Short Change Hero but you're the only survivor of Operation Red Wings

Operation Red Wings was a joint military operation conducted by the United States in the Pech District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. A team of four Navy SEALs fell into an ambush by Shah and his group just hours after inserting into the area by fast-roping from an MH-47 Chinook helicopter. Three of the four SEALs were killed during the ensuing battle, and one of the two quick reaction force (QRF) helicopters sent in for their aid was shot down by an RPG-7 fired by Shah's insurgents, killing all eight U.S. Navy SEALs and all eight U.S. Army Special Operations aviators on board. The operation then became known as Red Wings II during which time the bodies of the killed SEALs and Army Special Operations aviators were recovered and the only surviving member of the initial SEAL team, Marcus Luttrell, was rescued.
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[@somekindofgold8362]

"I'm still alive you fucking amateurs" Has got to be one of the ballsiest things to shout when you're surrounded and under heavy fire.

[@techypriest7523]

The masculine urge to taunt your enemy, take them all on single handedly, survive, and honor your fallen comrades

[@cuhgaming4943]

@@techypriest7523 being a terrorist isnt a masculine urge

[@WTFisTingispingis]

It's such a badass line.

[@dawsonhenry5558]

literally me!

[@benismen6164]

Its a voice line from the game Insurgency Sandstorm.

[@vitaminkugel9458]

"im still alive you f**king amateurs" i felt that one. may use in a serious combat situation one day.

[@kanyenorth2605]

Agreed

[@Berserker3624]

Kill as many you can and don’t bother with remorse, if you can help it that is

[@gibby8540]

Yup that's the dream

[@umberto7773]

Bruh

[@mofo78536]

It's both a shout of humility and defiance. Humility because you may catch a bullet at any time from any idiot, but defiance because you haven't yet because they suck at their job.

[@timewaster504]

My uncle was childhood friends with the Chinook pilot that went down during the operation. He volunteered to go on the mission when the original pilot was unable.

[@skiffyy6386]

This man refused to die

[@K.R.E707]

He's not stuck there with them There stuck there with him

[@HamFlare12345]

👍

[@isaacderfoxtrot9705]

This gave me a kick right in the feels, bringing me back to the first time i played borderlands 2 with my dad- thank you for this 🙏

[@Lewd-Tenant_Isan]

Holy shit this is so good, I might end up trying to animate this masterpiece Lmao

[@joshgale5977]

Please do

[@HistoryFeels]

I'm all for it if you can!

[@ronintherustsamurai4373]

the part around 2:40 sounds straight out of a trailer, this is amazing man, the way you match the voice lines and sounds of whats happening with the music is just amazing.

[@Trithus]

I love the insurgency sandstorm voices

[@CodyTaylor-td4yk]

When you're the last experienced worker in the kitchen cause everyone quit to pursue better interests

[@GrimTheRealReaper]

This one hit real different. 3 tours in that country. These videos actually help me get over it. Thank you for doing this.

[@IC3XR]

I Was Only 19, but you’re pinned down in the battle of Long Tan

[@nyxian4832]

No lie these are so thematic I've begun using them as flashbacks for fight scenes in my modern dnd campaign

[@HistoryFeels]

Awesome!

[@Dolando19]

"I'm still alive you fucking amateurs"

[@AverageJoe126]

Thems insurgency sandstorm sound effects

[@virginialoverproductions]

Great story... I wish Lutrell hadn't lied about it.

[@D_Dral8]

Top 10 asmr to help you sleep

[@firstnamelastname564]

You better not be dead! 🤣 I've said the same thing to my old car with parasitic battery drain issues

[@MSDarkspyro]

Sounds like a game trailer

[@teaadvice4996]

When they say "this ain't no place for a hero, this ain't no place for a better man" it represents the true brutality of war. And where the inner kind/nice guy dies. And you can like it or not, but it's just a fact the whole human race was bred for war. That's partly where mens disposalbility comes from. The advanced human brain was the greatest weapon nature ever created. Stronger than any bears strength, sharper than any cats claws, and quicker than any cobra strike.

[@duplicarus]

Why do you keep posting vibes that makes me want to re-enlist. Like I know I’m just gonna end up cleaning shit all day and doing jack shit again. Damn you XD

[@HistoryFeels]

Lol sorry bro

[@commietearenjoyer2456]

“I AM STILL ALIVE YOU FUCKIN’ AMATEURS” murica

[@MemeMaster-bg4mf]

Marcus Luttrell=Legend

[@windowskoala1689]

Hes fr a legend for getting 19 of his buddies KIA💪 Taliban went beastmode 8 v 20 and smoked em all with zero losses 😂 taliban got a tactical nuke

[@thegreengouf56]

Bruh. Nailed it.

[@thewanderer1228]

He do have that drip tho 💧💧💧

[@HumorDash]

He wasn't stuck there with them. They were stuck there with him.

[@doo.m]

I'm still alive YOU F*CKING AMATURES!

[@JaghataiKhaani]

The insurgency voicelines make this so much more real

[@expl0sives4day58]

If he's the last one alive, how did he call in a chopper without both a commander and observer?

[@TheLuuman]

Someone should totally make this into some kind of sfm.

[@yt_tenshi]

Marcus Luttrell was the only survivor of the operation

[@hiredjuice3702]

what i feel in pubg where all my teammate is dead, ive got a ghillie suit and its 4v1, in the afghan map:

[@dennishanyildirimohrstrom8676]

Got this on the loop while I drive my dumper truck .and as ex military and a Officer who has seen some awfull Things. For some reson this is relaxing?

