U.S. Soldier Survives Taliban Machine Gun Fire During Firefight
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2012
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No rounds penetrated his body armor, and he made it home with no permanent injuries. This happened in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
READ From the cameraman:
" I got a hit a total of 4 times. My helmet cam died and i made it down the mountain on my own. I was also hit in the side of my helmet and my eye pro was shot off of my face. We were doing overwatch on the village to recon and gather intel. I was point heading down the face of the hill with the LT. when we got hit. the rest of the squad was pinned down by machine gun fire. I didn't start the video until a few mins into the firefight for obvious reasons. I came out into the open to draw fire so my squad could get to safety."
"A round struck the tube by my hand of the 203 grenade launcher which knocked it out of my hands. When I picked the rifle back up it was still functional but the grenade launcher tube had a nice sized 7.62 cal bullet hole in it and was rendered useless. "
This footage is part of an ongoing documentation of the war in Afghanistan.
Read more about the war here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_A...)
The scariest part of this was noticing his panic and thinking he was seeing his last moments.. terrifying to imagine.
yea
are u fucking stupid? youre making him sound like a fucking wimp and no he wasnting panicking at all. He is doing exactly what he was always trained to do and he was being absolutely calm. He is yelling out he is hit so that his squad mates can know what to do. You armchair philosophers really cringe me out. stop making the american soldiers sound like fucking pussies
@@blessings1063 clam down
@@blessings1063 Stfu, he's just saying it scary to imagine how close he was to death
@@blessings1063 is he calm? Are you blind deaf or both?
All of a sudden everyone in the comments is an elite military general
Thank you for your Service
Joey B for real 😂
😂😂
I'm a 5 Star General in COD 5. Just saying.
Generals aren't in charge of the field tactics. That's more of the Sergeant majors job. But yes I get this is a joke
Mad respect for him putting his life on the line to make sure his team moves safer, good shit. Hope hes living very healthy
@@MrMoses86 shut yo lame ahh up he’s fighting for his country goofball how about you go do it degenerate
@@MrMoses86 What would you do?
Lucky he survived, but why is he even in Afghanistan?
@@MrMoses86 idk what the point of running your mouth was, im just tryna be respectful to the troops that make sure your country is being protected and you have a roof over your head 🤦🏻♂️🫡
Walking like that in front of whistling bullets? That’s ignorance.
Somewhere there’s a group of ppl watching this that was probably on the other end of that gun and they are butt hurt you made it home. Good work man!
Huh? What? I'm genuinely confused. How could they be butthurt even though they won the war?
@@mattstone2104 I wouldn't expect anything less from an American, at least you're being honest about it.
@@fargoth391I wouldn’t say they flat out won the war but this was a war that lasted far too long
@@fargoth391 LMAO won the war? Dude us stayed until the dumbass biden told them to come home. Wasnt a real war anyway.
I know I'm very late but what the fuck is this comment? Why would a Talibani soldier be butthurt because an American soldier made it back home? Apparently Americans forget that they're not the only human species out there. Those Talibanis also have a soul. They are also somebody's son or parent. They don't want *anybody* to die in a war, be it a Talibani or American soldier. Most of them are just obeying their dictators because they don't have any other options. Do you really think they wanna fight a war? For the sole purpose of killing an American?
Soldier: Hey I’m movin down
The rest of the squad:
Outlaw84 rest of squad: *seen*
@@hugggmonster More like heard
I was wondering where his boys were
@@Hope-Truth-Light Running the other way
I'm moving down
It’s crazy how adrenaline can keep someone going
I think not being shot in a fatal area kept him going more than adrenaline
@@hazza.s2249 and all this is going because of adrenaline. The human body produces way more adrenaline in situations like that one.
@@user-wt9ix1dm1x However, not being shot in fatal areas and dying lets him produce the adrenaline.
@@hazza.s2249 his armor stopped the round. So no.
@@SaintJerry Read again, I said not being shot in a fatal area, aka 'head' or a round of what I perceive to be 7.62x39 or 7.62x54R penetrating his armour. So, not being shot in a fatal area did keep him going, actually. So yes.
The shots hitting the ground inches away from him puts this entire video into perspective, god bless our troops, god truly looked over this soldier that day.
