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A story from WWII was that if you attacked an unknown location and you got accurate, spaced shots, they were British; if a hail of machine gun fire, they were German; if there was a pause, then all hell broke loose with bombs, artillery, and mortars, they were Americans.
Go big or go home. The American way.
@@fluffylittlebear do you shit in the woods ?
Typical US Doctrine... Overkill is underrated.
Yea that sounds like us.
We sing our doctrine in Cadence... " Shoot 'em in the Head shoot 'em in the head Shoot 'em. You got to reload and Shoot 'em again." - US Army Cadence
This is a perfect example of "play stupid games win stupid prizes"
LOL. I was going to say the same. 😂
Survivors won a real stupid pize tho
@@Sebby6666 I'd pay money to get my hands on one of those medals.
Great lyric!❤
They fckd around and found out... simple
I will say, that even from a young age, my mother always told us, "Never start a fight. But if somebody starts one with you, then you damn well finish it." I think that pretty much sums up the American way.
Absolutely America rarely starts shit but they always finish it. It’s only ever a war when someone decides to shoot at them. Even terms of engagement are basically “wait till they shoot first” hell they actively handicap themselves by getting the lowest priced weaponry and weighing down their planes because, and I quote “you learn more from losing than winning” they WANT the enemy to hit them so they can scan for weaknesses. It’s why the US always loses at War Games yet are the most terrifying army.
Yep!!
My dad told me this at a very young age haha
One thing most people in America are taught. From inner-city streets, to small towns, to the backwoods. We don't want to start a fight, but are more than happy to finish one.
Hell yeah. And Putin said on that interview the Russian way 🤣🤣 "if you ever have to fight, strike first"
They were making a statement for sure. Overkill for a small force like that, but the US wanted to make it clear that any aggression would be unacceptable.
No way of knowing if there are 1,000 more waiting behind those first 500. Just wipe the whole area clean and make a statement.
@@BrLocTo be fair, if there was another force approaching I'm 99.9% sure we would have known before the first force ever even arrived
And then Joe Biden took over. Lord help us.
Those were highly trained special forces soldiers , f15’s and f22’s. Those are extremely expensive assets for our military. We aren’t just going to let you fuck with them. You’re in for a long fucking day my friend
The Russian planes didn't take off because they didn't want to lose planes for sure. You don't want to go against F22 raptors
Also F22 and F35 stealth fighters has far lower radar crosssection compared to half "stealth" Russian counterparts.
It's a step beyond that too. If those aren't russian troops, why would they send planes after all? They couldn't overtly engage without causing a major escalation of conflict and that would have been a bad time because we were just fucking getting warmed up.
What binary said… plus… going against the F22 in an actual combat scenario.. is basically suicide. Like legit suicide. The F22’s radar could pick those planes up from 150 miles away with its radar and take them out before the raptor was ever seen. I saw this plane at an air show this past summer and I will confidently say it was the highlight of my summer seeing the most feared airplane in the world show just a fraction of its capabilities for the public.
@@Viper72 going against F-22s is like Stevie Wonder fighting Mike Tyson. Stevie would be ko’d without even knowing Tyson was in the ring
F22 was not deployed to Syria
One of my favorite lines comes from the movie Enders Game. A bully had been ...well, bullying another much smaller boy. Eventually it came to a confrontation where the smaller boy surprised the bully by fighting back with unexpected savagery and brutality. When the adults confronted the boy and asked him, "Once the bully was down and you won, why did you continue hitting him?" His answer, "I won that fight, but I had to make sure I won every fight after." Translation: Hurt your enemy so bad that the very thought of them ever striking back is too horrifying to even consider. An example was made of these Russian mercs.
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries, for heavy ones they cannot.
Niccolo Machiavelli
that was my favorite parts of Enders game and why its one of my favorite books of all time.
Have a signed copy of this book. 10/10 response to this video.
My favorite book
The US military has no chill when politicians aren’t involved.
American politicians fuck EVERYTHING up every time they get involved.
When the US military operates on their own, it’s world changing.
True. The Vietnam War would have been over in less than a year if mor*ns like McNamara didn't dip their unqualified fingers in the pool.
