Generally, we're trained to shoot, only when we've identified where the enemy is... Failure to hold fire before enemy is identified, results in civilians getting hit unintentionally... In addition, if you don't know where the enemy is, you're just wasting ammo, and you only carry so much...
And you might have an advantage if the enemy can't hear where you are until you are in a decent position. Shooting at nothing will let the enemy know to some extent where you are before you engage them, as well as potentially what sort of weaponry and man power you have. A small group of terrorists fighting a small detachment of soldiers may stay and fight if they have good positioning and a drop, however if they start hearing more heavy firepower around them, they might bug out. Sure the threat may disappear, but instead of neutralizing the threat, those terrorists live to fight another day instead of being taken out if they held their position unknowing that they were out numbered and out gunned by one or two other military detachments and troops were able to properly flank them unnoticed.
Jibb Mcdonaland generally if you’re taking fire the enemy already knows where you are. Currently in the GWOT if you’re returning fire 3 things have happened, 1) you’ve taken fire, 2) ID’d hostiles 3) got the greenlight to make someone a widow
And 90% of the time you’ll get into a firefight now a days is because you’re returning fire. Very rare for us to open up first, in a lot of provinces in afghanistan civilians and farmers walk around with AK’s so just because they’re armed that doesn’t mean they’re hostile. One of the few battles that would be an exception would be fallujah and even then they still had to be careful because not all of the civies left the city before the fighting began
I hear what you are saying about ammo conservation and one shot one kill, but I guess you never heard of suppressive fire or firepower superiority during a firefight....Derp....
Bret Smith I think they are separate soldiers. Most marines are just foot soldiers then you have the suppressive soldiers that just shoot to keep the enemy down to let their comrades push forward or retreat. I may be wrong let me know.
If I remember correctly an American soldier blew up several dozen soldiers with a grenade because he thought there were enemies in the tent that he threw his grenade into.
Rulers of engagement may dictate firing only at active valid targets in order to limit civilian casualties. Also if you are on a long patrol firing blind expends ammo that may be limited with no way to resupply and so must be conserved.
ROE always calls for firing at active enemy personnel, it's not like you're out there to shoot tin cans. In OSUT and throughout infantry training you are taught to acquire targets ASAP and call out your "3 D's" (distance, direction, description) for the rest of your squad or platoon so they can immediately take cover and return fire. You don't fire "blind" without knowing where the enemy generally is. The longer you take to acquire your target, the more vulnerable everyone is, but as soon as the enemy contingent is found you can expect your gunner to go cyclic and your fire team to lay down heavy fire to maneuver. It is absolutely not doctrine to be conservative with ammo at the beginning of an engagement-people will die that way. We have firing commands that squad leaders and platoon sgts will give out to let you know how much you should be expending.
I was just going to say, When i was in the Us Army and was a Infantrymen, Rules of engagement was starting to get more strict.. We couldn't consider anything we seen as a enemy combatant in Iraq like we could prior when everyone was told to leave the city or town and if you were still there you were fair game.
Blind fire is heavily dependent upon terrain (in addition to supply and civilians). For example, there isn't much blind fire in Iraq and Afghanistan simply because of the open terrain. Now take somewhere like Vietnam or the South Pacific during WW2, blind fire was the norm.
I like the way he did the advertisement, he treats is as something he enjoys and as something he's proud of presenting. I think that's how all adverts should be done.
As someone who HAAATES ads (like it's a deal breaker, if someone is trying to sell me shit I dont want every video, I won't watch) I fully agree. That is the first time I've listened to someone advertise something and actually wanted to hear it, because it was a personal and interesting story from him. I think that's awesome for him and the company both
Not everybody who makes advertisements actually likes and uses the product, and even fewer have an emotional relation to them. So it is not possible in most cases. Of course it is great if it is possible.
The reason they didnt just shoot back is because afghanistan battlefield is very complex and there are a lot of civillians so they dont want to accidentally shoot a civillian, also a average solider is taught to push toward and keep moving because it they just stay put then the enemies will surround and go in for the kill
Alfonso Alvarado it’s nice to make a petty comment like that until you’re out there on patrol and a kid comes to you with a bomb strapped to their chest and you got to make the quick decision to decide whether this kid needs help or if this kid is the threat. These guys don’t care, this isn’t regular warfare.
He was drawing fire to let his squad get away. He did survive. I dont remember the whole story but i remember seeing the footage back when it was originally published.
" 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." That is the statement that soldier put out. Seems they were ambushed as they went down the hill. He was pointman.
Something you get taught in your battalion is, always stay with your men, no matter what, risking it, will either get you killed or get your ENTIRE battalion killed. They kinda took a risk cause of the adrenaline flow. Also, when you said shoot back, they probably didn't do that because you dont know what you are hitting, it can be a potiential child just playing around, to an elderly man trying to get out there, thats why you are responsible for every shot you fire.
@@NS-ol9cs Im pretty sure you won't go into combat with a battalion or squad with you. He was screaming im hit, so ya, he was probably with some people.
I was going to fast forward through the patreons part, but you seemed like you actually cared and appreciated. This is the first video I watched seemed pretty cool.
5:17 the reason the solider didn’t immediately return fire is likely because they haven’t confirmed wether or not there’s civilians in the buildings, our rules of engagement most of the time are very clear in the fact that we can not open fire on an enemy we can’t see if there’s a risk to the civilian population
Rgr & when nations pool joint forces, training is a likely reason why some countries don’t get to declare frontline soldiers. That is, those they’ll be with may not trust their tactical training to coop missions... their ability + capacity be damned in light of FF. 🤷♂️
For the second video, dudes unit was in the open taking accurate small arms fire. He advanced in to open ground to make himself an easy target so they enemy would focus fire on him. It took pressure off his unit so they could consolidate behind cover. Dudes actions saved a few lives.
How did u get that information? For me it looks like he is more worried about the other side of hill (his back), his mates seem to be probs 50-100m to his left. Really i dont understand why at the end he took the small rock in stead of the bigger hard cover? Playing hero like that will get you killed and is not worth the risk of getting some ranged kills that are not even highly likely to happen. However i would like additional infos, its kinda hard to judge. Possible that enemy behind was advancing and they had to push that side of hill, so he took attention - his mates get rid of em and so fasten up a secured movement of the squad?
