View Full Version : Intense Gunner hit by 2 RPGs
atrox6661
08-09-2012, 12:02 PM
http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube/upload/thumb/269_4075.jpg (http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=277) While on route in Eastern Afghanistan, a U.S. Army convoy gets attacked. This soldier took two RPGs to the right side of his turret. (He is alive and well and back in the U.S.)http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube/images/play_thread.png (http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=277)
bloodshedood
08-09-2012, 12:09 PM
holy fuck
laxaddict992
08-09-2012, 12:24 PM
Holy shit. No Return fire? Damn Im glad hes ok
gutro
08-09-2012, 12:41 PM
At least the armor did it's job...
Stark
08-09-2012, 04:02 PM
Holy Shit!!!!
fiddlesticks12
08-09-2012, 04:12 PM
LOL @ the random gas station
Holy shit. No Return fire? Damn Im glad hes ok
Perhaps his M240 was rendered inoperable by the blast/shrapnel.
HAVOC187
08-09-2012, 04:50 PM
That's one hard mofo right there , he takes two rpg blasts and still gets back up in the turret... right after the first hit he tries to return fire pretty damn quick
HAVOC187
08-09-2012, 04:52 PM
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240 in the turret? should be the .50 or mk 19. lucky mofo.
atrox6661
08-09-2012, 09:09 PM
m249 saw
chiga619
08-10-2012, 12:30 AM
If this was a Soviet tank or APC that got hit twice (especially in Syria), it would have been toast...this vehicle took TWO direct hits and kept on trucking. Glad to hear there wasn't any casualties other than some bells getting rung :)
Bigfoot13
08-10-2012, 10:13 AM
Damn lucky.
16BNRWAR
08-10-2012, 11:54 AM
Farken hell I bet his ears were bleeding
2 x RPG's and still watching his arcs. My kind of soldier. Glad he made it ok.
(Side note - That was quite the sophisticated gas station for a remote part of Afghanistan)
lostfound30
08-10-2012, 08:02 PM
DAMN! good to know their all right
spikey
08-11-2012, 01:26 PM
Glad they're all ok. A story to tell his grand kids.
finack
08-12-2012, 03:10 AM
Wow.. Pucker factor would have eaten my drawers in that experience.
Surviving not one, but two direct RPG hits and then realize your still alive, but your ass is on fire and all you need is a canteen of water and everything will be alright.. that's all. :D :D :D
God was shinning on you my friend. I hope he took some vid footage or photo's of the outside damage. That was fucking amazing.
Rock on brother. Glad everyone made it through that shit storm.
ArmyStryker
08-12-2012, 01:03 PM
Amazing how videos get passed around. That was my MATV. Yes the gunner was alright. This was last year in Qalat, Afghanistan.
cbell63
08-29-2012, 09:07 PM
wow
battlebrother
10-21-2012, 06:32 PM
DAMN!! at .22 seconds when they start to have small arm hit the turret you can see the Talaban firing points just keep your eyes just to the left of the SAW amazing video and good fire discipline on the enemy's part (ie not just ripping of 30 rounds screaming about a buffet or snack bar)
jeweetzelluf
01-23-2013, 07:23 AM
Gunner had some quick reflexes ducking down holy shit.
spectre
05-05-2013, 01:10 AM
can anyone explain the voice you hear calling out direction and distance? is that an automated system?
Hellfreeza
05-05-2013, 07:58 AM
@spectre: that system is a Shot Detection System called "shotfinder"
spectre
05-05-2013, 04:14 PM
Thanks. I think that's badass we have that
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