What Does It Sound Like To Get Shot At? Bullet Sounds Near & Far

What does it sound like to be shot at? In today’s video we show you what bullets sound like at various distances from various weapons. There is much that can be gleaned from these sounds specifically in reference to distance and caliber of the shooter. It’s a very interesting topic and I hope you’ll enjoy this video.
00:00 What does it sound like to get shot at by a 50 Cal
02:31 Weapons being used for test
03:45 Glock 17 9mm 200m
05:13 45-70 200m
06:06 40mm Grenade 200m
08:02 Weapons used for 500m to 1000m
09:44 45-70 500m
10:30 M16 5.56 500m
11:20 M4 Suppressed 500m
12:40 M1 Garand 500m
13:43 50 Cal 500m
14:33 45-70 1000m
15:06 M16 1000m
15:55 M4 Suppressed 1000m
16:30 M1 Garand 1000m
18:00 50 Cal 1000m
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All weapons featured are semi automatic and feed from 25 round magazines. All shooting was conducted on a closed private range by professional shooters.

[@britskihambone8158]

When I was a kid, me and my family were fishing at an arroyo in South Texas, when we started hearing this weird buzzing sound going right above our heads, followed by a popping noise. My dad, who had been a Marine in Korea, yelled at us to get down, and then started screaming at someone about 100 yards down the bank from us. But they either didn't hear him, or were ignoring him...until he started shooting back with his 1911 .45 ACP., kicking up dirt plumes on the bank, just in front of them. Needless to say, that got their attention, and they stopped shooting. We later came to realize that they were shooting a .22 at the water, and the projectiles were ricocheting and tumbling over our heads, making the whirring sound of the tumbling bullets. That is a sound I will never forget. Man, I miss my dad.

[@DogeismYT]

Great story - a young south texas native

[@ericmckinley7985]

Dads are important.

[@Buddhapyro]

Interesting 👀

[@aaronpoh3728]

Thank you for sharing this story. Sorry you miss your dad, be proud of him.

[@instinctblues8260]

956

[@bigdaddy7119]

Former Combat Medic here, and I have had a 7.62x54 round come so close to my head, that I heard the crack and the buzz of the bullet and felt the “breeze” from the shockwave on my face. For everyone talking about how they would freak out, jus remember this one thing; if you hear it, you’re golden. You don’t hear the one that gets you.

[@Redskies453]

I mean, unless it hits you in the ass.

[@jacobrosser5222]

Big Daddy couldnt be more appropriate with a story like that. Thank you for your service. God bless.

[@cdgncgn]

@@jacobrosser5222 did his service save you from Iraq or Afg ? If not, what was the reason to serve if it wasnt defense. That is not a personal jab at the guy, but those running the country.

[@nathantynes7665]

@@cdgncgn the US alone was attacked four separate times from an organization that headquartered itself in Afghanistan. That’s not counting the other nations that were attacked by it prior to 9/11. I personally wouldn’t have done Iraq, but Saddam Hussein was a loser, his sons were worse.

[@jamesusurper9676]

@@Redskies453 “something jumped and bit me in the buttocks!”

[@bongmonkey117]

That one round from the M1 was extremely close to them. Wow! A legitimate "danger close" moment right there.

[@GokantheHusky]

And it definitely didn't sound supersonic. Sounded like it went subsonic

[@EJDoesEverythingBetter]

Pretty sure that was a round that went subsonic, it probably clipped the top of the berm and slowed it down while spinning it wildly, which is where the crazy sound came from. It sounded close because it was a 180 grain or so .308 traveling almost sonic but I can guarantee you it was nowhere near them

[@LydellAaron]

30-06 and .308 are excellent rounds

[@jesseibarra6437]

Facts... he played it of but jeez a close one...cool video tho

[@scubajoe3321]

Probably started spinning in the air and lost velocity

[@meatpopsicle1567]

7.62x51mm is LOUD at 100 yards! I got to experience that during a training session for our department's sniper/observer team. One of the team members was having some issues with his M1A. We had gone down range to check targets and his shots were all over the place. He went back up to the firing line, while we stayed at the targets, just to hear what .308 sounded like when you're on the receiving end of it. We got behind the 10 feet tall berm the targets were mounted on and he cut loose. I can tell you , it was painfully loud, and you absolutely could not tell where the shots were coming from. At that distance, the bullet and the report arrived pretty much simultaneously, so there was no gun shot report. It humbles you,

[@AR-GuidesAndMore]

Its really absurd how far technology has progressed, that we can have Garandthumb with and without balaclava in the same shot interacting.

[@lozg1985]

How far green screen/CGI has come...

[@hambone950]

wait what? it was mike the whole time??

[@ironcland1256]

@@hambone950 yes, he cloned himself and in this video administrative become sentient and is trying to kill Mike to be the only one

[@brianh.3123]

Like the Cray Brothers.

[@hambone950]

@@ironcland1256 lol howd he do it while shooting and being down range?

[@ryanhampson673]

When I was in Afghanistan in my first firefight I remember my first thought on hearing incoming rounds was "Holy shit Battlefield got the cracks right!"

[@MidnightMarrow]

Major studios usually have actual recordings of these things so I'd sure hope so lol.

[@bomcstoots1]

Yep.

[@kikicantu5934]

its funny to read this comment cause my uncle came back from afghanistan around 2006-2007 and this was right around the same time the first battlefield came out and he was watching me play and just astonished on how well made the game was and how "realistic," it was for its time. He ended up having a mental break sadly and went on a spree of murders and running trap houses. I miss that amazing Russian bastard; dude made my cod games feel like real life with how good he was🤣

[@karoshn]

@@kikicantu5934 spree of murders? what’s his name?

[@dinonuggiesguy4847]

@@kikicantu5934 nah why you gotta put that emoji at the end

[@kastroalphaofc]

12:52 - That scary sound is because the 30hate round tumbled on the terrain but didn't lose enough speed to go subsonic. You heard a lower pitched snap and the whizz, which means the round was covering more "area" than what it was supposed to, therefore, slowed down and start cutting the air irregularly.

[@th3_pl3b]

So not only does a keyhole round fuck you up something fierce anyways, but it also sounds like an uppercut from the devil.

[@brdgrill3653]

i dont understand your second sentence: the round was covering more "area" that it was supposed to., like was it slowed by something and continued after? And didnt he shoot at the same place so why the different noise? care to explain? Thanks

[@kastroalphaofc]

@@brdgrill3653 exactly. The moment the round tumbles he becomes "wider" because it's now spinning off-axis, rather than when it leaves the barrel. In other words, when a round leaves the muzzle the surface area in contact with the air basically is equal to its caliber, because the round is stabilized and traveling towards its desired direction. The moment the round tumbles, the spin is no longer regular, therefore it cuts the air covering a wider area because of its irregular spin. I hope I could explain it better. There are some super slomo videos of ricochets here on KZbin that can explain this visually.