The back story of him running up that hill was because his squad was receiving fire and he had to draw attention away from them so they could move w/o receiving a ton of fire fyi. not a dumb move guys a hero, go watch the video.
That makes so much more sense now. Cause I sure was wondering why he was doing that. Hopefully this doesn't sound ignorant and I mean no disrespect. Thank you for clarifying
Now I wasn't there with this guy but if you want to draw fire get some pep in the step, he was just walking around taking in the scenery.. didn't seem like a good plan
@@SmartpatrolMrDNA If we mean the second video, that did not appear to be terrain one could run on, especially with military kit weighing on you. Trying to run down a hill like that covered in loose rocks and gravel is just asking to slip and tumble.
You are the best man most patriotic ever in from Texas and known since last November and I’ve walked on aircraft carriers and let me tell you it’s something you deserve way more I’m trying to become a patron
From what I remember, his squad was pinned down in a bad way. The suicidal run in the open was to draw fire away from his squad. I believe he received an award for his actions.
Afgan war vet here, was in Kunar Province..Most engagements were at this kind of range. Then enemy knew to keep their distance and have avenues of escape, you usually couldn't see individuals shooting at you, you just knew the basic location and would concentrate fire at those areas until they ran away or stopped shooting. There's no hit markers in real life so you have no idea if you hit a guy or not, its only after when you advance to the area and find bodies do you know. Although the enemy would recover their dead so getting exact numbers is always hard.
I want to thank you for your service nothing any of us can do to thank you for risking your lives for our and other countries freedoms and safety i want to join the navy when im older god bless you sir
@@jameskimbrell6544 it can be hard to find a way to thank them. I have not served but I personally just offer friendship and common hobbies to my friends that have, make them feel comradery and being part of a group still. Its not the same as their actual unit but could be familiar and help them transition back into civilian life. Anything but alone.
I think that second video is of a guy who was separated from his squad and and actually hit 2+ times. And the blood on screen was from a ricochet. If my memory servers me; as always I could be wrong
although as we see in this video there is a war going on in afgan/iraq despite this the civilians are still very present doing there jobs ex farming so while the risk of hitting a civilian is low due to them usually hiding before firefights evan start but its still a risk so certain areas within afgan/iraq require different rules of engagement
Thank you for supporting your country, and thank you for reacting & supporting our troops. I've lost a lot of friends to war & to ptsd. Much love to you brother!!!
Him: "they have to reform to society later in life so they can't be screwed in the head." Me (a us infantry vet): •_• well....shit explains why I can't keep a job.
@Blake Kruger 🙃 I almost wanted to respond in some stereotypical manner but then I remembered...if you had any empathy it would have meant we were combat brothers but you don't 😂 this is why I'm glad I served during Obama's terms.
I already bought a Rohje watch when You shown that you had received one. I bought the Antartica Limited Edition. #156/200... Beautiful watch. Very comfortable.
@@sithlord335 yea but we lose wars with videos of dead civs. look at nam we won battle after battle but it looked bad back at home so it was called off.
@@hagnartheviking6584 good point. When I hear people saying that we lost the Vietnam war I get a bit flustered. We definitely had a hell of a fight there, but as far a simple numbers go, we whooped some major ass over there. I also explain to people that had there need civilian support, we could have bombed that place into a desert if we wanted to. The top brass just decided along with the major politicians to leave because public opinion was so intense at that time. Anyways I'm very grateful for anyone who went over there. They were dropped into a shit show and still stood up like men and took care of busuness
I want to say to you, that I really enjoy your video's. I was turned away from the military due to health conditions, but never surrendered my appreciation for what our soldiers do. I could have been out there with them, and sometimes very much regret that I couldn't be. I study military tactics, battlefield strategies going back hundreds of years, and appreciate your analysis of situations these heroes go though, thank you, and thank you for your service to your country as well, let's all play a part in keeping on the good side of what makes this planet a wonderful place to live. As far as I'm concerned, we are all one, willing to give, and sacrifice for the betterment of humanity. Keep the videos coming, good man!
The guy in the second video ( I suppose) is going out to draw the enemy fire. He did this because his squad couldn't move and was pinned down, I believe he was shot 4 times and they all got the body armor he was wearing and he survived.
Everyone is telling him ”react to this, react to that, in the comments” the only thing i can think of is how he messed up the points in the Estonian UA-camr Cup Competition. Jersey belongs to The UK and NOT France, so that’s one point to the UK, not to France.
Can you react to the second battle of Fallujah Arthur? My dad was in it and he was a marine, I would greatly appreciate it. Everyone like this comment so Arthur can see this👍👍👍👌
I love how this guy is explains things about how marines can be “broken down and rebuilt” and he’s not making some video saying f*ck America like 80% of people right now
I like seeing people talk very passionately about what they know or what interests them. That's the vibe I'm getting from this. Great video! Much love from the USA
HalalBoi9021 some war crimes are useless. In a war more severe than insurgents and more traditional of course you would shoot in urban areas no matter the risks. If you were in Stalingrad you would shoot even if you didn’t see the enemy.
Absolutely. We are allowed to fire on a target only when three criteria are met. 1) Visual 2) Identification and 3) Clearance. No exceptions outside of standard self defense ie. a target you can see and identify is lighting you up.
101327 in what circumstances? If you listen to their comms, 21 and 31 has enemies between them. Now if they don’t see nor identify who to shoot, they might just fuckin shoot one another.
