Don't point RPGs at US soldiers!

Looks like that guy gets one through the chest and a quick
follow-up head shot.

Frame by frame there's one (tracer, pretty large calibre) round from the
front that exits in the middle of his lower back, he falls over, gets a
rifle bullet through the head from the same direction as the first shot
and and finally a tracer round through the chest which comes from the
left side and that knocks him completely down.

The bullet tracks are all quite clear on frame-by-frame.

Dave.

(David Wallace) wrote:

Frame by frame there's one (tracer, pretty large calibre) round from the
front that exits in the middle of his lower back, he falls over, gets a
rifle bullet through the head from the same direction as the first shot
and and finally a tracer round through the chest which comes from the
left side and that knocks him completely down.

I see first a light cloud hidden by his head and upper body that looks like a
hit on the RPG or hands/arms. Then a tracer strikes the ground. The camera
timing misses the "trace" and a light trail gives the impression it exits the
lower back and RPG Man has started to collapse by the next frame. A shot hits
the pavement to the right, then the head shot, then another strike on the
pavement. It looks like all three come from the same direction. The tracer
seems to be from a different direction and there is another pavement strike in
the same frame in a line between the camera and RPG Man's arm. I can't draw a
line to the earlier pavement hits from the incoming tracer. It sure looks like
two shooters. The echoes make the sound unreliable.

-- Charlie Springer

Too bad it wasnt a head shot.


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