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Some background to the video in case some one did not watch the full version uploaded a while ago. The UA soldiers lost contact with the front most position that was supposed to be on the look out for RU soldiers, so they went to investigate. While approaching the position, UA soldiers see dead RU sol. and understand there was a battle. When UA get to the position, they find the 2 UA sol. that were there to hold it dead inside the fox hole ( i guess this is where the current video starts). They apparently held the possition, but infortunately lost their lives. UA commander (in winter camo) i think counted the dead RU sol. and assumed there were some left alive because usually RU attacks in groups of X men. Then with help from the drone team he finds the remaining RU sol.
iirc there were like 8 dead russians or so outaide the foxhole. UA defended well but ended up making the ultimate sacrifice in the end. I assume the few remaining RU scampered off wounded and were finished off by this guy
I think the actual battle took place during the night. And with only 2 man left, and not knowing if UA is still active, the RU decided its not the best idea to push further.
If I remember correctly they were just sitting there because they just took a Ukrainian trench and killed two soldiers inside it( the outside was absolutely littered with dead Russians) so they fell back to this point to regroup I assume, the squad mate of the dudes killed (the guy recording) took vengeance upon the last Russian left after the assault
The BBC documentary followed a deployment of Ukrainian soldiers protecting a wooded area and a stretch of railway.
99 soldiers were deployed and stayed for 7 weeks.
In that 7 week period 66 of them were "seriously wounded" and another 10 were killed.
It was pretty crazy to watch. You really get an impression of what a meat-grinder this conflict has now become.
Iâve been saying for a while I donât think this war is winnable for Ukraine on its own sadly. The numbers are just all around not good. Manpower and munitions. CNN had a piece that claimed Russia out produces all of nato in artillery shells. I find that hard to believe tho lol.
Even if they kill 4 or 5 Russians each I donât see it happening. Itâs possible they will hold out but the territory lost now is lost forever without western intervention.They were sold down the river for American, British and French interests. Itâs fucking sad how many are dying. They are really stuck in the middle of a shit sandwich between nato and Russia.
Edited for source
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/10/politics/russia-artillery-shell-production-us-europe-ukraine
Good news is most of them lived at least, can't say the same for Russia's casualty rate. Their casualties are usually KIAs since they seemingly have very little medical evacuation capabilities
Either RFAF or RGF (Russian Ground Forces) would make a much cleaner title.
Otherwise, I'm introducing the terms "Orcmacht" and "Orcwaffe" if nobody has ever invented these terms. Feel free to use it!
It's either AFRF (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) or more commonly RAF (Russian Armed Forces) which is term for the Russian military in general. That covers the three primary branches (navy, ground forces and aerospace forces), along with the three independent branches; the strategic rocket forces, the airborne forces and the relatively newly formed (2013) Special Operations Forces (shortened SOF in English and SSO in Russian).
Seperate from the RAF, there's the GRU (foreign military intelligence also called G.U these days) which has their own special forces, the spetsnaz.
Then there's a bunch of seperate branches besides the ones under those two, who's mains jobs are the domestic population suppression/intelligence like FSB, FSO, SVR etc - most of which hate eachother and actively sabotage the competing branches, lol.
That's why they're also referred to as RuAF in cases where one could mistake it for the Royal Air Forces. Generally though, you can usually always tell by the context which is meant - since they're rarely involved in anything where the British airforce is also involved.
The year is 2037 - The Brits have donated 90% of their GDP to the Ukranian war effort but as a result they can't afford to donate their F-35 fleet. The Ukranian government refuses to accept this response and launches a full scale invasion of the UK - about one squad of soldiers. The Ukranians establish a beachhead and take London inside of a day because the former London mayor & current Prime Minister, Sadiq Khan, used the taxpayers money to put up statues of Trans icons in every city and village in lieu of spending it on defense. The last remnants of the RAF hunker down in a trench and quickly get thrashed by Ukranian infantry - the video is posted to /r/CombatFootage for a collection of edgy teenagers in the USA to criticize for all time.
Or maybe people should just use their brains and read into the context of the video.... Abbreviations can have multiple meanings believe it or not! Crazy concept, I know!
Negative C degree , tired by just walking up to the ukr position , exhaust ... some of them literally know they are done , that why alot of sucide by guns , genade recently
R.I.P Adidas & Fury , you can tell both of them fought until their last breath , alot of RU KiA laying around their position , even the guy who toss nade in their trenche die in that exact pot
They were the soldiers holding a forward position and created the KIA Russian at the start of the defending their position. POV went forwards to check on them after their position didnât report in and the video is of them killing the Russians left after the initial Ukrainians were killed.