[@brdgrill3653]

yeah, Thanks man!@@kastroalphaofc

[@xx_manemane_xx746]

That sound make me jump everytime & I know it’s coming like my body is used to just get down

[@landofbol1098]

I didn't think bullet sounds in games would have been so realistic, cause I recognize all these sounds and have never been to a shooting range before

[@syitiger9072]

Pubg

[@scottpaulhubbard8771]

But playing on a game is nothing and I mean nothing compared to the real thing

[@Basically_a_nobody]

“I have served, not necessarily in the military. I have received discounts” Charlie is great, a national treasure really.

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

Trained at the farm. Or maybe a farm?

[@BT-ex7ko]

His quips this episode were fantastic. He wasn't really in 'character' this time but his comments had me rolling more than usual.

[@calholli]

I don't get it.

[@wDeXteR4]

@@calholli same

[@adamr9720]

That was funny. It made me laugh.

[@Phantom1188_]

Charlie looks soooo uncomfortable getting shot at whereas mike seems right at home 😂

[@kaithehollow9469]

Charlies face is in a constant state of uncomfortable tho

[@sawboneiomc8809]

Yep...don’t think it’s the first time he’s been shot at.

[@elee9056]

you can tell who picked the background music

[@Garand06]

Mike looked outright excited

[@SgtBjarne]

pretty sure he is just cold

[@eerusowi]

Charlie really is one of a kind! Great video with a great cast, Garand Thumb never disappoints!

[@hazed1009]

Lol , I wondered if it caught him out. Gotta say i eould expect these guys are well aware of it, too savvy to pinch their thumbs !! Just a thought there, how many sore thumbs returned from ww2 I wonder?😂 tens of thousands of young kids walking off the boats with swollen red thumb tips !

[@Siegefya]

Highly familiar with 5.56 sound, as being a Marine veteran...for rifle qualification we literally do what these guys did in the "pits" have to bring targets up and down, so yeah that 5.56 at max 500 yards is very peculiar sound. When it's even closer it's much louder overhead. I've experienced 7.62 as well, but wasn't in a training environment for that. I hope the Marine Corps never gets rid of Marines having to work the pits, because it builds character, and you find out what it sounds like to get shot at when you're in cover.

[@nicholascrespo9003]

The juxtaposition of Mike and Charlie when rounds came overhead, was pure. Highly enjoyable collaboration presented here.

[@lavabarf3890]

Good word 😊

[@Hillbilly_Travels]

My grandfather fought in Korea. I was sighting in my deer rifle with him 20 years ago at 200 yards. I took the first shot at the paper target and he walked down (to the target) to see where it hit. After he saw the hit he moved 10-15 feet to the side of the target and yelled at me to take another shot. I looked at him like he was crazy and yelled “hell no”. My Grandfather laughed and yelled back, “Kid if you only knew my life at you age.” I was in my early 20’s then. I lost my grandfather to cancer 6 years ago. He was/is my hero.

[@lxvideostuff7200]

yap, cancer is a thing and nobody does a thing about it, except getting more of it.

[@natesenter5223]

Great man🤝

[@liberty7835]

You got to luv and respect those guys back then ! Boys had to become men or they died in action and thank them for there service i was raised around men like that one was at pearl harbor, one a dday , battle of the bulge, Hiroshima he was the last man in his platoon twice every young man here in this part of Alabama joind or was called up ill never forget them or the advice they gave me when i was young!!

[@lxvideostuff7200]

@@liberty7835 what about the guys now, like the russian boys that invade ukraine? do you respect them? they are the same fools.

[@dulichion]

Ya man, my grandfather was mine too! WWII vet, forged birth certificate to fight. Told me a wild story fighting the japs in the south pacific on a frigate. Even though they were support they were fighting. Crazy stuff.

[@trikstari7687]

I just got an ACOG. Best optic I've ever used. I like the tight eye relief, as it's very easy to tell when you are locked in just right.

[@muffincar]

Many years ago I was hunting on my property. I was sitting in a treestand and someone was hunting across the creek and probably about .15 miles away. They shot and a stray bullet hit the tree right in front of me. The sound of it all was so scary. I will never forget the bullet sound whizzing past me and hitting the tree.

[@ThatWeirdCreature621]

Such a scary sound when you’re not expecting it eh

[@adeletanner2262]

I've been a Range Control Officer (RCO) at several military bombing ranges. You are always in a fortified, fully enclosed room with ballistic glass on all 4 sides at the top of a tower while directing and monitoring aircraft and providing their bombing scores. Though you are 3000+ feet from the target, the sound and pressure wave from a MK-82 (500 pounder) or MK-84 (2000 pounder) will rattle the tower, as will the 20mm (F-4, F-16 Vulcan Cannon at 100 rounds per second) or 30mm (A-10 GAU-8 at 30rps) gunbursts, which have to be heard to be believed! I would often step outside the fortified room on to the walkway with my headset in hand to take it all in, and while the noise is very impressive, you haven't really lived until you've actually seen the pressure wave front from a 500 or 2000 pound blast coming straight at you and gasped as it passes through your body like a ghost... Gotta love bombs and bullets! Miss those days! Cheers!

[@EvLSpectre]

Coming from 2W0 world...yep.. I know man. I remember when before I moved off base and worked mids, I would get woken up occasionally by the AC130 that we had...like literally 25ft away from the main road. had containers to contain some of the sound, but they did jack all. My house I moved to was also close enough to feel the 84s going off on the range. Made for some fun times for newbies when I knew a range day was coming up.

[@raymond2099]

Part of the reason my I wish I could join the military but I would go to the seals and be an unstoppable force/ warrior! Love what our military does for my country and me. I have a lot of family who are vets and I hear stories about every war since ww2 and it’s honestly scary what they had to do. What the government doesn’t tell the mass public. Like I wondered why for a long time why most vets hate the government after they served and just makes a lot of sense now when you think about it. If you know the situations the government put them in too

[@MrHeavy466]

Never served, but I did have the pleasure of going to the Big Sandy Shoot in Arizona once. When I went, there was about a quarter mile of various small arms, HMGs, and even a Sherman tank on the firing line. When the go ahead was given to fire, it was intense to say the least. But there was weapon there unique to everything else: a M134. When that thing opened up, it was the only thing you could hear.

