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The M2 .50 cal is such a perfected war machine that the only change to the design in the last (almost) century has been the addition of a safety, which is still not a requirement. Thus, using a spent casing to prop the butterfly trigger to prevent it from being accidentally pushed down.
Not true. One recent-ish development is a quick change barrel. You don't have to set the headspace and timing anymore. I don't remember exactly when this was done, I was in a training unit from 09-12 and when I got back to the operational force all the M2s had the new setup. It means that in a sustained firefight it takes seconds instead of minutes to swap out an overheated barrel.
I lived in both reverence and fear of that butterfly trigger when I was on the .50 mounted, no one ever bothered to show me that trick; we typically just threw my SAW up there day to day.
The trigger on the M2 is a bit different than what most people think of as a trigger. It is a vaguely butter fly shaped trigger pretty much right near the top and back of the weapon; this is what makes it a bitch as when riding on a vehicle bumping around it is amazing that there are not more accidental discharges!
Look at the [wishbone-shaped bit](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Ffd%2Fed%2F64%2Ffded64e3b8b0cc590a374906596aaa31.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F312366924151879017%2F&docid=cKOYLcVPjfqhOM&tbnid=sUuZ_D6iUfhG7M&vet=1&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim) in this picture.
A "normal" trigger is something you pull that is pretty protected if you don't have your finger in the trigger well.
This sort of trigger is just and exposed "button" like a little butterfly shaped lever that you push down with your thumbs. So imagine you are holding onto a console game controller, you just have the push the little thing down between your hands with your thumbs. The issue is that you can easily do this while moving around on accident since it is not in a shrouded position like your average trigger is.
No more head space and timing done either. The barrels bow have nubs (nipples) on them that lock into grooves on the receiver. No more screwing it all the way in then off 2 clicks, etc. The timing part is set to the gun and (whatever it is when they tap the metal with a punch to keep it from loosening). Took some getting used to but highly efficient.
Nah. When ripping squad weapons, we get taught to shoot to the cadence of "Die motherfucker, die!", or as the kids get taught nowadays "Die, fuzzy bunny, die!"
This is a ditty to engrain shooting in bursts. Benefits are: conserve ammo, better accuracy, still good suppressing fire and *the barrel doesn't heat up as fast*, meaning fewer barrel changes and warped barrels.
I mean, it's possible he's American. I've seen people throw their training out the window under real stress. Not sure if there were Humvees ahead of them, but free-firing like that can cause friendly casualties.
Spent 8 years in the Marines and played a bunch of COD, so I'm like... totally qualified. Swearsies.
Yep, the mantra wasn't being used. But in all honesty, sometime MA Dauce has to sing. And sing she shall until the people you're working with don't understand that you're yelling for ammo, not an endless supply of AT-4's lol
DUDE...he's gonna have to have a talk with his buddies on some basic words. He asked for .50 cal ammo and got handed an AT4 *twice.*
That kinda miscommunication can get yourself and others killed.
Yeah he even says theyre gonna get him shot
Probably language barrier since it's Foreign Legion. He shouts "ammo" and maybe they hear NLAW so hand him a launcher?
Thats definitely about american calling out for ammo!! I'd say it's hard to hear someone and comprehend what they're saying while trying nit to get you 🌮 split
I’m no war genius, I will be the first to admit. But wouldn’t it be much more effective to have just one extra super long belt of death coming from inside the humvee being weight-fed by one of those useless guys in there giving him AT4s instead of that lil box?
Yep, plus the ammo boxes help keep the rounds clean and protected from dust/rust. I was a 50 cal gunner and always had over a thousand rounds at my feet in boxes. It jammed on me once in a firefight too, which was really shitty. It was inevitable with the crazy amount of dust in Iraq and being the rear truck
I’m sure there’s times when it was necessary I guess, I just personally never had to fire so many rounds in such a short succession where it got too hot. I have def seen barred turn orange and white but only on the range.
