Army Ranger Eliminates Enemy Combatant with a .50 Cal Machine Gun

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 125

  • @ShawnRyanClips
    @ShawnRyanClips  Місяць тому +7

    Thanks for watching everyone. You can watch the full episode with Nick Irving here ua-cam.com/video/f8FhrqHHcNQ/v-deo.htmlsi=wOsmJujKewqwCP90 Additionally if you want to support the Shawn Ryan Show you can join the community. www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite

  • @dpbeardslee
    @dpbeardslee Місяць тому +58

    I watched the whole 5 hour plus long-form interview with Nick Irving. Took a couple days, but it was time well spent. Fascinating guy. Fascinating interview.

    • @alexpippins3363
      @alexpippins3363 Місяць тому +2

      Same here! Just finished today and had it as hour long segments during my workout. Highly recommend!

    • @dpbeardslee
      @dpbeardslee Місяць тому

      @@alexpippins3363 That's a good one for working out. I always listen to something when I'm on the treadmill. These days it's classical music and an hour of prayer, which is really interesting if you've never tried it. Prior to that I would often listen to audio books. Here's one for you that's worth a listen, and will get you through several MONTHS. "The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night," A.K.A. "The Arabian Nights." It's the story of Shahrazad telling stories to her husband Shahryar every night so he wouldn't kill her, and it's literally a thousand nights and night. I'm not a muslim, but once you get into it it's hard to put it down. ua-cam.com/video/O6UiP_f_Ero/v-deo.html

    • @dennishenry3188
      @dennishenry3188 Місяць тому +1

      Thanks crazy thing is I was trying to breakdown how to watch and actually digest it all. Hour intervals sounds great

    • @dpbeardslee
      @dpbeardslee Місяць тому +1

      @@dennishenry3188 When watching a real long video I usually break up my sessions by the chapter breaks on the video playback bar. That way I listen to complete topics and when I pick it up later I'm not starting in the middle of something. Probably the same way Shawn breaks up his long-form videos into shorter sections. JAT

  • @whathappenedtofreethinking6902
    @whathappenedtofreethinking6902 Місяць тому +45

    So grateful I never was in war. Thank you for doing what others can’t or won’t .

    • @Sun-ic7rq
      @Sun-ic7rq Місяць тому +3

      They were NEVER suppose to be there... smarten up.

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim 28 днів тому

      @Sun-ic7rq Talk about pride. You must be something special to know something noooobdy else in the Shawn Ryan comments section knows. Oh wait, you're just incapable of separating the individual's service and intentions from the manipulation and scheming of the government. At the end of the day you're not a 1/1000th of the man he is.

  • @came7494
    @came7494 Місяць тому +123

    That dream he described is disturbing

    • @jburton413
      @jburton413 Місяць тому +5

      lol just a little!

    • @unknownguyunknownone449
      @unknownguyunknownone449 Місяць тому +5

      So imagine all those soldiers in Ukraine war. Yesterday there was released a video of a russian soldier who came home from war he was walking on the street with a knife and threatening to unlive kids who went past by him. There's a little chance you can come home normal.

    • @brennanmckissick6432
      @brennanmckissick6432 20 днів тому

      @@unknownguyunknownone449yuppp

  • @ParkCityViking
    @ParkCityViking Місяць тому +37

    PTSD in story format. Prayers for all those who have had such an experience. Downtime is the worst to process all of that.

  • @KevinWood44
    @KevinWood44 Місяць тому +72

    I could never put myself in situation to be on a podcast of THIS size and discuss my past traumas, fear, etc.
    I give Nick and most people on this podcast so much credit for being so open. And Shawn does a great job allowing them to go down these rabbit holes of emotions.
    Great stuff. Moving

  • @jesusmaryandjoseph6
    @jesusmaryandjoseph6 Місяць тому +16

    Nick is a true gentleman and warrior, glad we have men like him on our side. I hope you find peace brother, and thank you.

  • @HankRearden84
    @HankRearden84 Місяць тому +30

    Powerful, powerful stuff. Thank you for allowing us to listen to this man.

