Top 10: Essential Items to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

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[JoeProBono]

There’s nothing worse than getting caught in the middle of a Zombie Apocalypse empty handed. Tools are key to survival, and especially when your survival depends on a war waged with the living dead. Here is a list of 10 essential items to survive a Zombie Apocalypse.

[OB1kNOb]

I’d rather have a long-haul Peterbuilt with a sleeper cab. High metal doors, windows up high, long range, diesel doens’t go bad nearly as fast, secure place to sleep.

But think of how long it would take you if you need to refuel, I mean the zombie hoard would come enmasse, you'd get nervous drop the flowing fuel line to jump into the cab, your first shot would cause a spark that would engulf you and the cab, and the zombies would have a hot meal ala Night of the Living Dead. (shudder) ;-)

[JoeProBono]

[OB1kNOb]

That IS good news. WOOT!

[ßuddaßudd]

My wife likes that show!

[Bitsy]

Guns. Lots of guns.

More important bullets, lots of bullets.

[j.argese]

A Zombie Primer.

[j.argese]

A Zombie Primer.

[OB1kNOb]

It is an excellent zombie show, IMO. I look forward to another season.

[DCBryan1]

On the way to your bug out location (BOL), you may have to stop and rest. A tent on top of your "hillbilly armored" urban assault vehicle, should have an elevated tent since small numbers of zombies cannot climb well.

Of course, this is only temporary shelter until you can get to a more fortified location with firing slits, moats, improvised land mines, range markers, sniper nests, etc.

[Renderofveils]

3: Bow / crossbow with plenty of arrows/bolts and the skill to use either effectively. Firearms are loud. Gunpowder gets wet. Firearms must be cleaned regularly. Bows are dependable, accurate from a close and moderate distance, quiet, and easy to maintain. Arrows can be maintained, recovered, and reused. 6: Kevlar. Lighter, quieter, and just as effective against bites. (Plus kevlar gloves give you some protection on the tender finger strips while not incumbering your ability to reliably use them for anything other than pounding a zed over the head. 11: Paintball mask. Preventing blood from splattering into delicate tissues is a must. 12: If you're being realistic, one bullet to put in your own brain pan. Once the power goes out, you're going to have to deal with chlorine gas settling into low lying areas after cooling stations go down(read: around water supplies,) radiation from just about every nuclear reactor in the affected area going into meltdown (unless by some miracle those that know how to operate them KEEP operating them,) huge wildfires from gas leaks hitting pilot lights, etc, etc, etc. Zombies would be the least of your problem.

[OB1kNOb]

Exactly.

[JoeProBono]

[dfwgator]

Well it did work against the Martians.

[februus]

If you’ve got time, it’s very funny to set up a couple hundred yard rakes - they never see it coming!

[antiRepublicrat]

#2. Make it a military map. Civilian maps are usually not very good for navigating terrain. Contour lines help you pick out defensible high ground.

#3. As soon as you can, break into a military post. Take several M4A1 carbines, some with the grenade launcher accessory, and a bunch of magazines. Also take an M249 SAW in case you need to spray down a crowd. Then get several cases of 5.56mm and some boxes of 40mm grenades. Might not hurt to get an M1014 combat shotgun with some ammo if you can find one.

#5. Hummer. Hard top, but not armored (zombies don’t use guns). You need the military version, which is called a Humvee, NOT the civilian Hummer, which is based on a standard GM SUV platform. Grab one while you’re on post, and grab a trailer for it too (they don’t use civilian trailer hitches). Make sure it has a turret ring for your M249. Don’t forget the extra 5-gallon gas cans.

#11. Food. While on post, grab as many MREs you can fit into your trailer while you’re getting those water tablets.

#12. Night vision. While on post, get night vision. Both for your face and as scopes for your guns.

#13. Some hose, bolt cutters and a hand-crank pump. You’ll need it to refuel from gas station tanks.

[ßuddaßudd]

Thats what the wife says and I'll look for the DVD when it comes out.

You better get up out the way,
Tomorrow we'll rise so we fight today,
And no, I don't give a fuck what you think and say,
'Cause we are gonna rock this whole place anyway.
(Undead!)

[JoeProBono]

[TheThirdRuffian]

Well, you’d constantly top off, and never get down there.

Always keep a tank on spare.

Or heck, pull a load of diesel.

And, BTW, diesel obviously burns, but not very easily compared to gas.

[Professional]

Awesome! I’m hooked to the new series too, lots of fun.

[The Comedian]

Randall!

My #1 rule is to practice the scenario with a fine digital simulation.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.