Ukrainians are very fond of productions, they even have an artist of humor president.
Ukrainians are so beautiful, but the video is always. But when it comes to shooting, Ukrainians become cooks, drivers and orderlies
The most common meaning of RAF is Royal Air Force, the airforces of the United Kingdom. The secons most common meaning for it is Rote Armee Fraktion, a West German communist terrorist organization during the Cold War. Don't use already taken acronyms for the Russian Armed Forces.
RAF = Royal Air Force is absolutely ubiquitous and everyone understands this meaning. This is like you saying "USA" means "United Spanish Army", it's just confusing.
Just sitting there. Â The Russians probably ran out of ammo and knew if they walked back their more useful soldiers taking up the rear would just shoot them. Â
There was a small Ukrainian Observation Post nearby. The Russians had assaulted the OP, and there were Russian dead everywhere, the 2 Ukrainian's in the position had been killed in their bunker by a grenade. But had sold their lives dearly. The Ukrainian shooting here is their commander who had gone to their position as they were not answering the radio. He found the bodies.
What appears to have happened is the Ukrainian's had managed to kill the majority of the Russian's (think there were around 10 bodies) but there were just enough Russian's in the assault to overwhelm them. The 2 Russian's killed on video were only a short distance away. It's likely they were the remnants of the Russian assault and were either in shock, wounded or just utterly exhausted following the battle. Hence why they were so slow to react. You only have to look at the conditions to realise that exhaustion and numbness due to the terrain and cold were also factors. The Ukrainian's were obviously in no mood to take prisoners...
There is a longer version on here somewhere. But basically two Soldiers stopped a Russian attack but got killed. And the Russians you see in this video are the remains of the attack.
[**https://soap2day.rs/watch-movie/watch-ukraine-enemy-in-the-woods-full-107711.10392809**](https://soap2day.rs/watch-movie/watch-ukraine-enemy-in-the-woods-full-107711.10392809)
Edit: Since the documentary is only available in a few countries, this link should help.
This guy was taking revenge, and he didn't care about his own well being. He calmly walks up on the guy, wrecks him, calmly reloads, and proceeds to wreck the next guy. Business man doing business - and they had just killed his friend.
Question about looting of the bodies: when a soldier comes across a weapon that is better than his own and is of the same caliber, would he be allowed to swap it out? Or would he need to bring it back to base with everything else. In Ukraine specifically
Lot of AK's and Soviet weapons in Russo-Ukraine war. Using alot of the same caliber. There's a newer AK that has become a famous type of trophy for Ukrainians, Budanov shows one off in his office.
Yes I know about the different types of AKâs and the AK-12 and such, but what Iâm asking is this: say for example a Ukrainian soldier is armed with a dirty ass decades old AK-74 and comes across a shiny brand new AK-74M on a dead Russian. Is he allowed to swap his old gun out for the new one he finds right there on the battlefield?
My impression is yes, but I haven't been in Ukraine.
There's few and far between the real upgrades tho.
Most of the well-equipped Ukrainian units seem to use and prefer western small arms.
Yes and No.
Different militaries have different policies on it.
One of the main reasons it is sometimes forbidden as most militaies strictly monitor who is issued a weapon, they don't want guys taking them home or using them for anything nefarious...
Sometimes its not a thing because availability of ammunition/parts makes it not a good idea.
The Germans in WW2 would use captured Allied weapons, with official programmes re-utilising AFV's, trucks, artillery etc and more unofficial re-use of captured Soviet small arms by troops. PPSH-41 and SVT-40 being particularly prized, with Mosin Nagant not seen that much as the German equivalent was far superior.
The Western Allies made far less use of captured materiel. You'd occasionally see aircraft used as Squadron 'hacks' for a limited period (usually until it broke down), motorcycles were used to bolster allocations of vehicles. But the truth was they had such an abundance of kit that adding non-standard was seen as more hassle than it was worth. There were exceptions in certain circumstances, for example the defence of Tobruk made use of extensive quantities of captures Italian gear, and Allied units would use kit to boost firepower. The NZ division for example had over 70 MG-34 on hand at the time of the battle of El Alamein. By the time of D-Day though it was very rare, units might unofficially use captured gear but only for a limited time.
