"I See Where The Fire's Coming From." - Generation Kill (2008)

[@movieinsightreal]

The Iraqi military had a range of anti-aircraft artillery, including Soviet-designed ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and various types of towed anti-aircraft guns like the ZU-23-2. These weapons were part of Iraq's air defense strategy against coalition air strikes. Despite their use, the coalition forces' advanced technology and tactics, including electronic warfare and precision-guided munitions, significantly mitigated the effectiveness of these anti-aircraft systems. FYI: The ZSU-23-4 Shilka is a Soviet-designed self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon featuring four 23mm autocannons mounted on a tracked chassis. Developed in the 1960s, the Shilka is renowned for its rapid rate of fire and mobility, making it effective against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and ground targets. Its integrated radar system allows for target acquisition and tracking, providing a significant advantage in air defense. Widely used by various countries, including Iraq during the 2003 Iraq War, the Shilka remains a notable example of Cold War-era military technology. YOU CAN WATCH THIS TV MINI SERIES "GENERATION KILL" (2008), THROUGH OUR WEBSITE IN OUR BIO

[@Lewiss7423]

These little bits of info elevate you above 99% of clip channels. Even if its a simple cut and paste from wiki, the effort is noticed and appreciated.

[@JD-jc5hg]

​@@Lewiss7423It really is as they info is quite accurate

[@jacobcasmus1882]

Neat!

[@supercoolguy43]

also good luck manually hitting a jet with ADA when it can see and shoot you from higher and further than you can

[@maverickgott9593]

🤓

[@lorenzolorenzi5777]

Anti-air gun, shoots at ground forces, it's killed by air vehicles, a true War Thunder match.

[@DariusHilarious]

😂😂😂 right

[@fanpyrotastic]

If anithing is ground shooting ground then the one who loses has an assist and drops a 1000kg u spawn in a spaa u kill him or he kills u trough suicide dive u still kill em or hes a littel b wich goes up high and rains bullets on u and u die bc he has literly 2 sec reacrion to move (so do u but its a plane and he will spray the area around it to bruh) Answer: ur liniage is going to get burned into a crisp for playing CAS

[@robertedwards2959]

That's all a ZSU 23-4 is good for if it doesn't have the SA-18 attachments.

[@carlost856]

Can't see the helo without it's radar.

[@Voron_Aggrav]

thing is, Chopper would've been outside visual range probably using Pop-up Tactics, basically it went up to shoot and then went back into defilade, most likely the AA Gun also had no method of non-visual identification, and be primarily used in the Anti-Infantry Role

[@tintinsupz1864]

Wrong caliber to get Shot at, soldier WRONG CALIBER

[@batalorian7997]

*Marine

[@SomeoneElseInTheComments]

@@batalorian7997 Marines when you tell them that a marine is a type of soldier: 🤯

[@ThisHandleIsTakenTryThis]

@@batalorian7997marines are a type of soldier 😭

[@crunchking9931]

@@SomeoneElseInTheCommentsthey’re department of navy so type of sailor

[@SenkaBandit]

@@SomeoneElseInTheCommentsthey’re not in the army tho they’re in the marine corp which isn’t an army

[@robertkalinic335]

I am sure he will do alright once he leaves military, nothing to worry about.

[@CommunistSpyware]

I think he is a senator now. Yeah

[@matthewbrooks8512]

​@@CommunistSpywareI guess he got it all out of him during his service

[@FunkBastid]

@@matthewbrooks8512 Are you implying this country isn't run by inhuman psychos?

[@Skunk_works_]

Oh no bro… don’t tell me I’m the only who got the joke cuz that’s dark af.

[@SaxguyTR]

@@Skunk_works_wait did he actually kill himself irl? Now I feel bad for laughing… Edit: apparently I am an idiot

[@sillyone52062]

Being shot by a 23mm cannon wouldn't allow you to talk about the experience, usually. Those Cobras were tearing around just looking for something to waste!