Sorry sir but that guy is a dumbass who put his life and his fellow troops life’s in danger because of his stupid mistakes!!!
انتم مجموعة من قتلة السفاحين يطيعون اوامر الشيطان
You can hear the bullet cracks followed by the actual gun sound. That is crazy.
*bullets landing literally between his feet*
"Agh....!"
*Keeps going*
Its bloom
Wtf you expect😂 I'd be hauling ass he took a bullet and kept going
BEASTY bruh I expected him to at least flee and find a better ducking position cause he was already exposed....I don’t get why some soldiers think “lEt mE juSt rUn tOwArDs thE eNemY” bruh like cmon ur in the middle of a fucking gun fight with a dude using a machine gun..big brain for sure.
He is hurt What will he do A: Run To the enemy Keep shooting B: Push to cover C: Stay there and keep shooting Well Its C because he is hurt and if you push to cover he wont have a high chance That he will get shot .
Do you think ho should stop?
Me: I’m getting shot at
Teammates: Across the map
Gibbon fr
gabe itch now ur just taking it to far chill wit it
Itz Letha1 nah he needed 2 minis and a big pot and he would have been straight idk what your talking about maybe a slurp
Ali F-A nah slurp fish would do the job
Beverly Marsh wah u mean folk I no me English vely well
The pressure and knowing the place you are puts you at a disadvantage to the enemy, is probably gut wrenching, especially considering the fact you can not only hear bullets coming your way, but seeing them slowly but surely being ranged to you specially.
I'm not American and I'm usually skeptical of the government for their actions in foreign soil, but what you did was courageous drawing fire so your squad could make it to safety, you have my eternal respect.
我一直很怀疑外人对于萨达姆的态度，难道说因为萨达姆杀的是本国人就可以予以宽容吗？
又或者希特勒屠杀犹太人时，各国可以为此坐视不理吗。
难道自由民主平等只是维护本国人最后让所有人一起下水吗？
绥靖导致了全面战争的爆发，宽容独裁政府最后让所有人引火上身
只要出师有名，我觉得任何人都可以干预不利于人权自由的事情。
能力越大的政府更是如此
@@Mou_Chang well, Saddam was a bad guy...
@@castrorevenge7332 your government sad that!!
@@osamadws2124 Ahhh yess, so the Kurds, the Iranians, the Kuwaitis, think he is a good guy? WRONG
The dislikes are the guys who missed almost every shot on him
NeOn They were trying to like the video but missed the like button as well and hit dislike.
I think they need to work on their aim a little lmao
No this is dumb dying for what... This world is stil corrupt..
Andy Ramirez no ur brain is
@@andyramirez5367 you seem to more than likely have no idea what is going on.
Probably the scariest feeling in the world knowing one shot could end it all.
Domino the Dominator and another thing, your heart could stop working any second and you could blink and never open your eyes again and your lifes over. you can even sleep and never wake up
True.
Yeah but why just stand there and scream I'm hit I'd fire shoot back do something I wouldn't just sit there f*** that
mike mikey he couldn’t do anything he got shot in his hand and as you can see they were still shoooting at him
I can think of immediately one thing more terrifying is that you don't know what you are fighting for.
What a dumb thing to do! He was trying to be a hero to come down the hill with no cover. In the end he will be risking everyone’s lives to rescue his dumb mindset
Me still trying to find where the Taliban are shooting from
Bullets: hit between his foot
Him: Oh no!
Anyways
Cherznee 88 soldiers eventually just don’t care about being shot, you have to get used to it in the military.
“being shot at”
Nobody likes being shot...
soldiers realy do not care about being shot. they go:
"oh baby girl, its just a little bullet wound"
"I started blasting"
hajis cant shoot for shit
So he came out into the open to draw fire so his squad could get to safety who was pinned down by machine gun.
Hats off man. Respect
That's a real hero. Like someone said, "Heroes don't wear capes; They wear dog tags and combat boots."
Halt O'Carrick who's that "someone?"?
I don't know, I just saw this somewhere...
