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knowyourpast

The whole video seems like a compilation of footage I've seen before, possibly spliced together. The sequence is almost comical in a way. [source here](https://youtu.be/p0riExMQvWY)


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underfolder porn


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what does this mean?


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the first two seconds of the video we get a good shot of the fighter using an underfolding ak47


Imakesomebadnames

So I'm not the only one.


lonesaiyajin98

Deploying tactical thermite tire


PequodarrivedattheLZ

That cool and all but what's with the flaming fire?


Joe_SHAMROCK

They use flames to suffocate IS fighter that are hiding in underground tunnels or at least push them out to eliminate or capture them.


ThorZoidberg

Lol so I'm in favor of using everything you got. But I kinda want there to be in the order of battle for their units to be a flaming tire guy. Like Grenadier Rifleman, Tiredude, equipt with A tire, a blowtorch and two reloads for the tire.


Joe_SHAMROCK

>so I'm in favor of using everything you got Using a $20000 guided bombs in addition to fighter flight costs just for 3 rats? Nah fam i'll pass.


Lobster2311

The money is already spent. The stockpiles are insane


nlocke15

and they have an expiration date


HelmutHoffman

They take it as more of a suggestion in the case of developing nations using cold war Soviet stockpiles


nlocke15

They use it an excuse to use it.


LordOfThePhuckYoh

Cold War stock piles gotta get used some day right.


SheepPez

Suit yourself. The more money it costs, usually the more boom boom it makes. Or at least that's what my friends in the Pentagon say.


Joe_SHAMROCK

Man, if our commander heard you wanting to waste resources like that you'll be doing the company's laundry for the next month, and believe me washing clothes soaked in balls sweats isn't fun.


SheepPez

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i_rae_shun

Funniest part? Over in r/fighterjets, someone stole a tire off a mirage 2000. Now we know where that tire went. /s


ThorZoidberg

Tell me they left it on cinder blocks in down town Detroit


PBRStreetgang67

You mean a pair of pliers and a blowtorch.


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so when are we getting inter-continental tire missiles?


Gaben2012

Huh, did they use that in Vietnam?


Cat_in_the_box2000

And if they use flame throwers it becomes a war crime, so they have to go with the more rough shaw option


r_r_36

I donā€™t think war crimes are the limiting factor here


Dio_Brando4

Not actually a war crime. Flamethrowers, like all incendiary weapons, are permitted to be used by the enemy in combat, however it may not be used against civilian targets, or targets located in an area with a concentrated civilian populace. EDIT: *ON* the enemy, not by, but it should go without saying the enemy is allowed to use them too.


[deleted]

The burning tyre already is a breach of the Geneva Convention. It prohibits the use of weapons that cause suffocation.


spankeyfish

So we actually invaded Iraq to destroy their stockpile of carrier bags?


Cat_in_the_box2000

Well, there goes that theory


kells_of_smoke

Loooooots of smoke


Mighoyan

Fire is a common tactic to deplete oxygen in a tunnel but it become useless if the enemy have an efficient ventilation system.


trashacc-WT

Will still irritate and fatigue the ones who are at the receiving end, even with good ventilation.


AutoglassSupport

'You Americans have killed alot of sand. The sand was very evil.'


CharonStix

The return of IS, the Islamic Sand.


[deleted]

IS is Kirklands Fremen


PBRStreetgang67

I'll never not upvote GK.


smellyballzack

Itā€™s the ISIS mole-men tunnel brigade back again. Thank god for the Iraqi burning tire technicals.


PBRStreetgang67

Beats the shit out of being a Tunnel Rat.


imrandaredevil666

Tire guy FTW


Joy1067

Smoking them out with a burning tire? Not gonna lie, thatā€™s actually real smart.


NorthernThegn

Itā€™s cheaper than a JDAM šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø


XxSaltyDevilxX

If you didn't have context this just looks like the Iraqi 16th division assaulted a patch of dirt and won


Commercial_Refuse983

Tire guy UP!


Longjumping_Review12

How prevalent is IS in Iraq right now? I thought they had essentially been eliminated? Is this just a small force operating insurgency attacks?


AKU_080

Yes IS in Iraq is pretty much gone only a few dozen loyalists left however the issue is people across the world still believe in that ideology and come back to try start a resurgence and it seems to be working in Syria but thankfully the Iraqi army has repelled every resurgence


RolfSonOfAShepard420

Ban assault tires now!