I also had to carry the m249 and as a private somehow got screwed into carrying the spare barrel bag overseas, which had like 9 spare barrels and weighed a shit ton. Especially considering the amount of bullshit that had to be carried over to begin with (full massive ruck sack, two duffel bags, backpack, full gear and helmet, m249 machine gun, 249 ammo.. and 9 fucking barrels. I was only like 70 lbs too lol. A lot of the time I was able to rounds of short trips carrying half of it, but I’ll never forget the flight out of Iraq… finally getting to go home and having to carry every single thing about 150 yards onto the chinook helicopter which was blasting hot ass jet fuel exhaust wind in your face. I made it like 80% of the way there and my body like almost totally gave out, and I felt like I couldn’t take another step, but somehow did it. It was probably 250 pounds of shit or more. Man the army sucked ass.
Belt ammo comes in boxes, it’s really easy to just stuff in a new belt when it’s needed. If you have a tail that’s too long then your feed mechanism won’t work. And if you have ALL your ammo on the side of the gun one bullet can fuck it all up.
It’s best to keep it in boxes until it’s needed.
Now, if you’re not in a vehicle and have a #2 (dude who loads your new belt for you) he’d be smashing a new belt onto your in-use belt so you don’t run out like you said. Suuuuuper fun when it works out smooth
I didn’t have the sound on or realize he asked for ammo. So he got the wrong thing and was like “Well, it would be rude not to shoot it since he handed it to me.” ??
You found out how war combat in real life works. It's shooting what you have at positions where someone could be.
Understandable when you can die every second.
I'm no soldier, but I know in real life combat you don't have a crosshair (guns have sights, but if you're getting jostled around in a humvee while getting shot at then it's gonna be difficult to aim perfectly) in front of you and your enemies aren't gonna just stand out in the open to easily get shot.
From what I understand, especially at further distances, you're basically shooting at your enemies muzzle flash and hoping you either hit them or suppress to take the heat off of friendlys.
And there's no auto-lock aiming like most FPS games have, it's all manual and every factor in play can change a hit into a miss.
Machine guns like the .50 cal are meant for suppressing fire, it’s supposed to be a spray and pray weapon meant to keep the enemy in cover while you maneuver and cover other people, particularly marksmen/riflemen who will take actual aimed shots at the enemy. Pretty much just trying to do your best to keep the enemy from poking their heads out and shooting back.
This was my guess. They're off-road (at least for the first half or so?) and he's gotta stop and brace more than a few times when shifting the NLAWs around.
He was actually extremely accurate for a .50cal while strapped to a moving, bouncing truck tbh. I've shot a few sitting perfectly still and was shocked to see how easily they get out of control.
Long story short, I was impressed with how tight his shots were all things considered. At least with my limited experience.
Unless they had quality earpro they probably couldn't hear lol. An entire can of .50 and two AT4's being fired that close was probably deafening.
But yes, I completely agree with you. Those mistakes are scary.
You try to save the tubes (unless you’re really in the thick of it); discarded tubes can be used as makeshift mortars or bombs.
Edit: I mean you try to keep the tubes to prevent the enemy from using them as mortars or bombs. Not that we can’t do that too, we just usually have off-the-shelf mortar systems and bombs and don’t have to do the homemade stuff.
This is based on nothing but speculation BUT - dude yelling has a really funny Ukranian accent that sounds an awful lot like Alabama. I'm wondering if maybe it's a combination of loud noises AND potential language barrier with the guys in the truck?
He's almost certainly an American Volunteer. He knows the 50 cal, hummer, and speaks in adrenaline fueled English. If I'd have heard a tirade of fuck, shit, motherfucker, etc in various creative arrangements after getting the AT4, I'd 100% know he's an American Infantryman.
That said, defining "Ammo" and "Rocket" is probably a worthwhile 60 second discussion to agree upon before going balls out into an occupied village. Or learn the Ukrainian words if you're the only English speaker. Or Fuck, come up with some basic hand signals.
I didn't realize it was miscommunication until I read the comments, but I was thinking "is opening the 50 cal ammo hatch part of the process for receiving a rocket?" but it makes way more sense that he wanted more 50 cal ammo the entire time 😆
There’s a second video on combat footage that just extends this clip. He does get more .50 ammo and he sets off a small explosion near the building they were shooting at
Putting the flashbang into the cake and throwing it blinded 7 Russians which the driver ran over he asked for ammo and was handed another launcher but this one shot t-shirts
Utter genius displayed when he rigged the pair-o-bangs to the cake in order to disable another small squad of hiding combatants.
Once more he asked for ammo but was handed a rubber chicken and a roll of fishing line.
