@alykh96 They actually based the thunder Run mission off of this footage, by the way. A lot more combat going on in the game obviously, but cool to know.
I love how all these marines come here and say that is RUN was done by them. 3ID is Army, let me spell this out: Third Infantry Division of the United States ARMY. We are all on the same team, so please don't discredit those that has earn them. Hooah!
No sure if it's been mentioned previously...but there's some very interesting books written by people who were in this Thunder Run. One, unsurprisingly, is called 'Thunder Run' by David Zucchino. Recommended if you're interested.
That ute was packed with ammunition and flammables, they lit it up with 7.62x51mm bullets, thats not gonna make it catch fire unless they hit something flammable (which just so happened to be the case when the bullets impacted the tray).
What fucking Oil I havent seen a drop of it at our pumps. This blame Bush thing thats going around the net is just outlandish. Even Demacrats aproved the Invasion and a good part of The U.S population.
@SPARTAN1T You don't see any oil at a gas station because it's in pipes. But you put it in your car and paid $4 for the privilege. I blame the commander in chief of the armed forces for planning and starting the war. He lied and used scare tactics to get the population, media and the politicians on his side, although if you didn't notice, our current president voted against it. I was always against it. Bush is a murderer who won over cowards and fools. Some of us were neither.
lo lthe abrams i hate being in the g seat.....your mind always wonders and your scared shitless usually you have no clue who is gona pick you off with the dragon or the shitty ak with a fake acog or a I.e.d lol i can go on and on all day....and most of the soildiers are scared GIVE THEM RESPECT
Cco 3-15 INF 2000-2004 "Can do soldiers" Kuwait+D-day+Iraq. Big shout out to Aco 1-64 armor if it was'nt for them helping my brothers in arms I would not be here today. R.I.P Staff sergeant. Stevon A. Booker
this is a show of force... it has nothing to do with tank on tank warfare.....it's basically telling the enemy .."we can do what we want...when we want"
@trhisdone This was during the push to baghdad and you can clearly see incoming round impacts, enemy armored vehicles and enemy infantry. Its a massive battle
This entry failed on 5/4/2003, the goal was to find out the force of resistance, but they entered into 7.4.2003 under the cover of Apache helicopters and artillery, Allah Akbar.
هذه كانت الساعة العاشرة والنصف تحديدا صباحا من بوابة بغداد -الدورة-وهدفهم كان يوصلون الى المطار لكن توقفوا باول فوج عربي من جهة جامع ام الطبول,المشكلة دخلوا بالكامل بيوم 7/4/2003 بسبب المدفعية والعنقودي لكن والله توقف الرتل بالكامل من الله يرحمه مصطفى يا الله.
@ihabsalim2009 (الترجمة الإنجليزية )english translation - 8 months ago this was 10.30 specifically am gate Baghdad-session-their goal was bringing to the airport but stopped Powell vogue Arabic or collector hand drums, problem entered fully on 7/4/2003 because artillery walankodi but God stopped the entire column of God began the Mustafa God
I remember all this. I'm not sure but I think that was our tank in front. I remember a truck they thought had an IED inside and the tank behind us took it out. I was in Bravo company 2/69. I would love a confirmation from the publisher of this video
Too bad the Iraqi's were so stupid. They could've done a lot of damage if they were keen and just set up demolition ambushes with EFP's and possibly other weapons like local cluster bombs or mini RKG-3 local MLRS type area effect weapons. Plus, whats the point of fighting without any atgm's? Stupid.
aww texasvanity civilians is that what those rpgs, gunfire, and burning military vehicles. yes colateral damage happens it has in every war known to man that is the nature of the beast. i was over ther 3 times we never purposely murdered anyone. we fight when the fight comes to us. give our troops some respect i would like to see u hippies react if ever shot at. and if u dont like it you can geeet out.
which war are you refferring to? direct that comment toward one of the 10000 guys that showed up there that day, the placce was nearly deserted once we got inside. it was a mass surrender, half of them surrenderred because they wanted food. when the city shut down because they knew we were coming, the supply lines to the troops shut down too, most of the soldiers hadnt had what we'd call a meal in over 3 weeks! check your facts there jordan
Song at 7:20 is 'Sympathy For The Devil', Rolling Stones. Thanks for posting this...showing us civvies what it's really like over in that God-forsaken sandbox.
shoot'em all. If civilians cant hear what is coming from the distance or are to blind to see what lays ahead, they deserve to be wiped out: that many less retards in the future.
OK we all know Hodge is stupid but rolling up 20meters next to a column of Abrams in a pick up? With hostile intent? Give me a break dude the clip speaks for itself.
I still cant after a year explain why you guys lit up the truck? at 5.55 I have been doing this for 22.5 years and did op's with the 1-64 and 4-64.