That doesnt make sense? So he risked his life to get shot and pinned down in a shitty position. To save his teammates, which actually is pretty stupid. Because now his teammates gotta risk there lives to get to him to save his dumbass. Objective should be everyone gets home alive, and hopefully uninjured. Risk your lives for others should be last case scenario. In which I believe there was different ways to neutralize the threats here.
how you know they were pinned down all he said im moving down into an open field with no cover anywhere bullets dropping next to his feet
That has to be such a displacing feeling calling for help and your men having issues hearing you over the commotion.
We stand tall for you here at home, and love you all.
Man went down as lone wolf . Not smart.
“It’s over anakin , I’ve got the high ground” - unseen enemy
No matter how hard you train, 1 bullet can still end you....
Oh wow Thank you for letting us know CAPTAIN OBVIOUS
Patriotic Eagle dude stfu
Yeah mate, thats why aussies train their brain not their muscles. Only a yank would run down that hill.
@@patrioticeagle577 Who is Capitan obvious
But Tupac got shot 5 times and lived
Did y’all see how close those bullets were. Either that guy was at the wrong place with bad luck or that mg got accuracy.
He intentionally went there to draw fire so that his team could move to safety
The R.H. use a 7.62+39mm round.. it's a devastating round..
The AK that so widely used by them is a beast.
@@kevinseat9757 I know why he did it.
What’s mg?
@@supermichaelssecondchannel4342 machine gun
I don’t believe any of what was said in the description. This soldier got contacted and decided to push down and give up the high ground. Like where was he going all by himself? He pushed a bad position and got caught doing so. Plain and simple.
Being out in the open and seeing a bullet hit right in front of you must be something
He’s lucky the enemy took shooting lessons from Star Wars stormtroopers. Seriously though, that could have ended so much worse.
Lol
If people knew more about Star Wars like me (a serious Star Wars fan) than you would get more likes
I mean they are hundreds of meters out so I don’t think you’d be hitting much either
Cold hearted man ☃️
@@charkobi8708 this is a very surface-level Star Wars observation though
I am so so so SO glad this guy made it back without too serious injuries...but the Taliban soldiers have been trained by storm troopers.
If the Afgans were running unprotected like that the US would have them down in seconds
Nick Civetta yup cx
Da fuq you say about the storm troopers you little know it all!?those storm troopers died fighting for your enslavement by the rule of Darth Vader some of them are members of the 501st you watch the way you type boy because I served as a storm trooper and having my fellow fleet being killed by those Ewoks was like firefighting in hell such disrespect for the troops disrespect our service this is why america is a sad nation I look down upon it you want to know the best president I thought was the best not the worst in american history president George Washington because he had great military leadership.
it was a joke because they can't aim
+Captain J Sapphire of the Bleeding Roses LOL
Brave isn’t the word. This is the closest example of a hero.
So much respect for these guys. Bravery at its finest
Agreed. This is a terrifying scenario
And I bet if he had to do it again he would be more than willing to
Nah he's just stupid
Edit:
*Seriously you need to stop replying and calling me dumb it's getting boring now with people responding even though I'm over this entire situation*
SxVF ok buddy u clearly don’t know what honor, discipline, and having balls is so I’ll not take your opinion seriously.
SxVF it’s actually smart to bring the fire off of your squad and onto you. It’s a selfless act but you wouldn’t know about that cuz your ignorant and selfish
Holy shit you can see the rounds hitting around him... I'd be scared shitless
TexasGTO lol
TexasGTO
i dont know anything about war
but isnt it stupid from him to come to an very open area full of armed jihadists alone with nothing to cover him what was he thinking ??? did he thought the jihadists born yestrday ??? lol
Ahmed Jaber maybe he was trying to run to the other side
Then he got an idea an awful idea
the enviroment in afghanistan is mostly mountains ...and this alone is a "big No No" for running through terrorist area ...unless if you have long legs like stewie griffen legs when he tried riding a bike and have no problems in running 1000000000000kms per minute
Moving downhill, closer to the enemy, seems like a dumb idea
mg was relentless, glad you made it.
I'm sorry you had to go through this but I'm really grateful you serve our country well my heart hurts for how bad you were hurting brother.
