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No but it’s unlikely a normal camera would record more than a frame or two where it’s visible, in this specific context. A jet far away would be different
Reminds me of hearing arty rounds flying over my head (not close, friendly, way above me in the air). I remember looking up for a moment and wondering what the hell they were, then it dawned on me
I haven’t seen Dunkirk, but Fury and Full Metal Jacket are a LOT closer to how soldiers really act in training and in war. Black Hawk Down is a great story and outstanding FX, but the interpersonal drama is SO FAKE AND MELODRAMATIC omg.
If you want to see spot on perfection for portrayal of soldiers, check out Generation Kill. It’s completely perfect.
I was in the USMC infantry LOL I've seen Generation Kill (Marines are not soldiers) and it's really good but IMO Blackhawk Down is one of the best war movies made in the last 30 years
I adored it before I served (Army Infantry hooooah 🕺🏻) but I watched it a few years afterwards and I personally cringed and never watched it again. Don’t get me wrong, it’s well done, but I say it’s a movie made for people, not for grunts.
fair enough, but I'm a grunt and I liked it... we can certainly agree that Fury is a top 5 movie as well as FMJ, I've seen them many times and whenever I am channel surfing and one of those is on, I watch it
EDIT: Dunkirk is also incredible, and I should also mention 1917 is amazing too for the way they filmed it, I've never seen a movie made like that before, the "one shot" filming technique was cool as hell
Blackhawk Down was the first movie to ever make me cry. When they're all sitting around the table with their man as he bleeds out, talking him through it, the medic desperately trying (and failing) to clamp the severed artery... gets me every time.
Could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that’s a laser guided missile. Trajectory and velocity seems too low for a 152mm shell. You also don’t hear the cannon that would’ve fired the shell, which at that trajectory would have to have been very close. My money is on it being a kornet missile. You can almost make out the outline of the fins in a couple of frames.
Oh I know, I just like speculating. That and the autist in me was bothered by the 155mm since Russian and Ukrainian standard artillery shells are 152mm lol
Yes, the shell also has a flat trajectory, which indicates direct counterfire from a towed gun or vehicle, towards the source of the muzzle flashes from the vehicle in the video. That means someone sees them firing, vs just mortar or howitzer doing blind indirect fire on a map grid or something.
When you know a high caliber direct fire weapon can see you, you get out or you die, especially if you can't see them.
The only way it even can miss is if you put something between you and the missile, you somehow spoof your thermal signature in the three seconds it takes the missile to reach you, or the person who fired it sucks major dick.
Definitely some type of missile, a tank shell would be much smaller and traveling much faster. A TOW missile travels at roughly 300 meters per second while they can fire a shell at 1,500 meters per second.
if he was running into an Ambush with that Russian BTR then he's fighting the ambushing force that's close to him
in a classic text book Ambush you set your trap in an L shape, with the enemy approach along the Vertical of the L
he fought the I part of the L and the RPG came from the _ Part of the L
so he is, as often in war, given the choice between concentrating on the close enemy, in which case the second RPG will blow him to pieces, or focus on the Distant enemy, in which case he'll be destroyed by the close enemy
both decisions are Objectively shit, but there is no good choice to be made here as all options are horrible so you'll just have to Decide and Stick with your decision
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You can hear the air hiss as it passes holy shit
No crack, so I'd guess it was subsonic. (Still take your head off though.)
Yeah no shit you can see it
Things going supersonic doesn't make them invisible though?
No but it’s unlikely a normal camera would record more than a frame or two where it’s visible, in this specific context. A jet far away would be different
A tank shell going in a straight line towards you I reckon you'd see
Would your head cause the warhead to go off?
It wouldn't, your head would just go along for the ride until it hit something hard enough to set it off.
I don't think it would go along for the ride. Probably more explody vaporization than anything.
A molecule or two might tag along.
I dunno if there would be much of a head left.
will I be able to process that I'm going along the warhead with my head before I lose conscious?
