Truth. Also, an air fryer in the Tactical Operations Center, AKA, the basement, will minimize my time on target and enable a constant flow of fresh, crisp nuggies
@@IISICKII Yeah, TH-cam is probably not going to monetize something like that... Probably the exact opposite. Doubt they'd be okay with somebody teaching full blown military tactics in a realistic sense lecture-style on their platform. But I'd still enjoy it, haha
Got an combat Infantryman on the show best listen up. Everything thing he taught is spot on and I know he's got lots more. Why because I'm a grunt myself. Keep training and yes physical fitness, this ain't easy.
@@jaylol7226 there are many videos of learning military training. If you want to read the actual training Manuel's the Army uses they are not classified you can google the battle Drills for Field Manuel's, of course training with a team and doing it is very important.
My Mom's cat ambushed me on my way back to the basement with a plate full of fresh nuggies. I felt so much more prepared on my reaction to contact. Thank you Mike!
I get it for realsies and completely realize most people do not. We are all the just the components of our life experiences and some just have far more of that and learned from it bigly ! Another way to explain it all is that I was just a lucky one for sure and found great mentors to learn from long ago ! Been a truly great journey and it aint over yet.
There is nothing I would rather do than watch a 5 hour Garand Thumb video while eating Cheetos and drinking sprite telling myself I'm going to get out there and survive one day!
We could all spend tens of thousands on gear and training and getting fit only to get blasted by some thug in the first hours of a civil war or unrest.
My unit had about a day of "reacting to an ambush" training prior to every deployment. Then they sent us to Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. We did a lot of "on the job" training back then. We were a tank unit and constantly deploying without tanks and just expected to instantly turn into combat infantrymen. It went about as well as expected.
Fuck man that sounds about how it went for my Father in the Australian Army. 2003, Iraq too many under trained soldiers got sent, Father was a reservist and decided not to get deployed but fuck man all his friends were fucked up and we only lost 4 men and yet the lack of training took its toll still. The training was a section of the deployment training and it was embarassing. I can't speak for my entire country but for some, they were not ready
@@bevanmcnicholl2525 That whole situation was shoved under the rug but was still a massive wake up call for the ADF. The mishaps in Iraq sent ripples that taught some valuable lessons. It's just a damn shame those who taught that lesson were your dads mates.
@@jadsmvs8651 Only good thing to come out of it was those that come out of it all there came out as some of the bes soldiers in the world. I've met a bunch of blokes who served and Iraq and Afganistan and fuck they're some of the best people i've met in my life. The ADF learnt the hard way but shit changed because of it. At least unlike the USA where they just contributed to the meat grinder ...
For anyone not incorporating lifting and running into your daily training, this really emphasizes why the fitness aspect is important. Surprising how many people in the community skip the physical portion of training and just focus on the sexy gun stuff.
Very true. Also jogging and getting your heart rate up to immediately go prone and fire at your targets is also good physical practice since that high heart rate combined with heavy breathing when firing changes things a bit that people who were never in combat or have ever trained for do not realize the night and day difference
@@HPAcustomriflesandcerakote agreed. I will usually take a sandbag to the range and do various drills with it to get my heartrate up. Pishups, burpeea, whatever gets the blood pumping.
Weighted running makes a huge difference…even sprinting in quite intervals and resting. Stimulating a quick heart rate is so important to be able to maneuver in situations where your body shouldn’t limit you
Knowing how to shoot is important, but it's worthless if you can't run 50 yards... or even carry your weapon any distance with gear. I have a bad back (two surgeries) and training is HARD, but it needs to be done. That being said, even with training... I'm totally screwed if I have to run with gear on my back. Ill be out of the fight quick!
I had a profound realization of this about a year ago. I realized I was so out of shape and hadn't ran in years. I knew I was absolutely fucked when I couldn't even run a half mile without being winded and dizzy with chest pain. Ever since then, weights and cardio have been a part of my everyday life.
Respect for this man's honesty of what the major factor was in the ambush. " the enemy chose a bad spot". Not, we're just so much better they never had a chance. The only man that could tell that truth was a man that survived it. " Thank you for your service".
When he was telling that story I could tell he was feeling a lot of emotions and sorta DIDNT want to talk about it really I mean he probably has before and made peace with thinking about it but it still takes that small toll.. I’m sure he thought he was about to die truly. What an insane situation to be in and look back on.
If you've survived an ambush, odds are good it wasn't a very well-executed ambush. It's much better to set up an ambush than to walk into one, for sure!
You know, the whole "if you aren't fit you're going to die" thing made perfect sense before. But watching everyone bounding straight up that mountain, it somehow made even more sense than it already did.
Running up a hill is a lot more taxing than it seems, and that gets exponentially more pronounced when you're humping a loadout. It's been said that you should bring four times as much ammo as you think you will ever need... Well you know what? You should probably be four times as in-shape as you think you'd ever need to be.
I’ve hunted my entire life and spent so much time using my rifles in such a different way. These videos always shock me on how much differently you have to think and use your equipment in these situations and how much I need to practice in a different way. Always felt like a master shot and silent tracker but these videos humble me. An Elk doesn’t shoot back. Slowly building up an effective kit as I save money. Hoping to be at a reasonable level of competency at some point. Thanks mr. thumb
If it makes you feel better, being a good hunter brings a lot of other skills that have uses in combat. Some of the things you learned from elk and take for granted, a lot of us tactical bros have little practice with. Noise and light discipline, masking your scent, tracking and covering your own trail, fitness in terms of moving with a pack, knowing what to bring to keep yourself warm and dry, etc.
I will absolutely watch a 5 hour video on ambushes, this is your best content, thank you so much for putting it out there, I wish every video was like this
Every dad advice from people on the channel: “remember to be the best you can be and do your best to be healthy” Adam’s dad advice: “I’m disappointed in you”
My dad: "I'm proud of you, you're doing better than I did at your age, but I don't understand how you live this way. You need to clean up your life." The best part is he was right.
My fellow 03XX/11X knows, violence of action is key. If you are on the recieving end of an ambush, you must assault through the enemy and ultimately move out of the kill zone. I vaguely remember the old tactics manuals used to teach: Return fire in the direction of the enemy fire while simultaneously screaming and throwing grenades. Like you have no other choice but to exert as much violence out of your body as you can as it might be your last. Stay savage gents.
POG here. Never been in combat. All I can say is I would hope the first one going down (if anyone) is not the machine gunner, (I would hope to hell he is on patrol) an area target with bursts of fire can very well pin them down while the riflemen can move in and kill. Oh and even more important hope it doesn't happen in a flat open field from above. That would be pretty bad pretty fast. But who knows. I bet it is so fast you really don't realize how out of control you are.