You can hear the fear in his voice knowing a bullet could fly through your head any second is terrifying mad respect
Fucking crazy bro holy shit
He just does't have much brain cells there is a perfect cover 50 meters from him and he started to engage the enemy in an open field, that's just how you get killed, this dude bellowing
"i'm hit ! help me !" i would sadly let him where he is until the fight is over
@@ommsterlitz1805 You are cowardly is why, even knowing a troop is injured because of his own error I'd try to save him. You can sleep with yourself knowing you're a coward but some can't
@@sud6646 Being cowardly is purposely fleeing an enemy while your allies are fighting to save you like the brits during the battle of France at Dunkirk, being stupid is when you are trying to help someone that got stuck himself in a bad position crying to his mom at the top of his lung he is hit and wants helps so the enemies not only knows they hit him but also they just have some free targets coming to get to him, truly a miracle no one died because of this man stupidity.
@@sud6646 ok mr badass super soldier marine
That must have been fucking scary
DuskWolfie117 it isn't as scary as you think when you been shot at actually/ trying to not get guned down
DuskWolfie117 Yep, you hear him say "no" that was a terror cry basically saying no I don't want to die, he knew they had him and it was coming, thankfully it didn't and he made it but that must be the worst feeling ever.
DuskWolfie117 it.s a rush
DuskWolfie117 You get used to it.
You don't say
I just read the description. What a hero!!
They knew where he was but he didn’t know where they were.
But the reply from his team showed CLASS!! The sound of their guns and the way their fire fight sounded oozed class and precision
I was wondering why he had difficulties for moving quickly. Walking with these heavy balls must be indeed very hard.
FreedomEagles100 maybe ıt is because he is walking at a foreign country which he deosent know
its cuz he got shot in the leg
did you read the description? it says that no rounds penetrated his body armor. your just running around with leg armor
boi that has nothing to do with walking on a open terrain
Because he was walking on rocks
The only reason he wasn’t able to tread that hill faster is because his balls are too big.
They sure shrank pretty damn quick though.
Oh, that must be why he was rolling down those rocks, then.......
@Giggle Bush oh hoho! Ok Fouad.
Fatty
*too small
Draw fire ...literally. I'm speechless, complacency is a compliment in this.
I just read the description and this guy put his own life on danger so that his squad could reach safety.Huge respect🙏🏻
There are people that were in his squad that were really upset with him for doing this, they had to them put like 3 more people in danger because this guy tried to be heroic and failed.
@@AP-yx9de he made it down the mountain on his own and he obviously did this because it's his squad in his command
@@francisghiannamigo8054 which makes him a terrible squad leader
He’s a dumb ass who put his squad in danger
@@elliott6080 How so? They were spotted from a distance
Him: “IM HIT...”
Medic: 👁👄👁
😂
More like 🧑🏻🦯
I like the joke but what would the medic do? Probably get shot as well
@homie beaglePG "useless"? why would you even say that?
@@TamaleMuncher bruh do you think they care what the Geneva convention says about medics? Look at the japanase in ww2 they would shoot medics because they saw them as an easy target
This is a video they now show in Infantry school on what not to do. As hard as it is to watch, he made every mistake you can possible do in a field of fire. He is alone, he is bounding without cover, he has no awareness of where the fire is coming from, and the worst part is he has absolutely no cover to even bound to. Every time I see this I just think just keep going down, but he stops which is a huge mistake and then he takes cover under a rock no bigger than him and gets hit and in the exact line of fire of where we was getting shot from. The rock to his right was huge and he could have taken cover behind that. Beyond all of that I just pray he came out of this ok.
Same, he said he was goin down, I thought he was gonna run to that house, especially with those close impacts, idk tho fog of war maybe he just got turned around..
I’ve seen this video multiple time from other channels always thought he died so freaking good to know he made it out alive
I guess movies weren’t exaggerating when making all the bad guys miss the shots
Well they are in close quarters combat these guys are at km of distance you can barely see where 's the enemy
in most wars u can not see the enemy u just hear gun fire u get low and u only know the general directoin where the shooting is coming from then ur suppost to just shoot back without seeing the enemy.
@YouMake MeReal 4 times total yes
Tbh this is actually pretty accurate fire coming from the insurgents
The hell are you talking about? This is extremely accurate fire.
