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Things i learned from The Delta Force

posted 18 years ago by jsampras3
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This has been such a funny post on so many boards i had to throw in on the Delta force board. I'll start it out with a few quick ones.

1) Chuck norris is able to magically transform heavy steel barrels and beams into lightweight plastic ones in the event of a plane crash.

2) Standard delta force gear includes all black camoflage with WHITE climbing ropes and all black face paint, even if the mission will likely last through the next day.

3) This black camoflage is 100% effective, even when sneaking through city streets and fields of white cotton during the day (note this is probably due to the awesome effects of the white climbing ropes.)

4) Delta force dune buggies and motorcycles can teleport 50 meters from amphibious assault ships to the beach. Unfortunately delta force operators have to walk through the water.

5) Delta force members are so skilled that they don't need to look where they're shooting, or even point the gun in the proper direction. They only have to guess when several terrorists will run around a corner and fire in any direction to score several kill shots.

6) A single delta force member can rig a huge multistory school complex with enough explosives to totally demonlish the whole area in approximately 15 seconds.

7) Arab terrorists are required by law to say "Allah akbar" in every conversation, and once every minute in the event of a long conversation.

8) If a grenade explodes in a narrow corridor 2 feet from several people, only one person will be injured and that injury will only be a small wound to the leg.

9) US Navy personel tied up in a closed enemy truck will instantly know that "those are our guys, that's delta force," upon hearing gunfire.

10) Chuck norris's delta force motorcycle can easily sneak around while the motor is running without making a sound and can then jump through a window (note this may be due to the teleportation technology from #4).

11) The best way to kill a terrorist is to beat him up, break his arm, then move 10 feet away and wait for him to point a gun at you before firing the rear mortars of your motorcycle at him.

12) When you suspect a terrorist is hiding under a bed, instead of simply shooting through the bed or looking under it from a distance, you should walk slowly to the bed and pull the matress back allowing the terrorist a clear shot at you because this shot will be blocked by your bulletproof flashlight attachment. Then you can kill the terrorist with a blast of uzi fire.

13) Non english speaking terrorists can understand english if you simply point a gun at them/force them to put your gun in your mouth while you repeat simple words such as "officer . . . officer . . YOU!!" and "where are the americans . . . AMERICANS!?!" And will then be able to give you a detailed description in english of the location of any remaining hostages.

Those are just a few i thought of off the top of my head. This movie is so deliciously bad i'm sure we can come up with enough to rival the Cobra board.

[–] tom202 18 years ago

Excellent

Gr. Arg.

[–] khususjunkmail 18 years ago

Took the words right out off my mouth....

[–] meltdown650 18 years ago

14)When terrorists are outside the plane cockpit and say they have a grenade and are going to blow up the plane if you don't let them in, don't push the emergency button until after you let them in so they can see you do it and get mad.

15)Rockets can be fired out of the back of a motorcycle, and they magically replenish themselves.

16)It's a good idea to take your time beating up the main bad guy instead of just shooting him, even when the rest of your team is going to leave on a plane without you if you don't come back as fast as possible.

17)The delta force uses live ammunition when practicing how to take back a plane.

[–] jsosbe0 18 years ago

Well, at least you really did learn one thing, Delta Force really DOES use live ammunition in simulated takedowns, encourages muzzle discipline and concentration acoording to Charlie Beckwith, founder and first commander of Delta. They would of course do several run-throughs before doing so, but as Major McCoy alludes to in the film, they have done these previously. Fun to make jokes, but still not too bad of a movie even after all these years.

[–] their_3 18 years ago

18) While inside Israel navy ship and on the way to Beirut, Delta force operatior are require to wear sunglasses.

[–] dmc-spqr 18 years ago

LoL i enjoyed that, not the film tho, that was horse *beep*

[–] rubycalaberXX 18 years ago

I love it when you actually learn from these kind of threads.

[–] skylab00 11 years ago

all special operations in the army use live ammunition. they have trained like that since its inception

[–] olowy 18 years ago

Don't forget:
Delta Forces uses bright yellow scuba tanks that somehow go unnoticed when the spot light lands on them.

Delta force is able to blow up a floor that magically have no hostages sleeping on it.

However, i still love the movie.