[@hewhoplugwalks]

Yeah Soviet 23mm AA guns used HE rounds, so even a near miss has the potential to be fatal. All it takes is one piece of shrapnel or frag to hit something squishy..

[@serpentines6356]

That kid was nuts! No fear - bizarre. His mom would have clobbered him almost to death herself if she knew he did that.

[@derricksmith1828]

@@serpentines6356 What he has is suicidal ideation. He has no intention of going back, it's not that he has no fear but rather a lack of will to live. This is dangerous for his brothers in the unit who care for his safety.

[@cleverballoon6535]

I don't think you would even experience it if it hit you to be fair. You would just be mist

[@paranparanovic3923]

The soviet 4 gauge shotgun that has the barrel from the Shilka

[@Sevenspent]

wrong Round to experience if you want to know what its like to get shot, because that 23×152mmB round is gonna blow anything it hits off.

[@BluejayGamingVR]

literally my first thought.

[@Azrichiel]

Right? That thing isn't going to shoot you, it's gonna fucking explode you.

[@jenniturtleburger3708]

Seriously.

[@Medhusalem]

Wouldn't it have lost a lot of kinetic energy after traveling for 2km though? I mean probably still lethal but much different than from a hundred meters, right?

[@lambchop6210]

​@@Medhusalem not really. 2000 meters is cake for that thing

[@brokenwrench404]

Brad smirks thinking maybe a marine career is in the books for the kid after all

[@Oscar_delta13]

​@@Squid65432 trombley is my favorite, the dichotomy of psycho violence and talking like a 5 year old is too good

[@trentathawat6714]

@@Oscar_delta13 He LOVES the taste of crayons too! A natural for the Corps. Ooh ra! ;)

[@dewdew80]

Pretty sure Brad doesn't actually smirk in this scene. They're cutting different scenes together.

[@Uhmwhut]

Nah homie likes them charms too much

[@IAmAFamel]

@@dewdew80he does at the end

[@michaelhyatt7149]

If that Zeus wasn't so busy shooting ground units it could have took out the copter

[@bjw6877]

Just like in War Thunder 😂

[@Sarfanger]

Iraq had quite a few ZSU-24-4 Afgan variants that had their radars removed and extra ammo carried for infantry support. In that case it would be dead before they would spot any helo when buttoned up inside the vehicle.

[@Risk_of_monky_2]

Probably not in the show the helicopter was really close but in reality it would have been a really good ways away

[@weasle2904]

In real life an Apache will fire it's hellfire missiles from many miles away (with high precision), far away from any danger of machine guns. Apaches have been heavily used for SEAD missions taking out enemy air defenses.

[@belgianfried]

​@@weasle2904 23 mm cannons aren't just “machine guns”

[@valueradar3362]

The dude said “its a Russian anti aircraft gun” like he was excited to spot one in the wild 😂

[@codyprice4592]

CRIKEY SHES A BIG ONEE

[@unseen289]

Hahaha that's a brilliant take

[@duoblade332]

“Hey! I saw this AA in war thunder once!”

[@TheOtherGreyKnight]

​@codyprice4592 SHE'S ANGRY SHE'S ANGRY

[@kousand9917]

I would be honestly, but also scared in that situation, because Anti Aircraft guns are terrifying to face as infantry, basically faster firing IFVs.

[@cropcircler]

That smile at the end is like, He’s a psycho, but he’s our psycho

[@Tetsujinhanmaa]

Be more like Trombley.

[@johnlynch-kv8mz]

Yeah.

[@johnclark984]

​@@Tetsujinhanmaa MORE LIKE TROMBLEY?!

[@Piedrahumo4447]

A psycho but for the good freedom side

[@KimberUs]

Whopper junior

[@mikhaelis]

Trombley is the rare breed of warrior that Death overlooks because he creeps Death out.

[@SoulCharizard]

So he is like Teddy Rosevelt.

