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Come on, we all know it's going to happen eventually. :thumbsup:
I remember discussing this in another forum a while ago... but any ideas? Theories?
First thing you'd do when you find out there's a zombie invasion? Ideas for great home-made zombie killers?
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Yes I'm really bored...
We need a fun, throughly ridiculous thread anyway ;D
rwyatt365
10-10-2007, 03:35 PM
Well, it's about time that someone opened a topic with real, practical application!
When faced with faced with an actual zombie invasion – remove yourself to the hinterlands, stopping along to way to supply yourself adequately. Find the nearest Sports Authority, American Eagle, Cabela's, or other general outfitters store and STOCK UP. Head to the nearest (or perhaps furthest) strategic location; high ground preferably with good sight lines that are easily defensible and easy access to fresh water.
Take time to fortify your location. Close off any windows, leaving only gun slots. Bar every door except one, the main entrance and make sure that is strong and zombie-proof. Put a substantial grate across the chimney at several points to hinder ingress, booby-trap it if possible and make sure there is a roaring fire there at all times. If possible, construct a hidden, secret escape route or at least have a plan for emergency evacuation.
Weaponry;
- A brace of shotguns with deer slugs – they can blow off a head easily, plus they have good stopping power if you miss the head.
- Boomerangs (or throwing sticks of some sort) rigged with a razor edge – do it right and you can dismember, or behead a zombie – just don't try to catch them when/if they come back at you!
- At least one hand axe and machete for close-in combat
- Baseball bats…batter up! Time for a little Zombie Ball
- High explosives if you can get them (but I don't know what effect there would be to a blown-up zombie)
Notice I said nothing about rescuing family or friends. Unless I can guarantee their humanity, I would take no chances. Also, one of the main ways that people get caught is trying to save or rescue a loved-one from zombie attack, or failing to recognize that little Susie has already turned. So who's more important, you or little Susie?
Generally head to a mall first (I thank the TV salesman from Dawn of the Dead *;) )
Grab some leather gear... Assuming them zombies didn't grow sharper teeth... it'd help prevent bits
Really, really nice running shoes *:thumbsup:
Stock up non-perishables, fuel, lighters, Aerosol cans
Get some diesel fuel... with the help of flaming arrows, you can set a pretty good protective barrier around your stronghold that can be sprung when necessary.
Grab metal forkes and knives, nails etc... you shrapnel bomb thingy
Nearest hunting equipment retailer... shot gun&ammo, crossbow&arrows, butterfly knife
Now for the stuff I wish I could get
Flame throwers... that I'm planning to build with my aerosol cans and lighters anyway
A pole arm like a halberd or a glaive... (just wave it around like good ol' Gandalf, and you've got chopped up zombies *:thumbsup: )
Aquire cannons from "The Patriot" era (it does a hella good job smashing off limbs and such)
Provided I still remember how to ride a horse... a surefooted cavalry horse (from one of those spanish schools) would probably be the best transportation
better yet, a military Humvee, 4 indiv. wheel drive and all
even better yet, a tank
yet even better... amphibious tank!
Bah... that's it for now...
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qwerty
10-10-2007, 06:59 PM
Best way to survive a zombie attack.... Dress up like a zombie and eat brains with everyone else.
rwyatt365
10-10-2007, 07:30 PM
Best way to survive a zombie attack.... Dress up like a zombie and eat brains with everyone else.
Oh man, that WAAAAY too easy! Where's the fun in that?
qwerty
10-10-2007, 07:34 PM
I would become the zombie puppet master and I would lead them on a charge to find more brains... tell me where did you say you were going to hide out again? Any weaknesses in the building structure?
rwyatt365
10-10-2007, 08:09 PM
I would become the zombie puppet master and I would lead them on a charge to find more brains... tell me where did you say you were going to hide out again? Any weaknesses in the building structure?