The U.S. gov: "We're here for YOUR safety, not theirs"
Every war America lost was due to politics its sad really
The battle in Iran I Believe it was to cripple their navy by destroying their only 3 modern naval ships so the air force used every loop hole in the books to be able to engage without having to ask first and destroy some of their other battler ships
This is why Russia is so focused on building nukes and hypersonic missiles. They know the US would molly wop them in a conventional war.
They focused on hypersonics because a fast missile sounds more masculine, than an effective one.
In a full scale war a conventional war would be fought the same way as Ukraine. Air defence systems make helicopters and jets obsolete. In a ground war wagner would destroy any US unit.
@@dannyp8170 buhaha get off the drugs. Oh shit stop it, I can't even🤣🤣🤣
@@craigharrison5406 no US unit has experience in clearing an entire cities house by house, street by street on the ground without air support. No US unit has ever worked without air support. In a war with a near peer military which Russia are the US wouldn't have air support. US rangers got absolutely destroyed in Somalia in urban combat, imagine them against a organised, disciplined, experienced paramilitary like wagner!
@@dannyp8170 wagner was already destroyed once when they attacked US ground forces.... And Wagner couldn't handle the syrians, or Ukrainians....
Yes, in the initial US call Russia denied having troops out there.
The Russians tried to attack another nearby outpost some time later, another call was made just like with the previous attempt. Russia, again, denied having troops in that location, but those troops left the area soon after the call was made without firing a single round.
Cause Wagner does not fight for the russian army they are a mercenary group that fights as there own military
@@AJ-bb1tc to be fair i think it was confirmed that attack was an order from moscow
@@AJ-bb1tcBill feces. They did Putin's dirty work, Little Green Men indeed !!!
@@AJ-bb1tcdoesn’t seem that way now that they got completely cucked by the Russians and allowed their leader to get assassinated 🤷♂️
And at the end of the dead they're stronger than Russia main military and they still got fucked @AJ-bb1tc
Basically they gave them a participation trophy for getting beat.
That is so funny
Russian survivors, along with a pee-wee soccer team.
Margaret Thatcher once praised the US for using it’s overwhelming power with such restraint.
“No country ever used such great power more responsibly or with such restraint. I wonder what would have befallen us in Western Europe and Great Britain if that power had been in Soviet hands!”
Like the US hasn’t expanded its borders since Hawaii became a state even though militarily we could conquer many places if we had that kind of Putin mentality.
Mexico and Canada wouldn’t stand a chance.
No need to conquer militarily when you can use your media to conquer culturally. There are kids growing up around the world watching American movies, listening to American music, using American social media.
@@fluffylittlebear like what Tiktok is doing
@@fluffylittlebear That’s on purpose. It’s called society exportation.
@@igs_ Actually tiktok is built by the Chinese government and they are using as a way to spy on the majority of Americans.
@@AbruptandOffensive Yes... that's what I said.
This is what the U.S does when politicians stay the hell out of the way!
Fuck around and find out.
-Sun Tzu
"Get rekt, scrub" -George Washington 😂
3:47 The Russian's said that no Russian Government forces were attacking the base, which is technically correct. The Wagner Group is a privet military company based in Russia so their soldiers don't belong to the Russian government. That way if they loose a battle like this one the Russian government keeps it's hands clean by saying that no Russian government forces attacked the Americans.
Welp, guess that last part didn’t really work out for Russia lol
Hey bro, Ive watched quite a few of your videos over the last couple days and I just want you to know, from a U.S. veteran and true believer in all the amazing things that make our country genuinely worthy of appreciation, thank you for all the high props and love you've shown throughout your video adventure. You've definitely inspired more than a few unintentional smiles just from hearing/seeing the absolute intersted joy you show when you discover something unique about out culture, and I want to emphasize without any question that the beauty of nature throughout this country is exactly as youve commented. Anyway man, you must come see and expirience all these things in person. But be warned (even though I'm pretty sure you already know) once you get here, you may never leave. And I for one would be first in line to endorce your citizenship ;) haha. Thanks for looking past our reputation and steriotypes, its all just good vibes over here brotha.
Appreciate your service bro. Even if some don’t.
