This is a video of a Humvee driving through Iraqi traffic. In order to avoid insurgent attacks they cant stop or slow down, even if that requires some improvised driving.
its harder for the fucks to correctly time a IED detonation if we are moving faster
its harder for a sniper to pick me off in the gunners turret when i am moving instead of sitting stationary
moving by traffic faster = less exposure next to a potential suicide car bomber who’s waving at me smiling giving me the :tup:
avoid getting stuck in an ambush
quicker to get out of hot zone when daisy chained IEDs go off and you just need to get the fuck out of there
That vid is pretty standard for how you have to drive there, and ive had situations where our driver drove alot worse then that and smashed the fuck out of some morons that wouldnt move.
Very impressive. Didn’t know this is how it worked over there but it’s cool to see that we are doing what is needed and alot of people there seem to know how it goes down.
ugh no thank you. I would love to play grand theft auto in that traffic but man I wouldn’t want to be bracing for an IED every second of the day. I think my asshole would be so tight I wouldn’t be able to shit for weeks
Is there a legal binding law in Iraq that you’re supposed to move for U.S. military vehicles?
Imagine driving to work/class in the morning down your local neighborhood street and having another country’s military vehicle ram you to get out of the way after they just rammed the last 10 cars behind you. Now imagine that this isn’t just a one-time occurance and it has happened to you or maybe some of your good friends and it has been an on-going thing for the last few years.
Do you think the United States would react differently if we were in Iraq’s shoes right now? Because I’m willing to bet that some people on this forum would be tossing rpg’s at said vehicles.
I support the troops fighting overseas 100%, you gotta do what you gotta do. This is just a thought experiment.
I agree, on one side you have to do what you have to do. The everyday actions of SOME of our troops who get fed up with life over there probably fuel alot of aggression. After all we are all inhabiting this same planet. It sucks when your every day life is disrupted. How annoying is it to move for an ambulance…and they don’t ram you