I am not pissed at you guys but am fucking pissed at you leadership for giving you such a weak ROE, we did pay the price a few years later. Most LN's I dealt with had an agenda leading back to collateral damage during OIF 01..my opinion....god bless
Pretty obvious you weren't there if you don't understand such a simple concept. The truck was undoubtedly loaded with insurgent fighters. It's called a technical, and they were all over the place in Baghdad. Weak ROE my ass. You have to kill them if they're trying to kill you. Simple as that.
Well no, technically, that's not a technical, that's a pickup truck. And could you please describe how the people in it could possibly be described as "insurgents"? Look the word up in a dictionary, its meaning is actually not "iraqi with a gun".
Since I wasn't there, I will not speculate on if there were fighters in the truck or not.
You are speculating. I can tell by the way you word things. And an insurgent is what these Fedayeen fighters are labeled as, so I'll call them insurgents if i goddamn feel like it.
Case and point: the truck is driving onto a road packed with Abrams tanks and is veering towards them. It is driving at high speed and, in any case, it's best to blow it to hell just to be safe.
Furthermore, a technical is a civilian truck with armed militants in it. That probably IS a technical.
Well that's where we disagree, my point is that insurgent means "rebel" or "opposing authority", not just "irregular fighter", although alot of media use that word with the latter meaning nowadays. Doesn't make them right, though.
And a technical isn't just a pickup truck with people with a certain sympathy in it, it's an improvised weapons platform built on a pickup truck, mounting for instance machine guns, recoilless rifles or anti-aircraft guns.
I was in the 3rd ID when we spearheaded the attack to Baghdad. In case you people havent heard or read it anywhere, Iraqis were taking off their uniforms and getting into civilian cars or trucks and disguising themselves as civilians. As they closed in on our positions they would start shooting at us with RPG's, Ak-47's and anything they had. It is easy for somebody that is sitting at home without a worry to criticize a split second life and death situation.
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You don't understand the concept. That pickup wasn't trying to kill anybody. That's just a wild guess and if you deal with lives that's just very unprofessional. That's the insurgent way of dealing with fear.
It is you who doesn't understand the relevant concept: when you're a soldier and a truck wildly swerves onto the road, you have a choice to make. You can either risk that thing exploding in your face or shooting at you, or you can destroy it. Any soldier-any soldier in the world-would have done the same. It is good that it was destroyed because it was a very serious threat. Don't make the mistake of thinking these soldiers are unprofessional.
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you don't have choises to make, they didn't put you in bootcamp to express your thoughts about tactical situations in the field and fears about swerving cars.
if you agree with killing anything that gets to you, even if it is civilian, get out of the army you make soldiers look bad.
You still don't understand. If there is a potential threat-YOU KILL IT. That's just the way it works in the REAL world. In war there is never time to make detailed analyses of the potential threats. That tank commander had a split-second decision to make, and considering that the truck was in a place no civilian would EVER go, he had to destroy it. It may have been civilians, but it may have been a perfectly legit target. The latter is more likely.
I was in the 3rd ID when we spearheaded the attack to Baghdad. In case you people havent heard or read it anywhere, Iraqis were taking off their uniforms and getting into civilian cars or trucks and disguising
You obviously have no idea what goes down in war. Its a dirty business. Kill or be killed. All this video shows is the American army is well prepared for conventional warfare. The uncoventional crap really threw them for a loop though obviously.
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again insult to humanity
they destroyed a whole country then said sorry our intelligence were a bit misleading, wish we had better one..
Or you think its a great thing.. 4000+ us soldiers killed 23000 injured 60000 iraqia killed, 3 millions left their country...
Bush caused more hate to America than any other American in the histroy of the US.... Thats why people voted Obama who is a normal American person not a cowboy warmonger
@WillBePilot let me speak slowly for you, the democrats voted for the war too, they believed they had WMD's. So did most of the world. You really are a moron. President Bush wasn't a king, he didn't do it alone. Wake up or put your head back in the sand you idiot
usa owned and gave a major ass kicking to the the saddam era military in the 2 thunder runs,i heard at least 2,000 plus saddam followers were wacked dead in this run
Im so... embarrased that im in OIF 08-09. To know that im an Infantryman and ive been here 3 months and havent fired a round makes me sick. Im so jelouse of these guys. My convoys go on the same streets as im watching on this vid and im embarrased to see my weapon at max elevation and bulshit SOP's like that... Good job guys.
this is cool. I want to be a tanker, is it a possiblitiy to get a waiver? im 6'3. This is a cool vid cus it shows what tanks REALLY do. The coax is the main weapon in reality.
People should not that some stupid Marine posted this video claiming that this was the Marines doing this. Typical of the Marines. They are trying to brainwash the American public into thinking that they do all of the fighting and that the Army never fought any major engagements. And the sad part is, that the public swallows it all hook line and sinker. This is a disgrace. Before you know it, the Marines will be claiming that it was them that landed at Normandy in 1944 and not the US Army.
