The real-life Rambo: Brute strength of the Taliban fighter caught on camera with PKMs

[abassinafghan]

all those armchair generals and armchair wanna be mujahedin make real idiots out of theirselfes ....

[RevolutionThroughReason]

22 000 and 50 000 there is a huge difference.

About 10 000 true fighters were killed by Fahim,Dostam,U.S forces during 2001 when they surrendered in the north.

But during the 11 years of war,the number could be less than 5 000 but there are no figures on this.

Moron, can you read? I just said I'm just presenting this guys numbers as a GENTLE estimate ....I never said I agreed with his numbers But that is THE MOST 'Gentle" estimate for the Taliban; Even if we have that that means the Taliban lost nearly 2/3 of its fighting force. The higher estimates are 50,000; since the U.S. use air power most of the Taliban bodies get incinerated hence its hard to really know. But MORE Taliban dead than American soldiers

Taliban= terrible fighters.....your heroes suck at fighting

where is your proof that 50,000 Taliban are all over the country and that the casualty numbers are low?

[Tor Gul]

PKMs loaded are pretty heavy,beside this the recoile is a thing for itself.

when you one hand them, they are muzzle heavy so you tend to shoot down. but once you start shooting the muzzle blast lifts the front end until you start shooting high. if you keep the bursts between 5-10 shots you'll stay in your target area. the weapon itself is heavy enough that recoil is manageable unless you're small or very thin. still, best use of the weapons involve using two hands and the stock tight into your shoulder.

[Afghanistan2010]

when you one hand them, they are muzzle heavy so you tend to shoot down. but once you start shooting the muzzle blast lifts the front end until you start shooting high. if you keep the bursts between 5-10 shots you'll stay in your target area. the weapon itself is heavy enough that recoil is manageable unless you're small or very thin. still, best use of the weapons involve using two hands and the stock tight into your shoulder.

Yes,i will share with you as soon as i find the video.

There is an iraqi resistance fighter firing the whole magazin,and he is pushed more than 8 m back...lol and he is not thin.

[Tor Gul]

Yes,i will share with you as soon as i find the video.

There is an iraqi resistance fighter firing the whole magazin,and he is pushed more than 8 m back...lol and he is not thin.

then he is doing something wrong. the PKM recoils more than the M240 used by American forces but not that bad. when I got to Iraq the first time we didn't have enough Machine guns for my platoon so I picked up 3 PKMs and we carried them along with our regular weapons. i like it it is a good weapon.

[Catya Sher]

Who is Tor Gul ? I thought was an Afghan but sounds like
American soldier?

Living in Utah, too - whereabout?

[IamDZJ]

so while this guy is standing there and shooting at everything in his sight to the left and right, some idiot was standing there with a camera to capture the magical moment??

[RevolutionThroughReason]

Who is Tor Gul ? I thought was an Afghan but sounds like
American soldier?

Living in Utah, too - whereabout?

what concern is it of yours?

[Catya Sher]

What concern?
He sounds like he really knows something about weapons used
in at least more modern guerrilla warfare.
I studied a lot about them back in the antiSoviet jihad days, so I still
have a keen curiosity.
I admit - I used to read Soldier of Fortune magazine, even, to learn more !

As far as Utah, that's remarkable that anyone would be from there who
would appear on here.

[Afghanistan2010]

then he is doing something wrong. the PKM recoils more than the M240 used by American forces but not that bad. when I got to Iraq the first time we didn't have enough Machine guns for my platoon so I picked up 3 PKMs and we carried them along with our regular weapons. i like it it is a good weapon.

Where were you deployed,which sector,next larger base ?

I rechecked the video,the resistance fighter is thin,his weight some av. 66 to 70 kg.

The problem the U.S forces faced less is that of ammo that misses and does not shoot,because most of these weapons used by the insurgency were soviet made weapons from the 80s...except for the RKG 3.
But stil the insurgents were more intelligent and developed as even for today improvised weaponary.

[Tor Gul]

who is tor gul ? I thought was an afghan but sounds like
american soldier?

living in utah, too - whereabout?

ما په مارینزکي یولس کلن لپاره وم
زه افغان نا یم
زه پښتو زدهکوم

[Catya Sher]

I don't know what he wrote, but that's much reassuring just
to see the - Pashto ? - script. Or Arabic or some language which has relevancy.

Phew, I am glad he is not American. We don't need any more of those troubled soldiers here.

He didn't sound hostile, either, about the video or ideas discussed,so
I guess it IS Afghan. After all, no American would be astutue or subtle enough
to masquerade as a "Black Rose" or "Black Flower" in Pashto.

They would doubtless consider it beneath themselves to use anything but an American first name...

I am just mentioning this because of the pervasive mentality of ignorance
and arrogance among Americans of today of not even trying to understand people from other cultures.

Well I guess I will look up this PKM on wikipedia.

[Afghanistan2010]

He said,he is learning pashto,and he is not afghan.

Tor Gul,can you kindly reply to my last post in this thread.

[abassinafghan]

hahahahaaha

pradai2010 is buddying up with his future cia leading officer , meanwhile spitting

on afghan people .

just wait till he starts openly cheer up for the americans after 2014

[Afghanistan2010]

I am fasting....yo