[–] begley_patrick 18 years ago

Nobody is on the streets of beiruit at night, therefore deltaforce are able to drive around totally unnoticed, until they launch their "surprise" attack!

still love the movie, its so bad its actually good

"you want one of us, you gotta take us all" brilliantly cheesey!

[–] tim-vallen 18 years ago

#19 They looped the same song throughout the whole movie.

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[–] nirvana_is_god 18 years ago

19.)Its perfectly ok to massacre 100's of people, but when 1 American dies, its a national tragedy.

20.) Go right ahead and beat the crap out of a terrorist leader, he won't fight back.

21.) Chuck Norris always has time to put the stand on his motorcycle, even after jumping off it in mid flight to fight a terrorist.

22.) Everyone in Beirut are blind at night.

[–] pmccann847 18 years ago

23) Lee Marvin can be drunk for 2 months of filming.

24) It was crucial to point out that the German flight attendent couldn't select the Jewish names because she was German.

[–] jsampras3 18 years ago

25) listening to "daa da da daaaaa . . . . daaaa da da da da daa daaaaaaa" over and over again gives you superhuman strength. This has been proven by me at the gym!

[–] sanitariumzero 17 years ago

26) The quickest way out of a building is zip lining on any rope that happens to be there with nothing but a leather glove on all the while shooting 3 terrorists with your free hand.

27) All airport gates have ramps setup on oil drums so that you can jump them with a motorcycle if need be.

[–] alonsoswife 17 years ago

28)LICENSE PLATES IN LEBANON(IN THE MOVIE) WERE WHITE WHEN IN FACT BACK IN THE 80'S THEY WERE BLACK.
29)THE CAPTAIN OF THE TWA FLIGHT CAN HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO HUNDREDS OF REPORTERS(WHO ARE ABOUT 50 FEET AWAY)FROM THE SMALL WINDOW OF THE PLANE'S COCKPIT.
30)CHUCK NORRIS CAN BEAT UP ANYONE WITHOUT GETTING HURT OR ANYONE HITTING BACK
31)2 DELTA FORCE OFFICERS CAN LEAVE THEIR 2 BAZOOKAS FACE FIRST ON THE GROUND 4 THE TERRORISTS 2 PICK UP LATER AFTER THEY'VE BLOWN UP THE SCHOOL
32)A GRENADE ATTACK CAN INFLICT MINIMAL DAMAGE ON A MAN'S LEG AND AMAZINGLY EVERYONE ELSE ESCAPES UNSCATHED
33)OFFICIALS IN THE BEIRUT CONTROL TOWER HAVE DIRECT RELATIONS WITH THE TERRORISTS AND KNOW WHO TO CALL WHEN THE PLANE LANDS
34)PRIESTS WHO SPY 4 ISRAEL HAVE RADIOS IN THEIR CONFESSION BOXES
35)PHONE BOOTHS WERE MADE OF ALUMINUM THAT'S EASILY DESTROYED IF HIT BY A MOVING VOLKSWAGON

[–] tokyostreetkiller 17 years ago

35) Chuck Norris' Motorcycle can go faster than the Boeing 707 in the movie.

36)Pratt&Whitney designed special Jet engines that blast their thrust in such a way that it is actually possible to ride behind them on a motorcycle while at full power and not get blown away.

"Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!"

[–] RoyM74 17 years ago

37) "I see you when I see you" repeated many times by a main character throughout, is guaranteed to get you killed in the end!

38) By turning up late at the loading ramp of the C-130 can get you an instant promotion!

Loved this film and this harmless banter only makes this film more of a classic

[–] teddy-996 17 years ago

39) The mk.14 assault ladder comes in three parts, and requires a crew of four.

40) Uzis were on sale that week at the 2nd hand prop store.

[–] CwL_Sweden 17 years ago

41) If your team leader gets shot stop fighting right away and group around to
chat about it.

42) When trying to sneak around with cars and motorcycles don't forget to turn the
lights on.

43) When a terrorist is shooting with a automatic rifle drive your jeep real close
and in the line of fire. What ever you do stop in front of the truck and don't
for heavens sake bother to take cover in the car, if you bend your spin you
are not a real man.

44) If you ever poop up from a drain 10m from the enemy. Know that standard
procedures is to slam your weapon against the ground and stand up so it's
easier to walk away.

