Rocket Attack (Strong Language!!!) (Unedited)

[cooleryj]

is this serious? why u guys didnt find a cover?

[HKgunner]

That was some surprisingly accurate fire.

[joemasiclat]

thats definetly rockets, i can never forget that sound

[paulnathanielsmith]

LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR- ---Aint playing....Thank you

[mjkeat]

I was there when this was happening. The 3 soldiers from C Co. 1-87 were out getting ready to fly a small unmaned radio controled airplane when this started. I forget thier names but the guy who says "we're smoking that mountain over there" was a tall blonde haired guy that drove a red grand am. And yes it was a rocket attack.

[daonejorge]

funny that i seen this same video titles as something to the matter of "motar attack" now i see it here with rocket attack, not i really wonder

[chuckallyn8313]

my buddy is one of the gun chiefs shooting the counterfire

[cluegoo69]

should't you have like reported that in?

[Wags182494]

@cluegoo69

Yes, he's going to go into the base, to tell the guys getting bombed, that they are getting bombed. Sounds real smart.

Sarcasm aside, there really wasn't much to do in that situation.

[johntygesen]

what the hell should these guys do in a situation like this?

[lcurle2001]

@johntygesen Grab a camera and record, there is nothing we can do. The rockets are timer fires from the mountains, something you can't do with mortars that have to be manned. Additionally, the predator drone would have picked up the enemy on the mountain, but there was nothing except launch sit heat from the rockets.

[joshcubbs]

@lcurle2001 ....those were clearly manned, u can teel cuz the fire was adjusted, the first 2 were misses every1 there after was a hit

[fpvshitsonhsv]

Can we please have a moment of truth...

For the troops rocken helmets and boots!

[TheNotpc1]

i know where id be digging latrines.

[Ron11B10]

This brings back memories of Easter Sunday '09 when I got my CIB for a night-time indirect fire attack. And then being on the Brigade PSD we had to get the Strykers on REDCON1 within 15 mikes. We got hit up two 121mm rockets fired 8,000 meters away. God I hate indirect fire since you don't know where its gonna land.

[Bashaza]

Dude , thats like totaly not cool shoting at us ......

[Lvduggo69]

Stfu ! No sniviling !

[Lucke189]

Shit, this is intense. Imagine yourselves if you get one mortar strike on the right side of the vehicle, and the next one on the left side of the vehicle. You are like right in the middle of them. Man, I wouldn't wanna be them at that point.

[BoyishlyCuteBritYank]

true but only at the main rear bases. If ur at the FOBs, forward operating base, well life at the FOB is very primitive

[Dookieshoes]

Awesome stuff! Thanks!

[TheElephant79]

I dont give a fuck about the strong Language, I give a fuck about what happens there !

[ckelly202]

cheap fireworks ???

[cassius969]

They dont seem to think very highly of Afghan marksmanship

[BurroBurrito1]

they arnt aiming for the truck the guys with the video cameras are in. they are aiming for the base

[Triumph152]

@cassius969 Because to be honest, they just drop a mortar in the tube, turn, say "Allah hu ackbar!" and load in another shell. I've heard marine scout snipers tell me the same thing over and over. They just pray to their dead god that it hits something of value.

[mofogachoga]

@cassius969 marksmanship my ass, their hitting the damn mountains. (; thank god there okay.

[unknownmarine43]

its not rocket man i saw this before and it said it was mortars

[TheGatman101]

deffently a motar..... u dont here that bomb landin sound from a rocket

[nick122344]

miriamstormy has stolen you vid, I saw your comment on how you where getting copyright infringment stuff. Break is another one. I will look for more.

[Nostrinian]

"Right over there"!! Minnie Mouse is alive!!

[c0nf3ss]

thank you for posting this video and all your others. Thank you for serving.

[rangrz]

its a soviet era 127mm rocket....most rockets burn their impulse engine out before hitting the target.

[12xecute]

Not the IA drill I was expecting, "dude what was that..."

[lcurle2001]

hahaha

[grunt5ocal]

my cousin kayla in the army hope for all the best for her and evry one else in the army

[bretjones]

that is crazy footage, whether its your or not thanks for posting.

[Pitty098]

Thats insane. Imagine just standing there hearing it coming down and not knowing where its going to land...whether its at your feet or miles away...crazy...and you`d just want to see where they are firing from and take them out big time!!!

[WallytheAussie]

Im inclined to agree that it's a mortar attack.

[lcurle2001]

Unfortunatly your both wrong because we found the rocket remains in the hills. The prop them up again a rock and set a time to them.

If they had 60mm mortars the range is only 3000meters, 81mm mortars 5000meters, 120mm mortats 7000meters. In addiotion to the launch site being to far away for mortars, you would also hear a launch that sounds like a shotgun, because that is what sets off a mortar charge inside the tube. Oh yeah, you also need a tube, baseplate and bipod to launch mortars.

[lcurle2001]

those are rockets.

[sparks444]

Scary shit

[adonibus]

So what is procedure when something like this happens?

[lcurle2001]

React, Identify and return fire.

[civicmike01]

There is a good chance that some cheeky little shit has copied it and is claiming a copyright infrigement.

