I thought he was being pretty gutsy myself. 7.62 mm rounds from a PKM (assuming that is what is was), produce really ugly wounds.
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you read the narrative below the video, he explains everything. His squad > was doing recon when they were pinned down on the side of the hill. He did > what any squared away infantryman would do in this particular situation, > which is move to draw fire away from the squad so that they can move in on > the enemy, or at lest to a safe position. He knew that he was putting himself > in imminent danger but chose to do it anyway. One soldier is not going to win > the fight normally. It takes the collective whole, so his decision was made > in the hopes that the enemy would divert their attention to him and thus free > his squad to maneuver to a better position. And if you notice, even though he > is hit, he has the presence of mind to retrieve his rifle, which according to > him was still functional (except the M-203 which he said had a nice 7.62 hole > in it). As the soldier said, he eventually made it down the hill on his own. > As far as what he was shooting at, probably at nothing in particular, Just > making noise so that the Taliban would notice him moving and thus divert > their attention to him, which they did. > In the end, the soldier did the right thing. He was doing whatever it takes > to get his squad to a point where they could maneuver to safety. Good for him. > The question may come to mind "well don't you guys train for every scenario"? > While we do train for various scenarios, we are not being shot at with real > bullets during training. The closest we get is the MILES system, which is > just a military version of laser tag. We try to make our training as > realistic as possible without purposely getting someone hurt. However, once > the bullets start flying for real, you have to immediately assess the > situation and make split second decisions. > >> >> Came across this video. >> >> I see the guy yell I'm hit many times, and shoot into the distance. >> What is he shooting at? >> >> Why is he out in the open like that? >> >> What the hell is going on?? >> >> http://www.petapixel.com/2012/09/27/soldier-captures-pov-footage-of-intense-firefight-with-taliban-in-afghanistan/ >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355624 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
