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The Belfast shoot out is stupid.

posted 17 years ago by SomeGuyWithoutAHat
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Seriously, I just watched it on YouTube and what a load of crap.

3 IRA Volunteers with probably little 'proper' Military training manage to gun down an ENTIRE S.A.S Team? I mean for the crying outloud yes the first guy in the doorway they were waiting for but damm the S.A.S are the best trained Soldiers in the world and could have killed them all in literally about 10 seconds.

When the British Troops come it's pathetic, it's like watching Saving Private Ryan. The part where the Troops blow open the gate and Bradd manages to gun down 3 who just run through the hole like idiots is just too much.

/Rant off.

[–] Island_Of_Ireland 16 years ago

if tey could have killed them in 10seconds why didnt they? the SAS were after the RA you know, didnt get too many of them.

[–] mikeyg24 16 years ago

And active members of the IRA were trained in Africa by former SF, Foreign Legion and Mercenarys with many years combat experience. Believe it or not it's said that some even went through basic British Army training for the experience before going AWOL to rejoin the IRA.

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[–] KingofCarcosa 13 years ago

LMAO is this a real question?

If they could have killed them in 10 seconds why didn't they?

Because the script was retarded.

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[–] GMEllis625 12 years ago

I think he meant why didn't they in real life. The IRA, as an organization, managed to survive the best the SAS had to throw at them.

[–] Island_Of_Ireland 16 years ago

The british stated in a confidential file that they could not defeat the IRA by military means and that the IRA were a worthy enemy, dedicated, organised, well trained, and the most effective guerrilla group in the world at that time.

shows what you know...

in regards to the british just running through the wall though,thats OTT, but i dont think they expected pitt to be there,i think they were trying to surround the house

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[–] raf-33 16 years ago

There's also 2 types of SAS, the top elite few that partake in ops like the Iranian embassy siege and then the rest of the 22nd who have seen action in northern ireland, iraq and afghanistan etc. These are not a great deal better than regular soldiers', just more extensive training and better equipment, but still not infallible.

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[–] !!!deleted!!! (12526472) 10 years ago

I totally agree. Irrespective of the SAS's reputation etc, I don't think any trained unit would be as laughably inept as in that scene. They were acting like the cannon fodder you'd expect to see in a typical no-brains action movie, which this movie is not. This was the biggest disappointment in it and I considered turning it off right then. I'm glad I did't as it was pretty good after that debacle.

[–] jgroub 9 years ago

Yes, I agree. They had a friggin' helicopter, for chrissakes. I'm not saying the chopper should have been armed - it would make sense if it were, but maybe the British didn't operate that way - but it should be watching the scene, directing the soldiers, and NOT LETTING ANYONE SLIP OUT THE BACK. This scene was really a joke.

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