On foot, walking down an open road with no cover, no concealment, in a tight group, surrounded by terrain which could easily conceal enemy from any direction. This is how you march on parade, not move through an active warzone.
Category: Military
How NOT to enter a door in a gunfight
This fighter simply holds his AK at about chest height and marches, firing, through a door with enemy inside. Perhaps inspired by movies or video games, who knows.
Contractor convoy in Iraq ambushed. Driver stopped under fire, praying and calling on radio for help.
Haliburton contractor convoy in Iraq is ambushed. Driver taking video is stopped, under fire, and panicking on the CB for help.
Time markers: (2:00) Ambush begins (4:00) Praying begins (4:45) Truck disabled (5:45) Driver witnesses driver in front of him in overturned truck being killed (9:40)
Audio of British Bomber crew over Berlin, 1943
Admirable composure.
Kurds ambush and kill Turkish soldiers – Remarkable GoPro combat footage
The most effective way to attack is the ambush. It is so effective quite simply because the victim is unprepared tactically and psychologically. It causes damage before they are aware their attackers exist, followed by confusion and fear. It’s a sucker punch on another scale entirely.
In this video, two Kurds ambush and kill several Turkish soldiers who never stood a chance.
Dallas cop pinned, flanked and killed by gunman
Gunman pins the cop behind a pillar with fire to the left side while circling right to flank and shoot the cop in the back.
When more police arrive he recognises the need to disengage and look for a better position. Unfortunately his tactics and skills were excellent.
Wikipedia article on the 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
ISIS ambush and kill US Special Forces in Niger – video from US perspective
The Tongo Tongo Ambush
The Tongo Tongo ambush or the Niger ambush occurred on 4 October 2017, when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attacked Nigerien and US soldiers outside the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, while they were returning to base after a stop in the village. During the ambush, four Nigeriens, four US soldiers, and at least 21 ISGS militants were killed, and eight Nigeriens and two US soldiers including the team commander were wounded. In the day preceding the ambush, the Nigerien and US soldiers conducted a mission attempting to locate and capture or kill Doundou Chefou, a commander in the ISGS.
The ambush sparked political debate over the presence of US forces in Africa and brought attention to previously under-reported US military activities in the region. The ambush also prompted congressional inquiries, and an investigation by the US Department of Defense (DoD). The DoD inquiry, completed in 2018, found that the 11-member US special forces team was not prepared for the mission, and identified other flaws in planning.
The ambush remains the largest loss of American lives in combat in Africa since the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
Tactical Breakdown of the incident by the US Department of Defense
Complete DoD video:
Shorter Youtube version which does not cover extraction: