U.S. Soldier Survives Taliban Machine Gun Fire During Firefight

[Primus]

 :wow: This is nice.

[Kirgiz]

Hurray for combat armor

Interesting how he survived 4 blasts from a MACHINE GUN.... Considering machine guns use a quite big caliber.

[Gandalf]

Interesting how he survived 4 blasts from a MACHINE GUN.... Considering machine guns use a quite big caliber.

Even more surprising they only hit his body armour plate.

[Primus]

Even more surprising they only hit his body armour plate.

Call of........Superman 3D   

[Ragdoll]

Even more surprising they only hit his body armour plate.

He should be the next G.I. Joe.

[Kirgiz]

Okay, watched the video now.

Who the fuck calls him a hero? He surely did a great job drawing fire onto himself (according to his statement in a video descr.), but what the fuck, I have no idea how US Army wages their wars, but did he really HAVE TO put an empty mag he was reloading BACK INTO HIS POCKET? Hence the ridiculously big reloading time.

Now, the reason why body armor helped him survive is obvious, that was quite a big range for 7,62 cal to be effective so it isn't that surprising at all. But seriously, what the fuck is wrong with his idea of drawing fire onto himself, going completely out of the blue into this opened space, with having completely no cover at all. And since he was drawing fire for his squad to retreat, what was his point in shouting that he was hit?

Ridiculous.

Even more surprising they only hit his body armour plate.

Video descr. stated that he had something shot off his face

I was also hit in the side of my helmet and my eye pro was shot off of my face

[Marcell]

you call him a hero, so the skinny-ass fanatics shooting at him using only rusty AKs and PKMs with no spare ammo nor any armor are pussies?

also nowadays some body armors (like Dragonskin Armor) are able to resist a full magazine from AK (30 7,62mm rounds) on point blank distance, that's one of reasons why he survived (if he really did get hit)

[Wolfe]

Kirgiz, Empty mags are reusable, when people see them throwing away mags and rockets they bitch about their tax money, so ^^


Not sure when you guys became war veterans and military masterminds, he was shooting towards the enemy, the angle of the camera may make it weird, but you guys have absolutely no idea where they we're or how this all begin, this isn't CoD, Wars are now always fought from 600-800 meters ranges, his fire was to provide cover as he moves down, his plan is to attract fire from the enemy so his squad can move into cover and out of the absolute open, I do agree it's a shitty idea, but also a shitty idea from his Platoon Leader to move his fucking platoon down a hill like when assaulting that town.



Taliban weapons are not exactly the most clean and obviously the range made em almost non effective.

Yes, 20 seconds to reload. This guy wouldn't survive 20 seconds in a real war.

Not sure what a real war for you, but when there's two sides and their shooting at eachother for a period of almost a decade, that's a war for me.

[Alan.Wake]

Not to mention that it reality, a situation where fear and panic can set in.

[Ragdoll]

Not sure what a real war for you, but when there's two sides and their shooting at eachother for a period of almost a decade, that's a war for me.

Yeah, well I'm under the impression that the video is a fake one. What kind of soldier would record himself being the most reckless son of a b***h ever?

[Wolfe]

Yeah, well I'm under the impression that the video is a fake one. What kind of soldier would record himself being the most reckless son of a b***h?

Nope, fucking real, not really Reckless actually, he did manage to get out from the open into the cover behind the rock, surely it wasn't the best action, but if they did nothing they would just keep getting mowed from the fire, they we're in the open on a hard terrain to walk, it's a pretty hard situation to walk away from.

[Roske.]

shooting blindly, no cover usage, just plain spraying&praying everywhere.
highly doubtable that his is real footage, if he was shot 4 times from a MG he would be in a black bag by now. :roll:
he was non-moving for QUITE some time while reloading,either those tali's are complete noobs w/ weapons, or they are just giving him a head start.... :conf:

[Ragdoll]

Nope, f**king real, not really Reckless actually, he did manage to get out from the open into the cover behind the rock, surely it wasn't the best action, but if they did nothing they would just keep getting mowed from the fire, they we're in the open on a hard terrain to walk, it's a pretty hard situation to walk away from.

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shooting blindly, no cover usage, just plain spraying&praying everywhere.
highly doubtable that his is real footage, if he was shot 4 times from a MG he would be in a black bag by now. :roll:
he was non-moving for QUITE some time while reloading,either those tali's are complete noobs w/ weapons, or they are just giving him a head start.... :conf:

[CharlieKasper]

I say he was actually aiming and not shooting at the air randomly. It's just the camera that makes us think that he was shooting randomly.
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Now, the reason why body armor helped him survive is obvious, that was quite a big range for 7,62 cal to be effective so it isn't that surprising at all.

[Wolfe]

shooting blindly, no cover usage, just plain spraying&praying everywhere.
highly doubtable that his is real footage, if he was shot 4 times from a MG he would be in a black bag by now. :roll:
he was non-moving for QUITE some time while reloading,either those tali's are complete noobs w/ weapons, or they are just giving him a head start.... :conf:

What cover could he possibly use, they we're in the middle of the open, he was using suppresive fire, just because you cannot see your enemy, does not mean you cannot shoot at it, as I said, in a modern war most of the times you will not see what you are shooting, he was non-moving because he was shot twice by then, the pain plus the combat stress is pretty big, that's why you see him screaming for the medic multiple times, Talibans are non trained and use soviet era guns, they obviously are a "noob"plus as Gandalf said, a 7.62 round at 800 meters would not penetrate his body armor.