daftandbarmy
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Holy cr*p, over.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1zBZWGKJJY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1zBZWGKJJY
Finally got around to watching it.milnews.ca said:Just got this one on Blu-Ray for Xmas - thanks Santa!
2ndChoiceName said:Watched it a few months ago, just wondering, why did the EOD Tech walk up to the IED like that and place the charge? Wouldn't it have sufficed to just throw it or something? Seems like a somewhat unnecessary risk seeing as he wasn't even wearing the suit. Is that commonplace?
2ndChoiceName said:Wow. I'd like to think that I'm brave enough, but you couldn't pay me enough to walk up to an IED like that!
Clearly :nod:daftandbarmy said:Must have been the maroon lid.
2ndChoiceName said:Watched it a few months ago, just wondering, why did the EOD Tech walk up to the IED like that and place the charge? Wouldn't it have sufficed to just throw it or something?
What if he hit it with the charge, and it triggered an anti-handling switch and detonated? Then that EOD tech has lost control of when the explosion is going to happen, and people might not be under cover (including him/her throwing the charge)
2ndChoiceName said:This is all conjecture, because I don't know anything about actually defusing IEDs, but doesn't the Tech already not really have control over when the explosion is going to happen because there could be a trigger man waiting for him to get close like that? And to me it's kind of a calculated risk of missing the IED or triggering an anti-handling switch because if that doesn't work you can always go up and place it by hand.
How about you just stop right there, before you really look silly....
2ndChoiceName said:I didn't post that to show everyone how much smarter I was than everyone else and how I know how to do things better than trained professionals, I genuinely would like to know if that is commonplace and why they do it that way. I was fully aware that at some point someone who knows better would come along and correct me. Also, it is beginning to dawn on me that this is in the wrong thread and I may or may not be way out of my lane so I shall leave unless anyone would like to shed some light on this.