[@haltorne6647]

@@raymond2099 wow man, you wish you could join but if you did you would be a SEAL hella brave if you to not go in and claim you’d be a SEAL

[@Snapper314]

Back in the day, the K-Springs range on Camp Pendleton didn't have any protective bunkers... or anything else. Did a couple of TACP shoots there, calling in arty and aircraft. Good times indeed!

[@LordOfRuin707]

The fact that Mike is like a damn kid in a candy store while he's getting shot at VS Charlie who looks like his pants are full... Well done guys! I love this channel and the fact you're doing more with the Talking Balaclava!

[@nomad9935]

This popped up in my feed just now so I sub'd because these guys are characters and informative. Then I started reading comments. Reminded me of years ago I was in a bank with a takeover robbery. Shook me for quite awhile. Then FF to 2019 I was sitting in a range collecting recall governor's signatures. Went home and was on the sofa for 3 days exhausted. Didn't realize all those pops I was hearing for 7 hours was going to impact me the way it did. Forced myself to go to the range and shoot. I was soaking wet in sweat and shaking. Would like to go train with these guy for a week out there.

[@DerpsWithWolves]

We still use grunt-powered shooting ranges up in Canada, with troops standing behind the burm manually raising and lowering targets on a winch system, so I've spent maaaany hours in spots like this, with 30+ people firing over my head with rifles, and MGs. At least in the hundreds of thousands of rounds. I'm impressed how well the mics do it justice. I'm also impressed that now I have a comprehensive vid to send to the sound guy on an animation project I'm consulting on and say "I mean like this..."

[@sonatine3266]

Mike, Charlie, Micah and Admin together are def. the coolest quartet on KZbin! I enjoy this type of content a lot.

[@tetanusdeliverysystems66]

michah sad boy hours rn

[@airdusterenjoyer]

No love for Micah huh? :(

[@sonatine3266]

@@airdusterenjoyer No, no. Much love for Micah. Corrected it.

[@herringnicholas]

This is one of the best episodes of any gun channel i've EVER seen. I LOVE hearing the rounds cutting the air. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@BrassCatcher]

Come up for air buddy

[@navyboy0785]

I still remember the first time a 7.62 went by my face in Fallujah. Didn’t register till I sat down. Woooo what a rush!!! Thanks for bringing these sounds back to me! ♥️

[@VashTheStampede248]

Thanks for the cool video guys. I hope your doin alright Charlie. Your videos give me something to look forward to. Keep it up fellas!

[@FriskyDecisions]

I can answer from experience and I know many will relate: it’s the most horrifyingly exciting sensation you can ever feel. ☠️

[@dirtyswar]

It's a high you don't forget. You almost lose all fear from the adrenaline

[@lcpltpow5870]

That bang bang bang.... thud thud thud can never be forgotten

[@LordPorkChop84]

"There is no greater thrill in life than being shot at and missed." ....gawd, I miss getting into gunfights...........I know thats weird to say but its true

[@GrimrDirge]

"There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at with no result." ― Winston Churchill

[@johndoppleguard]

@@LordPorkChop84 Roger roger. I feel ya!

[@stephenreuther2157]

One of the best videos yet and I’ve been watching for years. Charlie’s comment about the M1 Garand was amazing and the delivery is impeccable

[@mantism.d.8363]

And the way Flannel Daddy looks like an upset dad every time he says this kinda shit 🤣

[@roycenpam]

You guys are nuts. Daum what a great idea. and I love you did this.

[@cristianpatino2211]

I love the little sound effects on this video whoever edited this thank u I love it 🎉

[@madmax13bravo]

Awesome!!! I was a M777 gunner in a Field Artillery Battery in the Army and some of the coolest memories I have is when we fired as a battalion and our sister batteries were at firing points a few clicks to the rear of us and they would fire directly over top of us and let me tell you that was amazing to hear those hundred pound 155 HE rounds zipping through the air over our heads.

[@markharris1468]

I was a gunner, and a battery fire mission still is to this day, the most intense experience of my life. AS90..

[@daddyrabbit835]

I was on the M109 and we used to hear the old 8 inches fire over us. We almost hit an AH-64 that flew in front of our gun line at Ft Polk during live fire. That thing went straight verticle.

[@headChingon]

That's probably the coolest shit I've read so far. Thank you for your service dude.

[@warrenpuckett4203]

I am graduate of 24th ID HHB. I know the sound of a piece shrapnel flying overhead and hitting a tree above me head. Short rounds suck. When you are traversing the near impact part of the range. Each round has a different sound going through the air. 8 inch, 155mm and the 105mm from a M60. Hard to believe we did fire and maneuver with the infantry.

[@1warhistorian]

Always fun to hear you guys do fire missions at night and hearing mortars during MORTP

[@S13Slydeways]

Yall are awesome. Middle earth needs these kinds of real life testing.

[@bang8782]

I’ve never been shot at but working the pits at the rifle range was cool hearing all the rounds go overhead. It’s such a strange sound.

[@Tritiuhm]

I am someone who has not served, so this was an exceptionally informative video. I have buddies who did serve, and they always told me about their point in training where they are forced to hear gunshots above them; to actually witness it is incredible.

[@bigguy2-8]

Yeah you get shot at actually a decent amount in training ops, no fun lol.

[@Carbon2wheeler]

I asked my friends to do this on a private range and they wouldnt. Shitty friends wouldnt even shoot at me. 😀 SCIENCE.

[@supergatorhator]

But have you gotten discounts?

[@carlwessels2671]

This is to help good people (mostly) because it will be useful if ( more like when) the SHTF.

[@bigguy2-8]

@@supergatorhator oh you bet your ASS I’ve gotten discounts. Bdubs on Veterans Day goes hard my boy

[@philipstaite4775]

The rounds that "wizzed" overhead were fun, almost Hollywood. The supersonic rounds were filled with obvious hate for anything in their path, even air. But there was something just disturbing about the soft woosh of the 40mm coming overhead. Almost like you'd have too much time to contemplate what comes next.

[@eljefeamericano4308]

Yeah, that's a good way to put it. If you know that sound, you know what's about to happen next, and you have just enough time to think about it.

[@Armoredcompany]

The 40mm is basically just a frisbee that someone threw REALLY hard.

[@cbrvo8440]

In my street experience. A 7.62X39 shot from ? about 200yd across a large flat field: The snap of the bullet after it passes over head precedes the boom of the muzzle report. Figured it was from an SKS or AK. I was sitting in my car on a side street. AFTER, listening to the video I revise my estimate of range to + 450 yds.

[@eljefeamericano4308]

@@cbrvo8440 Gotta ask. Was it a single shot, or multiple?