[@SebastianWoodard]

Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell was the lone survivor during the Battle of Abbas Ghar. (Operation Red Wings).

[@misc3741]

Amazingly Accurate. Is There A Movie About This?

[@jailingawong2832]

Lone survivor

[@blakepesina9001]

this guy sounds like the scene from toy story "you wanna piece of me"

[@Kount_doo_doo]

Respect

[@guywhoknowsstuff6379]

My teacher last year helped track a satellite phone to locate this guy.

[@Friedrich_Lengfeld]

I had a close family friend who died in ORW.

[@markmonoton6224]

Congratulations?

[@Ihateminecraft565]

​@@markmonoton6224 actually a horrible person

[@jioda424]

Bro, legion entrangere.

[@dislikecentral-sg1ys]

is this Marcus Luttrell?

[@Lucky-Lee93]

Another great one but I just associate this song too much with Handsome Jack (This was used in the borderlands 2 trailer)

[@TheGoIsWin21]

This one got me.... I remember those mountains in the image. Been years, but you never forget. Fuck the Kunar.

[@DraftTheHippies]

I love that he called them amateurs even though they wiped out his entire team

[@BarracksGuitarist]

"During the ambush of Operation Red Wings the four SEALs were attacked from three sides and took fire from RPK machine guns, AK-47s, RPG-7s, and 82mm mortars. The attack forced the SEALs into the northeast gorge of the Shuryek Valley side of Sawtalo Sar. The SEALs made a number of attempts to contact their combat operations center with a PRC-148 MBITR (Multi Band Inter/Intra Team Radio) and then with an Iridium satellite phone. They could not establish consistent communication, however, other than for a period long enough to indicate that they were under attack. Three of the four team members were killed, and Luttrell, the only survivor, was left unconscious with a number of fractures, a broken back, and numerous shrapnel wounds. Members of SEAL Team 10 attempted a rescue during the firefight, but their helicopter was shot down, and all aboard were killed. Luttrell regained consciousness and evaded the pursuing enemy, with the help of local Pashtun villagers, one of them being Mohammad Gulab, who eventually sent an emissary to the nearest U.S. base to secure Luttrell's safe rescue and ultimately saved his life. He was rescued on July 2 by Army Rangers and Afghan National Army soldiers in the woods when Gulab and several villagers were trying to get Luttrell to a safe location." Marcus Luttrell Wikipedia page

[@testopringo6435]

"I am STILL ALIVE you FUCKING AMATEURS" (return fire)

[@Wizard_random]

Ahh rice 3:17

[@yourmotherincorporated-]

how it feels to be the last one alive during the Raid Boss (fuck you Hyperius.)

[@TacticalMoistTowelette]

The Insurgency voice lines are on point! Love the work you do!

[@HistoryFeels]

Glad you like them!

[@laurentb5763]

@@HistoryFeels INSURGENCY ! I knew i did eard the lines somewheres. Thanks you Chris. HistoryFeels, you are doing an amazing job.

[@livewellwitheds6885]

@@HistoryFeels wait you did the voices too??? I thought it was from a movie or something!!! damn thats skill. this song is helping me get through a brutal hospital stay haha

[@laurentb5763]

@@livewellwitheds6885 No, that's the lines from the video game Insurgency :Sandstorm. Good game.

[@coollkingbob7756]

@@HistoryFeels You should do Dream A Little Dream of Me, but You’re in the Trenches of WWI.

[@bigvideosfordumdums3264]

He's not cut off behind enemy lines. He is the enemy line.

[@sim0n432]

He's not cut off behind enemy lines, the enemy lines are cut off behind him.

[@bigvideosfordumdums3264]

@@dortywings7217 man it's a joke.

[@toppiestrock3784]

nice pfp

[@locus2427]

@@dortywings7217 the movie was very much not a propaganda piece

[@nyxian4832]

@@dortywings7217 The movie tells the story actually very accurately, despite being surrounded the four seals killed quite a few. Best estimates put them at having taken down 35 insurgents to their four, if you don't count the chopper which was shot down and killed everyone on board, these men didn't even get a chance. They also didn't screw up their mission, well I guess they did by not killing a group of civilian goat herders that spotted them. They instead spared them and those Afghans tipped off the insurgents. Lone Survivor while not entirely accurate never portrays any of the Seals as super amazing badasses who can stop anyone, the movie is about one man losing his best friends in a horrific ambush and then being tasked to survive alone. But more importantly this a fucking meme, if you're upset go somewhere else and leave Wojak to his work.

[@keithporter6269]

"I AM STILL ALIVE YOU FUCKING AMATEURS!!" Best line

[@underscore_nick1344]

im not stuck with you your stuck with me type vibes

[@callaco3176]

Insurgency Sandstorm voicelines are great :) Almost (if not all) all of these voicelines are from it.

[@nelsonmatamoros7084]

Cod lobbys in 2010

[@Xaxp]

Literally the most brass balled thing you could say while outnumbered, IMO.

[@timorlov3000]

100%!

[@yupgaming4843]

you can’t have PTSD if you are the traumatic event

[@GibbousTT]

Actually, tons of PTSD cases are because of that. It's referred to as 'moral injury'.

