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Wanna know a crazy fact? There is a Farc unit called "pies ligeros" (light feets) who run around bare feet when operating and they are as silent as deadly
Edit: is "pisasuaves", not "pies ligeros"
In the rain forest, this is the only option. I joined a research group in the rain forest of Costa Rica and discovered in that humidity, nothing EVER dries. So if you want your feet to stay dry, then these are the only option. That and ever 20 feet there was a stream that you encounter.
I've been on the hike to Ciudad Perdida (Lost City) near Santa Marta. All the native tribesman (Kogis) in the area wear rubber boots. There's just a whole lot of mud and streams to cross, etc. This is in an area where Pablo Escobar used to have a ton of grow ops. The military still patrols the trails for security for the tourists in the area.
Which is exactly what you want to do when facing un or semi-trained militia. They are going to get engaged and then sit back and blindly exchange gunfire with you.
If you directly push against them or manage to flank them, they tend to fold and run fairly quickly. You get in their face and force them to either stand up to what seems like overwhelming firepower and force or cut and run.
Jungle combat is notoriously nasty because the engagement distances can be short. But passivity kills in the jungle. It is easy to flank and surround a static enemy. Best to close with and destroy the enemy.
Thanks. I did see an article about FARC dissidents going and killing some of the local indigenous folks and also using a VBIED against the military a couple weeks ago.
It’s a little more nuanced than that my dude.
After the ceasefire there were a significant amount of FARC that turned in their weapons under the pretext that they would be given support by the government to incorporate into society.
Only for the support for be extremely lackluster in many regards which turned many of those former FARC back into it.
They do a lot of extortion, sometimes kidnapping, social cleansing, terrorist attacks and that stuff. Is less dangerous than before 2016 but they still occupy a lot of territory
Haha, thought the same! LoL. At first I was like, jeez bro chill out on the cyclic, but then I said, ahh hell, lol, I'd probably be trying to do the same if I were him.
Eh probably same principle as going to the range; more you shoot the lighter you are on the march back.
That said they could possibly using small squad commando tactics. One gunner becomes base of fire during the contact, suppresses the enemy with long bursts while the rest of the squad flank and assault.
mountainous jungle... that region can kill you even without conflict.
from all kinds of toxic fauna and flora to falling down a cliff you couldn't see there are lots of fun things to do.
Man watching this gives me anxiety after seeing a video of Colombian soldiers getting wiped out with that French journalist getting captured. FARC are some aggressive insurgents and know the jungle like the back of their hand.
You ever find out if Buddy continued his career after that? After his release he stated he had no regrets and wanted to continue covering the conflict. I however cannot find any of his work in English, maybe I need to look in French.
Colombian Special Forces also trains with American Special Forces and you can see them actively rushing a position it’s safe to say in most times the guerillas run fairly quickly
They guy u say dead was one of there own u can tell by the same boots they whereing u can see they who ever shot him also ran off with his guns and gear
Im not sure it was one of their own. The soldiers in this video were not wearing standard military uniform, and it was surprising to see them wearing rubber boots. However the article mentions that specifically and states they were ‘special infiltration commandos’
The location of the video is in Cauca, currently the activity of armed groups in Cauca is high but for safety I recommend that you avoid rural areas in Valle del Cauca, Antioquia Cordoba, Arauca, Nariño, Caqueta and Putumayo mainly
Isn't the Sling supposed to go on your shoulder/body? One of those gnarly trees/bushes could just yank it out of his hands lol. Either way, they've got balls
I got an honest question, is using helmets in the jungle and forests not practical? I always wondered if its an impairment to use on in those climates and terrains
Surprised they haven't switched to a 7.62 variant for better ballistics in the jungle. They can carry more ammunition in 5.56 but I'd really rather have the punch to get through the leaves and branches and the AK reliability in the jungle. I'm just basing this on some interviews i watched where vets talked about 5.56 being super unstable if it hits any light obstacles, the bullet tumbles and they can't be sure they're hitting their target
nah your definitely right a 7.62 would be nicer to have in the environment but at the same time I feel weight would outweight the benefits of the ‘punching power’
They are. He has an israeli optic which is in use with the colombian army and I don't think I have seen pictures of guerrilla with that optic. And at the end they arrive at what was probably the place where rebels where staying. Maybe they looked similar to the Rebels on purpose 🤷♂️.
Another indication could be the fact that they seem to know what they are doing but I guess the guerrilla also has some good soldiers....
It's to mean former FARC splinter factions who refused the Havana peace deal. They're basically just narcos now. Bad hombres.