One more thing, you know I think its funny all these people making their smart mouthed comments on here, but not once has anyone had the nerve to come up to my face and say any of these things. Its because they know good and well that theyed get their dick knocked in the dirt. So their 8 dollar an hour obese pizza delivery boy ass sits masked behind the safety of the internet where they can be a black belt with 6 pack abs just like the song says and spew their ignorant crap.
I have put some crappy comments about this clip and admit it was out of line we lost 4 good men from our co.
That being said I spent 13 mos. operating out of Rustamiyah and we did op's with 4-64 and 1-64 armor and I still think smoking that "technical truck" was messed up. Alot of L/N's I dealt with were still pissed about the 2003 invasion, just my opinion I was not there in 03 my tour was 05-07.
GOOD because it tested Saddamns defences of baghdad and gave the military the know how to quickly take baghdad.
BAD because you clearly had a 'shoot at anything and everything' policy which doesnt work when the Baghdad residents through you were liberating them.
Word has it that you boys went through a Shia anti-saddam neighbourhood and when the locals went to join you on their pickups..u blew them away..
Word has it? Meaning you heard it second hand and were not there? Then you need to keep your mouth shut. My name is Burt and I drove Sfc. Olsons tank. I was in Alpha Co. right up in the front and I saw it all through my periscopes. Those technicals were full of armed men, and if they had been "wanting to join us" as you say then it was THEY who made the bad move by rolling up on us at high speed in every appearance of attempting an attack on the column. They were stupid,on crack,or something.
Who is the guy that put this on here? I am SGT Shawn Sullivan from HHC 1/64. I was with Shipley and Schafer when the got hurt on this run! 1SG Mercado was my TC RIP Booker, you are constantly on my mind and in my prayers.
I met the commander of this battallion while on funeral detail yesterday. He is now with the 1st Cavalry Division and deployed with us for our recent 15 month tour. I recognize all these roads... so damn different. But the man is a Major now, highly professional, very knowledgeable and shared a lot of stories of the Thunder Runs. I wish I was older and had been able to take part in this with him. Soldiers like us who have been deployed but weren't part of the invasion wish we were on his level.
I must admit that this is one of the most inspirational videos I've ever seen. I watched this for the first time in AOBC in '04 and I was like 'wow'. Ironicly the area this film was shot at was my unit's AO the last deployment. Also, Ironicly, we were RIP'ed by the unit that was in this film. Again, a great video and I'm sure it will be used for years to come to train tankers.
You did not see what happen before the Truck Came into view. Our ROE were different then so SSG Bull what did you do? And the insurgency was planned prior to the U.S. entering Iraq. Ooooh! you breed the insurgency. Keep the Fight in the Middle East not U.S. soil.
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you stupid assholes caused more KIA because of your fucking stupidity, you bred the insurgency, hope your happy fuckhead!!!!!!!!!!!!! ssgbull oif 05-07
Did those guys have the hatch open with the camera tied on top?
ppitm 5 days ago
Their making a movie about this.
Grefins999 1 week ago
The drivers Chi must be mad focused, yo.
MagnuMxAvengeR 1 month ago
Rock of The Marne!!!
BillTyler19K 1 month ago
ps4 version ?
MsTribus 1 month ago
@dra1212 this is before IEDs were really being made, they were used more widely a few months after we invaded, correct me if i am wrong
TheStarsofstars 1 month ago
"It is well that war is so terrible--lest we should grow too fond of it."
-Robert E. Lee
acr225 1 month ago
awesome!
bsogsef 2 months ago
Isn't dangerous to advance near the center of highway? There could be an IED between the two ways no?
dra1212 3 months ago
BF3
alykh96 3 months ago
@alykh96 They actually based the thunder Run mission off of this footage, by the way. A lot more combat going on in the game obviously, but cool to know.
jjolder 2 months ago
I love how all these marines come here and say that is RUN was done by them. 3ID is Army, let me spell this out: Third Infantry Division of the United States ARMY. We are all on the same team, so please don't discredit those that has earn them. Hooah!
kaox44 4 months ago
@kaox44 Yeah there is some dude named Swede that put this up as a 'Joint' op, which it wasn't.
SergeantDizzle00 4 months ago
hotdamn! This footage rocks!!!
ossie19681 6 months ago
Rock of the Marne! 2-64th AR M1A1 vet
wilbas69 7 months ago
@wilbas69 Speed and power! 2-69 ar
MrBobsicle 6 months ago
No sure if it's been mentioned previously...but there's some very interesting books written by people who were in this Thunder Run. One, unsurprisingly, is called 'Thunder Run' by David Zucchino. Recommended if you're interested.
TheBlackSpider82 8 months ago
5:32 i seen that mosque everyday in my deployment
TheJikijij 9 months ago
LISTEN TO MYSTICAL ROUND OUT THE TANK AND WATCH THIS VIDEO AT THE SAME TIME
TheJikijij 9 months ago
That ute was packed with ammunition and flammables, they lit it up with 7.62x51mm bullets, thats not gonna make it catch fire unless they hit something flammable (which just so happened to be the case when the bullets impacted the tray).
blinky123abc 9 months ago 2
F***ing Sexy!
