I believe their contention was with "authorities".
There are still plenty who see Cambodia as an impoverished wasteland littered with killing fields and fifty year-old ordnance.
That's my guess as to why they're asking who he would need to answer to, and where this authority would be at least.
so he shouldn't of tried to get the dude out of blast range and just.... drop to the floor right there and experience the vibes of earth shattering your lungs? Ah yeah, great tip.... I'm sure hell listen to you /s
Did u even see what he did there. He just dragged him away literally just a few metres. If the grenade had detonated in the ground instead of water half his body won't be there. Compared to suffering hollow organ damage
Based on other grenade based Reddit threads I’ve seen, apparently this isn’t an uncommon thing that happens in bootcamp. There’s more psychology involved in throwing a grenade than something like a baseball.
Yep, in our military grenade drills are made before live exercise and the instructor has to be an experienced trainer. Everything is set up to put the least possible stress on the thrower/trainee.
The grenade throw in basic is after about a week of screwing with dummy grenades, then another week of simulator grenades with a fancy firecracker in them.
By the time we were throwing the live grenade the procedure was second nature from training and they didn’t fuck around.
I went first in my group and threw it just fine. Was wondering why they were such pricks. Then the fuckwad 3 guys behind me did dumb shit and fucked up hard.
I think this is a really good idea but in Marine Corps boot camp in 1997 we had less than one day of dummy training before we threw live grenades. Conversely, we did two full weeks of snap in dry firing on target barrels for nearly 8 hours a day before we ever pulled the trigger on an M16. Probably should have had more grenade training.
What are the sim grenades? I never even saw those.
But the entire range is designed to mitigate fuckups with all the sumps, etc. We didn’t have any my day at the range but you sure hear about alot of them.
I do not like grenades. I was the company honor grad of my infantry school class but those things scared me. The idea of some civilian just being let loose with one is pretty crazy.
I will never forget the day we went out to the range and people were already throwing them so you could feel the concussions as you approached the line. No amount of 80s action movies prepared me for how powerful they were haha. No sparks, no flame, just dust and chest thumping.
Sim grenades have a hole in the bottom of them but are the same size as a real grenade (maybe were the same weight with thicker walls? cant remember). They had a replaceable timed "fuse" that was just like the live grenades for time and manual of arms. (the fuse was essentially a fancy firecracker with limited power but made a loud bang).
Oh that’s what I meant by dummies. It’s been a million years I may have just got the term wrong. The ones we used had fuses but just a blasting cap with no explosive, and yeah they had the hole in the bottom.
So my dumbass friend from back home went through a different SOI class, and he was fucking with his dummy/sim after they handed them out. For some idiotic reason he decided to pull the pin, and planned on putting it back in, but he couldn’t get it back in, and eventually fumbled it until the spoon went flying. He said he knew it was going to go off but he was too scared the instructors would kill him, so he just sat there and held it in his lap until it detonated and I guess then all the instructors tried their best not to beat him. This story always cracks me up when I think about him just sitting there holding it in his lap waiting for the inevitable.
Since we are talking grenades, our CO of Marine Security Forces Guantanamo Bay was relieved of duty and sent to do some desk work in Quantico because he had a live M67 in his home safe. He got in some beef with his wife, she told the MPs he had a grenade in the safe (and a pistol that he kept outside the armory) and a day or two later he disappeared and we never saw him again.
It started when a small pop happened, that's why he fumbled the grenade, he panicked. Then, not comprehending... alive, not alive, what's going on... he was just frozen. Took a second for the other guy to get him moving away as he was just paralyzed.
Not so Fun fact: A grenade was designed to mimic the weight and shape of a baseball because it was believed US soldiers could throw it more accurately. It was so poorly designed, it killed a number of U.S. troops before being discontinued. Look up the T-13 BEANO grenade for more info.
This. So much this. Everyone always assumes that they could do what trained soldiers can do. Someone who spent their whole life hunting thinks that they could easily shoot a human being. A baseball player thinks that they will be great at throwing a grenade. But there are so many parts of the subconscious that impact those actions, which is why training is so vital.