@C S Good thought process brotha. It is absolutely essential for a patrolling unit to have high volume capable weapon systems. Most infantry squads will request to have a 0331 attachment during patrols. At minimum, a squad T/O will have 1 SAW/IAR in each team. You better have some of the most violent/observant teammate behind them as well, as this is key to having a lethal unit. Good input brother. 👌
@C S In addition, if the leader puts their unit in a disadvantage in terms of position and route choice, he/she better have a good plan for IE/IA drills and an even better CASEVAC/MEDEVAC plan. 🤘
@@sgtj0311 Yeah tbh I am not too sure how I'd do but I would definitely shitting bricks and squeezing the trigger trying to stay calm yet aggressive lol. Question, where do you think the next conflict might be (as far as NATO) I really think Xi Ping is going to cross the line and violate some kind of restriction and we could be in the Pacific theater again.. I think he would have done it by now but Russia was and is unprepared.. I can see Taiwan with the US Navy and Marines. Marines already got rid of their tanks so that is also another reason I see it happening.
This is harder then it looks, to synch and move efficiently, you got to have practice this a million times. Like a good football play needs to be practiced a million times.
I just lost 2 cousins in the IDF. Thanks for all you do. This brought me comfort and some understanding somehow. Thanks. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
"A crafty enemy will set a weak ambush you are meant to break through. Confident because you have dealt with the threat, your guard relaxed, you walk into the second, stronger ambush." Best way to avoid an Ambush. Leave your Stronghold through different gates at different times. Never get in a pattern where you are out the "west" gate at 0700 and on "orange" route at 0705 headed to OP Charlie. Even the most bush league enemy can figure out where, when and how to hit you if you do that enough times. Mix your timing, rate of travel, hold ups, route and exit, entry points to keep them guessing. Write the SOP that works for you and practice until everyone knows it like house clearing. It's almost as complex when you take mounted/dismounted into consideration.
The baited ambush. th-cam.com/video/0695Mtp-UgI/w-d-xo.html Also if you have to go through an area we’re u know a marksman would wait to shoot you. Hard target yourself, run like a headless chicken.
Great job to whoever decided to film with a drone at that angle and at that specific time of the day when shadows would create the contrast not shown when filming people using camouflage, helping us viewers to easily understand the procedure. A round of applause from Argentina!
The amount of planning/ training/ risk management it took to do these dramatizations with live fire is f-ing steep. THIS is quality you won't find anywhere else.
All the planning in the world won’t help you when you get punched in the mouth the first time , the ones that think and react are the ones that separate themselves when it all matters . I’ve personally on more occasions than I can count seen the guy I least expected step up and so unimaginable things and on the other hand I’ve also seen the one I expected to step up freeze . One thing I know for certain is that if you panic or freeze in this situation ( a ambush ) people are going to pay for it .
My favorite thing about this channel, is that I don’t feel like just an audience member. Even through the screen, I feel like a friend of everyone involved.
I had the opportunity to, for a brief moment, to meet the Thumb and Mrs. Thumb, amazing people. I can safely say the person you see in the videos is pretty true to life, and now I have signed Onward Research splinter sling.
I would be interested to see another video on how these tactics/maneuvers change once you start taking casualties, especially when bounding away from contact.
Yep i was just thinking of this. Seeing the far ambush drill, once they get over the hill i wondered "hmm what would you do if a guy gets hit on the exposed side?"
that is where a 249 would come into play. they are all using m4's/ar15's. being able to send more rounds will help with casualties along with calling out the distance/direction/description. Casualty out in the open is not good so it's better to try and get fire superiority before collecting fallen/injured to prevent more casualties. if the casualty is conscious you yell at him to see if he can move, fire back, take cover. if not, you move, fire back, and take cover.
Sometimes I feel like flannel daddy knows something we don’t and he’s just preparing us so we could all be armed civilians with a little bit of knowledge
Read the ranger handbook. It’s end all be all to all the battle drills man. If we have a casualty you focus on winning the fire fight first, you ask the casualty can he return fire, can he move to cover, can he apply self aid! At minimum you just get the casualty to cover and apply a TQ
This was a very interesting video. There is also a significant difference of mindset compared to my training as a Finnish recon NCO. Our goal was mainly suppress and exfil, because we were expecting to be outgunned against any Russian element we encountered. So get distance and call hell from our battalion mortar co and and artillery within range (Finnish system allows you to call in all guns in range without actually knowing where they are)
@@topsecretintel4606 As long as the US keeps invading third world countries, probably not. But against an actual properly trained and equipped opponent, the US would face massive casualties.
Reminder to everyone that battle drills take a ton of rehearsals and practice and every unit has different SOPs. I can’t wait for more videos like this.
And no matter what , until you are under fire you do NOT know precisely how you will react ? Keep that mindest and you will be fine. All trainig is in fact OJT and I can prove it easily !
Educating the public? This is great Garand! Thanks for this, I am personally not old enough yet, but knowing this will be useful for the future. Thanks bro
One of the hardest things to learn with a team is avoiding those lulls in fire. Mag changes and malfunctions are going to happen it’s important to maintain sustained fire in those situations. You see it a couple times when they were running the far ambush drill. If someone is moving in contact someone should always be firing. It’s even harder with smaller teams because like here with a 2 man team, that one man has to pick up fire on his buddy’s mag change if that other team is moving. Also depending on terrain it takes a lot of practice to know when and where to bound. Sometimes you might have to take an extra bound or sit tight. The shit really is an art.
The collaboration of Spiritus & Onward Research/GT is proving to be not only entertaining, but very strong and beneficial for the gun community. I see another boom in growth and comradery on the horizon.
The direction of your content has shifted and I just want to say thank you! We need more people spreading knowledge like this in our communities. God bless you and your whole team.
@@Trevor-gu8bb BUT knowing that you know they know arms you with the knowledge to innovate than have no idea at all. Let's say a general rule of thumb and whatever lies beyond that is ALL YOU. So knowing it is still necessary than not knowing it pretty much.
So much of the "modern warfare" has been conducted in deserts and mountains. I'd like to see some tactics for how to run ops in woodlands like Michigan.
If you've ever had Daddy Flannel show you that you don't know shit about shit, just to have him and his homies educate and build you back up, go ahead and hit that subscribe button.
Wow taking a step back from my normal GT excitement...this is freaking incredible. You're sourcing knowledge and information that most of us would never have access to. Please keep doing your series like this it's a bigger deal than many will realize. Thank you
YOOO! This series is EPIC AF! SOO GREAT your sharing this training for us civi forces. Thank you all for your efforts in education, and your services in times of conflicts, as well as times of peace.
