I never really thought they carried a bomb with them.
Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed.
July 23, 2024, 10:17 AM
PASig
Can't tell if they were shooting at them with FN FAL's or G3's
The barrel says FAL but the overall shape says G3
Anyway, "and boom goes the dynamite"
July 23, 2024, 10:20 AM
smschulz
Didn't sound like automatic fire to me but they sure did blow up.
July 23, 2024, 10:22 AM
tankeryanker
They blowed up real good!
July 23, 2024, 10:23 AM
nhtagmember
they blowed up really good - I like the blast of the horn at the end (almost saying get out of my way)
July 23, 2024, 10:23 AM
newtoSig765
I had an HK-91 years ago, they were using FN-FAL'sThis message has been edited. Last edited by: newtoSig765,
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July 23, 2024, 10:26 AM
Shaql
quote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember: they blowed up really good - I like the blast of the horn at the end (almost saying get out of my way)
I thought that too. But then you hear the bells. I'm wondering if they're sounding the horn as an alarm and then hearing alarm bells. My guess is that explosion was close enough that it could have done damage to the ship.
Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed.
July 23, 2024, 10:43 AM
V-Tail
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July 23, 2024, 10:58 AM
Expert308
quote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember: they blowed up really good - I like the blast of the horn at the end (almost saying get out of my way)
More like "FUCK YOU!" The rifles looked like FALs to me too. Pretty good shooting, or lucky, but either way I'm happy with the outcome.
July 23, 2024, 11:08 AM
smlsig
I read a report on X that the boat was actually an unmanned drone…
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July 23, 2024, 11:15 AM
BansheeOne
Yeah, Houthi suicide drone attacking a container ship in the Red Sea. The security team is speaking Russian, though word is they're Ukrainian. Either might have some experience with this kind of threat, since its the naval warfarw means of choice in the Black Sea, too. Still impressive they fought it off with well-aimed 7.62 mm rifle fire.
July 23, 2024, 11:18 AM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by smlsig: I read a report on X that the boat was actually an unmanned drone…
quote:
The attack occurred on July 20, while the video footage from the incident circulated on Telegram app on July 23. Martime News reported with reference to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, UKMTO, that the Houthis launched two drone attacks on the container ship. The first attack was launched with the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle that exploded in the immediate vicinity of the ship, causing minor damage. The second attack on the ship was carried out by a surface unmanned vehicle, which also exploded in close proximity to the ship. The ship and the crewmembers were safe after the attack.
Nice is overrated
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July 23, 2024, 11:20 AM
old rugged cross
guessing the fuel on the boat was ignited by the gunfire?
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July 23, 2024, 11:42 AM
fischtown7
quote:
Originally posted by BansheeOne: Yeah, Houthi suicide drone attacking a container ship in the Red Sea. The security team is speaking Russian, though word is they're Ukrainian. Either might have some experience with this kind of threat, since its the naval warfarw means of choice in the Black Sea, too. Still impressive they fought it off with well-aimed 7.62 mm rifle fire.
Yea I thought I heard Russian, at first I thought they might have got them with a RPG. Forgot the Houthi have been using drone ships, thats probably what it was.
July 23, 2024, 11:49 AM
OneWheelDrive
It's raining men. Hallelujah!
================================================ Ultron: "You're unbearably naive." Vision: "Well, I was born yesterday."
July 23, 2024, 11:57 AM
corsair
quote:
Originally posted by old rugged cross: guessing the fuel on the boat was ignited by the gunfire?
Only in the movies...only explosives go boom like that.
Video says Ukrainian security guys, my thought was either Russian, Ukrainian, Polish or Serbian...my ears can't tell the difference. All of those countries have quite a bit of citizens abroad as security contractors or, generally merchant mariners.
July 23, 2024, 12:26 PM
Rey HRH
That definitely was a movie worthy ka-boom!
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
July 23, 2024, 12:31 PM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH: That definitely was a movie worthy ka-boom!
I bet it came as a surprise to the boat’s driver.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
July 23, 2024, 12:51 PM
ScreamingCockatoo
He may have hit an RPG warhead. There was a flash of sparks over the camera.
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