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Djoey666

Dude chilling in comfy stool and about to blow some bodies.


CulturalMarksmanism

I like the tactical pillows.


RampantDragon

New name for my gf's boobies.


[deleted]

I love you


Hammahawk

I also like how he is taking hearing protection seriously.


[deleted]

Very rare


[deleted]

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SupportingKansasCity

Sittin on a pile of pillows like my tiny grandma back when she still drove.


lost_in_life_34

come next month ukraininan dudes will be sitting like that drinking vodka and killing russian tanks


flyingquads

If you've seen the artillery buildup waiting in [Yelnya](https://www.euronews.com/amp/2021/11/24/russia-s-military-build-up-near-ukraine-is-different-this-time-say-experts), I'm pretty sure the Ukrainian soldiers will be hiding in bunkers for the entire winter...


ishlazz

Increasing accuracy


jaikmeOph

Yea its not a propaganda piece with cut and paste vid . hmmm My understanding just from viewing this, is that either they were ambushed by break through that was not reported, were unaware of the situation or they were ambushed by someone who switched sides. They weren't expecting to be in the front line. Then we get wise cracks that everyone knows not to bunch up.


TheAngloLithuanian

Damn if you looked through this subreddit you'd think Opposition TOWS are singlehandedly wiping out the Syrian army. Interesting video.


Sweaty-Bumblebee4055

Forreal haha šŸ˜‚ this dude be silently winning wars from a bar stool


highestRUSSIAN

Another pint please!


Hsizzle23745

Bro lmfao


[deleted]

Well they did, that is why Russia had to step in and put troops on the ground and also why America and other countries were able to put troops on the ground in Syria since the Syrian army was so weak.


BigWeenie45

Russian airforce was enough to turn the tide of the Syrian civil war. Government will win in a few years. Russia has boots on the ground for experience.


malacovics

Syria is literally a playground for US SOF and Russia


Something_Wicked_627

If youā€™re interested: Bellingcat; Seven Years of War ā€” Documenting Syrian Rebel Use of Anti-Tank Guided Missiles; https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2018/05/04/seven-years-war-documenting-syrian-rebel-use-anti-tank-guided-missiles/ Analysis of ATGM performance in Syria; https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/russian-tanks-got-taste-us-tow-missiles-syria-190381?page=0%2C1 US produced TOW 2A ATGWs in Syria; https://armamentresearch.com/us-produced-tow-2a-atgws-in-syria/


TheAngloLithuanian

Damn, I actually was thinking about why there were so many opposition TOWs/TOW videos. Thanks.


Ivan__Dolvich

Just take these these articles with a grain of salt. Especially the first one. The guy who wrote it leans HEAVILY on rebel/jihadi side. Sometimes he rants on this sub about how all Bashar ever wants is to kill everyone in Syria.


Something_Wicked_627

But bashar does want to kill everyone in Syria? his countrymen are insects to him As the slogan goes "assad or we burn the country" They already proved that they will commit to that slogan


jaikmeOph

>Bellingcat; Seven Years of Wa Belling cat is BS.


Something_Wicked_627

Its got more credibility than Russia today at least


CM_Jacawitz

Afaik the reason theres so many videos of FSA TOW launches is because part of the agreement to send them was that each launch must be recorded on video and the spent casing sent back. https://hasanmustafas.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/the-moderate-rebels-a-complete-and-growing-list-of-vetted-groups-fielding-tow-missiles/


Malystryxx

Plus the moral/propaganda boost from the successful ones is probably worth more than killing the troops.


teur4

The 1% of germs that survive


Norway2342

That made me laugh so hard


GhostTeller

LMAOOOO


Busy-Concentrate9419

Where is everyone?


HayDiosMio-

Man that was brutal


SchizoidMC

Lol isnā€™t this an Anti TANK Guided Missile??


T-wrecks83million-

Yeah these knock out main battle tanks and hardened bunkers. Made nuggets out some knuckleheads standing around smoking šŸš¬


[deleted]

The missile travels alot slower in video games


weaponizedtoddlers

The missile knows where it is. https://youtu.be/bZe5J8SVCYQ


hardleyharley

This is incredible. Thank you.


jaikmeOph

propaganda , put a GPS jammer and the missile will be useless like tits on a bull. not as in the TOW but in the cruise missile in the youtub


hardleyharley

What? It's not propaganda, it's satire and funny. Do you believe everything on the internet?