  • @keoke32
    @keoke32 Місяць тому +6

    Going behind the container and seeing nothing but NCO’s/squad leaders 😂

  • @drspritz
    @drspritz Місяць тому +6

    I remember when Shawn Ryan started the podcast... it's great to see it's going great! (and Reaper is a legend!), greetings from Italy

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim 28 днів тому

      Ciao fratello, che Italia viva in sempieterna! Grazie per la amicizia. Spero che nel futuro l'America havrà un rispetto più profondo per la libertà d'Italia. Amore dal Dixieland.

  • @runwillrobinson
    @runwillrobinson Місяць тому +1

    Thanks to both of you for doing this. I have never had a similar experience, and would never feel qualified to even ask about what terrible things people like this have lived through. . Aside from your conversation being very interesting, it makes me very grateful to him and other vets, and equally, it makes me furious that our government foolishly wastes so many lives of capable, good people.

  • @dallasryder8125
    @dallasryder8125 Місяць тому +39

    I'm just here for the weirdos, who want to keep bringing up Nick's mistake/accident of "the 50 cal" claim. Y'all worse than a disgruntled ex wife, bringing up stuff that doesn't even matter. When he did more than most of multiple of your lifetimes put together. If a random SEAL or another "SOF youtuber" like Shipley you would've still been waiting to come for air off your knees. This episode and guest was great Shawn! I hope they make the series for Nick.

    • @JeffBlack1968
      @JeffBlack1968 Місяць тому +1

      Are you talking about when he said if a 50cal comes close to you and doesn't hit you it will still blow your arm off?

    • @jburton413
      @jburton413 Місяць тому +1

      Wait hold on…. Isn’t this the same guy who said “shooting a 50cal. Within a few feet from an enemy combatant will actually tear limbs right off their body” …. lol just sayin 🤷‍♂️ … 🤦‍♂️…

    • @pab1381
      @pab1381 Місяць тому +2

      @@jburton413so many things missed to be focused on that or not let that go.

    • @JeffBlack1968
      @JeffBlack1968 Місяць тому +1

      @@pab1381 Thats were you going to go with that. I wonder what else might be a little bit exaggerated. I'm not saying he isn't a bad ass or thankful for him being in the service. but seriously I would call out my best friend or dad for saying something like that. I bet his fishing stories have to be legendary.

    • @dallasryder8125
      @dallasryder8125 Місяць тому +1

      @@JeffBlack1968 sound like a super POG, stay at home patriot, or someone who never shadowed a recruiters office. Yall probably use the “gender fluid” bathrooms the way yall carry on about nothing. “iD tElL mAH pAwpaW” 🤣 yall need to find a hobby like fishing. The way you fish for BS

  • @derekgrissom2171
    @derekgrissom2171 Місяць тому +5

    Thank you both for your service!!

  • @stephenevo6057
    @stephenevo6057 Місяць тому +6

    That dream would’ve fucked me up

    • @jacobcasmus1882
      @jacobcasmus1882 Місяць тому

      It's not the dream....
      It was the sight/ events.
      Bad Dreams shouldn't scare you when you're awake.
      I found my 68 year old Mother with her head in a 2 ft wide pool of blood in the bathroom after she fell and cracked her head open on the tile...
      I called an ambulance, and luckily they are literally like a mile away, but they came and got my Ma and she ended up being alright.
      I had dreams about her in a pool of blood for a good while after that but the dreams don't bother me, it's her falling again and not being found in time or something like that happening that bothers me while I'm awake...

  • @BigJohnson1566
    @BigJohnson1566 Місяць тому +3

    You can’t unsee what you’ve seen, prayers for you brother I feel your pain.

  • @lisasapp6013
    @lisasapp6013 27 днів тому +2

    It’s incredible how our body/minds help us to deal with trauma! I can’t imagine what happens when they have down time and the endorphins release all that’s been seen and done and the mental anguish comes flooding in! God Bless these people! 🙏🏽✌🏽❤️🇺🇸

  • @tacticalroundtablewelgato5758
    @tacticalroundtablewelgato5758 28 днів тому +2

    I love your show Ryan. This is by far my fav interview.

  • @sammyyourmammy8170
    @sammyyourmammy8170 Місяць тому +10

    There’s a young man who is in the Green Berets that I am very concerned about right now, I want him back in the states. I have no idea where he is and I fear that Joe Biden is going to get a lot of brave young American men and women killed in the next few months…..

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim 28 днів тому

      I'm sorry. I will pray for him. I know that God too cares about justice, and he will not let the evil rulers get away with it forever.