In my early 20s I found a mouse in my apartment. It was cornered, and I had a heavy book. I swung the book with every intention of killing the mouse, but my hand jerked away at the last second. My conscious mind wanted to kill the mouse, but my subconscious mind was recoiling at the idea, and every time I tried to hit the mouse as it ran I could feel my body being uncooperative. Before that moment, I wouldn’t have thought such a thing was possible, but your subconscious can absolutely overrule you, and does so constantly.
It looks like this guy isn’t ready for the force created by the spoon releasing. That doesn’t seem totally crazy if you’ve never thrown a grenade but think you know what to expect from movies and games.
Bit random but in The Stand (book by Stephen King) the population is decimated by an illness so only a small percentage of the population remained. Out of that small population, another 20%-50% died because they simply didn't have the instinct to survive in a world without order and safety guidelines, it was named the "second plague" or something. That guy would have been apart of that.
When I was young, and stupid, I tried that during training with the military. Shit hurts. Like seriously surprised I didn’t lose a tooth or two. Fucking pin didn’t even budge either. It takes a crazy amount of force to e to pull the pin in an M67, and no one should be trying it with their teeth.
Does he not know what grenades do? He seemed to be confused as to why the guy was pushing him back away from the pond after he dropped the grenade two feet in front of them. If I accidentally dropped one, I’d have taken off running and hoped the instructor realized he should run too.
Mine did too. I think it’s gross. Adding the live animal in makes it worse, but the way people in post-colonial countries can make a living from Westerners wanting their moronic South East Asian war-hero fantasy really gives me the ick.
That looks like the same military shooting range i went to in Phnom Penh, the pond looks identical. Just as I was about to pull the pin out, the guy says, ‘if you want a cool holiday photo, pull the pin out with your teeth’. He was right, it’s a great photo lol
The MK-50 or something like that. I remember just tapping the trigger at first to not waste bullets, then after five shots I realized this was no fun and just wasted 30 bullets in 3 seconds. I forget how much it cost but it was per bullet
Iirc you can shoot RPGs and shit too. Forget what documentary I was watching about it but if you pay enough they’ll let you shoot livestock with heavy arms. Machine guns, bazookas, RPGs, etc.
Let me guess, he has no pictures and told you he ate monkey brains after. Another thing tourists like to lie about doing. There is never a picture for good reason.
I'm in Cambodia right now and was offered to shoot a rocket launcher for 200 USD. Not much a weapon guy myself so I declined. For an extra 700 USD
he would let you obliterate a cow with a rocket launcher..
His hand didn't "slip." He was frightened of the striker lever being sprung away from the grenade and he dropped it. Either the instructor did not properly explain what would happen or the guy is just an idiot.
Back in 87 Marine Corp bootcamp, one of my fellow boots decided to throw the pin over the barrier and not the grenade when we were learning how to throw them. The DI picked him up threw him over and jumped out himself right before it exploded. Some of us did eat crayons apparently
Grenades have spring loaded levers holding down the striker that sets off the fuse. The pin holds the striker lever in place. When you pull the pin out, the spring shoots the striker lever away, leaving you with a live grenade in your hand. If you're not expecting something to fly away, you get scared like this idiot, panic, and drop a live grenade at your own feet.
that pop was louder than any grenade ive ever heard eject the lever. I was even like "whoa, was that it going off, but it was that a dud? either way he should move."
Thanks mate. Somehow I didn't see the second letter r in reservist. I didn't know what a "resevist" was.... because that wasn't what you wrote, and no such word exists. Haha. I'm familiar with the Army Reserve. Apparently, I just can't read.
There are practice grenades and use them to practice throwing real ones. Grenades are scary as hell and you don't want the first time you throw a real one to be in combat.
So you go somewhere which has probably got basic healthcare (as it’s out in the sticks) thousands of miles from home and decide to experiment with small explosive weapons that could kill or maim you. Right.
Nah the grenade dropper was American, and I'm pretty sure this place is very close to Phnom Penh... so healthcare is likely on par with whatever he would get in his home country.
Remember, the US has ranked dead last in every Healthcare System Ranking by 'Mirror, Mirror' since its inception in 2006. If you're not familiar, the rankings use data from the World Health Organisation, OECD, Our World in Data, and academic research. That's 18 years in a row the US has ranked in last place :(
The 'Legatum Prosperity Index' also ranks Healthcare Systems worldwide, and the US is ranked 69th in the world for Healthcare.... right behind Bulgaria (65th), Albania (66th), Jamaica (67th), and Armania (68th).
