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[–]crazyczech09 58 points59 points ago

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[–]FyreFlimflam 80 points81 points ago

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They have a pretty liberal definition of "hostage rescue"

[–]khrak 32 points33 points ago

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It's a translation error. They really mean "hostage recovery".

[–]neuromonkey 45 points46 points ago

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Found a piece!

[–]khrak 2 points3 points ago

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Comrade! There is some hostage on your windshield!

[–]hafetysazard 21 points22 points ago*

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[–]hafetysazard 2 points3 points ago

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I stuck the time stamp in there, it should work! 28m 47s in. Try this instead?

[–]nippynappy 3 points4 points ago

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[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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I love the way that they feel there is a need for more than the heavily amoured vehicle spraying heavy machine gun fire into the flimsy bus.

TBH, if there's anything alive in that bus after it comes to a halt, then explosives of any sort aren't going to be much help. You're going to need a Dalek or a Cyberman to deal with anything walking out of that.

[–]overnine000 17 points18 points ago

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am I the only one seeing people that are still alive?

[–]paf_le_chien 1 point2 points ago

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"I see dead people"

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points ago

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Love the video description.

weapon called a " Magic Stick ". Thank you modern warfare and weaponry.

Thank you for killing everyone.

[–]rable_rable 12 points13 points ago

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it looks like the "magic stick" is actually a gigantic flash bang. if you watch closely you can see the guy that actually hits the bus with it is thrown slightly forward, and gets up almost instantly and is apparently fine. i think it just incapacitated the people in the bus for a short while (while probably causing some blunt force trauma) and destroying the bus. I'm not expert on the matter, but replaying the video a few times makes this seem like the most plausible explanation.

[–]dggeek 37 points38 points ago

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I dunno. Anything capable of "destroying the bus" doesn't sound very safe to use on fleshy parts.

[–]Stassi 21 points22 points ago

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This kills the bus.

[–]slappymcnutface 1 point2 points ago

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i guess but normal flashbangs won't rip open a bus like this magic stick did - metal went flying and was torn apart, that takes some force.

[–]rable_rable -1 points0 points ago

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very true. while i know factually very little about explosives and this kinda thing, i was just making an observation based on what i saw.

[–]Fuck_Your_Squirtle 11 points12 points ago

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the explosion looks like it starts from back underneath the bus.. i dont see anything thrown

[–]lightningfries 0 points1 point ago

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Why does that one guy just fire his weapon in the air for a while after they raid the bus?

[–]Cheezykins 65 points66 points ago

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Note to self, never be 'rescued' by the Spetsnaz.

[–]VGVTGG 68 points69 points ago

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relevant

On the third day of the standoff, Russian security forces were forced to storm the building, using tanks to make an entrance in the near gallery, after several explosions happened inside the gym. Incendiary rockets and other heavy weapons were used later when hostage rescue was over.[6] Ultimately, at least 334 hostages were killed, including 186 children;[7][8] hundreds more were injured and many were reported missing. Russian special forces lost 21 men in the storm.

[–]Culat 30 points31 points ago

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Also relevant:

39 of the attackers were killed by Russian forces, along with at least 129 of the hostages (including nine foreigners). All but a few of the hostages who died during the siege were killed by the toxic substance pumped into the theater to subdue the militants.

[–]phlogistontheory 4 points5 points ago

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I heard that it was aerosol fentanyl that was used...

[–]stinkycatfish 2 points3 points ago

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Then at least it didn't hurt

[–]styleevivant 55 points56 points ago

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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

[–]Spo8 6 points7 points ago

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This sounds like me trying to play SWAT 4.

[–]madfatter 6 points7 points ago

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WORST. RESCUE. EVER.

[–]aksid 0 points1 point ago

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they do this on purpose. The media plays it up like the Terrorists caused all the deaths which builds up support for the war against chechnya.

[–]Im-postle-able 0 points1 point ago

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Waaaaaaaat? I thought they were meant to be actually very elite troops?