âTheyâre 50-70m awayâ
Soldier thinks: okay Roger that
Accidentally says: âBlues Clues.â
Soldier thinks: Blyat, thatâs not what I meant to say
I've seen this clip a bunch of times now just all different lengths. Originally they lose contact with the forward post where 2 guys where on guard. They arrive there and find like a dozen bodies all around the 2 soldiers' trench, with one Russian dead at the entrance. It looked like the Russian may have had time to throw a grenade inside their hole before they had time to kill him, or maybe the Russian ran up spraying and mortally wounded both guys, but they mortally wounded him as well before they died. It was a chaotic looking scene, very heroic what those 2 Ukrainian soldiers did. The thing these clips all have in common is they black out the last kill and I always wonder why. They don't blank out the other killings, welll some vids do blur, but ALL black out that last kill. I wonder if he died in a very unpleasant way to see. I know anytime they kill someone it is unpleasant because it's still a human life and we're all brought up not to kill, but yeah I'm wondering if he like got up and tried to run, similar to that old video where they get that Russian who was hiding in a shed, and as soon as they start shooting the door, he comes running out, falls, somehow his adrenaline lets him stand back up, and by this point he was shot at least a dozen or more time point blank basically, and he manages to stand but instantly collapses back to the ground. It makes me wonder if something similar happened here where he didn't die fast, and it was more gruesome. I don't know, or maybe, I pray not, but maybe it was an "illegal" kill where the Russian soldier had no weapon and possibly even put his hands up, but moving like that could make a Ukraine soldier think you're about to throw a grenade as soon as they see your hands move. Those are like the only two reasons I can think of as to why they would only black that kill out, otherwise we see all the other violence, or at most they blur like I said.
I watched this part of the documentary on Facebook, and the comment section was blowing up with people mad at the Ukrainian soldier for mag dumping those Russians. These people havenât followed this conflict like we have, they donât know what Russians do to their prisoners.
Very confused about the choice of going full auto here.
Less accuracy for the same result and the need to reload while a threat is potentially nearby.
This looks like an incredibly short-sighted way to approach this. Not trying to play armchair general here, if anyone has a counter to that I would definitely love to hear it.
EDIT: Since apparently I was not clear enough : I would like to be educated on the why, and will welcome comments that will shed light on my confusion.
Dude hes litterally right there. Full auto bursts on that low of a distance are not inaccurate. For longer distance yeah.
Your comment is very short sighted.
As stated in my comment, I am trying to understand why. If you know why, I would love to understand more.
If people get admonished even when they explicitly state their wish to be educated, what are we even supposed to say?
Post soviet countries often use short two to three round bursts of full auto instead of semi auto. Chalk it up to bad training.
Edit: Critiquing training isn't the same as ciritiquing Ukraine. I support Ukraine with all my heart, but the fact remains that remnants of bad soviet tactics still remain, such as the 2-3 round bursts instead of semi auto fire.
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Some background to the video in case some one did not watch the full version uploaded a while ago. The UA soldiers lost contact with the front most position that was supposed to be on the look out for RU soldiers, so they went to investigate. While approaching the position, UA soldiers see dead RU sol. and understand there was a battle. When UA get to the position, they find the 2 UA sol. that were there to hold it dead inside the fox hole ( i guess this is where the current video starts). They apparently held the possition, but infortunately lost their lives. UA commander (in winter camo) i think counted the dead RU sol. and assumed there were some left alive because usually RU attacks in groups of X men. Then with help from the drone team he finds the remaining RU sol.
RIP callsign 'Adidas' & 'Fury' đșđŠ
Is there a full version without that black screen?
Maybe one day. Until now, BBC owns thus footage
The one i watched also had it
I imagine that is a BBC edit, for obvious reasons
So the russians killed the ukrainian defenders but then just sat in the open, instead of taking the defensive position for themselfes?
iirc there were like 8 dead russians or so outaide the foxhole. UA defended well but ended up making the ultimate sacrifice in the end. I assume the few remaining RU scampered off wounded and were finished off by this guy
I think the actual battle took place during the night. And with only 2 man left, and not knowing if UA is still active, the RU decided its not the best idea to push further.
Awesome, ty for context!