[@cbrvo8440]

@@eljefeamericano4308 Single. Looked it up. Likely from a block away. If he'd of held lower, it would of hit the car for sure..

[@somerandomdudefes31]

7:26 that hand sniff... Charlie is too perfect.

[@visassess8607]

Wow, that close round with the Garand was much different. It's insane how you can hear it whizzing by

[@HunterTeddy010]

So much firearms safety being shown while breaking every rule. Amazing video, glad y'all are alive.

[@OfficeSuiteAgency1]

If you know physic & science & math & have a brain.. you'll know that it's impossible that they get hit.

[@ssskr01]

@@OfficeSuiteAgency1 unless they stand up

[@Luke_Sandy_High_Ground]

@@ssskr01 Jarhead moment

[@mrfox7628]

@@OfficeSuiteAgency1it still goes against everything your ever taught when it comes to guns, personally I’d never do this

[@audi_5]

​@@OfficeSuiteAgency1True, the round is too heavy anyway.

[@dirtyd2316]

I got shot by a 9mm when I was 19 and that’s one sound I’ll never forget. I got hit in my left shin which I didn’t realize at the time because my adrenaline was pumping so hard and remember the sound of the other shots that wizzed past my head as I was diving behind a big dumpster that ultimately saved my life. Luckily the POS that shot me ran out of bullets and I was able to run after that and got about 2 blocks when I started feeling a burning sensation and pain in my leg and that’s when I realized I got hit and seen that I had pissed my pants a little as well. Lol It’s definitely a scary feeling when it’s all over with and you realize just how close you were to being killed.

[@BillyBobBoBilly]

Was the guy who shot you ever caught?

[@Gonzo_gonzalezbian]

Sorry 😔. I came close. Was just held hostage with a sawn off to my head and about to be made unrecognisable, but wormed my way out with BS. Bet yours must still hurt sometimes?. I've heard it gets worse as you get older

[@charlierobinson8375]

Where did this happen?

[@RANDOMGUY-ty3ze]

@@charlierobinson8375 More importantly, why did this happen?

[@MaskedMazter]

@@Gonzo_gonzalezbian how and why

[@Deubler]

My car got shot up at work a couple nights ago, and it's amazing how hard it is to find examples of bullets coming AT you online. Thanks for making this, it was pretty cathartic. If you ever wanna make another, maybe put a camera and audio inside a car and shoot it up. I know that's what I REALLY wanna hear. Maybe it's just me.

[@alanunruh7310]

This video and this channel will forever be in my top three of all time!

[@isiahhendrix5651]

I will say, being intentionally shot at to "understand" what it's like is absolutely helpful, especially in a controlled environment. Being in the real world and being asked to remove a dangerous pest from the property, only to hear 15 minutes later, from the house, someone else firing an AR-15 towards your direction, will definitely put some warm stuff in your shorts.

[@secessionnow4133]

You should do a jfk re enactment. Are you a better shooter than Harvey. Prove it

[@HPmcDoogle]

@@secessionnow4133 Ah! Fed post! Fed post!

[@capitalismsucks9590]

@@secessionnow4133 Glowie

[@literalantifaterrorist4673]

@@capitalismsucks9590 based name

[@meandab]

coom

[@scottdodge6979]

That garand was some shit. Charlie's point regarding the Japanese charging US lines brimming with garands and 50 cals really does make you think about how fanatical those dudes were.

[@sigspearthumb1056]

They also had a lot of browning machine guns in 30-06. And also the BAR. just imagine that. 3 different types of 30-06 rounds being fired at you probably all at the same time.

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

they had drug infused cigarettes to supress their inhibitions

[@bruceli9094]

Japan is the US greatest ally today.

[@omnissiah7859]

Could really say the same thing about most armies back then, i personally consider the americans charging a whole ass line of MG42s even more fanatical

[@dyphrex]

@@omnissiah7859 fr but then again the fate of millions were in jeopardy so they had to. The Japanese just did it on many occasions bc of their beliefs and what they’ve been told by the higher ups. Either way must be horrifying nonetheless

[@DumpsterFireSC]

Best episode of anything fun related I’ve ever watched !!!!

[@Kshoop92]

Bought my Primary Arms ACCS Orion second hand, had an issue with the forward lens and they performed a free lens replacement, sent it back with new dial covers and a silicone lens cover. All covered under their warranty. The fact I was not the original owner, didn't have the original box and sent it with the dial covers missing, all I can say is they exceeded my expectations much like the quality of the scope. They definitely got me as a customer for life.

[@crownregis]

Damn when you introduced the AK i was 100% fully expecting "This is the Ak-47 assault rifle, the preffered weapon of our enemy. It makes a distinct sound when fired."

[@daniel_f4050]

Ah, good ol’ Gunny Highway.

[@dullahan7677]

Totally squandered the opportunity....

[@alexprendes7370]

The enemy in question being Brandon Herrera, of course

[@kevinbutton4580]

Most often it was .30 cal not a .50 cal as it's to heavy and impractical for infantry use

[@zachgalifianakis2922]

Only queers and liberals call rifles “assault rifles”

[@pappydc12]

I was a 19E, armor crewman, at Ft Hood back in the 80's. Myself and another soldier were pulling "range duty" for another tank battalion going through gunnery quals. We were to stay in a bunker about 800m downrange. During "cold range" stops we would go out behind the berm and service a "truck target" that ran on a mini railroad track. The truck target carrier was pulled by a steel cable attached to a 1/4 ton jeep which we took turns operating. The cable was always getting stuck or something else would need attention. My buddy and I were working on the target during a supposedly cold range. As I lay on my back under the target frame tightening up things I heard what I thought were big bees or hornets above my head. I thought, "Man, we've stirred up a hornet nest or something!" I would hear the buzzing, and then a second later or so hear the report of the M85 .50 cal on the tank cupola. This happened a couple of times and then the big buzzing started punching holes in the big plywood truck target. I still remember the splinters falling. My buddy and I safely low crawled back to the bunker. The rounds were probably 6-8 feet above our heads but it was pretty scary for this PFC! Note: we started to call the range tower and yell "cease fire!".....but on second thought we felt we were now safe and regardless of who was at fault, WE would be in trouble! So, back to listening to the PRC-77 and eating our "new MRE's". Pappy

[@TGilligbauer]

Absolutely, i was an 11B at Campbell we would set targets up bout 800m on metal posts and some of the rounds would ricochet and could of even killed us, but i mean thats minor compared to what we've been through, i mean shit as an 11B we aren't in the business of living

[@Red_Four]

Range technology has advanced significantly since then. The target lifters are now remote controlled.