[@jimmycombs8159]

I get it man. Those last question on who wants to be a millionaire get pretty intense

[@Jerry0825]

Iceman smile is like "that's my boy"

[@datwee7576]

“About 2000 yards” “Aim about 2000 meters” No wonder they missed

[@iLIKESNIPERS47]

Fun fact, US military uses the metric system as they are part of NATO

[@williamcondon7729]

The American actor said yards, the European actor said meters. The military tells everyone to think in the metric system for approximating distance because all the weapons effective ranges are taught in meters because we sell weapons to other countries and train with NATO forces. The U.S. needs to get its act together and stop using the imperial system.

[@sneaksyranger]

About 500 feet off between the two.

[@Arbidarb]

​@@williamcondon7729A meter is only 9% off from a yard. When estimating ranges by sight it really doesn't make much difference. And more likely they're trained on meters but just say yards meaning is just a different word for the same thing.

[@williamcondon7729]

@@Arbidarb ya, it’s not a huge difference but they are still trained to a standard and the imperial system makes that harder for everyone everywhere. Just saying we should switch

[@BRUNOR25511]

-It's 2000 cheeseburgers away -Understood, 2000 meters

[@andraenicholson3557]

Trombley is so goddamn American he refuses to use the metric system, even as a Marine lol

[@DRGEngineer]

WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER

[@ScottyShaw]

@@DRGEngineer It's a tool for measuring kill counts 🥳

[@shuttlecock58]

When the camera sets up behind Trombley, as hes saying "behind that tree" I thought i was gonna watch his torso blow open 😂

[@Taima]

same

[@codyprice4592]

"glad he's on our side" smile at the end, wouldn't want him behind me with a loaded rifle, but glad he's on our side.

[@teeheebrah6584]

Most unrealistic thing about this scene is the MK19 not jamming every other round

[@ryanrehfuss]

Just spicing things up by working perfectly when the Lt is watching 😂

[@ianparks2653]

it seems to be firing 50 cal rounds lol

[@ultimatefan08]

I thought i was going crazy. That's totally a Mk19, right?!? A grenade machine gun. As in not shooting bullets! How could they get that wrong?

[@paulleonard8318]

The ones I shot never jammed

[@pyroavok]

Bro where is hollywood gonna get 40 mike mike blanks and bfa for a mk19?

[@jawstr1k3r19]

“Your missing legs are not service related”

[@DanY-mj4gl]

That ain't missing legs that's being blown apart by a single shell worth of damage

[@CulltureShock]

"I get more nervous watching the game at home on the TV than i do Here" Now That is a Marine.

[@matthewbrooks8512]

That sand burm was compacted to a density higher than uranium from the sheer weight of his balls

[@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire]

Nah he was an idiot

[@marzipan3437]

Him not moving is probably what saved him (assuming he stayed out of cover) because the dude shooting that wouldnt have the detail vision to pick out a camouflaged enemy uniform. He was probably just shooting and where he knew they were and whatever moved

[@Azaqa]

Well to be fair its forest camo in a desert

[@marzipan3437]

@@Azaqa I mean yeah, that area did have a lot of foliage though and he blended in pretty well with that. As someone who lives in a desert (likely the same one they filmed this in, assuming it was filmed in America) i can say with confidence that realistically you aren't seeing him from that range, he just looks like another bush Edit: I went and googled it, this was filmed in parts of southern Africa, Mozambique, and other areas in Africa. So pretty far off location wise, but the climate is very similar with my home being even more arid than the filming location.

[@anthonyhernandez4266]

What?...no there's a script.

[@marzipan3437]

@@anthonyhernandez4266 no one's saying there isn't??? When talking about why he probably wasn't getting shot we are talking about the story being told where it is someone actually being shot at, not the process of telling that story where it's an actor with a script.

[@anthonyhernandez4266]

@@marzipan3437 ok so do you genuinely think that you could stay safe while being shot at without cover just because you weren't moving? That's just silly. We even see they barely missed him by like a couple feet at most. All the other soldiers react to how crazy he is for doing something that's clearly dangerous. This is just plot armor.

