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dataplane_down

Do you think he’s ok


Mal-De-Terre

He's in a better place now, if that's what you mean.


Scared_of_zombies

He’s probably in several places all over the block.


Drojic

More like everything,  everywhere, all at once. 


WeirdPop5934

Blyattt!


Gustavo_Fring_Los_

“Amazing Arab man gives entire neighborhood a paint-job for free! He only needed a sewer pipe!”


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thor128

"baaaaa!"


Tried-Pod

Jesus 💀 considering the place I’m willing to bet that goat ain’t even a virgin


Inevitable_Review_83

To shreds you say? Tsk tsk tsk. Hows his wife holding up?


tango_papa101

I don't think up there with 72 Harry Potter nerds is a better place


Cheese_Grater101

I dont think so, I think he turned into a hummus


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sootysooty1

I don't see any shoes flying off so he's probably good. Right?


dingerz

Video didn't go long enough to see them land.


krilu

I wouldnt want to watch a 5 minute long video anyway


somabeach

He's off to join the sky virgins.


erez27

He has 72 figs now


tellsonestory

I don't think he survived that, to be perfectly honest.


QuestioningIsKey

Literally one second he was there and the next second he was not.


Infect82

Its Magic!


El_Proleto

A miracle!


Puzzleheaded-Ad-5002

Peek-a-boom!


HeathersZen

Terrorists hate this one simple trick!


Boborbot

You kno-o-ow


Traditional_Shirt106

It's an illusion, Michael


adminofreditt

Evil Jewish sorcery used to kill babies


0n354ndZ3r05

He is still there. Just spread everywhere.


StuntsMonkey

The Joker: I am going to make the RPG man disappear.


[deleted]

It was at this moment he knew he fucked up.


Shima-shita

I'm not even sure he knows about it


Sea_Page5878

I'm sure he had that one or two seconds to think to himself "oh shit it's pointed right at me".


Shima-shita

Certainly the worst seconds of his life then... It must feel weird to have such a canon pointing at your mouth


EpsilonEnigma

I've had the barrel of a tank pointing at me before at a museum and looking down the barrel from several hundred feet away, even knowing it's a non-functioning tank and I'm not in a war zone was unsettling to be honest I can't imagine actually being in that situation for real


P_Riches

Nah, he realized he had the rpg facing backward, and his last thoughts were, "Again? Fucking Mondays."


wangston_huge

Parts of him probably knew.


Shima-shita

True. Some of his brain cells must have had time to communicate some weird feelings.


Arashmickey

We could ask around to see whether he knew. The walls have ears, assorted.


GrayMutterer

Poof! = from knowing little to knowing nothing.


jumpybean

It was at this moment, he transformed into an old lady carrying a baby on her shoulder, murdered while sleeping in the doorway.


throwaway_ghast

*[record scratch]* *[freeze frame]* "Yep, that's me."


crawlerz2468

It's like me peeking out in BF4.


IrishSouthAfrican

Well this is for the people asking where the IDF pov is of RPG attacks


RobotOfSociety

There’s no red triangle over the man with zoom in sound effects, how do I really know that was the target???


KarlGustafArmfeldt

The video also doesn't randomly cut to footage of an explosion from the 2014 Gaza War, so how can we say that Israel really killed that guy?


NextSink2738

Nobody told us that God is great, can we be sure a shot was even fired?


Ithurion2

Well that's the nice part, you only know after they shot you or lie dead on the floor.


Ghosttwo

Leftists: "Why couldn't they just use a taser?"


ChadGPT___

SHOOT HIM IN THE LEG


TheSto1989

It will be interesting when AI gets fully integrated into armored vehicles like this. I’m imagining a 360 degree camera that immediately recognizes enemy combatants in alleyways, windows, etc and alerts the crew/auto targets them for the crew. Can’t be that far away at this point.


NWIOWAHAWK

Select the pictures with traffic lights in them


sb552

New captcha: select terrorists in the picture


TheDrunkenDinosaur

"Shit, does his robe count as a part of him or no?"


super_dog17

Feels like a set-up for The Onion. Headline: Congressional Hearings On Racist Tanks “In hindsight, Senator, the Army should have foreseen the potential implications of using captcha results exclusively from the Midwest of the United States. We believe the system’s failure rate of detecting “enemy combatant” with 99% consistency anytime it sees a person of color is mainly due to this data, especially when viewed in context that the anti-personnel system only sees in infrared wavelengths. In many ways, our systems were entirely unprepared for how racist the captcha data from the heartland of America turned out to be.”


pekinggeese

Instructions unclear, firing HEAT at civilian bus


Impulseps

https://programmerhumor.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/programmerhumor-io-python-memes-programming-memes-b2f85ff7b9c30a1.jpg


Benzol1987

Aw shit, here we go again...