I also personally completed a research assignment at university about healthcare expenditure and health outcomes for aging populations across OECD countries. My research found that the US spent 4x the amount (per capita) on healthcare for people aged 65+ compared to the second-worst country (let alone Japan which was the best).... yet still had BY FAR the worst health outcomes of any OECD country. So basically - USA spent BY FAR the most money on healthcare per person, but still had BY FAR the worst health outcomes despite the massive costs :(
It's really sad that the US healthcare system is so poor, but it still seems crazy to know that it's (objectively) not far fetched to say he might have been better off in the sticks of Cambodia than if he'd blown himself up with a grenade at home in America.
I've been to these "experiences" with a mate who works them when I was out there... The idiotic things people do on a daily basis makes you wonder how they're still alive...
Because the country was destroyed and kids were left to raise themselves. With limited resources, why not sell "experiences" to Western tourists willing to pay what might be huge amounts of USD (to locals). I'd assume this video is pretty old though. This kind of crazy gap year nonsense was huge in the 00's. Fire an AK47? Sure! Throw a grenade?? Why not?! Fire a rocket at a cow? shrug
Outside Phnom Penh. The “cow” was not on the menu 20 years ago, and you’re an asshole if you ask for it. Plenty of other fun shit to shoot, including an M60.
I should’ve clarified I know very little about places like this and it reminded me of an article I read about people who do that, so I was more asking questions than anything
I'm not the person you asked, but you're actually correct. I've been to Vietnam and fired guns there without any issues or craziness.... but two of my best mates went to Cambodia and they fired guns, rocket launchers, and all kinds of other crazy shit. They were genuinely offered the opportunity to fire a rocket launcher at a cow.... but thankfully, they declined.
Side note - I've been lucky enough to travel all over the world, and Vietnam is right up there with my absolute favourite places on planet Earth. I can't recommend travelling to Vietnam enough! It's absolutely amazing, and the people are so incredibly kind and welcoming. It's a beautiful part of the world, and I was VERY close to moving there permanently.
After we'd visited Vietnam for a two-month holiday, my girlfriend at the time applied for a job with a Canadian mining company that was located in Vietnam. After 3 rounds of interviews... it was down to her and one other applicant. They gave the job to the other guy because he spoke fluent Vietnamese, but if she got the job, I was happily looking forward to moving there forever. For me, Vietnam is tied with Japan for my favourite country on Earth!
Worth mentioning that I'm Australian, so I'm not sure if Americans would be quite as well-received in Vietnam.... but Vietnamese people are so warm, kind, and positive that it wouldn't surprise me if they were just as cool toward Americans, even after everything the US did to permanently damage multiple generations of Vietnamese civilians.
Seeing the (still-ongoing) damage 'Agent Orange' did to the Vietnamese people was truly heartbreaking, but nobody affected was unhappy, and it certainly didn't seem like anyone held any lingering grudges toward American citizens. They are such happy people that even multiple generations of physical deformities couldn't dampen their positive outlook on life.
Vietnam is such a cool place, and I always recommend visiting to anyone who will listen haha!
British accent? I don't know any parts of Great Britain where they speak in American accents. The grenade dropper was very clearly American, and you can hear his American friend off camera too.
The guy filming is Cambodian, so maybe that's who you thought had a British accent? I assume the Cambodian guy filming offered to record it on one of the American tourists' phones. The guy who dropped the grenade is American.
i know its the shrapnel im still amazed its as small as it is, i always thought you didnt have to be accurate with it, you just threw it anywhere in the enemies general direction and it'd get them, when in reality, looks like it would have to be within a metre of them.
Zero fucking survival instinct
Thankfully the guy next to him was a straight badass.
Dude immediately grabbed the guy with his own body in the way while trying to pull him away from the blast.
Didn't even hesitate whatsoever.
Who do you think would have been blamed? And he would have had to explain to Cambodian authorities why he had a grenade.
"Tourist? What tourist?"
Blame who? Where? If he blows himself up they're going to dig a big hole and sweep him into it. Authorities? Ha.
For the crippled/dead tourist. In Cambodia. You know, the topic we're discussing right now?
I think you're missing the implication of their question.
They're being filmed.