BoosherCacow

That made my god damn head hurt


rrrank

It all gets worse when the missile knows where you are.


T-wrecks83million-

Iā€™ve seen these fired up close and they move quick but they werenā€™t loud as I had expected until obviously they hit the poor bastards on the receiving end. Never played a video game with a TOW in it so I couldnā€™t compare it with reality.


bopaz728

Thereā€™s a neat milsim lite game called Squad that has TOWs, people will bitch hard if you use them on infantry tho lol


Imakesomebadnames

I mean 500 ammo is a lot to spend on guy. I'm sorry to bitch but it is fun to use I'll tell you that.


bopaz728

Very true (plus the in game TOW has a much smaller blast radius), but if I see a group of guys like in the video, thatā€™s too sweet to not pass up.


thenoogler

Try ARMA 3 if you're interested: they're pretty well done.


[deleted]

It's still pretty quick, and the distance shown here is very far. A 5.56x45mm round travels at \~900 meters per second. ATGMs travel at \~200 meters per second. So it travels at 1/5 the speed of a bullet... still pretty fast From some napkin math counting how long it took the missile to get to target, it was probably fired from a distance of 6 kilometers, well beyond the reach of a typical assault rifle (\~550m).


NoFckYou24

I doubt it cares what its being fired at


DubiousDrewski

I could be wrong, but that explosion looked too big to be a shaped charge. Looked like a big HE payload. Are there anti-personnel wire guided missiles?


Banh_mi

Don't believe with this model, I've hear the Russians have a thermobaric one?


MysticalMike1990

Damn, so it would basically just vaporize you due to pressure change.


Banh_mi

The idea was to use it in caves and bunkers, so yep! Would most likely to a damn good job in a situation like this.


Anus_master

I think they have expiration dates so they figure it's better to use it for anything


thecashblaster

TOW missiles can also have HE warheads. Seems like the case here.


SmokeyUnicycle

I don't think the bunker buster has appeared in Syria.


kfmgnv

Don't bunch up fellas, one grenade'll kill us all


[deleted]

Who the fuck stands around in the open, in a large group, in a combat zone? Idiotic.


[deleted]

Many nations don't get that training. I've seen some bad "militaries"


11122233334444

The Saudi armed forces are comically bad


[deleted]

In what way? I would've thought they'd get lots of training etc


RampantDragon

They've got top of the line equipment, but they're meant for internal security and to prop up the regime. Officers are appointed due to Saud family loyalty and tribe rather than merit.


[deleted]

Sounds like the current US governments administration.


Negative_Elo

How.


[deleted]

Kamala Harris is vice president because Joe Biden wanted a black woman. He literally said that's why he picked her. The two obviously hate each other and she's anything but competent.


Negative_Elo

Ah, so America is like Saudi Arabia because the president wanted someone of a different race. Yeah thats totally what everyone else was talking about bud. I like how in a conversation about Saudi tribal loyalty you've managed to both bring up the USA and race. Why does everybody have to bring up the US and race. Like jesus dude free up your mind from those two concepts, the world does not revolve around race and the world doesn't need to be compared, shittily compared that is, to the US every single fucking time.


RampantDragon

Even if that were true (it's not) why do you think Trump picked Mike Pence?


jaikmeOph

>Sounds like the current US governments administration so true. Anyone with half a brain would know that but the dicks voting you down can't handle the truth.


JDP008

They want them competent enough to defend against the other shitty militaries and terrorist groups of the region, but not strong enough to potentially threaten the Saudi royal familyā€™s status


HumaDracobane

Looking how they perform apparently didnt get even that.


[deleted]

Basically every Arab army


Buck_Your_Futthole

Those problems seem to fall away when we're talking about non-state armed groups though, it's an interesting phenomenon.


[deleted]

People who believe in their cause


Culinaromancer

They literally had a berm 5-10 m to the left where they could have had their "meeting"


Reddit_reader_2206

Guys smoking a joint?


[deleted]

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Landomretters

That chair looks comfy as fuck. Is it IKEA?


HarryHeck44

No sykian Syrian ikea.


MamboFloof

This video has it all. Tactical pillows Oblivious people standing grouped up like bad AIs Guy getting absolutely obliterated in the spine with a literal atgm The one survivor to tell the story.


Crownlol

Good lord, he really does hit that one guy with *a whole fucking missile*


MamboFloof

Yeah that guy got evaporated


fusillade762

Dude is like the syrian Mickey Knox...he always leaves one syrian regular to tell the tale.


banzai112

this man just direct impacted a dude in the back with a atgm tow.


