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Most of us would probably not want to see a realistic portrayal. It's not something you ever want to relive. A lot of it gets shut out of your mind because some things should never be committed to long term memory. But the worst of all of it can never be portrayed on the screen The smell. Just the slightest memory makes me want to go wretch.

And how damn loud it is. When you’ve got 240s, .50 cals, Mk19s, and TOWs going off all around you an M4 sounds like a pop gun. After the first time I always made sure to have some ear plugs with me...only later did we learn about electronic ear pro.

From my personal experience the Forrest Gump ambush scene was pretty damn spot on...all quiet and then like a light switch all hell breaks loose. Saving Private Ryan beach landing scene captures the randomness of combat as well.

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Posted by Swamp Angel

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Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:51 pm to gptigers

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And how damn loud it is. When you’ve got 240s, .50 cals, Mk19s, and TOWs going off all around you an M4 sounds like a pop gun.

Exactly. (And M4's are pretty fricking loud in their own right.) Hollywood soundtracks have the weapons going "ta-ta-ta-ta-ta," or "Chh-Chh-Chh..."
The reality is that even the small arms fire is fricking deafening. There is absolutely no fricking way that a movie could portray the noise and hell that results from a short 155mm HE round impacting 200 meters in front of your position.

TO the OP, thanks for giving me a place to vent a little bit. This was rather therapeutic. I owe you a beer,

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Posted by GeneralLeeAwesome

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Posted on 3/27/21 at 7:01 am to gptigers

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And how damn loud it is. When you’ve got 240s, .50 cals, Mk19s, and TOWs going off all around you an M4 sounds like a pop gun

I was a light fighter, my entire career was spent in the 10th Mtn, 82nd, 173rd, & 101st. My first experience with the mechanized world was in 2003 Iraq. Holy frick the tanks are loud especially when those Jack wagons would fire the 120mm main gun with no warning right next to you. And I was a 13F forward observer so I was used to the loud bangs. Idk what it is about those Abrahams that’s so loud.

For me the movie would have to be Restrepo. That Unit from 173rd that it followed was the unit that relieved my unit in the Korengal Valley. I was with 1/32 10th Mtn running a SKT. I remember the 173rd Brigade SGMs son was killed before we even finished our rip. The place was absolutely a valley of death.

Here’s what combat really is, sleep whenever and wherever.

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Posted by ABearsFanNMS

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Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:59 am to gptigers

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And how damn loud it is. When you’ve got 240s, .50 cals, Mk19s, and TOWs going off all around you an M4 sounds like a pop gun. After the first time I always made sure to have some ear plugs with me...only later did we learn about electronic ear pro.

This is so true, the sensory overload in combat is something else!

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From my personal experience the Forrest Gump ambush scene was pretty damn spot on...all quiet and then like a light switch all hell breaks loose. Saving Private Ryan beach landing scene captures the randomness of combat as well.

The Saving Private Ryan beach scene freaked me out because I remember my first life and death situation where everything was abstract and I just stood there with rounds popping off. I distinctly remember thinking “why are you trying to kill me.....when I am a good person?”. Not sure how long that happened until I suddenly realized my GySgt was screaming “skipper get your arse down”

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