# US soldier Survives encounter with Taliban Machine gun **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 5, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394 "2012-10-05T12:59:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/1 "2012-10-05T12:59:06Z")
Soldier was shot 4 times but none of the rounds penetrated his armor. ---------- Post added at 03:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:56 PM ---------- Fucking annoying SwiftKey bug. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/2 "2012-10-05T13:08:45Z")
not sure I believe… I read a different account that the only hit was the one that took the gun out of his hands. ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/3 "2012-10-05T13:09:46Z")
Where is the gunfire coming from? No cover on that hillside, scary! ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/4 "2012-10-05T15:11:27Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > not sure I believe… I read a different account that the only hit was the one that took the gun out of his hands. i don’t think it matters. you can see the rounds hitting all around him. pretty scary situation to be in. the video would be better if he were swearing and being all swaggy about the sitaution… “FUU FGGTS! I GOT YOU _BANG BANG BANG_ CAN’T KILL ME” ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/5 "2012-10-05T15:48:33Z")
it’s crazy to see what trained individuals will do while under live fire. 99.9% of people would freeze the fuck up and cry for their mom. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/6 "2012-10-05T15:52:34Z")
no, otherwise only 0.01% could be soldiers… ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gus/32/5112_2.png) [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/7 "2012-10-05T16:01:48Z")
Damn… No one came to help him. ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/8 "2012-10-05T17:26:08Z")
Why was he going down the side of that hill with ZERO cover? That’s like a turkey shoot for the other guys. Take the machine gun taliban soldier out with a sniper or some well placed rounds from guys with a good shooting position. Did you see where the guy was shooting? He was just randomly firing off into the distance. What is that going to do? He’s very lucky he didn’t get killed. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/9 "2012-10-05T17:33:02Z")
I’d like to know what unit he was in and who trained him. I don’t know the entire situation or exactly what was going on but what I do know is 1) get cover, if no cover is around find concealment. 2) GET THE FUCK DOWN 3) you have and M4 with an ACOG. There’s no reason you can’t return steady enough fire to keep the enemy down. I do give dude kudos for not losing his shit. I do question him turning on his helmet cam. Any time anything ever happened there are no pictures or videos. Me and my guys were focused on the task at hand. When I was there I was in the Nangahar province. I could pick this apart like him NOT USING HIS FUCKING M203. He said they shot a round through it but fuck that the video shows there wasn’t one for most of it. I know my group was one of the best looking and well trained out there for the guys I met. Seeing shit like this just makes the NCO in me angry. It also makes me happy I was such an asshole to my guys. ---------- Post added at 08:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:28 PM ---------- > [@Gus](#): > > Damn… No one came to help him. Mission first. ---------- Post added at 08:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:28 PM ---------- > [@Gus](#): > > Damn… No one came to help him. Mission first. ---------- Post added at 08:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:28 PM ---------- > [@joelster](#): > > Why was he going down the side of that hill with ZERO cover? That’s like a turkey shoot for the other guys. Take the machine gun taliban soldier out with a sniper or some well placed rounds from guys with a good shooting position. Did you see where the guy was shooting? He was just randomly firing off into the distance. What is that going to do? He’s very lucky he didn’t get killed. This same as what I was just saying. With that ACOG and the right training there is no reason he can’t hit point target out to 500 meters. Area target though with the BDC he should be just dropping them in area target sustained fire. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/10 "2012-10-05T17:38:07Z")
^I was wondering the same thing. They’re firing shots right by him so he descends the hillside? Makes an even bigger target to shoot at. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/11 "2012-10-05T18:28:33Z")
from what I read before, his unit was under fire and he was trying to draw fire away from the group and also really far away but visible. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/us-soldier-survives-encounter-with-taliban-machine-gun/226394/12 "2012-10-05T19:57:16Z")
Glad the soldier is still with us. :tup: PS - Man I don’t miss deployments.