Bulldogcollins43 9 months ago
great video and great song at the end......
tothefuckingmoss 10 months ago
This looks like a good way to go work in the morning, anybody selling tanks whole sale? Haha
specialbari09 1 year ago
What fucking Oil I havent seen a drop of it at our pumps. This blame Bush thing thats going around the net is just outlandish. Even Demacrats aproved the Invasion and a good part of The U.S population.
Oh the Irony of a Hypicritical Nation.
SPARTAN1T 1 year ago 5
@SPARTAN1T You don't see any oil at a gas station because it's in pipes. But you put it in your car and paid $4 for the privilege. I blame the commander in chief of the armed forces for planning and starting the war. He lied and used scare tactics to get the population, media and the politicians on his side, although if you didn't notice, our current president voted against it. I was always against it. Bush is a murderer who won over cowards and fools. Some of us were neither.
ppitm 5 days ago
lo lthe abrams i hate being in the g seat.....your mind always wonders and your scared shitless usually you have no clue who is gona pick you off with the dragon or the shitty ak with a fake acog or a I.e.d lol i can go on and on all day....and most of the soildiers are scared GIVE THEM RESPECT
nick19955632 1 year ago
Cco 3-15 INF 2000-2004 "Can do soldiers" Kuwait+D-day+Iraq. Big shout out to Aco 1-64 armor if it was'nt for them helping my brothers in arms I would not be here today. R.I.P Staff sergeant. Stevon A. Booker
snakedoc1982 1 year ago
3:22 ....poke ya head back up! ....lolol
astoriazfinest13 1 year ago
excellent footage.
Silnius 1 year ago
Note to oneself. Don´t bring a truck to a tank fight.
bengtsson45 1 year ago 10
M1A2 four million dollars,
16 weeks osut training 100,000,
vacation to Iraq 30,000 per day
shooting a pickup with the coax, PRICELESS
Hell On Wheels
trhisdone 1 year ago
this is a show of force... it has nothing to do with tank on tank warfare.....it's basically telling the enemy .."we can do what we want...when we want"
Hell On Wheels
trhisdone 1 year ago 4
@trhisdone This was during the push to baghdad and you can clearly see incoming round impacts, enemy armored vehicles and enemy infantry. Its a massive battle
GamingMusicVideos1 3 weeks ago
m1a1 Abrams.
More metal than you
FriedNugget 1 year ago
Love Sympathy at the end
MrAshlandVideos 1 year ago
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Fuck usa look what they done..!!!
blood123yo 1 year ago
@blood123yo
Liberate Iraq from one of the butchers of the 20th/21st century? Yeah, so evil.
10mmTroy 1 year ago
I'm reading the book about this action.
marinekkk 1 year ago
@marinekkk thunder run? im buying it now lol
transworld20 1 year ago
@transworld20
It´s a excellent book, by David Zucchino.
Aniita2797 1 year ago
Still awesome to watch... thx
NeoJD 1 year ago
in just this thunder run alone about 1000 Iraqi soldiers and fadayeen were killed.
marleynrs8 1 year ago
loader get your head back up...
trhisdone 1 year ago
good old rout tampa
M1Tanker4life 1 year ago
This entry failed on 5/4/2003, the goal was to find out the force of resistance, but they entered into 7.4.2003 under the cover of Apache helicopters and artillery, Allah Akbar.
ihabsalim2009 1 year ago
هذه كانت الساعة العاشرة والنصف تحديدا صباحا من بوابة بغداد -الدورة-وهدفهم كان يوصلون الى المطار لكن توقفوا باول فوج عربي من جهة جامع ام الطبول,المشكلة دخلوا بالكامل بيوم 7/4/2003 بسبب المدفعية والعنقودي لكن والله توقف الرتل بالكامل من الله يرحمه مصطفى يا الله.
ihabsalim2009 1 year ago
@ihabsalim2009 (الترجمة الإنجليزية )english translation - 8 months ago this was 10.30 specifically am gate Baghdad-session-their goal was bringing to the airport but stopped Powell vogue Arabic or collector hand drums, problem entered fully on 7/4/2003 because artillery walankodi but God stopped the entire column of God began the Mustafa God
nick19955632 1 year ago
I remember all this. I'm not sure but I think that was our tank in front. I remember a truck they thought had an IED inside and the tank behind us took it out. I was in Bravo company 2/69. I would love a confirmation from the publisher of this video
whiteboyjames69 1 year ago
@whiteboyjames69 this is a co 1-64 and we were the tip of the spear
MrCswihart81 10 months ago
OMG it must of stunk after a few hours with all the fedadin & Haji's burning & bloating in the sun.
Good panzer tactics US.
Shame the war happened but I support the troops, they don't ask to be used.
infokemp 1 year ago
@infokemp thats not even panzer tactics. most of what ive read said something like this had never been done before.
