Soldiers Who Survived Schit That Would Kill a Terminator

Seloth · 02-05-2010 04:34AM

Ya he was a dog trainer :L..might have been as he was writing the book.

Had a whole course in his back garden and everything for training them hah.

Manic Moran · 02-05-2010 06:00AM

From tomorrow's newspaper... (It's still today where I am)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7113916.ece

A BRITISH Army sniper has set a new sharpshooting distance record by killing two Taliban machinegunners in Afghanistan from more than 1 miles away.

Craig Harrison, a member of the Household Cavalry, killed the insurgents with consecutive shots — even though they were 3,000ft beyond the most effective range of his rifle.

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Harrison killed one machinegunner with his first attempt and felled the other with his next shot. He then let off a final round to knock the enemy weapon out of action

The distance to Harrison’s two targets was measured by a GPS system at 8,120ft, or 1.54 miles. The previous record for a sniper kill is 7,972ft, set by a Canadian soldier who shot dead an Al-Qaeda gunman in March 2002.

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In a remarkable tour of duty, Harrison cheated death a few weeks later when a Taliban bullet pierced his helmet but was deflected away from his skull. He later broke both arms when his army vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

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In a later incident during the tour, Harrison’s patrol vehicle was hit 36 times during a Taliban ambush. “One round hit my helmet behind the right ear and came out of the top,” he said. “Two more rounds went through the strap across my chest. We were all very, very lucky not to get hurt.”

Of course, such stories are not simply reserved for people. Check out the story of Bravo November, the only aircraft I know to have a monument built to it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_November. She passes her luck onto the pilot, the most recent incident this year saw the pilot shot between the eyes and able to continue flying.

NTM

me_right_one · 02-05-2010 11:20AM

tricky D wrote: »

Reading that right now. When I read this post during the afternoon, I was at the bit when he shoots past Yves' head to clear a line of fire early in the ambush. I thought the story had been spoiled a bit, but no. While Pádraig was the 'last man standing' Denis and some of his team escaped. Cracking read.

Sh1te, sorry:o I remember it on the news at the time, so I thought it was fair game to talk about

It wasn't me! · 02-05-2010 12:36PM

Manic Moran wrote: »

From tomorrow's newspaper... (It's still today where I am)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7113916.ece

Of course, such stories are not simply reserved for people. Check out the story of Bravo November, the only aircraft I know to have a monument built to it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_November. She passes her luck onto the pilot, the most recent incident this year saw the pilot shot between the eyes and able to continue flying.

NTM

Rob Furlong's not going to be pleased. Very active tour by the sound of things for the HCR then.

Mr. Incognito · 02-05-2010 12:39PM

Whenever I hear most of these stories I laugh.

99.99% are bull****, exatterated or completely fabricated and anyone with any experience of propoganda or the military would know this

me_right_one · 02-05-2010 01:07PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Whenever I hear most of these stories I laugh.

99.99% are bull****, exatterated or completely fabricated and anyone with any experience of propoganda or the military would know this

You're the second person to say that. Why would anyone NOT believe these things? They dont just give out medals for the craic:cool:

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 02-05-2010 01:20PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Whenever I hear most of these stories I laugh.

99.99% are bull****, exatterated or completely fabricated and anyone with any experience of propoganda or the military would know this

Typical... :rolleyes:

Plenty of great war stories out there, unbelieveable what some people can do under duress. Simply amazing people.

partyatmygaff · 02-05-2010 01:23PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Whenever I hear most of these stories I laugh.

99.99% are bull****, exatterated or completely fabricated and anyone with any experience of propoganda or the military would know this

Everything's bull**** when you're a cynical internet addict.

:rolleyes:

Victor · 02-05-2010 01:55PM

Manic Moran wrote: »

From tomorrow's newspaper... (It's still today where I am)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7113916.ece

Of course, such stories are not simply reserved for people. Check out the story of Bravo November, the only aircraft I know to have a monument built to it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_November. She passes her luck onto the pilot, the most recent incident this year saw the pilot shot between the eyes and able to continue flying.

NTM

Alternatively, it could be considered quite unlucky.

Seloth · 02-05-2010 04:19PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Whenever I hear most of these stories I laugh.

99.99% are bull****, exatterated or completely fabricated and anyone with any experience of propoganda or the military would know this

Have you ever been to a warzone

random but thought I'd throw it in,I only recently found out my Great granfather was a Captain of a Navy ship during WW1

me_right_one · 27-05-2010 08:19AM

Just thought I'd throw this in for the craic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN4CeJd-SfA&feature=related

Manic Moran · 27-05-2010 04:33PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Whenever I hear most of these stories I laugh.

99.99% are bull****, exatterated or completely fabricated and anyone with any experience of propoganda or the military would know this

It's not at all unheard of for the most bizarre, incongruous, ridiculous or plain mathematically incredibly unlikely things to happen in a war. I think they tend to receive a little more fame simply because of the context they're in, I'm sure the same sorts of things happen on the civilian job as well. I'm sure such stories exist in police forces as well.

NTM

Deise Musashi · 27-05-2010 08:06PM

The White Death

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

White Feather

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock

my favourite is Tom Crean, but his most heroic achievments weren't in war. He did serve in the Navy during wartime though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crean_%28explorer%29

me_right_one · 27-05-2010 08:09PM

Did anyone ever hear of, or come across an article written Arvin (?) R. Blackburn? I know I read something somewhere on the net about his herioc deeds in Vietnam

Sanjuro · 27-05-2010 08:44PM

Always loved the story of Jack Churchill. Fought with a bow, arrows and a fuck-off claymore sword... during World War 2. Fought in Europe. When that ended, figured he hadn't had enough war and went to fight in Burma during the Pacific campaign. And when that ended, was quoted as saying 'If it wasn't for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war going another 10 years!' A true badass.

prinz · 27-05-2010 09:31PM

Sanjuro wrote: »

Always loved the story of Jack Churchill.