I'm in....Panama...yeah, that's right! And...I left the side door open...no, wait, the back door. But that's ok, 'cause my brain has already been eaten, yeah that's right. I don't have any brains. Nope, no brains here. So you can take your zombie horde and keep on traveling south 'cause...there's lots of brains to the south, yeah, that's right! :-X
Gather as much rope, wood, and sharp objects (swords/sharp kitchen knifes w/ sharpner). Then flee to northern western Canada and live in the mountains, if I was in Canada. I would drive my car as far as it would take me on a full tank of gas which would be about 400+ miles. Try to find some gas to store in the back of my car. As far as my route there that's a secret but I do have my escape route out of Chicago planned, which I will share because I'm moving soon and won't be able to use it anymore. Because of the location of Chicago there is the option of stealing a sail boat from a marina probably the Montrose marina. Then sail to the Mackinaw Islands which are in northern Wisconsin. Pretty much what they did in the Dawn of the Dead remake. Except the amount of zombies on that island would be manageable. Or if the island in uninhabitable there is always the option of sailing onwards since all of the great lakes are connected I could get a considerable distance possibly. If animals are not effected by it the fish in the lake would be consumable and I would be surrounded by water.
We're INTJ's we're made for this kind of situation.
Gather as much rope, wood, and sharp objects (swords/sharp kitchen knifes w/ sharpner). Then flee to northern western Canada and live in the mountains, if I was in Canada. I would drive my car as far as it would take me on a full tank of gas which would be about 400+ miles. Try to find some gas to store in the back of my car. As far as my route there that's a secret but I do have my escape route out of Chicago planned, which I will share because I'm moving soon and won't be able to use it anymore. Because of the location of Chicago there is the option of stealing a sail boat from a marina probably the Montrose marina. Then sail to the Mackinaw Islands which are in northern Wisconsin. Pretty much what they did in the Dawn of the Dead remake. Except the amount of zombies on that island would be manageable. Or if the island in uninhabitable there is always the option of sailing onwards since all of the great lakes are connected I could get a considerable distance possibly. If animals are not effected by it the fish in the lake would be consumable and I would be surrounded by water.
We're INTJ's we're made for this kind of situation.
That would be a good idea if only I knew how to sail/navigate on open water. :-/
Tegyrius
10-10-2007, 10:02 PM
This thread has the potential to be made of pure awesome.
My first general piece of advice is that the best way to survive the coming zombocalypse is to be prepared in advance. Zombie Squad can help. (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)
This thread has the potential to be made of pure awesome.
My first general piece of advice is that the best way to survive the coming zombocalypse is to be prepared in advance. *Zombie Squad can help. (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)
KEWL!!!
Man, these guys are the real deal. :o
Tegyrius
10-10-2007, 11:16 PM
I first encountered Zombie Squad at Archon (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) a few years ago. They're very tongue-in-cheek, but there's a lot of good emergency preparedness information under the thin veneer of mobile cadaver suppression. ;D They also throw a pretty good room party.
bikerscars
10-10-2007, 11:24 PM
what 'cha all mean 'going to happen'...
i see zombies all around me every day
working/shopping; working/shopping; working/shopping...
never questioning...
damn freaks...all need to be put out of their misery
blueback
10-11-2007, 12:56 AM
Do you think it's worth creating a product line specifically for the possibility (certanty) of a zombie attack?
I mean, no one would buy your stuff after the attack started because the economy would shut down. An infinite rate of inflation, if you will. So you'd have to sell it to people based on the idea that they will need it later, like spare batteries for when the power goes out.
Now what would really be good would be to stage a small zombie attack in an area where it can be easily put down, but not after a lot of news coverage. Then people would be clamoring to buy zombie repellant gear.
I can imagine a scenario now: where an euntreprenuer discovers a way to make zombies, but can't think of anyone who wants to buy zombies. So instead he does just what I described above. Everything goes according to plan and he gets rich off the IPO. But, one of the zombies had wandered away from the main herd and got lost in the sewers. It wanders around, eating rats, until is stumbles out of a drain a week later. Of course, only poor people live near sewer drains so it takes several days for the growing outbreak to catch anyone's attention. By then, of course, it is too late.
I suppose, once a zombie attack got underway, and I found out about it I would immediately google it to see whether or not we were dealing with fast zombies or slow zombies. If the former, I'd head for Hawaii. If the later, I'd grab a golf bag, stuff it full of hockey sticks, katanas, and baseball bats and head for the zombie hord.
Come on. You know that you would want to dance around the slow zombies and whack them in the head, too. It would be fun.
If the later, I'd grab a golf bag, stuff it full of hockey sticks, katanas, and baseball bats and head for the zombie hord.
Might want to get a golf cart to go with that. That golf bag sounds mighty heavy; even an extremely slow zombie horde can catch up to you if you're being weighted down by that...
