{"id":1915,"date":"2012-07-16T22:29:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T02:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2019-04-14T22:52:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T02:52:34","slug":"a-sensible-guide-to-preparing-for-the-zombie-appocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/general\/a-sensible-guide-to-preparing-for-the-zombie-appocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sensible Guide to Preparing for the Zombie Appocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":" Zombies approach the Channel 7 building in Chicago, by Eric Ingrum\n

World War Z.\u00a0 Z-Day.\u00a0 The Zombie Plague.\u00a0 The Horde.\u00a0 There are countless names to describe this horrifying scenario.\u00a0 The dead coming back to life to feast upon the remains of the living.\u00a0 One bite, and you’ll become one of them?\u00a0 What hope do we have?\u00a0 We fight back, of course!<\/p>\n

Realistically, the threat of a zombie apocalypse is minor to non-existent, but it does make for an interesting mental exercise (and great marketing. I’ll get to that later).\u00a0 How would one prepare to survive against a horde of creatures immune to pain, cold, fear and rational tactics?\u00a0 The steps used in preparing against such an onslaught are similar to what the ‘preppers’ plan for every day… a major catastrophe that destroys the political, social and even physical world around us.\u00a0 Surviving in this nightmare will be tricky, but let’s plot this out logically.<\/p>\n

To begin, let’s set some ground rules.\u00a0 The Zombie horde is coming.\u00a0 We find ourselves in an urban environment, with all of the modern amenities to choose from.\u00a0 In this guide I’ll deal with equipping only ourselves, with a concentration (Of course) on weaponry.\u00a0 If you’re looking for a serious preppers guide to surviving any apocalypse, I’d check out my brother in law’s blog at ponderingsbyian.blogspot.ca for some no-nonsense advice.\u00a0 The zombies we face are of the standard, shambling, mindless type.\u00a0 I’ll discuss faster types, but we’ll stick with them being unintelligent for now.\u00a0 Plain Ol’ shoot-em-in-the-head Zombies.\u00a0 Before we talk about what we SHOULD carry, let’s talk about what we definitely SHOULD NOT. <\/p>\n

WHAT NOT TO CARRY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Movies and video games have been a horrible influence on choices of things to carry.\u00a0 Let’s run down the list of things we definitely DO NOT want:<\/p>\n

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Franchi SPAS 12 Shotgun, from Wikipedia user Joguwa86<\/p><\/div>\n

SPAS 12:<\/strong>\u00a0 This shotgun appears again and again in movies and video games for one important reason: It looks like an anti-aircraft cannon.\u00a0 Made by Italian manufacturer Franchi, this is the Ferrari of combat shotguns.\u00a0 It looks incredible, It’s quite functional, and good at what it does but a lot of what you get is style.\u00a0 There are better guns that are more readily available at a much lower price that are easier to use, and much easier to fix.\u00a0 Having held one of these in my hands, it’s amazing how cheap it feels, almost like a toy, and not a really shotgun.\u00a0 Looks great on film, but pass on it in reality.<\/p>\n

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Desert Eagle .50AE Pistol, from Wikipedia user DeepThunder<\/p><\/div>\n

Desert Eagle:\u00a0<\/strong> Perhaps one of the most identifiable pistols in modern cinematic history, the Desert Eagle is everywhere.\u00a0 Designed by Magnum Research and manufactured by Israeli Military Industries, it is definitely cool looking. Available in a variety of calibres, they look great on film.\u00a0 In reality, they are BIG.\u00a0 I mean really big.\u00a0 I’ve held one before, and although I am a bit on the small side (5’10”, 155lbs), I can’t grip this pistol with one hand.\u00a0 the fingers of my hand barely make it around the front of the grip to the other side.\u00a0 There are other pistols that are cheaper, easier to find, and smaller that would be just as effective, or more so.\u00a0 The calibre it comes in is .50AE which throws monument sized slugs at the bad guys, and the recoil it produces is fierce.\u00a0 Not what we want in a firefight.\u00a0 They do look as good on camera though, which is why this thing always pops up in the movies.\u00a0 I’d give this to the smallest person in the group for comic relief, or give it to the jerk in the group that you don’t want to survive.\u00a0 NOTE:\u00a0 Keep this in mind if you’re in a survival group running away from a Horde of zombies, and someone hands you a Desert Eagle.<\/em><\/p>\n GAU-17 Minigun, fired from a USMC Helicopter, from USMC Photographer Lance Cpl. Randall A. Clinton\n

Gatling guns:<\/strong>\u00a0 Ok, gatling guns are cool.\u00a0 I spent 7 months in Afghanistan fixing them for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and I can personally vouch for their effectiveness and reliability.\u00a0 Where the movies and video games get it wrong is that these guns CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT A HARD MOUNT.\u00a0 For starters, the gun weighs over 70 pounds.\u00a0 That’s without ammo.\u00a0 A standard 200 round belt weighs around 13 pounds, and at 3000 rounds a minute, that’s 4 seconds of shooting.\u00a0 Impractical, and almost pointless, but goddamn do they ever look cool on film.\u00a0 Here’s me using one over the deserts of Arizona at an undisclosed location while on course.\u00a0 A complete blast to shoot, but if I was running from the Horde and came across one of these, unless the batteries were there and there was a giant pile of ammo sitting next to the truck I could mount this to, I’d probably leave it behind.
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