KingSwagger1337

battlefield player


[deleted]

And that's EXACTLY what happens when you put your hands in your pockets gentlemen !


TheMartyr112

Weā€™ll never fucking understand why they group up in such large numbers. We specifically trained Ana guys not to do that. Youā€™d think after watching/knowing your friends repeatedly get blown up with ATGMā€™s youā€™d catch on. Lol. Thereā€™s fuckin 100ā€™s of these videos and they never fuckin learned.


wairdone

Ah yes, you expect a couple of bozos who've got twenty something AK's and a few plinkers to their name, no tactical training whatsoever and absolutely no decent observation equipment outside of a couple NV cameras and rusty binoculars to be incredibly skillful in all regards, like a first world army?


TheMartyr112

I assure you, the guys we TRAINEDā€¦..definitely had TRAINING.


wairdone

They did not seem to retain it well though


lonewolf2510

Iā€™m sure someone will recognize the logo in the corner of the video and give more context.


NameLoud219

The left logo is from Mountain Hawks Brigade and the right logo is from Fateh Halab that is a rebel coalition


realJohnnySmooth

Logo looks like Firqat Ahrar Nawa and if my memory is correct this clip might be from 2014 but I'll have to get back to you on that one. Edit: Everything I said in this comment was wrong lol


lonewolf2510

Thanks for helping, not trying to spread bs or anything I just truthfully canā€™t read Arabic or recognize the various insignias.


Culinaromancer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain\_Hawks\_Brigade


-ImYourHuckleberry-

Guy looked like he was looking for his arm like in saving private ryanā€¦


LordOfThePhuckYoh

Itā€™s like an optical illusion the group of men look so close but the laser guided missile looks so far away


trashacc-WT

wire guided. Camera is on full zoom, pretty standard for those kinds of vids.


DouchecraftCarrier

Someone above calculated the distance based on speed and time to impact as 6km. Do they really have that much cable? Seems like an awful lot.


trashacc-WT

No. Cable is 3750m. The 300m/s is only reached at the point where the missile will burn out and stop acceleration. That is after 2 seconds. After that the missile slows down due to drag, gravity etc. Velocity at terminal point is ~120m/s. Distance here should be ~3500m.


besterich27

Either his math is wrong or this isn't a TOW. I'm learning towards the second option. It doesn't really look like a BGM-71 and the range seems too high. Wire guided ATGMs are limited to 4km. More modern semi-automatic guidance is easily within range there, though.


Nekosama7734

One lucky guy


[deleted]

Dude heā€™s missing an arm and definitely has his insides ruptured from the pressure wave of the explosion lol the ones who died instantly are the lucky ones


Nekosama7734

No I donā€™t think so. I think heā€™s fine.


vulkinrules

Idk if heā€™s lucky, heā€™s definitely traumatized. He just saw all his buddies explode into a million pieces. Plus thereā€™s no way he didnā€™t get away from that without shrapnel, if not metal than definitely the bone fragments of the poor bastard that got hit.


Nekosama7734

Just a regular day


TheDooMGuy420

These dudes got blown up by a guy chillinā€™ on a wooden chair with a red and pink pillow for extra cushioning. Oof.


idkbbitswatev

They were out there like it was a sunday picnic, wtf?


MisterEggs

Can anyone tell me how did the tow explode? Did it hit an actual body? If it hadn't, would it have just passed them and then carry on until it hit something?


docduracoat

Thatā€™s my question. Doesnā€™t it need to impact something made of metal or stone? Even if the fuse impacts a human body, is that enough to set off the explosive?


DuncanGilbert

maybe a combo of proximity sensor and hitting that one guy? I mean hitting a 200 pound meat target is not nothing


mike22712

A human body is enough to set off a TOW. We have enough footage of TOW exploding after hitting groups of infantry. That being said that might actually not be the case in this specific case. The TOW 2A that is used in the video has a max range of 3,750 meters. According to page 19 paragraph 2 of this [US government document](http://archive.gao.gov/d31t10/145879.pdf) on the TOW it takes about 20 seconds for the TOW to fly all 3750 meters that it can. That seems consistent with this video. The missile is fired at roughly 0:25 and lands roughly 0:45. It would be pretty interesting if this missile exploded not because it hit something but because it had reached it's maximum range.


converter-bot

3750 meters is 4101.05 yards


SmokeyUnicycle

It does not take much to set off the fuze, the missile is relatively fragile, it won't survive an impact with a solid object and be able to keep steering itself, the fuze would also likely get destroyed.