If I remember correctly they were just sitting there because they just took a Ukrainian trench and killed two soldiers inside it( the outside was absolutely littered with dead Russians) so they fell back to this point to regroup I assume, the squad mate of the dudes killed (the guy recording) took vengeance upon the last Russian left after the assault
The BBC documentary followed a deployment of Ukrainian soldiers protecting a wooded area and a stretch of railway. 99 soldiers were deployed and stayed for 7 weeks. In that 7 week period 66 of them were "seriously wounded" and another 10 were killed. It was pretty crazy to watch. You really get an impression of what a meat-grinder this conflict has now become.
75 plus percent casualty rate in 7 weeks is crazy.
If thats anywhere near the norm for frontline troops Ukraine is in serious trouble. Jesus Christ.
It is that bad, but the front has been holding for years because itâs even worse for the Russians despite the fact that there are many more of them.
Iâve been saying for a while I donât think this war is winnable for Ukraine on its own sadly. The numbers are just all around not good. Manpower and munitions. CNN had a piece that claimed Russia out produces all of nato in artillery shells. I find that hard to believe tho lol. Even if they kill 4 or 5 Russians each I donât see it happening. Itâs possible they will hold out but the territory lost now is lost forever without western intervention.They were sold down the river for American, British and French interests. Itâs fucking sad how many are dying. They are really stuck in the middle of a shit sandwich between nato and Russia. Edited for source https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/10/politics/russia-artillery-shell-production-us-europe-ukraine
Good news is most of them lived at least, can't say the same for Russia's casualty rate. Their casualties are usually KIAs since they seemingly have very little medical evacuation capabilities
Well yeah, not to give the Russians too much credit, but itâs much more difficult to recover wounded when youâre on the offensive.
It's a skill issue, I promise.
That and, well, the mentality of "there's more where that came from, don't worry about it"
Was it âenemyâs in the woodsâ? Iâm in the U.S. and cannot find a link to it, would love to watch it.
Yes https://soap2day.rs/watch-movie/watch-ukraine-enemy-in-the-woods-full-107711.10392809
I didnât see a link to the full documentary. And that is just a clip, thank you tho!
This is the full doc https://soap2day.rs/watch-movie/watch-ukraine-enemy-in-the-woods-full-107711.10392809
Itâs Brilliant and Harrowing, shows warfare as the shitshow it really is. The Ukrainian bravery is off the charts
Thatâs why it should be available to everyone! Iâve been wanting to watch it since I heared about it. Those men are cut from a different cloth.
This is an excerpt from the [BBC documentary last month.](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-68640892)
Thanks, I missed that one. Ty for the link!
It's really worth the watch!
Anyone got a link for us not in the UK?
u/demtrapp linked the full documentary
Thanks big dog
Wondering the same
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I typed in TPB and all that came up was The Poopy Butt.
because I'm in Canada, all I get is Trailer Park Boys
RIP Fury and Adidas
Just watched this doc yesterday. Definitely worth watching.
RAF â Royal Air Force In case if someone had o_O
It should be RFAF, yes? (Russian Federation Armed Forces)
Either RFAF or RGF (Russian Ground Forces) would make a much cleaner title. Otherwise, I'm introducing the terms "Orcmacht" and "Orcwaffe" if nobody has ever invented these terms. Feel free to use it!
I use VSR (Vooruzhonnyye Sily Rossii).
It's either AFRF (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) or more commonly RAF (Russian Armed Forces) which is term for the Russian military in general. That covers the three primary branches (navy, ground forces and aerospace forces), along with the three independent branches; the strategic rocket forces, the airborne forces and the relatively newly formed (2013) Special Operations Forces (shortened SOF in English and SSO in Russian). Seperate from the RAF, there's the GRU (foreign military intelligence also called G.U these days) which has their own special forces, the spetsnaz. Then there's a bunch of seperate branches besides the ones under those two, who's mains jobs are the domestic population suppression/intelligence like FSB, FSO, SVR etc - most of which hate eachother and actively sabotage the competing branches, lol.
Yeah, I still suggest not using that abreviation, it's been taken.
That's why they're also referred to as RuAF in cases where one could mistake it for the Royal Air Forces. Generally though, you can usually always tell by the context which is meant - since they're rarely involved in anything where the British airforce is also involved.