I don't know any Americans who don't love our troops. I only know ppl that dislike how our government uses our troops sometimes. Badass video. 😂❤
This video is an example of why we US Soldiers say “Fuk around and find out”, Wagner fuked around and found out 😏
I love that they used the BRRT of the A-10 as the bleep noise for the cuss words LMAO!
The only smart move they made was not sending up the SU's theyd be annhilated before they even knew what hit them (F-22s).
F-15's too
8:18
I'm fairly certain that was the point of this. They dominated the attackers to send a very clear and specific message.
"Never, ever let your fuck around cross the find out threshold again." Lol.
If he really shot at the apache helicopter he wouldn't be able to show up to get his metal
They did actually shoot the Apache, but none penitrated. It was to armored.
@@dannyg.4421 did you see any evidence on that? Because if your firing at an apache that would turn into rules of engagement. If the pilot gets hit..then what? Dude would of been blown into millions of pieces. I'm not buying it
@@dwaingambino1979Exactly. Plus, the Apaches sat at a distance. They don’t have to be up close lol.
The Russians that were killed were not Russian Army or military forces.
The Russians were Wagner PMC mercenaries, the same ones fighting in Bakhmut right now.
"wagner" with spetsnaz id's
Who orders the Russian Army around?
-The Russian Generals.
Ok, who orders the Russian Generals?
-Putin.
And who orders Wagner?
-The Wagner Leader.
And who order the Wagner Leader around?
-Putin.
Wagner is only a 'PMC' to go around international law. Putin is calling the shots. Criminal.
I mean, does it make much difference? If anything that means they're supposedly more capable than the average Russian conscript.
The political significance I suppose is that technically the US and Russia haven't killed each other officially, which supposedly cascades into potential nuclear war. But it seems Russia knows they would lose regardless, and there's also some chance most of their nukes are no longer functional. They are apparently incredibly difficult and expensive to maintain, and we've seen how well they take care of every other piece of machinery. Still, the threat is still kind of real, and even if a small percentage work that's still a pretty bad day for the world.
@@EricLing64 makes a HUGE difference. One is beholden to national governance of the Kremlin while the other is a private company.
That’s why Prigozhin COULD threaten to pull his fighters from Bakhmut and Putin couldn’t stop them but at the same time Russian MOD forces have to do exactly what the Kremlin tells them to.
Sometimes they work hand in hand but at the end of the day Prigozhin can do whatever he wants with his soldiers.
And the most significant factor is the American military can kill thousands of Wagners and Russia can’t do anything about it and will actively deny Wagner like they did at Conoco.
It’s easier for Putin to justify Americans killing Wagners to the Russian ppl. He can’t explain Russian soldiers being killed by Americans.
So the fact that it was Wagners and not Russian MOD means Russia CAN NOT escalate or retaliate.
but if i remember the rest of this story correctly the attack on that oil field was a direct order from moscow. You have to remember Wagner has extremely close ties to the russian military and seems to be an unofficial extension of it half the time
Wagner hasn’t attacked Americans again, but they very much want revenge. In my opinion, that’s what the recent incursion by two Wagner helicopters into Poland was about. If they can’t get to Americans, NATO will do. I think that’ll be their last mistake.
That takes some balls. America came at them at like 15% strength and straight wiped up the battlefield with them, didn't even break a sweat. What are they thinking?
Apparently just to salt the wound, the one thing the video left out was a B52 carpet bombing after everything was said and done the entire remaining wreck of the convoy with 30 x 2000lb JDAM bombs.
It wasn't left out the video says a B52 annihilated the convoy in it.
Why? Cuz fuck em. That's why. 😂
Don't know how many the Americans had, but you know how many showed up.... ALL of them!!
You have got it dude. I’m glad I came across you. You’re gonna be huge
thanks man! means alot!
As we use to say in the Marines in the 70's Miss With The Best And Die Like The Rest and it was proven. Also you mess wwith one U.S. Servce Person and you will feel the wraith of all of use.🇺🇲🌟💚
Lol it was like a chihuahua running at a Grizzly bear! Lol
"Why?" Because if their planes took off, they would have been turned into scrap.
Fun fact: The sound used to censor the video is the auto cannon of an A-10 Warthog. One of the last planes you would want to encounter in combat.
You asked a very good question, why did Russia keep its aircraft on the ground?