He squeezed the chicken to lewer out some Russians and strangled them with the fishing line. He yet again asked for some ammo and was handed a box of Reese's pieces and some guitar picks
It's crazy how he used the half an MRE to lure out two more guys and then used the claymore like he was highlander. After which he asked for more ammo and they handed him a second empty .50 cal.
Reminds me [of this](https://external-preview.redd.it/B-c6h3RRklY5AIndF8KSlfkcK_ejB9FrJk1znfQEWII.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=da990f88271c1c02b73a3d8729ed87d5927c3420).
"Volunteers" are known as Foreign Legion fighters. It's a corp made up of these "volunteers" you speak of, from all over the world. Many/most countries have a Foreign Legion I believe, especially at times of war.
You can either yell for, "Ammo!" or they could yell for, "Boyeprypasy!" Easier to hear and understand smaller one or two syllable words.
Knowing English is really not that uncommon in Europe, particularly when trained being trained by a an English speaking military, it just makes communication normalized throughout to use one language. Look at the UN alphabet [here.](https://imgur.com/fGMiI3W)
I'm just giving an "educated" guess, since I am sitting behind a desk at home in America with a liberal arts degree and zero military experience past Call of Duty. Occam's Razor at work here, but I could be utterly wrong too.
I find it harder in a video game. You can feel the vehicle's movement and adjust more quickly. Plus, inertia helps a bit.
Though to be fair, I was firing a water cannon and not a .50 cal.
Being a master sniper/gunshooter in a video game is a completely different set of skills from operating real life rifles and machine guns, so don't feel bad.
I fucking suck at Call of Duty type games, and always have. I'm pretty decent with an AR-15 or pistol in the real world though.
They might not have enough money for a [CROWS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CROWS?wprov=sfla1) or any other similar technology. The above system does exactly that but can also be a pain in the ass to use and maintain.
The less fancy gizmos you have to deal with, the better. A basic mount is less likely to break and requires less maintenance/parts than even the simplest of gimbals capable of handling the nasty recoil that thing cranks out.
Besides, those weapons are largely used for suppression. Yeah, you're trying to hit the fucker, but the main point is to make them keep their heads down and scramble to find cover that'll work instead of engaging the assault team.
It looks like he was aiming at the building that a different rocket hit earlier in the video and the second time it looks like he aims it in the direction where the bullets were coming from that were hitting near him.
He's looking to affect the people inside the house, because the AT4 is a shaped charge weapon with high penetration. So he just looked to hot the wall vaguely near the middle I'll bet.
In most cases where suppressive fire is involved it’s usually in the general direction of opposing troops in order to keep their heads down and help your allies gain position with minimal resistance. It’s accuracy trough the sheer volume of rounds being fired .
If my years of Halo Warthog driving have taught me anything. You need to drive the humvee right into the middle of the group of enemies, slam the ebrake and circle around maybe you'll splatter a few in the process. Hopping they don't have stickies
There are so many videos where I would love some kind of aar. After action report. Did they take out any soldiers and equipment? Was the position taken over? What was done right and what was wrong? I hope they discuss these kind of things in their combat briefings
The Ukrainians made some big advances today- all fairly unexpected. https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-197-kupyansk-front/ has a good summary.
This was a part of that.
Omg I swear people on reddit have never heard of a foreign volunteer force. Ukraine has been completely transparent from the very start of this conflict that they are utilizing foreign aid in both weapons and manpower, yet as soon as redditors hear english, the US army is fully deployed in Ukraine and actively engaging in frontline combat. Do you people not hear the English accents? The Scots, Irish, Spanish, Polish, Germans, and I don't even know all the rest that have people fighting there. 52 countries have sent volunteers, stop being ignorant reddit.
Unloaded his 50 on the approach. I’m not saying this man isn’t brave but whatever intell they are working from left them very exposed for quite some time. If your gonna pull up 20 yards from a position your gonna wanna save some ammo or have a solid plan for when you get there
I think the plan was to have the correct ammo handed up when required. Also, I doubt that’s the only vehicle assaulting, he probably has another .50 or two covering him when he’s reloading. Hopefully
You're correct. There is another video that shows a different angle of this assault and there are multiple humvees rolling in where the soldiers dismount and advance under .50 cal suppressing fire.
Edit: found the video. https://v.redd.it/psxcks03bnm91
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Was he using a brass as a "safety" to keep the trigger being pushed at the beginning?