Great video and I spent 3 years in a Recon PLT and 12 months deployed and it was very hard to get great at it and requires so much training. The Ambush is one of the most trained things both being the person Ambushing and the one reacting to the Ambush. Edit: love the covering of basics and the way you explain them for those who don't know what's happening its so good.
I would watch every minute of a 5-hour ambush video. Thank you so much for making this. This really takes me back. It's been 22 years since I last donned the EGA, but when I watch these videos, I still smell gun powder. Also, my anxiety causes me to get out of breath and I start chanting, "I'm up, they see me, I'm down," but I wouldn't trade those memories for anything. Thanks again fellas. I'm looking forward to the next one.
That was the "best" dad advice I've seen on this channel so far! Wake up and hate yourself! Love it. Edit: Also, make your videos as long as you'd like. I'll watch 'em. This channel has become such an incredible resource for learning these things!
Great videos as always guys. Some things I'd be interested as seeing as a civ (who has read a fair number of army manuals): - How to handle somebody getting wounded in/around a contact scenario - round conservation/ preparing for (possible) longer engagement during an engagement (bcuz as civ's we're not getting 'bailed out' by a nearby squad or calling in a brrrrps): If you only had 8 mags, 2 40mm smoke, and say 2-3 40mm HE or frags...how to know when to use ammo liberally, and what to hold back even as youre attempting to crush that enemy. - Sun Tzu/Machievelli/ Robert Greene (33 Strategies of War): If you are trying to detach from a far ambush, preparing for a counter-ambush if they were to pursue...or maybe the enemy detachs and you then try to get to next hill over (in sight of their escape route) and try to initiate counter-ambush as follow up. Just a couple topics I could see as being helpful to be covered by people with experience.
Round conservation. That’s something that you will not be really taught in a manual. So I’m Recon, unlike the Infantry, we don’t have the numbers but we have the fire power for a Section sized element. The only one really going to be taught rate of fire is your 240 Gunner (Scouts don’t use SAWs, but replace all information with the SAW if need be). In recon your dismount 240 Gunner is the second most experienced guy in the team but in the Infantry your TL will let the gunner know to go from Rapid, Sustained, and Cyclic. (Cyclic is a Machinegunner/ Automatic Riflemen wet dream)
@@RealBrothaProduction Thanks for info my man. I've watched a decent amount of helmet cam cahnnels like Funker530 to see the TL letting that SAW dude go cyclic (or sometimes somebody on a auto-GL system etc). It makes sense that the biggest one concerned about it is the SAW dude (seems like they carry maybe 3-4 drums). Since that is the squads/groups firepower. I was thinking about 'rough estimates' about average # rounds spent in killing 1 enemy combatant (in recent times in Iraq/Afghanistan. I can't remember the stuff I was reading that was fairly believable sources, but it was something insane like 10k or 50k rounds. No doubt that is some average of all sorts (and might include your AC130 brrps spent etc). But it had me thinking that if you were in a SHTF situation that 8mag +1 (or even 10+1) loadout isn't much. Even if your group has 10-12 ppl in it. you can go through that in a near engagement or CQB fairly quickly I'd imagine... and was thinking about fact that civs or ppl in SHTF aren't goign to have no backup squad bail them out or get evac'd via helicopter, boat etc. Certainly no close-air support unless somebody starts selling DIY bayraktar tb-2 kits. ...so, in such shitshow you gotta have rounds to not only survive those engages but also to protect your ass in your 'retreat' back to your HQ/woods/whatever. I imagine it'd be a very bad time if you survived 'going into town' to loot supplies from your woods HQ...survived CQBs for a few days only to have to trek back w/o any ammo while being chased by some buddies of those you just wrecked...bad ending to that scenario.
5:55 Yep, that's what got Reinhard Heydrich killed in Prague, the resistance figured out that he was leaving his headquarters every day at the precise same time, taking the same route. The only thing they weren't able to anticipate was whether or not he would have armed escort or not, so basically they just had to wait for the day without the escort to attack his car.
I am non military, however I just learned a lot of these tactics in a Small Unit Tactics course I took through an emergency response team I am on. It was instructed by a former Green Beret. Awesome to see it from a third person in action!
Got ambushed in an open field in Ghazni back in ‘12. I was an EOD team member so I didn’t have much actual combat training at all. The moment rounds started flying my head dropped to the ground so much faster than the rest of my body that I fuckin ate my EOTech and nearly broke my nose. My lip / nose was bleeding so bad, that when I eventually low crawled over to my TL he lifted my Kevlar to get a look at me and thought I was shot 🤣 After we had taken care of the problem, the adrenaline dump hit me so hard I threw up and felt like shit the whole 10 mile walk back to the cop. Good times.
The ambush story told is most valuable... that is one hell of a commitment that he embodies. Background music is well deserved. Takes a special man. Thank you both
there is a good book from an argentine commando who succesfully survive an ambush from UK Royal Marines and not only survive the killzone but actually forcing the Royal Matrines to fall back leaving a shit ton of military equipment, it was in Murrel Bridge 1982
Good army field manuals I would suggest looking at would be FM 3-21.8 (Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad), FM 5-31.65 (Booby Traps), FM 3-25.26 (Map Reading and Land Navigation), FM 3-90 (Tactics), and finally FM 3-05.70 (Survival). Total Resistance: Swiss Army Guide to Guerrilla Warfare is also a good read, you can find all of these for free online.
I appreciate this so much. I've watched this video several times. It will never capture the feeling of being there. It just helps us understand. Love you brother. Love your content. Thanks to you and all your team, all your contacts. It means a lot to me. A lot to more than you can imagine.
Excellent Gentleman, right out of FM 7-8. All former GWOT Vet 11 and 03 series should be able to group up during any SHTF and operate like this. We all received the same training.
Great video. One thing I would add is, once contact is initiated and “CONTACT (Left, Right, Rear, Front)” is called, the disposition of the enemy may not be obvious, so calling out a 3 D’s (Direction, Distance, Description) report can be beneficial to coordinate and control the fires of your unit so you aren’t wasting ammo doing recon by fire. An example of that would be “CONTACT LEFT, 100 Meters. Second Floor, first window on the right.” In the Marine Corps we used ADDRAC for essentially the same thing, but a little more complicated. The Army’s 3 D’s is much simpler.
The army manuals is a super underrated tool the amount of straight just information you can get out of that for free is pretty incredible… also sometimes there’s pictures!
By far the best, most informative GT video to date! Please keep this up! I have no streaming services, literally spend no money on entertainment. I became a Patreon supporter of garand thumb today.
lol this shit was cringe. Watching a bunch of middle aged guys LARPing with live fire drills? Guy should be showing us how to make traps; not airsoft COD LARP sims.