It’s because they knew who they were picking a fight with. US forces have in the past sometimes abandoned a position to avoid confrontation with Russian forces. The Russian commanders thought we might do that this time.
When that didn’t happen they knew at once any and all aircraft they send up they are going to lose, *and* that US forces would expand their counter-attack to include those airfields.
They knew that not only would they lose every plane they sent up, but they would lose every plane on the ground.
Keeping their aircraft grounded was the smartest move they made.
I watched a lot of reactions to this video, but your reaction is the best!!!
thank you! means alot!
I hope you don't mind but I had to show this video on Facebook and sent it to all my family and friends.
"...and for America it was god damn training day"...😂 that comment was gold
Those were translations from an intercepted communication between the Russian soldiers and their headquarter. You can actually find the original somewhere on YT.
The US military hasn’t lost a fight since the beginning of the Korean War. All “defeats” are political and not military.
thats just plan wrong we lost many fights since korea
@@mitchellmiller6644 It’s easy to look it up.
@Stephen Carpenter we have lost many battles in Iraq Afghanistan etc
@@mitchellmiller6644 That is false and can be easily verified. Our hardest fight in Iraq was the second battle of Fallujah. It was an absolute brutal fight but we won by a large margin.
@@mitchellmiller6644 the fighting in Afghanistan was all but over after month 3 as far as large scale operations were concerned. The Taliban had been forced out of all their strongholds by then. We even had Bin Ladin cornered but we gave the tribal leaders the lead in his capture and they let him get away.
There is nothing "fair" in war. Only win and loss. You bring a knife, I bring a gun. You bring a tank, I bring an A-10. Now, lets talk about intelligence. Where in the history of warfare can one side not only see/hear what is being done behind the enemy's lines, but then they "call" the other side and say, "hey, we see you, still wanna play"?
One of my buddies (and most of our local National Guard group) was a part of that. When he came home, all he said was they went to Syria to provide close air support to the Special Forces. The 155th has Apaches and Cobra attack helicopters. Can I hear a BRRT, BRRT? :)
The definition of “oh you thought shit was sweet huh”
10:44 Russia f*cked around and found out the tactical superiority of American forces is not to be trifled with
Are you British?
I really enjoy your reactions. That said, I would like to offer one suggestion. If you interrupt a sentence in the video to react, back the video to the beginning of the interrupted sentence. That way, your people watching the video don't just get just the last half of the sentence when you return to the video. You're doing a great job!
I can 100% confirm nothing. ARTILLERY!!!! The king of battle 🙌 they didn't just send a squad bro.
"When the first vehicle in the convoy suddenly blew up the Russian mercenaries knew something was wrong," has to be the understatement of the decade. Gee, ya think? This is what happens when you train the way you intend to fight. Combat looks just like training.
Every entertaining reaction. Loved it, thank you for your enthusiasm and commentary.
The U.S. called in and asked Russia if they had anyone in the area, Russia said no. Ooops
11:30 "It was like God-damned training day..."
I dunno about that. Even in the US Army Signal Corps we'd have damage to equipment and some minor casualties (minor injuries requiring sickcall, like twisting ankles or similar) during training. You could say our training is a bit harsher. But we do go off the saying 'Train as you Fight.' Better to have issues in training and perfection in the real thing.
But yeah, the Russians got torn up bad. As shown in the video most of their dead had to be ID'd by dental record or DNA testing. The US used to excel at stacking bodies. Now we just puree them, high-five each other, chest bump, and go back to playing video games and shamming.
Just think about that, especially if your government considers the US an adversary. You're just in the way of us getting back to our video games and goofing off. That's all our enemies are to us. An inconvenience. These Wagners were the best Russia had. They were less annoying than a cricket you can't find in your barracks room. But they made the most common mistake made, they mistook kindness and mercy for weakness.
shut up please
whats the joke ive heard about this. something along the lines of having a vested interest in hurrying this shit the fuck up so i can go take a nap
@@derpderp7825 From Fat Electrician, you sir are a man of culture.
Hahahaha good one 👍
This is correct. The US military operates on the principle of "hurry up so we can be done with this bullshit". Of course, that is when it is allowed to operate autonomously and not told by politicians to let the enemy get a head start on everything.