Where the hell was his teammates it seemed like he was on his own
It's scary shit man
wayne waite he was keeping the fire away from his teammates to help them retreat
@@johnocampo425 if that's the case why was he going downhill twords the gunfire why not at least shoot and move in the same direction as his teammates also if his teammates were retreating why bother yell I'm hit if nobody can hear him since they all retreated the military also doesn't have ppl behind they would have made him come back or left a second gunfighter with him they do everything in at least pairs also notary dont run from fights then run into them witch is why the flag is backwards on the uniforms what you said makes sence dont get me.wrong just to many indications that could have been a big number of different situations we dont know cuz we weren't there but that is a possibility I guess
@@waynewaite9998 read the description
I bet you're the kind of guy to just jump out of cover in front of automatic enemy fire to save your friend who messed up and tried to go towards the bullets rather than retreating into cover like any sane person would do.
This a real trooper need real solid people like this to do it for our country
Out of all the vids i've seen, this is one of the bravest, he moved down to draw fire, knowing full well this could happen, and did it anyway, glad he came out alright. (The "I'm hit" got him in the plate)
I'm not a combat veteran are have I ever served. But I do know you sir are a very brave man. And I thank you for your service.
Rapid Transit he’s not brave just very dumb.
@@robertburn8469 I dont think the other soldier thought that. Not at all.
He did get him self in a bad spot but he knew what he was signing up for. Even the best trained soldiers make mistakes, the sad truth in war is you normally get one mistake. This happened more to them than ours but regardless....this is what many of our enemy lived right before they got ended by a Apache or a-10 at least that's a quick death . Either way dying is part of the job, they signed over their life when they enlisted and trained to stay alive. I've never been in the military but I've been shot at and have had many times where I was sure I was going to die....it's beyond fear.
This soldier would have been disciplined in all actuality. He didnt follow procedure. When you recieve blanket machine gun fire and the position is unknown, your first goal is to find cover. After finding cover, attempt a request for indirect fire; howitzers, mortars,rpg,air support, or whatever it takes. Once you have a decent idea of the enemies position, the squad should split and perform a flanking maneuver. If this soldier was trying to draw fire, he would be practicing the "3 second" rule, "now they see me, now they dont". He put his squad in danger and is damn lucky he wasnt killed. In all actuality, the smart chouce would have been to move 5 feet up the hill and hid behind cover with the REST OF HIS SQUAD!
pretty sure hes just dumb.
Hit 4 fuckin' times! This guy is a beast!
Adam Borseti body armour ;)
I think the only armor that they wear are flak jackets and don't they shatter on first impact? So after the first round wouldn't it not protect him anymore?
Kyle Drankiewicz The description is your friend.
Some Ceramic Plate armours can take multiple 7.62 rounds and be OK to stop some more damage, but thats why hes so lucky.
Adam Borseti no he just kept repeating it
I watched this when it first came out and its still got me puckering!! Those close impacts are nuts bro should have ran all the way down the hill to cover!
On the side of a mountain with no cover getting fired upon from a unknown location. Thats absolutely terrifying.
*Taliban Machine gun* : TA TUM TUM
U.S Soldier : *YO*
Yo IM HIIIITT
Mad respect for the rocks for protecting the soldier.
Soldier*
He wasn't a marine.
The Marines are not that stupid lol
@@alcast6403 he was intentionally drawing fire away from his team mates
@@zimbabweyouthoutdoors4613 ummm Yeah.... Like... Kill me! Kill ME!! 😂
@@alcast6403 more like rather take me than my friends, and I hope you understand that that comment didn’t just disrespect this particular soldier but it also disrespected people like Mike Murphy, Michael Monsoore and Kyle Carpenter who are all 1000 times the man you could ever wish to be
terrifying seeing him flinch searching for where they are, really shows the horror of war in such a big battle field
The lack of cover must be something to be really concerned about in this type of situation, poor guy just doing his job to protect our freedoms and
beautiful country. GOD BLESS THIS MAN.