Katana? What's with people and Japanese swords? Kill Bill is so overrated.
Wanna get messy? Horse & halberd FTW! A good horse could land some good kicks. A halberd could spear the bodies and decapitate the heads at a safe distance... :thumbsup:
rwyatt365
10-11-2007, 10:29 AM
If the later, I'd grab a golf bag, stuff it full of hockey sticks, katanas, and baseball bats and head for the zombie hord.
Might want to get a golf cart to go with that. *That golf bag sounds mighty heavy; even an extremely slow zombie horde can catch up to you if you're being weighted down by that...
Katana? *What's with people and Japanese swords? *Kill Bill is so overrated.
Wanna get messy? *Horse & halberd FTW! *A good horse could land some good kicks. *A halberd could spear the bodies and decapitate the heads at a safe distance... :thumbsup:
But the Katana is soooo KEWL (Nova had a show about the making of of so-called Samurai Swords recently. I watched it last night and was fascinated). The one thing that pissed me off was the thinly disguised Euro-centricism expressed in the "wonder" of the ability of the Japanese swordsmiths to create such a refined blade using such primitive techniques.
But the Katana is soooo KEWL (Nova had a show about the making of of so-called Samurai Swords recently. I watched it last night and was fascinated). The one thing that pissed me off was the thinly disguised Euro-centricism expressed in the "wonder" of the ability of the Japanese swordsmiths to create such a refined blade using such primitive techniques.
:thinking:
While the Europeans are busy intermarrying between royal families, having sex with someone else's wife, waging wars, stirring trouble in someone elses' land so them rich people can do their pilgrammage. The Japanese refine everything... They live on islands, close enough to China to send scholars/apprentices to learn from them, but frequently attacked by pirates...
1. What else do they have to do but refine what they've got?
2. They need this if they're to survive pirate raids.
lol - you guys are awesome, I love this topic. If I were an ecentric millionaire I would construct a zombie fortress as my primary residence. Complete w/ pillboxes, renewable energy sources on site, and other things I sometimes - literally - dream about. It would look similar to this...To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. and this... To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
AntimonyLegault
10-12-2007, 12:28 AM
"what 'cha all mean 'going to happen'...
i see zombies all around me every day
working/shopping; working/shopping; working/shopping...
never questioning...
damn freaks...all need to be put out of their misery "
Ha...finally someone who shares that perspective.
They worship the god of empirical augmentation, you're either with or against, and even if they don't like you, you still have to do things for them to survive.
what 'cha all mean 'going to happen'...
i see zombies all around me every day
working/shopping; working/shopping; working/shopping...
never questioning...
damn freaks...all need to be put out of their misery
Ha...finally someone who shares that perspective.
They worship the god of empirical augmentation, you're either with or against, and even if they don't like you, you still have to do things for them to survive.
Psh... I'm probably one of them on days I SERIOUSLY lack sleep.
Tarrick
10-13-2007, 06:54 AM
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My wall...well, someday.
Well, it's about time that someone opened a topic with real, practical application!
When faced with faced with an actual zombie invasion – remove yourself to the hinterlands, stopping along to way to supply yourself adequately. Find the nearest Sports Authority, American Eagle, Cabela's, or other general outfitters store and STOCK UP. Head to the nearest (or perhaps furthest) strategic location; high ground preferably with good sight lines that are easily defensible and easy access to fresh water.
Take time to fortify your location. Close off any windows, leaving only gun slots. Bar every door except one, the main entrance and make sure that is strong and zombie-proof. Put a substantial grate across the chimney at several points to hinder ingress, booby-trap it if possible and make sure there is a roaring fire there at all times. If possible, construct a hidden, secret escape route or at least have a plan for emergency evacuation.
Weaponry;
- A brace of shotguns with deer slugs – they can blow off a head easily, plus they have good stopping power if you miss the head.
- Boomerangs (or throwing sticks of some sort) rigged with a razor edge – do it right and you can dismember, or behead a zombie – just don't try to catch them when/if they come back at you!
- At least one hand axe and machete for close-in combat
- Baseball bats…batter up! Time for a little Zombie Ball
- High explosives if you can get them (but I don't know what effect there would be to a blown-up zombie)
Notice I said nothing about rescuing family or friends. Unless I can guarantee their humanity, I would take no chances. Also, one of the main ways that people get caught is trying to save or rescue a loved-one from zombie attack, or failing to recognize that little Susie has already turned. So who's more important, you or little Susie?