I used to work with a great team and we trained on this pretty hard for a while and it’s so beautiful to see two or more teams to work together and the plan to work when we put it into play in the field. I feel like we see eye to eye brother and I hope we don’t have to use these skills one day but if there is a chance in hell that we might we better always be training and always ready because when you get into the shit all you have is your training to rely on. You always hear “then my training kicked in” you will always stoop to the level or rise to the level of your training. Keep these instructional videos coming bro. Everyone should always be prepared to do things like this if necessary.
I had the honor of some limited training with 5th SF in this regard. We had party balloons on sticks several good yards away when contact left was shouted. The extremely high rate of violent return fire not only sounded like a rain storm, but caught that side of the hill on fire too! That....was a "holy shit!" moment for me, which is why I was surprised about the Tongo Tongo ambush, knowing the level of pain I've seen these guys bring to the party.
Popping that smoke reminded me of the week my platoon singlehandedly set 3 fires on Camp Pendelton, one we stomped out. That one was as a 40MM CS that must have soft landed from a prior training day (we didn't' have any) and a "buddy" picked it up and tossed it to me, I seen the red stripe on it as it was coming to me. I helped it up over my shoulder and when it hit it went off and started a fire. We started stomping it out when the gas hit. Choking and slobbering we got the fire out and my left boot smelled of CS for months.🤣 Good video, brought back a lot of memories.
Today's an excellent day. I'm sitting in Starbucks reading Marine Core Doctrinal Pub 1-6 for fun, drinking a nice peppermint mocha like a real man, and I get a notification interrupting the chapter Philosophy of War. I think to myself "what is this? Nobody ever texts me (probably due in part to my choice of literature)". Check my phone and there it is; the long awaited episode of Become Deadly in the Mountains. Excellent
I'd watch a 5 hour training video that may end up saving my life one day. I'm sure I'm not the only one either. But hey it's cool if they're broken into smaller sections. Keep up with this amazing channel. Thanks for this one.
I'd watch the five hour ambush senecios vid if you put it out. Thanks for what you have done and continue to do! I especially like the dad advice at the end of each production.
You should look at the barrel and hatchet podcast on TH-cam. There b roll is like a high budget action film. And they run hours of it during their discussions.
Garand Thumb: No one would watch a 5 hour video of how to survive an ambush Me: Yes I would 💀, give me a quiet Sunday like today and I would definitely watch that video.
The ambushing team automatically has an enormous advantage, and you can find your own team cut down by 50% almost immediately if they know what they are doing, 2-3 of your friends might fall before you even realize your getting hit.
@@SixtyEightWhiskey68 I know lol These guys are acting like we're still in the Vietnam era (no wonder we lost). Some Taliban zoomer would literally kill them all with his drone before they could get their tactical LARP on- it's ridiculous. These guys could be going over strategy, terrain, choke points, logistics, communication, actual shit that matters. Instead, they just want to post videos of them playing adult airsoft against ghosts. Ever heard of air support? IEDs? Guided missiles? Drones? Who are they fighting? Some poorly equipped Wakanda forever militia? No one in the modern era is dumb enough to play fire fight games.
Sweet cape. All jokes aside, great demonstration. It helps me realize how much I don’t know and need to learn. Always called the “bounding” technique “leap frog”. We used to practice that between haybails while larping on our flat range in a field. Biggest thing we practiced was how to not shoot each other.
I love these instructional videos. It's really nice to have a clear breakdown on what to do if you happen to be lucky enough to survive the initial contact.
yo, but this LARPing accomplishes nothing? There's air strikes and IEDs accounting for the KIAs- not live fire. Plus, now you have small backpack drones that can seek out enemy positions and fire. These drills are only good for fighting some poorly equipped african militia.
@@tomdewitt248 lol okay. They’ve only been utilized for the last century and remained relevant in every conflict since world war 2. You think wars are fought with a swarm of drones and aircraft alone? Why do we even have ground troops? Maybe, just maybe, against a meat peer enemy these techniques work. Hell they worked when goat herders employed them against us who were significantly more equipped with support.
@@tomdewitt248 you don’t have to tell me how things worked. I was there. I know that ieds were the main cause of casualties. That being said there were small arm attacks and sometimes combined with IED. There were major operations involving close contact with the enemy and use of basic small unit tactics and fire and maneuver. Fallujah wasn’t taken with drones and air support. Infantry was the primary method of rooting them out. There have been multiple examples in Afghanistan and Iraq were large operations of ground troops engaged with and were engaged with small arms fire. Perhaps you ought to expand your reading list. And besides, did you even listen to a guy who was in a literal ambush in this video?
It’s great seeing battle drills demonstrations with experienced people and also from birds eye view in real world terrain. More of these plz would be great. Also imagine just hiking and you’re getting a volley of fire from guys across the valley 😂😂
Ah the fond memories of battle drills. Immediately brought back PTSD from a glorious place called flatwoods in louisiana.. “if it ain’t raining we ain’t training.” Awesome stuff! Lots of ways to tweak this stuff and make it your own. Learn the basics. 👏🏼🙏🏼
This is a pretty high level class on the most interesting topics shown with cinema level visuals. Great stuff. As good as anything you’ll ever see on the ole interwebs.
I'm not sure why you think we won't watch a 5 hour training class. I know the men and women in my group would. We love any kind of training and this is good stuff. Thanks!
Watching this got me the cotton throat feeling and my thighs wanting too build up acid.... This is truly one of the most basic drills you still need too maintain at a high standard, every opportunity you get with the team. Embrace the suck, because it can always be worse. (Like try this in 6 feet of snow, no skiis or snowshoes) 😉
One thing I picked up on with the assault on the ambush was the amount of ammo shot. It’s been said a lot but a micro chest rig won’t suffice for this type of fighting, you need actual kit like they are wearing that will hold lots of ammo, smoke grenades, radios etc.
Man I love your channel, you look so professional, prepared and experienced and it´s very illustrative the way you show the scenaries, besides that, you and your team make it funny, enjoyable....focusing always in training and acquiring knowledge about to potentiate the abilities and reduce the risks ...keep it like that, you make a great job. Big hello from Costa Rica
He has 4 or 5 in the series now, but they take a LONG time to make. Coordinating these sorts of drills and bringing in knowledgeable instructors takes a long time, and that’s not even including the time it takes to edit them. As quickly as I want more info, I try to be patient because I know they take a lot of time and effort. And if you like the deadly in the mountain series, watch the urban survival series as well. They all tie together. Watch, learn, train. Time waiting for new info, should be spent reviewing prior videos and training using the principals he presents.
