draw:
A blueprint/floor plan for each level of your fort, and the surrounding area. This means you need a bird’s eye view as well as a floor plan.

Thats it, other than that you have free reign to design whatever you want!

Now, the Prizes!!!

1st Place: $50 in Paracord items.
2nd Place: $25 in Paracord items.

Submit entries to: angryvikingman@yahoo.com

There are things that everyone should know how to do, but for those aiming to survive the zombie apocalypse, there is a particular skill set that people need to learn. There are things that you can learn easily, and things that you will have to practice to hone your skills.

The ZAC top list of 10 skills you to help survive the zombiepocalypse:

10. How to sharpen a knife.
9. How to use a knife.
8. How to use a large blade for self defense.
7. How to load and use a firearm.
6. How to shoot a 5 inch or smaller group at 100 yards with a rifle.
5. How to grow your own food.
4. How to process farm and game animals.
3. How to shoot a pistol well.
2. How to kill as quickly and quietly as humanly possible.
1. How to get around the psychological barriers you’ll face in this extreme survival situation.

I could go on a long winded rant about how if you don’t know how to do at least 5 of these things already, you’re pretty much screwed, but we’re here to educate, not humiliate, so here we go with the “Edjimication”.

Why do I say that? Well, most people who live in rural areas of the world already know somewhere between 5 and 8 of these things by the time they hit puberty. The world has grown soft during its urbanization and modernization. A few do the things that many can’t do for themselves. Lets start with the simple things, learning to care for and use a blade.

Numbers 10, 9, 8, 4, and 2 are the basis for much of what you will have to use for survival in a world that no longer has manufacturing, mega farms, supermarkets, butcher shops, or police. Lets begin with number 10.

#10 Sharpening a knife
Sharpening a knife. Refer to our article “Blades for Z-day” for blade information such as uses, selection, and sharpening.

#9 How to use a knife
Using a knife is pretty simple, and yet wholly complicated on a scale that is scarcely imaginable. You can learn to use a knife in as little as 10 minutes, but its intricate and niche uses take a lifetime to master. Also, each knife size and style has its own uses, refer to the above referenced article again for descriptions of these knives and their uses. Do a little bit of research and learn what you can.

#8 Using a large blade for self defense
Just swinging a blade like a crazy person isn’t a good idea. Hell, you could even injure yourself if you’re not careful. Especially if you have a really really sharp blade. This Kata is for Kamas, but is easily transferable to any large blades, especially machetes.

#7 How to load and use a firearm
Generally, a firearm comes with a manual. In this case, refer to the manual for the use of the firearm. If it doesn’t:
Shooting a pistol Aligning pistol sights
How to shoot a rifle Rifle Part 2

#6 Shoot a 5 inch or smaller group at 100 yards with a rifle
Apply the fundamentals and it should be easy.

#5 How to grow your own food.
Find a guide: Here is one.

#4 How to process farm and game animals
Search youtube for how to process various types of animals. Here is one I made for chickens, but it applies to any kind of bird. (Over 4k views. ;) )

#3 How to shoot a pistol well
Refer to #7.

#2 How to kill as quickly and quietly as humanly possible
Well, short of spending 20 years learning ninjitsu, all I can say is spend time in the wild learning how to quietly stalk game, practice walking silently over different types of terrain, and as we all know, knives don’t make noise when you put them in someone. You can also learn from the army combatives manual.

Finally, #1 How to get around the psychological barriers you’ll face in this extreme survival situation.
Well, all I can say is we’ll all have to cope in different ways. Grow a pair and do what you have to to survive. Try and enjoy the little things and keep your mind on keeping your ass alive.

With so many people worrying about running out of bullets and saying that bows are the way to go, I thought that I would put up a little tutorial on how to make one from start to finish. Only, I didn’t make these videos, Dave Canterbury of Discovery’s “Dual Survival” did.

This is going to be a video tutorial from youtube. As I have never constructed one like this myself, I’ll let an expert explain it.