[@droktokush5232]

read it again lmao@@GibbousTT

[@randomcommentator4140]

"You can't traumatize the traumatizer!"

[@nathansteinfromarkham7109]

So like Adrian Carton de Wiart. He gobbled down that PTSD and asked for seconds.

[@heavynoose7761]

@@droktokush5232 ?

[@youarenotmadenough655]

The masculine urge to survive and tell the story of your fallen comrades

[@Forget-Me-Knot]

The masculine urge to continue your mission after a soft compromise.

[@uluomu]

The masculine urge to make sure your comrades won‘t be fallen comrades and survive.

[@alexeddie1145]

The masculine urge to form the new Soviet Union and give Afghanistan another go comrade

[@uluomu]

@@alexeddie1145 That‘s not a masculine urge.

[@youarenotmadenough655]

@@alexeddie1145 not even related to my comment or the video go larp somewhere else please

[@evanlucas8914]

The recovery operation was equally dramatic. The 75th ranger regiment spent 4 days hiking up and down the mountains looking for the bodies of those SEALs or a survivor. The tripped stumbled and fell all over those slopes until marines came in to assist. Then they spent 10 more days taking shifts from a patrol base to continue searching. For the remaining 3 SEALs.

[@BattleSlain]

That’s hard as fuck, committed to complete the mission no matter the cost.

[@truenorthgames]

No man gets left behind

[@jackson3327]

Seal Team Six, Ranger's and Marines Humped through KUNAR. We had a SOF team tell us to get fucked when they came in to do an OP in the Korngal. Those mountains will fuck your shit up. Add being shot at with AK's, SPG-9's and Dshk's. . . . . . I would rather go back to that then deal with the bullshit going on in America right now, Shit was simple just "Don't die".

[@rubenlopez3364]

Compare that to the Russians leaving their own to rot in trenches out in Ukriane.

[@snakedoc565]

@History Aesthetics that's so cool having an airborne ranger as a babysitter.

[@fatguybob2778]

Amazing, I can mentally visualize this entire interaction and it’s phenomenal. Thanks again for the great content

[@maxman126]

Exactly

[@residentelect]

Bloody great movie as well...

[@warcrimeenjoyer219]

Look John Chapman if you actually want to see what happened

[@michaelperez5822]

How did u comment 7 days when this came out Friday???????

[@michaelperez5822]

@@maxman126 HOWW

[@Stupidmoron1233]

That 0.01% of germ after hand sanitizer.

[@RubberyDuckkery867]

"i'm still alive you fucking amateurs!"

[@detectivv]

"I am still alive you f*cking amateurs!"

[@mr.nuggem8052]

underrated comment 😂

[@detectivv]

"im still alive you amateurs!"

[@jamesbrooks2179]

I nearly choked on my own spit reading the comments

[@dovahkiin_brasil]