I love Zombie movies! :P I would definitely want to be on your team (or similar NTJ team) if there was an invasion. Otherwise I probably be eaten or turn into one of them.
OneBadMother
10-13-2007, 01:33 PM
I'm not really worried about a zombie war, since zombies are so slow that they're hardly intimidating. I would probably get some food, water, a sniper rifle, a pistol for if they ever get close enough, a big metal pipe for if they get REALLY close, and bundles of ammo, get into a skyscraper, barricade the doors of the first five floors or so, then go up to the top and snipe some zombies. Of course, there's the problem of what happens when I run out of food, but I'll stock up on canned and dried foods in bulk. There's bound to be a little kitchenette area in a skyscraper used for business purposes, so I'll use whatever I can find from there. Also, if the sewage system ever gets shut down I can always drink from the numerous toilet tanks.
Of course, all this is moot if they're Marvel Zombies, in which case I'm just plain screwed.
I'm not really worried about a zombie war, since zombies are so slow that they're hardly intimidating. I would probably get some food, water, a sniper rifle, a pistol for if they ever get close enough, a big metal pipe for if they get REALLY close, and bundles of ammo, get into a skyscraper, barricade the doors of the first five floors or so, then go up to the top and snipe some zombies. Of course, there's the problem of what happens when I run out of food, but I'll stock up on canned and dried foods in bulk. There's bound to be a little kitchenette area in a skyscraper used for business purposes, so I'll use whatever I can find from there. Also, if the sewage system ever gets shut down I can always drink from the numerous toilet tanks.
Of course, all this is moot if they're Marvel Zombies, in which case I'm just plain screwed.
LOL!
I never said I was worried. "The hardest part of the zombie apocalypse is pretending I'm not looking forward to it."
Seriously, being allowed to violently dispose of these things using tactics and 'skillz' without the guilt?
Can it get any better than that?
Problem with your plan... what if they're in hordes? I can't possibly snipe them fast enough esp if you doing it from the sky scraper, you can't see them without your zoom, and the zoom really sucks at locating because it sees such a small area. (I know because it's happened to me in a game... except it wasn't a sky scraper) I just started dropping a grenade on them every once and a while :thumbsup:
Love the gun on the wall.
Zombies and OAP's (Old age pensioners).
Well, I take a bus between the company business park and the main corp offices in the city and this bus also picks up company workers and the general public at a "park & ride" parking lot...
Makes me laugh though.... as we pull into the "park & ride" I can see all the OAP's hobbling with walking sticks towards the bus (taking a bl**dy age) its like out of an epic of "Attack of the Zombies" in slow motion.
So, how would I fight them... Hmm.. closing the bus doors would probably work wonders...
OneBadMother
10-13-2007, 10:04 PM
I'm not really worried about a zombie war, since zombies are so slow that they're hardly intimidating. I would probably get some food, water, a sniper rifle, a pistol for if they ever get close enough, a big metal pipe for if they get REALLY close, and bundles of ammo, get into a skyscraper, barricade the doors of the first five floors or so, then go up to the top and snipe some zombies. Of course, there's the problem of what happens when I run out of food, but I'll stock up on canned and dried foods in bulk. There's bound to be a little kitchenette area in a skyscraper used for business purposes, so I'll use whatever I can find from there. Also, if the sewage system ever gets shut down I can always drink from the numerous toilet tanks.
Of course, all this is moot if they're Marvel Zombies, in which case I'm just plain screwed.
LOL!
I never said I was worried. *"The hardest part of the zombie apocalypse is pretending I'm not looking forward to it."
Seriously, being allowed to violently dispose of these things using tactics and 'skillz' without the guilt?
Can it get any better than that?
Problem with your plan... what if they're in hordes? *I can't possibly snipe them fast enough esp if you doing it from the sky scraper, you can't see them without your zoom, and the zoom really sucks at locating because it sees such a small area. *(I know because it's happened to me in a game... except it wasn't a sky scraper) I just started dropping a grenade on them every once and a while *:thumbsup:
Love the gun on the wall.
That's when the other key to the plan comes in. Zombies aren't very smart, so they might not notice if I pick them off one at a time. Also, they're less likely to catch my scent if I'm so high up than the scent of other, nearby humans, so they're less likely to go for me. Though I do like that grenade idea.