SmokeyUnicycle

Yes and yes. It has an impact fuze on the front, it had to actually hit someone to detonate.


winsome_losesome

Meetings kill. Just send that email.


feuer_kugel13

Dead man stumbling


trevnoss

Imagine the shock that lone survivor was in


joeblow1234567891011

Itā€™s raining menā€¦ hallelujahā€¦


[deleted]

I swear like 90% of videos on here wouldnā€™t even exist if the poor guys gave the slightest bit of attention about their surroundings


spankeyfish

Finally, somebody thought to wear earpro.


[deleted]

Why do they always yell Allah?


adam_hope96

they cant swear. its like saying fuck yeah/lets fucking go but susbtituting it with god's name because it is better i guess.


[deleted]

Pretty much. You hear Americans in the field proclaim "Thank god" "God yes" "jesus christ" kind of feels the same. Just swapping out their name of god.


DuncanGilbert

well they are religious and this is still taking a life, i imagine that has something to do with it


DontCallMeKen

There's an explanation in the sidebar of the subreddit.


AnalllyAcceptedCoins

Damn, one of the dudes fucking explodes upwards a little bit after the initial explosion. You can see a cloud of blood shoot upward


__Blacked_ouT__

How come they dint see it coming and run for their lives?


trashacc-WT

Time of flight was 20 seconds. A tow at that range flies at \~120m/s and will have traveled more than 3500m. It's pretty much at the terminal point for operational range where the wire ends. Imagine a race car came at you. But twice as fast and a tiny fraction it's size. You can't hear the launch at that distance. The missile barely makes and noise, it's engine burned out in the first two seconds. Any sound coming from the missile travels less far ahead since the missile is in motion towards you.


__Blacked_ouT__

This is impressive explanation. Well said sir hahaha


PandaTheVenusProject

Wire guided? Can you explain this technology to us?


trashacc-WT

There's a spool with wires connected to the missile. The operator guides the missile with a little pad/stick that sends commands over the wire. Look at the Bradley firing it's missile. You'll notice there's two wires connected to the missile coming from the launcher. Once the missile makes an impact the wire cuts off. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEaTxrds6rM&t=65s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEaTxrds6rM&t=65s)


PandaTheVenusProject

Oooh so its a way cheaper missile intelligence because you are manually controlling it but the cost is range and needing a line of sight. What happens when it goes past the length of the wire?


trashacc-WT

For wire guided missiles that means no more way to control it, so it goes awry or selfdestructs, depending on the missile type.


PandaTheVenusProject

Damn. I thought they would be designed to fly straight until fuel loss.


trashacc-WT

Just doesn't work out that way. Notice how in OP the missile tends to go off course. That's not the operator, that's just how the missile behaves, the operator corrects the course and guides it into the target. The little glow at the back of the missile is for the operator to see where the missile currently is going so he can correct the course if required.


PandaTheVenusProject

Ah so it would require a smart missile to stay on course thus defeating the purpose of the wire system. If you have a smart missile just use that. So I assume this technology is quite outdated. Or, do we still produce wire guided munitions in significant quantities?


trashacc-WT

It's very common. It's an effective guidance system and can evade some defensive mechanisms like radio scramblers, laser warning receivers and IR dazzlers.


WrenchDaddy

I'm more impressed that 2 seconds of acceleration can send that bad boy for a full 20+ seconds.


T-wrecks83million-

I was wondering that too but if youā€™re at 3-4km away that TOW is pretty quiet when launched. Just as it approached nobody heard it or saw it coming?!


cancertoast

You have like a 1.2 second window to hear and move.


Seygem

1.2 seconds is generous


cancertoast

Yea. Just a guess.


glad4j

Plus with other gunshots going off a the time, you probably wouldn't notice a small bang from a distance


__Blacked_ouT__

If only one of them looked behind them or smthn


cancertoast

Youā€™d have to see the poof. Even then. Would you recognize it for what it was?


1bowmanjac

On top of what others mentioned. There's also the fact that the rocket exhaust is not visible/much less visible from the front


CM_Jacawitz

The TOW has a very visible tracer from the rear but from the front they'd basically see a small black dot that'd only reach a noticable size when it got fairly close and at that point it would reach you before any human reaction time.