The Marines of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, who had planned OP RED WINGS, were going after a relatively low level target named Ahmed Shaw, as their previous operations, and the unit they'd replaced, had nabbed all the known high and medium value targets successfully. Unfortunately, they were not part of a Marine Air Ground Task Force, and didn't possess organic lift assets needed to conduct it. So they asked for helo support from 160th SOAR (the famed Night Stalkers) who were assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A). The region SOTF command was run by SEALs who only agreed as long as they were to run the recon, and act as the main effort assault element to conduct the air assault raid against the target buildings thought to house the HVTs, while the rest of the Marine infantry company tasked with supporting missions, specifically the outer cordon. Because they had no options, and they wanted the mission to go ahead to nab the bad guy, the Marines agreed. This is not uncommon, its actually the norm. SOCOM are often on the lookout for good missions and they often get them from "poaching" intel or fully developed ops from conventional units. Per the planning of Red Wings, the recon element was was going to be inserting the day before on the high ground nearby to three named areas of interest (NAI) that were supposed to be under observation to spot the targets. They were supposed to not only confirm the presence of Shaw, but also provide additional intel. 2/3 had planned to conduct the recon using a Scout Sniper six man team, headed by a very experienced team leader. They had worked in that area often before, knew the relative ground, knew the limitations of radios, etc. Their plan was to get helo lifted miles away from the objective, land, then infiltrate by foot. When the SEALs poached the recon mission, the new recon element was a four man team who had never worked recon in Afghanistan before, weren't trained in recon, only one individual ever having deployed to a combat zone before. They ignored advice to bring more powerful radios, as the Marines knew from experience that the one the SEALs brought couldn't push out far enough, it didn't have enough power. Additionally, the SEAL recon team didn't have a Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency (PACE) plan for comms, only having the weak MBITR and a sat phone as backup. Neither were adequate, and they were warned. More so, their plan was significantly flawed. Not wanting to spent the time and energy walking to the objective, they decided to get helo inserted a few hundred meters away. They attempted to mitigate the risk of landing near directly on the Observation Point (OP) by having numerous false insertions done all over the valley area over the previous week, to keep the locals guessing, which only ended up tipping them off that an operation was in the works. But in recon, its an outright sin to ever airlift onto the OP. Every measure must be taken to keep it hidden, to keep the presence of the recon team hidden. After they fast roped down on the landing zone, per norm, the fast ropes were disconnected from the helicopter, but the SEAL recon team did not hide them, they left them in the open. Locals, sent out when they'd heard the choppers, found them pretty quickly, and using their own comms, reported it back. At that time the SEAL team had made it to the high ground and beyond, were trying to find a good OP to overwatch the NAIs, which proved difficult as the position they initially chose at night proved poor when light came at dawn. After daybreak they moved OPs. [Map of area and NAI and OPs](qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-edab31a62fcaf190fd909e25ba9413e6.webp) The locals, knowing ISAF rules of engagement, sent up some unarmed individuals, with radios, with some sheep, into the hills to scout them out. This is a common TTP in COIN ops to find snipers and recon element hide sites. In Iraq, they'd sent kids or unarmed adults to check on certain buildings, knowing we wouldn't kill them if we found them. If they found us, they'd report back. It worked during Red Wings. The SEAL recon team was spotted. Compromised, they detained the sheepherders. At that point the operation was blown. They have just been soft compromised, though without knowing it they'd also been hard compromised as those herders were part of a deliberate counter-recon element so Shaw and the enemy fighters in the village knew they'd been caught when they didn't report back. But because the SEAL recon team never established a formal plan for being compromised they had to make the decision on the spot of what to do. Instead of executing the actions of a pre-made drill for compromise, (depending on the story version) they got into a debate about what to do and even possibly held a vote. Confusion was also on what to do with the detainees. AT NO TIME WAS KILLING THEM ACTUALLY A LEGAL OPTION. Or realistic. The easiest thing to do would have been to gag them and flex cuff them to a tree. Instead they let them go (where they instantly ran off to warn everyone), while the SEALs picked up and moved, but not far. So after being compromised, the SEALs moved to high ground to make the call on their radio to alert the command element what had happened. Note, they didn't vacate the area, they moved maybe a hundred meters away from where they'd been spotted. Meanwhile, their comms weren't working, so the radio traffic was broken taking far longer than it should have without any real benefit of transmitting information. Meanwhile, the local enemy, realistically numbering about 12 fighters, having been briefed by the returning herders on the location of the SEALs, their size, their weapons, created a plan, climbed the hills to reach a position where they could ambush the infidels on their way back up to the high ground which was on the way back to the LZ (which they sent RPG gunners to overwatch in case a helicopter showed up). Finally, the SEAL recon team moving back toward the high ground through a draw (the NE Gulch), but got ambushed at relatively close range by roughly a squad sized element in strength, with machine guns. Possibly RPG and mortar, though in the video the insurgents made I never saw evidence of explosive weaponry. [Map of ambush, blue arrow is SEAL retreat](www.darack.com/sawtalosar/ambush-graphic.php) The fight was brief, and the SEALs that weren't hit immediately tried to break contact downhill. Luttrell effectively fell down the mountain, while the patrol leader, Mike Murphy, made a call on the sat phone before dying. The other two died during this time too. They didn't kill any of the locals, it was an entirely one sided fight. The Quick Reaction Force 10 SEALs in a 160th SOAR Chinook, escorted by two Apaches. The SEAL mission commander aboard the Chinook ordered the pilots to reach the LZ ASAP, and because the Chinook flies faster than the Apaches they arrived first. Because the Apaches weren't present, despite them having the thermal optics that would have been able to visually clear the landing zone, and the weaponry to physically clear it, the Chinook flared and started its landing, in broad daylight, under the observation of RPG gunner stationed there, and was targeted and hit, crashing, killing all onboard. [Map of area of operations, with original RT insertion LZ and QRF LZ/Shootdown pos marked](www.darack.com/sawtalosar/sawtalo-oblique-west.php) Another SOCOM QRF element, of primarily Rangers, were sent in the next day, they landed elsewhere and walked in, they are the ones who found Luttrell, who had been rescued by a villager in a local village, who apparently still had all his mags, loaded. They also recovered the bodies and secured the helicopter crash site. Besides recovering all weapons and equipment belonging to the SEALs, and having video footage of the fight, the local leader and target of the raid, Ahmed Shaw, also got a computer they'd brought that once broken into possessed the schematics of the US embassy in Kabul, as well as other sensitive information. He took that intel, and the videos, and cobbled together an effective propaganda video that earned him major credibility, which led to increased funding, recruitment, etc., causing him to turn into a legitimate High Value Target. [For more info](www.darack.com/sawtalosar/)

[@HistoryFeels]

Damn man that's almost an essay, thank you for sharing

[@fnayr00]

Read it all that's a right to do point essai.

[@bn-auric79]

Unstable equilibrium in action.

[@thewanderer1618]

I’ve never had a physical and vocal reaction to something before. What a fucking shit show

[@Nate_the_Nobody]

So, they were lazy, and got their asses handed to them

[@residentelect]

"We all have our crosses to bear. We carry them heavily, out of love for our brothers in arms. But sometimes you have to let go of the idea that anyone down here is in control." Marcus Luttrell (Survivor of Op Red Wings)

[@ShortArmOfGod]

He sure wasn't when he ran from an ambush and left the other 3 to die. He was found will all 11 of his magazines on him. They were all loaded.

[@valentinodellapina4921]

Well, if he survived in this way, he surely wasn’t a hero but he made the right choiche

[@alexisXcore93]

@@ShortArmOfGod a sig rune named random complaing about the bravery of a navy seal. rolf fucking lmao

[@nikolakaravida4087]

@@ShortArmOfGod He didn't leave them to die, he was just the only one to not get popped. It was an entirely one sided fight, they fucked up, left clues and got spotted by the locals. Taliban set up an ambush. The fight lasted under a minute, the SEALs got dropped instantly, Lutrell managed to run and jump off a cliff. There's a lot of bullshit surrounding this mission, how the SEALs fought off like 200 Taliban or whatever, but it wasn't Lutrell's fault they got killed. He got lucky and escaped.