I don’t think his move was stupid. Most of the time the enemy waits until we’re in a position of zero cover. His fastest and smartest move was to go down hill. Because it’s always harder to go up hill. Besides he was pretty far down the hill, so either way his nearest cover was down hill.
obv i wasnt there and didnt get a good layout of the land due to the camera perspective but where was his squad while he was moving down? i assume they all were in cover of some sort. if you look to his right at the start of the video you can see a big rock formation. now unless there is something that would make it such that he got there slower than getting ALL the way down that hill to get behind that structure. i dont see why he wouldnt advance towards the rock formation. 1. its equal to farther distance from the people shooting at you while you have no cover. so you are not advancing while having no cover. 2. the rock formation is shorter distance when you are being fired at with no cover your first objective should be to get behind cover.
in the original video if you look at the desc. it'll say he was taking fire from the enemy so that his squad could get away. here's what it says: 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. " ua-cam.com/video/rLHU-_OhT8g/v-deo.html
@@brody7764 i thought that was he was doing. Drawing fire and giving his squad a chance to establish fire and set up any long gun equipment they might have had or give any possible marksman in their squad the chance to get their bearings and range out the ambushers.
I served in the U.S. Army for eight years as an Infantryman. In those eight years i deployed four times. Twice to Iraq and Afghanistan. These videos definitely brought back memories.
Good memories? Bad memories? I am leaving for Ft. Benning on August 3rd for my OSUT as an 11B in the Army National Guard. I want to be a Green Beret in the long term, and my unit is going to be preparing for a deployment a month or two after I return from my AIT graduation. Do you have any advice for me, and do you think I should take the deployment?
5:30 like you said the turrain is very difficult to see enemys if they were to fire back at the enemys it would reveal there position, your position not being known by the enemy is very important
"Just shoot back" is fine and dandy when you have an idea of where the enemies are, and more importantly, where the civilians are. They easily could've been in an area with civilians nearby, meaning shooting without a direct target is far too dangerous.
Im not sure youll ever see this but i just want you to know man i have an extremely immense respect for you and the way your carry yourself. You seem like a really genuine person.
Artur. As a US Army Combat Engineer veteran, thank you. I really appreciate you shining some light on these kinds of videos. And I enjoy hearing your take on these situations. Keep doing what your doing, sir.
This is the statement from the soldier I got from Flunkers channel. "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 over watch 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." They were ambushed when they were already going down the hill. He was point man.
That was still a stupid move regardless. If you play hero you will most likely get killed or someone else will. Going toward an enemy that they can't see with zero cover is textbook stupidity. "There is a fine line between bravery and stupidity." And that would be latter.
@JJAMES Bad or inappropriate training is a thing. Early on in the war, this sort of thing was said to be standard procedure. However, the previous wars fought were done with thousands of men in a small area. This type of tactic is when you advance with a hundred other men to protect thousands. This is one man trying to protect a dozen. Early on in Afghanistan and Iraq, a lot of very small units were nearly wiped out because they were told to engage thousands of enemies while being less than 100. The training is very different now. Everything is different.
Yeah that's note true at all buddy. If you look it up the soldier has a statement about that firefight and he was certainly not intentionally drawing fire.
One of these videos is 179th infantry battalions out of the Oklahoma army national guard 45th infantry brigade combat team. The clip was featured in the movie “citizen soldier” On the big hill
Scylla 2112 we will give France 48 hours to disavow sovereignty over the Channel Islands before we have the Queen declare war. The Queen is getting her war mount ready.
18:55 I agree with this, one thing that can be done is smoke for cover to move him to the Boulder behind him for better cover. If thier unit is acting proactive theynshould already have been announced as a TIC 'troops in contact' and any patrolling aircraft in the region they are in would be moving to provide air support, as well as any rotary wing QRF that might be nearby.
When i was in 7th grade my dad went to Estonia and brought me back a bracelet with the colors of the flag. I’m a senior in high school and i still haven’t taken it off.
We’re trained not to return fire without a positive ID on the target. Collateral damages do such. I this was a close ambush though, positive ID would be nearly instant and in that situation you’d flip it on full auto and light a candle. We’re trained for quite a few different scenarios.
His mag was empty at beginning of video two when he reloaded, he slapped the button on the left side which sends the bolt forward. Meaning he used the last bullet in that mag
As for the second video, the only reason he was moving without cover was because all his teammates were wounded and he was trying to get them help. It was a bad situation all round.
I see you always have an AR in the background. Was curious, as an Estonian conscript, are you required to be readily armed? Or is it just more for the general vibe of your channel? Anyways, always a treat to see you so genuinely proud of us American troops. Respect to you brother, be safe. 🤙🏻
In that last video he knew what he was going into, he was trying to get the enemys attention for a retreat because his squad was pinned down. Cant remember think he got hit 3 times
This is my first time coming across this channel, I really enjoyed the video. You seem like a sincere, genuine dude. I subscribed and liked and now I’m going on to watch some more of you’re videos :) thank you
Wow thank you I am going to buy the watch for my husband :) I love the meaning . He’s a marine so I’m sure he will enjoy it this Valentine’s Day ! Thank you !
So for the second video, the area he was fighting in has cover on the bottom of the hill, there actually is no cover on top on the hill as well as the side. And it’s easier to go down those hills than up, what he should have done is continue to go down to the defilade. It doesn’t help though that it was hill to hill shooting and they got the drop on his squad
In my b.c.t we were taught to shoot at what we saw keep said collator low but if you knew where the shots are from to just well if the shots there take it or lay down suppressive fire and allow a flank to take them
Just for clarification in the video where the soldiers is moving toward the enemy proceeding down the hill, he is attempting to draw enemy fire, I believe if I recall correctly, it explains this in the description of that particular video.
Prior to my playing the game Crusader Kings 2, I had never heard of Estonia. Since seeing your channel for the first time, I played a game as Estonia as conquered much, eventually founding the Wendish Empire. Love your videos, mate.
5:00 they can't immediately shoot back depending on their mission there and they also need to identify the enemy before making engagement or falling back some.
For the communication when he says 2/1 and 3/1 that's 3rd fire team 1st squad amd 2nd fire team 1st and each squad has 3 fire teams with the squad leader for a total of 13 men
Second video guy was advancing by himself into open area as a destraction to allow his unit a chance to get a better position and he did get hit in the process. Sometimes you sacrifice yourself for your brothers. Much respect
11:30 he could likely see where he is being shot at from based on muzzle flash or smoke. With an ACOG sight he could logically be attempting to make accurate hits on the target. Yes 500m would be an incredible distance, and he is likely only zeroed for 300m, but the max range of an m4 is 650m and he is firing from an elevated position
In Minnesota, we'd sometimes get three feet of snow in October, but we didn't have to deal with snipers too often.