Collecting the Stave and Improvised Draw knife:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGz6Pxx31FE
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVrliQHIQKY

The rest you can watch by clicking the related videos for the following parts.
Enjoy!

If you really don’t want to go through all that mess, but still want to make your own bow, you can buy a tillered bow stave.

http://www.jcrossarchery.com/products/-Hickory-Bow-Stave.html

Ok, so we’re back with another mess of homemade Macgyver’d carnage for you guys to think about. This article is going to contain a LOT of information, so make sure you do your homework kiddies. This time around, we’ve got a few rare treats for you. This time, its all about DESTRUCTION!

How to make Black Powder
How to make Thermite
How to make Napalm
How to make Dynamite
How to make C4 (FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES and there are steps left out) :D
Other booby traps for the undead and the unwary living.

How to make Black Powder

Gunpowder, also known since the late 19th century as black powder, is a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. Gunpowder can be made just using potassium nitrate and charcoal (or alternatively without charcoal), but without the sulfur (or coal), the powder is not as strong. It burns rapidly, producing a volume of hot gas made up of carbon dioxide, water, and nitrogen, and a solid residue of potassium sulfide. Because of its burning properties and the amount of heat and gas volume that it generates, gunpowder has been widely used as a propellant in firearms and as a pyrotechnic composition in fireworks.

Black powder is a granular mixture of:

a nitrate, typically potassium nitrate (KNO3), which supplies oxygen for the reaction;
charcoal, which provides carbon and other fuel for the reaction, simplified as carbon (C);
sulfur (S), which, while also serving as a fuel, lowers the temperature required to ignite the mixture, thereby increasing the rate of combustion
All of these chemicals are commercially available off of EBAY. Yes, thats right, EBAY. I bought 1 lb of KNO3 a while back to make smoke bombs for the 4th of July. Please research on your on for the proper combinations for the best mixture. I can’t do everything for you, ya know. ;D

How to make Thermite/Thermate

Thermite is a pyrotechnic composition of a metal powder and a metal oxide, which produces an exothermic oxidation-reduction reaction known as a thermite reaction. If aluminum is the reducing agent it is called an aluminothermic reaction. Most varieties are not explosive, but can create short bursts of extremely high temperatures focused on a very small area for a short period of time. The thermite is simply a mixture of metal, often called the “fuel” and an oxidizer. It’s form of action is thought very simlilar to other fuel-oxidizer mixture like black powder. All you need is Iron Oxide, and Aluminium Oxide, which are also available for purchase off of EBAY. God, you gotta love the internet. Anyway mix them together in a 8:3 ratio (iron oxide:aluminum) in a ratio by weight. Note that the since aluminum is so light, it will appear that it is about a 50-50 mix by volume

Thermate: Its composition by weight is generally 68.7% thermite, 29.0% barium nitrate, 2.0% sulfur and 0.3% binder (such as PBAN). The addition of barium nitrate to thermite increases its thermal effect, produces a larger flame, and significantly reduces the ignition temperature.

All you need to ignite either of these mixtures is a simple child’s sparkler.

This one I was allowed to tell you because civilians are allowed to make and possess thermite. :D

How to make Napalm

We all know some crazy way we heard to make napalm, but here is the real way. The commonly quoted composition is 21% benzene, 33% gasoline (itself containing about 1.0 to 4.0 percent benzene to raise its octane number), and 46% polystyrene. This mixture is difficult to ignite. A reliable pyrotechnic initiator, often based on thermite (for ordinary napalm) or white phosphorus (for newer compositions), must be used. The original napalm usually burned for 15 to 30 seconds while napalm-B can burn for up to 10 minutes. The best way that I have found to produce an easily ignitable, and long burning form of napalm is to take a plastic 5 gallon bucket, set it on the GROUND and fill it 1/4 full with gasoline. You set it on the GROUND to GROUND it out so there are no electrostatic discharges resulting in fume detonation and possibly DEATH. Then, slowly dissolve styrofoam(which is polystyrene) into it until it reaches a “snot like” consistancy. Mix it SLOWLY with a stick of wood. Play with the amount of styrofoam until you get it to burn as long, or as hot as you want it. Using my method, I have had 1 cup burn for 10 minutes, and half of that was after I covered the fire with a layer of dirt in an attempt to put it out. BE VERY CAREFUL.