I believe their contention was with "authorities".
There are still plenty who see Cambodia as an impoverished wasteland littered with killing fields and fifty year-old ordnance.
That's my guess as to why they're asking who he would need to answer to, and where this authority would be at least.
That's why you should always carry two grenades.
You're correct. They need a big hole or two smaller ones to get rid of the snitch.
It’s a joke.
Fkn Reddit..
because that's what heroes do.
He might even have earned a tip!
Actually shud have just jumped to the ground to lie flat that is the only sensible way to handle a grenade blast
so he shouldn't of tried to get the dude out of blast range and just.... drop to the floor right there and experience the vibes of earth shattering your lungs? Ah yeah, great tip.... I'm sure hell listen to you /s
Did u even see what he did there. He just dragged him away literally just a few metres. If the grenade had detonated in the ground instead of water half his body won't be there. Compared to suffering hollow organ damage
🤦♂️ you really seem to live solely in ALT-realities huh?
He literally would have just stood there staring at it if that guy didn't save his dumb ass.
I think he wanted grab the granade and throw it, like in a videogame (probably 20% chances of success, 80% o blow in pieces)
Based on other grenade based Reddit threads I’ve seen, apparently this isn’t an uncommon thing that happens in bootcamp. There’s more psychology involved in throwing a grenade than something like a baseball.
Yep, in our military grenade drills are made before live exercise and the instructor has to be an experienced trainer. Everything is set up to put the least possible stress on the thrower/trainee.
The grenade throw in basic is after about a week of screwing with dummy grenades, then another week of simulator grenades with a fancy firecracker in them.
By the time we were throwing the live grenade the procedure was second nature from training and they didn’t fuck around.
I went first in my group and threw it just fine. Was wondering why they were such pricks. Then the fuckwad 3 guys behind me did dumb shit and fucked up hard.
I think this is a really good idea but in Marine Corps boot camp in 1997 we had less than one day of dummy training before we threw live grenades. Conversely, we did two full weeks of snap in dry firing on target barrels for nearly 8 hours a day before we ever pulled the trigger on an M16. Probably should have had more grenade training.
What are the sim grenades? I never even saw those.
But the entire range is designed to mitigate fuckups with all the sumps, etc. We didn’t have any my day at the range but you sure hear about alot of them.
I do not like grenades. I was the company honor grad of my infantry school class but those things scared me. The idea of some civilian just being let loose with one is pretty crazy.
Boot camp in 1984 and it was the same as you. Half a day of dummy training before we tossed a live one.
For the live grenade you had a the thrower tossing over a concrete wall into a grenade pit.
The thrower then went into a bunker and then watched the next thrower's grenade detonate.
I will never forget the day we went out to the range and people were already throwing them so you could feel the concussions as you approached the line. No amount of 80s action movies prepared me for how powerful they were haha. No sparks, no flame, just dust and chest thumping.
Sim grenades have a hole in the bottom of them but are the same size as a real grenade (maybe were the same weight with thicker walls? cant remember). They had a replaceable timed "fuse" that was just like the live grenades for time and manual of arms. (the fuse was essentially a fancy firecracker with limited power but made a loud bang).
Oh that’s what I meant by dummies. It’s been a million years I may have just got the term wrong. The ones we used had fuses but just a blasting cap with no explosive, and yeah they had the hole in the bottom.
So my dumbass friend from back home went through a different SOI class, and he was fucking with his dummy/sim after they handed them out. For some idiotic reason he decided to pull the pin, and planned on putting it back in, but he couldn’t get it back in, and eventually fumbled it until the spoon went flying. He said he knew it was going to go off but he was too scared the instructors would kill him, so he just sat there and held it in his lap until it detonated and I guess then all the instructors tried their best not to beat him. This story always cracks me up when I think about him just sitting there holding it in his lap waiting for the inevitable.
ah, Dummies were the M69 trainers with an inert fuse and a spoon that didn't spring off.
Since we are talking grenades, our CO of Marine Security Forces Guantanamo Bay was relieved of duty and sent to do some desk work in Quantico because he had a live M67 in his home safe. He got in some beef with his wife, she told the MPs he had a grenade in the safe (and a pistol that he kept outside the armory) and a day or two later he disappeared and we never saw him again.