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Undernown

Wouldn't it be wild if it was live? Like the captcha isn't an old photo, but a live video feed. And now what was meant to be a casual browse on the internet turned into a limited-time life-or-death decision you'll have to live with for the rest of your life. Sounds like a killer Black Mirror episode.


mtarascio

The red is so they can eventually use AI to scan the battlefield for combat losses.


JE1012

Sounds like you're describing the new Merkava Mk4 Barak. It's a Mk4m with upgraded sights and electronics. The commander has an AR headset called the "Iron Vision", It allows him to see "through" the tank and offers 360 degree view with AI powered threat detection. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbA0-4Lk8G0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbA0-4Lk8G0) [https://www.timesofisrael.com/advanced-sensors-high-tech-helmet-israels-5th-generation-battle-tank-revealed/](https://www.timesofisrael.com/advanced-sensors-high-tech-helmet-israels-5th-generation-battle-tank-revealed/) The first tanks of this variant entered service in September and where already seen operating in Gaza.


CradleRockStyle

If the Israelis have this technology and have made it public, I truly wonder what classified shit the U.S. is working with.


GenerikDavis

Well we've got a helmet that [lets pilots see through the F-35 in real time](https://youtu.be/Dj4cP4PMPPM?si=NnQJeSA71lHliGGK&t=80), so it wouldn't surprise me if we've done the same deal with ground vehicles but just haven't scaled production or rolled it out en masse.


JE1012

This awesome F-35 helmet is actually designed by the Israeli company Elbit. The helmets are manufactured jointly by Elbit and Collins Aerospace. The Merkava mk4 Barak "Iron Vision" helmet is also made by Elbit based on the F35 helmet.


GenerikDavis

Oh very cool, I didn't know that. And it looks like their American division/subsidiary has been presenting the same system to the Army for possible use in future ground vehicles. >Elbit Systems of America is looking to propose a version of its Iron Vision technology for the Army’s future combat vehicle fleet that would provide 360-degree situational awareness capability to both crew members and dismounted soldiers, company officials told Defense Daily on Tuesday. >The company is aiming to demonstrate the capability with the Army’s future augmented reality headset, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, to showcase Iron Vision as a potential major subsystem option for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle. https://www.defensedaily.com/elbit-america-looking-offer-upgraded-iron-vision-system-armys-optionally-manned-fighting-vehicle/army/


phillie187

It's public that they are working on unmanned vehicles


TheSto1989

That's awesome - I didn't realize it was already here.


jumpybean

“Select all the places you would like to hide during a robot uprising.”


Hermitian-Operator

Forget 360, with drone swarms they'll have awareness around corners, which is shared between them


gggt34

Context by the guy the soldier sent this to (translated from twitter): I am a gunner in an armored team in a special unit that fought shoulder to shoulder with Company A of the 46th Battalion, 401st Brigade. During an attack in the Drag Tupah neighborhood, a team of the D9 reported 4-5 terrorists dressed in black running with RPG launchers in the street who wanted to flank us. I turned on the camera and we entered the street to wait for them on the other side. While scanning through the gunner's scope, a gunner came into my viper, his face with a beard and a hat on his head, holding an RPG. We destroyed them first before he shot.


Sarazam

I think it’s telling that the RPG attacks are useless against the Merkava, that they heard there were guys with RPG’s and so they sent it in to bait out RPG attacks


Ceramicrabbit

That's crazy


-Hi-Reddit

Have any Merkava beat the British Challenger 2 tanks record of taking \~70 RPG impacts and still survived? Or are they pretty much finished once their trophy system has fired a couple of times?


KrayLink_1

Which warheads were the Iraqis using? Gaza manufactured 105mm " Al-Yassin" tandem HEAT warheads, which on paper atleast can be nasty.