[@ralphralpherson9441]

Nothing like fear of punishment to ensure potentially deadly errors on the range stay deadly! Wouldn't want someone coming forward with an incident report and actually solving the potential death sentence for another private! 🤣🤣

[@aprilgeneric8027]

why in the hell you didn't have a flare gun on your person is........ some ass needs to be 'h-a-d' still. i will mention this to a certain Col. and thank you, on more than a few levels.

[@randydewees7338]

I can relate on the "it's better to not wake the dog". I worked in a Navy lab. One day a person I wanted to talk to walked past the hall window of my office. I rushed to catch them, opened my door, and ran right into a hat rack some idiot rearranging his office had put right in front of my door. I split my eyebrow and blood gushed down my face. Up to here it wasn't a big deal. Yeah yeah, I know, you shouldn't run into things. But it's a door I had gone through a thousand times without anything being there, and I was rushing to catch someone. My real mistake was going over to the base infirmary to get stitched up. They, of course, reported it up the chain. That got me in a lot of trouble because I had ruined the command safety record. I was on the captain's list for 6 months, having to submit reports and what not on how I was "correcting" the "safety deficiency" etc. I started getting a little sarcastic toward the end.

[@jakobmorningstar]

This kind of video makes me wish I was friends with Mike lol such a knowledgeable dude and a cool video. The way he doesn’t flinch at all at these shots flying by makes it obvious he’s the kind of guy you want around if things got crazy in the world.

[@SerFondue]

love the LOTR theme going on here. Big fan of both Tolkien and your channel

[@unclecracker7454]

Working as a target setter on a range going from .22 to .50, I love this video. A sound not many people get to hear. The crack of the .50 BMG is insanely loud and hearing the rapport is a wild experience

[@ogloc6308]

report

[@phouc]

. . you have "rapport" with a .50 ?

[@lukeman9851]

Fascinating stuff. If it were possible I'd love to have this repeated with machine guns to get a feel for how caliber and rate of fire (like the MG42) affect psychological suppression

[@magnusskipton7067]

I too would like to see this recreated with thinks like an mg42, ma deuce, m249 saw and maybe even a American 180 at a much closer 200 yards

[@LabiaLicker]

Good idea

[@jacobwalker7046]

When i went to basic training for the army we had a low crawl event where they would shoot live rounds over your head. It was actually not that bad and u had to do was keep on crawling

[@JHei10]

That would me sick to hear MG42 and M60 shooting at your direction!!

[@meyrickgriffith-jones3908]

We have all done our crack/thump training . With a machine gun the cracks and the thumps all get mixed. So you hear the cracks, and the thumps keep going for a fraction after the last thump. . But it is very difficult to guess the range, unlike with a rifle , on single shot, where the crack and thump are usually quite distinct - except often in urban. .

[@GamezFreakTV]

This was awesome to watch, great humor guys!

[@simfisch]

I love how this channel is just pure chaos yet so informative

[@vinisardagna]

8:44 The bass boosted and earrape *CYKA BLYAD* made me laugh way too hard. The editor deserves all of the kudos possible. And the absolutely incredible commentary from everyone was also great. Amazing video!

[@deshonarnold2253]

I love that sound

[@HumbleWarrior7]

Got to experience this at my range as we use raised target carriers and a dugout pits. It is interesting how you can tell the different rounds apart after awhile. Also really cool to experience suppressed subsonics.

[@ZarkowsWorld]

Same here, that is how I started in competitive shooting as a young lad some 30 years ago.

[@tonyb8066]

So... highpower match?

[@vhwft]

I worked at a range near me with the same sort of set up. Slit trench style dug out with counter weighted raised targets. It’s such a fun job for a young person. And it’s good fun if you put a besa block behInd the target so it explodes and you get showered when they hit 😅

[@chuckaule6292]

meanwhile my range be like RAISE THE FLAG GET BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE, DONT EVEN LOOK AT YOUR GUN WHEN THAT FLAG IS UP. REEEEEE at least they arent a bunch of crony old farts and let you mag dump ar's, which nobody really does but its good they allow it.

[@vhwft]

@@chuckaule6292 haha well to be fair most of the time I was in the butts on my own and the shooting mounds were between 300-700m so they couldn’t exactly see what I got up to lol.

[@Godjes57]

Awesome video, very interesting and very good information to know,👍💯%

[@CCM1199]

For us who have been across the pond and hearing them shots of coming at you..its one of them feeling that cannot be explained. But I will tell you this...the rounds coming at me doesnt scare or concern me....What is scarier than that is the sound of a 120mm mortar round hitting the bottom of the tube, being launched and hearing it across the sky and the howling of the 120mm round coming in. Ill never forget that howling sound that the 120mm round makes as its coming towards you.

[@scottjones7005]

Amen. Second night in country, learning the audio of out going vs incoming. Everyone freaking out those first few lobbings only to carry on sleeping after a few weeks of conditioning.

[@cidkplas]

120mm mortar hits hard twice : when it goes and when it comes.

[@Daniel-rk3vf]

Thank you for your service, and that is a sound I am quite happy to go the rest of my life and never hear.

[@asweettooth1288]

As a combat vet, you CAN definitely tell when someone is shooting At you, across you, or sporadic recon by fire. Knowing this knowledge and having delibert gauged reaction to it make all the difference in combat. "OH, wait, they're not sure where we are right now" Vs. "OH sh***! Contact this direction!" As you're gaining fire superiority.

[@jaxone2639]

Civ here, how can you tell? Is there a distinct difference in the sound, or is it more of you see the impact and get the memo lol

[@TIMOTHYEET69420]

​@@jaxone2639i would belive the sound would be much louder and you could possibly even see the slower rounds going by super fast but im just a 13 year old so probably wrong lol

[@theolympiyn8670]

@@jaxone2639 my thinking is you can probably here the bullet move next to you (bigger calibers especially) and how many shows are actually near you. And when the sounds of the bullet stops

[@jarroddraper5140]

​@@jaxone2639 the one round that got near me no clue what thay were shooting at or why a round went over thare burm but any ways the zip said it was a bit close for comfort but being only one I kept a bit lower but went back to work Any ways if there's more than one I'd probably would think I'm down range and ither zeroed in or some ware I shouldn't be

[@echo6echo419]

It's so true...for those that have never experienced it, in the movie "Blackhawk Down", they did a good job sort of with this when "Grimes" (played by Ewan McGregor) is asking, "Why aren't you shooting?" and the response is "they aren't shooting at us" followed by "How can you tell?" and the answer "a hiss means it's close, a snap..." right then the crack goes and all he11 breaks loose...gave me the shivers the first time I watched it...