I’m not an expert but I’m pretty sure if a missile hits your head you’re not gonna be conscious for anything.
Yes. Your head would be completely intact flying with the munition for a fun ride.
What if it were domsonic
Well yeah, it looks like an RPG round, they are pretty slow compared to shells or bullets.
I think it’s a tow missile. Too long for an rpg
Okay? Did anyone doubt that?
Reminds me of hearing arty rounds flying over my head (not close, friendly, way above me in the air). I remember looking up for a moment and wondering what the hell they were, then it dawned on me
You would hear it from a distance too
Source: artillery shells used to fly on occasion over my building 10+ years ago
I'm pretty sure that thing is supersonic.
I can hear this gif
Electrician to electrical engineer?
Reminds me of the movie Fury
If you liked fury don’t miss The Beast
Is that the 1988 one?
Bingo!
Beautiful! I'll check it out.
https://youtu.be/wOcFc7CnBeg?si=q_mArMd7pEwH4esh
It’s actually the free with ads on YouTube 😎
Most movies are free (and ad-free) when you ride the high seas.
Damn not available in my country
My top 3 war movie of all time.
What are your top 2?
Dunkirk & full metal jacket are my personal choices
Dunkirk over Saving Private Ryan?
Dunkirk over Platoon, Deer Hunter, and Apocalypse now?
Those three over Come and see? Deerhunter has a 20 min wedding scene.
Thin Red Line.
no Blackhawk Down?
I haven’t seen Dunkirk, but Fury and Full Metal Jacket are a LOT closer to how soldiers really act in training and in war. Black Hawk Down is a great story and outstanding FX, but the interpersonal drama is SO FAKE AND MELODRAMATIC omg.
If you want to see spot on perfection for portrayal of soldiers, check out Generation Kill. It’s completely perfect.
No one likes Saving Private Ryan?
Chopped liver, all of it.
JK I’m sure it’s top ten for most.
I was in the USMC infantry LOL I've seen Generation Kill (Marines are not soldiers) and it's really good but IMO Blackhawk Down is one of the best war movies made in the last 30 years
I adored it before I served (Army Infantry hooooah 🕺🏻) but I watched it a few years afterwards and I personally cringed and never watched it again. Don’t get me wrong, it’s well done, but I say it’s a movie made for people, not for grunts.
fair enough, but I'm a grunt and I liked it... we can certainly agree that Fury is a top 5 movie as well as FMJ, I've seen them many times and whenever I am channel surfing and one of those is on, I watch it
EDIT: Dunkirk is also incredible, and I should also mention 1917 is amazing too for the way they filmed it, I've never seen a movie made like that before, the "one shot" filming technique was cool as hell
What about Warfare?
No Platoon? Or Enemy at The Gates
It's been ages since I saw Enemy at the gates, but I hated how the German sniper was portrayed.
Blackhawk Down was the first movie to ever make me cry. When they're all sitting around the table with their man as he bleeds out, talking him through it, the medic desperately trying (and failing) to clamp the severed artery... gets me every time.
Overlooking the classics like tropic thunder smh
Thats technically comedy and one of the best in that genre, simple jack
Taps steel
“Best job i ever had”
that cat movie
Patton has some crazy tank battles also..
Well we know the second one was probably a success.
You forget the sacred rule, the camera man NEVER dies
I 155mm howitzer does not bow to these rules.
The cameraman never dies because if he did we wouldn't get to see the video
Looters are doing amazing things with corpses nowadays.
Could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that’s a laser guided missile. Trajectory and velocity seems too low for a 152mm shell. You also don’t hear the cannon that would’ve fired the shell, which at that trajectory would have to have been very close. My money is on it being a kornet missile. You can almost make out the outline of the fins in a couple of frames.
I didn't study the film. It could be a wide variety of ordnance. I was just using that as an example.