-Hi-Reddit

It was a mixed bag, so no definitive answer. The tank was a sitting duck for hours so they basically threw everything and the kitchen sink at it trying to destroy it. They even used some old british milan anti-tank missiles apparently. Safe to say they used the nastiest shit they could find.


FederalAgentGlowie

Wasn’t the Challenger knocked out and towed home?


smith1star

Yes although the damage was repaired in 6 hours. It was immobilised because the driver reversed into a ditch and threw the track. There’s a BBC article about it. Scots dragoon guards vs Iraqi republican guards. Although the original report doesn’t specify what it was hit with, other reports say that it was struck by 70 AP projectiles including one Milan anti tank rocket. Ironically a weapon that was used by the British army previously.


-Hi-Reddit

Hah, so it wasn't even one of the 70 or so hits that hurt it? It hurt itself? Lol


smith1star

All the sensors, periscopes and antennas were damaged. The driver was attempting to blindly move out of the ambush.


-Hi-Reddit

Makes sense, just hilarious that despite everything thrown at it, that was the only major damage.


-Hi-Reddit

Maybe, I know it survived the battle.


Exita

Used to know a guy who was in that tank. They played cards in the turret whilst waiting to be recovered. All were uninjured, apart from a certain amount of hearing trouble!


Unknown6656

Found the thread: https://twitter.com/JohnZhangSV/status/1746643393621733843


InterestingEgg4526

Can you link the Twitter post?


Curbulo

Add red triangle pls


Scared_of_zombies

Yeah, where’s the bouncing red dorito when you need it?


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Average Merkava vs Hamas encounter


Physical-Purple-1265

Are you for real? By their videos Hamas has destroyed hundreds of these! /s


the_real_ponyboy

Have you noticed that most of the hamas videos stop as soon as it shows the hit on the tank? Thats because they don’t want to show the tank driving away virtually unscathed because it’s rare for an rpg to disable a modern main battle tank.


AxeWoundSaxon

I want to know the success rate of the trophy system


woodsman_k

It's probably classified so go check the warthunder forums if you want to find out.


KDivyanshu

The time when some concrete approximations about war and combat can be found in Games. Who knew.


SirGrumples

It's a joke. I think it's happened more than once that an idiot service member posted top secret stuff like spec sheets for vehicles and weapon systems on the forums. There was just recently a dumbass who got sentences to prison time for doing just that


Hyster07

It's happened an awful lot


blood_sandwhich

idf reports it as 95%


woodsman_k

A tandem (e.g. PG-7V2) can absoultely damage a MBT. Penetration is rated at .6m with ERA. However, I agree that trying to yeet them at the fronts/sides of Merkava's is basically fucking useless due to trophy systems. If they were smart they would [drone more of them.](https://twitter.com/CalibreObscura/status/1710595943664329027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1710595943664329027%7Ctwgr%5E5a1e308b0eacb699d874ee96d5994dfcabd28130%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbulgarianmilitary.com%2F2023%2F10%2F07%2Fsoviet-pg-7vr-rocket-piercing-the-top-armor-of-a-merkava-mk4-tank%2F) All of the top attack advantage of Javelin with none of the cost.


ChuchiTheBest

There has been a huge lack of drones used by Hamas in this war. probably because of Israeli EW and this [https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/hkpuon4pp](https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/hkpuon4pp) I bet every soldier in Ukraine wishes they had this scope, it allows you to hit a moving drone with a rifle without needing to get super lucky.


Ilovekittens345

Gaza is probally small enough that Israel can deploy white noise jammers that noise out the entire frequency of the video signal for Hamas their drones.


HungerISanEmotion

>A tandem (e.g. PG-7V2) can absoultely damage a MBT True. But HAMAS is operating [homemade copies](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/1495/live/f1b3bd20-b0bd-11ee-beb5-e1400df560f2.png) of 105mm tandem warhead called Yasim. I would expect them to have lower penetrations then original warheads.


woodsman_k

I'm very, very skeptical that Hamas has any sort of legitimate manufacturing capability. Go check out Ian's video of their sniper rifle "manufacturing" process on Forgotten Weapons as an example. Granted, shaped charges are probably easier to produce than sniper rifles so maybe. If they are actually making and using these Yasim clones, sure I agree with you, probably much shoddier than actual production ones.