This is so absolutely better than a television production would be! You have done outstanding work here Men and your information is valuable and clearly presented! Wonderful! ❤🖖🏼🇺🇸
What a amazing video. I think I learned more from this then my actual military schooling (USMC MCT) The quality of Garand Thumbs videos is insane I feel like I should be paying money to watch and learn something like this.
I think when the thousands of training tasks come down the planning of military training for basic infantry thing get squeezed out as only have x hrs. It then gets put into they will teach that when you get to unit.
Well you're not going to get shit in MCT. Just basics, all this is higher level infantryman training. Theyll be doing this many times a day this is their job...instead of your MOS.
Can we get a Garand Thump PT video? I have a pretty consistent workout regiment which I do every week which is mostly cardio and body weight exercises mixed with resistance training. Would love to learn more
I now wonder how these drills would look down here in South Florida in a swamp/flat environment. I imagine being out of breath and dehydrated lots. Awesome content!👍
@@mrbojangles4155 very little hills in SFL. I'm more interested about a situation where we have to move through a swamp type environment. City streets flood very easily down here too.
Same, depending on where you're at in south FL. I was down in Miami most of my life. Everglades would be the only real terrain. I wouldn't wanna be there to begin with since you never know where deep swamp starts or ends. I'm up in Sarasota now, there's more "forested" patches here and ft myers area with lots of land still. I just wish i had friends into this to do this kinda stuff with!
Best dad advice! 21:53 I thought Bravo peaced out while Alpha was reloading but you can't underestimate those mad skills of Garand Thumb, moving back at the exact time they started firing again
Dear Mike, Micah, and Charlie Thank you for years of entertaining and thought provoking content. I’ve watched y’all’s channel grow from the early days, y’all keep taking it to the next level. Just wanted to let you know I fully surrendered my life to Christ several months ago (glad he’s your sponsor too) While I’ve professed to be a Christian for awhile it was hard letting go of full control. Why I’m sharing - I was doing a guided meditation with Lord the other day and his parting advice was to seek his advice first and love your wife. It dawned on me hey Garand Thumb and Admin mentioned that several videos ago. Simple yet profound. Thanks for the advice brother and I wish you all the best. Congrats on new website as well. Love, Kris
Minimize ambush points by moving your parents refrigerator closer to the basement door. Consider door dash as potential QRF.
roger sarnt
Lmao
Truth. Also, an air fryer in the Tactical Operations Center, AKA, the basement, will minimize my time on target and enable a constant flow of fresh, crisp nuggies
Yeah Sure 🙃
Meal Team 6 standing by, Chief Sargent Sir 🫡
Becoming deadly in the mountains is the series I hope never ends.
Me too, I just need to move somewhere with mountains now, preferably a pro 2A state
Yeah Sure 🙃
@@adamg574 I'm fortunate enough to be in north Idaho so these videos are extremely helpful
But when do we become happy in the mountains?
@@adamg574 Tennessee
Just so you know: I'd totally watch a 5-hour video on ambushes. You should do it.
Он этого не сделает, потому что ему это не выгодно.
@@IISICKII Yeah, TH-cam is probably not going to monetize something like that... Probably the exact opposite. Doubt they'd be okay with somebody teaching full blown military tactics in a realistic sense lecture-style on their platform. But I'd still enjoy it, haha
@@jaylol7226 да конечно. Я бы тоже посмотрел даже если бы это шло 24 часа)) Есть и другие видео про засаду, правда там язык другой.
Got an combat Infantryman on the show best listen up. Everything thing he taught is spot on and I know he's got lots more. Why because I'm a grunt myself. Keep training and yes physical fitness, this ain't easy.
@@jaylol7226 there are many videos of learning military training. If you want to read the actual training Manuel's the Army uses they are not classified you can google the battle Drills for Field Manuel's, of course training with a team and doing it is very important.
My Mom's cat ambushed me on my way back to the basement with a plate full of fresh nuggies. I felt so much more prepared on my reaction to contact. Thank you Mike!
deploy catnip smoke to cover exfiltration
consider alternating routes to be less predictable to insurgents
Were they dino nuggies?
I get it for realsies and completely realize most people do not. We are all the just the components of our life experiences and some just have far more of that and learned from it bigly ! Another way to explain it all is that I was just a lucky one for sure and found great mentors to learn from long ago ! Been a truly great journey and it aint over yet.
Deploy honey mustard gas to exit the battle zone
There is nothing I would rather do than watch a 5 hour Garand Thumb video while eating Cheetos and drinking sprite telling myself I'm going to get out there and survive one day!
I've switched to club soda ;)
We could all spend tens of thousands on gear and training and getting fit only to get blasted by some thug in the first hours of a civil war or unrest.
@@s0nnyburnett you only die when you are ready to die.
@@s0nnyburnett thugs can’t aim. If you’re moving strategic with a 3 man team armed with rifles and heavy armor i feel like you will be fine.
Sitting in a bean bag chair naked eating cheetos.. IN A VAN... DOWN BY THE RIVER!!
My unit had about a day of "reacting to an ambush" training prior to every deployment. Then they sent us to Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
We did a lot of "on the job" training back then. We were a tank unit and constantly deploying without tanks and just expected to instantly turn into combat infantrymen.
It went about as well as expected.
That is tough.
Fuck man that sounds about how it went for my Father in the Australian Army. 2003, Iraq too many under trained soldiers got sent, Father was a reservist and decided not to get deployed but fuck man all his friends were fucked up and we only lost 4 men and yet the lack of training took its toll still.
The training was a section of the deployment training and it was embarassing. I can't speak for my entire country but for some, they were not ready
I'm glad that you made it back man. That sounds brutal.
@@bevanmcnicholl2525 That whole situation was shoved under the rug but was still a massive wake up call for the ADF. The mishaps in Iraq sent ripples that taught some valuable lessons. It's just a damn shame those who taught that lesson were your dads mates.
@@jadsmvs8651 Only good thing to come out of it was those that come out of it all there came out as some of the bes soldiers in the world. I've met a bunch of blokes who served and Iraq and Afganistan and fuck they're some of the best people i've met in my life. The ADF learnt the hard way but shit changed because of it. At least unlike the USA where they just contributed to the meat grinder ...
For the record, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY watch a 5 hour garand thumb video!
Same
Same
Be ready for the DVD or Thumbdrive set.
Same
@@garyellis6406 garand thumbs thumb drive
For anyone not incorporating lifting and running into your daily training, this really emphasizes why the fitness aspect is important. Surprising how many people in the community skip the physical portion of training and just focus on the sexy gun stuff.