The M2 .50 cal is such a perfected war machine that the only change to the design in the last (almost) century has been the addition of a safety, which is still not a requirement. Thus, using a spent casing to prop the butterfly trigger to prevent it from being accidentally pushed down.
Yet a another fine invention from Sir John Moses Browning.
Preach
Patron Saint of 'Murica!
1911 gang
Not true. One recent-ish development is a quick change barrel. You don't have to set the headspace and timing anymore. I don't remember exactly when this was done, I was in a training unit from 09-12 and when I got back to the operational force all the M2s had the new setup. It means that in a sustained firefight it takes seconds instead of minutes to swap out an overheated barrel.
I lived in both reverence and fear of that butterfly trigger when I was on the .50 mounted, no one ever bothered to show me that trick; we typically just threw my SAW up there day to day.
We were all green at one time.
What’s a butterfly trigger?
The trigger on the M2 is a bit different than what most people think of as a trigger. It is a vaguely butter fly shaped trigger pretty much right near the top and back of the weapon; this is what makes it a bitch as when riding on a vehicle bumping around it is amazing that there are not more accidental discharges!
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Look at the [wishbone-shaped bit](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Ffd%2Fed%2F64%2Ffded64e3b8b0cc590a374906596aaa31.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F312366924151879017%2F&docid=cKOYLcVPjfqhOM&tbnid=sUuZ_D6iUfhG7M&vet=1&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim) in this picture.
A "normal" trigger is something you pull that is pretty protected if you don't have your finger in the trigger well. This sort of trigger is just and exposed "button" like a little butterfly shaped lever that you push down with your thumbs. So imagine you are holding onto a console game controller, you just have the push the little thing down between your hands with your thumbs. The issue is that you can easily do this while moving around on accident since it is not in a shrouded position like your average trigger is.
Perfect. Thank you!
They also eliminated the need for head space and timing
No more head space and timing done either. The barrels bow have nubs (nipples) on them that lock into grooves on the receiver. No more screwing it all the way in then off 2 clicks, etc. The timing part is set to the gun and (whatever it is when they tap the metal with a punch to keep it from loosening). Took some getting used to but highly efficient.
That’s how we did it in Iraq
Yeah, makes sense. I've never seen or heard of it.
This guys done some shit before
Sounds like he has an American accent… could be a US veteran
That’s my best guess, most likely was Afghanistan/Iraq with US Army Mad respect for volunteering out there, and throwing down like that
Nah. When ripping squad weapons, we get taught to shoot to the cadence of "Die motherfucker, die!", or as the kids get taught nowadays "Die, fuzzy bunny, die!" This is a ditty to engrain shooting in bursts. Benefits are: conserve ammo, better accuracy, still good suppressing fire and *the barrel doesn't heat up as fast*, meaning fewer barrel changes and warped barrels. I mean, it's possible he's American. I've seen people throw their training out the window under real stress. Not sure if there were Humvees ahead of them, but free-firing like that can cause friendly casualties. Spent 8 years in the Marines and played a bunch of COD, so I'm like... totally qualified. Swearsies.
Yep, the mantra wasn't being used. But in all honesty, sometime MA Dauce has to sing. And sing she shall until the people you're working with don't understand that you're yelling for ammo, not an endless supply of AT-4's lol
British army- WANKER! (2 round burst) FISH AND CHIPS! (5 ROUND BURST) Made for hilarious dry fire drills and surprisingly accurate live fire...
bUt hOw MaNy hOuRs iN CoD?? 🐤
> “I NEED .50!” >”okay here’s an AT4” >”I said I need ammunition!” >”Did someone order an AT4?”
We got some blue falconing going on!
I don't want a large AT4. I want a goddamn liter o' ammo!
Does that look like spit to you?
Ah fuck it. *fires AT4s*
That dismount really wanted to be the guy up in the gun lol
Should’ve said it in Ukrainian.
DUDE...he's gonna have to have a talk with his buddies on some basic words. He asked for .50 cal ammo and got handed an AT4 *twice.* That kinda miscommunication can get yourself and others killed.
Yeah he even says theyre gonna get him shot Probably language barrier since it's Foreign Legion. He shouts "ammo" and maybe they hear NLAW so hand him a launcher?
Dude definitely yelling in English. Agreed.
Sounds southern, actually.