Really? Protect your freedom by occupying another country 4000 miles away from home ? Im glad that Taliban won and all NATO forces ran away for their lives 🤣😂
This is raw asf he's running down unstable ground while shots are hitting him and around his feet
this dude shouldve hauled ass for cover and not stood in the open when they opened fire. this dude literally took a nap while being shot with live rounds ngl
@@block0ee adrenaline, shellshock,confusion, panic,all of those can make a difference. Stop being an asshole. You never know what really happened there, you just watched some random war footage on the internet and acting tough
@Samara Aldeen lmfao and people fight the wars of the men who stand above them nice
@Eagle lmfao he has rocks all around him don't be stupid he could cover himself with them
Welcome to Just Another Day At The Office
that's real life when you solo vs squad
By going Rambo, he will surely lead his team to victory!
With sniper rifle solo destroy easily all squad
Idiot shut up about fortnite... You would be pooping your pants and crying if you were him. Get a life
_Dark_Iconic loooool he dropped his rifle asap useless ahahaha
_Dark_Iconic he never said fortnite
Ultimate respect people live in the us and uk and take everything for granted for the economy’s we both live in but they fail to realise if it wasn’t for these troops it would be like this. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
God Bless these soldiers 😢 toughest dudes on the planet, these soldiers perform incredibly well under pressure, it's super human, thank you for what you do
Give this man a fucking medal. He's taking all the heat so his squad can safely move down the mountain. He's a true hero in my book
I will never understand this soldier's thought process in this video.
I know right. He goes down the hill closer to them and where there's no cover then gets shot, finally finds a little cover but keeps popping his head up so they can get a head shot or something. This guys brave but lucky.
It's called panicking. You can't think straight when your life is in danger.
@@followthelight69 you try having a pristine thought process when there's 7.62 rounds landing all around you, fuckhead.
What ever fuckwit. look at the other comments down below. Alot of people think the same. People can think what they want. Your going to try tell me I'm a fuckhead because your pride got hurt? Go have a cry you baby.
@@followthelight69 What does my comment have anything to do with my pride? Are you fucking dense? Having been under all that stress and your adrenaline pumping through your veins, Your thought process and Judgement can become impaired.
as a Pa. voter,,,you have my utmost respect AND my vote!! Thank you for your amazing service and thank God you are still here.
Legit bro thank you for your service🫡
They stopped engaging after he stopped firing back. They probably thought they got him. And him firing his rifle would give off a signature. Or a report.
Much respect to my USA brothers from the UK.
MrFsinner Allies till' the end.
MrFsinner Finally A guy who gained my respect from the UK, ive seen a lot of bad comments, but you made up for it.Much love man
Thank God for a sensible foreigner! I've seen too many stupid comments about the U.S. You have my respect!
MrFsinner Respect from Germany to everyone who is or was in the shit.
André Ahh, shit and I can't forget our German brothers :)
He literally said "I'm hit"
Stop shooting on him.
Valderil DRW nah man this is definitely airsoft
@@valderildrw5716 mate your iq has to be well above average
@@valderildrw5716 ofc its not its supposed to be a joke when he said stop shooting him when he says he is hit
@@valderildrw5716 it's a joke dumbass
@@valderildrw5716 r/woosh
Legends say he's still saying I'm hit to this day
Just read the description. Good man!!
For those of you who don't know why he run down and expose himself from these fire. Looks at the video description and the beginning of the video and you will know. And if you still don't understand why he does what he did. Let me explain it to you.
In the beginning, there were a Taliban MG pinning down his unit (You can hear the burst from the machine gun), the guy who we saw being shot (THE guy) was on point with his CO, and the MG pin down his squad.
Standard practice on being ambush is that you go out of the cross fire and sweep back (or flank) the ambush, that is what he is doing, if he is on point, which mean he is highly likely past the cross fire zone (as he said It was pinning down his squad) which mean he need to re-engage the target.
So what he does is basically hit the MG from the side. So, either the MG would have to target him and change the whole orientation (Which has happened in this case) and the guys trapped in the cross fire and move to safety. Or the ambush keep pinning the squad down and he flank/sweep and destroy the ambush.
He is not dumb or whatever, this is just how you counter an ambush, but he does have balls doing it alone..
@Harrison Stott I will have to say, if you resort to use the word "Noob" you are to be taking seriously.
Why bother with people just not going to understand what it felt like to be shot at? When the most they got is Video Game?