[–]PotentialTroll -4 points-3 points ago

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They are far from elite.

[–]Crashmo 0 points1 point ago

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They are elite killers, make no mistake about that.

[–]Major_Butthurt -1 points0 points ago

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What do you really know about Spetnaz and what do you even know about Beslan? Fucking nothing I say. You only know what the Western Media serves in your face. The whole gym was trapped with explosives, and surrounded by terorists. 100% hostage survival was impossible. Most of those men who died were covering grenades with their bodies so that children could survive. It was a dead end situation from the start. The whole raid was planed to minimise casualties.

Moscow Theatre: At the time of the raid by Spetsnaz - 0 hostage casualties. Most terrorists were unconcious, they were shot in the head, because they were booty-trapped. Those hostages died not because of Spetsnaz mistake, but because of bad treatment (most of them while unconcious were taken out in hurry and put on their back witch caused tongue swallowing)

So you can't say if SWAT would do better than Spetsnaz because SWAT is dealing with armed hilbillies and not with real terrorists. Set your shit straight before judging.

[–]LtColonelObvious 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah, because the Branch Davidian Siege turned out wayyy better...

[–]Cheezykins 0 points1 point ago

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And yet it's not all bad.

[–]ChaosFireV 10 points11 points ago

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I only see one drawback...

[–]MuffinOnfire 10 points11 points ago

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You must be crazy. There is clearly no drawbacks in this.

[–]poobly 18 points19 points ago

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Background on this gif please.

[–]Underdogg13 46 points47 points ago

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I remember reading they were doing some sort of training exercise or some competition. Some gas filled the bus that shouldn't have, and when the guy running used that thing to break the window, the change in pressure cause the gas to explode. I read this on reddit and I'm no pnuematicist so take it with a shaker of salt. Either that or it was a Russian training exercise where they use real explosives.

[–]NiteLite 25 points26 points ago

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upvote for pnuematicist...

[–]fishrobe 4 points5 points ago

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i'm so going to use that word every chance i get.

[–]W1nd 8 points9 points ago

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then please use it right....pneumaticist.

[–]Im-postle-able 4 points5 points ago

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I doubt a "change in pressure" would cause the gas to explode. On the other hand the small explosions from the flash bangs would probably do the trick.

[–]hungryhungryhipster 1 point2 points ago

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IANAP

[–]Underdogg13 0 points1 point ago

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I am not a pneumaticist?

[–]the_real_thanos 3 points4 points ago

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Really, really big flashbang. Watch the vid posted by crazyczech09

[–]p1co 2 points3 points ago

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Seconded.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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In Russia, Stockholm syndrome makes sense.

[–]I-DOWNVOTE-YOU 8 points9 points ago

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That's one hell of a broomstick.

[–]3idvet 16 points17 points ago

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Boomstick?

[–]postmodgirl 9 points10 points ago

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[–]nicePenguin 3 points4 points ago

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the same but with sound: http://z0r.de/2663

[–]dieyoubastards 12 points13 points ago

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There's a very similar gif where a guy had a sledge hammer and hits the ground with it and it explodes. It looks like he's hitting a mine but the explosives are actually taped to the hammer. Does anyone have it?

EDIT: Never mind, hahaha!

[–]hafetysazard 10 points11 points ago

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[–]RoosterRMcChesterh 1 point2 points ago

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What the fuck did he think was going to happen?

[–]RepRap3d 1 point2 points ago

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Does anybody else see his dick just waving around?

[–]PhilbertMcFilibuster -1 points0 points ago

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Fav

[–]imgur-mirror-bot 6 points7 points ago

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[–]GALACTICA-Actual 2 points3 points ago

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"Sarge... I think we're gonna need a new guy with a big stick."

