"Madness or Heroism": Discusses footage of a Houthi carrying out a wounded comrade under fire from small arms

Footage from Yemen is circulating online. This is a one-minute video that captures the movement of one of the representatives of the Houthi group operating against the Yemeni government forces and the so-called Saudi coalition.
Husit carries his wounded comrade on his shoulder, quickening his pace and often almost running. At this time, fire is fired at him from a small weapons.

The footage shows how bullets hit the ground literally a meter away from a moving person. At the same time, their movement is carried out in an open, open space, where there is no way to hide.

#Yemen... Hussit carries out his wounded comrade under the fire of the Saudi coalition pic.twitter.com/FOf7wYBkA8

- Volodin-Topwar (@VolodinTopwar) October 11, 2020

This video is actively discussed on the network. Some believe that a fighter of the Houthi detachment is showing real courage and heroism, taking out a wounded comrade from under the fire.

Others called this option of movement in open space under enemy bullets "dementia and courage", noting that the Houthi detachment could have already lost two of its soldiers due to the extreme risk.

This is some kind of madness and incredible risk.

Also, a version appeared on the network that the footage was "training in one of the Houthi units - for psychological endurance." It is noted that with such a fire from an automatic weapon, a person walking through the desert in real combat conditions would have long been hit by a bullet. However, in the Arab segment of the Internet, such statements and assumptions are refuted.

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[dorz]

Our exploits

On July 17, 1941, in the Belarusian village of Sokolnichi, Lieutenant-General of the 4th Panzer Division, Friedrich Henfeld wrote in his diary: “In the evening, an unknown Russian soldier was buried. He fought alone. He fired from our guns at our tanks and infantry. There seemed no end to the battle, his courage was astounding ... It was real hell. ”

This unknown soldier was 19-year-old senior sergeant of the 55th rifle regiment Nikolai Sirotinin, who with a 76-caliber gun voluntarily remained to cover the retreat of his comrades. The battle lasted three hours, and even after damage to the gun, Nikolai shot the enemy with a carbine. A nineteen-year-old Russian boy destroyed 11 tanks, 7 armored vehicles and 57 infantrymen.

[seti]

These shots once again show that the warring Houthis are extremely motivated to defend their land and their comrades / relatives. And what a gap between them and the Saudi hirelings fighting for the loot.

[Dude]

They have motivation, of course, be healthy!
But the usual "inshaallah" is also present - everything is in God's hands, only what Allah wants will happen.
This is the philosophy of life. Not bad, not good, not reasonable, and not the opposite - just ... just the way she is.
What happened in this case - heroism, a philosophical attitude to life, or deep faith - who knows? ..

[Shurik70]

Quote: Dude

But the usual "inshaallah" is also present

Will Saud be like that? In a foreign land, fighting for wages?
So, first of all, the protection of their homeland. And as for "everything is in the hands of God" - it is not for nothing that they say that there are no atheists under the fields.

[Senka naughty]

Quote: Dude

What happened in this case - heroism, a philosophical attitude to life, or deep faith - who knows? ..

Everything is much simpler, synthetic "captagon" (purified amphetamine).

[Aleksandre]

Quote: dorz

A nineteen-year-old Russian boy destroyed 11 tanks, 7 armored vehicles and 57 infantrymen.

The story is, of course, beautiful, but fantastic.

[seti]

Quote: Aleksandre

Quote: dorz

A nineteen-year-old Russian boy destroyed 11 tanks, 7 armored vehicles and 57 infantrymen.

The story is, of course, beautiful, but fantastic.

[Aleksandre]

Quote: seti

[media = http: // https: //www.youtube.com/watch? v = 4EHRDt4o1Fc]

There is no diary, no traces of that very chief lieutenant, that's what is most important. But patzreots love heroic stories, even if they laugh at the "exploits" of Hollywood movie heroes.

[seti]

[media = https: //www.youtube.com/watch? v = 4EHRDt4o1Fc & t = 236s]
Here's a direct link to the Searchers. Have you tried to look for something yourself? Search engine to help.

[Aleksandre]

Quote: seti

[media = https: //www.youtube.com/watch? v = 4EHRDt4o1Fc & t = 236s]
Here's a direct link to the Searchers. Have you tried to look for something yourself? Search engine to help.

Are you seriously throwing me a link to a video built on emotions, not facts?

[dorz]

Quote: Aleksandre

Quote: dorz

A nineteen-year-old Russian boy destroyed 11 tanks, 7 armored vehicles and 57 infantrymen.

The story is, of course, beautiful, but fantastic.

An ordinary Soviet nurse, a 20-year-old girl in captivity, killed 20 fascists at once in the commandant's office, 4 of them with a rifle butt.