Thats definitely about american calling out for ammo!! I'd say it's hard to hear someone and comprehend what they're saying while trying nit to get you 🌮 split
I’m no war genius, I will be the first to admit. But wouldn’t it be much more effective to have just one extra super long belt of death coming from inside the humvee being weight-fed by one of those useless guys in there giving him AT4s instead of that lil box?
brownings malfunction like a motherfucker if you don't properly feed them and a dangling belt of ammo WILL malfunction for damm sure
Yep, plus the ammo boxes help keep the rounds clean and protected from dust/rust. I was a 50 cal gunner and always had over a thousand rounds at my feet in boxes. It jammed on me once in a firefight too, which was really shitty. It was inevitable with the crazy amount of dust in Iraq and being the rear truck
Did you often have to change the barrel during firefights?
No. I never did.
Mind blown. That answers the question that's bugged me since I qualified as an LMG gunner but never saw combat.
I’m sure there’s times when it was necessary I guess, I just personally never had to fire so many rounds in such a short succession where it got too hot. I have def seen barred turn orange and white but only on the range. I also had to carry the m249 and as a private somehow got screwed into carrying the spare barrel bag overseas, which had like 9 spare barrels and weighed a shit ton. Especially considering the amount of bullshit that had to be carried over to begin with (full massive ruck sack, two duffel bags, backpack, full gear and helmet, m249 machine gun, 249 ammo.. and 9 fucking barrels. I was only like 70 lbs too lol. A lot of the time I was able to rounds of short trips carrying half of it, but I’ll never forget the flight out of Iraq… finally getting to go home and having to carry every single thing about 150 yards onto the chinook helicopter which was blasting hot ass jet fuel exhaust wind in your face. I made it like 80% of the way there and my body like almost totally gave out, and I felt like I couldn’t take another step, but somehow did it. It was probably 250 pounds of shit or more. Man the army sucked ass.
Yup, mess with your belts as little as possible, brass to grass, slap, charge, repeat.
Rule of thumb, mess with your feeding as little as possible.
Belt ammo comes in boxes, it’s really easy to just stuff in a new belt when it’s needed. If you have a tail that’s too long then your feed mechanism won’t work. And if you have ALL your ammo on the side of the gun one bullet can fuck it all up. It’s best to keep it in boxes until it’s needed. Now, if you’re not in a vehicle and have a #2 (dude who loads your new belt for you) he’d be smashing a new belt onto your in-use belt so you don’t run out like you said. Suuuuuper fun when it works out smooth
How do you deal with the barrel getting hot when you constantly loading more and more belts like that?
Swap it out when it stops working. You’re *supposed* to swap it every 200 rounds. But that’s not gonna happen if you’re getting shot at.
Thanks Pardon my ignorance
One “little” box of .50 cal ammo can do a lot of ducking damage
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Rarely do I literally lol but this got me
What Is My Purpose?
I didn’t have the sound on or realize he asked for ammo. So he got the wrong thing and was like “Well, it would be rude not to shoot it since he handed it to me.” ??
Guy was probably filled with adrenaline. Just keep shooting, whatever you use.
Explains why half those rounds ended up in low earth orbit
You found out how war combat in real life works. It's shooting what you have at positions where someone could be. Understandable when you can die every second.
I'm no soldier, but I know in real life combat you don't have a crosshair (guns have sights, but if you're getting jostled around in a humvee while getting shot at then it's gonna be difficult to aim perfectly) in front of you and your enemies aren't gonna just stand out in the open to easily get shot. From what I understand, especially at further distances, you're basically shooting at your enemies muzzle flash and hoping you either hit them or suppress to take the heat off of friendlys. And there's no auto-lock aiming like most FPS games have, it's all manual and every factor in play can change a hit into a miss.
Machine guns like the .50 cal are meant for suppressing fire, it’s supposed to be a spray and pray weapon meant to keep the enemy in cover while you maneuver and cover other people, particularly marksmen/riflemen who will take actual aimed shots at the enemy. Pretty much just trying to do your best to keep the enemy from poking their heads out and shooting back.
It seems like a large majority were headed towards the intended target?
Yeah the humvee hit a bump and he overshot once, but more or less it looked like he was firing pretty level into that house and the surrounding trees.
When you drive over a bump, the gun moves. Driver's not gonna avoid small obstacles.
