To protect the group from intruders and enemies, Silverbacks fight when they come across another Gorilla group. Silverbacks of each group will express to each other their strength and when they start fighting, they will use their teeth to injure the other which may lead to severe bleeding and death.
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.
Examples of successful guerrilla warfare against a native regime include the Cuban Revolution and the Chinese Civil War, as well as the Sandinista Revolution which overthrew a military dictatorship in Nicaragua.
Historic Origins: The origin of the English term for guerrilla warfare comes from the Peninsular War (1808-14), where Spanish guerrillas crushed Napoleons' occupying armies – in Spanish guerra means "war"; the tactics of the Spanish were so successful, that the name stuck.
gorilla/ guerrilla
You might see a gorilla in a zoo, but a guerrilla (sometimes spelled with one "r"), is someone who belongs to a group of independent fighters. If you remember your high school Spanish, you'll know the difference. A gorilla is a type of large African ape.
guerrilla, also spelled guerilla, member of an irregular military force fighting small-scale, limited actions, in concert with an overall political-military strategy, against conventional military forces. Guerrilla tactics involve constantly shifting attack operations and include the use of sabotage and terrorism.
“Guerrilla gardening can be an easy, low-cost way to beautify a neighborhood and to prevent negative consequences of vacant land, including illegal dumping and other crime. Guerrilla gardening is, however, by definition, against the law: a civil trespass against the land of the landowner.”
The stew of animosities was further seasoned by ethnic and religious rivalries, a factor that helps to explain why guerrilla warfare continues to be fought in a large number of countries today.
In this way, international law offers an inducement for irregulars to follow the basic ground rules of humanitarian law. Being a guerrilla isn't a war crime. Using civilians as human shields is -- and disqualifies irregular forces from enjoying the privileges accorded lawful combatants.
The Irish Civil War is a striking example of the failure of guerrilla tactics when used against a relatively popular native regime.
noun. the use of hit-and-run tactics by small, mobile groups of irregular forces operating in territory controlled by a hostile, regular force.
Guerrilla marketing is an advertising strategy that uses unconventional tactics to delight and attract customers. It is an alternative to traditional marketing, such as print media, television commercials, billboards, and direct mail.
Carlos Marighela: The Father of Urban Guerrilla Warfare.
Slang. a hoodlum or thug, especially one who threatens or inflicts violence: Like any mob boss, he sent his gorillas to do the dirty work.
How hard can a gorilla punch? It is believed that a gorilla punch is strong enough to shatter your skull with one slam of its arm:/Between 1300 to 2700 pounds of force. Gorillas on (avg. 400 lbs) have a muscle mass density almost 4 times higher than the most heavily muscled powerful human you know.
Gorilla 'Street' Combatives
It consists of upper-body striking techniques such as punches, elbows, head-butts and shoulder strikes. It also includes low-line kicks and knee strikes to the adversary's entire body, legs, shins and groin.
Specific types of weapons are banned entirely, such as anti-personnel landmines, and biological and chemical weapons. Other weapons are subject to limits – such as the restrictions on the use of booby-traps.
Throughout the American Civil War, as vast armies in blue and gray clashed on conventional battlefields, a drastically different kind of conflict was raging as well: a bloody guerrilla war that erupted in the South in response to Federal invasion.
There were also disadvantages to guerrilla warfare. If the guerrilla attacks are slow or poorly organized, enemy troops can end a guerrilla raid quickly. Because guerrilla warfare relies on moving constantly, it was hard to have a base to meet up and strategize.
enemy. The three pure types of war may be called absolute war, instru- mental war, and agonistic fighting. Absolute war is unrestricted and unregulated war, agonistic fighting is regulated according to norms, and instrumental war may or may not be restricted, according to considerations of expediency.
Guerrilla warfare is violent action taken within the normally accepted rules and procedures of international diplomacy and laws of war. In contrast, the violence in terrorism is directed mainly against civilian targets, and the terrorist's goal is publicity.
Completing a Guerilla Op will automatically cancel its associated Dark Event, while skipping (ignoring) or failing it will cause all pending Dark Events to trigger in quick succession.
Guerrilla Warfare is effective because of their ability to hide in plain sight when they are not fighting supported by sympathetizers in the civilian populace and academia.
From Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War.