Have a look about and see if this has been re-posted, if i do find a copy ill let you know the username mate.

Its happend to a few videos, little kids get hold of em and add crap music and claim they filmed it, sucks.

[civicmike01]

Well mate there is a good chance that your video has been copied by some little shit and they are claiming copyright.

Have a look about, im sure i have seen this posted by a few different users. I could be wrong but thats the most likey thing i can think of chap.

Ill let you know if i see a copy and ill give you the username.

[lcurle2001]

Hey people, someone has been claiming copyright infrigement on all my videos on you Tube, even though they are my files I dont know how they can do that. You Tube is threatening to take my video down.  Any ideas?

[civicmike01]

Did you film this clip? (As in are they your videos) or did you copy it and re-post it?

[hamzaxxx]

Youhouu Hezbollah Rocks!! IRAN COMING SOON :D

[Zoddom]

what rockets was that?

they make a crazy sound....never heared that before

[crappy1]

they all make that sound when they are coming in.

[mithy2]

theyre motars

[lcurle2001]

not mortars, rockets, mortars come from above so you would never hear the sound until it is as ear level, then boom!

[mithy2]

depends on the range of where the mortars are those bastards can travel at one hell of an angle you know...plus rockets wont travel that far...

[lcurle2001]

61mm mortars carry a range of 2142 feet, 81mm 4000 feet and 120mm 6000 feet. There is a reason they are called "High Angle Hell" Think of a parabola, the reach high in the air and come down ontop the target, were a rocket would me more direct.

[robertgift]

Thanks for the information.

Do they purposely make the rockets whistle to increase fear - as they did with bombs in WWII.

So artillery is trying to knock out other rockets before they launch?

I thought they would be manned and use the first landing rockets to better aim the next ones.

Do the rockets leave a trail to lead back to their launch site?

Then, using telescopes, find others and aim for them.

Thank you.

[lcurle2001]

the whistleing is an effect from the fins that stabalize the rocket in flight, artillery is trying to destroy anyone who is still there....and any cache that might still be there before it launches.

They are unmanned sites, becuase some of the blow up and never take off. Rockets leave no trail behind them, you are thinking of Rocket propelled grenades.

[mithy2]

my bad looks like they are falling

[aereb]

probably u'r own, courtesy rambo

[majzlanm]

uninvited guest, so get used to that

[lcurle2001]

Cowards can't come face to face

[rossdagill]

how the fuck can coalition forces fight against this kind of attack once u find them they go and hide in the mountains

[lcurle2001]

90% of the time they are not even there. They set the rockets up on a timer and then hide like cowards.

[robertgift]

If that is really possible to do and be accurate, that is how I would do it.

Why get yourself killed needlessly?

But don't they need first explosion to readjust aim of others?

What are the incoming explosives?

Is there anyway to see from where they are being fired or launched?

Thank you.

[lcurle2001]

The incoming are rockets, you can tell this becuase of the whistle they make, mortars do not make this whistle. They are using a tactic called "Direct Lay" where they aim the rockets towards their intended target, and set a timer.

There is away to see where they are coming from, the artillery guys mainly have this technology where they can use trajectory to calculate their position and return fire with their battery.

[Nakorn24]

in a war there no rules. u do what it take to win. i say nuke those fuckers and make thier grand kids feel the pain 20 yrs later.

[HystoricalMicrobe]

Crapt hats crazy and scarya dn your fav word is Damn MINE TO!! xD

[thetruthofthetime]

Shit!

Thats seriously fucked, especially how they could aim from the positions up there in the mountains, not bad for Taliban lol

Wonder if they were using Katyushas? Mortars wouldn't get the range, so must have been...

[QuartuvLarry]

This FOB looks familiar. This didn't happen to be anywhere near Tarin Kowt, was it?

Damn. When I was there, Taliban sucked so bad I slept through nearly all our rocket attacks.

[lcurle2001]

All the FOB's in Afghanistan look the same, Hesco walls and sandbags. WEith their "B-Hut" construction and the nice TOC tents with some OE 254's

[emtstormyff]

I know this FOB. alot differnt now. We return fire now with alot of stuff.

[lcurle2001]

Mainly CAS? We didnt really have that luxury, they were always off station doing something else. Probably playing "Top Gun" with each other...zooomies!!!

[astifan1]

i think this is artilery atack not rocket

[lcurle2001]

No, artillery has more accuracy then that. The rockets are set on a timer and then directed toward their target, that is how they aim and why they are off some times.

Artillery would also created a dust cloud when it fired. There was a UAV on station that saw the launch site, which how our mortars dialed in and cleared the mountain range. Sad part is, I bet no one was there since the rockets are "set it and forget it"

[darnitalltohell]

Amazing. This really makes me appreciate more what it's like there. That would make me want to get in that jeep in go find the assholes that were shooting at my base.

[cloverdouche1257]

wow they are just blind firing at their base

[lemoncrunch]

Thats so crazy shit there...

[CanadianPeamealBacon]

Holy Hannah! It puts things into perspective and I wish there was more of this b/c I don't think people realize what the military is up against over there. I have goosebumps man.

[majortuff]

wow that was close

[anci3ntpker]

wow

[marineprince121212]

Crazy shit. I bet that was a small attack.