@what the hell your fucking disgusting he risked his life and your making stupid little jokes
Can I ask a question? I'm trying to understand his tactics. My thinking is that if he is trying to flank the machine gunner, should he not do it from behind cover? I mean he is going down into a valley where he is exposed to enemy fire, where the enemy has the higher ground relative to him and he has no buddy with him. Surely he would just go round to the enemy's side(i.e. flank) with cover being provided from rocks etc from higher ground as opposed to going down the slope where there is no cover from enemy fire?
This guy ran down a hill exposed his self to direct enemy fire and your talking about flanking lol no go
@@sethrauldatta2908 I cannot comment on the whole situation, I was not there, I can only try to understand his action.
But I do know two things.
1.) From the direction of his fire, the enemy should be between the road and the small ridge there in front of the mountain range. (I thought the enemy was in the compound but you can see he is not shooting in that direction) Which mean he most likely have to cross the valley (Between him and the road) if he try to make a sweep.
2.) When you are in an ambush, the worst position you would be in is when you silhouetted against the sky, which mean you are completely exposed to enemy fires, now, I am not sure where the solider was with respect to the mountain he is on as he did not look back and is not captured on camera.) but it is most likely he is in front of the mountain or at least at the top. So, if he move back behind the mountain, he would have to silhouetted against the sky and that is not where you want to go or what you want to do in an ambush, you want to stay hidden against the terrain.
He is going across the flank of the enemy, you can see at the beginning of the video, he walk forward and turn left to fire his weapon, and you can clearly hear the enemy MG is shooting at his left. But then at around 1 minute mark, you see first the enemy small arms are shooting his way and followed by the enemy MG, the guy still walking perpendicularly to the road (enemy fire), you can see he walks, and then looks left, and then engage left, which make sense because in his word, he said he was trying to draw enemy off from his platoon by presenting himself as a target.
However, I have to say, I wasn't there, that is just my speculation on what he is doing, unless he comes in here and explain to us why he do what he do, we may never know.
Bad position no cover = death this boy is lucky
Reality Balkan TV indeed. Was thinking what the hell he was doing there
Trying to move down that hill was a suicide mission.
ÆRational it was more like his best option..
I never said he had another choice I just said it was a suicide mission. That's what this country does.. sends young people into suicide missions in the name of protecting economic interests. God bless America.
He was trying to draw fire so his squad could do something? I read that online.
He should have ran down the hill to those buildings than staying in a position with no cover
Been a hot minute sense I first saw this. Having learned more about perspective in relation to cameras, I had no idea how steep that face really was. Explains why he opted to go down the hill rather than back up. Gutsy as hell man. Glad he made it back.
You can hear the terror in his voice this is real bravery..
WTF his team doing
Just smoke around him
And Revive him
Lol
Pub g all day
he stupid
Ya, use that Bangalore
@@Real_ice962 Or call a defensive bombardment
He has to come home with a Purple Heart he was taking bullets so his squad could move to another position
And a bronze star.
Purple hearts are only given to those wounded/ killed in action. As far as I know he only took a round to his plates.
He got a Purple Heart he exposed himself to them so his team could move
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@@CARTOONight not true my boy got a purple heart he was blew up in a Humvee... He's missing fingers and got wounds all over his body, big time surgery and he lives obviously lol ... But I think u just gotta get fucked up big time in battle and live
Im so thankful for his sacrifice. Your a true hero
I'll never forget this video
Under fire you don't run down hill on your own into a more vulnerable position. He's a moron who risked his life and his fellow soldiers lives.
And not a single fuck was given by his squad that day.
So glad this man is ok thank you for your service
Firefights, Guns, bullets, blood - fine
Swearing? NOT ON MY CHRISTIAN INTERNET!
Well he's bleeding so yea
Lol
biohazard512 there’s no blood
Yes there is
mr beast no there isn’t
I hope my brothers are okay from having to go through this
I knew i would watch this again
Full respect to run into enemy MG fire to draw it away from your squad ! Glad to hear he made it !