[@ArkhonXIX]

This whole crew is awesome together but Charley has been amazing comedic relief since he started showing up

[@JGstunts22]

Agree he makes the channel better for sure

[@mitchmac3383]

I love Bubbles. I mean Charlie

[@50shadesofcerakote]

I was on the fence about the addition of charlie, but you can see the genius in there and thats what I appreciates about him.

[@aidenhay3162]

@@50shadesofcerakote Oh is that what you appreciate about him?

[@michaelgraham827]

Damnit, Mike. This was a good time. God bless and happy larping!

[@chriswarner8696]

this has to be one of the best videos i've seen by Mike pure comedy the entire time😂

[@blankistblankophobe9078]

The sheer amount of calmness, coolness, and collectiveness of Flannel Daddy, while rounds are whizzing overhead, really says something about why we love him.

[@douglassinclaire9968]

he was 99.9% safe, why would he be sweatin it?

[@blue_donuts7919]

@@douglassinclaire9968 also not his first time getting shot at lol

[@judithblake7766]

Like To Get Shot At? Bullet Sounds Near & Far

[@duane356]

If you were to participate in High Power/F Class shooting events, you would have the opportunity to be in the pits marking and scoring targets. There will be a whole lot of bullets going about 30 inches over your head. Hearing and eye protection is needed.

[@jpersonen98]

Why the hell would he be scared? It’s is legit as safe as it can get!

[@FoxNamedDakota]

Its honestly great watching Mike’s face light up when the rounds start flying over. Then admin just unloading after a while was great 😂

[@greenpighunter6930]

Excellent. Been down range for all of those but the 50 BMG.

[@fishstixfishingadventures]

This was super interesting to see and hear especially watching from Australia where there is no access to these weapons. I’ll never need to know it but it was very cool.

[@simpledj509chromo7]

Our local rifle range has a concrete trench at 100 that we stand in to place targets. The range never goes cold under normal circumstances so when changing targets on a busy day when the lanes are full it's pretty interesting. Fun to hear all the different calibers flying by and impacting the plywood, although I have no idea which sound is a specific round.

[@LaurelAndElm]

What range if you don’t mind sharing?

[@soonerfrac4611]

This is the AK-47 assault rifle, the preferred weapon of your enemy; and it makes a distinctive sound when fired at you, so remember it.

[@stephanieandjared390]

That sounds like the dumbest range on the planet. How has noone called this guy out yet? I hope they get shut down, bring in every piece of equipment known to man, level the place and only leave a sign behind saying "fuck the people who were here before". The fkn range never goes cold? They should send the guy who came up with that policy down every single time to change targets. Fkn idiot

[@joelfrancisco3798]

I still have a video somewhere in my old harddrive of pulling the pits on the range in the USMC. It was the end of the range day so all 20 got on line and laid 30 rounds full auto past our heads. Absolutely terrifying, but the kinda terrifying that makes you laugh maniacally

[@simpledj509chromo7]

@@stephanieandjared390 Man you must be an absolute hoot at parties.

[@8triagrammer]

As a sound designer/sound fx guy, this is gold.

[@KW-cm5sg]

I used to scavenge youtube for videos similar to this...but there is not many. I've been waiting for a video like this forever.

[@JakubLSPDFR]

It's a dream come true hahaha

[@Cuenta-ry4bm]

Probably most Hollywood movies will use this sounds in their movies i wonder if garand thumb guys will get payed for copyright

[@Hyst44]

Agreed. Sciences n shit.

[@DudeMcGuybro]

@@Cuenta-ry4bm You wouldn't rip sound like this directly from a KZbin video. It wouldn't sound right, you'd have to create your own recordings to mix in properly. Trust me, I'm also an audio engineer :D

[@JLXWK]

Thank you for the most satisfying videos ever forever on reply and need a part 2😂

[@Triforcebro]

I just found this page and OMG I am in heaven. LOTR jokes and gun knowledge. Subbing right away!

[@Southerly93]

I think that the M1 at 500 yards was actually shot too low coming off the recoil from the previous round, and it skipped a round off of the embankment. Definitely more terrifying than simple rounds overhead.

[@joshlewis8860]

Definitely scary hearing rounds hit what your hiding behind

[@brianp7268]

I was about to say this lol. That single shot which wizzed by wasn't a round going supersonic by you. It was tumbling through the air at a high speed which creates a much higher displacement of air and making a much different tone, which is reflective in that much louder Whizz sound. They were safe regardless, but thats why there was a very different single round from the M1

[@supersneaky_snake]

I think you can see it in the video if you slow it down, its on the right side a little behind them, but its very blurry it was right next to them

[@judithblake7766]

Like To Get Shot At? Bullet Sounds Near & Far

[@thomasdahlgren1985]

That certainly is the sound of a tumbling round. Working the pits you hear that plenty.

[@NeferKIK]

Im amazed by the cinematography quality we have here, including equipment used and color grading. Just that makes this incredible, not even mentioning the rest yet.

[@LukeValentino]

The framing and compositions are nothing special. Casual at best. But I agree the color grading is great!

[@battheman777]

8:54 Here I am expecting something serious and then comes that little morsel of comedic gold. Well done, sir. Well done.

[@Dr.DP-PhD]

I'm pretty sure that choosing to crouch in defilade with someone, whilst rounds are coming in your direction, shows you are with a like-minded ground of friends. Whether the group mind is sane is a different matter haha. Seriously though, very interesting video. I also loved the MG42 video. That was seriously impressive and awe-inspiring. I understand what 'pinned down' really means now. No way, could I ever get out from behind that berm, and no wonder a special 'training video' had to be made to try and suppress the fear of the 'buzzsaw'!

[@maxsarab]

When my Marine buddy came home from Afghanistan he had a hard time adjusting to civilian life. He wanted to be able to depend on his friends the same way he was able to depends on his Marines. So we went through various training exercises, one of them was similar to this, except after having live rounds fly past your head you had to be able to identify, call out, and engage a target accurately. Some of my favorite memories honestly. You don't know how you're going to react to bullets flying past your head until you've had bullets fly past your head.

[@abw7771]

@starlord neveragain bro ??

[@ilikejenna]

@starlord neveragain either that or you'll get shot in the head, that sounds fun.

[@danielduke9700]

That is a real ass friend. He’s your battle buddy for life.

[@danielduke9700]

@starlord neveragain you have the worst possible mindset. That guy was training his friends and giving them VERY insightful information that can save their life and his one day. While you’re hating, you’ll be unprepared unlike buddy and his friends. I think that is the most bad ass thing ever.

[@danielduke9700]

@starlord neveragain you don’t pay attention to world affairs do you?