How do you get experienced trainers when you can only train others when you're already experienced?
Well, some day one unlucky guy had to be the first I guess
Freezing is a very common stress reaction, and fumbling a grenade is a pretty big ohshit moment.
It started when a small pop happened, that's why he fumbled the grenade, he panicked. Then, not comprehending... alive, not alive, what's going on... he was just frozen. Took a second for the other guy to get him moving away as he was just paralyzed.
Not so Fun fact: A grenade was designed to mimic the weight and shape of a baseball because it was believed US soldiers could throw it more accurately. It was so poorly designed, it killed a number of U.S. troops before being discontinued. Look up the T-13 BEANO grenade for more info.
https://youtube.com/shorts/GjBvvhIPJ-c?si=e1Q0hMK3M5Hmw5-7
This thing.
This. So much this. Everyone always assumes that they could do what trained soldiers can do. Someone who spent their whole life hunting thinks that they could easily shoot a human being. A baseball player thinks that they will be great at throwing a grenade. But there are so many parts of the subconscious that impact those actions, which is why training is so vital. In my early 20s I found a mouse in my apartment. It was cornered, and I had a heavy book. I swung the book with every intention of killing the mouse, but my hand jerked away at the last second. My conscious mind wanted to kill the mouse, but my subconscious mind was recoiling at the idea, and every time I tried to hit the mouse as it ran I could feel my body being uncooperative. Before that moment, I wouldn’t have thought such a thing was possible, but your subconscious can absolutely overrule you, and does so constantly.
It looks like this guy isn’t ready for the force created by the spoon releasing. That doesn’t seem totally crazy if you’ve never thrown a grenade but think you know what to expect from movies and games.
Bit random but in The Stand (book by Stephen King) the population is decimated by an illness so only a small percentage of the population remained. Out of that small population, another 20%-50% died because they simply didn't have the instinct to survive in a world without order and safety guidelines, it was named the "second plague" or something. That guy would have been apart of that.
He doesn't sound sorry
He would have just stood there had the other bloke not save his life or at the very least his balls.
American for sure
Idiot trying to remove the pin with his teeth! Lol
too much hollywood movies. total noob.
All the cool guys know youre supposed to put your dick inside the pull ring and flex!
It is imperative that the cylinder stays unharmed!!
😉
👀
You rang?
When I was young, and stupid, I tried that during training with the military. Shit hurts. Like seriously surprised I didn’t lose a tooth or two. Fucking pin didn’t even budge either. It takes a crazy amount of force to e to pull the pin in an M67, and no one should be trying it with their teeth.
He didn't try, he actually did.
Frat-boy open-bottle-with-teeth-mentality
how did i know the accent coming out of his face would be an american one?
Dumb and white?
The teeth pull 🥶 I could feel that in my bones
Yeah man, reckon that tard fucked some teeth as well.
Good
Does he not know what grenades do? He seemed to be confused as to why the guy was pushing him back away from the pond after he dropped the grenade two feet in front of them. If I accidentally dropped one, I’d have taken off running and hoped the instructor realized he should run too.
Plenty of dumbasses out there that are one brain cell from killing themselves or other's
The same kind of dumbasses that travel abroad and pay to make something go boom.
I think he thought the “pop” was the grenade and it was a dud or something….
"Oh, it didn't explode in my hands. Must have been a du-"
I’m not seeing any regret from this chucklefuck. He clearly does not understand the mortal danger he put himself and all those around him in.
"Oh I really didn't mean to" doesn't get you very far when you blow someone's fucking legs off
when my friend was in basic, there was zero tolerance for tomfoolery when any live ammunition/explosies were involved
at the grenade range some recruit was being an idiot and suffered absolute and immediate disciplinary action
The local guy regret giving him a grenade.
What's he supposed to do? Get on his knees and beg for forgiveness? C'mon don't be ridiculous
What an absolute tool.
I didn't know that you could experience grenades in Cambodia.
Also, you can experience bazookas on Vietnam, AK-47 on Russia, and Pirañas on Brazil…
You can do them all in Vietnam. My friends got offered to bazooka a cow for $500.
Mine did too. I think it’s gross. Adding the live animal in makes it worse, but the way people in post-colonial countries can make a living from Westerners wanting their moronic South East Asian war-hero fantasy really gives me the ick.