Hope you didn’t
Lol I’m from Minnesota to Hennepin county hbu
@@18l33 exact same county actually. Grew up in roseville and white bear lake. howdy neighbor! Now I'm a Florida man.
Yeah Not To Many Snipers Here In Mn
Yeah not too many snipers in AZ as well
*New Recruit:* _Sir, we're being ambushed!_
*Sergeant:* _Good, now we don't have to look for them._
New Recruit: sir, we're being ambushed!
SGT: the fuck did you just call me?
I’ve heard a slightly different version:
LT: Sergeant Major we’re being surrounded!
SMG: Good, now they can’t run away!
Sergeant: Don't call me Sir, I work for a living!
Question for you good sir, why would a recruit be in Afghanistan? You talking about the Afghan Army?
@@chadhagans6687 I've seen this one too:
"Sir, we're completely surrounded!"
"Good, now we don't have to aim!"
Or some variation of that.
Generally, we're trained to shoot, only when we've identified where the enemy is...
Failure to hold fire before enemy is identified, results in civilians getting hit unintentionally...
In addition, if you don't know where the enemy is, you're just wasting ammo, and you only carry so much...
And you might have an advantage if the enemy can't hear where you are until you are in a decent position. Shooting at nothing will let the enemy know to some extent where you are before you engage them, as well as potentially what sort of weaponry and man power you have. A small group of terrorists fighting a small detachment of soldiers may stay and fight if they have good positioning and a drop, however if they start hearing more heavy firepower around them, they might bug out. Sure the threat may disappear, but instead of neutralizing the threat, those terrorists live to fight another day instead of being taken out if they held their position unknowing that they were out numbered and out gunned by one or two other military detachments and troops were able to properly flank them unnoticed.
Jibb Mcdonaland generally if you’re taking fire the enemy already knows where you are. Currently in the GWOT if you’re returning fire 3 things have happened, 1) you’ve taken fire, 2) ID’d hostiles 3) got the greenlight to make someone a widow
And 90% of the time you’ll get into a firefight now a days is because you’re returning fire. Very rare for us to open up first, in a lot of provinces in afghanistan civilians and farmers walk around with AK’s so just because they’re armed that doesn’t mean they’re hostile. One of the few battles that would be an exception would be fallujah and even then they still had to be careful because not all of the civies left the city before the fighting began
I hear what you are saying about ammo conservation and one shot one kill, but I guess you never heard of suppressive fire or firepower superiority during a firefight....Derp....
Bret Smith I think they are separate soldiers. Most marines are just foot soldiers then you have the suppressive soldiers that just shoot to keep the enemy down to let their comrades push forward or retreat. I may be wrong let me know.
American watching a soldier react to other soldiers while sitting on my ass eating chips...
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@@easymoney8754 sits back, and drinks margaritas while avoiding those pesky exterminators
The circle of life
Military, watching other military judge my military while at work and eating pizza. Life is good for now.
@Alina that's just me in general
When I was wounded in Afghan 2009, I was medevac'd to an Estonian FOB.
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What'd you get wounded by?
My dad was deployed there in 2009 too as a combat medic
@@gang_fams a seagull walking towards him and pecking him
Gotta be honest, been on UA-cam for 11 years and this the first sponsor I really like, I really want a watch now
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Every area they are in has different rules of engagement. They very well might be under orders to fire only at targets they can see.
This is mostly to help prevent innocent civilian casualties. Especially when fighting an insurgency, never recruit for the enemy.
Political war...just like Vietnam. Let them do there WORK! FUCKING BUREAUCRACY.
A lot of incidents of friendly fire and the risk of hitting civilians by shooting blind.
If I remember correctly an American soldier blew up several dozen soldiers with a grenade because he thought there were enemies in the tent that he threw his grenade into.
@@randlebrowne2048 ehh why not jusd shoot anyway like their bombing civilians so the also could shoot them
Rulers of engagement may dictate firing only at active valid targets in order to limit civilian casualties. Also if you are on a long patrol firing blind expends ammo that may be limited with no way to resupply and so must be conserved.
ROE always calls for firing at active enemy personnel, it's not like you're out there to shoot tin cans. In OSUT and throughout infantry training you are taught to acquire targets ASAP and call out your "3 D's" (distance, direction, description) for the rest of your squad or platoon so they can immediately take cover and return fire. You don't fire "blind" without knowing where the enemy generally is. The longer you take to acquire your target, the more vulnerable everyone is, but as soon as the enemy contingent is found you can expect your gunner to go cyclic and your fire team to lay down heavy fire to maneuver. It is absolutely not doctrine to be conservative with ammo at the beginning of an engagement-people will die that way. We have firing commands that squad leaders and platoon sgts will give out to let you know how much you should be expending.
I was just going to say, When i was in the Us Army and was a Infantrymen, Rules of engagement was starting to get more strict.. We couldn't consider anything we seen as a enemy combatant in Iraq like we could prior when everyone was told to leave the city or town and if you were still there you were fair game.
Taliban often have day long engagements that stop for hours and then restart. So NATO forces often have to fall back due to running out of ammo.
Blind fire is heavily dependent upon terrain (in addition to supply and civilians). For example, there isn't much blind fire in Iraq and Afghanistan simply because of the open terrain. Now take somewhere like Vietnam or the South Pacific during WW2, blind fire was the norm.
I'll delete my comment. It was this. But not as well said. Lol
I like the way he did the advertisement, he treats is as something he enjoys and as something he's proud of presenting. I think that's how all adverts should be done.
Which one? Half the video was advertising 😂
D L no it wasn’t
agreed. i thought it was very smooth, it actually made me pause the video and just at least check out the site
As someone who HAAATES ads (like it's a deal breaker, if someone is trying to sell me shit I dont want every video, I won't watch) I fully agree. That is the first time I've listened to someone advertise something and actually wanted to hear it, because it was a personal and interesting story from him. I think that's awesome for him and the company both
Not everybody who makes advertisements actually likes and uses the product, and even fewer have an emotional relation to them. So it is not possible in most cases. Of course it is great if it is possible.