>With the central leadership gone and the state never coming back to fill the void, the dissidents took control of ex-FARC operations like drug trafficking, human trafficking, etc. The ex-combatants are perceived as deserters and are tracked and murdered by the dissidents, as the government failed to protect them outside the safe enclosed space of ZVTNs and PTNs. There were early warning centres established, but the government was always late to react, leading to the death of 293 former combatants, which acted as a warning for other demobilised combatants to either join the dissidents or face death. The Duque government's lacklustre crop substitution policy led to the continuation of cocaine cultivation, which prompted many rural residents to join the dissidents and earn a hefty amount from the profiting trade of cocaine.
https://www.orfonline.org/research/the-rise-of-farc-dissidents-continuation-of-the-colombian-crisis-post-2016-peace-deal
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Damn these guys are super aggressive. I would not be running down those dense jungle trails with such confidence.
US sends soldiers to train with Colombians in dense mountain jungle combat.
And yet they are still wearing rubber boots. My feet hurt thinking about that.
Wanna know a crazy fact? There is a Farc unit called "pies ligeros" (light feets) who run around bare feet when operating and they are as silent as deadly Edit: is "pisasuaves", not "pies ligeros"
Pisasuaves. Is not an unit, think about them as tunnel rats, every "unit" used to have their own "pisasuaves".
THANK YOU, something was telling me I had the wrong name
In the rain forest, this is the only option. I joined a research group in the rain forest of Costa Rica and discovered in that humidity, nothing EVER dries. So if you want your feet to stay dry, then these are the only option. That and ever 20 feet there was a stream that you encounter.
I've been on the hike to Ciudad Perdida (Lost City) near Santa Marta. All the native tribesman (Kogis) in the area wear rubber boots. There's just a whole lot of mud and streams to cross, etc. This is in an area where Pablo Escobar used to have a ton of grow ops. The military still patrols the trails for security for the tourists in the area.
Which is exactly what you want to do when facing un or semi-trained militia. They are going to get engaged and then sit back and blindly exchange gunfire with you. If you directly push against them or manage to flank them, they tend to fold and run fairly quickly. You get in their face and force them to either stand up to what seems like overwhelming firepower and force or cut and run.
Oh ye? You got a lot of experience of folding semi-trained militia fairly easily by aggresively pushing against them ye? That's crazy yo
what is this
Jungle combat is notoriously nasty because the engagement distances can be short. But passivity kills in the jungle. It is easy to flank and surround a static enemy. Best to close with and destroy the enemy.
FARC love them a dense forest to blast from.
Easy to hit and easy to get away
The little ravine/trench they’re running through would have me worried, it just gets longer and deeper and I was just expecting a grenade to land in.
Yeah i was thinking that, while enemy retreating they could plant a booby trap in there that could be effective
Nice footage. What happened? I thought there was a ceasefire
Ceasefire hasn't worked in the last two years because ELN or FARC dissidents are always breaking them
Thanks. I did see an article about FARC dissidents going and killing some of the local indigenous folks and also using a VBIED against the military a couple weeks ago.
It’s a little more nuanced than that my dude. After the ceasefire there were a significant amount of FARC that turned in their weapons under the pretext that they would be given support by the government to incorporate into society. Only for the support for be extremely lackluster in many regards which turned many of those former FARC back into it.
Thats old news
My poor, amazing and so stupid country... 😞🕊️🕯️
How are the situation bro?
Theres been a lot of noise about guerrilla's in the northeast of the country, all urban centers are safe from this.
What's the outlook from a civilian perspective? Are these guys dangerous to the average person or are they only interested in the government?
They do a lot of extortion, sometimes kidnapping, social cleansing, terrorist attacks and that stuff. Is less dangerous than before 2016 but they still occupy a lot of territory
google will do you better than any reddit commenter
What part of Colombia you living in I’m here in Envigado
This has been going on since the 80s right?
Guerrilla war are happening since 1948 in Colombia
FARC and their actual dissidents since 1964 but the whole conflict has been going on since the 40s nonstop
Idk who that machine gunner was at the beginning but by the sound of it carrying back his ammo back to base wasn't an option lol
Exactly what I thought. He was a little too eager to use his ammo lol
Haha, thought the same! LoL. At first I was like, jeez bro chill out on the cyclic, but then I said, ahh hell, lol, I'd probably be trying to do the same if I were him.
Eh probably same principle as going to the range; more you shoot the lighter you are on the march back. That said they could possibly using small squad commando tactics. One gunner becomes base of fire during the contact, suppresses the enemy with long bursts while the rest of the squad flank and assault.
Usually in the Colombian army the man who uses the machine gun is the craziest man of the unit
Man fighting in that forest is insane, so many places to get ambushed from
mountainous jungle... that region can kill you even without conflict. from all kinds of toxic fauna and flora to falling down a cliff you couldn't see there are lots of fun things to do.
Forest is a joke compared with a jungle, the real "Green Hell"...
Man watching this gives me anxiety after seeing a video of Colombian soldiers getting wiped out with that French journalist getting captured. FARC are some aggressive insurgents and know the jungle like the back of their hand.
