John Kettler Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 This is a longish vid offering quite the view of Iraqi Special Forces in action, mostly from armored Humvees, but with an MRAP thrown into the mix. The bulk of the vid is a kind of Thunder Run.The very front end of the vid shows an Iraqi Abrams and some armored Hummers before the vid goes into some street fighting, then the run. a fair number of the armored Hummers have open pickup bed rears, areas in which Iraqi SpecFor troops ensconce themselves and are quite busy shooting. The vid is mostly POV through the windshield of another Hummer. I found the way shots echo when shooting into unfinished office buildings, the way the dirt road lanes are divided by short, widely spaced low segments of the pre-formed concrete land barrier, and that the houses are all one story to be of interest. Would say it's a village, rather than an urban area. Happily, there are no heads lying about, or similar gore. A lot of shooting, and it neatly illustrates how little the soldier on the ground really can see. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=207_1408552090 Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saferight Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Nice link John, check at 2:20 the suicide bomber charging the HMMVs!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 With all the xnt mods out there I hope one of our good designers adapts something on this. "Zawiya Uprising" would work with some ISIS mods etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 These guys look much more professional than the average Iraqi Army soldiers. Good to see there are troops in Iraq capable of standing their ground against ISIS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Charlemagne Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Brave guys, those Humvees are not going to protect them from RPGs and IEDs. Am I correct that the Iraqis are using the M1A1M which has downgraded armour and fire control system? What else is downgraded? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Brave guys, those Humvees are not going to protect them from RPGs and IEDs. Am I correct that the Iraqis are using the M1A1M which has downgraded armour and fire control system? What else is downgraded? The crew 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieme(ITA) Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 thanks for sharing. In these days of virtual reality, videogames, movies etc. we have a distorted yet never so true perception of war. These videos are a true showcase of reality, often very far from our lives, yet they let us better understand what's going on in a another, hot part of the world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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