1320crusier 1 year ago
Too bad the Iraqi's were so stupid. They could've done a lot of damage if they were keen and just set up demolition ambushes with EFP's and possibly other weapons like local cluster bombs or mini RKG-3 local MLRS type area effect weapons. Plus, whats the point of fighting without any atgm's? Stupid.
gosciu555 1 year ago
هسة انت تحجي خونة وخوة هوة انت امنين مو عراقي لولا
ramialdarraji 1 year ago
يا الله يا بغداد والله واحد يبكي علي بغداد وسقوط بغداد بس الشعب العراقي خونه ابن فلسطين
HAITHAM484 1 year ago
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Malditos ASESINOS "Fucking U.S.A"
dysmergomez 1 year ago
wtf was the guy in the pickup doing?
Let's take on an armoured American convoy alone in my white pickup truck.
StarshipPoopers1 1 year ago
"suicide by tank" lol
jhiggins1971 1 year ago
a russian infantry fighting vehicle/light tank
guardsman1426 2 years ago
whats a 'bmp'
nw0 2 years ago
Its a russian made IFV. Kind of like a cross between a tank and an APC.
thenoobfactor 2 years ago
@thenoobfactor
No its a scout car.
gosciu555 1 year ago
@gosciu555 no you idiot thats a BDRM your talking about. learn your armoured vehicles before talking about them.
thenoobfactor 1 year ago
russian armoured troop carrier
bigrich2323 2 years ago
looks like route irish to me...
infantrybadass 2 years ago
Is this route jackson and are you guys passing through sadiyah. That's what it looks like.
chrisdahlby 2 years ago
GET SOME!!!
JUNIORK1974 2 years ago
@JUNIORK1974
you mean GOT SOME!
inataleee420 2 years ago
hey man do u have the next part of this video ? thanks
gatuno37 2 years ago
American baby...Fuck Yeah!!!!
RandyH463 2 years ago
hei dude , do you have the next chapter of this film ? thanks
gatuno37 2 years ago
ROCK OF THE MARNE BABY!! WOO!!! shout out to 3rd BDE 2-69 AR C-CO
COBRAAAAAAAASSSSSS!!!!
berserker126 2 years ago
Rock of the Marne!!!
former 3/7 Inf
headhunter4519 2 years ago
aww texasvanity civilians is that what those rpgs, gunfire, and burning military vehicles. yes colateral damage happens it has in every war known to man that is the nature of the beast. i was over ther 3 times we never purposely murdered anyone. we fight when the fight comes to us. give our troops some respect i would like to see u hippies react if ever shot at. and if u dont like it you can geeet out.
mark3777 2 years ago 2
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3ID 3/7 Cavalry was butchered at Saddam International. Covered up with a silly staged statue toppling.
jordan8445 2 years ago
which war are you refferring to? direct that comment toward one of the 10000 guys that showed up there that day, the placce was nearly deserted once we got inside. it was a mass surrender, half of them surrenderred because they wanted food. when the city shut down because they knew we were coming, the supply lines to the troops shut down too, most of the soldiers hadnt had what we'd call a meal in over 3 weeks! check your facts there jordan
stealthy347 2 years ago 13
Let the big dogs eat/
KNIGHTWATCHCAM 2 years ago
Song at 7:20 is 'Sympathy For The Devil', Rolling Stones. Thanks for posting this...showing us civvies what it's really like over in that God-forsaken sandbox.
americasfirstfreedom 2 years ago
Yes, from Get yer Ya ya's out! Classic rock from 1969, live at Madison Square Gardens. Nice!
DWGarvin 2 years ago
AHH.. Good times.
TheGamer770 2 years ago
thousands of raghead terrorists were wasted in this thunder run
bluesky5980 2 years ago 2
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Wrong bluesky5980,
Thousands of innocent, unarmed civilians, women and children, were murdered in this thunder run.
texasvanity 2 years ago
plz, somebody who may tell me whats is the name of the song that we can hear in the video.. at 07:20 minutes
udefanikopolidis 2 years ago
shoot'em all. If civilians cant hear what is coming from the distance or are to blind to see what lays ahead, they deserve to be wiped out: that many less retards in the future.
donttreez 2 years ago
you fuckwit
hdmccart 2 years ago
that isnt how you win COIN, jackass
RLtW88 2 years ago
it wasn't a COIN fight at that point, they were fighting an army
M2fiftycal 2 years ago
damn that truck got owned by the tank
crktp7 2 years ago 3
Deciding to drive on a highway that has invading tanks driving down it firing their weapons is a clear case of natural selection.
doubledeuceblue 2 years ago
please allow me to introduce myself, i'm a man, of wealth and taste. hats off to you guys for dealing with this BS head on.
KONERKOSLAM14 2 years ago
WILD BUNCH!
mvd164 2 years ago
Audie would be proud! the one and only 3rd division!