Look for sources and read for yourself

[Aleksandre]

Quote: dorz

An ordinary Soviet nurse, a 20-year-old girl in captivity, killed 20 fascists at once in the commandant's office, 4 of them with a rifle butt.

Not a nurse, but a scout. Not in the commandant's office in captivity, but in battle, in the field. They were all wrong.
Maybe you should learn to look for sources?

[Nychego]

Quote: Aleksandre

The story is, of course, beautiful, but fantastic.

The story is just very glorious.
Success (not victory) in that battle was ensured not only by the courage of the Red Army soldier, but also by the competent choice of position, camouflage and the first gun shots fired by the battery commander (he knocked out the leading and trailing tanks in the column and both tanks trying to open access to the bridge by pulling the front line tank), who were later wounded and retreated after the retreating troops.
Nikolai Vladimirovich Sirotin's decision to stay in position and continue the battle was undoubtedly courageous and sensible: a good position, the possibilities of resistance were not exhausted, the shells were present, the gun was in good order.
The decision not to surrender could be dictated not only by the soldier's personal courage, but also by his assessment of his real state, but this is just a zone of speculation, which I will not enter.
The fight was perfectly prepared and skillfully carried out.

[AVA77]

How dashingly you deprive a person of the right to act, perhaps leveling himself with a loved one. But he is not you or me, he is a MAN. And it doesn't matter what was in his soul and what he thought about at the last moment.
This is not our business. He left as a MAN and people remember that!

[Aleksandre]

Quote: AVA77

How dashingly you deprive a person of the right to act, perhaps leveling himself with a loved one. But he is not you or me, he is a MAN. And it doesn't matter what was in his soul and what he thought about at the last moment. This is not our business. He left as a MAN and people remember that!

Can I have more capital letters next time? It goes so well for exalted and pretentious children ...

[AVA77]

Or you can do something in Russian, in your native language, chew for stupid quilted jackets Exalted, pretentious, what are you talking about?

[Aleksandre]

Quote: AVA77

Or you can do something in Russian, in your native language, chew for stupid quilted jackets Exalted, pretentious, what are you talking about?

There is such a good folk saying, just Russian: "To teach a fool is only to spoil."

[AVA77]

Eat don't choke. Russian proverb.

[AVA77]

Shit, a simple Russian folk word, and it has nothing to do with you ..

[Aleksandre]

Quote: AVA77

Shit, a simple Russian folk word, and it has nothing to do with you ..

And you do not shine, for such a time you could think of a funnier one.

[AVA77]

Funny puss I pissed, Ava not? tech is your problem.

[Puler]

The fact that you don't know the well-known facts of history speaks of gaps in your education, or the absence of a word at all ...

[Aleksandre]

Quote: Puler

The fact that you don't know the well-known facts of history speaks of gaps in your education, or the absence of a word at all ...

It's funny that not a single screaming hamster ever bothered to bring any data.
And so, yes, "it is common knowledge", hehe ...

[AVA77]

I am giving the facts. And today, tomorrow, not everyone can watch. Rather, not only everyone can watch, few can do it. Klitschko.

[Senka naughty]

Quote: Aleksandre

The story is, of course, beautiful, but fantastic.

Such stories encourage heroic deeds, and such exploits win battles. An unconventional, bold act can turn the tide of events on the field. Not madness and courage, but courage and determination.

[Maverick1812]

Exactly! According to all canons, the defenders of the Brest Fortress were not supposed to fight the superior forces of the Wehrmacht. But they fought, having accomplished an immortal feat! And no matter how anyone wanted to distort, Russians and Ukrainians and Belarusians were in their ranks shoulder to shoulder!

[napalm]

During the storming of Smolensk by the French, there was a similar case. A cannon had to be adjusted against one person.

[Nevsky_ZU]

Who cares why he did it, and how our ancestors did it, see here.
A very interesting version of the nature of the heroism of the soldiers:

[paul3390]

They say that when in the 90s Sokolov was tried, like one of the leaders of the early AKM, he was asked a question during the medical examination:
- Is he ready to die for the Motherland?
- Of course, he answered ..

He was diagnosed with suicidal tendencies. That's all there is to know about the so-called democratic values ​​..

[Maz]

Quote: dorz

Our exploits

On July 17, 1941, in the Belarusian village of Sokolnichi, Lieutenant-General of the 4th Panzer Division, Friedrich Henfeld wrote in his diary: “In the evening, an unknown Russian soldier was buried. He fought alone. He fired from our guns at our tanks and infantry. There seemed no end to the battle, his courage was astounding ... It was real hell. ”

This unknown soldier was 19-year-old senior sergeant of the 55th rifle regiment Nikolai Sirotinin, who with a 76-caliber gun voluntarily remained to cover the retreat of his comrades. The battle lasted three hours, and even after damage to the gun, Nikolai shot the enemy with a carbine. A nineteen-year-old Russian boy destroyed 11 tanks, 7 armored vehicles and 57 infantrymen.