That's when the other key to the plan comes in. Zombies aren't very smart, so they might not notice if I pick them off one at a time. Also, they're less likely to catch my scent if I'm so high up than the scent of other, nearby humans, so they're less likely to go for me. Though I do like that grenade idea.
Hum... I don't know about the "less likely to catch [your] scent" idea. Wouldn't it just allow the wind to carry your scent further?
OneBadMother
10-13-2007, 10:45 PM
Hmm, true, though I'd still think it would be harder to catch from being diluted from me being that high up.
Hmm, true, though I'd still think it would be harder to catch from being diluted from me being that high up.
It's a long shot... but meh... it's possible
ShaiGar
10-17-2007, 02:33 PM
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Work in progress... If I have the inclination I'll continue it tomorrow
OneBadMother
10-17-2007, 05:04 PM
Nice, but why katanas? :P I'd say any slashing blade would do, like the aforementioned machete.
rwyatt365
10-17-2007, 07:49 PM
Nice, but why katanas? :P I'd say any slashing blade would do, like the aforementioned machete.
IMHO a katana is one of the finest blades available; great balance, excellent edge, designed for easy limb removal and/or decapitation. You really can't do much better.
IMHO a katana is one of the finest blades available; great balance, excellent edge, designed for easy limb removal and/or decapitation. You really can't do much better.
Defiantly one of the finest blades, but not very good for a zombie infestation imo.
It's too big and unless you're skilled, you'll be clumsy with it.
I'd much prefer doubled up short swords. It's faster, and more fit for fighting close up.
If you insist on Japanese swords, I'd say the Kodachi or double wield Wakizashis would be better.
Better yet, do like Elektra, and use a pair of sai.
But really, for speed and agility... scimitars! The curved blade makes for a clean exit after slicing. Not likely you're going to try to stab a zombie to death anyway.
rwyatt365
10-17-2007, 08:49 PM
Defiantly one of the finest blades, but not very good for a zombie infestation imo.
It's too big and unless you're skilled, you'll be clumsy with it.
I'd much prefer doubled up short swords. It's faster, and more fit for fighting close up.
If you insist on Japanese swords, I'd say the Kodachi or double wield Wakizashis would be better.
Better yet, do like Elektra, and use a pair of sai.
But really, for speed and agility... scimitars! The curved blade makes for a clean exit after slicing. Not likely you're going to try to stab a zombie to death anyway.
Agreed about the katana, it would take more skill than most could muster to be effective.
I like the Kodachi but don't you think the Wakizashi would be a little too short.
I see the sai as being more a piercing device, or a defensive tool - not much use in a zombie fight.
I think I would consider a Roman Gladius, but only if made of modern steel.
I like the Kodachi but don't you think the Wakizashi would be a little too short.
That's why you get one in each hand :thumbsup:
Sorry, I've got an image of Peter Jackson's version of Legolas fighting Orcs stuck in my head. ;D
I see the sai as being more a piercing device, or a defensive tool - not much use in a zombie fight.
Good point.
Guess it just looked cool to me at the time.
ShaiGar
10-17-2007, 10:45 PM
i chose katanas because i've had some training with them(enough to be skilled, not enough to master). and they're the lightest strongest long sword i could think of. I wanted light and long because i dont want to be worn out with a battleaxe, nor allow them to get too close. I'm a coward when it comes to that, much rather run, or be as far away from them as possible in a fight. However in a massive rampage, two Wakizashis for the win. much shorter, much more managable in a fight, much lighter. In a zombie fight you dont want any piercing weapons, or whacking weapons. Staff and sai and daggers are out. gotta take into account that they're already dead. you want limb removal, specifically legs or head
i chose katanas because i've had some training with them(enough to be skilled, not enough to master). and they're the lightest strongest long sword i could think of. I wanted light and long because i dont want to be worn out with a battleaxe, nor allow them to get too close. I'm a coward when it comes to that, much rather run, or be as far away from them as possible in a fight. However in a massive rampage, two Wakizashis for the win. much shorter, much more managable in a fight, much lighter. In a zombie fight you dont want any piercing weapons, or whacking weapons. Staff and sai and daggers are out. gotta take into account that they're already dead. you want limb removal, specifically legs or head
Oh I see... That's sweet!
Well my worry is that whether you like it or not, they're gonna get close. So I'd rather go with the shorter and lighter weapons.
