military bases
airports
Just keep in mind that nowhere is completely safe, but some places are safer than others.
When trying to decide what type of shelter you will use you should ask yourself a few simple questions.
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Is this location easily defendable/
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Is this location big enough to support the entire group?
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Is this area free of any known zombie activity?
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Can the area surrounding the base be secured quickly and easily?
The most ideal location should have as few as possible ground level entrances and window. Multiple floors are better than single level locations, as higher levels provide areas of retreat in the events the lower-level becomes compromised. One thing you should do upon securing a multilevel location is to remove the stairs and replace them with ladders that can be retreated if necessary. Create multiple escape routes that lead to the emergency supply locations.
The Other Bad Guys
In the event of a zombie apocalypse, you will have more enemies than just the undead ones. As with any natural or unnatural disaster, there will be riots, looting, and person-to-person violence. These people are often called bandits, and they will attack other survivors. These people had many different types of motives that can vary from slavery, harassment, or thievery. The size of these groups can also vary dramatically from group to group. They are can be small groups or single bandits wandering about still supplies, or highly organized syndicates looking to take over the world. The background of these other bad guys can also vary dramatically. They may simply be lone stragglers that are desperate for weapons or supplies, or rouge units of criminals who feel they are able to take whatever they want.
Some of these people have no shame and will use threats, blackmail, or violence to get whatever they want from desperate survivors. These types of criminals band together in mass numbers in times of crisis or chaos, particularly when society is at its weakest. In the event of a zombie uprising one may notice that bandit numbers rise dramatically as the crisis worsens. When pushed to desperation these people may turn to cannibalism as a means to survive. However, more than likely, they are simple civilians who have never had any type of formal training. Therefore, they could possibly be easily defeated or frightened, but as always the main objective is survival. These bandits may outnumber your group and you should use extreme discretion upon encountering one of these cells.
Groups of bandits should be avoided if at all possible. It is human nature to want to seek out other survivors and band together in large groups; however you should use extreme caution upon finding any groups who are advertising to dangerous survivors. Never attack a group of bandits unless you are pushed to the limit. Bandits rarely work alone, and will often have stockpiles of weapons. If you do engage in an attack the enemy, move out quickly and try to make the bodies look like it was a zombie attack, just in case their buddies come looking. Really fortify your base, and use extreme caution when inviting newcomers into your group. Bandits are known for sending in a decoy.
Have any massive weapons such as artillery cannons or RPG's, keep them clearly visible on your base. Bandit groups, no matter how large, will seriously reconsider attacking any group that housing a tank. If you do in fact find yourself surrounded, and outgunned by bandits, the best idea might be to give them what they are asking for. Most bandits will not attack you if it isn't worth wasting their own resources. So never advertise what you have in your stockpile.
In any event, your group should always appear to be strong and vigilant.
Strategies and Tactics
Strategy is an overall campaign, while tactics are the actual means used to reach an objective. It's an overall goal is for one country to defeat another country in a war, the main strategy could be to prevent the other country from engaging in war by completely annihilating their military. Tactics support this strategy might be surprise attacks, missile attacks, and other specific centralized attacks.
Here is a list of smaller scale tactics that are for use with 0 to 2 partners, and can be implemented on the fly.
Defilade and Enfilade - Locate in an advantageous position to fire from that can also cover incoming fire.
Lumberjack-- this tactic requires two people who alternate using melee weapons to attack a zombie with a minimal number of swings.
Fishing—fishing is the art of drawing zombies into a designated area.
Defend limited approach—use mobility against your foe so that only a small number of enemies can approach at any given time
Here is a list of medium scale tactics that are for use with 3 to 11 partners. These tactics usually demand some type of preparation for rehearsal.
Aerial attack-- this type of attack is initiated by from large groups of zombies into a designated area, and destroying them from the air.
The defend a limited approach method also works well for medium scale tactics.
Here is a list of large scale tactics to be used with more than a dozen participants. These tactics are very complex and require advance preparation or rehearsal, and may also require real-time guidance.
Raiding-- this is the art of sneaking in and stealing another's stockpile. I would recommend scavenging over raiding, but to each his own.
Bartering-- bartering can serve as an alternative way of purchase when money no longer has value. This type of system will be much more prevalent as the current monetary system will begin to fail in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
Caravanning-- gather together a group of wagons or trucks or anything that can be used to carry supplies and
