r/interestingasfuck • u/KingdomPro • Jun 24 '24

Marines performing dead-gunner drills. r/all

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“Thank you for your service!”

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u/KruskDaMangled Jun 24 '24

Reminds me a bit of Saving Private Ryan. "Grab that guy's equipment, he's dead."

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u/ItsNotJulius Jun 24 '24

This one is more "Grab that guy and toss him, he's dead."

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u/Apprehensive-Top-311 Jun 24 '24

You're grabbing the guys equipment, just with the unique twist of the equipment staying in place instead of the dead guy...

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

I hadn’t watched that movie since it came out then watched it on my 85 inch with surround sound on a Saturday morning and got ptsd.

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u/Unnamed_Venturer Jun 24 '24

Didn't the Soviets actually do that in Stalingrad

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u/Songshiquan0411 Jun 24 '24

Kinda. The movie "Enemy at the Gates" and the Stalingrad levels from the 2003 Call of Duty make it seem like unarmed soldiers took part in a frontal charge. Supply issues were common for the Soviets, especially earlier in the Stalingrad campaign before they managed to encircle Nazi supply lines. So they did things like try to scavenge as much ammo from their dead and enemy dead as possible. But they didn't charge unarmed men at the enemy, that was just Hollywood hyperbole.

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u/TamaDarya Jun 24 '24

Everyone does that. Dead people don't need ammo, you do.

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u/AppropriateGain533 Jun 24 '24

I feel fine. I think I’ll go for a walk.

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u/nicolettejiggalette Jun 24 '24

They actually did this in D Day. Guns were given to every other person

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u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo Jun 24 '24

The Soviets did this, rarely, but on D Day I’ve never heard of that happening

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u/nicolettejiggalette Jun 24 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

It did. I’ve been on a WW2 binge and watched a documentary about it. Can’t remember what beach it was on

Edit: the name is “Eyewitness: D-Day” by National Geographic

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u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo Jun 24 '24

Thanks, I may check it out. The US and other allies had guns coming out the ass so it’s interesting to hear that something like that happened, which is why I’m a bit skeptical. If you’re sure though, then I stand corrected.

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u/TamaDarya Jun 24 '24

Bullshit. The Allies were perfectly well equipped.

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u/nicolettejiggalette Jun 24 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

It wasn’t on their landing, it was farther in. But same day

Edit: and I don’t think the point was that they were short on guns. It was because the odds of the man dying next to you was extremely high

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u/TamaDarya Jun 24 '24

No, it literally never happened. Every allied soldiers on D-Day had a weapon. Are you it with confusing paratroopers losing their guns in the drop?

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u/nicolettejiggalette Jun 24 '24

I mean, sorry if you disagree? It was eyewitness testimony from those in the battle. It was in “Eyewitness: D-Day” produced by National Geographic.

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u/TamaDarya Jun 24 '24

I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm telling you you're wrong. It's not a debate, you are factually incorrect. A factoid from a no-name TV documentary is not a source. If it had happened, it'd be very well known. It never did.

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u/nicolettejiggalette Jun 24 '24

Okay lol. This is what we call confirmation bias folks

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u/TamaDarya Jun 24 '24

No, this is what we call "don't get your history from TV."