Tanks in Texas
And Piña coladas in Puerto Rico!
Got a hookup for those Piranas? ;)
That looks like the same military shooting range i went to in Phnom Penh, the pond looks identical. Just as I was about to pull the pin out, the guy says, ‘if you want a cool holiday photo, pull the pin out with your teeth’. He was right, it’s a great photo lol
God gave you 8+2 boogerhooks and you're gonna pull an iron pin with your best enamel?! God damnit soldier!!! This is why your claim is denied
Yup, looks identical. I have a video of me shooting a rocket launcher.
You can't say some shit like that and not share
Nice, I also shot an AK-47 and a tripod mounted belt fed full auto machine gun. It was so much fun
The MK-50 or something like that. I remember just tapping the trigger at first to not waste bullets, then after five shots I realized this was no fun and just wasted 30 bullets in 3 seconds. I forget how much it cost but it was per bullet
I shot 100 rounds full auto lol but it jammed a few times
It's a holiday in Cambodia!
You can also experience landmines if thats what youre looking for!
Iirc you can shoot RPGs and shit too. Forget what documentary I was watching about it but if you pay enough they’ll let you shoot livestock with heavy arms. Machine guns, bazookas, RPGs, etc.
Yeah, you can! I wasn't going to trust any explosive ordinance in that country. But I did shoot an AK-47.
You can fire auto weapons, throw grenades and launch RPGs. Mate of mine was told for an extra $500 he could shoot an RPG at a cow!
Asshat! That was just his wife!
The cow thing is an old wives tale according to locals. Spent a year in cambodia, everyone I asked said the same thing.
My son travelled there about 5 years ago with mates. They shot RPGs and were definitely offered a cow to shoot. I believe they declined.
Also there is this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianNostalgia/comments/1d5krsa/old_playground_rumour_about_blowing_up_a_cow/
Let me guess, he has no pictures and told you he ate monkey brains after. Another thing tourists like to lie about doing. There is never a picture for good reason.
I'm in Cambodia right now and was offered to shoot a rocket launcher for 200 USD. Not much a weapon guy myself so I declined. For an extra 700 USD he would let you obliterate a cow with a rocket launcher..
Damn inflation everyone else was saying $500 and now I'm not going!
This clip is older than the people watching it. Still a good one.
This was almost a LiveLeak video
His hand didn't "slip." He was frightened of the striker lever being sprung away from the grenade and he dropped it. Either the instructor did not properly explain what would happen or the guy is just an idiot.
Back in 87 Marine Corp bootcamp, one of my fellow boots decided to throw the pin over the barrier and not the grenade when we were learning how to throw them. The DI picked him up threw him over and jumped out himself right before it exploded. Some of us did eat crayons apparently
What was that initial bang? When he pulled the pin.
Grenades have spring loaded levers holding down the striker that sets off the fuse. The pin holds the striker lever in place. When you pull the pin out, the spring shoots the striker lever away, leaving you with a live grenade in your hand. If you're not expecting something to fly away, you get scared like this idiot, panic, and drop a live grenade at your own feet.
that pop was louder than any grenade ive ever heard eject the lever. I was even like "whoa, was that it going off, but it was that a dud? either way he should move."
Guide is like "What a fucking idiot, he could have killed me. Welp, time to do it again with the next drunk foreigner I see!"
When I was a reservist, range days involving grenades where the ones that had the instructors most on edge.
The only range day fatality in my old units history was in the 1960s and involved a dropped hand grenade.
We had a dude in my AF flight that makes me glad we didn’t involve grenades.
Forgive my ignorance, but what's a resevist?
Army Reserve - Part time voluntary military service
Thanks mate. Somehow I didn't see the second letter r in reservist. I didn't know what a "resevist" was.... because that wasn't what you wrote, and no such word exists. Haha. I'm familiar with the Army Reserve. Apparently, I just can't read.
Is there no such thing as practice grenades? Wouldnt that make sense for multiple reasons?
There are practice grenades and use them to practice throwing real ones. Grenades are scary as hell and you don't want the first time you throw a real one to be in combat.
This dude was an idiot. Was he not aware of wtf was about to happen?
Seemed almost like as the guy was trying to bring him to safety he was … resisting?
It's the quick "sorry" for me right before the explosion.