[@TheReelDon]

Crazy thing is, I didn’t have depression, ptsd, or anxiety when I was in combat. Now that I’m home, I have it all. It’s weird how cool calm and collective you are when you have been in multiple firefights. But when you are back home, you are more on edge. The closer I got to death, the more at calm and at peace I was.

[@0tuc]

Understand. I once knew I was about to die and immediately accepted it. I knew it was fine and I was good with it. When I woke up a week later, it surprised the heck out of me. But I was at peace. I know one day I’ll die but it’s okay. We all live and we all die. It’s been almost 15 years since I accepted it, and I’ve been at peace ever since.

[@roninsct7017]

..which begs the question which one is the natural state for a man to be in? Trick question for the Warrior it's from battle born. There's two types of people in the military: Is it a job or a way of life?

[@timovangalen1589]

Maybe it’s because everything matters more in combat. An untied shoelace could be the difference between life and death. I once read how in the Korengal Valley guys would chew each other out for being dehydrated because their piss stank, which might compromise an ambush. Back home there’s a lot less ways to screw up so hard that it puts people in danger. I imagine that having to rewire your brain for regular life is stressful.

[@alexanderhamilton4258]

It's that feeling of quiet before the storm.

[@jakeyo1752]

“Hey Sargent I think I see where the fires coming from” *the literal 23mm rounds landing near him*

[@DanY-mj4gl]

God damn when will ppl write sergeant correctly

[@gavins9846]

​@@DanY-mj4gltsaergnat

[@cainmathewson1857]

He'll be fine... We certainly wont be finding him in a cardboard box in 10 years probably believing he's working a .50 cal

[@robertedwards2959]

@@cainmathewson1857 lol you are correct. You'll find him in Congress if I remember correctly.

[@wewlad107]

Sent in a helicopter to take out an antiaircraft gun 💀

[@josephmuradyan6161]

Eh tbf it did seem distracted while engaging ground troops.

[@Robert53area]

It isn't like the Iraqis were great with their equipment. They lost to the Iranians, struggled against Kuwait. And lost most of their tanks to IFVs. Where the same IFV got obliterated by russian anti tank weapons and tanks.

[@Wolf-wc1js]

@@Robert53areathe Iraq-Iran war actually resulted in a stalemate/ceasefire and the fallout from it helped contribute to Iraq eventually invading Kuwait to set off the Persian Gulf war

[@nathanielessix3550]

Standard tactic, to use air on anti-air; look up SEAD, I was blown away as a foot slogger finding out about that shit lol

[@jonathanpfeffer3716]

ATGMs can outrange guns. Standard doctrine.

[@LlethanderDrae]

That's a splatter calibre, not an "oh, I've been shot, what a day..." calibre.

[@H_Hold]

Fick is just like "God, Damn, You are my favorite psycho" Due to the amount of children responding about my error, My bad; *Colbert,* Not Fick

[@BOOMSHOTKPOW]

That's Colbert "IceMan", not Fick!

[@sweetballs4742]

Colbert*

[@H_Hold]

@@BOOMSHOTKPOW Well fuck me for attributing something Fick would've still done to someone other than Fick. I do other things besides pay anally close attention to who's who.

[@peeps000]

@@H_Hold why are you raging at him dude?

[@H_Hold]

@@peeps000 Raging, Lol. That's far from what I was doing.

[@dsubversion]

Trombley the closeted badass warrior

[@nicholasmuro1742]

I luv um. Best character in the show.

[@kylebradley3]

Baby killer

[@carlost856]

Whopper Junior!

[@A_Qwynide]

The smile at the end is perfect - like "God damn you're crazy... But I sure am glad your *OUR* crazy"

[@richardkim3652]

Trombley "It's ok sarge, they got shit aim!"

[@nicholasmuro1742]

Trombley is the Spiers of GK.

[@seymourbuttz6419]

Not even close

[@Taima]

This was such a good show. The book was incredible too. Damn near made me want to enlist when I was a teen. Fortunately I knew better.