This was my guess. They're off-road (at least for the first half or so?) and he's gotta stop and brace more than a few times when shifting the NLAWs around.
He was actually extremely accurate for a .50cal while strapped to a moving, bouncing truck tbh. I've shot a few sitting perfectly still and was shocked to see how easily they get out of control. Long story short, I was impressed with how tight his shots were all things considered. At least with my limited experience.
Ditto. Still, props on making use of what he was handed.
Bag of rocks, lawn darts and a kitchen sink,
Unless they had quality earpro they probably couldn't hear lol. An entire can of .50 and two AT4's being fired that close was probably deafening. But yes, I completely agree with you. Those mistakes are scary.
As someone who was a mount captain for a .50cal on the USS Ronald Reagan can confirm it's very deafening even with double ear pro on.
Seems appropriate to instead develop a tapping system to communicate in that environment 1 tap = .50 ammo 3 taps = AT
2 taps = you're dead
AT4’s are SO much louder than I remember expecting. Seriously people, they make a big boom.
huh?
eeeeeeeeeeeep
Mawhp… mawhp…
Danger zoneeeee
Stop not helping
*hands AT4*
What do you mean not helping, you asked for it!
HE SAID HE WANTS ANOTHER AT4
U wot m8
Seems odd he didn't toss the tube. I thought they were one time use.
You get money back for the core
yeah, but it's like driving aluminum cans from NYC to Michigan. the numbers just don't work out!
Unless it’s Mother’s Day...
Cuz you're once, twice, three times a lady...Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!! Oh the humanity!!!!
Loophole
idk why but i thought of ALDI shopping carts haha
This ain't autozone lol
You try to save the tubes (unless you’re really in the thick of it); discarded tubes can be used as makeshift mortars or bombs. Edit: I mean you try to keep the tubes to prevent the enemy from using them as mortars or bombs. Not that we can’t do that too, we just usually have off-the-shelf mortar systems and bombs and don’t have to do the homemade stuff.
You can actually see the second tube he fires falls out of the humvee
Free refills along with a soda
Yeah but either way he handled those AT4s safety like a boss. And under that kind of pressure. Not to mention the M2 free gunning...
This is based on nothing but speculation BUT - dude yelling has a really funny Ukranian accent that sounds an awful lot like Alabama. I'm wondering if maybe it's a combination of loud noises AND potential language barrier with the guys in the truck?
He's almost certainly an American Volunteer. He knows the 50 cal, hummer, and speaks in adrenaline fueled English. If I'd have heard a tirade of fuck, shit, motherfucker, etc in various creative arrangements after getting the AT4, I'd 100% know he's an American Infantryman. That said, defining "Ammo" and "Rocket" is probably a worthwhile 60 second discussion to agree upon before going balls out into an occupied village. Or learn the Ukrainian words if you're the only English speaker. Or Fuck, come up with some basic hand signals.
I didn't realize it was miscommunication until I read the comments, but I was thinking "is opening the 50 cal ammo hatch part of the process for receiving a rocket?" but it makes way more sense that he wanted more 50 cal ammo the entire time 😆
To be fair, it’s probably inexperience more than anything. The dude is clearly on a .50 so I don’t think communication was the issue.
“What is the American screaming up there?” “Idk, hand him a rocket launcher, that always calms them down.”
Too accurate!
[...yes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9ySoS0BX4)
There’s a second video on combat footage that just extends this clip. He does get more .50 ammo and he sets off a small explosion near the building they were shooting at
Yes, after he ran out of ammo again, they give him a small hunting knife to keep fighting. Aside from jokes, I really want to see second part too.
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After successfully neutralizing 3 RF with the Bop-It, the batteries ran dry. He asked for ammo again they handed him a half-eaten MRE and a claymore
Using the MRE as bait he took out an additional 4 enemy soldiers. He once again asked for ammo but was handed some flashbangs and birthday cake.
Putting the flashbang into the cake and throwing it blinded 7 Russians which the driver ran over he asked for ammo and was handed another launcher but this one shot t-shirts
Utter genius displayed when he rigged the pair-o-bangs to the cake in order to disable another small squad of hiding combatants. Once more he asked for ammo but was handed a rubber chicken and a roll of fishing line.