This guy is so likable I couldn't fast forward when he asked me not to cause I didn't want to disappoint him 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Very true. 🌻🌻🌻Slava Ukraini🌻🌻🌻!
The reason they didnt just shoot back is because afghanistan battlefield is very complex and there are a lot of civillians so they dont want to accidentally shoot a civillian, also a average solider is taught to push toward and keep moving because it they just stay put then the enemies will surround and go in for the kill
Not to mention the civilians and baddies look damn near identical
To shoot civilians and kids the usa uses choppers, as the wikileaks videos show
@@fonsalvarado yeah you do realize that the Taliban use children as weapons and soldiers right??
Alfonso Alvarado it’s nice to make a petty comment like that until you’re out there on patrol and a kid comes to you with a bomb strapped to their chest and you got to make the quick decision to decide whether this kid needs help or if this kid is the threat. These guys don’t care, this isn’t regular warfare.
@@fonsalvarado
Meanwhile, OpFor burns kids in cages with gasoline.
The guy couldn’t climb the hill he was at so he decided to head down the mountain so he can be behind those big walls for cover.
He was drawing fire to let his squad get away. He did survive. I dont remember the whole story but i remember seeing the footage back when it was originally published.
You are correct, he was drawing fire away from his squad.
" 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."
That is the statement that soldier put out. Seems they were ambushed as they went down the hill. He was pointman.
@@SpeedingwithSteeto He explained it on the description of the video
Why wouldn’t he go back down the other side of the mountain where they couldn’t see him
Something you get taught in your battalion is, always stay with your men, no matter what, risking it, will either get you killed or get your ENTIRE battalion killed. They kinda took a risk cause of the adrenaline flow. Also, when you said shoot back, they probably didn't do that because you dont know what you are hitting, it can be a potiential child just playing around, to an elderly man trying to get out there, thats why you are responsible for every shot you fire.
yes. that ambush where the soldier was shot was a failure to properly react to contact and to stay in formation.
@@Rabbit_511 he branched off to try to attract fire away from his wounded teammates. We've looked into this video in my unit.
@@Rabbit_511 The soldier also didnt have a squad,he was the last one in his squad,and he yelled for help but the other men were far and didnt hear
@@sirstone I was talking about the first one, but just finished seeing the second one.
@@NS-ol9cs Im pretty sure you won't go into combat with a battalion or squad with you. He was screaming im hit, so ya, he was probably with some people.
I was going to fast forward through the patreons part, but you seemed like you actually cared and appreciated. This is the first video I watched seemed pretty cool.
Ur very respectful and truly care about your audience you deserve every sub you have and more
5:17 the reason the solider didn’t immediately return fire is likely because they haven’t confirmed wether or not there’s civilians in the buildings, our rules of engagement most of the time are very clear in the fact that we can not open fire on an enemy we can’t see if there’s a risk to the civilian population
And the media would have gone psycho.
Rgr & when nations pool joint forces, training is a likely reason why some countries don’t get to declare frontline soldiers. That is, those they’ll be with may not trust their tactical training to coop missions... their ability + capacity be damned in light of FF. 🤷♂️
It was the right thing to accept a Finnish sponsor, you can have your mushrooms back now.
Haha
@Hope To The Weak First song was Mick Pedaja - Seis . Not sure about the second one tho...
Next minute the Kingdom of Sweden comes a-knocking
For the second video, dudes unit was in the open taking accurate small arms fire. He advanced in to open ground to make himself an easy target so they enemy would focus fire on him. It took pressure off his unit so they could consolidate behind cover. Dudes actions saved a few lives.
How did u get that information?
For me it looks like he is more worried about the other side of hill (his back), his mates seem to be probs 50-100m to his left.
Really i dont understand why at the end he took the small rock in stead of the bigger hard cover?
Playing hero like that will get you killed and is not worth the risk of getting some ranged kills that are not even highly likely to happen.
However i would like additional infos, its kinda hard to judge.
Possible that enemy behind was advancing and they had to push that side of hill, so he took attention - his mates get rid of em and so fasten up a secured movement of the squad?
@@lt.snibbels4472 The guy in the video did an interview with Funker530 a while back. That was his intention to draw enemy fire away from his squad.
@@lt.snibbels4472 It appears that he used the smaller rock for cover because it would still allow him to stay in the fight and send rounds down range.
Man was about to say that he was baiting them so his team could flank
That is not what happened....he was a Rambo. He put his entire unit at risk.
The back story of him running up that hill was because his squad was receiving fire and he had to draw attention away from them so they could move w/o receiving a ton of fire fyi. not a dumb move guys a hero, go watch the video.
That makes so much more sense now. Cause I sure was wondering why he was doing that. Hopefully this doesn't sound ignorant and I mean no disrespect. Thank you for clarifying
Now I wasn't there with this guy but if you want to draw fire get some pep in the step, he was just walking around taking in the scenery.. didn't seem like a good plan
Eugene Bisson That man has probably trained for years for that type of situation, I don't think he was just taking in the scenery.
@@SmartpatrolMrDNA If we mean the second video, that did not appear to be terrain one could run on, especially with military kit weighing on you. Trying to run down a hill like that covered in loose rocks and gravel is just asking to slip and tumble.
A hero does not yell I am hit come save me so you are targets.
It's hard to see but the reason his moving down is there's some armoured vehicle down the hill to the left
In the second clip, the description states he was drawing fire away from his squad that was pinned down by enemy fire.
Enjoy the content as always!
You are the best man most patriotic ever in from Texas and known since last November and I’ve walked on aircraft carriers and let me tell you it’s something you deserve way more I’m trying to become a patron
There's actually an interview of the guy in the second clip where he explains why he made the risky move and what situation they were in.
You don't happen to have a link to that do you?