:pac::pac: Badass is not the word. LOL, storming beaches armed with his sword, longbow, arrows and bagpipes. A surfer to boot. I think he qualifies as an out and out adenaline junkie!

Manic Moran · 27-05-2010 10:35PM

Heh. From one of the links:

Even in retirement his eccentricity continued. He startled train conductors and passengers by throwing his attaché out of the train window each day on the ride home. Before he died in 1996, he explained that he was tossing his case into his own backyard so he wouldn’t have to carry it from the station

Eminently practical man.

I used to go on patrol in Iraq with a whip on my belt, Indiana Jones style. Not sure if there are any pictures of it.

NTM

wobblyknees · 27-05-2010 11:16PM

Seriously, no-one has mentioned one of the hardest men I've ever heard of? One of the founding members of the SAS, and a rugby international!

It was his further action for which he was recommended for the VC. It took place on April 9, 1945 in Oldenburg in Germany. The SAS had been given the task of clearing a path for the Canadian armoured division. Their advance was stalled along a narrow road. Eight troops, three of them injured, were pinned down in a ditch by heavy machine and mortar fire.
Mayne was made aware of the gravity of the situation. He rushed to the scene. Grabbing a machinegun he single-handedly cleared one of the farm buildings. With a volunteer he drove a jeep up the exposed road three times under withering enemy fire.
Mayne’s jeep, its twin Vickers machineguns each issuing 1,100 rounds a minute, replied and drove back the Germans, killing many. As he passed his men to his left, he shouted: “I will pick you up on the way back.”
With the Germans now retreating but still laying down considerable fire, Mayne stopped to rescue the wounded men.

:D

More here....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Mayne

Stompbox · 27-05-2010 11:42PM

Biggins wrote: »

:pac:

Was waiting to see would anyone pick up on that!

Well, he only lost one hand, surely that leaves another hand eligible for shaking?

Manic Moran · 27-05-2010 11:50PM

Mayne’s jeep, its twin Vickers machineguns each issuing 1,100 rounds a minute

That's not right. That sort of ROF is for German machineguns, a twin Vickers mount would probably about total that ROF.

he passed his men to his left, he shouted: “I will pick you up on the way back.”

A sort of similar thing has been happening with attack helicopters. Things like Apaches aren't known for their passenger seating, so the obvious solution is to just hang on for dear life.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9305/apacherescue12rr9.jpg
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Templates/LargeImageTemplate.aspx?img=/NR/rdonlyres/747E1F3D-B1B6-4412-9D58-79A2F5825C78/0/ApacheRescue06.jpg
The photos above were of four Royal Marines who went into a fight hanging on the sides of two gunships to retrieve the body of another Marine.

Even more extreme was this Apache pilot, who hung onto the side of his own helicopter to allow a wounded comrade to sit in his seat.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2004/2004110501c.jpg

NTM

Gigiwagga · 28-05-2010 12:40AM

Manic Moran wrote: »

Heh. From one of the links:

Eminently practical man.

I used to go on patrol in Iraq with a whip on my belt, Indiana Jones style. Not sure if there are any pictures of it.

NTM

Fap, fap, fap.

El Siglo · 28-05-2010 12:56AM

Manic Moran wrote: »

Heh. From one of the links:

Eminently practical man.

I used to go on patrol in Iraq with a whip on my belt, Indiana Jones style. Not sure if there are any pictures of it.

NTM

Was it like this...;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkLXdLgOybE

Son Of A Vidic · 28-05-2010 03:17AM

OP - I'm interested to know what tanks the PIAT 'took out' in Arnhem? This weapon had poor penetrative power, especially against the superior German Armour. It had some limited success against the panzer IV, but the German Tiger, Panther and Jagdpanther tanks which were present in Arnhem certainly would not have been troubled by a PIAT.

Manic Moran · 28-05-2010 04:53AM

Major Caine's kill in Arnhem was against a Sturmgeschutz III.

In theory, a PIAT has the penetration capability to knock out a Panther or Tiger from any angle except the front. (100mm @ 0 deg vs 82mm armour for a Tiger's side), but you'd need a pretty good shot to do it. On the other hand, with the Tiger's roof barely being an inch thick, and with PIAT capable of being fired from within buildings, they could well have a crack at a Tiger from the frontal aspect if they can get a top impact.

The ratio of types of tank used by the Germans in Arnhem has been the subject of much debate. Officially, 10thSS had no Panthers at that time, for example, but there is no doubt that they showed up with a few. Best estimates are that they raided the nearby tank repair shop and stole about a dozen from other units which had left their tanks there for repair. The vehicles which showed up varied from converted French pre-war tanks through to two King Tigers, though Stug-IIIs and Pz IVs tended to be the majority.

ntm

johnny_knoxvile · 28-05-2010 09:59AM

the above are all a bunch of jessies, the Black Knight would laugh at their feeble efforts!

Pauleta · 28-05-2010 12:03PM

These stories remind me of my own personal war heroics in Call of Duty

Soldiers Who Survived Schit That Would Kill a Terminator

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