All these fucking years since Rambo 2 I never knew the grenade did a little pop.
All these years of /r/combatfootage and I still didn't know
Now you know
In fucking flip flops.
I literally threw a grenade into that exact same pond in Cambodia. It was really stupid, but it was exciting
A few people here have made the same comment. Now I'm curious if they are just trying to dig a bigger pond but only have grenades to do it with.
No, the pond is so you aren’t sending shrapnel flying around
I know. I was joking.
Survival skills of a potato
And standing straight up with a frag grenade is beyond stupid with a blast radius of about 15 meters 🤦♂️
Holy shit he's stupid. What morons thought giving him a real grenade was a good idea
"it was an accident"?
Looked to me like he was fucking about and learnt a lesson.
🎶 'Merica, Fck yeah. Gonna save, the mother f#kng day, yeah. 🎶
Guy's shoe choice predicted this scenario
The first calm quiet sorry as he is being ushered to safety made me ugly laugh
Did he pull the pin with his teeth? WTF? He brought a live grenade up to his skull and put part of it inside his mouth.
It’s amazing. He’s lived to the age that he’s at. lol.
Nah he's just holding it. It's literally impossible to pull it with your teeth.
Was white shirt saving the idiot red shirt or using him as a shield to catch the shrapnel?
He has my respect either way
Both
Teach a man to fish…
Potentially one of the more dangerous jobs I've seen
Never go bungie jumping in Cambodia.The regulations are just not up to snuff.
The more you practice, the better you get.
At realizing when your life is in danger?
That you’re not left-handed after all.
Is that Lane Kiffin?
this is like celebrity worst first pitches in baseball
He has a real high karma account on reddit, very embarrassing for everyone here in our neurodivergent community
"Huh look at that..."
Did he try to pull the pin out with his weak teeth!?!?
These movie watchers thinking they are Rambo. Trying to pull the pin with teeth. Went from hero to zero in 2 seconds
Throw him out of the country.
Imagine your tour guest blows hisself to smithereens, cant be good for business
So you go somewhere which has probably got basic healthcare (as it’s out in the sticks) thousands of miles from home and decide to experiment with small explosive weapons that could kill or maim you. Right.
Nah the grenade dropper was American, and I'm pretty sure this place is very close to Phnom Penh... so healthcare is likely on par with whatever he would get in his home country.
Remember, the US has ranked dead last in every Healthcare System Ranking by 'Mirror, Mirror' since its inception in 2006. If you're not familiar, the rankings use data from the World Health Organisation, OECD, Our World in Data, and academic research. That's 18 years in a row the US has ranked in last place :(
The 'Legatum Prosperity Index' also ranks Healthcare Systems worldwide, and the US is ranked 69th in the world for Healthcare.... right behind Bulgaria (65th), Albania (66th), Jamaica (67th), and Armania (68th).
I also personally completed a research assignment at university about healthcare expenditure and health outcomes for aging populations across OECD countries. My research found that the US spent 4x the amount (per capita) on healthcare for people aged 65+ compared to the second-worst country (let alone Japan which was the best).... yet still had BY FAR the worst health outcomes of any OECD country. So basically - USA spent BY FAR the most money on healthcare per person, but still had BY FAR the worst health outcomes despite the massive costs :(
It's really sad that the US healthcare system is so poor, but it still seems crazy to know that it's (objectively) not far fetched to say he might have been better off in the sticks of Cambodia than if he'd blown himself up with a grenade at home in America.
It's a for-profit system, you just can't see it on the face bc it's on the insurance end.
Ive never used a grenade but even I know how they work and especially how large the shrapnel range is.
You better run far and get low (become small target) the explosion isn’t the dangerous part, the shrapnel is.
They are nothing like the movies.
Sorry? What a dumbass.
What could go wrong grande with a numpty, pulled the pin with he teeth lool.
Big Dummy.
Why you pulling me away? Head azz
in sandals??
"bro, chill out - at least I will save money on my return flight since I will respawn back home"
Butter fingers
Kudos to the cameraman keeping the explosion in the frame, if this dude is gonna be an idiot at least we got the explosion
What a idiot
Hi, I’m Dave and have no survival skills or ability to recognize danger.
I'm surprised how exact the 3-seconds timing between the pull and the boom is.