How to make Dynamite

The industrial manufacturing process often uses a nearly 50:50 mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and concentrated nitric acid. This can be produced by mixing white fuming nitric acid (quite costly pure nitric acid in which oxides of nitrogen have been removed, as opposed to red fuming nitric acid) and concentrated sulfuric acid. More often, this mixture is attained by the cheaper method of mixing fuming sulfuric acid, also known as oleum, (sulfuric acid containing excess sulfur trioxide) and azeotropic nitric acid (consisting of around 70% nitric acid, the rest being water).

The sulfuric acid produces protonated nitric acid species, which are attacked by glycerin’s nucleophilic oxygen atoms. The nitro group is thus added as an ester C-O-NO2 and water is produced. This is different from an aromatic nitration reaction in which nitronium ions are the active species in an electrophilic attack of the molecules’ ring system.

The addition of glycerin results in an exothermic reaction (i.e., heat is produced), as usual for mixed acid nitrations. However, if the mixture becomes too hot, it results in runaway, a state of accelerated nitration accompanied by the destructive oxidizing of organic materials of nitric acid and the release of very poisonous brown nitrogen dioxide gas at high risk of an explosion. Thus, the glycerin mixture is added slowly to the reaction vessel containing the mixed acid (not acid to glycerin). The nitrator is cooled with cold water or some other coolant mixture and maintained throughout the glycerin addition at about 22 °C (72 °F), much below which the esterification occurs too slowly to be useful. The nitrator vessel, often constructed of iron or lead and generally stirred with compressed air, has an emergency trap door at its base, which hangs over a large pool of very cold water and into which the whole reaction mixture (called the charge) can be dumped to prevent an explosion, a process referred to as drowning. If the temperature of the charge exceeds about 30 °C (86 °F) (actual value varying by country) or brown fumes are seen in the nitrator’s vent, then it is immediately drowned.

Just in case you’re ever dumb enough to try this, you can buy pure glycerin at most pharmacies and buy the acid off of the internet.

Now, it is said you can use sawdust as a stabilizer, BUT YOU SHOULD NEVER, EVER DO THIS! It will cause the nitro to immediately explode. You can’t use any kind of plant organic plant matter. You should use diatomaceous earth or nitrocellulose. Wikipedia it. LOL.

How to make C4

C4 is made up of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer and, usually, marker or odorizing taggant chemicals such as 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane (DMDNB) to help detect the explosive and identify its source. As with many plastic explosives, the explosive in C4 is RDX (cyclonite or cyclotrimethylene trinitramine), which makes up around 91% of C4 by weight. The plasticizer is diethylhexyl (5.3%) or dioctyl sebacate and the binder is usually polyisobutylene (2.1%). Another plasticizer used is dioctyl adipate (DOA). A small amount of SAE 10 non-detergent motor oil (1.6%) is also added.
C4 is manufactured by combining the noted ingredients with binder dissolved in a solvent. The solvent is then evaporated and the mixture dried and filtered. The final material is an off-white solid with a texture similar to modelling clay.

Now, to make C4 you need RDX (91% by weight, btw, its slightly unstable. So be careful!)
To make RDX: RDX can be made by a synthesis of nitric acid and hexamine. Nitric acid is pretty easy to get, so I’ll tell you how to make/get Hexamine.
To make Hexamine: Hexamine is made by a synthesis of formaldehyde and ammonia, but you can find it pre-made in a lot of fuel tablets for camp stoves. Google Esbit fuel tabs, you want the ones made from hexamine, NOT trioxane.