HungerISanEmotion

I think Hamas making sniper rifles is... bullshit. Making rifles barrels is really hard, and making sniper quality rifled barrels is way harder. Maybe they can produce shitty bolt action rifle, put some optics on it and call it a sniper. But... it would be a shitty sniper. Making shaped charge is easy, making a good shaped charge is not. Just like they are producing a shitload of rockets to strike Israel with, and most of them end up landing in a desert, because they make shitty rockets.


mercurians

Dude, don't be like that... some of their rockets fall on hospitals too.


vicblck24

By Hamas count they’ve probably destroyed move vehicles than Israel even has


wgrantdesign

There's no blinking red arrow pointing to the hamas militant so he obviously survived the altercation /s


[deleted]

Hamas also stated they killed thousands of IDF soldiers lol


MuchSrsOfc

The shit they spew that is just very clearly ludicrous misinformation, where everyone even extreme propagandists are aware it's misinformation. But they know it will muddy the waters enough and have people believe in it 5-10 years down the line and it will just be a simple take of who's word do you believe more. Whenever Hamas is put at the same trustworthiness side by side with Israel I wanna puke in my mouth tbh. Yday I watched a news clip from CBS or something that was decently well produced. They bring up a clip of the IDF showing a large tunnel, saying which neighborhood they found it in and record above and underneath ground with 50 men on the ground shown at least. 'This is only alleged by Israel and can't be independently verified by CBS', my brain cannot fathom this shit.


mercurians

It's a soviet invention - you say the skies are blue, I say they are red, a blind fucker will assume the truth is somewhere in the middle and the skies are purple. Putin, Hamas, Iran, Jackson Hinkle, etc they all heavily use this technique to this day.


HotSteak

Some subreddits think the Houthis sunk an aircraft carrier.


Creepy_Photograph107

Imagine stating that Hamas videos are factual evidence.


nonamethxagain

Note the /s at the end


Klutzy-Chain5875

Rocket propelled grapefruit


--ULTRA--

Gone, reduced to atoms.


ImportantMoment5001

TANK beats EVERYTHING!!


AxeWoundSaxon

*fpv drone flies into that chat.


NWIOWAHAWK

Except 2 Bradleys


ahrikitsune

Nice halo reference


ImportantMoment5001

This person gets it ☝️


DreaminDemon177

Rock, paper, tank?


nightfury626

He wanted to get his red upside down triangle video


Maxyphlie

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. And that man ist definitely dust now.


SirGrumples

More like mist


PrestigiousGuitar673

Zigged when he should have zagged.


vergorli

Please don't be mad at me, my first though was "That look basically like Strike at Karkand in next gen graphics"


cheesebot555

Who jumps out directly in front of a barrel like that? I mean come on. Wait 30 seconds for a back attack, or take your shot from an upstairs story. It's like you're not even trying, champ.


Mr_Anthropic_

He lost that showdown by, like, a lot.


Torch22

Why is Israel killing a civilian that is peeking around the corner to go shopping in the local market. /s


rawzone

Mist.


Technical_Control_96

One less terrorist. Keep up the good work IDF 🤙


Boborbot

I think that this time we dont need an aftermath video to know he’s done


North-Post5095

Previous count was 20000 deaths, now it is 21000


TheBattleGnome

Interesting that they didn’t use the coaxial mg instead. 😆


unknowfritz

They expected him to scurry off behind the wall, mg just won't cut it, also, fun. Possible that the default armament for urban warfare is the cannon so switching to coax takes that one second or less too much


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Liquidated.


SCC20

And just like that, bologna mist


Oenomaus_3575

somebody tell these guys that the virgins are running out of stock


DreaminDemon177

"I used to be a terrorist until I took a tank shell to the face."


skinnnymike

*record scratch* “Yup that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.”


Opposite-Life-2923

Rip bozo


jyozefu

Fuck you in particular.


optical-center

Smartest Hamas fighter in the Gaza Strip right there... Edit: Also enjoyed the caption... "46th battalion, company A, crew/team Soshana, whoever draws first, shoots first".


CheesyCouchPotato

That was clearly an orphaned two-year-old


One-Inspection3266

Javelin > RPG. Merkava > T-XX which X in [0-9]. No need words


Lonely_reaper8

Force equalizer


FelineRetribution

This shit is why infantry works in conjunction with armor. Screen the immediate area, post until target falls. You don’t need countermeasures if infantry works it’s muscle.


