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#78629 - 12/02/06 12:21 PM What is 'Tactical' ?
JIM Offline
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Ive noticed that a lot of things are called 'tactical' these days.
I've even seen tactical coffee mugs. Can you tell me: What is the definition of 'tactical'?
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#78630 - 12/02/06 01:59 PM Re: What is 'Tactical' ?
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The TCM (Tactical Coffee Mug), shatterproof, black, and now with crenalations to bash the unruliest of Starbuck's employees, and a tritium glow strip so you can pour yourself a cup a joe in a "lights out" situation. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

On some items I can understand the use of the word, on others it seems like a way to make an item seem butch such as Tactical Waistpack versus Fanny Pack.

To me, the term "Tactical" is starting to feel the way "Extreme" did a couple of years ago. HAHA
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#78632 - 12/02/06 08:34 PM Re: What is 'Tactical' ?
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I would think that tactical would have a strictly military connotation. Using it like that, I would assume that any "tactical" survival gear would be rugged, natural colored, and, most importantly, stand up to a good thrashing.
I feel too that it is WAY overused. I came across a "tactical whistle" once. Now, explain to me what is so tactical about a loud, shrieking object, used to let others know where you are?
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#78633 - 12/03/06 02:49 AM Re: What is 'Tactical' ?
Alan_Romania Offline
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"tactical gear"= any gear made in green, tan, brown or Camo <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

That is the way it seems nowadays anyway!

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#78634 - 12/03/06 04:21 AM Re: What is 'Tactical' ?
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re, tactical whistles

Signalling, just like a bugler or drummer. Can't jam it, can't run out of batteries, and no line of sight needed.
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#78635 - 12/03/06 04:23 AM Re: What is 'Tactical' ?
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It has largely degenerated into a marketing buzzword, the same way "pioneer" or "frontier" seems to have done in the 50s and 60s. Saving your cereal boxes for coon skin caps anyone?
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#78636 - 12/04/06 07:24 PM Re: What is 'Tactical' ?
JFBat Offline
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'Tactical' is a marketing buzzword that has become pretty meaningless, unless "kind of military in appearance" counts for you.

In military parlance, "tactics" involves small-scale operational planning--what a small group of troops can accomplish in the field. This is opposed to "stragegy" which is a more theoretical large scale form of planning.

I've heard it described this way: "Tactics is what you do when there is something to do. Strategy is what you do when there is nothing to do."

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#78637 - 12/05/06 02:22 AM Re: What is 'Tactical' ?
Spiritwalker Offline
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Registered: 11/16/06
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To me "Tactical" means efficeint in it's intended uses and scary looking while it's doing it.

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#78638 - 12/05/06 03:30 PM Re: What is 'Tactical' ?
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Registered: 12/01/06
Posts: 5
Loc: Texas
I agree with oldsolider, tactical gear is something you take into a combat situation where you need quick access to, grenades, extra magazines, and minor first aid. Granted to be truthful I’ am no solider but I have trained in tactical gear an own it, it something you take when you go into a fight.

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#78639 - 12/06/06 11:09 PM Re: What is 'Tactical' ?
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"Tactical" concerns the short term and an immediate area, "strategic" concerns the long range and broad scope of the subject(s) being discussed.
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