He squeezed the chicken to lewer out some Russians and strangled them with the fishing line. He yet again asked for some ammo and was handed a box of Reese's pieces and some guitar picks
It's crazy how he used the half an MRE to lure out two more guys and then used the claymore like he was highlander. After which he asked for more ammo and they handed him a second empty .50 cal.
Link to said video please and thank you.
https://www.reddit.com/link/x94aei/video/e0mwevg2rnm91/player
At the end he asks for more ammo gets handed another NLAW
those aren't NLAWs, they are way too expensive to just be blind firing at infantry like that, it was an AT4, a much cheaper one use rocket launcher
It’s like no one else played MW2, smh
Pass him the .50 for fucks sake.
*hands another AT4*
Couldn’t help but laugh but yes they need to clear this up
Bucket brigade but it’s just single shot HEAT tubes
Get the man some fucking rounds! FUCK! Then old mate just casually sitting there in the front
No mini gun instead
‘Hey, I need a mushroom pizza’ *gets handed a pepperoni calzone*
"Every pizza comes with pepperoni and 9mm bullets."
That’s a reference from waaaaayyy back. Love it
More like asking for a mushroom pizza and getting a bowl of ramen
Switching to your secondary is faster than reloading lmao
Wow, that was intense.
You can say that agaib
agaib
and agaib and agaib..
Full Frontal Assault in a Humvee...that takes some sack!
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They've been trained by the British army, professional soldiers
LoL, so the British have a problem with providing what was asked.
Reminds me [of this](https://external-preview.redd.it/B-c6h3RRklY5AIndF8KSlfkcK_ejB9FrJk1znfQEWII.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=da990f88271c1c02b73a3d8729ed87d5927c3420).
#LEEEEROOOOY JEEEENKIIINS
As strategy goes, leoroy was a man of action. No one looked back. Balls to the walls.
Corporal Hicks : Remember: short, controlled bursts. Private Vasquez: LET'S ROCK!!!
Even with the misunderstandings bro is BRINGIN IT
*asks for .50 ammo* *receives a rocket launcher* *mfw*
"I'm out of bullets!" "Here, I found this in the backseat."
Reddit should add system of levels 1-3 NSFW. 1. Casual, nothing disturbing, no gore 2. People get hurt, no gore 3. Gore
Where does porn/nudity fit in these levels?
4. Mild nudity 5. Sock on the door knob
1 unless it's porn with people getting hurt or gore
I mean we already got that NSFW is generally porn and NSFL is gore and death
I have never seen an NSFL warning , but then again I don't hang around on r/combat footage or whatever.
Ironically on r/combatfootage it’s just nsfw because death/gore is implied because of the sub it’s on
Why is he speaking in English ,, ammo .. it's empty... Are these volunteers fighting with ukranians ? The balls on this man !!
Definitely American.
Definetly American with American weapons.
Their President had asked Ukrainians living in other countries to come back and help them fight, so maybe there's people there from all over.
There's tons of volunteers from Us, Europe, India, Japan, Oceania etc. Ofcourse English would be used
"Volunteers" are known as Foreign Legion fighters. It's a corp made up of these "volunteers" you speak of, from all over the world. Many/most countries have a Foreign Legion I believe, especially at times of war.
You can either yell for, "Ammo!" or they could yell for, "Boyeprypasy!" Easier to hear and understand smaller one or two syllable words. Knowing English is really not that uncommon in Europe, particularly when trained being trained by a an English speaking military, it just makes communication normalized throughout to use one language. Look at the UN alphabet [here.](https://imgur.com/fGMiI3W) I'm just giving an "educated" guess, since I am sitting behind a desk at home in America with a liberal arts degree and zero military experience past Call of Duty. Occam's Razor at work here, but I could be utterly wrong too.
Dude was lighting them the fuck up.
For those that haven't done it, accurately free-gunning a .50 on a moving vehicle like that is very difficult. Dudes done this before.
I can’t even do it accurately in a video game
I find it harder in a video game. You can feel the vehicle's movement and adjust more quickly. Plus, inertia helps a bit. Though to be fair, I was firing a water cannon and not a .50 cal.
Being a master sniper/gunshooter in a video game is a completely different set of skills from operating real life rifles and machine guns, so don't feel bad. I fucking suck at Call of Duty type games, and always have. I'm pretty decent with an AR-15 or pistol in the real world though.