The Wagner mercenaries are not technically Russian military, so "Russians" and the US are not fighting each other. Had Russian planes taken off and engaged the US, that would be direct contact. Also, Russia is not a superpower by any stretch of the imagination.
Russian commanders were wise to keep their fighter out of the sky that night. Their fighters stood zero chance against the US F 22’s that night.
The sound he used when he bleeped the curses was a A1 Warthog gunship firing it's 30 mm 7 barrel Gatling gun.
Great video L3WG.
God Bless our American military forever & ever! So proud of them!!!❤
Proud of you too bother.
Russian Pilots didn’t take off because they knew they would die if they did. Simple
Here's the most important part of that story - The Reaper drone had been targeting them for some time...Really put that together. The Americans already knew. They already knew. Forces were already en route, the Apaches had already been deployed,... I'm sure the reapers had been following them for fucking miles and miles and miles. That phone call was a courtesy. It was basically turn around or die. And they didn't turn around...
8:28 - overwhelming force has a quality all its own!
America: hey Russia you have any troops near our guys?
Russia: nope
America: CORRECT!!!!
😂😂😂😂
that metal they gave out should have been the russian running with his head between his legs fire in the back ground and a big ole brown streak behind the guy running 🤣
Former USAF C130 engine (T-56 engine) and prop. mechanic, maintenance once on a gun ship.
They told you, the Russians initially told the Americans that it wasn't them. The Russians didn't know the Americans were on that base.
No they knew, they didn't want the Americans to know it was Russians attacking
They knew the Americans were holding that oil field. Moscow purposely attacked Americans
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Russian Fighters never took off because they knew once up would be immediately Shot Down! Planes expensive! Great point the US Military got a Great Training exercise!
Anybody: (looks cross eyed at an oil field)
America: "So you've chosen death"
Nah. Nowadays Russia is a 3rd rate power at best, the war in Ukraine has decisively proven that.
Well it's because of America weapons
@@JacobMoy-ij5om Yes. That was my entire point.
Raptor pilot told them send them up I'll wait 😂
"The Battle of Fuck around and find out."
Andrei, you’ve lost ANOTHER submarine?🤣
Hearing the Russians lost half their force, and America only lost some jet fuel makes me happy.
i loved your " god damn training day" line.. that was perfect!
They have conscripts, we have professionals. Makes a big difference. Of course, the advanced gear helps a lot.
US Air Force: when Overkill is an option
Another good video, man. I hadn’t even heard the full story of this before and I’m in the Midwest. Lol
@L3WG That's why it's been said, "Never bring a knife to a gunfight." 😏
I never heard about this either . Thx for sharing it .
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First shots fired by Wagner, one Kurdish fighter mildly wounded. The US response:
Reaper Drone- 2 missiles
155 artillery
HIMARS - at least two full loads
A130 Gunship with 105mm, 40mm, and 20mm weapons
4 Apache gunships with 16 missiles each and thousands of 30mm machine gun rounds
B52 dropping 500 lb bombs to take out all armor
F15 and F22 for clean up duty.
All except F15 and F22 in the first 10 minutes.
Now you really know, "Why you don't mess with the US military"!!! We simply don't believe in a fair fight. If you choose to engage our military, expect a response disproportionately larger than anything you can offer. Add in the "precision" aspect of our weapons, and you can see how hopeless the attack was at conception. In the US military, every bomb, and missiles are assigned a target, and it won't be long until that feature is in every bullet, so the lethality of US strikes is also disproportionately greater. That's two exponential factors on the US side in any conflict, disproportionate responses added to disproportionate lethality of the attack. Impossible for any foe to overcome.
And people still say russia would have even a snowballs chance in hell against us, when even what is basically a training exercise can wipe out a whole squad.
Once again America defining the phrase "fuck around and find out"
“It was at this moment he realized…….he fucked up!”
You asked why the Russian planes didn't take off? That's because the only way for the Russians to have an airplane while the Americans are in the air is to keep it on the ground, camouflaged as a wreck or a truck or a haystack. This is because we know the second they take off, what speed altitude and direction they take, and route missiles to them before they even reach contested airspace. The combined air forces of the entire planet wouldn't make it a few days playing air tag with the Americans, and they know it. There just isn't a way to fight a plane that can easily and reliably shoot you down from so far away you literally wouldn't even know it existed except for the rather self evident fact that something blew up your ride.