Where's the ditch to dive into?
Ok the guy us pretty stupid but hiw insanely dumb is it already booking or offering someone to handle LIFE FUCKING GRENADES for fun?
Useless!
I've been to these "experiences" with a mate who works them when I was out there... The idiotic things people do on a daily basis makes you wonder how they're still alive...
dude sounds wasted, What an idiotic idea.
The first person to die in a zombie apocalypse.
The american urge to bomb people
Dutch idiot? 😂
It’s like woody harrleson scene in the thin red line 😅
Dammit. That was Darwin trying to do some work.
Why on earth is this a thing a tourist can do in Cambodia?
Cambodia is riddled with millions of land mines, bombs and grenades dropped by the US 60 years back. Same shit happening now with Venezuela.
Indeed, so why would this activity be something a tourist can do in Cambodia?
Because the country was destroyed and kids were left to raise themselves. With limited resources, why not sell "experiences" to Western tourists willing to pay what might be huge amounts of USD (to locals). I'd assume this video is pretty old though. This kind of crazy gap year nonsense was huge in the 00's. Fire an AK47? Sure! Throw a grenade?? Why not?! Fire a rocket at a cow? shrug
Pin removal with teeth, sandals, shitty cap, case closed
Perfect example of not doing dumb shit you see in movies like pulling a grenade pin with your teeth
He wants to learn how shrapnel works.
Is this also like the places where you can shoot a tied up cow in the belly with a rocket launcher?
It seems like just a bad construct of a business plan all Around.
Outside Phnom Penh. The “cow” was not on the menu 20 years ago, and you’re an asshole if you ask for it. Plenty of other fun shit to shoot, including an M60.
I should’ve clarified I know very little about places like this and it reminded me of an article I read about people who do that, so I was more asking questions than anything
I'm not the person you asked, but you're actually correct. I've been to Vietnam and fired guns there without any issues or craziness.... but two of my best mates went to Cambodia and they fired guns, rocket launchers, and all kinds of other crazy shit. They were genuinely offered the opportunity to fire a rocket launcher at a cow.... but thankfully, they declined.
Side note - I've been lucky enough to travel all over the world, and Vietnam is right up there with my absolute favourite places on planet Earth. I can't recommend travelling to Vietnam enough! It's absolutely amazing, and the people are so incredibly kind and welcoming. It's a beautiful part of the world, and I was VERY close to moving there permanently.
After we'd visited Vietnam for a two-month holiday, my girlfriend at the time applied for a job with a Canadian mining company that was located in Vietnam. After 3 rounds of interviews... it was down to her and one other applicant. They gave the job to the other guy because he spoke fluent Vietnamese, but if she got the job, I was happily looking forward to moving there forever. For me, Vietnam is tied with Japan for my favourite country on Earth!
Worth mentioning that I'm Australian, so I'm not sure if Americans would be quite as well-received in Vietnam.... but Vietnamese people are so warm, kind, and positive that it wouldn't surprise me if they were just as cool toward Americans, even after everything the US did to permanently damage multiple generations of Vietnamese civilians.
Seeing the (still-ongoing) damage 'Agent Orange' did to the Vietnamese people was truly heartbreaking, but nobody affected was unhappy, and it certainly didn't seem like anyone held any lingering grudges toward American citizens. They are such happy people that even multiple generations of physical deformities couldn't dampen their positive outlook on life.
Vietnam is such a cool place, and I always recommend visiting to anyone who will listen haha!
Kinda wish this had gone differently.
Looks drunk. Or maybe it was the British accent
British accent? I don't know any parts of Great Britain where they speak in American accents. The grenade dropper was very clearly American, and you can hear his American friend off camera too.
The guy filming is Cambodian, so maybe that's who you thought had a British accent? I assume the Cambodian guy filming offered to record it on one of the American tourists' phones. The guy who dropped the grenade is American.
Are you drunk?
They have a rather small explosion radius.
The "explosion radius" is not the dangerous part. The shrapnel thrown by the explosion is.
i know its the shrapnel im still amazed its as small as it is, i always thought you didnt have to be accurate with it, you just threw it anywhere in the enemies general direction and it'd get them, when in reality, looks like it would have to be within a metre of them.
It's in water. The explosion was contained horizontally and went vertical, bc water.