Very true. Also jogging and getting your heart rate up to immediately go prone and fire at your targets is also good physical practice since that high heart rate combined with heavy breathing when firing changes things a bit that people who were never in combat or have ever trained for do not realize the night and day difference
@@HPAcustomriflesandcerakote agreed. I will usually take a sandbag to the range and do various drills with it to get my heartrate up. Pishups, burpeea, whatever gets the blood pumping.
Weighted running makes a huge difference…even sprinting in quite intervals and resting. Stimulating a quick heart rate is so important to be able to maneuver in situations where your body shouldn’t limit you
Knowing how to shoot is important, but it's worthless if you can't run 50 yards... or even carry your weapon any distance with gear. I have a bad back (two surgeries) and training is HARD, but it needs to be done. That being said, even with training... I'm totally screwed if I have to run with gear on my back. Ill be out of the fight quick!
I had a profound realization of this about a year ago. I realized I was so out of shape and hadn't ran in years. I knew I was absolutely fucked when I couldn't even run a half mile without being winded and dizzy with chest pain. Ever since then, weights and cardio have been a part of my everyday life.
Respect for this man's honesty of what the major factor was in the ambush. " the enemy chose a bad spot". Not, we're just so much better they never had a chance. The only man that could tell that truth was a man that survived it. " Thank you for your service".
Those marketed as enemy and not enemy?
When he was telling that story I could tell he was feeling a lot of emotions and sorta DIDNT want to talk about it really I mean he probably has before and made peace with thinking about it but it still takes that small toll.. I’m sure he thought he was about to die truly. What an insane situation to be in and look back on.
If you've survived an ambush, odds are good it wasn't a very well-executed ambush.
It's much better to set up an ambush than to walk into one, for sure!
Becoming deadly in the Mountains and Urban Survival are the best videos I've ever come across on TH-cam, please keep these series up, we love them!
@Jimmy Two Times there’s a bunch of mountains in the US
@Jimmy Two Times why be deadly in the mountains when you can be deadly in call of duty right?
@Jimmy Two Times Well, surprise, I don't live in the U.S, greetings from Germany
@@nexosoncodm you’re probably a (((Weiss))) not a “Weiss 🗿”
@Jimmy Two Times The Hatfield and McCoy tension is strong. The growing increase for pure white lightning.
You know, the whole "if you aren't fit you're going to die" thing made perfect sense before. But watching everyone bounding straight up that mountain, it somehow made even more sense than it already did.
Running up a hill is a lot more taxing than it seems, and that gets exponentially more pronounced when you're humping a loadout. It's been said that you should bring four times as much ammo as you think you will ever need... Well you know what? You should probably be four times as in-shape as you think you'd ever need to be.
If you aren't fit you are going to die (faster at least) is also true without involving gunfight. 😉
@@Mushu33 I run 1.5 miles in sub 9 minutes... But I'm not entirely sure its humanly possible for me to run that 4 times faster than I already do chief
@@anemoia2661 I guess then the question would be can you do 6mi in sub 40min
@@anemoia2661 the moment you think your good enough is when you stop getting better
I’ve hunted my entire life and spent so much time using my rifles in such a different way. These videos always shock me on how much differently you have to think and use your equipment in these situations and how much I need to practice in a different way. Always felt like a master shot and silent tracker but these videos humble me. An Elk doesn’t shoot back. Slowly building up an effective kit as I save money. Hoping to be at a reasonable level of competency at some point. Thanks mr. thumb
If it makes you feel better, being a good hunter brings a lot of other skills that have uses in combat. Some of the things you learned from elk and take for granted, a lot of us tactical bros have little practice with. Noise and light discipline, masking your scent, tracking and covering your own trail, fitness in terms of moving with a pack, knowing what to bring to keep yourself warm and dry, etc.
Humans don't shoot back either, unless you miss.
Long range precision is an invaluable skill
I will absolutely watch a 5 hour video on ambushes, this is your best content, thank you so much for putting it out there, I wish every video was like this
video games like zero hour, squad, arma,
Virtual reality shooters hahah
Every dad advice from people on the channel: “remember to be the best you can be and do your best to be healthy”
Adam’s dad advice: “I’m disappointed in you”
My dad: "I'm proud of you, you're doing better than I did at your age, but I don't understand how you live this way. You need to clean up your life."
The best part is he was right.
Hey, when you are busy LARP'ing with your meme 2A wanna be commando videos. The left is actually winning the real war. LOL. Patriots are embarrassing.
That's a guy who has held a flashlight for Dad just one too many times.
@@AuxArcClimbing Point the light where I'm looking !!!
@@charon9205 "The light is for me, not for you. Do you see where my hands are? THATS BECAUSE THE FLASHLIGHT ISN'T POINTED AT THEM."
My fellow 03XX/11X knows, violence of action is key. If you are on the recieving end of an ambush, you must assault through the enemy and ultimately move out of the kill zone. I vaguely remember the old tactics manuals used to teach: Return fire in the direction of the enemy fire while simultaneously screaming and throwing grenades. Like you have no other choice but to exert as much violence out of your body as you can as it might be your last. Stay savage gents.
POG here. Never been in combat. All I can say is I would hope the first one going down (if anyone) is not the machine gunner, (I would hope to hell he is on patrol) an area target with bursts of fire can very well pin them down while the riflemen can move in and kill. Oh and even more important hope it doesn't happen in a flat open field from above. That would be pretty bad pretty fast. But who knows. I bet it is so fast you really don't realize how out of control you are.
@C S Good thought process brotha. It is absolutely essential for a patrolling unit to have high volume capable weapon systems. Most infantry squads will request to have a 0331 attachment during patrols. At minimum, a squad T/O will have 1 SAW/IAR in each team. You better have some of the most violent/observant teammate behind them as well, as this is key to having a lethal unit. Good input brother. 👌
@C S In addition, if the leader puts their unit in a disadvantage in terms of position and route choice, he/she better have a good plan for IE/IA drills and an even better CASEVAC/MEDEVAC plan. 🤘
@@sgtj0311 Yeah tbh I am not too sure how I'd do but I would definitely shitting bricks and squeezing the trigger trying to stay calm yet aggressive lol. Question, where do you think the next conflict might be (as far as NATO) I really think Xi Ping is going to cross the line and violate some kind of restriction and we could be in the Pacific theater again.. I think he would have done it by now but Russia was and is unprepared.. I can see Taiwan with the US Navy and Marines. Marines already got rid of their tanks so that is also another reason I see it happening.
This is harder then it looks, to synch and move efficiently, you got to have practice this a million times. Like a good football play needs to be practiced a million times.
I came for the gats and the jokes, but as the world continues to spin further into chaos I want to thank you for valuable content like this.