There are also protocols of interrogation of the villagers. They were herded to the soldier's funeral. And there, in these protocols, there is a description of this very gun, the Germans drove the locals to carry it to the burial place and the local men saw both the gun and the empty boxes and the carbine casings. And that he had only six out of sixty shells. He shot the rest. And also a monument was erected on the site, even during the union. A cannon on a pedestal. And the kid is a little baby meter sixty and a kilogram fifty.

[Dart2027]

a man walking through the desert in real combat conditions would have been hit by a bullet long ago by fire from an automatic weapon

If the shooter knows how to do this, then probably yes, but not everyone who has a weapon in their hands can shoot well

[Andrey VOV]

absolutely right ... this on the couch all amazes everyone with one shot ... but here ... without proper shaping and skill at a great distance on a moving target, not everything is so simple ... but the man is great ... die yourself, and help out your comrade!

[Asad]

Do Barmaley have no shooting training?

[Dart2027]

It all depends on the specific shooter.

[Andrey VOV]

Have you seen their favorite action? To beat with long bursts into the white light as a pretty penny, and often stupidly stick out a machine gun from a trench or a stone and water without looking)))

[Krasnodar]

Because of the Fence from outstretched hands, they like to water in bursts)))

[aybolyt678]

the top photo shows how they shoot without aiming, but only towards the target, raising the machine gun high above their head. In real shots, they often have this.

[Observer2014]

"Madness or Heroism": Discusses footage of a Houthi carrying out a wounded comrade under fire from small arms

Well, where is the line between dementia and courage? Nowhere. When you tell yourself you need to. Then it turns into a feat And you sweep aside all doubts. Then it turns into a feat.

[Hypertension]

If the Houthi's actions are not heroism, then what is heroism? A real feat.

[Slon1978]

I am sure this is training. I saw something similar to the video of the 2nd Chechen Company. There an officer, by sight a Yakut or a Kalmyk, chased conscripts in a circle and shouted "Attention! Shelling from close range!" shot them at their feet from an AK-74 from about 10 meters. Then he explained to the journalist that this is how he trains the perception of the soldiers to shoot at them, because such a shot differs in sound from just a shot somewhere to the side. And in the video for the article, I think, just the same training, but combined with the transfer of a friend. Otherwise they would have fired in bursts and the Houthi would have been killed long ago.

[Hypertension]

Quote: Slon1978

I am sure this is training.

There, one shot almost hit him in the heel.

Quote: Slon1978

Otherwise they would have fired in bursts and the Houthi would have been killed long ago.

There was a video, from a recent one, where Armenians shot retreating Azerbaijanis. So there, too, they did not shoot in bursts, although the target was group. Maybe this Houthi is still far away and is being fired at from SVD or something similar?

[ZEMCH]

I agree with you! At such moments you don't think, but you do

[tralflot1832]

So this video is 4 years old.

[Mwg]

A feat is when you risked your life every day for the sake of those who are near and it became public

[orionvitt]

That's right. Why are Russians considered one of the best fighters in the world? Because, perish yourself, but help your comrade. One of the reasons the Houthis are holding on. The armies of those countries where, in order to avoid higher losses, abandon their wounded (and even killed), are doomed to defeat.

[SaLaR]

A feat ... Madness ... This is war ... And it is not for the "couch" heroes to judge this ...

[nnm]

Yes, the question is that this is a very specific, specialized site and for the most part there are no vyunos with a naive look sitting here. And the guys, whose shoulder straps not only next to the avatar, but also had / are on their shoulders for many years.

[Machito]

Quote: nnm

Yes, the question is that this is a very specific, specialized site and for the most part there are no vyunos with a naive look sitting here. And the guys, whose shoulder straps not only next to the avatar, but also had / are on their shoulders for many years.

A colleague, do not pay attention to the freshly reared trolley meat.

[SaLaR]

to wear shoulder straps ... and to fight very different things ... Fortunately, I myself did not have to ... but for 2 years I served with the Afghan officers ... they talked a lot about what happened there ... and about such cases too ... because I was in the special forces one motto "Die yourself, but help your comrade"

[Doliva63]

Quote: SaLaR

to wear shoulder straps ... and to fight very different things ... Fortunately, I myself did not have to ... but for 2 years I served with the Afghan officers ... they talked a lot about what happened there ... and about such cases too ... because I was in the special forces one motto "Die yourself, but help your comrade"

And here I will argue. "The challenge is above all." Have you heard? Every time we have to look for parity.

[SaLaR]

I agree. For parity But if there is even the slightest chance ... Comrades are not abandoned ..