CaptainAmerica322 2 years ago 2
OK we all know Hodge is stupid but rolling up 20meters next to a column of Abrams in a pick up? With hostile intent? Give me a break dude the clip speaks for itself.
ssgbull 2 years ago
1/64 ARMOR ALPHA COMPANY!!
sandrock21 2 years ago
I still cant after a year explain why you guys lit up the truck? at 5.55 I have been doing this for 22.5 years and did op's with the 1-64 and 4-64.
I am not pissed at you guys but am fucking pissed at you leadership for giving you such a weak ROE, we did pay the price a few years later. Most LN's I dealt with had an agenda leading back to collateral damage during OIF 01..my opinion....god bless
ssgbull 2 years ago
Pretty obvious you weren't there if you don't understand such a simple concept. The truck was undoubtedly loaded with insurgent fighters. It's called a technical, and they were all over the place in Baghdad. Weak ROE my ass. You have to kill them if they're trying to kill you. Simple as that.
RichardTaylor1800 2 years ago
Well no, technically, that's not a technical, that's a pickup truck. And could you please describe how the people in it could possibly be described as "insurgents"? Look the word up in a dictionary, its meaning is actually not "iraqi with a gun".
Since I wasn't there, I will not speculate on if there were fighters in the truck or not.
LosBerkos 2 years ago
You are speculating. I can tell by the way you word things. And an insurgent is what these Fedayeen fighters are labeled as, so I'll call them insurgents if i goddamn feel like it.
Case and point: the truck is driving onto a road packed with Abrams tanks and is veering towards them. It is driving at high speed and, in any case, it's best to blow it to hell just to be safe.
Furthermore, a technical is a civilian truck with armed militants in it. That probably IS a technical.
RichardTaylor1800 2 years ago
Well that's where we disagree, my point is that insurgent means "rebel" or "opposing authority", not just "irregular fighter", although alot of media use that word with the latter meaning nowadays. Doesn't make them right, though.
And a technical isn't just a pickup truck with people with a certain sympathy in it, it's an improvised weapons platform built on a pickup truck, mounting for instance machine guns, recoilless rifles or anti-aircraft guns.
LosBerkos 2 years ago
I was in the 3rd ID when we spearheaded the attack to Baghdad. In case you people havent heard or read it anywhere, Iraqis were taking off their uniforms and getting into civilian cars or trucks and disguising themselves as civilians. As they closed in on our positions they would start shooting at us with RPG's, Ak-47's and anything they had. It is easy for somebody that is sitting at home without a worry to criticize a split second life and death situation.
elduke78 2 years ago 6
@elduke78 I'm just glad you guys made it home, thanks brothers for being there for us.
oldlostone 1 year ago
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You don't understand the concept. That pickup wasn't trying to kill anybody. That's just a wild guess and if you deal with lives that's just very unprofessional. That's the insurgent way of dealing with fear.
zahlfussbal 2 years ago
It is you who doesn't understand the relevant concept: when you're a soldier and a truck wildly swerves onto the road, you have a choice to make. You can either risk that thing exploding in your face or shooting at you, or you can destroy it. Any soldier-any soldier in the world-would have done the same. It is good that it was destroyed because it was a very serious threat. Don't make the mistake of thinking these soldiers are unprofessional.
RichardTaylor1800 2 years ago 46
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you don't have choises to make, they didn't put you in bootcamp to express your thoughts about tactical situations in the field and fears about swerving cars.
if you agree with killing anything that gets to you, even if it is civilian, get out of the army you make soldiers look bad.
zahlfussbal 2 years ago
You still don't understand. If there is a potential threat-YOU KILL IT. That's just the way it works in the REAL world. In war there is never time to make detailed analyses of the potential threats. That tank commander had a split-second decision to make, and considering that the truck was in a place no civilian would EVER go, he had to destroy it. It may have been civilians, but it may have been a perfectly legit target. The latter is more likely.
RichardTaylor1800 2 years ago 5
@RichardTaylor1800 you are absolutely right but i think this was just a guy at the wrong time at the wrong place
lelles24 11 months ago
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@lelles24 And why do you believe that?
RichardTaylor1800 11 months ago
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Spoken like a true insurgent.
Batomos2 2 years ago
I was in the 3rd ID when we spearheaded the attack to Baghdad. In case you people havent heard or read it anywhere, Iraqis were taking off their uniforms and getting into civilian cars or trucks and disguising
elduke78 2 years ago 3
You obviously have no idea what goes down in war. Its a dirty business. Kill or be killed. All this video shows is the American army is well prepared for conventional warfare. The uncoventional crap really threw them for a loop though obviously.
CordovaMage 2 years ago 2
Read the book also..another good book about armored warfare in OIF is Heavy Metal a tank companys battle to baghdad.