Gats? Didn’t think it was 2000
@@TraviNomotion is you a dialectaphobe?
@@TraviNomotion they meant heater
Edit: j/k
*burner
For the record, if you guys start making 5 hour videos I am confident that I'm not the only one that would subscribe for a monthly fee
YAS THIS
100%
I just lost 2 cousins in the IDF. Thanks for all you do. This brought me comfort and some understanding somehow. Thanks. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
"A crafty enemy will set a weak ambush you are meant to break through. Confident because you have dealt with the threat, your guard relaxed, you walk into the second, stronger ambush."
Best way to avoid an Ambush. Leave your Stronghold through different gates at different times. Never get in a pattern where you are out the "west" gate at 0700 and on "orange" route at 0705 headed to OP Charlie. Even the most bush league enemy can figure out where, when and how to hit you if you do that enough times. Mix your timing, rate of travel, hold ups, route and exit, entry points to keep them guessing. Write the SOP that works for you and practice until everyone knows it like house clearing. It's almost as complex when you take mounted/dismounted into consideration.
Well said.
This reminds me of the Niger ambush where u.s. servicemen lost their lives r.i.p.
👍 Thanks for the tips.
The baited ambush.
th-cam.com/video/0695Mtp-UgI/w-d-xo.html
Also if you have to go through an area we’re u know a marksman would wait to shoot you.
Hard target yourself, run like a headless chicken.
Great job to whoever decided to film with a drone at that angle and at that specific time of the day when shadows would create the contrast not shown when filming people using camouflage, helping us viewers to easily understand the procedure. A round of applause from Argentina!
The amount of planning/ training/ risk management it took to do these dramatizations with live fire is f-ing steep. THIS is quality you won't find anywhere else.
All the planning in the world won’t help you when you get punched in the mouth the first time , the ones that think and react are the ones that separate themselves when it all matters . I’ve personally on more occasions than I can count seen the guy I least expected step up and so unimaginable things and on the other hand I’ve also seen the one I expected to step up freeze . One thing I know for certain is that if you panic or freeze in this situation ( a ambush ) people are going to pay for it .
@@johnneill5960he’s talking about the quality of the video
My favorite thing about this channel, is that I don’t feel like just an audience member. Even through the screen, I feel like a friend of everyone involved.
Hell yeah brother
Audience member for those who had trouble getting what he meant
yes, we are 🇺🇸
I had the opportunity to, for a brief moment, to meet the Thumb and Mrs. Thumb, amazing people. I can safely say the person you see in the videos is pretty true to life, and now I have signed Onward Research splinter sling.
That's called being parasocial :)
I would be interested to see another video on how these tactics/maneuvers change once you start taking casualties, especially when bounding away from contact.
No idea how the US does this but in my training it depends a shit ton. But if your guys can't move.. you need help of some sort for sure.
Yep i was just thinking of this. Seeing the far ambush drill, once they get over the hill i wondered "hmm what would you do if a guy gets hit on the exposed side?"
that is where a 249 would come into play. they are all using m4's/ar15's. being able to send more rounds will help with casualties along with calling out the distance/direction/description. Casualty out in the open is not good so it's better to try and get fire superiority before collecting fallen/injured to prevent more casualties. if the casualty is conscious you yell at him to see if he can move, fire back, take cover. if not, you move, fire back, and take cover.
Sometimes I feel like flannel daddy knows something we don’t and he’s just preparing us so we could all be armed civilians with a little bit of knowledge
Read the ranger handbook. It’s end all be all to all the battle drills man. If we have a casualty you focus on winning the fire fight first, you ask the casualty can he return fire, can he move to cover, can he apply self aid! At minimum you just get the casualty to cover and apply a TQ
This was a very interesting video. There is also a significant difference of mindset compared to my training as a Finnish recon NCO. Our goal was mainly suppress and exfil, because we were expecting to be outgunned against any Russian element we encountered. So get distance and call hell from our battalion mortar co and and artillery within range (Finnish system allows you to call in all guns in range without actually knowing where they are)
Wonder how the doctrine is going to change now
America is never out gunned, God bless 🇺🇸
Eipäs jaeta opsec-infoa netissä.
@@LarryJL bub, y'all just went NATO- say goodbye to OPSEC
@@topsecretintel4606 As long as the US keeps invading third world countries, probably not. But against an actual properly trained and equipped opponent, the US would face massive casualties.
Reminder to everyone that battle drills take a ton of rehearsals and practice and every unit has different SOPs. I can’t wait for more videos like this.
repetition until it becomes a second nature (immediate action), without the need to overanalyze or shouting too much orders.
And no matter what , until you are under fire you do NOT know precisely how you will react ? Keep that mindest and you will be fine. All trainig is in fact OJT and I can prove it easily !
yeah, airsoft LARPs are totally going to save our lives when the enemy has air strikes and guided munitions.
Educating the public? This is great Garand! Thanks for this, I am personally not old enough yet, but knowing this will be useful for the future. Thanks bro
Typed weird cuz they don't want u to know lol
Relatable actually, don't appreciate not being considered a human being until I'm 18
@@brianbohodeanu9083 exactly dude
The secret ingredient is cri-
@@brianbohodeanu9083 same.
One of the hardest things to learn with a team is avoiding those lulls in fire. Mag changes and malfunctions are going to happen it’s important to maintain sustained fire in those situations. You see it a couple times when they were running the far ambush drill. If someone is moving in contact someone should always be firing. It’s even harder with smaller teams because like here with a 2 man team, that one man has to pick up fire on his buddy’s mag change if that other team is moving. Also depending on terrain it takes a lot of practice to know when and where to bound. Sometimes you might have to take an extra bound or sit tight. The shit really is an art.
So you know the exact volume of fire someone should use at all times?
@@bunk95 No one knows that, he just said its very both difficult and important to maintain a consistent volume of fire across a team
@@REDACTED_shenanigans umph.
The collaboration of Spiritus & Onward Research/GT is proving to be not only entertaining, but very strong and beneficial for the gun community. I see another boom in growth and comradery on the horizon.
my daddy never told me he loved me :(
Hey, when you are busy LARP'ing with your meme 2A wanna be commando videos. The left is actually winning the real war. LOL. Patriots are embarrassing.
@@tilda140 Don't compensate for that. Just see a psychotherapist.
The direction of your content has shifted and I just want to say thank you! We need more people spreading knowledge like this in our communities. God bless you and your whole team.
Now it’s spread across to the enemy’s hands. Kinda catch 22
@@RyleKittenhouse 'the enemy'?
But it was gay.
@@RyleKittenhouse the foreign and domestic enemies already know this stuff...