Staff and sai are definitely out, but if I wanted to keep them at a distance, I'd probably rather go for a glaive. Again the Japanese have a form of it (the best form of it I must add; light, but strong) called the Naginata.
Man... now imagine that thing bladed on both ends... *drool*
ShaiGar
10-18-2007, 01:26 AM
yeah i thought about the naginata (learnt about it years ago after googling ashandarei), but as excellent as that weapon is, it still appears to be more of a weapon you'd use from a distance. double ended naginata? why not extend the double ended naginata blades so that you only have about 1 meter of handle...
:D :D :D Darth Maul Style. :D :D :D
Awesome Incarnate.
rwyatt365
10-18-2007, 08:19 AM
yeah i thought about the naginata (learnt about it years ago after googling ashandarei), but as excellent as that weapon is, it still appears to be more of a weapon you'd use from a distance. double ended naginata? why not extend the double ended naginata blades so that you only have about 1 meter of handle...
:D :D :D Darth Maul Style. *:D :D :D
Awesome Incarnate.
Awesome indeed *drool*
Nomad
10-22-2007, 02:37 AM
I would choose a woodsman's machete, thick, broad blade, finger guard and a back facing hook. It is a chopping weapon, unlikely to break, and the hook can be used to hook a zombies feet our from under them or to pull them off balance to make a coup de grace easier. A round shield made from stainless steel with a edge ground into the rim. That's for when their BO becomes offensive. A lochabar axe is a good choice, designed especially for appendage removal, please look up the Landsknecht mercenary companies.
The problem with artisinal weapons like a katana is that they require a great deal of maintenance, which you may not have the leisure for. I'd rather be alive than look cool.
For distance weapons, choose a high capacity, large caliber handgun like a H&K SOCOM, however, these firearms can be too large for smaller hands. Back it up with a single shot shotgun with the barrel and stock sawed off.For long range work, one of the 50 caliber sniper rifles work wonders. One shot at one mile projects enough force to dismember a human being. In live targets, if you get hit, you die. Hit your hand and it tears your arm off at the shoulder. you can kill a lot of zombies if you start shooting them a mile away. (I was a sniper in the Army in my youth) The idea is punch. Human death results from a loss of blood pressure. Zombies do not have this problem. You have to physically damage their bodies so it no longer functions as a threat. Large caliber, slow moving projectile weapons cause a great deal of damage.
Closer in, choose a firearm with a lot of punch, the slugs were a good suggestion. I am of two minds, capacity vs reliability. There are semiautomatic magazine fed shotguns available, with good capacity, but a simple pump like a Mossberg pump are far more reliable. The semi's have less felt recoil, which can be a factor after a two hour zombie assault, and they are faster to reload.
Also an assortment of WP and frag grenades.
Mobility would be key, a armored humvee armed with either a Mk19 grenade launcher or an m2 would be good, and a Bradley. The main gun is small enough and fast enough to be effective against zombies, and it has multiple gun ports built in. Also amphibious.
Flame throwers can be improvised from garden sprayers, gasoline, detergent and a zippo lighter, IED's and thermite grenades can be made from the contents any home depot or hardware store. Molotov cocktails are easy.
Po Boy napalm can be made with gasoline and detergent or flour.
For defense in place, think defense in layer, with interlocking fire and explosive traps, with mixed dismembering traps. Plan an underground escape route, or have a "panic room" built to cold war bomb shelter specs.
The tactical problem is one of numbers, not superior strategy or mobility or intelligence. The problem is that they just keep coming, and they don't get tired.
If the weather cooperates, and you can find one, a Davy Crockett is nice. A tactical nuclear weapon fired from a recoilless rifle with a range of three miles. Don't make em anymore. thats why the fallout shelter. You strategy is to service as many targets as possible from the greatest possible range, reduce their assets through attrition with unmanned perimeter defense weapons, and then go hunker down and in a secure position like a panic room until they get hungry enough to find someone easier. You other option is high mobility.
Anyone want to guess what I did in the military? [smiley=pirate.gif]
-Nomad
ShaiGar
10-22-2007, 03:26 AM
I would choose a woodsman's machete, thick, broad blade, finger guard and a back facing hook. It is a chopping weapon, unlikely to break, and the hook can be used to hook a zombies feet our from under them or to pull them off balance to make a coup de grace easier. A round shield made from stainless steel with a edge ground into the rim. That's for when their BO becomes offensive. A lochabar axe is a good choice, designed especially for appendage removal, please look up the Landsknecht mercenary companies.