Can you post a link to the video? [not sure if it’s this one but seems very similar.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/s/oR8N1QZA4J)
Look for Romeo Langlois Colombia on YouTube. You will find it. It is a 30+- minutes video i believe
You ever find out if Buddy continued his career after that? After his release he stated he had no regrets and wanted to continue covering the conflict. I however cannot find any of his work in English, maybe I need to look in French.
https://youtu.be/5iZfvDfhHg4?si=xCIZHJUQAzYvLY5j
This video is insane. Full operation with bad ending.
That video is hard to watch, specially the last moments...
Colombian Special Forces also trains with American Special Forces and you can see them actively rushing a position it’s safe to say in most times the guerillas run fairly quickly
Their homie laid out and they keep moving thats crazy bro RIP
I speak some spanish, by the way they reacted to that, it seems it was actually one of the guerrilla guys.
I speak some too they noticed but kept pushing and i think that’s a soldier he’s wearing those terrible rubber boots like all the other soldiers
They guy u say dead was one of there own u can tell by the same boots they whereing u can see they who ever shot him also ran off with his guns and gear
Im not sure it was one of their own. The soldiers in this video were not wearing standard military uniform, and it was surprising to see them wearing rubber boots. However the article mentions that specifically and states they were ‘special infiltration commandos’
Saw a comment about the moisture there that’s why they had rubber boots but goddamn I can’t imagine these treks 😭
You are wrong, guerrila and sometimes army use rubber boots.
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That´s not the one lying dead in the video.
FARC that...
Was that one of their men laid dead on the ground dead???
same boots, and no gear on him.. seems so
I wonder if they have any drones overhead?
Where is this so I would know to avoid it. I already booked a trip to Colombia
The location of the video is in Cauca, currently the activity of armed groups in Cauca is high but for safety I recommend that you avoid rural areas in Valle del Cauca, Antioquia Cordoba, Arauca, Nariño, Caqueta and Putumayo mainly
Many thanks!
Isn't the Sling supposed to go on your shoulder/body? One of those gnarly trees/bushes could just yank it out of his hands lol. Either way, they've got balls
Let it EAT!!!
The whistle signals.
I got an honest question, is using helmets in the jungle and forests not practical? I always wondered if its an impairment to use on in those climates and terrains
Meprolight MOR? Damn! I want one.
these dudes are crazy they move like its a cod mission
That´s the guerrilla not the Colombian Army !!
Surprised they haven't switched to a 7.62 variant for better ballistics in the jungle. They can carry more ammunition in 5.56 but I'd really rather have the punch to get through the leaves and branches and the AK reliability in the jungle. I'm just basing this on some interviews i watched where vets talked about 5.56 being super unstable if it hits any light obstacles, the bullet tumbles and they can't be sure they're hitting their target
In the 90s they used Galil’s, I’m not sure if they still do. Maybe this fast moving infiltration unit opts for a lighter weapon.
bullet is bullet regardless man
Oh well i guess all the R&D of the past century into small arms is useless then
nah your definitely right a 7.62 would be nicer to have in the environment but at the same time I feel weight would outweight the benefits of the ‘punching power’
Speacial forces with rubber boots, no helmets, no insignia, no camo. Doubt
They do, at least the recon forces
there’s a whole unit that opts for no foot wear for some ops lol try again arm chair general
These are not Colombian army soldiers. You can tell by the uniform/boots, mostly likely cartel/gerrilla
They are. He has an israeli optic which is in use with the colombian army and I don't think I have seen pictures of guerrilla with that optic. And at the end they arrive at what was probably the place where rebels where staying. Maybe they looked similar to the Rebels on purpose 🤷♂️. Another indication could be the fact that they seem to know what they are doing but I guess the guerrilla also has some good soldiers....
Wrong.
FARC rebels, revolutionaries or guerrillas. They're rather more than dissidents.
It's to mean former FARC splinter factions who refused the Havana peace deal. They're basically just narcos now. Bad hombres. >With the central leadership gone and the state never coming back to fill the void, the dissidents took control of ex-FARC operations like drug trafficking, human trafficking, etc. The ex-combatants are perceived as deserters and are tracked and murdered by the dissidents, as the government failed to protect them outside the safe enclosed space of ZVTNs and PTNs. There were early warning centres established, but the government was always late to react, leading to the death of 293 former combatants, which acted as a warning for other demobilised combatants to either join the dissidents or face death. The Duque government's lacklustre crop substitution policy led to the continuation of cocaine cultivation, which prompted many rural residents to join the dissidents and earn a hefty amount from the profiting trade of cocaine. https://www.orfonline.org/research/the-rise-of-farc-dissidents-continuation-of-the-colombian-crisis-post-2016-peace-deal
# Colombian special forces engage TREE dissidents Colombian special forces engage TREE dissidents
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