[Doliva63]

Quote: SaLaR

I agree. For parity But if there is even the slightest chance ... Comrades are not abandoned ..

Friends are never abandoned

[SaLaR]

For friends and comrades

[Doliva63]

Quote: SaLaR

For friends and comrades

Are you from Maryina Gorka? Once upon a time, the second brigade was after Neutimen. cool I only served in army companies. But my classmate was your brigade commander. For friends and comrades

[SaLaR]

DMB 90-92 "spider" radio operator-reconnaissance ... There were the best in the Union))

[Doliva63]

In fact, there was an experimental team. You even had the only officer company in the Union. On the one hand, it's a pity that it didn't happen, on the other - well, glory be to Allah Well, the radio operator is the second most important person in the group after the commander. I have a "demobilization" for medical reasons - 91 years old with removal from military registration - deputy head of the corps intelligence. It was boring, kapets!

[SaLaR]

Well, yes .. the only company in the Union .. and the only one in the Union who had his own personal chevron .. which has now become a symbol of the brigade .. By the way, we called the officers "jackals"))))

[Doliva63]

Quote: SaLaR

Well, yes .. the only company in the Union .. and the only one in the Union who had his own personal chevron .. which has now become a symbol of the brigade .. By the way, we called the officers "jackals"))))

I heard about the "jackals". They called me the Seagull behind my back.

[SaLaR]

For officers

[Doliva63]

Quote: SaLaR

For officers

We will! And I would add - for us, for all!

[Doliva63]

Quote: SaLaR

A feat ... Madness ... This is war ... And it is not for the "couch" heroes to judge this ...

Ha. In the end, it is the couches that fight. So they have the right

[SaLaR]

Persuaded ...)))

[Doliva63]

Quote: SaLaR

Persuaded ...)))

And then!

[Slasherrus]

Yes, you can immediately see the guy with the eggs, not this tolerant rabble who wore skirts to protest the rape of his women

[svp67]

That's why they win

[Oleg Bykov]

The man is, of course, a hero! We talked about this almost 3 years ago.

[Goffman]

"Any misfortune that occurs on earth and with you yourself is recorded in the Scripture even before We created it. Truly, it is easy for Allah. (57:22)" If the Scripture was written that he should die there, then this would have happened even if he had then put on a ton of armor and buried five meters into the ground. And if it is written that nothing will happen to him there, even a thousand snipers will not be able to hit him. Maktub.

[pristav]

Why is this here?

[Oleg Bykov]

Psychological preparation. Like "Fais se que dois adviegne que peut!"

[taiga2018]

Madness can be called only by those who seriously believe that, for example, surrendering Leningrad to the Germans would be better than defending it in a complete blockade ...

[Alexga]

Taking out a wounded comrade from under fire is the duty of every Warrior (with a capital B).

[SaLaR]

Die yourself, but help your comrade out ... This is the only way to win! Realizing that you will not be abandoned, and always feeling the shoulder of a friend

[certero]

In absolutely all armies that are considered normal, rescuing a wounded or captured comrade is considered the highest valor. Americans in Vietnam used to spend several people to rescue a downed pilot

[9 Shaft]

War brings together, heightens feelings ... Youth and heroism, fear and dedication, betrayal and sacrifice are nearby.

[dimz]

Old video. They are civilians. He puts up with his own brother. It's impossible for them to quit. And this is good, as I see it.

[Crabong]

The Houthis are noble warriors!

[Sergey Sfiedu]

So they are fighting there continuously since the time of the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and greet him! An unhappy country, which has become an arena for measuring some bodies between the Saudis and Iran.

[Vlad Pervovich]

Eagle !!!!!!!!!

[chingachguc]

when this person dies - the world will become poorer

[bald]

Of course it's a fake, it's funny, yes, speaking of courage.

[beeper]

It happens (it’s not for nothing that they say “The bullet is afraid of the brave!”) - in spite of everything, like a charmed man, the brave man remains, for some time, invulnerable even under heavy fire and it seems as if the Higher Forces are helping him!
Moreover, judging by the sounds, his comrades also covered, "crushed" enemy riflemen with fire, not allowing them to conduct aimed fire (although there were very close hits in the ground nearby and, probably, the rustle of bullets flying quite near the head, this Houthi fighter also I heard...)!
Not everyone could do that! Well done Warrior !!!

[Lynx2000]

I do not understand the purpose of discussing the video, is it considered staged or condemned for "recklessness" when taking out a wounded under fire?

What is the difference between a military unit and a gang? Combat coherence and mutual assistance. The plans for tactical training will work out the evacuation of the wounded.

20 years ago, I was shell-shocked, with a splinter under the knee was also pulled out by a fighter, I weighed at least 86 kg., 8 kg armor, unloading 3-4 kg, machine gun, bandolier with VOGs ...