The problem with artisinal weapons like a katana is that they require a great deal of maintenance, which you may not have the leisure for. I'd rather be alive than look cool.
For distance weapons, choose a high capacity, large caliber handgun like a H&K SOCOM, however, these firearms can be too large for smaller hands. Back it up with a single shot shotgun with the barrel and stock sawed off.For long range work, one of the 50 caliber sniper rifles work wonders. *One shot at one mile projects enough force to dismember a human being. In live targets, if you get hit, you die. Hit your hand and it tears your arm off at the shoulder. you can kill a lot of zombies if you start shooting them a mile away. (I was a sniper in the Army in my youth) The idea is punch. Human death results from a loss of blood pressure. Zombies do not have this problem. You have to physically damage their bodies so it no longer functions as a threat. Large caliber, slow moving projectile weapons cause a great deal of damage.
Closer in, choose a firearm with a lot of punch, the slugs were a good suggestion. I am of two minds, capacity vs reliability. There are semiautomatic magazine fed shotguns available, with good capacity, but a simple pump like a Mossberg pump are far more reliable. The semi's have less felt recoil, which can be a factor after a two hour zombie assault, and they are faster to reload.
Also an assortment of WP and frag grenades.
Mobility would be key, a armored humvee armed with either a Mk19 grenade launcher or an m2 would be good, and a Bradley. The main gun is small enough and fast enough to be effective against zombies, and it has multiple gun ports built in. Also amphibious.
Flame throwers can be improvised from garden sprayers, gasoline, detergent and a zippo lighter, IED's and thermite grenades can be made from the contents any home depot or hardware store. Molotov cocktails are easy.
Po Boy napalm can be made with gasoline and detergent or flour.
For defense in place, think defense in layer, with interlocking fire and explosive traps, with mixed dismembering traps. Plan an underground escape route, or have a "panic room" built to cold war bomb shelter specs.
The tactical problem is one of numbers, not superior strategy or mobility or intelligence. The problem is that they just keep coming, and they don't get tired.
If the weather cooperates, and you can find one, a Davy Crockett is nice. A tactical nuclear weapon fired from a recoilless rifle with a range of three miles. Don't make em anymore. thats why the fallout shelter. *You strategy is to service as many targets as possible from the greatest possible range, reduce their assets through attrition with *unmanned perimeter defense weapons, and then go hunker down and in a secure position like a panic room until they get hungry enough to find someone easier. You other option is high mobility.
Anyone want to guess what I did in the military? *[smiley=pirate.gif]
-Nomad
Quartermaster?
When shit goes down, I want you in my seaside fortress.
5 layers of 3 meter high fences. reinforced
8 Meters tall x 3 meters wide Cement/Steel reinforced walls.
5 sections, including a quarantine area for new arrivals.
You'd be Master of Arms
rwyatt365
10-22-2007, 11:15 AM
Right on Nomad! I like the way you think. :thumbsup:
ShaiGar
10-22-2007, 12:30 PM
seems though that Nomad is thinking "in the moment" without planning for the future, for defence or reasoning that ammunition is not something that you can shoot off screen to reload for.
sure you can top up your car with a lot of ammo, but that eventually runs down.
what about a base to retreat to?
rwyatt365
10-22-2007, 03:54 PM
seems though that Nomad is thinking "in the moment" without planning for the future, for defence or reasoning that ammunition is not something that you can shoot off screen to reload for.
sure you can top up your car with a lot of ammo, but that eventually runs down.
what about a base to retreat to?
True, but after roaming the countryside, ridding the nation of zombies and stockpiling fuel he (we?) can drop by your place for tea and cookies.
True, but after roaming the countryside, ridding the nation of zombies and stockpiling fuel he (we?) can drop by your place for tea and cookies.
Tea and biscuits... Cookies go with milk :thumbsup:
ShaiGar
10-22-2007, 11:26 PM
seems though that Nomad is thinking "in the moment" without planning for the future, for defence or reasoning that ammunition is not something that you can shoot off screen to reload for.
sure you can top up your car with a lot of ammo, but that eventually runs down.
what about a base to retreat to?