Tiggertrigger86 2 years ago
Is there a way to get a high quality version of this video?
kempet 3 years ago
I'm also reading it now , it is a good book. What chapter are you in?
ross0the0man 3 years ago
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ross0the0man 3 years ago
insult to humanity
WillBePilot 3 years ago
Fuck off!
armescout 3 years ago
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again insult to humanity
they destroyed a whole country then said sorry our intelligence were a bit misleading, wish we had better one..
Or you think its a great thing.. 4000+ us soldiers killed 23000 injured 60000 iraqia killed, 3 millions left their country...
Bush caused more hate to America than any other American in the histroy of the US.... Thats why people voted Obama who is a normal American person not a cowboy warmonger
WillBePilot 3 years ago
@WillBePilot let me speak slowly for you, the democrats voted for the war too, they believed they had WMD's. So did most of the world. You really are a moron. President Bush wasn't a king, he didn't do it alone. Wake up or put your head back in the sand you idiot
oldlostone 1 year ago 2
Delta Dawgs! Thunder run I and II.
GazijaVA 3 years ago
Was this the first or second thunder run? Anyone know?
juancho420 3 years ago
first
ross0the0man 3 years ago
usa owned and gave a major ass kicking to the the saddam era military in the 2 thunder runs,i heard at least 2,000 plus saddam followers were wacked dead in this run
bluesky5980 3 years ago
american armor!!!!!!!!
reliablethreat23 3 years ago
at 5:55 why did they destroy the truck?
eightwillwontcannot 3 years ago
Because it might well have been a suicide car. Or a guy trying to fire his RPG into the rear grill...
flugwolf 3 years ago
he waz behing the M1 and the rear is the weakest spot so they wernt taking any chances with the cars
nashman3265 3 years ago
Im so... embarrased that im in OIF 08-09. To know that im an Infantryman and ive been here 3 months and havent fired a round makes me sick. Im so jelouse of these guys. My convoys go on the same streets as im watching on this vid and im embarrased to see my weapon at max elevation and bulshit SOP's like that... Good job guys.
infantrybadass 3 years ago
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Fire a round to kill people? OMG why dont you guys build and respect instead of kill and hate..
WillBePilot 3 years ago
He's infantry. His job is to kill.
zsheik22 3 years ago
It's a bit hard to do that when they are firing RPGs and Ak-47s at them.
ross0the0man 3 years ago
@WillBePilot why don't you go over there and try. then say something
oldlostone 1 year ago
Who you with ? I am here as well.
SectorSos 3 years ago
To be in baghdad and have not fired a round in 3 months is a very good thing...a very good thing indeed...
jonty717 2 years ago
at 4:52, you can hear the his of an RPG going by, i was in Bravo Co. 1-64 in OIF III, good stuff
bigtexan449 3 years ago
i was in A-3-15
MacDizzleABN 3 years ago
who's this? I was in 2nd platoon!
immortality72 2 years ago
I graduated OSUT for tankers a couple of weeks ago and 1 of my drills was the driver for the second tank into Baghdad.
GJ to all who had anything to do with thunder run, and much respect to all services fighting for the US of A.
Cheamilion 3 years ago
i know one of the guys in the bradly in front of the camera vehical...he going back for another tour in 10 days
Dammmj 3 years ago
if you wanna here what 7.62 sounds like just missing your head (4:52)
biscuit99999 3 years ago
well done give these motherf++++ what they deserve! good hunt, guys!
manfromthenorth 3 years ago
Outstanding video! I was a tanker in Desert Storm and this brought back memories! Good job tankers!
ozmorphus 3 years ago
So how many Iraqi tanks did you destroy and what type of tanker were you?
redmustang03 3 years ago
this is cool. I want to be a tanker, is it a possiblitiy to get a waiver? im 6'3. This is a cool vid cus it shows what tanks REALLY do. The coax is the main weapon in reality.
CaptainAmerica322 3 years ago 2
yes, im 6'5 and command these bad boys
itsaflyingtiger 3 years ago
uhh nice! but my profile has better stuff! chck it out! 6
Yzk1nv 3 years ago
working hard or hardly workin
oO1c3mAnOo 3 years ago
People should not that some stupid Marine posted this video claiming that this was the Marines doing this. Typical of the Marines. They are trying to brainwash the American public into thinking that they do all of the fighting and that the Army never fought any major engagements. And the sad part is, that the public swallows it all hook line and sinker. This is a disgrace. Before you know it, the Marines will be claiming that it was them that landed at Normandy in 1944 and not the US Army.
DesertRogues164 3 years ago 4
Desert Rogues WELL PUT! fuckin pussys dont dare say shit to our faces lest they become a statistic
stricklandthomas 3 years ago
американские вторжение насильно устанавливают свою демократию в других странах (америка империя зла)
XAJI9IBKA 3 years ago
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American invasion force to impose its democracy in other countries (America Empire of Evil)
XAJI9IBKA 3 years ago
One more thing, you know I think its funny all these people making their smart mouthed comments on here, but not once has anyone had the nerve to come up to my face and say any of these things. Its because they know good and well that theyed get their dick knocked in the dirt. So their 8 dollar an hour obese pizza delivery boy ass sits masked behind the safety of the internet where they can be a black belt with 6 pack abs just like the song says and spew their ignorant crap.