45) Don't ever put back drain locks and close the doors behind you when you sneak
in to a building. You only loose time the terrorists wont notice it anyway.

46) It's always a good feeling hanging out side the car when shooting at the
peapol casing you. Never hurts the aim anyway.

47) Water containers smashes a bit before you land on them with your car.

48) Shooting a machinegun from a beachbuggy while it's drives around on uneven
terrain does wonders for your aim.

[–] oatleme 17 years ago

49) Bullets can`t go thru the backseat of a VW Kombi.

[–] blackfunkster 17 years ago

50) If you're part of a group defending an airport road, and a Delta Force soldier zooms right past you on a motorbike... then run directly into the line of fire of the said group. Don't worry, you'll live.

51) Don't start a conversation with a terrorist concerning blowing up the White House. Just don't. You won't get anywhere. Just sit tight and pray for Chuck and his bullet-blocking scope to show up.

52) If you're going to storm a lightly-defended aircraft in broad daylight, use silencers. Conversely, if you're sneaking through Beirut at night to storm a terrorist stronghold, forget the silencers, speak out loud, and bunch together in a single convoy of loud motor vehicles.

53) If you're hiding under a bed, waiting to take out a Delta Force major, take a pillow with you, because you're going to sleep tight, sucker.

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[–] johnbaldwin13 17 years ago

At the end scene when the Delta Force plane is leaving, 2 women at the back of the crowd are looking at the camera instead of looking forward like they should be

[–] nobodyspecialishere 17 years ago

55) As a member of Delta Force, a unit that has not been publicly recognized by the military and its operators given cover stories, you fly out on a C-130 w/the unofficial Delta Force logo near the back part of the plane(on both sides)after returning the hostages home.

[–] Snowy_Hawk 17 years ago

56) Terrorists have a better chance at hitting their targets with no arms and a blindfold.

[–] rb_mcgee 17 years ago

57) [and with respect to lesson #15] When designing a motorcycle as a weapons platform, it is not necessary to plan for any ammo-storage area or ammo-feed sytems.
-- 57.b) Motorcycle-mounted machine guns need no receiver mechanism or chamber, and only the shortest of barrels.

[–] nooname34 17 years ago

58. Chuck Norris is invisible!! he can drive through approximatly 8 vehicles full of terrorists firing automatic weapons and still get away unhurt.

59. Chuck Norris can deflect bullets away from his bike by pulling a wheely.

Still a great film

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[–] ghost_75_24 16 years ago

"52) If you're going to storm a lightly-defended aircraft in broad daylight, use silencers. Conversely, if you're sneaking through Beirut at night to storm a terrorist stronghold, forget the silencers, speak out loud, and bunch together in a single convoy of loud motor vehicles. "

*lmao* You know, the only person who had a silencer was Lee Marvin's character. I have to give it to him, he was the only good shot in the movie. he didn't even need a scope. So, I guess if you need a Delta operator to do sniping in a movie, bring back Lee Marvin or at least bring him in to train the troops.

*no disrespect to Lee Marvin, because he's one of my favorite actors. Love him in the original Dirty Dozen!!!*

"It is certain because it is impossible"

-Tertullian

[–] Director-21 16 years ago

67) The military wastes millions of dollars on delivery systems for large amounts of high explosives like bombers and cruse missiles. Even tiny hobby shop rockets mounted to a motorcycle can carry a big enough payload to blow up a jeep.

68) Night vision goggles give you a picture is full color but after being used in the first room everyone will take them off and never use them again even though it's just as dark in the other rooms.

69) Chuck's motorcycle guns can fire at an angle hitting the gunners in two jeeps when he's clearly pointed between the two

[–] ToyMonkey 16 years ago

70) Chucks motorcycle can actually jump by itself!

Why So Serious?

[–] Director-21 16 years ago

71) The cute little girl grew into a sexy woman.

http://www.natalierothdube.com/index.html

[–] ghost_75_24 16 years ago

Wow...she is!!!

"It is certain because it is impossible"

-Tertullian

[–] ediaz8 16 years ago

The Lebanese defense minister's answer is definetely not!!!

[–] budakhan79 16 years ago

72) If a terrorists face is on fire, let him burn and simply fly over him on a motorcycle.

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