[@azrofmahmud4969]

Allah is the one true God.

[@michaelsoland3293]

Reading the back story on this whole thing really tells you a lot about how extreme overconfidence and underestimation can get a bunch of otherwise extremely skilled people killed. It also shows how you need to look at your fuck ups, acknowledge, and learn about them, not bury them.

[@Jager_sog9]

And it tells us that if you run away from a firfight with all your 11 magazines full, leave your wounded comrades screaming for you, their combat medic to save them, and then intimidate the afghans that save you into not speaking up about the truth, you can sell a whole lot of books and then Mark Walberg will play you in a film that's not acurate. Not saying Luttrel is not a hero, but based on the events of Red Wings alone, he is far from one. The guys on the Chinook, on the other hand, are. They risked and lost it all after trying to save their comrades from a fucked up situation.

[@michaelsoland3293]

@@Jager_sog9 Agreed. Got all of his friends killed, the entire QRF, all because his team's ego kept them from listening to all the intel they were given, taking the mission from the dedicated team, and then planning it all horribly.

[@nikolakaravida4087]

@@Jager_sog9 There's a lot of bullshit surrounding Red Wings but the idea that it was Lutrell's fault they got massacred is retarded. No one screamed for shit. They all got ripped apart in the first 20 seconds of the "firefight". The Taliban set up an ambush because they were careless, left clues and got spotted by the locals. The SEALs never stood a chance. Lutrell was just lucky, managed to sprint and jump off a cliff.

[@Real_Mick3y6]

Every time I see someone say something about Operation Red Wings I hear something new or different and I have no idea what to think anymore

[@michaelsoland3293]

@@Real_Mick3y6 This is pretty much the agreed upon story with backing from SEALs, marines, etc about the mission. Lutrell's squads planning was idiotic, they weren't properly manned or equipped for the mission they were undertaken nor had properly trained. They threw out everything they had been taught and ended up getting themselves and their friends killed. While he embellished the story quite a bit, its still a very painful memory considering how small those communities are and how a lot of people knew those men that died in the chinook

[@deermanthing0101]

Short Change Hero used to make me think about Borderlands, but now it'll always remind me of this.

[@-Hesco]

strike back used it 1st

[@BarBQChips]

I always thought of Batman Arkham City haha. It was in one of the trailers I watched as a kid

[@josuel7309]

Holy shit just 10 seconds in and I’m already loving this video, the animation, the wojak, and the music. I can tell the audio is sourced from something like a video-game and I find the retorts a bit comical and fitting at the same time, your content keeps getting better lad, here’s to another good one🍉!

[@_Maroi]

Voice is from Insurgency Sandstorm.

[@goose1291]

​@@_Maroi I love that game

[@sadlynotgonnahappen4841]

The background firefight and chatter is from a movie called Lone Survivor, movie about this exact operation. Pretty sad but amazing movie. With additional sounds from Insurgency Sandstorm

[@Nyctophiliac.]

"Try me muthafucka"

[@JohnDoe-wt9ek]

As an Army Aviation vet, the very word "RPG" being screamed sends chills through my spine every time I hear it. No matter how many times I hear this.

[@IloveCanada-ql5vt]

Thank you for your service. I would like to ask, why are RPG’s considered so deadly to aircraft? I thought they weren’t controlled/only go in a straight line. Or, are there RPGs that actually target moving targets?

[@blazeoftherazgrizsquadron9306]

​@@IloveCanada-ql5vtI'm no Army aviator or any kind of military pilot so I may not be the best guy to answer this, but this is what I do know. RPG's (Rocket Propelled Grenades) are every pilots worst nightmare. This ESPECIALLY goes for helicopter pilots. These shoulder fired missiles are equipped with some nasty powerful explosive charges that can tear through metal like wet toilet paper. Helicopters are generally by aircraft standards pretty lightweight so they can fly. And in order to fly, they still require metal structure and plating to sheild the inner workings and mechanical and electrical components needed to fly. But that same metal needs to be sparse enough as not to be weighed down by its armor. Oftentimes the metal plating is about 5mm thick. Enough to stop bullets (usually referred to as "small arms fire") from a fair distance away; like say from about 2000 meters from the ground. Which is pretty common flight height for combat aviation. Part of a helicopters engineering more often than not requires the use of a tail rotor. This rotor acts as a counterbalance to keep the centrifugal energy of the main rotor on top from causing the helicopter from spinning out. So now imagine something that can easily reach and just as easily destroy such a component and force said helicopter to start spinning out of control and slamming into the hard ground or water at about 80 mph. There's a reason why hearing about someone surviving a plane or helicopter crash is considered to be so miraculous. And to answer the other part of your question, yes, there are a number of these types of RPG weapon systems outfitted with guidance systems allowing that rocket to track a target and hit with pinpoint accuracy. In fact, there are several of these weapon systems that were specifically DESIGNED to take out aircraft. The missiles fly farther, faster and hit generally even harder but lack penetrative power to punch through thicker armor. That's why there are missiles that are just as effective against ground targets meant to punch through thicker armor. Granted most "RPG's" you hear and see are viewed as the aptly named RPG-7v2's which are russian made mass produced and are just as DEVASTATING. Those things pack a MEAN punch and are still used by insurgents today. They also are reloadable and can be loaded with different types of munitions. Cluster, incendiary armor piercing (AP for short) though these munitions are sorta rare and difficult to get ahold of. Most of the time they're loaded with High Explosive Anti Tank (or HEAT for short) However, these weapons lack a guidance system and rely on fins near the thruster to guide it to target and require a line of sight. So they do require a fair amount of skill to be effective and can even then still misfire or get blown off course by wind and other factors. The point is, if you hear "RPG!" when you're flying, you'd be shitting bricks like this fine gentleman above me. So to quote a game I played a while ago "Old rocket arty, inaccurate but fuck will it ruin your day if they get it right." For a more up close understanding of why helicopters and RPG's don't mix, I'd HIGHLY RECOMMEND you watch the movie Blackhawk down" directed by Ridley Scott. It's an incredible film To the dude who originally posted this comment, you have my respect and I thank you for your service even though you're probably sick of hearing it. Still though, Respect brother.

