Zombie survival tips?

Nice. I think the driver in pic#4 parks next to me at the supermarket judging by the dings and dents in my car doors. Where's the link? I may not wait for the zombie infestation to get one!

Pictures are here and here.

Info at wiki.

There you go, I think the standard civilian version comes with an AK47 to give you some counter attacking room



According to Wiki, they only made 75 of these beasts so far, so they are rare as well.

75 ! Investment material. I'll check to see if the option list includes a wet bar and in-cabin entertainment centre -for those dull periods between mowing down the walking dead.

Sound like a plan, although, one would need to make lots of investment to bring the interior upto more 'luxurious' standards.

You know that would be a mistake. If you ever decided to go to the bank in it, they would insist you transfered their funds instead of the armored transport service. However you could pay for the vehicle faster this way. LOL

@ Clifford
I may have the vehicle, but unfortunately the bank aren't going to release funds to me unless I look like a security guard- sounds like a big ask to gain about 150lb, have a waist wider than my chest, grow a pair of moobs, look borderline retarded, and act like I'm not sure if I deserve minimum wage

This made me laugh so hard I almost fell off my chair!

I saw that "Man vs Wild" episode.

I've found my weapons of choice.

I'd carry a Colt Woodsman. I have one here in my apartment -- used to belong to my father, actually. But I will need to find more ammo. I'm sure 180 rounds won't be nearly enough.





Then I would try to find myself one of these, also in .22 LR.






I would think using weapons that fire the same ammunition would be a plus. I am nonetheless told there are conversion kits which permit the AR15 to fire rounds of a larger caliber -- .223 maybe? That could come in handy.

THE CAR15....
Used to be my weapon of choice in Delta Force Black Hawk Down.
The rotting turds would hardly need anything larger than 5.56.
Anyhow...

My Plan

To my surprise Davis surprisingly posted the same thing which was going on in my mind.
Either way, whether I wake up in my bedroom or a hospital or a research facility, whether the outbreak occurred 12 hours ago or I hear it live on news, first a few priorities:

1) Confirm the news
No-brainer. But wouldn't want to make an *** of myself. And the local news channel has a nasty habit of exaggerating things.

2) Contact survivor amigos
Survivors would be found later. To begin with, I need a survivor team. What's better than my own tightly-knit band? My best pals are fellow Halo players, hardcore. So dealing with Flood-like things is easy-peasy (well, we've got plan), and these are but stupid, slow, dim-witted bodies...supposedly. Let's not think of infected chimps and dogs...

3) Prepare supplies
If I plan to survive, I've got to get the essential supplies - primarily a few days' food, first aid, close quarters weapons (my combat knife), comm. devices (my cell phone, radio set, etc.), etc.


4) Lock 'n' Load
Once family and friends are together, just gotta muster up all available firepower, and quietly move out...

Most practical tactic

Having played Amnesia: Dark Ascent, I've noticed that unlike most movies, it's way better to sneak past the undead hordes than gun your way through if you don't own an ammunition warehouse or can carry a thousand Vulcan rounds. The weapons needed for proper zombie annihilation are not readily available where I live.
So the proper approach would be to use stealth. Sneak into or raid Magnum Armory's outlet (depends on level of chaos in the city, bigger = easier), grab weapons for all. My personal outfit:
Primary: H&K UMP-45. Silenced. In some way.
If I can't find one, I'll make do with a H&K MP5SD.
Secondary: Dual 9 mm pistols (silenced), likely to be a Glock 26. As Leeky said, insanely accurate, light, fast, portable, and powerful enough to puncture rotting skulls. I'm one for the occasional theatrics and vanity, so if possible, I'll try to get Silverballers with "47" embossed in red across the barrel flanks.
Tertiary: Deagle . Or a H&K P30!
Close-combat: Combat Knife, if possible, a Malaysian military flick-knife-sword.
Armor: Will probably pick up something from Magnum's along with a holster, in worst case, scavenged patchwork body-armor.

Next post:
Temporary stronghold and survivor search.

You should all read Max Brook's Zombie Survival Guide, it tells you where to go, what to use, how to survive and stuff like that.

In all honesty, it depends on what sort of zombies you're talking about, there are the ones from :
Dawn of the Dead - (nearly mutants)
Left for Dead - Lazy around then run as soon as you provoke them
28 Days Later - Super aggresive not strictly zombies
Dead Rising - Super slow

In any case, I think they'd be most like the 28 Days Later, as it's a virus that makes you super aggresive without actually killing you, so you're not 'undead' (but neither are the people zombies are based upon)
I would definitly shoot my best friend, a good grip in reality (well, it's not, but nonetheless) is what you should have. I know a lot of people that said they would kill themselves in the case of a zombie outbreak. The first place I would go would be into all of my neighbours garage's, as everyone will think of going to 'the local gunshop or DIY store'. Then I'd make a steady braek for it for my local woods and climb some tree. Getting some rope, I'd tie it super tight round a bunch of trees then to a weak branch, so if anything touched it the branch would russle or break.

Speaking of Max Brooks, The remote Island idea won't work, if anyone here read his book: 'World War Z' they'll know that zombies crawl on the ocean floor, and though it may take a while for them to get there, you'll have your island swarmed in the end.

Or maybe those with the remote island idea hope the zombies will decay to immobilization by the time the reach the island.

As for survivors, I see no other way to find them but leave signs to meet regularly at a certain place (like in I Am Legend), or the occasional encounter when search parties go looking for resources/ammo/ration.

So while thinking what *not* to do, I'd say:

• Bad hiding places:

1. Shopping malls can be a dangerous hiding place because there are too many entrances to guard.
2. Basements, houses and garages are no escape zones.
3. A car to which you don't have the keys.
4. Any building that offers a way in and no way out.
5. Elevators. Remember there are reasons they say to avoid elevators in an emergency. Consider Zombies one of those reasons.

Once you have a secure hiding place, reinforce it against attack and regularly maintain the reinforcements.