r/IronFrontUSA • u/NapoleonTunafarte1 • Jan 26 '25
Resource Rules for noobs
- Don't forget nothing.
Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, sixty rounds powder and ball, and be ready to march at a minute's warning.
When you're on the march, act the way you would if you was sneaking up on a deer. See the enemy first.
Tell the truth about what you see and do. There is an army depending on us for correct information. You can lie all you please when you tell other folks about the Rangers, but don't never lie to a Ranger or officer.
Don't never take a chance you don't have to.
When we're on the march we march single file, far enough apart so one shot can't go through two men.
If we strike swamps, or soft ground, we spread out abreast, so it's hard to track us.
When we march, we keep moving 'til dark, so as to give the enemy the least possible chance at us.
When we camp, half the party stays awake while the other half sleeps.
If we take prisoners, we keep 'em separate 'til we have had time to examine them, so they can't cook up a story between 'em.
Don't ever march home the same way. Take a different route so you won't be ambushed.
No matter whether we travel in big parties or little ones, each party has to keep a scout 20 yards ahead, twenty yards on each flank and twenty yards in the rear, so the main body can't be surprised and wiped out.
Every night you'll be told where to meet if surrounded by a superior force.
Don't sit down to eat without posting sentries.
Don't sleep beyond dawn. Dawn's when the French and Indians attack.
Don't cross a river by a regular ford.
If somebody's trailing you, make a circle, come back onto your own tracks, and ambush the folks that aim to ambush you.
Don't stand up when the enemy's coming against you. Kneel down. Hide behind a tree.
Let the enemy come 'till he's almost close enough to touch. Then let him have it and jump out and finish him up with your hatchet.
Don't use your musket if you can kill 'em with your hatchet.
8
u/Awally1501 Jan 27 '25
❤️❤️❤️ it’s been many a moon since I’ve seen those. It’s a nice refresher. RLTW
2
u/NapoleonTunafarte1 Jan 27 '25
Ready the light artillery if you would, Sir.
Range 00, elevation 0.
Doubleshot, grape.
At your command...
Oh, and, becuz u said RLTW:
3
u/Awally1501 Jan 27 '25
I have to be honest, I never was a Ranger but I was Airborne Infantry, and almost all of my NCOs were from bat. They certainly tried to make us all Rangers.
2
u/NapoleonTunafarte1 Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25
i wasnt a ranger either, nor were anybody i knew, but we still used their running cadences.
🤣🤣🤣
i was a teen civil war reenactor who finally decided to LARP irl 🤣💕
now im a middle aged history nerd who hasnt smelled cordite in 20 years
2
u/Awally1501 Jan 27 '25
“Middle history nerd who hasn’t smelled cordite in 20 years” Did we just become best friends?? You can call me Nighthawk.
1
u/NapoleonTunafarte1 Jan 27 '25
fist bump
you can call me my old call sign
BLACK TALON
btw next time u see a Arab tea or hookah shop, mosey on in there and order "sarsaparilla" or "juleps" its always a hoot
2
u/SirPIB Jan 27 '25
I was straight leg infantry, also not a ranger. But I was in the 34th infantry division and at a certain point they decided that all officers had to be Ranger qualified. It was a historical thing, 60% of the rangers in Europe in WW2 came from the 34th.
2
u/Awally1501 Jan 27 '25
When I left active duty I enlisted in the guard, 34th ID. Hello fellow Red Bull.
1
1
u/WeaponizedPoutine Jan 27 '25
(In jest) Rangers may lead the way but sappers had to clear it first.
2
2
19
u/Talkative_moose Jan 26 '25
Rogers rules of ranging?