We have National Guard, Reserves of every branch in every state multiple times over.. like in one of our least populated coastal states we have 35 plus armories, camps, military stations (and no major base). We are prepared to defend. “This We’ll Defend”
Peace through superior firepower
It was like training day, for sure
ooooh i could watch it everyday
We are begging for China to play with us
Maybe they're even worse than the Russians 🤣🤣🤣🤣
By using the contractors they can deny Russia was involved.
As russia makes them medals? Lol no.
Now you know why the United States does not have universal health care
yes, finite resources must be prioritized and this is how Americans have prioritized them since Reagan. Shame really, American wealth could support fantastic social services AND a strong military, but they choose not to by electing Republicans
Imagine what the US/NATO would do to Russia if Russia made a stupid move against NATO in the Ukraine / Russia war?
I keep saying the scariest thing is not the guy trying to break into your house. It’s the guy behind the door vibrating with hope that they do. Lol
Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue! Great reaction my friend!!
Ibuse to work for a company which is now called L3 Harris Technologies. It use to be stationed in Illinois where we made the Hellfire Missles. For Lockhead Martin.
Imagine getting a medal for getting your ass kicked
Funny how everyone says if the U.S would go against Russia we would lose, but every time we encounter them, battle them they get their asses kicked. This one example, Vietnam had Russian and North Vietnamese fighter pilots flying Migs, Iraq War in early 90's our tanks whipped Iraqs Russian made T-tanks. Iraq was even battle hardend. list goes on. Equipment wins battles Logistics win wars.....Neither China nor Russia has that mastered even after this many years.
The SU35-'s Stayed on the ground because they knew they would get their arses handed to them and didnt want them destroyed
Funny how in the last year how Western equipment is getting wrecked in Ukraine and billions of dollars wasted of U.S. taxpayers money on a losing cause. A few weeks ago Russia paraded Western tanks that they captured in Ukraine, and Russians made jokes online that Western tanks have finally reached Moscow🤭 Also Col MacGregor admitted that artillery and shells provided, the Ukrainians would waste in 3 days. Also I find it amusing how America boasts its military superiority but just one Sarmat 2.0, also nicknamed the Satan, fired at the U.S., it is literally unstopabble and can manuever and change trajectory which even Scott Ritter admitted, the U.S. doesn't have the technology to stop it and is the most sophisticated missile technology in the world. The U.S. isn't what they used to be and is being overwhelmed taking on the responsibility of Ukraine, Israel, possibly Taiwan in the future as well.
8:47 you asked why they didn't try launching their own planes. Allow me to refer to just before at 8:11 when the narrator said something about air superiority
This is real battle, but news media did not cover this much
hope you realize we were already round sensing for artillery, drones, USAF and USNAVY but once it clicked, "go green!" everything moved so fast.
I just love seeing your reactions.
This was the definition of f*** around and find out
You know you effd up when..........btw....I thought I heard a10s
I love that the censorship sound is the A10. 😂❤
You mess with the BULL you get the HORNS
Not what happened to the terrorist in the middle east lol the kicked usa out
what nearly every country forgets is that American military will set up surveillance of ANY hostile forces near them and just wait. with the level of surveillance technology that America has, we can see the lettering on a postage stamp from space, so a drone in the air above a potential battlefield is going to see just about everything that moves, even bugs. there is NO WAY to surprise the American military on the ground or in the air. you'd have to dig massive tunnels and even then we have ways to sensing that as well. even under the ocean won't help. who do you think has the better sensors and stealth attack subs?? the American military usually knows about what's going on HOURS before the first shot even happens. we're just spending that time giving the other side a chance to pull out without being wiped out AND setting up our weapons for use...
Correction for you. Russia is no longer a super power have not been since the fall of the USSR. By definition and classification the US is the only super power in the world. It requires you to fight 2 theaters of war at the same time anywhere on earth. To explain the definition means the country needs to be capable of fighting 2 Ukraine/Russia wars at the same time on opposite sides of the world.
You know the Russian guy that answered that phone call must have shit his self they thought they were attacking some Syrian guys and then you realize it's the Americans and they're saying stop it or else I guess they chose or else