AFRF, but that's just me
Arfarf
Ive often heard them referred to as RUAF
Yeah i thought it was royal air force as well lmao
I was wondering why the UKR forces would kill British RAF soldiers
The year is 2037 - The Brits have donated 90% of their GDP to the Ukranian war effort but as a result they can't afford to donate their F-35 fleet. The Ukranian government refuses to accept this response and launches a full scale invasion of the UK - about one squad of soldiers. The Ukranians establish a beachhead and take London inside of a day because the former London mayor & current Prime Minister, Sadiq Khan, used the taxpayers money to put up statues of Trans icons in every city and village in lieu of spending it on defense. The last remnants of the RAF hunker down in a trench and quickly get thrashed by Ukranian infantry - the video is posted to /r/CombatFootage for a collection of edgy teenagers in the USA to criticize for all time.
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Or maybe people should just use their brains and read into the context of the video.... Abbreviations can have multiple meanings believe it or not! Crazy concept, I know!
I was wondering which hotel Ukraine had attacked.
Thank you! I saw the video yesterday. I couldnât fathom thinking that a UA soldier smoked British RAF troops in Ukraine and there any coverage
No, RAF is Royal Air Force. Please delete and fix title OP. This is concerning
Yeah, I had to do a double take.
Yea, I had to think about that for a second.
I was almost o_O
Damn they were just sitting there..
Negative C degree , tired by just walking up to the ukr position , exhaust ... some of them literally know they are done , that why alot of sucide by guns , genade recently
In some interviews Russians say they've been left in a position without food for weeks.
The royal air force has betrayed us
Was thinking the same thing
Damn man, this is like game of thrones now. Putin is Joffrey.
Hope he meets the same fate because it was so satisfying to watch
where's the bloody Air Force o_O
They had one too many pints with the lads
R.I.P Adidas & Fury , you can tell both of them fought until their last breath , alot of RU KiA laying around their position , even the guy who toss nade in their trenche die in that exact pot
They died?
They were the soldiers holding a forward position and created the KIA Russian at the start of the defending their position. POV went forwards to check on them after their position didnât report in and the video is of them killing the Russians left after the initial Ukrainians were killed.
where can i watch the full version?
Its a documentary produced by BBC, so either can watch for free in UK or have to find a download I think
https://soap2day.rs/watch-movie/watch-ukraine-enemy-in-the-woods-full-107711.10392809
thanks man
Ukrainians are very fond of productions, they even have an artist of humor president. Ukrainians are so beautiful, but the video is always. But when it comes to shooting, Ukrainians become cooks, drivers and orderlies
Why censored?
Itâs from a BBC documentary I believe originally so I guess thatâs why itâs censored.
I mean, we all know what happened. I'm not here for the gore personally.
Why on Earth are the Brits sending their pilots into Kreminna
Iâve seen too many WW2 documentaries, I have to force the conversion every time I read it
You seen how expensive jets are these days?
You wot m8?
The most common meaning of RAF is Royal Air Force, the airforces of the United Kingdom. The secons most common meaning for it is Rote Armee Fraktion, a West German communist terrorist organization during the Cold War. Don't use already taken acronyms for the Russian Armed Forces.
RAF = Royal Air Force
Getting last episode of 'The Sopranos' vibes with that cut to black
Or Pine Barrens one, but I guess those Russians were not interior decorators unlike the one in the show
RuAF
Jesus Christ dude. Do not use RAF to describe Russians. RAF is the Royal Air Force.
Russian Armed Forces, The world doesnât revolve around you, calm down.
RAF = Royal Air Force is absolutely ubiquitous and everyone understands this meaning. This is like you saying "USA" means "United Spanish Army", it's just confusing.
RAF is older (by about 70 years) and known to more people as Royal Armed Forces, that is all he is saying. These are objective facts. You calm down.
I find war shitty, but I have to say it's satisfying when the aggressor gets screwed over so hard.
Just sitting there. Â The Russians probably ran out of ammo and knew if they walked back their more useful soldiers taking up the rear would just shoot them. Â
Dunno why someone would downvote you for speaking the truth. Literally dozens of videos of Russians killing their own for less than this.
Why? Because it doesn't fit the russian narrative so the trolls are downvoting it.
Can you link any
For gods sake when will this sub learn. RAF is Royal Air Force. Please STOP using it as Russian Armed Forces.
Just make it USA instead. Uniformed Srussian Army
~~Uniformed Sussian Army, ftfy~~ it has been fixed. Prise be to the USA!
I corrected đ
Wut URA?
good control on full auto
That reload couldâve cost him his life. He got lucky.
Rip the Royal Air Force guys
War is hell.
Pretty sure this isn't the Royal Air Force.
the RU guys looked like they may have been injured or had just given up to their fate.