[@ArchonRamie]

A friend and I were at A Steel Challenge match in NC. The range has a bunch of different bays pointing in various directions, all with like 15' berms. Shots from a day behind us flew overhead, logically we knew they couldn't hit us, but it still scared the shit out of us. That whizzing sound is unforgettable.

[@OneLeatherBoot]

As a youngster way back in the day, I used to load clay pigeons on the launcher on club day. We were safely inside a nice steel box, which rang like a bell when someone fired into it going for the quick shot. Fast forward a few years in the school rifle team and we used to take our turns in the butts marking targets for the Full bore matches after we had shot. Typically 300, 500 & 600 yards. The fun ones were the 1,000 yard shoots, as the projectiles often didn't make it all the way to the dirt berm behind the targets (New Zealand Army range), so would start splashing on the gravel and ricocheting around; even back into the butts with us. The sound of well aimed 7.62 rounds coming ~3m straight over your head was unreal and had the added bonus of teaching us not to flinch & ignore those rounds away from our target.

[@docE3885]

I was deployed in Iraq in 2005 and supervising a work crew with another medic and we had a 50 cal round fly right between us and smack the T wall behind us. I had my 9mm out ducking behind the the nearest vehicle the guy with me took a few seconds to get his ass down. The Iraqi soldiers laughed at us and stayed exactly where they where. I found out a after a bit a U.N vehicle up the road was charging their M2 and accidentally let a round go in our direction. I was shot at more times than I can count but a 50 sounds angry as fuck.

[@Len_M.]

@@docE3885 When you are on the deck and Tracers are coming at you, and you think to yourself I could make that Gap, no…no you can’t, because the pretty light is the 5th Round, there are 4 in between.

[@docE3885]

@@Len_M. very well aware of that. I served for 8 years as a Army infantry medic and did 2 tours in Iraq. I carried the 12 Gauge that was supposed to be in the door breaching kit for most of my first tour because it attached to my body armor it was compact and it scared the shit out of the enemy. You could point a M4 or a S.A.W at them and they didn’t care but a 12 Gauge they stopped and listened. I tried just carrying a 9mm but they assumed I was an officer or a medic both prime targets.

[@Len_M.]

@@docE3885 wasn’t really to you, was just adding on a bit.

[@sethrockwood]

That was a cool video. Nice job.

[@SilverbladeDagger]

From 1995 to 2002 I spent my summers loading clay targets into trap machines at a very popular trapshooting range in Mason, Michigan. There would be over a thousand shooters there, and they'd be shooting all day from 9am up until 10pm, and on 3, 4, or 5 day weekends depending on if there was a holiday. So I've literally heard thousands of shotgun blasts over my head during that time, most being 12 gauge. Mind you, I was in a concrete trap house that had an opening facing away from the shooters, and they were shooting bird shot most times, but the sound you hear as the shot reverberates over concrete and the hiss of the wadding as it goes by never leaves your memory! What was really a trip was when a group from a local Indian tribe reserved the field for the weekend, and I got invited since I was known to be one of the best loaders and workers. For the opening ceremony, after the playing of the American and Canadian anthems, all the chiefs, and I think their sons, would come up to the firing line shoulder to shoulder, and all would shoot the same target at the same time. We're talking 15-20 guns going off simultaneously, and of varying shotgun sizes. Now THAT was some thunder! Picking up the empty shells, most were 12ga, but I saw 20ga, and a couple .410s, but what really impressed me was the 10gauge shells! There had to be 2 guys with those, since the shells were different color and in two different places on the ground. I can't imagine how anyone would enjoy firing 10 gauge at 25 targets per trap house, and a total of 4 fields! At the end of the day, my arm would fall off at the shoulder!

[@gordo608]

18:00 "maybe the real ballistic test is the friends we made along the way..." This needs to be on some merch

[@sarawelling5271]

You guys are cracked in the best possible way. Thanks for one of the most entertaining twenty minutes I've spent listening to anything in a very long time.

[@robertdoyle240]

Great job fellas that was awesome

[@aidanlilly8285]

This is one of the coolest videos I've seen

[@ctdieselnut]

That was wild. Of all the gun channels and vids I've watched, this is the only one where you can hear all that. Not that hard to do safely I don't think, these guys are just the first to do it on camera this well. I thank them for that. I've only heard .223 fly close to me one time, and I was never in the military. Long story short, its instant anxiety lol.

[@noahmikels4374]

admin (dude in the balaklava did it earlier and i think closer)

[@josh.nalepa6596]

In all honesty, everything they record is really high quality, sound,pic/video,etc, one of the best quality channels out there I think. I wish they'd record stuff for video games(even tho they talk about them sometimes), because I feel like cod,bf,etc don't sound even nearly as good as the stuff grandthumb records I feel like lol

[@Daniel-rk3vf]

Oh you’ve shot on BLM land too? 😂 At least in southern CA the Jawas are always a possibility. Never clear if they’re playing for keeps or just trying to brush you off the plate. (Also never served.)

[@ctdieselnut]

@@noahmikels4374 yt overload, figures it's been done before lol. 10 hrs of vid uploaded a second (stat from years ago, guarantee it's more now) no way I can know everything that's out there. This channel just does so many aspects well tho.

[@TheLazyFinn]

I've heard a 130mm artillery shells flying overhead, that was an experience....

[@solominded]

This is by far one of the best gun channels / community / business around.. Not many are willing to make quality videos like this.

[@kiliaapo]

I don't think it's really a matter of will :D

[@tavish4699]

@@kiliaapo ? theycould do it with much less quality and still would get good money but they choose to make high qual videos

[@kiliaapo]

How do you make a good video? With sheer will? I think producing content might be a BIT more complicated than that. But hey, I appreciate the video too.

[@solominded]

@@kiliaapo keyboard warrior keep that comment section spicy doing gods work

[@TheJimtanker]

Back in the 80s I was downrange during an M60 tank gunnery, operating the moving target. I was supposed to be standing in the bunker the whole time but got bored. Fun to hear the 7.62, .50 cal, and 105 rounds flying by. Did get to see a cow hit by a 105 HEAT round too. Fun times back then.

[@sniperGDA]

Beautiful! Thank you!

[@NoseNuggets]

You know you're really in the higher echelons of the LARP when you can't even use the full size radio on your webbing or the mic/ears on your helmet and have to bring another and hold it in your hand all day.

[@FoulNews]

The Mike, Charlie, Mike2 dynamic is what we needed! Also, this sounds very similar to a local range by me. The rear backstop / berm for the rifle range is basically the beginning of the sporting clay range. Rifle rounds fly over the berm all the time and that whizzing by sound is always pretty cool, but also mildly unsettling.