Oh I know, I just like speculating. That and the autist in me was bothered by the 155mm since Russian and Ukrainian standard artillery shells are 152mm lol
eventually someone r/KilledTheCameraMan
Fr, I would be pounding on the hatch rim screaming displace! If I was that spotter.
I don’t understand your lingo, but I bet we are thinking the same thing, that they need to move that tank asap?
Displace is Millitary vernacular for GTFO.
Ty, I had a feeling we were saying the same thing.
Yes, the shell also has a flat trajectory, which indicates direct counterfire from a towed gun or vehicle, towards the source of the muzzle flashes from the vehicle in the video. That means someone sees them firing, vs just mortar or howitzer doing blind indirect fire on a map grid or something.
When you know a high caliber direct fire weapon can see you, you get out or you die, especially if you can't see them.
Yup, I play battlefield 6 on my computer so I recognized the danger immediately. Good info ty.
There ain't no damn way, nope, I'm out!
That’s what the technical definitely should do
What was that? Tank shell? Missile? Flying baguette?
I guess an ATGM. Like a Javelin or something comparable. Looks like this if it hits.
Atgm don’t miss. It was a wire guided munition. *** Javelin don’t miss***
The Producer says 94 % Hit Rate soooo...
Sorry im German and have to do this.
You are Most likely way better informed than me. So it was similar to a TOW?
Yes, a TOW is a wire guided ATGM. A Javelin is a thermal lock top-down attack (unless used in DIRECT mode), meaning that shits not missing.
The only way it even can miss is if you put something between you and the missile, you somehow spoof your thermal signature in the three seconds it takes the missile to reach you, or the person who fired it sucks major dick.
Definitely some type of missile, a tank shell would be much smaller and traveling much faster. A TOW missile travels at roughly 300 meters per second while they can fire a shell at 1,500 meters per second.
I physically retracted.
My forehead started tingling
Like a frightened turtle
It shrinks?
Can can just call it flaccid or soft
My asshole became a cigar cutter for a second
I also pooped this guy’s pants.
I also choose this guy’s wife’s poopy pants. And I also broke both my arms so Mom has to wipe me…………….
10 year account. Knew it had to be old school redditor. Alot of rookies dont know what your talking about. Respect to the OG's!
You know the guy on the ground was like “Bullshit! I did NOT miss that shot. I’m sick of this cheating.”
“This netcode sucks dude…”
Reminds me of this long helmet cam footage of the Ukraine war, trench fighting. Numerous RPG/Drone/Bullet passes at very close range.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1apbf1v/internation_legion_storming_russian_position_and/
More things that make the butthole pucker
Damn id be peeling tf out of there before the second shot came.
Bro, you are shooting in the wrong direction!!
if he was running into an Ambush with that Russian BTR then he's fighting the ambushing force that's close to him
in a classic text book Ambush you set your trap in an L shape, with the enemy approach along the Vertical of the L
he fought the I part of the L and the RPG came from the _ Part of the L
so he is, as often in war, given the choice between concentrating on the close enemy, in which case the second RPG will blow him to pieces, or focus on the Distant enemy, in which case he'll be destroyed by the close enemy
both decisions are Objectively shit, but there is no good choice to be made here as all options are horrible so you'll just have to Decide and Stick with your decision
Fair enough.
It's rarely the guy you see that gets you.
Indeed
Ngl, I ducked 😬
Time to get moving
Nnnnyoom!!
Shoot and scoot, my man, shoot and scoot.
I instinctively ducked
That's crazy, they could really hurt someone
Gave away his position.
That feels like a failed munition. It should not be that slow lolol.
Is this a Bradley?
Russian 30mm gun. Originally on the brr 80 but is also on other things like new bmp1s.
"Gunner, traverse right and adjust fire"
Nuh uh.
"Sergeant, bring me my brown camouflage pants"
Phew. That was close bra!
Holy……i ducked from my screen
I flinched when I saw it go by the first time.
missed the target by a mere few feet
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