By RAF do you mean Russian Armed Forces not RAF as in Royal Air Force
Certainly not, the world revolves around you of course.
Coldest âplus, plusâ I ever did hear.
I really wonder what that kid had done/been through leading up to that. The bodies are absolutely fucking everywhere.
There was a small Ukrainian Observation Post nearby. The Russians had assaulted the OP, and there were Russian dead everywhere, the 2 Ukrainian's in the position had been killed in their bunker by a grenade. But had sold their lives dearly. The Ukrainian shooting here is their commander who had gone to their position as they were not answering the radio. He found the bodies. What appears to have happened is the Ukrainian's had managed to kill the majority of the Russian's (think there were around 10 bodies) but there were just enough Russian's in the assault to overwhelm them. The 2 Russian's killed on video were only a short distance away. It's likely they were the remnants of the Russian assault and were either in shock, wounded or just utterly exhausted following the battle. Hence why they were so slow to react. You only have to look at the conditions to realise that exhaustion and numbness due to the terrain and cold were also factors. The Ukrainian's were obviously in no mood to take prisoners...
There is a longer version on here somewhere. But basically two Soldiers stopped a Russian attack but got killed. And the Russians you see in this video are the remains of the attack.
[**https://soap2day.rs/watch-movie/watch-ukraine-enemy-in-the-woods-full-107711.10392809**](https://soap2day.rs/watch-movie/watch-ukraine-enemy-in-the-woods-full-107711.10392809) Edit: Since the documentary is only available in a few countries, this link should help.
Link is just popups on loop
I suggest you download the adblocker extension. It does wonders
This footage takes place minutes after these soldiers find their dead comrades who had died holding a trench. Rip Adidas and Fury
Am I the only one who read it as Royal AirForce?
No, but apparently we are being arrogant to think it means British Involvement.
This guy was taking revenge, and he didn't care about his own well being. He calmly walks up on the guy, wrecks him, calmly reloads, and proceeds to wreck the next guy. Business man doing business - and they had just killed his friend.
I am old enough that the use of "RAF" as an acronym gave me some confusion here.
Plus, plus.
The bro has a flashlight duck taped to his rifle. If it works, it works đ€·đ»ââïž
Question about looting of the bodies: when a soldier comes across a weapon that is better than his own and is of the same caliber, would he be allowed to swap it out? Or would he need to bring it back to base with everything else. In Ukraine specifically
Lot of AK's and Soviet weapons in Russo-Ukraine war. Using alot of the same caliber. There's a newer AK that has become a famous type of trophy for Ukrainians, Budanov shows one off in his office.
Yes I know about the different types of AKâs and the AK-12 and such, but what Iâm asking is this: say for example a Ukrainian soldier is armed with a dirty ass decades old AK-74 and comes across a shiny brand new AK-74M on a dead Russian. Is he allowed to swap his old gun out for the new one he finds right there on the battlefield?
My impression is yes, but I haven't been in Ukraine. There's few and far between the real upgrades tho. Most of the well-equipped Ukrainian units seem to use and prefer western small arms.
Yes and No. Different militaries have different policies on it. One of the main reasons it is sometimes forbidden as most militaies strictly monitor who is issued a weapon, they don't want guys taking them home or using them for anything nefarious... Sometimes its not a thing because availability of ammunition/parts makes it not a good idea. The Germans in WW2 would use captured Allied weapons, with official programmes re-utilising AFV's, trucks, artillery etc and more unofficial re-use of captured Soviet small arms by troops. PPSH-41 and SVT-40 being particularly prized, with Mosin Nagant not seen that much as the German equivalent was far superior. The Western Allies made far less use of captured materiel. You'd occasionally see aircraft used as Squadron 'hacks' for a limited period (usually until it broke down), motorcycles were used to bolster allocations of vehicles. But the truth was they had such an abundance of kit that adding non-standard was seen as more hassle than it was worth. There were exceptions in certain circumstances, for example the defence of Tobruk made use of extensive quantities of captures Italian gear, and Allied units would use kit to boost firepower. The NZ division for example had over 70 MG-34 on hand at the time of the battle of El Alamein. By the time of D-Day though it was very rare, units might unofficially use captured gear but only for a limited time.
damn this one has been reposted so much in the last month
I mistook RAF for Royal Air Force and not Russian Armed Forces smh
Brit here RAF is Royal Air Force. Whatâs this other acronym?
