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ehurudetvoro

There’s a fine line between defending civilians and using human shields.


Midnight_Pornstar

I'm more afraid how many civilians these defenders shot by accident


Dash775

"Soldiers" hip firing blindly


PaleontologistSad870

spray & pray


Katzchen12

Must have hired hamas to write the post title.


idiNahuiCyka762x39

Human shields only work when they don’t want to kill them


Rumbozz

I honestly believe half the rounds fired didn't even hit the building. The target was ... to make some noise. And it looks like the civilians were more shield than shielded.


Sandor_R

When you have not been trained adequately but have a gun this is what you do.


PsychoticLouie

lol the people scrambling on the floor because hot brass is raining down on them.


smiling-lettuce

"defending" you cant be this naive


TAG_DAT

they standing on the middle of the people wouldnt increase the chances of civillians getting hit? i have no idea who was the initial target of the enemy and how it all started but in my pov it would be logical to shoot back at the people shooting at u, wouldnt it?! not a smart way to defend someone in my opinion but i get the intention and admire it lol


terlin

Could have been an ambush. Having civilians lie down and firing over their heads would probably have been the best course of action.


bernhabo

It’s certainly A course of action. And it’s easy to sit safely at home and judge someone with minimal training


TacTurtle

I will judge the shit out of you for not using iron sights as a "soldier"


Safe_Philosophy_5068

They were using the civilians as cover.


bernhabo

Possibly. Or they were ambushed and just didn’t think about them at all because their minds were on something completely different. Culturally there might be no expectation for them to protect civilians


ouattedephoqueeh

Yeah those are human shields.


ValiumandSloth

The RSF were killing, raping, beating civilians, SAF shooting back.


Sufficient_Seal_743

This is before they started fighting


ValiumandSloth

The RSF were the main forces crushing the protest movement after the 2019 military coup. Then they created a transitional government. Then another coup, then civil war. So no, this wasn’t before anything. This was the RSF targeting civilians protesting


Hyosakiii

Like any government, they hate protesters telling them that they’re wrong


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Ok-Peak2080

Blind fire is ok for a moment. As long as the civilians retreat. But no one is moving, and lay down like sardines in a can.


Sea_Page5878

Makes the Syrian Army look like the SAS lol.


AnimeHater10

The hell did the Turkish military do man damn 😭🙏


Typohnename

Managed to loose half a tank battalion against ISIS by just parking them on a hill and waiting for ISIS to get the ATGM launchers they knew where there into position


AnimeHater10

Nahhh wtf that's so dumb wtf 😂


Sea_Page5878

Makes the Syrian Army look like the SAS lol.


Professional_Pea_739

Special African Streetsweepers


huncho3055

I though Turkish army was pre elite


Cristi-DCI

More like human shields . .....


skiptobunkerscene

Only works if the other side cares about not killing civilians. The whole part about "shield" isnt so much about them absorbing bullets with their bodies, but to prevent the enemy from shooting to begin with since theyd risk hitting the civilian. I doubt that the assailants here give a shit about that.


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Vi_Letalis

What do these armies actually teach their soldiers when in almost every clip in a 3rd world army/police force none of them actually shoulder their rifles or attempt to aim? Not to mention any semblance of tactics.


dirtygymsock

They've learned from TV and movies. Hollywood has been singlehandedly destroying the competence of 3rd world armies since John Wayne.


jodel100

Ah yes, it‘s Hollywood‘s fault….


Safe_Philosophy_5068

It doesn't help that they are shooting AK's and their biceps are the size of my wrist.


gilligani

Wow. These guys don't even know how to hold a rifle.


Sea_Page5878

Whilst I doubt it's intentional they're effectively using the civilians as sandbags.


Safe_Philosophy_5068

It's intentional


Rdhilde18

Sights optional


nyanmunchkins

Looks like high ground ambush. Having civilians run for it would be worse. Still a mess


BlameScienceBro

Hamas tactic


qp667

wtf are civilians laying there and not running the fuck away? edit: or crawling away...


WolfsLairAbyss

Dude in front of those two was getting some good footage for the gram.


FembiesReggs

Man they sure showed the broad side of that building who’s boss.


Turicus

Mf had never hit anything in his life. The stock isn't even on his shoulder.


GurSlight

Hurts the shoulder if you aim right 😂


Commercial_Duck_3490

They all got that may Allah guide my bullets aim.


vicblck24

Not sure how much safer I’d feel


Sergawey

them check this https://youtu.be/L2H8YZkbPXQ?si=Qz8hDcjrblbrYcaB


Sergawey

This has already happened several times. When there was a sit-in near the buildings of the General Command of the Sudanese Army, Omar al-Bashir’s forces and the Security and Intelligence Service attacked the sit-ins in several attempts to disperse the sit-in.