Link please
Why do people do this? Deliver the video or at least tell us what he said damn it
From what I remember, his squad was pinned down in a bad way. The suicidal run in the open was to draw fire away from his squad. I believe he received an award for his actions.
@@jamesc8722 proof or it never happened
Afgan war vet here, was in Kunar Province..Most engagements were at this kind of range. Then enemy knew to keep their distance and have avenues of escape, you usually couldn't see individuals shooting at you, you just knew the basic location and would concentrate fire at those areas until they ran away or stopped shooting. There's no hit markers in real life so you have no idea if you hit a guy or not, its only after when you advance to the area and find bodies do you know. Although the enemy would recover their dead so getting exact numbers is always hard.
I want to thank you for your service nothing any of us can do to thank you for risking your lives for our and other countries freedoms and safety i want to join the navy when im older god bless you sir
@@jameskimbrell6544 it can be hard to find a way to thank them. I have not served but I personally just offer friendship and common hobbies to my friends that have, make them feel comradery and being part of a group still. Its not the same as their actual unit but could be familiar and help them transition back into civilian life. Anything but alone.
Thank you for the service brother
Thank you for your service. From the EU, Berlin.
Thank you for your service from one warrior to another warrior sempre Fidelis uuu rah
"You have strange names in US."..lol. we have every kind of name in US.
Northwest Aerial Photography actually Uganda is the most diverse country...
@@MrPittsburghlover did not see that one coming
@Flakes didn't get the attention you wanted lmao
@@qualitydyl7088 why u had to do him like that 😂 😂
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*Nah US definitely has the more diverse country because we’re a global superpower, talk shit get hit lmfao.*
I’m kidding, if you couldn’t tell.
I think that second video is of a guy who was separated from his squad and and actually hit 2+ times. And the blood on screen was from a ricochet. If my memory servers me; as always I could be wrong
He got hit in the first minute
@@cereszero6236 if I remember correctly he got hit in his combat rig
He got hit 4 times, 3 body armor and 1 in the helmet
@@ApexHydra- aaaahh
although as we see in this video there is a war going on in afgan/iraq despite this the civilians are still very present doing there jobs ex farming so while the risk of hitting a civilian is low due to them usually hiding before firefights evan start but its still a risk so certain areas within afgan/iraq require different rules of engagement
the 2nd clip was a soldier who took it upon himself to draw the fire from the enemy to help aid his squad out of the area
More like jeopardize all of them now. Because now they have to come to him to help him. Stupid move. Don't leave your teammates.
@@whiskybooze Armchair mercenary.
Thank you for supporting your country, and thank you for reacting & supporting our troops. I've lost a lot of friends to war & to ptsd. Much love to you brother!!!
Him: "they have to reform to society later in life so they can't be screwed in the head."
Me (a us infantry vet): •_• well....shit explains why I can't keep a job.
@Blake Kruger maybe you need to have a bit of compassion
@@Николькилла that's cute. Thanks for checking out my channel.
@Blake Kruger 🙃 I almost wanted to respond in some stereotypical manner but then I remembered...if you had any empathy it would have meant we were combat brothers but you don't 😂 this is why I'm glad I served during Obama's terms.
@Blake Kruger but I guess the haters start rolling in at 30 likes. Thnx guys ❤️
Are you in Southern Indiana? If so I have a job for you
I already bought a Rohje watch when You shown that you had received one. I bought the Antartica Limited Edition. #156/200... Beautiful watch. Very comfortable.
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ROE may have prevented them from blindly firing back, as civilians could be in the buildings, or path of fire.
Yeah, usually you need PID (positive identification) in order to fire back.
It's all right there in the comms, 21 and 31 have enemy between them. Blindly firing may mean shooting into the other squad.
This is why we lose battles.... Politics, rules, red tape
@@sithlord335 yea but we lose wars with videos of dead civs. look at nam we won battle after battle but it looked bad back at home so it was called off.
@@hagnartheviking6584 good point. When I hear people saying that we lost the Vietnam war I get a bit flustered. We definitely had a hell of a fight there, but as far a simple numbers go, we whooped some major ass over there. I also explain to people that had there need civilian support, we could have bombed that place into a desert if we wanted to. The top brass just decided along with the major politicians to leave because public opinion was so intense at that time. Anyways I'm very grateful for anyone who went over there. They were dropped into a shit show and still stood up like men and took care of busuness
I respect you and all of our soldiers in the US. love Bro coming from Minnesota one of ya Biggest fans -Los
Sorry about the riots down there.
Thank you. I am in St Paul and we might hit Marshall law here. I'm not even more than 5 miles from where they are. I appreciate it 💯
@@TheOfficialegg My fellow Minnesotan 😃
St Paul west seventh raised
I want to say to you, that I really enjoy your video's. I was turned away from the military due to health conditions, but never surrendered my appreciation for what our soldiers do. I could have been out there with them, and sometimes very much regret that I couldn't be. I study military tactics, battlefield strategies going back hundreds of years, and appreciate your analysis of situations these heroes go though, thank you, and thank you for your service to your country as well, let's all play a part in keeping on the good side of what makes this planet a wonderful place to live. As far as I'm concerned, we are all one, willing to give, and sacrifice for the betterment of humanity. Keep the videos coming, good man!
you're a real genuine and dope creator man, keep up with it and much respect
The guy in the second video ( I suppose) is going out to draw the enemy fire. He did this because his squad couldn't move and was pinned down, I believe he was shot 4 times and they all got the body armor he was wearing and he survived.
Balkor_ Steel909 apparently one struck his rifles grenade launcher and another glanced of his helmet and took out his eye pro
Everyone is telling him ”react to this, react to that, in the comments” the only thing i can think of is how he messed up the points in the Estonian UA-camr Cup Competition. Jersey belongs to The UK and NOT France, so that’s one point to the UK, not to France.
That's why new jersey is called new jersey cause it British come on bro not cool
davido.meemo New Jersey can only belong to America
@@AlexDiaz-hl8qx We are the best state.