[@FunnyNameNumber4]

&lloveCanada-ql5vt RPG = Rocket Propelled Grenade. They can be made a few different ways, either air burst to explode on a timer or AT that almost burrow into armor and explode shrapel through the hole that's why APCs & tanks are not fans of RPGs. Missiles & RPGs are different. To my knowledge RPGs cannot be guided.

[@IloveCanada-ql5vt]

@@FunnyNameNumber4 I see, thank you very much.

[@Myusername468]

​@@IloveCanada-ql5vtBecause helicopters can't evade quickly, especially if they are hovering and touching down to pick someone up. Look up the scene from Blackhawk down

[@Corgi_Love]

1:24 the way he says it and the beat hits gave me fucking goosebumps. Reminds me of the pure feeling of " I did not come this far to die now" 10/10 man thank you for this wonderful Video

[@helmetboyHD]

Also the like 20 seconds of no voice lines and heavy fire before make it an amazing drop.

[@manamesjeeeff1017]

Anybody know where this voice line comes from?

[@YungBeezer]

@@manamesjeeeff1017 Insurgency Sandstorm

[@jovi6077]

*pant, pant* “I did NOT…come this far…to die now…” -Nick from l4d2

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

1:23 At least get the timestamp right smh.

[@rebelaviator9229]

Copperhead Road but you’re a DEA agent hunting moonshiners in Tennessee.

[@alexlaney3423]

Fuck the DEA

[@alexlaney3423]

And fuck the ATF AND IRS

[@Georgeshawwaiancousin]

yes

[@jonahc2807]

oh God please

[@julienceaser4018]

Or flipside. Copperhead road but you are a moonshiner outrunning the dea in Tennessee

[@THESIXTHEGG]

When the audio tells a story, the music resonates with you. The context, the voices, the desperation, its awesome. Never stop doing what you do. You absolutely kill at this man!

[@cuhgaming4943]

No I think this heartbreaking, glorifying an illegal invasion. US soldiers are in Hell and that comforts me tho

[@akaspooderman6560]

@@cuhgaming4943 bruh wtf

[@helmetboyHD]

@@cuhgaming4943 "Does doing the right thing for the wrong reasons make you a bad person?"

[@THESIXTHEGG]

@@cuhgaming4943 yeah okay

[@azrofmahmud4969]

Allah is the one true God. And he has liberated Afghanistan from these invaders.

[@tommasobianchi6514]

"should I stay or should I go" but you're a British soldier being ambushed in Londonderry "Run trough the jungle" but you're running to the evac site "La victoire est a nous" but the Prussian have arrived at Waterloo

[@livewellwitheds6885]

all these are good ideas but I think the 2nd one is my favorite

[@olekcholewa8171]

Derry

[@caiosilva4038]

"for the brazilian german is soup" but you are a Brazilian soldier of the FEB attacking Monte Castelo 🐍 (Pro brasileiro alemão é sopa 🎼)

[@irlsarge]

*Derry

[@irishperson8347]

Derry*

[@connormcinerney9554]

Down under by the men at work but you're an Australian soldier tasked with hunting down emus.

[@heroicbannana8605]

When he said "Right, here we go" as bullets started flying, I felt that.

[@nunyabizness6553]

Oh yeah, that was one hundred percent the mask of the soldier coming down. At the beginning, he's a frightened man, cornered and alone. When the bullets start coming in, he knows he doesn't have the time to be scared, so he psychs himself up. That's also really well captured in the shit he yells at the enemy. He's building himself up as much as he can so he can keep running on adrenaline.

[@Wittwerror]

I can't actually explain the respect i have for this guy, HistoryFeels you're a true artist and i bet ur gonna be succesfull, it's all about time bro. Keet it up. Edit: 07.07.2022 Thank you guys for the likes i couldn't imagine to get all of this. Have a nice day everyone

[@HistoryFeels]

Thanks my FBI attached agent lol

[@dakotaadams189]

He's a compulsive liar, everything you've probably heard about his story is total fiction.