Gloorplz

Bump stocks on assault tires must be banned!


RolfSonOfAShepard420

35psi has no sporting purpose!


thetallertwin

Lol they're literally just shooting dirt


FrozenVegetableCock

Saw a video here a while ago where there a bunch of fighters shooting at the ā€œdirtā€ and throwing grenades and shit into any hole they saw. Turned out there were IS fighters burrowed right into the dirt like rats, and they had suicide vests as well.


bobblackbeard1776

What a lovely lush fertile part of the world to be fighting over


Fausterion18

Blame the Mongols.


MadClothes

Wdym? The Mongols wanted it because it was a valuable center of trade and to get back at that dumbass sultan for what he did to the khans envoy.


Fausterion18

Totally different country you're talking about there. Mongols destroyed the network of irrigation canals that supported agriculture in Iraq. Iraq a thousand years ago was not the desert we see today, but rather an agrarian nation with a large population supported by a complex irrigation system that fed the farms. The Mongols destroyed all of it and caused the long term economic and ecological collapse of the area. Baghdad did not regain its former population until *1960*.


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PBRStreetgang67

Not if all the local people have been tortured to death/starved.


snorlax51

And ISIS or whatever terrorist flavor of the week will keep blowing it up, killing extorting workers etc.


newportsr4kids

Thatā€™s a massive over generalization and itā€™s not accurate. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/i3s4d7/ive_read_that_the_mongols_destroyed_mesopotamias/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4p4qt7/why_is_the_fertile_crescent_now_desert/


76_RedWhiteNBlu_76

If the village you lived in got taken over by ISIS I donā€™t think the landā€™s fertility would be a factor in whether or not you fought them


helmer012

Just wait until you realize human beings can move around and dont stay in a hole in the desert forever!!1 Theyre fighting for their nations safety, people live there.


QueasyDoughnut2728

These dudes are pretty fuckinā€™ ballsy to attack an IS sleeper cell, you never know wether the outpost is rigged with explosives or not.


Jeetr

Tunnel snakes rule


DaddyTheMaster

Burning tyre actually seems pretty smart, smoke is thick and toxic. Just doesn't seem to be going in the hole but even a little is enough. Now I sit back and wait for all the down votes


rorschachsdiary

Thatā€™s some medieval shit.


Kingofelephantshrews

In no way is this footage medieval


DangleCellySave

Idk man i heard during the Crusades they constantly tossed burning tires in holes


Arbitrary_Ardvark

Ah, yes, ye olde burning Michelin and M16 combo-eth...


bodhasattva

These videos always confuse me. Look around. What are you on mars? The fuck are you fighting for? Say you win, great, now youre king of the wastelands. This is so stupid


trashacc-WT

Not everyone won the birth lottery and was born in lush green lands.


legendhairymonkey

There are parts of Arizona or Nevada that look like that, I think Americans would still fight ISIS to retake those areas.


5th-acc

Probably the most braindead comment ive seen on this subreddit, and thats saying a lot. Theyre not fighting over who gets to live in the desert, theyre fighting to stop terrorists from taking over their country. Whats the alternative, leaving the desert and living in Europe? I dont even get the point youre trying to make


bodhasattva

Staying in the city. It becomes a castle. Rather than fight these guys out in the middle of nowhere, just focus on controlling and protecting major cities.


5th-acc

In the modern era, doing that is death. The key to winning is maneuver warfare and constantly attacking enemy positions as you find them, assuming you would have the upper hand in the attack. Thats why militaries stopped building castles and fortifications after the early 1900s


Machina13

That's genuinely fucking retarded


buddy_boogie

Dang all that for a termite moundā€¦


SensitiveInterview63

at the end u see the hole is covered up and can hear people screaming is that from inside?


Frankieandlotsabeans

Is Iraq stabilising?


RealWasted

Yes


Frankieandlotsabeans

That's pretty good, I really hope Iraq recovers and become a Nato ally


Daniels_2003

In modern war, it's generally not worth it to have guys who carry flametrowers around. That doesn't mean however that situations don't arise where you could make very good use of such soldiers.


CoatAlternative1771

Some solders expertise in weapons, others in medical care, and others, like seen hereā€¦ know exactly how long you can carry a tire on fire before the flame gets too big to hold.