  • @jsp5407
    @jsp5407 Місяць тому +17

    The realest

  • @VancouverIslandoutdoor
    @VancouverIslandoutdoor Місяць тому +1

    This was one of the most engaging podcasts I've ever heard. Insane. He did t look like how I imagined him

  • @tommybrasco1
    @tommybrasco1 Місяць тому +6

    Im Danish, and was in the army asked to go to Sergeant training. I said I would, but that I would like som experience first, I signed a contract to go to Kosovo but was called into a meeting with a Captain. He explained that Kosovo was full and he wanted me for Afghanistan and I said I would think about it. I went back, called my boss (I was on leave from my job) and he offered me a “big” raise to come back. I ended up never going and went back to my job, that boss got me other jobs as he left and brought me with him. But boy could life have been different. I have the outmost respect for these veterans 🫡

  • @tymoose8621
    @tymoose8621 Місяць тому +8

    This dude is cool,,,just smooth

  • @juliestewart5707
    @juliestewart5707 Місяць тому +1

    This was one of the most interesting interviews ever.

  • @3SIXTYPROD
    @3SIXTYPROD Місяць тому +4

    Nick is such a bad ass

  • @kyled387
    @kyled387 Місяць тому +2

    That thumbnail is doing the dude dirty lol

  • @thebushbunker
    @thebushbunker 29 днів тому +2

    Ammonia not chlorine 😊

  • @user-xe7ed3xw7j
    @user-xe7ed3xw7j Місяць тому +1

    Great podcast keep them cominnnnnn

  • @MichaeljenniferThomas-rk9nu
    @MichaeljenniferThomas-rk9nu Місяць тому +1

    Love this guys story

  • @bored2323
    @bored2323 Місяць тому +2

    This guy is not a robin at all , he’s a dark knight 💯

  • @amateurshooter6054
    @amateurshooter6054 6 днів тому

    Thanks Ryan

  • @gHostKINGofAotearoA
    @gHostKINGofAotearoA Місяць тому +1

    All respect.

  • @seanzyw.2603
    @seanzyw.2603 Місяць тому +1

    I wonder if he still believes in the 50 cal miss and arm ripping off Theory.

  • @mobbcitymembers1310
    @mobbcitymembers1310 Місяць тому

    lol nah I need the seal team 6 story

  • @sebastienleblanc2708
    @sebastienleblanc2708 Місяць тому

    Target! Range!

  • @WhiteBoyRick-bc1po
    @WhiteBoyRick-bc1po 27 днів тому +1

    Been following his career/story. Fucking savage!

  • @johnmorganjr769
    @johnmorganjr769 Місяць тому +2

    🙏 🇺🇸 🙏

  • @zvzv.
    @zvzv. Місяць тому +1

    When he said the handful of team leaders took care of things the way they do, is he saying they jumped him?

  • @pepperjack6421
    @pepperjack6421 Місяць тому

    Good on you man. Thanks for sharing brother. I just repress everything, I’m sure it’s not detrimental to my health…. Medboard will decide soon.

  • @kimmurphy1683
    @kimmurphy1683 29 днів тому

    You rock

  • @Christian-fx2sp
    @Christian-fx2sp Місяць тому

    Oh yea 🎉

  • @voolian
    @voolian Місяць тому +1

    toronto is the most egregious 322 team in the CDL

  • @DavEScott-or8ex
    @DavEScott-or8ex Місяць тому +2

    🍻

  • @jimmyconway8025
    @jimmyconway8025 Місяць тому

    I would think that being a machine gunner in Iraq would be a heavy situation with lots of bodies

  • @lewismooney3941
    @lewismooney3941 25 днів тому

    I paid for a book from him and someone else! I never got it but I’ll pay again to hear nick’s story!

  • @davidwissman85
    @davidwissman85 Місяць тому

    Chlorine bombs were fucking wild.....

  • @NicholasEllis-rs3nx
    @NicholasEllis-rs3nx Місяць тому

    Bro used the butterfly triggers like Hathcock and also had his superior hit him and yelled to Engage just like Hathcock when the VC was riding a Buffalo I think in the Hathcock book a story about air-pressure from 667grain bullet tumbling could kill VC if close enough passing by I could be wrong.

    • @snookmeister55
      @snookmeister55 Місяць тому

      Nope, won't happen and bullets shouldn't be tumbling unless deflected. Bullets can't both go straight and tumble, although there's a myth about bullets doing it.