[@HistoryFeels]

@@dakotaadams189 maybe but it still makes for a cool video

[@Wittwerror]

@@dakotaadams189 What the fuck are you talking about

[@dakotaadams189]

@@StevenTheAristolianNerd Fucking look up the disparity between his initial after action report and his book. He reported 30 insurgents on debriefing, in his book 300. He was recovered with all of his magazines full, meaning that he expended at most 30 rounds in the battle and makes his description of a drawn out fight false, there is recorded radio chatter with his teammates calling for his help when they were shot with no answer, and the Afghan who sheltered him said that their village could hear the gunfight and it was over very very quickly. He's a self-serving liar and most likely a coward to boot.

[@SomeOrdinaryJanitor]

Short Change Hero perfectly encapsulates the feeling of being the last line of defense deep behind enemy lines.

[@EdwardHood]

As veteran of the Afghanistan war, I really appreciate this work. 2009-2010 RIP PO2 Mcneley and PO2 Newlove

[@azrofmahmud4969]

I feel sorry you went to war, that you never won.

[@EdwardHood]

@@azrofmahmud4969 There were many victories. The biggest victory was giving an entire generation of women an education.

[@captain_duck0o084]

@@EdwardHood bet you hear it a lot but well damn deserved , thanks for your service , my hero

[@dakai_shensheri8310]

@@EdwardHood thank you for providing that future for them

[@my9thaccount140]

@@EdwardHood Well that’s something I guess. Better than nothing.

[@hellaroh6053]

Amazing once again! Ik you’ve already done a Falklands one, but since this year marks the 40th anniversary, I think something like ‘eye of the tiger while HMS Ardent sinks’ would be really cool.

[@adamallen1097]

Or the battle of goose green with 105 arty

[@burger_person115]

@@adamallen1097 last one was 80s for the battle of goose greene lol

[@Misaelec7]

Hey britbong, argie here. Wanna pop pop for the good old times?

[@jacksonlee6760]

These videos are just great! The music mixing and the level of detail on wojak art is crazy good! It all elevated the emotion of the voice lines. No idea how you do it, but good work!

[@HistoryFeels]

Thank you very much!

[@teaadvice4996]

"You all better not be dead"- the last surviver rip

[@TimBur-lg2xw]

Marcus Lutterel is still alive till this day with his fellow savior Gulab

[@FilibusterFlitwick]

I heard that insurgency sandstorm voice line from my teammate when he sacrificed himself and blew himself up

[@jontannler6328]

I absolutely love your videos. I know this mixing takes WAY more time than people would think. At the gym right now and this is a pump for sure

[@HistoryFeels]

Thanks man I appreciate that, bless you and your gains

[@BigIronEnjoyer]

Insurgency Sandstorm deserves more love. Crazy how a mid-budget multiplayer-only shooter has some of the best voice acting of any game in the last decade. The game itself is great too. Manages to strike a perfect balance - much more realistic movement, weapon handling, and weapon behavior (damage, penetration, etc) than arcadey stuff like Call of Duty or Battlefield, but also far less tedious and inaccessible than autist milsims like ARMA.

[@TheRolikiller]

Tarkov Voicelines are really dope too, especially the Russian BEAR, and Scav voicelines.

[@berto1111]

Battlefield 3 and 4 have some pretty good lines like if you play 4 on lockdown you’ll here like the chaos of the soldiers yelling out loud.

[@MrSourceMan]

If only armor wasn't completely fucking pointless, it'd be perfect. Every major western nation issues ceramic armor for a reason; they work at preventing many small arms from outright incapacitating a trooper. Insurgency 2014 did a much better job at reflecting modern body armor capabilities. Sandstorm basically just has it as being a flak jacket.

[@BigIronEnjoyer]

@@MrSourceMan If you haven't played it in a while, I think a recent patch made armor much more capable. Hitting people center mass with 5.56 or 7.62x39 feels far less effective recently, and now it feels like there's definitely an advantage in moving up to real fuckin NATO.

[@MrSourceMan]

@@BigIronEnjoyer Hmm. I've been burned by Sandstorm since I did the Beta, so I'll just take your word for it. Too many games to get involved with it again. Plus, I've been enjoying Squad since picking it up.

[@premiumquinn]

The insurgency voicelines in this were a welcome surprise. Good job on this one

[@frankieM_]

"I'm still alive you fucking amateurs" followed by rapid gunfire is great

[@WOLFIEJAYPAW]

When a four minute video makes you rebound from a horrid day, reminding you that even your worse days weren't as bad as days our military force have faced. Thank you for the rally I needed to finish the week. (SIDENOTE: I appreciate what you're doing, capturing historical events and creating art with them. You remind me of a very animated History teacher I had in Highschool. Never really appreciated history till I met him. Keep up the grind.)

[@damienharris6690]

0:26 this cannot be more perfectly timed

[@chofagoyfrog7531]

Holy shit man, that level of details in your wojak is just amazing.

[@GenScinmore]

today the 27th marks the day it went down

[@HistoryFeels]

Oh damn, you're right

[@theshooterflynn]

This singlehandedly might be my favorite song edit of this kind there is. I can not begin to explain the pure adrenaline, rage, yet determination and drive listening to this pumped into my system. Sandstorm's voice acting was always super good, but this really amplified just how GOOD it is. 10/10 job man!

[@fromthefire4176]

Nothing like being the last one alive on outpost or survival, having a tough fight, surrounded with enemies yelling how they’re going to kill you, but managing to win and respawn the team. Still can’t believe I bought the game hoping to have a stopgap shooter until BF got good again, then thinking how it reminded me in ways of stuff like the old school rainbow 6 games, and now knowing I’ll be looking back on it a decade from now like I do those old games because it’s a true experience of its own. Intense and immersive af, and some of the best gun play of any game I’ve played.

