Fangs of the Lone Wolf Quotes

“Once the teams were all in place, Timor and the other Chechen with the silenced weapon crawled forward to within 30-40 meters of the sentries. They took them both out with single shots. They were careful to maintain silence, having also tied the orange tourniquet band from the standard Russian medical field kit to the bolt to prevent it from noisily retracting.”
― Dodge Billingsley, Fangs of the Lone Wolf: Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen War 1994–2009

“I carried 12 magazines for my AK. Eight of these I carried in a four-pocket combat vest. I put two magazines in each pocket. That was my body armor. I carried an additional magazine on my back, directly covering my heart and another on my side protecting my kidney. I carried six hand grenades strapped across my stomach. So my arsenal was also my flak vest. It wasn’t perfect, but good enough.”
― Dodge Billingsley, Fangs of the Lone Wolf: Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen War 1994–2009

“An assault group, a fire support group and a security group are normally considered the minimum necessary for a successful raid. The Chechens frequently did without the fire support group and the security group.”
― Dodge Billingsley, Fangs of the Lone Wolf: Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen War 1994–2009