Happy Mask Salesman Im from Texas which is the best state in America
@@AlexDiaz-hl8qx you got that right
Can you react to the second battle of Fallujah Arthur? My dad was in it and he was a marine, I would greatly appreciate it. Everyone like this comment so Arthur can see this👍👍👍👌
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this sounds way cooler because it sounds like a star wars battle, fallujah being the planet
How about the battle of felucia
@@cauan-ex2ph wack
Billy the Dodo just looked it up actually👍👍
I love how this guy is explains things about how marines can be “broken down and rebuilt” and he’s not making some video saying f*ck America like 80% of people right now
¡Gracias!
I like seeing people talk very passionately about what they know or what interests them. That's the vibe I'm getting from this. Great video! Much love from the USA
Soldiers are taught to shoot back even if they dont see the enemy EXCEPT in areas with civilians.
Some nation's must not, *cough* warcrimes *cough*
HalalBoi9021 some war crimes are useless. In a war more severe than insurgents and more traditional of course you would shoot in urban areas no matter the risks. If you were in Stalingrad you would shoot even if you didn’t see the enemy.
Absolutely. We are allowed to fire on a target only when three criteria are met. 1) Visual 2) Identification and 3) Clearance. No exceptions outside of standard self defense ie. a target you can see and identify is lighting you up.
I think it varies from like Army to Marine
101327 in what circumstances? If you listen to their comms, 21 and 31 has enemies between them. Now if they don’t see nor identify who to shoot, they might just fuckin shoot one another.
React to the seige of jadotsville by simple history like so he can see and also you should react to army special forces (green berets)
such an epic movie
Donate to his patron
Yeah that movie was nice
I thought the green berets were Marines?
nah green berets are united states special forces. they belong to the Army branch
Thanks!
12:27 probably so that the enemy doesn't see his silhouette
I don’t think his move was stupid. Most of the time the enemy waits until we’re in a position of zero cover. His fastest and smartest move was to go down hill. Because it’s always harder to go up hill. Besides he was pretty far down the hill, so either way his nearest cover was down hill.
obv i wasnt there and didnt get a good layout of the land due to the camera perspective but where was his squad while he was moving down? i assume they all were in cover of some sort. if you look to his right at the start of the video you can see a big rock formation. now unless there is something that would make it such that he got there slower than getting ALL the way down that hill to get behind that structure. i dont see why he wouldnt advance towards the rock formation. 1. its equal to farther distance from the people shooting at you while you have no cover. so you are not advancing while having no cover. 2. the rock formation is shorter distance when you are being fired at with no cover your first objective should be to get behind cover.
Jo Vonn Well you don’t really get much time to think when the next shot you hear might be your last.
in the original video if you look at the desc. it'll say he was taking fire from the enemy so that his squad could get away.
here's what it says:
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. "
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@@brody7764 i thought that was he was doing. Drawing fire and giving his squad a chance to establish fire and set up any long gun equipment they might have had or give any possible marksman in their squad the chance to get their bearings and range out the ambushers.
Jo Vonn if u watch closely there’s some sort of heavy vehicle to the left at the bottom of the hill, I assume he planned to use that as cover
React to "for the 25" Marines telling their story
Logan Stark does great stuff for BRCC but "For the 25" is astounding!
@@be_hoppy5395 ya he does
That's such a great video
Much love from America. You're videos bring me much joy Artur.
I served in the U.S. Army for eight years as an Infantryman. In those eight years i deployed four times. Twice to Iraq and Afghanistan. These videos definitely brought back memories.
Good memories? Bad memories? I am leaving for Ft. Benning on August 3rd for my OSUT as an 11B in the Army National Guard. I want to be a Green Beret in the long term, and my unit is going to be preparing for a deployment a month or two after I return from my AIT graduation. Do you have any advice for me, and do you think I should take the deployment?
More reactions like this! You can find combat footage of Navy Seals etc. out there, too!
5:30 like you said the turrain is very difficult to see enemys if they were to fire back at the enemys it would reveal there position, your position not being known by the enemy is very important
"Just shoot back" is fine and dandy when you have an idea of where the enemies are, and more importantly, where the civilians are. They easily could've been in an area with civilians nearby, meaning shooting without a direct target is far too dangerous.
Yeah, that was probably in their ROE.
Not everyone worries about civilians of other countries like American politicians. Russia for example will blast everyone around just to be sure.
@@GuyFromTheSouth it really depends on the severity of the situation, if they had wounded soldiers, then they would probably start shooting.
Im not sure youll ever see this but i just want you to know man i have an extremely immense respect for you and the way your carry yourself. You seem like a really genuine person.
Artur. As a US Army Combat Engineer veteran, thank you. I really appreciate you shining some light on these kinds of videos. And I enjoy hearing your take on these situations.
Keep doing what your doing, sir.
yes. that ambush where the soldier was shot was a failure to properly react to contact and to stay in formation.
he did it to attract the enemy fire away from his wounded teammates
Armchair general over here
This is the statement from the soldier I got from Flunkers channel.
"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 over watch 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."
They were ambushed when they were already going down the hill. He was point man.
The guy on the hill wanted to draw fire so his squad could move safely that’s why he made the “stupid move”
That was still a stupid move regardless. If you play hero you will most likely get killed or someone else will. Going toward an enemy that they can't see with zero cover is textbook stupidity. "There is a fine line between bravery and stupidity." And that would be latter.
@@flashkirby101 and how did it play out... they shot a fucking silhouette around him haha...
@@RCXDerp bruh moment
@JJAMES Bad or inappropriate training is a thing. Early on in the war, this sort of thing was said to be standard procedure. However, the previous wars fought were done with thousands of men in a small area. This type of tactic is when you advance with a hundred other men to protect thousands. This is one man trying to protect a dozen. Early on in Afghanistan and Iraq, a lot of very small units were nearly wiped out because they were told to engage thousands of enemies while being less than 100.
The training is very different now. Everything is different.
Yeah that's note true at all buddy. If you look it up the soldier has a statement about that firefight and he was certainly not intentionally drawing fire.