[@TheHobbyistChannel]

Love these videos

[@aled845]

Well now I can say the Dayz developers fucking nailed the cracks and detonations at different distances

[@PhilTheTrueOne]

yeah totally nailed it

[@dnmoscato92]

Love dayz

[@proxxy04]

You never forget the sound or rounds flying overhead, and my first exposure was pulling pits at the range.

[@ryanhampson673]

My first was in toyota hilux on a mountain side in Afghanistan..I'm like "Oh that sounds like popcorn" then it got real lol.

[@behindthepie9430]

In the marine corps the rifle range targets are manually scored in between shots. which means people get to take turns standing down range while a firing line of other marines dump hundreds of rounds right above them. It's really a crazy feeling, the snap actually gets annoying after a while.

[@daniellau5859]

Its fun being in the pits, too. Cuz you actually can tell when your targets been hit or if they miss strictly based on the whizz of the bullets. Sometimes youll get the shooter that hits the wood so you either fix it real fast or just send it

[@hughharvey7896]

It conditions you to the sound of incoming rounds, just like crawling under barbed wire with a .30 caliber MG firing above your body.

[@Siegefya]

Yes, after the first time doing it in boot I was over it. Proceeded to do it 2 more times before I got out (deployments). It does get annoying, and a lot of people wouldn't wear ear protection down there but you should because it's loud, like a loud ass popcorn machine going off every cycle. Fvcking headache's at the end of the day from that sht, but it was fun.. hanging out down in the pits in boots and yutes grading targets. I joined the Army after I got out of the Marine Corps, and for their annual rifle qualification it's completely different than USMC, I was in the reserve/national guard side of The army but I'm sure it's pretty much the same everywhere, it's electronic dummy targets that pop up on top of burms and you have to shoot them lol, and hits register electronically. Fun in its own way as far as rifle qualification, but tbh the process has no soul like in the Marine Corps, plus it doesn't go out to 500. Pit love and all that is out the window in the army because it's all electronic hit register. People shooting the burm was funny, people hitting the sides and breaking wood etc, I've seen a couple really weird ricochets down there as I'm sure many of us have, sht literally bouncing down and you're glad you were standing back. Good times.

[@jakedavis8948]

If the pits suck, dump a few rounds into the berm and kick rocks on them. Miss that

[@Siegefya]

@@jakedavis8948 lol yep.

[@bang8782]

I just found this channel and it is by far my content on KZbin.

[@deddrunc5591]

Loving the Garand noises!

[@aguelch]

This was awesome. There should be a part 2, maybe where multiple guns shoot at the same time or where the guys behind cover have to guess which round is being fired.

[@Bojengle]

I'd like to hear automatic gun fire demonstrated using this method.

[@whereswaldo5740]

Hey do one where you shoot into/through a window breaking glass and wall viewed from inside. And a car. Like through the glass/windshield and the metal from inside and behind. What it sounds like when shots hit. So you know what it is when it’s happening and to take cover.

[@Timmeh010]

or an mg42. WWII shivers coming up

[@DavidClason]

I'd just like to point out that at 16:03 they are 1000 meters away and you're still able to hear the report of a suppressed weapon, for those that think suppressors are silencers.

[@thiusw]

depends on the suppressor and gun.

[@mattjk5299]

Subsonic ammunition with heavier rounds like those used with the VSS and some other specialist firearms will have a very different affect. But yes, supersonic rounds will definitely not be "silenced" by a silencer or suppressor. Not remotely.

[@kikoredog]

look up a Welrod MK II and tell me you hear that :)

[@bigredwolf6]

I don’t think you’ll find anyone like that on this channel lol.

[@MythicByrd]

To add on this: "Suppressor" and "Silencer" are interchangeable terms. While it is true that no "silencer" truly makes a weapon fully silent and "suppressor" is a more accurate term, "silencer" is the actual name/label for many "suppressors". To say that you shouldn't call one a silencer would be both pedantic and potentially incorrect.

[@TheRoseCurse]

This was kind of hard for me to watch because those sounds brought me back and got my heart racing especially when the 30-06 made that buzzing sound... but thanks for this video so maybe people can have some more perspective on guns and ballistics.

[@Jeff.78]

I just got to the 40mm rounds as I watch this again months later and I'm in stitches! The back ground music and Charlie are only beaten out by the lost LT (don't remember if he made Captain) calling in "airstrikes" on himself 🤣💀 Charlie can definitely "turn a phrase ". He's my spirit animal 🍻 7:00

[@bubbajenkins123]

There are few things more terrifying than being shelled by large bore artillery

[@redmen69er]

Ok Boomer

[@herptek]

@@redmen69er It may be fun to try being the target, zoomer.

[@ahole5407]

You obviously haven't met my ex-wife 😆

[@dongquixote7138]

@Thomas Jefferson That IBD life tho

[@carlwessels2671]

In the early 80s in Lebanon they shot at the New Jersey with 155 MM guns (about a 110 pound projectile) the New Jersey shot back with 16 inch high explosive (1900 pound projectile). In current armies 155 MM is about tops fore large bore. 16 inch is something else.

[@airborneinfantry23]

Ahhh memories. 7.62x39 is hella distinct and 7.62x54R is also distinct. Never been shot at by out 50 cal, but the DShK is close enough. On a side note, 25mm HE rounds sound wicked going over the top of you. A sick whistle. It’s very comforting knowing that they’re on your side lol.

[@TheSpartan_G]

DShK is basically .50 cal is it not? I understand it's slightly longer and they're not the absolute *exact* same round but they're both 12.7mm and functionally the same, no?

[@carlwessels2671]

@@TheSpartan_G Their ballistics are very similar the .50 Browning case is 99 millimeters long the russian round is 108 millimeters long. You can't tell which one is shooting at you.

[@PBMS123]

@@TheSpartan_G they are both 12.7mm. The DShK round is a little bigger, it's main use was anti aircraft, and some anti vehicle work, so they got a bigger round.

[@Sikdomeshot]

One of the best Garand Thumb videos

[@zvosburg0991]

I cannot believe how long I waited to watch this. Amazing shit. Thank you all for the hilarity and dadness.

[@MsTugg]

I remember facetiming with the wife one day when the unmistakeable crack of rounds going over head and skipping on the ground began their staccato. My wife asked what that sound was through the speaker phone, and I just non-chalantly said "oh someone is shooting at us" and I promptly got behind a T-wall. Her face was a mix of confusion and horror as I just continued to talk to her as if nothing happened. She asked if I needed to go, and I just said "nah, somebody else can take care of this one"

[@Token_Black_Guy]

Based