True, but after roaming the countryside, ridding the nation of zombies and stockpiling fuel he (we?) can drop by your place for tea and cookies.
Yes, but the entrance to my base has a quarantine area, you'd have to stay there for a month before entering the rest of it. :) I can furnish you with hydroponic supplies.
blueback
10-26-2007, 05:21 PM
Have any of you ever read The Day of the Triffids? To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.'s this greate post-apocalyptic book about a zombie infestation but instead of human zombies they're carnivorous plants. Anywho, there's this great "gun" in the book that shoots spinning disks which cut the stalk of the Triffids from a distance. I think something like that would be useful against zombies too. It would be like those soft disk guns that little kids play with except it would shoot razor-shart steel disks and cut zombies to pieces! What's even better is you can pick the disks up and use them again. It's got the best features of a katana and an assault rifle.
OneBadMother
10-26-2007, 05:33 PM
That sounds interesting, though I don't think razor-sharp would be as good against zombies. I'd suggest something with a serrated edge, but that'd just get stuck.
Maybe some kind of long-distance chainsaw? Better yet, build some kind of machine to chainsaw through zombies for you? <_<
cielo market
10-26-2007, 05:40 PM
I think we can all agree that those in our party who become infected will be shown no mercy. *[smiley=knife.gif]
C'mon people, this isn't a wait-n-see kind of situation!
rwyatt365
10-26-2007, 05:41 PM
Have any of you ever read The Day of the Triffids? *To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.'s this greate post-apocalyptic book about a zombie infestation but instead of human zombies they're carnivorous plants. *Anywho, there's this great "gun" in the book that shoots spinning disks which cut the stalk of the Triffids from a distance. *I think something like that would be useful against zombies too. *It would be like those soft disk guns that little kids play with except it would shoot razor-shart steel disks and cut zombies to pieces! *What's even better is you can pick the disks up and use them again. *It's got the best features of a katana and an assault rifle.
Good idea. Reuseable, recyclable and eco-friendly! "Green" zombie killing. :thumbsup:
OneBadMother
10-30-2007, 05:25 PM
On the topic of zombie wars... (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)
Off-key singing, fun music video.
TruorTupnm
10-31-2007, 01:52 AM
Um, I would use one of those nuclear fallout basement type places with lots of food and air and stuff. I'd just hide. Would bring nobody with me, because they might be infected or could go crazy from hiding for too long. Mayhaps have some cameras to watch, but they'd probably get destroyed after a while. That circular blade shooting thing sounds pretty cool for beheading as a last resort. Gotta have a shotgun. Killer robots, though, preferably. So what if they kill someone pretending to be a zombie? That person would have ended up a zombie out there, anyways. I helped him out. Lastly, something to numb all pain, just in case. I wouldn't wish to kill myself. It could be pretty cool to watch them tear me apart for as long as I could. Or I could still get rescued at the last second. Maybe? :( Zombies are far too scary, for myself. I like my brain. Only vampires are scarier.
Nomad
10-31-2007, 11:24 AM
seems though that Nomad is thinking "in the moment" without planning for the future, for defence or reasoning that ammunition is not something that you can shoot off screen to reload for.
sure you can top up your car with a lot of ammo, but that eventually runs down.
what about a base to retreat to?
I addressed this. A bomb shelter, nothing less would be sufficient. Build all the walls you like( even considering that you have to survive the zombies while you build it) 20000 zombies attack all ten of your walls, you kill 18000 and create ramps of bodies for the other zombies to climb and you are overwhelmed. If you are not overwhelmed , you have a problem with 20000 dead, decaying bodies just meters from where you live. Then you have space vs population issues, what is your maximal amount of people for your given square meterage and the supplies you can grow or store? Only essential personal could be allowed, people who can provide some valuable service, and consequently every one you lose to the zombies is a greater loss, until your system is unsustainable. Most sieges of walled cities were just matters of who could hold out longer, with cold, disease, hunger and thirst being the deciding factors. You have all these problems, the zombies don't. You will have to endure a 24/7 assault for months or years until until the zombies bodies decay to the point of not being a threat. A bomb shelter can do this, a walled fortress cannot.
So, Occam's razor. Bomb shelters already exist, no need to build them and waste time resources and lives to do so. Easily stocked and replenished by raids and such. Hermetically sealed and incapable of being opened from the outside. I'll personally take Cheyenne Mountain, thank you very much.
-Nomad
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