Yikes, you can almost feel the bullets. Glad he was OK
It was so stressful to watch
the shots hit rocks beside his toes man, not even close to 3 feet, he could feel the shale hit him probably almost every shot that shit was close
He had god mode on
Jerry Smitherson he's not
Ibn Azad edgy
Those shots were extremely close, I’m surprised he didn’t die. Nothing but respect goes out for these guys
He was probably wearing spect 2 gun proof armor usually it feels like getting stung by bee when a bullet hits you in the armor
@@mrkinglasagna7421 stung by a bee haha shit will still break your bones. Guys have died from getting shot in the ribs, ribs breaking and puncturing lungs. St
@@mrkinglasagna7421 No, it feels like being hit by a car, it's not like a sting, it's... blunt.
@@mrkinglasagna7421 not really
@@mrkinglasagna7421 That's why he kept yelling "I'm hit" and didn't continue to move, because he was stung by a bee. Makes sense now.
Hope you’re well recovered 🙏❤️
the taliban aims like stormtroopers
Its because the don't aim. They have an ak and spray the shit out of you
cs go style
Like every bad guy ever.
They're shooting from like 200m and they hit him.
They can aim pretty well some of them. They don't have serious training in there long range shooting.
Legend says he's still up there, calling for help.
Marcus Wilson have some shame man? This guy be fighting for your ass off, all he asks in turn nothing but respect? You mind? Btw I'm muslim!
Who the fuk cares if you're a mussi, why is that relevant?
Leroy jenkins He says he's Muslim because he thinks that'll grant him immunity to insults. Or he's just a simpleton, considering no one said anything about religion.
Aj Arqam piss off man he is just joking
He’s saying he’s Muslim because despite religion or race, he still supports the U.S. troops you dips
Iconic piece of combat footage.
Legends say he is still yelling i am hiiiiiit
if he screamed he had the raygun the medic would have came quicker
Boken ka gaming lol
Priceless!
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A genuinely funny comment wow
1:26 this man is lucky to be alive look at the bullets hitting next to his feet I respect these guys
And at 1:09
Lazar Who hurt you?
Lazar - show us on the doll where he touched you
Lazar nah man, look at the description. He was the meat shield to get the other soldiers out of combat
Lazar tell that to the refugees
good training, running in the open, geeze
Taliban watching him was probably like….what the heck is he doing?
god bless that little rock lets be real
Philip Lärka exactly what I was thinking lol.
Ikr
va va that’s exactly why this war exists in the first place, because of this fucking dickhead of a god.
@@jochem1986 if you believe it's a fairy tale that's your choice and if so then you can't go blaming something on the said fairy tale you don't believe in. For some people God is what keeps them going in situations like this so why don't you take your sorry ungrateful ass somewhere else.
Dylan Craig Ah, but I never said something about keeping them going. And I agree that I can't blame anything on said fairy tale, only on the people who choose to believe, and who choose to act out of their belief, in a harmful way towards others.
I only care if it's true or not, and so far, in the history of the world, nothing has happened that doesn't have a natural, explainable cause. So in not a single instance did a god have something to do with it. Again, I don't care how people benefit of it, I only care if it's true or not.
The “you’re disrespecting a future army solider” kid now
Kluge00 😂😂😂
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Legend says those are not talibans, the one firing was the kid who disrespected the future soldier
😂😂
Man I know it was hard for him to move but he was gonna get hit soon as he rested behind that rock. Man mad respect for him salute
The slowest most calm reload at the start
I think he was yelling to the Taliban that he's hit ,
and everytime he says im hit he gets shot at even more
Stop.. Im hit
Joaquin A. Also that pilot didn’t get shot down by those 6 SAM missiles, he made it out.
Jeffrey Balkaran Airsoft be like
Jeffrey Balkaran i honestly thought he increased his sound of desperation to get them to shoot even more at him as well. Of course he’s calling for help as well behind that rock.
I like how these COD kids come here acting like they have fought in world war and Vietnam.Acting like ultimate warriors behind their desks,i bet they don't even know what gunpowder smells like...
Hey dude!
So true
he was drawing fire for his squad to get to safety
BowlingGlaceon his plan was suicide? Then why beg his squad to risk the entire squad by saving him?
I dont think he was a strategic mastermind.
@@anitabonghit2758 suppressing fire =/=suicide ,dumbass
It was a distraction so his squad could change their position to a better one , AFTER they did that they can deal with the Taliban and their injured comrade
Rumor has it you can visit this mountain and still hear the faint echos of “I’m hit”.