  • @thewiseguy390
    @thewiseguy390 Місяць тому

    I know for a fact bro doesn’t sleep at night

  • @gabehernandez2876
    @gabehernandez2876 Місяць тому

    Did they jump him ??? Or at least give him a 1v1 ?

  • @illd2k
    @illd2k Місяць тому +2

    @1:34 is he saying that he skipped the rounds off the hood into the drivers seat because he's not able to shoot that caliber at the personnel? I keep seeing mixed comments on the web about it being against the rules of war to engage .50cal on infantry and it should only be used on equipment. Amazing interview! thanks...

    • @wackoman544
      @wackoman544 Місяць тому +7

      no, that whole "cant engage infantry with a .50" thing is kind of misconstrued BS. The idea that it should only be used on equipment is because the weapons weren't designed with the precision to engage man sized targets. .50's are designed to tear apart cover light armored vehicles ETC. Naturally a M2 has a lot of recoil so If something is coming at you its easier to just start shooting low and let the recoil carry the burst up into the target. If you aimed and fired directly at the driver your first round or two MIGHT impact or come close but if you fire the first few low and the recoil kind of "stabilizes" you can put the rest of the burst in a pretty tight area.

    • @illd2k
      @illd2k Місяць тому

      @@wackoman544 appreciate the response!.. thank you!

  • @troy8231
    @troy8231 Місяць тому +6

    7:40 it’s weird how this part gets glazed over and that Shawn doesn’t ask what happened.

    • @dmailaddress25
      @dmailaddress25 Місяць тому

      They beat him up for not listening.

    • @wackoman544
      @wackoman544 Місяць тому +10

      Shawn and everyone else knows what happened, he got whooped

    • @chimera91977
      @chimera91977 Місяць тому +6

      If you need an explanation I feel sorry for you. He says point blank "it got rectified, you fall in line real quick"

    • @e.l.norton
      @e.l.norton Місяць тому +5

      Nothing to glaze over. Sounds like he got his ass beat. It happens. This is isn't summer camp. You take your lumps and do better. They're actually making you better. And, compared to combat...a little motivational session is nothing. He's a man. He knew. Alright. I fucked up. I'm with the program, now. No excuses.

  • @alexcika9906
    @alexcika9906 Місяць тому +1

    Trust me bro you are Not a Robin in my mind !!!!!!

    • @jburton413
      @jburton413 Місяць тому

      Wait hold on…. Isn’t this the same guy who said “shooting a 50cal. Within a few feet from an enemy combatant will actually tear limbs right off their body” …. lol just sayin 🤷‍♂️ … 🤦‍♂️….

    • @alexcika9906
      @alexcika9906 Місяць тому

      @@jburton413 and ? ...what's the punchline ?

    • @jburton413
      @jburton413 Місяць тому

      @@alexcika9906 wasn’t a joke… it was a serious question 🙋‍♂️ … 🤦‍♂️

    • @jburton413
      @jburton413 Місяць тому

      @@alexcika9906 are you saying you believe that statement ? Lol 😂 🤦‍♂️

  • @maximus-hl9jw
    @maximus-hl9jw 29 днів тому

    Oh yeah did he barely miss him and blow off his leg?

  • @Swalley311
    @Swalley311 Місяць тому

    Is it possible that "PTSD" is the result of military guys having to come home after serving and being expected to "feel bad" for the enemy they killed?

    • @quilluntouchableentity2034
      @quilluntouchableentity2034 Місяць тому +2

      PTSD is something built from personal experience. Peoples expectations doesnt effect whether or not someone has it. You got to be missing a chromosome to even say some dumb shit like that

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim 28 днів тому

      @quilluntouchableentity2034 Yeah. XD

  • @Vega_Sports
    @Vega_Sports Місяць тому

    I fell asleep to this and had nothing but nightmares I was on a deployment and we were constantly pinned down with enemies closing in on us. I even got interviewed on CNN in my nightmare about being in battle

  • @nomercyinc6783
    @nomercyinc6783 Місяць тому

    a sniper wouldnt be on a 50 cal machine gun

    • @snookmeister55
      @snookmeister55 Місяць тому +5

      No kidding - First deployment.
      Assaulter, then machine gunner, then dedicated marksman, then sniper school.
      You think he's making it all up?