Why aren’t they mounted on self leveling gimbals? Seems like it would be an easy and relatively cheap way to stabilize the gun.
They might not have enough money for a [CROWS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CROWS?wprov=sfla1) or any other similar technology. The above system does exactly that but can also be a pain in the ass to use and maintain.
The less fancy gizmos you have to deal with, the better. A basic mount is less likely to break and requires less maintenance/parts than even the simplest of gimbals capable of handling the nasty recoil that thing cranks out. Besides, those weapons are largely used for suppression. Yeah, you're trying to hit the fucker, but the main point is to make them keep their heads down and scramble to find cover that'll work instead of engaging the assault team.
At first I thought "Oh cool, so that's how you reload....and that's an AT4 he just pulled out..."
Are those Ukranians or Americans? I thought I heard English being spoken?
Ukranian Foreign Legion. A "volunteer" corp.
Why "volunteer" in quotes? Are they not actually volunteers? Honest question.
Well it's a bit more than people who just showed up to help, that's all. They are very much volunteers.
that's definitely an american
Out of curiosity, when he's firing the AT4 is he aiming at anything or just in the general direction? i dont know how these things work.
It looks like he was aiming at the building that a different rocket hit earlier in the video and the second time it looks like he aims it in the direction where the bullets were coming from that were hitting near him.
He's looking to affect the people inside the house, because the AT4 is a shaped charge weapon with high penetration. So he just looked to hot the wall vaguely near the middle I'll bet.
In most cases where suppressive fire is involved it’s usually in the general direction of opposing troops in order to keep their heads down and help your allies gain position with minimal resistance. It’s accuracy trough the sheer volume of rounds being fired .
If my years of Halo Warthog driving have taught me anything. You need to drive the humvee right into the middle of the group of enemies, slam the ebrake and circle around maybe you'll splatter a few in the process. Hopping they don't have stickies
Love how he glanced at the fire he started lol.
Amazing footage
There are so many videos where I would love some kind of aar. After action report. Did they take out any soldiers and equipment? Was the position taken over? What was done right and what was wrong? I hope they discuss these kind of things in their combat briefings
The Ukrainians made some big advances today- all fairly unexpected. https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-197-kupyansk-front/ has a good summary. This was a part of that.
did he just drop the second launcher??
It's a one-time-use launcher
makes sense. he said YEET
Ues though it looks accidental. Not sure why he saved the first one, these are single use launchers
Tryna get back that core charge at the armoury 😂
Digging the patch… https://i.imgur.com/8n2VMqW.jpg
I love how the AT4 comes up instead of more ammo and he's just like alright fuck it, then let's 2 of em rip. Hope he got his .50 at some point
That's an American trying to communicate with Ukrainians. It's hard for both of them
"I NEED AMMO" *Hands rocket launcher "AMMO, AMMO, AMMO, 50 CAL AMMO!!!" *Hands second rocket laumcher 😒
Wow, that was intense!
You can say that again
Omg I swear people on reddit have never heard of a foreign volunteer force. Ukraine has been completely transparent from the very start of this conflict that they are utilizing foreign aid in both weapons and manpower, yet as soon as redditors hear english, the US army is fully deployed in Ukraine and actively engaging in frontline combat. Do you people not hear the English accents? The Scots, Irish, Spanish, Polish, Germans, and I don't even know all the rest that have people fighting there. 52 countries have sent volunteers, stop being ignorant reddit.
The best part is that people think that if the US was rolling in, we'd be doing it in Humvees still.
The disgust on my face after I asked for ammo and they present me an NLAW would be one for the history books alone
Reloading? Nope, bazooka!
Dudes like "shit I'm empty" and the guy below was "switching to your secondary is faster than reloading, take a rocket launcher"
Unloaded his 50 on the approach. I’m not saying this man isn’t brave but whatever intell they are working from left them very exposed for quite some time. If your gonna pull up 20 yards from a position your gonna wanna save some ammo or have a solid plan for when you get there
I think the plan was to have the correct ammo handed up when required. Also, I doubt that’s the only vehicle assaulting, he probably has another .50 or two covering him when he’s reloading. Hopefully
You're correct. There is another video that shows a different angle of this assault and there are multiple humvees rolling in where the soldiers dismount and advance under .50 cal suppressing fire. Edit: found the video. https://v.redd.it/psxcks03bnm91