DesertRogues164 3 years ago 5
those days man when I was there wer fun fun but not fun enough now I remember it in my nightmares
dumbluck02 3 years ago
did the third take route tampa all the way up
Armysmithaz 3 years ago
I have put some crappy comments about this clip and admit it was out of line we lost 4 good men from our co.
That being said I spent 13 mos. operating out of Rustamiyah and we did op's with 4-64 and 1-64 armor and I still think smoking that "technical truck" was messed up. Alot of L/N's I dealt with were still pissed about the 2003 invasion, just my opinion I was not there in 03 my tour was 05-07.
I wear the 3rd combat patch with pride.
ssgbull 3 years ago
Now that is a target rich enviroment...
litllebk 3 years ago
I thought the thunder run was good and very bad.
GOOD because it tested Saddamns defences of baghdad and gave the military the know how to quickly take baghdad.
BAD because you clearly had a 'shoot at anything and everything' policy which doesnt work when the Baghdad residents through you were liberating them.
Word has it that you boys went through a Shia anti-saddam neighbourhood and when the locals went to join you on their pickups..u blew them away..
bad move bad move
jonty717 3 years ago
Word has it? Meaning you heard it second hand and were not there? Then you need to keep your mouth shut. My name is Burt and I drove Sfc. Olsons tank. I was in Alpha Co. right up in the front and I saw it all through my periscopes. Those technicals were full of armed men, and if they had been "wanting to join us" as you say then it was THEY who made the bad move by rolling up on us at high speed in every appearance of attempting an attack on the column. They were stupid,on crack,or something.
DesertRogues164 3 years ago 4
yeah, it's a shame Booker didn't pull through, RIP mate...
HythamC 3 years ago 2
Who is the guy that put this on here? I am SGT Shawn Sullivan from HHC 1/64. I was with Shipley and Schafer when the got hurt on this run! 1SG Mercado was my TC RIP Booker, you are constantly on my mind and in my prayers.
bigleo122 3 years ago 2
Excellent video, i've been looking for this one for a while
nexusvision10 3 years ago
Major William Glaser of 2BCT-3ID, come home soon. We respect you.
Cadester13 3 years ago
I met the commander of this battallion while on funeral detail yesterday. He is now with the 1st Cavalry Division and deployed with us for our recent 15 month tour. I recognize all these roads... so damn different. But the man is a Major now, highly professional, very knowledgeable and shared a lot of stories of the Thunder Runs. I wish I was older and had been able to take part in this with him. Soldiers like us who have been deployed but weren't part of the invasion wish we were on his level.
MichaelStevensG 3 years ago
I must admit that this is one of the most inspirational videos I've ever seen. I watched this for the first time in AOBC in '04 and I was like 'wow'. Ironicly the area this film was shot at was my unit's AO the last deployment. Also, Ironicly, we were RIP'ed by the unit that was in this film. Again, a great video and I'm sure it will be used for years to come to train tankers.
sabotUP 3 years ago
R.I.P. SSG Booker You are missed. Thinking of all the 3ID soldiers on their 3rd tour now. Keep your head down, and come home safe.
shaycox01 3 years ago
it is not funny.
aberhan78 4 years ago
TUSKERS! (4-64)...LOL
armybeef68 4 years ago
Keep the Fight in Iraq. Via the Desert Rogues'
Armormedic164 4 years ago
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why would you light up that pickup??? your a fucking moron thats why, poor leadership.
ssgbull 4 years ago
You did not see what happen before the Truck Came into view. Our ROE were different then so SSG Bull what did you do? And the insurgency was planned prior to the U.S. entering Iraq. Ooooh! you breed the insurgency. Keep the Fight in the Middle East not U.S. soil.
Armormedic164 4 years ago
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you stupid assholes caused more KIA because of your fucking stupidity, you bred the insurgency, hope your happy fuckhead!!!!!!!!!!!!! ssgbull oif 05-07
ssgbull 4 years ago
yeah your next tour sucked didnt dumbfuck
ssgbull 4 years ago
ragheadz got their asses handed to them by our abrams tanks.fuck allah
snowstorm990 4 years ago
o the memories- we were c co 3-15 in at the time, the first infantry company in baghdad. read about us in the book. now were a co 1-64 ar
21bankai 4 years ago
USA!!
DAIadvisor 4 years ago
Love seeing that 120 going off...HOOAH!
kaox44 4 years ago 3
TANKERS LEAD THE WAY!! HOOAH!!
BUCKINGFRONCO 4 years ago 4
thousands of ragheadz were wacked dead in this successfull thunder run
snowstorm990 4 years ago 3
800-1000
HythamC 3 years ago
i recommend everyone to read the book "thunder run" by david zucchino.
h3dningen 4 years ago