So now, since you’re good and confused, I’ll dumb it down for you.

Main Ingredient: RDX: made as described above. 91% of the total mixture.
Plasticizer 1: Diethlhexyl, this you can get from DOT 5 brake fluid. 5.3% of the total mixture.
Binder: Polyisobutylene, think aquanet hairspray from the 80s. 2.1% of the total mixture.
Plasticizer 2: SAE 10 non-detergent motor oil. 1.6% of the total mixture.

This description and information is for purely informational purposes, and I have purposefully left out the sequence of mixture, and other small steps because I don’t want any of you blowing up yourselves or anyone else. This is also a dirty version as the chemical purity will often be less than lab grade, which can result in instability, and lowered explosive yields. Any of this information is easy to find on wikipedia, which is where I got most of it. You just have to know how to assemble the information.

Other booby traps for the undead and the unwary living

We all know that in our survival guides there are tons of ways to make traps for game animals, all you need to do to use them on humans, is make them BIGGER. Just to save myself some time and typing, I will refer you to the US Army FM 20-32. This will instruct you on how to make and find booby traps, so that you don’t get caught being a booby.

I hope that you have found this article helpful, and informational. We all need to know things like this to survive the Zombie Apocalypse. THIS STUFF IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, ANYTHING YOU’RE STUPID ENOUGH TO DO AT HOME THAT RESULTS IN INJURY, DEATH, OR IMPRISONMENT, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR. (We = writers, owners, proprieters, advertisers, ect, et. al. )

Most Zombie movies portray an outbreak as an overnight occurance, but in reality this most likely will not be the case. Based on rate of infection and incubation times, you could have anywhere from a few days to weeks to prepare for the deluge of the undead.

To determine how fast the infection could spread, lets look at the last immense biological threat we faced, H1N1 or “Swine Flu”. Generally all types of influenza have the same incubation period, which is 2-7 days. The times vary based on the inital health of the patient and their metabolism at the time of infection. Assuming the shortest incubation period, and that a zombie will infect only 10 others in a 2 day period, lets look at the time table for the infection to spread through out the entire United States.

Day 1: 1 zombie
Day 3: 11 zombies
Day 5: 110 zombies (By now you may have heard some news stories, but they could be unconfirmed.)
Day 7: 1,100 zombies (You will have heard about the outbreak on the national news by now, and the infection will have spread coast to coast.)
Day 9: 11,000 zombies (More news stories. Smart people will have begun stockpiling food and other resources)
Day 11: 110,000 zombies (1 in 3,000 people are now infected. The Government will become involved.)
Day 13: 1,100,000 zombies (1 in 300 people are now infected. Odds are, someone you know is infected. Government recalls all deployed troops.)
Day 15: 11,000,000 zombies (1 in 30 people are now infected. Someone in your family is probably infected. Government declares Martial Law.)
Day 17: 110,000,000 zombies (1 in 3 people are now infected. Odds are, you’ve come in direct contact with zombies, or are buttoned up in your house.)
Day 19: 1.1 Billion zombies (Entire United States has been over run and the infection has spread to the rest of the world.)
Day 21: The entire planet has been consumed by the undead except the lucky few, and only the most remote locations remain untouched.

With the infection spreading in this fashion, could you possibly survive? Well, suprisingly, your odds are not too slim. If you can remain inside and safe until day 21, then your odds of survival increase dramatically. With almost every human on earth infected, the zombies are completely out of food unless they go after animals. Assuming they don’t, they will begin to starve, and if you’re really lucky, they’ll begin to dehydrate. If they dehydrate, then you will only have to wait about another week before its probably safe to go out and rebuild society, but if they have to starve, then it could be another month before you can go out to scavenge and rebuild. This is why it is important to have a supply of food and water to help you stay inside, and stay safe. For this you can make a Button Up Barrel. Good luck!

For rules and how to submit visit http://www.zombiesarecoming.com/2010/10/14/zombie-dress-up/

Good hunting!