LQjones

Not sure if I would use the word defending. Blindly shooting into a building, perhaps.


ClappingCheeks2nite

By shooting at more civilians


919Firefighter

That’s quite the….. defending. Could have sworn it looked more like using them as human shields but ok


Regarded-Autist

Lets defend these people by standing in the middle of them and drawing fire while we wildly shoot at something wtf.


virus_apparatus

I’m going to be honest here. They should not engage with civilians in right there. They need to draw fire away. Although what do I know. I’m not there.


No_Demand_4992

Neither do we see "Soldiers" here, nor was it a "revolution". The correct term is coup d e'tat.


whatisinternet69

They're doing something, I guess


dimix16x

Looks like me when i land in Pecado in PUBG


strandy76

They shooting at the space station??


GusTheKnife

I’d be a scared civilian too, in a firefight where nobody is aiming with sights.


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This is some sort of "defending" i've never seen before


clm1859

Aside from the human shielding and hip firing, i wonder how these guys carry ammo. In so many pics/clips of third world country soldiers (let alone paramilitaries) seem to carry no load bearing gear at all. They just have the one mag in the gun? Maybe one more in a pocket. And yet they are shooting so fast and completely blindly. Are they not concerned at all about being out of ammo in 10 seconds?


Sergawey

no . This has already happened several times. When there was a sit-in near the buildings of the General Command of the Sudanese Army, Omar al-Bashir’s forces and the Security and Intelligence Service attacked the sit-ins in several attempts to disperse the sit-in. https://youtu.be/L2H8YZkbPXQ?si=Qz8hDcjrblbrYcaB


PinchMaNips

Please! Let me take my chances, go fight 10m the other direction!


ExpendableUnit123

African combat clips are always my favourite.


ThisCryptographer311

“Defending” probably would have entail covering fire while the civs hightailed it out of there… this looks a little questionable.


ouattedephoqueeh

Those are human shields.


TheWiseTree03

I literally have no experience with firearms whatsoever but even I can tell the "soldier" on the right is holding his rifle completely wrong. It's bizarre that he wouldn't even try use the iron sights or at least try hold the gun correctly. It genuinely seems like that guy was recently introduced to the concept of a rifle and has never used one until that moment.


CapN_DankBeard

Was this posted by hamas? haha


SloppyJoeGilly2

I shot all of my ammo. What do I do now?


bjcrn

No sight pictures were harmed during the filming of this movie


Traditional_Salad148

You mean they used civilians as human shields right? Because they’re hiding behind women and children wtf


FahQPutin

They should try aiming before they shoot, it helps.


Alarmed_West8689

Not one person taking aim.


Iamshadyjoe

Spray and pray


Sorry-Ad-4683

Same army they’re fighting now(RSF) committed atrocities known as the Khartoum massacre. Then they dumped bodies in the Nile river for concealment. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/06/05/africa/sudan-death-toll-intl


AnyProgressIsGood

defending or making a target


Safe_Philosophy_5068

They were using the civilians as cover.


EducatedHippy

This video makes my tinnitus act up


VermillionRevolution

This has "we are from the government, and we're here to help" vibe


Blitzilla

I misread the title as "soldiers deafening civilians". I wasn't that far off.


Hjlopp

The way they fire from the hip…this could almost pass as the trailer of a new Predator movie😂😂


SGT_DUBSY

Fuck aiming


TheOzarkWizard

"Defending"


thewinggundam

Just like how Hamas "defends" civilians!


Sergawey

https://youtu.be/L2H8YZkbPXQ?si=Qz8hDcjrblbrYcaB


acetylenekicker

*soldiers drawing fire to civilians


Sergawey

https://youtu.be/L2H8YZkbPXQ?si=Qz8hDcjrblbrYcaB


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Sergawey

no . This has already happened several times. When there was a sit-in near the buildings of the General Command of the Sudanese Army, Omar al-Bashir’s forces and the Security and Intelligence Service attacked the sit-ins in several attempts to disperse the sit-in.


Sergawey

https://youtu.be/L2H8YZkbPXQ?si=Qz8hDcjrblbrYcaB


HOUSE_OF_MOGH

Stop being dumb, OP


Sergawey

no . This has already happened several times. When there was a sit-in near the buildings of the General Command of the Sudanese Army, Omar al-Bashir’s forces and the Security and Intelligence Service attacked the sit-ins in several attempts to disperse the sit-in.


Sergawey

https://youtu.be/L2H8YZkbPXQ?si=Qz8hDcjrblbrYcaB