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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[–]masterbates 4 points5 points ago

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I had a friend years ago that used to lodge between the floor and the bottom of the seat cushion a fairly nasty knife whenever he left his car (always unlocked). Was an early 70's car so really saggy seats. We were taking bets on how long it would take him to forget it and knife himself but he actually got a thief one night. Came back to a cut in the seat and blood everywhere. He was a very happy boy.

[–]Vgam3r 5 points6 points ago

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That brings new meaning to the term "Boomstick"

[–]MuffinOnfire 1 point2 points ago

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That guy is either really unlucky, or has the best job in the world

[–]espanabarca 1 point2 points ago

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LEEEERRROOOOOOOYYYY

[–]DayTrippa 1 point2 points ago

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James Bond's Car Alarm "Well, I hope you have a car."

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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did he died?

[–]TheIcelander 1 point2 points ago

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I approve of this car alarm. Even if it goes off in the middle of the night for NO FUCKING REASON it won't do it for FIVE FUCKING HOURS.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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never heard of gifbin before, I will be back in an hour

[–]UpThere 1 point2 points ago

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Looks like he is using a samurai sword?

[–]Ethosia 0 points1 point ago

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I thought it looked like a lacrosse stick.

[–]LordOfBunnys 0 points1 point ago

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If you look closely, there's someone on the other side too.

It's a conspiracy!

[–]purdster83 0 points1 point ago

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I can watch this over and over and over...

[–]Superflonic 0 points1 point ago

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The good news is, nobody got hurt.

[–]XyploatKyrt 0 points1 point ago

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Taste Vengeance!

[–]th3An0nyMoose 0 points1 point ago

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in soviet russia, car break into you!

[–]Atheris 0 points1 point ago

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I'm not sure what I'm looking at...

[–]spinozasrobot 0 points1 point ago

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I kept trying to see what happens to him. I believe he was turned into a cloud of organic molecules.

[–]Locke92 0 points1 point ago

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"This kills the hostages"

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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This kills the human.

[–]pavel_lishin 0 points1 point ago

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Bitch, I used to be a bus.

[–]Tr0as 0 points1 point ago

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Those crazy Russians

[–]whackabomb 0 points1 point ago

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you guys don't play this? Pretty sure I use to as it's the first thing I thought.

[–]thornae 0 points1 point ago

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Every time I see this clip, I'm reminded of Shadowrun group I DMed for in Uni. One of the guys (in game) wired a block of C4 to his van's ignition as a rather excessive car alarm.

Needless to say, someone eventually stole the van, with similar results.

[–]thesandman99 0 points1 point ago

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i believe this is known as the iraqi car alarm

[–]nolotusnotes 0 points1 point ago

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I'm going to save those people on that bus... By hurling a fucking bomb on a stick through the window.

Russia. Not even once.

[–]Heroshade 0 points1 point ago

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Did I just watch a man die?

[–]zanmanification 0 points1 point ago

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I'd rather have my car stolen or broken into than COMPLETELY OBLITERATED

[–]darkwingduckdunn 0 points1 point ago

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I love Russians because only they would release this type of shit to the public. I think our government which just lock it away.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Can someone tell me what is going on. It looks like a special forces guy is taking a hockey stick and trying to smash a bus window and then it just explodes.

[–]_Mattman_ 0 points1 point ago

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Did he died?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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No, he just took a permanent vacation.

[–]wazzel2u 0 points1 point ago

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Personally, I rely on a Trunk Monkey to protect my wheels

[–]poobly 1 point2 points ago*

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Background on this gif please.
Edit: double post. I'm an idiot. I withdraw my own upvote.

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[–]tylercomp 0 points1 point ago

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Looks like, from the youtube video, that no one died

[–]VervetDrunkey -1 points0 points ago

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Originally saw this in a .gif where it says either "9999" or "Critical Hit" (or both) when he hits the bus. Sadly, can't locate it now.

[–]shoziku -1 points0 points ago

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This kills the Trunk Monkey.

[–]guyatrandom -2 points-1 points ago

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ALLAHU AKBAR!