    • @rayzangeva315
      @rayzangeva315 Місяць тому +1

      @@snookmeister55nah it’s real

    • @snookmeister55
      @snookmeister55 Місяць тому

      @@rayzangeva315 He has my respect.

    • @DialloMoore503
      @DialloMoore503 Місяць тому

      He started out as a Gunner.

    • @snookmeister55
      @snookmeister55 Місяць тому

      No.@@DialloMoore503

  • @TheLoopofSound
    @TheLoopofSound Місяць тому

    “Let’s give a fancy gun to someone emotionally traumatized by guns…” - this channel 🔫😐😜 #ironic #shortsided

    • @robwoodring9437
      @robwoodring9437 Місяць тому

      He seems really traumatized by guns in all the videos where he's shooting guns and saying how much he loves this or that model of gun lol.😂
      And "shortsided" has never been a phrase. I think you mean "short-sighted"

  • @mikechrister2736
    @mikechrister2736 Місяць тому

    What a craaaazy dream

  • @jburton413
    @jburton413 Місяць тому +2

    Wait hold on…. Isn’t this the same guy who said “shooting a 50cal. Within a few feet from an enemy combatant will actually tear limbs right off their body” …. lol just sayin 🤷‍♂️ … 🤦‍♂️…

    • @bodybong
      @bodybong Місяць тому

      It was a joke

    • @ChrisM_1525
      @ChrisM_1525 Місяць тому +3

      Wait hold on…haven’t you commented this under every one else’s comment too?

    • @CourtneyBeaufordSellsLasVegas
      @CourtneyBeaufordSellsLasVegas Місяць тому +1

      @@ChrisM_1525 they act like that negates everything good about Nick. So dumb.

    • @snookmeister55
      @snookmeister55 Місяць тому

      Yeah people say dumb stuff sometimes. Can't be the weed.

    • @jburton413
      @jburton413 Місяць тому

      @@ChrisM_1525 wait hold on….. yeah actually you might be right 🤷‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️

  • @JHenry0311
    @JHenry0311 27 днів тому

    but I thought he was a sniper.. why would he be in a stryker .. or be behind a .50 cal in the first place? never heard of a chlorine bomb while I was in either.. did hear about fertilizer and old munitions .. lol.. these youtubers..yikes claiming he didnt train for vbieds.. LMFAO.. I hope people see through this horseshit..

  • @mikemuir6402
    @mikemuir6402 Місяць тому

    M4 carbine will not fire without a magazine

    • @robwoodring9437
      @robwoodring9437 Місяць тому +1

      Not even if a round was already chambered first? Doesn't track.

    • @mikemuir6402
      @mikemuir6402 Місяць тому

      @@robwoodring9437 it tracks he a 50 cal can “take off limbs even you miss at couple of feet “ . ua-cam.com/video/ZQdqQim6zyg/v-deo.htmlsi=3Q8_GVro_C4NV8f_

    • @ether23-23
      @ether23-23 21 день тому

      Are you stupid?

  • @widehead1234
    @widehead1234 Місяць тому

    I'm starting to believe that this black dude never served

    • @bluestfalcon419
      @bluestfalcon419 Місяць тому +1

      Yea bc Shawn Ryan didn’t vet him in the community right? Smh

    • @rudd71753
      @rudd71753 Місяць тому

      Did you?

    • @widehead1234
      @widehead1234 Місяць тому

      @@rudd71753 I served in the army for 8 years... but that doesn't have anything to do with what I said

    • @robwoodring9437
      @robwoodring9437 Місяць тому

      I've seen photos of him in uniform/kit and the surroundings sure looked like the middle east. Can't verify past that but he sure wasn't anywhere in the states at the time.

    • @widehead1234
      @widehead1234 Місяць тому

      @@robwoodring9437 he has said some very suspicious things

  • @tonybrock5288
    @tonybrock5288 Місяць тому +1

    I'm not US but I was in the military. If some some person is driving at your guys at a high rate of speed and you're wondering what to do, you need to find a new profession.

  • @NorthernConnectFilm
    @NorthernConnectFilm Місяць тому

    That watch crazy tho.

  • @rubendrowsycastillo4953
    @rubendrowsycastillo4953 Місяць тому

    Thats fucked up!! Thats how his ppl treat him after almost dying for them?