[@trainknut]

This may be the first time Ice Man was ever proud of Trombley 😂

[@bspicer12]

Greatest show that ended too soon 😢

[@yancydixon1217]

Whats the name of this show!?

[@maxbeech1567]

@@yancydixon1217Generation Kill

[@JannyBesmircher]

It ended perfectly actually

[@FoxhoundAK74]

Be an Anti-aircraft gun. Have 1 job

[@ryanrehfuss]

The US Air Force is looking for me specifically? The radar is staying off, I am a tank 🗿

[@Guardsman-sy8qm]

Ice man loved this

[@EssaysInTheCommentsSection]

Every now and again you hear a real story about some dude just walking around through gunfire like it's not there and it's always the coolest shit.

[@alanbrooke3237]

I knew a Marine like that, he had spent a year at MIT smart. Everything he did was methodical and s l o w !

[@johnathanblackwell759]

Trobmley reminds me of a British WW1 vet who when asked about his experience said "I rather enjoyed the war".

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

God Save The King

[@pyrevulpine]

I think you may be referring to Carton de Wiart. I hope I spelled his name right.

[@Fluffy_Monarch]

​@@pyrevulpineFull name Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, you're spot on

[@rh906]

I can understand it. Rather deal with something I kind of know than deal with a bunch of chaotic demons I am supposed to accept as my fellow citizen.

[@darrellcook8253]

That smile of understanding at the end kills me. What an attitude.

[@oofman1911]

he has a juggernaut mentality

[@jamesbaker223]

That look of love at the very end hahah!

[@crowsenpai5625]

“Well if you want to experience that, AA is a pretty shit way to achieve it. Taking a round from that isn’t being shot, it’s being blown to pieces.”

[@camjam8367]

That smirk at the end is the perfect reaction

[@MelvinSmellin]

That smirk 😂😂

[@EzekielDeLaCroix]

This man deserved every vote

[@TheElite1102]

The look from Brad to Trombley "Psycho recognises psycho" 🤣

[@latewizard301]

"Just gonna stand here with no regard for my safety and he'll probably miss" fucking legend😂

[@Haftrooth]

If “My Man!” Was an expression….

[@Mysticleo42]

That last part is a sad truth in and of itself 😔

[@SharpForceTrauma]

He's a Marine alright 😂

[@brute6896]

theres no great genius without some touch of madness

[@zerofire3172]

AAA engaging infantry then getting smoked by a low flying helo is hilarious

[@daleslover2771]

No shi..😂

[@razvy6949]

It had its radar removed, so it was basically a glorified APC

[@robertedwards2959]

​@@razvy6949 even if it had radar it won't matter. A Hellfire missile has about 3 times the range of a ZSU.

[@carlost856]

That's for the show, that missile out ranged it.

[@overlordvera4014]

I love how quickly they go from "youre going to get fucking shot!" To "well may aswell shoot what hes pointing at while he's up there"

[@Robert_H_Diver]

Yea you might not wanna get shot by one of those though….

[@IamEpsilon27]

Generation Kill is one of my favourite series

[@GitSumGaming]

Nah he wanted to hear “your injury is not service related”

[@patches0456]

Drill Instructor back home at basic suddenly starts smiling and laughing for no reason as the recruits he working with shit themselves

[@badhamsta]

2000 yards and 2000 meters isn't the same distant. It's off by a fotball field.

[@sunnysuryani5674]

This is correct, it's off by 170 meters, almost 2 football fields

[@robertedwards2959]

They weren't trying to kill it with the MK19. They were marking the area for the helicopter to have a visual cue. You can here the "6-line" call in the background say marked by MK19.

[@Jay_Spesh_Stay_Fresh]

Cry me a river

[@badhamsta]

@@Jay_Spesh_Stay_Fresh ?