12:28 that’s because he was trying to cover he squad and let them get too safety
I think he was drawing fire for them
it was still a stupid move
@Ross? There might have been a better way to cover his squad but I’m not so sure
One of these videos is 179th infantry battalions out of the Oklahoma army national guard 45th infantry brigade combat team. The clip was featured in the movie “citizen soldier”
On the big hill
i’ve been subscribed to this dude for a while, i just knew he would grow a lot when i started watching him.
Me: *About to skip the patrons*
Him: Don't skip there important to me ):
Me: So caring ofcourse I would never skip must protecc
Same lol
I did that tooooo
After hearing that., I woulda been a bad person for skipping
Jersey is a self-governing dependency of the United Kingdom which means it should go under the U.K. not France.
I cringed when I saw the point go to France.
@@ChristopherWentling This means WAR im afraid.. (Sorry France).
Scylla 2112 we will give France 48 hours to disavow sovereignty over the Channel Islands before we have the Queen declare war. The Queen is getting her war mount ready.
In the second one he was taking fire so his squad could get into cover.
I love your content man. Very genuine
18:55 I agree with this, one thing that can be done is smoke for cover to move him to the Boulder behind him for better cover. If thier unit is acting proactive theynshould already have been announced as a TIC 'troops in contact' and any patrolling aircraft in the region they are in would be moving to provide air support, as well as any rotary wing QRF that might be nearby.
When i was in 7th grade my dad went to Estonia and brought me back a bracelet with the colors of the flag. I’m a senior in high school and i still haven’t taken it off.
That’s gotta have some sanitary issues😂
@@smug5118 😂😂😂
@@smug5118 yeah that's gross..
You wear it in the shower too? Wet fabric over years is bound to create a nastiness
We’re trained not to return fire without a positive ID on the target. Collateral damages do such. I this was a close ambush though, positive ID would be nearly instant and in that situation you’d flip it on full auto and light a candle.
We’re trained for quite a few different scenarios.
They didn’t even know the direction and it would be a waste of ammo for no real suppression
Hello from New Jersey! Enjoy your videos, keep it up
His mag was empty at beginning of video two when he reloaded, he slapped the button on the left side which sends the bolt forward. Meaning he used the last bullet in that mag
This guy looks like the Estonian Lucifer Morningstar 😂😂
He do
If something happens to the original guy he should be next
Lol i can't unsee that now
I thought he looked vaguely familiar haha
Bro I'll never see him like anything else again 😂
As for the second video, the only reason he was moving without cover was because all his teammates were wounded and he was trying to get them help. It was a bad situation all round.
That clip is 4 or 5 years old.
Mark N. Reprisal We’re still fighting all over the world till this day, this happens on a daily basis for us.
Jeez, you are probably one of the most genuine dudes I've seen on this platform
Thanks for being humble brother. We appreciate your truth.
Phantom Forces players be like: **Hears gunfire. Run Towards the enemy**
Please react to airstrike on Taliban snipers from the Hornets nest
I see you always have an AR in the background. Was curious, as an Estonian conscript, are you required to be readily armed? Or is it just more for the general vibe of your channel?
Anyways, always a treat to see you so genuinely proud of us American troops. Respect to you brother, be safe. 🤙🏻
This is so wholesome. Good channel
Watching from Connecticut!! Great channel
Artur, please react to the fallen of ww2 or the b-2 spirit
Same I said react to the B 2
Please react to “ the National anthem as you have never heard it before” by Mona Rose please it tells the story of the USA national anthem
Yesssss
No.
X yes
X yes
Favorite line starts at 20:25 Russians be like “hooraaa let’s go” but it’s the USA they do things smarter
In that last video he knew what he was going into, he was trying to get the enemys attention for a retreat because his squad was pinned down. Cant remember think he got hit 3 times
This is my first time coming across this channel, I really enjoyed the video. You seem like a sincere, genuine dude. I subscribed and liked and now I’m going on to watch some more of you’re videos :) thank you
react to US military's new JLTV's
“Don’t skip through this part”
Me: *Skips 20 seconds immediately*
Bruh the Isle of Jersey is a part of the Channel Islands, which belong to the British
I live in arkansas we dont get snow too often around here its pretty rural up until you get around our capital little rock love the vids
Wow thank you I am going to buy the watch for my husband :) I love the meaning . He’s a marine so I’m sure he will enjoy it this Valentine’s Day ! Thank you !
Shooting back in small villages such as this one could bring harm to innocent civilians
sometimes they are told to be evacuated
so they're supposed to just get shot at and possibly die?
Worked with Estonians during my deployment to Iraq in 2006. Great guys. Glad you came across my feed.
I love how you embrace the stereo type my guy
So for the second video, the area he was fighting in has cover on the bottom of the hill, there actually is no cover on top on the hill as well as the side. And it’s easier to go down those hills than up, what he should have done is continue to go down to the defilade. It doesn’t help though that it was hill to hill shooting and they got the drop on his squad
In my b.c.t we were taught to shoot at what we saw keep said collator low but if you knew where the shots are from to just well if the shots there take it or lay down suppressive fire and allow a flank to take them
Just for clarification in the video where the soldiers is moving toward the enemy proceeding down the hill, he is attempting to draw enemy fire, I believe if I recall correctly, it explains this in the description of that particular video.
Prior to my playing the game Crusader Kings 2, I had never heard of Estonia. Since seeing your channel for the first time, I played a game as Estonia as conquered much, eventually founding the Wendish Empire. Love your videos, mate.
5:00 they can't immediately shoot back depending on their mission there and they also need to identify the enemy before making engagement or falling back some.
For the communication when he says 2/1 and 3/1 that's 3rd fire team 1st squad amd 2nd fire team 1st and each squad has 3 fire teams with the squad leader for a total of 13 men
Second video guy was advancing by himself into open area as a destraction to allow his unit a chance to get a better position and he did get hit in the process. Sometimes you sacrifice yourself for your brothers. Much respect
11:30 he could likely see where he is being shot at from based on muzzle flash or smoke. With an ACOG sight he could logically be attempting to make accurate hits on the target. Yes 500m would be an incredible distance, and he is likely only zeroed for 300m, but the max range of an m4 is 650m and he is firing from an elevated position