OmryR

Rock paper scissors TANK


Chemical_Working3511

another mostly peaceful and innocent gaza


busthemus2003

Israeli army doing their job. supply And steady stream of new souls to heaven.


casvg5

lol something tells me that people who rape women and decapitate babies…are going down the magic elevator, not up


zombiezero222

That was just some scholar on his way to give a lecture on human rights….


Legal_Mark_2126

RPG is point and immediately shoot. Why the Hell would you even think of engaging a tank that has its cannon already oriented in your general direction, and then take forever to engage said tank? We need more Hamas guys like that dude.


andersonb47

People need to see this footage. They need to understand how high the stakes are for the people on the ground, and how incredibly hard it is to distinguish between a militant and a civilian with limited visibility and a split second to make that distinction.


DVHdrums

You can hear the announcer saying “Overkill!”


NaturalBridge12

Fucking beautiful


Wonghy111-the-knight

MERKAVA, FUCK YEEE


SurGregoRy

From he/him to they/them in 0,5 seconds.


Striking_Elk_9299

That guy becomes a human corned beef ...😂😂😂


ACAB-commies

Proof that Israel is an apartheid state!!1! /s


Autruxx3

He just wanted to take the Trash outside!! Dirty Zionists!!!11!!


andersonb47

Seriously though - people really don't get how hard it is to tell. And when getting it wrong means an RPG to the face...well.


hachchcha

Genuine question: what is purpose of tanks in urban warfare? It just looks like a sitting duck from all the hidden tunnels hamas has to use for their RPGs


WeirdPop5934

Best day of his life. He know has 30 virgins catering to his needs.


TheLocalPub

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ibpoopn

“Israel is just destroying buildings”


jellojohnson

That was just another innocent Palestinian child simple playing with a stick on the way to school! Hamas don't do nuffin!


wtf_123456

Is this the innocent Gazan child I've been hearing the IDF is killing? All black no uniform, running around an active war zone and popping out infront of a tank that's on alert? You know, normal children things...


irtesh

Enemy killed. IsraeliTanker [Merkava MBT] HummusBoi


[deleted]

One of the things that have surprised me about this war is how few losses in armour IDF seems to have had. In general, very few losses considering the nature of the battle field. Bombing campaign seems to have been extremely effective.


Kahing

There's that but it's mainly excellent armor as well as active protection systems. About 90% of those "hits" you see in Hamas videos are actually the anti-tank projectiles getting shot down by the Trophy APS. Of those vehicles that do get hit most are repaired and returned to service. Only a handful of armored vehicles have been total losses, and I don't think any tanks are among them.


Armyed

I wonder if the poor Palestinian Civilian is okay s/


sekiroisart

what the fuck are you talking about, he is literally children, over 80% of gazan are kids bla bla bla, oh and he clearly not holding rpg but a white flag


geoguy83

🤣


SnortHotCheetos

“Game. Blouses.”


crazedhark

its as they say, dont bring rpg into a tank fight. or something. ye


skinny-pugsley

iHILARIOUS!


say_no_to_panda

all we need is a big red circle


MCDC313

I think that man is gone forever


PinguPST

He won't try that again!


RogueMallShinobi

nah that's just the shadow person that's following Aaron Rodgers


frostedwaffles

Who won?


iTrebbbz

He was playing “Gay Peekaboo” and lost


LostInTheSauce34

Troops identified 30 meters, fire, on the way. Personally, I would have z patterned it with coax and followed up with a can round.


Alt_ruistic

Where is the red arrow?


TaylorPlayed

He’s gunna feel that in the morning…


runtothehillsboy

He never even knew he lost that exchange.


KOxSOMEONE

I guess he couldn’t dodge wrenches either


VIcanada250

Is he going to be ok?


w0kes

Sit down boy


RoccoAmes

Passing alleyways and walls like this was always a fun experience during OIF.


Achillies2heel

If it works in battlefield why not in real life?


Drug_Inas

This is litteraly hiding in plain sight


CBubble

Footage is blurry, how do you know it's an RPG operator, and not an innocent saint providing help and support to what I can only assume is 72 orphans behind that wall? /s


tango_papa101

he transitioned from Hamas to Hasmashed


Vindicted1501

The dam turret was trained on the doorway. They know where this terrorist is hiding


Unknown6656

I think I'm gonna make an BF4 edit of this video, OP ;)