Canadian forces - Ambush

Troops from Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, "Red Devils" from Edmonton, Canada are ambushed as they conducted battle damage assessment in the village on July 15, 2006 in Sangin, Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.

Equipment: M4 Carbine - The M4 Carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. The weapon is a shorter and lighter version of the M16A2 assault rifle, achieving 80% parts commonality with the M16A2. The M4 has selective fire options including semi-automatic and three-round burst (like the M16A2), while the M4A1 has a "full auto" option in place of the three-round burst. The M4A1 is sometimes also found with a heavier barrel to withstand heat from sustained fully-automatic fire.

M203 - M203 generally refers to the United States Army designation for a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher that attaches to the M16 assault rifle or the M4 Carbine. Stand-alone variants exist as do versions capable of being used on many other rifles. The device attaches under the barrel and forward of the magazine, the trigger for it being just forward of the magazine. The magazine functions as a handle of sorts when firing for the M203. A separate sighting system is added to rifles with the M203 as the rifle's regular sights are not matched to the launcher. The M203 can fire high-explosive, smoke, illuminating, buckshot direct fire, CS gas, and training grenades.

Location:
Afghanistan - Afghanistan is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Asia. Generally considered a part of Central Asia, it is sometimes ascribed to a regional bloc in either the Middle East or South Asia, as it has cultural, ethno-linguistic, and geographic links with most of its neighbors. It is bordered by Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People's Republic of China to the east.

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[defensorfortis2009]

just wait until u really see what war is like.

[SWAT518]

go canadia!

[QSKQL91]

Keep up the fight and pleace stay stafe out there

[fo3show]

holy shit that looks intense! GO CANADA!!

[wakyzal]

@lengthOFpole whats the name of the documentary?

[hazonku]

@lengthOFpole you happen to know the name of the documentary? I'd love to see the whole thing. These guys are bad ass.

[hazonku]

@ussuix I hear you young buck. I did Iraq twice & now that I'm out I'm getting the itch to go back in & go to Afghanistan.

[hazonku]

I fucking love these guys! I dare risk criticism from my peers saying this but these guys are just as bad ass as we were. FUCK YEAH, GO CANADA!

[GohModley]

Whoa, these Canucks kick ass.

[TAMlLTIGERLTTE]

get an education and then get a real job u stupid cunt

[deadeyeselh]

Umm...No. It was captured from a free lance journalist names Scott Kesterson.

[lengthOFpole]

this is real

its from a dircovery series that followed a platoon on solders from boot to aftganistan