[@deucechambers3216]

I think I see where the fire is from as the dirt around home explodes

[@ZFAILz]

Yeah cause a chopper is gonna fly that close to a anti aircraft gun lol Not to mention this guy looking at the gun would be fucking toast sitting out in the open like that

[@zadenstone]

You do realize this is a true story right? Nearly everything in this show is a reenactment and there is a picture of that cobra taking out that aa gun

[@Cakesadamant]

Real life isn't a videogame lil bro.

[@ZFAILz]

@@zadenstone Care to Link my Said picture ? Cause Most of the time those true Stories arent true at all

[@ZFAILz]

@@Cakesadamant this Clip also ist a Video Game what are you teying to say

[@Cakesadamant]

@@ZFAILz I'm saying you spend too much time on Xbox, and then spout garbage online thinking you mean something. I'll drop a hint, you don't.

[@Ahlurglgr]

top-1 phrase to say to get sent home immediately

[@zenmetsutenma2504]

The LT smile is like "that's ma boy"

[@prominence2826]

You feel invincible until you or your buddy’s get ripped apart

[@pariah_p]

The smile at the end said a thousand words 😂

[@HolyBibleistruth]

Smirk.. "He's a killer." 😏

[@M21assult]

Soldier… give me your boot laces. 😂

[@lazyreviewssupport9811]

With their info 2000 yards to 2000 meters 😢it's phenomenal how they managed to get the target 🎯 😂

[@Noobixm]

You do not want to get shot by that caliber, trust me.

[@lassegirnus2202]

This has the same energy as the guy who just got up out of cover with a RPG casually aims and fires it all WHILE GETTING SHOT AT

[@anthonylastname942]

That's textbook psychopathy. He's probably not a serial killer, but he's never gonna get flashbacks from mowing down other soldiers.

[@surnamnam7604]

Ice smirked because he realized the kid was a true warrior (he had a line earlier in the show about modern soldiers being semi-skilled operators)

[@ssocar96]

Must have had WW1 British Officer in his genes

[@zonolith5912]

Giving off strong Jamsheed vibes.

[@wickr2149]

The JTAC in the background is an awesome sound to behold

[@TheSuperSpud]

That guys just chilling when a round hits right next to him wtf lol

[@Vasher-The-Destroyer]

That's both awesome and overkill at the same time.

[@MarkUsDnsbry]

Tromley is not deranged. Professional Man.

[@amber-leaross4270]

He turns the gun that's hilarious

[@anynonymous1585]

"They're at our 11.. bout 2,000 yards away" Helicopter: bet, removing your 11 2,000 yards away.

[@able34bravo37]

That's incredible! I've never seen a recoilless Mk19 before.

[@lpatterson1968]

Thats a great series. Hard to watch at times but well worth the watch

[@Odinarcade00]

He thought it was call of duty. He thought he could just jump in the air and do a 360 spin to dodge the fire 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Mr.whaterfountan]

"I get less nervous here than I do when watching a game show "

[@halogenisys4897]

Omg someone finally put it into words

[@calebfaires9782]

Gotta wonder how true to the real Trombley this character is, because thats a kid I don't want to be fighting against.

[@pelinalsdumptruckcheekwago5346]

“It’s a Zeus” ARMA players collectively sweating with terror and excitement

[@tasjan9190]

Get shot? You mean vaporized?! TF?! lol

[@yeexian6897]

You DO NOT want to be shot by whatever caliber that Anti-Aircraft gun was shooting, you'd literally EXPLODE

[@briantaylor9285]

Marines are something else.

[@mannyram9717]

That looked that last guy had was :”that’s my kind of crazy”

[@garywallace7415]

Young man, if that bullet hits you it red mist time

[@CommeradeZhukov]

That's the American soldier experience, distress and call 911 for help 🤣

[@erwwinexists]

That Shilka looking terrifying

[@smurlix5676]

"TROMBLEY, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?" "They couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, sir" "Carry on, then"

[@Kyrispos]

Feels like a squad moment

[@teodorofreiberger2438]

When i heard Zeus i thought this was a live action ArmA skit lol

[@SDM09Tiny]

I love how you can very faintly hear the 6-line being called in the background.