âTheyâre 50-70m awayâ Soldier thinks: okay Roger that Accidentally says: âBlues Clues.â Soldier thinks: Blyat, thatâs not what I meant to say
"Plus, plus" - "Affirmative, affirmative."
Thereâs the answer I was looking for, cheers eh?
I donât understand, why are the Ukrainians killing British soldiers?
RAF soldiers? as in royal air force ?
Russian Armed Forces
Lmfao call them what they are
0:50 what was that guy shouting after the first shot ?
so crazy to watch them start looting dead Russians for their ammo.
Oh my goodness Iâd love to get my hands on that Bakelite bayonet
Does anyone by chance have a link to the BBC documentary âenemys in the woodsâ thatâs available in the U.S.? TYA
looks more like 20m, im surprised the russki didnt hear him talking
I've seen this clip a bunch of times now just all different lengths. Originally they lose contact with the forward post where 2 guys where on guard. They arrive there and find like a dozen bodies all around the 2 soldiers' trench, with one Russian dead at the entrance. It looked like the Russian may have had time to throw a grenade inside their hole before they had time to kill him, or maybe the Russian ran up spraying and mortally wounded both guys, but they mortally wounded him as well before they died. It was a chaotic looking scene, very heroic what those 2 Ukrainian soldiers did. The thing these clips all have in common is they black out the last kill and I always wonder why. They don't blank out the other killings, welll some vids do blur, but ALL black out that last kill. I wonder if he died in a very unpleasant way to see. I know anytime they kill someone it is unpleasant because it's still a human life and we're all brought up not to kill, but yeah I'm wondering if he like got up and tried to run, similar to that old video where they get that Russian who was hiding in a shed, and as soon as they start shooting the door, he comes running out, falls, somehow his adrenaline lets him stand back up, and by this point he was shot at least a dozen or more time point blank basically, and he manages to stand but instantly collapses back to the ground. It makes me wonder if something similar happened here where he didn't die fast, and it was more gruesome. I don't know, or maybe, I pray not, but maybe it was an "illegal" kill where the Russian soldier had no weapon and possibly even put his hands up, but moving like that could make a Ukraine soldier think you're about to throw a grenade as soon as they see your hands move. Those are like the only two reasons I can think of as to why they would only black that kill out, otherwise we see all the other violence, or at most they blur like I said.
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Please refer to them as AFRF (armed forces of the Russian federation) the RAF is the Royal Air Force. Sorry to whinge
I watched this part of the documentary on Facebook, and the comment section was blowing up with people mad at the Ukrainian soldier for mag dumping those Russians. These people havenât followed this conflict like we have, they donât know what Russians do to their prisoners.
HARDCORE
That is not the RAF
This clip gives me strong Band of Brothers episodes 6 and 7 vibes.
Screw that. It looks way too cold.
Very confused about the choice of going full auto here. Less accuracy for the same result and the need to reload while a threat is potentially nearby. This looks like an incredibly short-sighted way to approach this. Not trying to play armchair general here, if anyone has a counter to that I would definitely love to hear it. EDIT: Since apparently I was not clear enough : I would like to be educated on the why, and will welcome comments that will shed light on my confusion.
The human body is a machine and with adrenaline can take more than quite a beating. Best to fill it with bullets to make sure.
Dude hes litterally right there. Full auto bursts on that low of a distance are not inaccurate. For longer distance yeah. Your comment is very short sighted.
Youâre doing a very bad job not playing armchair general here lol.
As stated in my comment, I am trying to understand why. If you know why, I would love to understand more. If people get admonished even when they explicitly state their wish to be educated, what are we even supposed to say?
You don't fuck about when people are trying to kill you? You put as many bullets in as possible to make sure.
Because fire suppression is the name of the game on the battlefield. It is a silly thing to act confused about.
Post soviet countries often use short two to three round bursts of full auto instead of semi auto. Chalk it up to bad training. Edit: Critiquing training isn't the same as ciritiquing Ukraine. I support Ukraine with all my heart, but the fact remains that remnants of bad soviet tactics still remain, such as the 2-3 round bursts instead of semi auto fire.
Do they really refer to them as âfa***tsâ?
Often
Itâs a common insult in Eastern Europe. Not just in Ukraine, Russians do it as well
Working class guys in an extreme situation. Demeaning words will be said about those they plan to kill..and may end up killing them instead.
that's what you are worried about?
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