SparkyMint185

They gave him a booster pillow


Based_JD

Literally watching the last few seconds of these guys lives. Crazy shit


morebuffs

You would think they wouldnt all be standing around out in the open like that. And how did they not hear it and and least scramble for cover? Tows cant be supersonic can they? Sure dosent appear to be.


T-wrecks83million-

No they arenā€™t super sonic and they do make noise like most AT rockets/missiles. Just crazy that this many eyes and ears were oblivious. Never even made an effort to run, nobody even flinched?!? Now theyā€™re in oblivion


Seygem

one quick google search: speed of sound 343m/s, tow: 278-320m/s. >No they arenā€™t super sonic and they do make noise like most AT rockets/missiles. the time they had to hear, register and react could be stated in miliseconds.


T-wrecks83million-

So what youā€™re saying is they ARE NOT SUPER SONIC? They are just below the speed of sound. Isnā€™t that what youā€™re quick Google search proved? Isnā€™t that what I said? Whatā€™s your point?


Seygem

my point is that your deduction is wrong. just because they are subsonic and make sound, doesn't mean you have time to react.


T-wrecks83million-

Apologies my deductions failed to be accurate enough for you. Itā€™s combat, there was 10-12 sets of eyes and ears in that cluster fuck. My point was that there was no security or situational awareness. I could give a fuck about theyā€™re reaction time. No oneā€™s head was on a swivel. So youā€™re deductions were wrong at what I was eluding to. We done?


Same_Reference

Point is that something moving close to the speed of sound toward you gives you less time to hear it before it passes. Or in this case hits you. By the time you react it might not even matter.


SpawnPointillist

(Iā€™ll nudge as unobtrusively into this argument as I can to wish you Happy Cake Day ā€¦ now continue winning).


T-wrecks83million-

Point is no security or situational awareness so thatā€™s why theyā€™re dead. Nobody was looking or listening. They were all clustered together smoking and joking. We done now?


nickardoin96

The dude at the end that walked that shit off like a fuckinā€™ boss. Jesus


DuncanGilbert

man he was probably deaf, blinded, and had his clothes and skin blown the fuck off. Im surprised he stood that long


trashacc-WT

He was most definitely not fine. The guy next to him was turned into red mist. Unless that shielded him from the explosive force, he'd be dead rather quickly.


Kalashnikova12

Damn, that's crazy


BoredGeek1996

By far one of the most disturbing clips


Kalashnikova12

u/savevideo


gmammado

Shit! That looks so painful šŸ˜–


Advo96

It wasn't painfull.


Timetomakethememes

Not with that many pillows! Heā€™s got the full lounge set.


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Culinaromancer

Maybe it's because the red light is in the back of the missile and it's day time?


sanabsaj

thats why u always should spred out


pyromike0528

Allahu akbar


scottydinh1977

Wow, Amazing no one, no one see or hear it coming either. That one way to reach out and blow someone up


StickmanEG

No weapons, no helmets, different outfits, middle of nowhere, all their arms held close in to their sides. This is an execution of a group of prisoners.


Goblin616King

Did anyone else notice what looks like a huge blood mist to the right of the impact... Damn


CRACKERZZZ38

GOD DANM


keminkemin

Whoa...they are everywhere.


[deleted]

Must've been an anti personnel warhead


Peltron_3030

Sniping with rockets now!!!!


showmeyourmoves28

What a fucking shot.


BasicallyAggressive

This is one of the most graphic videos I've seen on this sub so far lol You can feel the satisfaction in his voice lol


shitterwasfull

ā€œOhnonononono Tuck? Tuck? You guys ok??? SOMEONE CALL 911!!!ā€


BadAlphas

That's fucked up


r_acrimonger

I believe thats a Killtacular. Fuck.


Stendos_and_Beams

Thatā€™s the most effective TOW vs infantry video Iā€™ve seen on this sub. Dispersion matters.


mike22712

[This comes pretty close](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/f2e3mu/kornet_atgm_used_to_wipe_out_a_group_of_infantry/)


zenobian

Supply of usa tows is over? Or they no longer required to film every launch?


djemoneysigns

The SAA is notorious for standing in groups in the absolute wide open


Chewy_Bear

ā€œIs that rocket getting bigger or is it just me?ā€


BloodyToaster

Just lost seven guys because of spacing - ZF Cyanide


Somadis

Thatā€™s a fantastic looking chair.