[@SAOrules]

Sandstorm? Fill me in on the reference please!

[@goofyahh384]

@@SAOrules insurgency sandstorm

[@theshooterflynn]

@@SAOrules A couple of months late, but, Insurgency Sandstorm! It's where most of the voice acting in this edit plus some of the gunshots/reload sound fx came from. It's defo wortj checking out. :)

[@cthonmon_4781]

"The most dangerous creation of any society is a man with nothing to lose." -James Baldwin

[@xycrzn]

May I ask do you make these Wojak’s yourself? They’re so detailed and looks so good. Amazing work mate.

[@HistoryFeels]

Yep sure do, thanks fam

[@haydenpeterson3931]

@@HistoryFeels holy shit your a amazing artist bravo my dude

[@GiskardRevenlov]

@@HistoryFeels any chance you'll upload them somewhere?

[@piggysew797]

​@HistoryFeels This channel and your vids give off vibes that cannot be found anywhere else

[@hackermangage1703]

Saying stupid one liners is a staple if skirmishes during my deployment. We would be talking to a village elder and next thing we where getting shot at. I remember being on patrol and taking fire, our gunner yells "who wants to play hot potato" then just unloads 4 rounds out of a Mk19. Wild times. Somehow made it through all that just to waste the rest of my life on youtube and Destiny 2

[@gregoryrivero1458]

Puto amo, literal un genio de seguro no fallas ningún tiro en el Destiny

[@ryanmaroney1268]

Respect to another guardian and that is a fun way to describe grenade launchers

[@brendanfournier4037]

You fucking earned that shit man. If you enjoy it, then it's not a waste. God bless you and your brothers. 🫡 I wasn't good enough to join ya.

[@akmalazlynaziz4769]

i am so confused all the comments say like “5 days ago” and “6 days ago” but this was posted 11 seconds ago

[@Pepsimoto499]

Yo same wtf?

[@HistoryFeels]

Patreon early access

[@akmalazlynaziz4769]

oh

[@247monsteraddict]

I went to school with one of these Navy Seals’ cousins. First time I heard the story was in class on a presentation on “Who is Your Hero” really fucking hit home. Now there’s a movie about it. Doesn’t capture the emotion the cousin (who will remain unnamed) told it with.

[@Ademus5]

When Insurgency hits you with the "Last man standing"

[@themeanestturtle]

MFW when I ignore the advice of all the Marines who had done extensive recce within the area and loudly insert by helicopter into a mountainous area without proper preparations or the necessary infantry skills to handle potential TiCs and therefore get my comrades and our extraction killed by a handful of Taliban before embellishing everything in a shitty memoir:

[@hardboiled5577]

Insurgency absolutely has the best voice lines. Glad you utilize them so perfectly.

[@FadedOxide]

The spec ops dude from sandstorm's voice actor is a legend, these lines never get old

[@caseycole6551]

Run through the jungle but you've lost contact with your platoon and the Vietcong are hot on your trail

[@Antares912]

Shocking blue - send me a postcard (1968)

[@Nomad_Drifter]

"Too Old to Die Young Now" but you've been abandoned on a hilltop in Afghanistan and literally awaken from the dead just to protect your buddies in helicopters while being blown up and shot multiple times before finally taking one through the heart. (TSgt John Chapman)

[@lsargent0751]

RIP John Chapman.

[@PineTreePal]

You should make one called: "You're Marcus Luttrell, you're hiding behind a rock, you have all eleven of your mags, and your dying squad mate is begging you to fucking do something."

[@DEEZ_N4T]

Now I’m confused what really happened since some have claimed he was knocked out, fell off and etc. but Marcus did admit he broke when Murphy was killed(in one of the behind the scenes videos) so did he get knocked out then fell? Or fell then knocked out? Or did he break and hid, after Murphy was killed he reunited with Axe after which a 40mm knocked him out and fell off leaving Axe alone?

[@waset8654]

"You're Marcus Luttrell, on your 78th podcast appearance, pushing sales for your 3rd leadership book, and trying not to let the demons win."

[@nikolakaravida4087]

Lol. Luttrell is a bullshitter but there's nothing he could do. No one begged him for shit, the firefight lasted for like 20 seconds and the SEALs got ripped apart by MG fire instantly. Luttrell was just lucky and managed to run and jump off a cliff.

[@circumcisionismurder7415]

Holy shit dude

[@sb6675]

Even if that were the case, what would he do? This isn't rambo dummy, if they were outgunned, outmanned and theres one guy there, what's he gonna do? Commit suicide for your dumb idea of honor? Get real you 16 year old.

[@brendenbrenden5458]

Wild they found him without a single bullet missing in his load out

[@detrevillefrance5003]

Yep the redpill on this opération is hard fck

[@Ghost_Samurai88]

Love the insurgency sandstorm callouts. Favorite has to be "I am still alive you fucking amateurs"

[@yourstruly6520]

Lone Survivor, one of the biggest lies of all time

[@jaroslaveman2733]

The wojak nametag is just another example of how much detail and work you put into these... Great stuff as always, keep doing what you're doing...

[@nukesgameing2831]

20 Operators went in, 20 returned. . . 19 in body bags. . . Fly high gentlemen 🕊️