@@Trevor-gu8bb BUT knowing that you know they know arms you with the knowledge to innovate than have no idea at all. Let's say a general rule of thumb and whatever lies beyond that is ALL YOU. So knowing it is still necessary than not knowing it pretty much.
So much of the "modern warfare" has been conducted in deserts and mountains. I'd like to see some tactics for how to run ops in woodlands like Michigan.
Netizen Warfare new modern war
Would love to see a Michigan ran operation
What do you see as being different? The principles are all the same.
@@brrrt7623a lot actually
The principles are the same but the reaction and employment aren't
Or Appalachia
If you've ever had Daddy Flannel show you that you don't know shit about shit, just to have him and his homies educate and build you back up, go ahead and hit that subscribe button.
I can't hit it anymore
This checks✔️out🤝🏻
Homies? Keep talking like that and we'll send you to slip and fall school.
Great this stuff goes back over 20years ago for me.
Re the airsoft pull smokes and waterproof. Duct tape and wax dip helps.
Nah
Wow taking a step back from my normal GT excitement...this is freaking incredible. You're sourcing knowledge and information that most of us would never have access to. Please keep doing your series like this it's a bigger deal than many will realize. Thank you
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Everyone has access to this info you can find almost every training manual online
@@tat1guzmk.28 indeed but most people don't know that, plus it's one thing to read it, it's another to see it performed .
As infantryman, I love having this guy as a resource feel like I'm becoming a better soldier every time I tune in lol
YOOO! This series is EPIC AF!
SOO GREAT your sharing this training for us civi forces.
Thank you all for your efforts in education, and your services in times of conflicts, as well as times of peace.
My instructors always spelled road/trail as DEATH. Nice to see the maneuvers and very good descriptions.
This channel has become my lifeblood. I cannot explain the feeling I get when I see an new “becoming deadly in the mountains” video
This becoming deadly in the mountains is by far my favorite series on youtube
Great video and I spent 3 years in a Recon PLT and 12 months deployed and it was very hard to get great at it and requires so much training. The Ambush is one of the most trained things both being the person Ambushing and the one reacting to the Ambush.
Edit: love the covering of basics and the way you explain them for those who don't know what's happening its so good.
This is definitely my favorite series, keep it up! Gear and guns are great but this information is much more valuable
I would watch every minute of a 5-hour ambush video. Thank you so much for making this. This really takes me back. It's been 22 years since I last donned the EGA, but when I watch these videos, I still smell gun powder. Also, my anxiety causes me to get out of breath and I start chanting, "I'm up, they see me, I'm down," but I wouldn't trade those memories for anything. Thanks again fellas. I'm looking forward to the next one.
That was the "best" dad advice I've seen on this channel so far! Wake up and hate yourself! Love it.
Edit: Also, make your videos as long as you'd like. I'll watch 'em. This channel has become such an incredible resource for learning these things!
Would love to see Mike’s dad in this series even as an opposing force participant while also offering same team insight
Travis Haley on your opposing force means you're just dead lol 🤣
@@mrdark9916 It is Turkey shootin' time of year...
Great videos as always guys. Some things I'd be interested as seeing as a civ (who has read a fair number of army manuals):
- How to handle somebody getting wounded in/around a contact scenario
- round conservation/ preparing for (possible) longer engagement during an engagement (bcuz as civ's we're not getting 'bailed out' by a nearby squad or calling in a brrrrps): If you only had 8 mags, 2 40mm smoke, and say 2-3 40mm HE or frags...how to know when to use ammo liberally, and what to hold back even as youre attempting to crush that enemy.
- Sun Tzu/Machievelli/ Robert Greene (33 Strategies of War): If you are trying to detach from a far ambush, preparing for a counter-ambush if they were to pursue...or maybe the enemy detachs and you then try to get to next hill over (in sight of their escape route) and try to initiate counter-ambush as follow up.
Just a couple topics I could see as being helpful to be covered by people with experience.
Round conservation. That’s something that you will not be really taught in a manual.
So I’m Recon, unlike the Infantry, we don’t have the numbers but we have the fire power for a Section sized element. The only one really going to be taught rate of fire is your 240 Gunner (Scouts don’t use SAWs, but replace all information with the SAW if need be). In recon your dismount 240 Gunner is the second most experienced guy in the team but in the Infantry your TL will let the gunner know to go from Rapid, Sustained, and Cyclic. (Cyclic is a Machinegunner/ Automatic Riflemen wet dream)
@@RealBrothaProduction Thanks for info my man.
I've watched a decent amount of helmet cam cahnnels like Funker530 to see the TL letting that SAW dude go cyclic (or sometimes somebody on a auto-GL system etc). It makes sense that the biggest one concerned about it is the SAW dude (seems like they carry maybe 3-4 drums). Since that is the squads/groups firepower.
I was thinking about 'rough estimates' about average # rounds spent in killing 1 enemy combatant (in recent times in Iraq/Afghanistan. I can't remember the stuff I was reading that was fairly believable sources, but it was something insane like 10k or 50k rounds. No doubt that is some average of all sorts (and might include your AC130 brrps spent etc).
But it had me thinking that if you were in a SHTF situation that 8mag +1 (or even 10+1) loadout isn't much. Even if your group has 10-12 ppl in it. you can go through that in a near engagement or CQB fairly quickly I'd imagine...
and was thinking about fact that civs or ppl in SHTF aren't goign to have no backup squad bail them out or get evac'd via helicopter, boat etc. Certainly no close-air support unless somebody starts selling DIY bayraktar tb-2 kits.
...so, in such shitshow you gotta have rounds to not only survive those engages but also to protect your ass in your 'retreat' back to your HQ/woods/whatever.
I imagine it'd be a very bad time if you survived 'going into town' to loot supplies from your woods HQ...survived CQBs for a few days only to have to trek back w/o any ammo while being chased by some buddies of those you just wrecked...bad ending to that scenario.
5:55 Yep, that's what got Reinhard Heydrich killed in Prague, the resistance figured out that he was leaving his headquarters every day at the precise same time, taking the same route. The only thing they weren't able to anticipate was whether or not he would have armed escort or not, so basically they just had to wait for the day without the escort to attack his car.
I am non military, however I just learned a lot of these tactics in a Small Unit Tactics course I took through an emergency response team I am on. It was instructed by a former Green Beret. Awesome to see it from a third person in action!
Got ambushed in an open field in Ghazni back in ‘12. I was an EOD team member so I didn’t have much actual combat training at all. The moment rounds started flying my head dropped to the ground so much faster than the rest of my body that I fuckin ate my EOTech and nearly broke my nose. My lip / nose was bleeding so bad, that when I eventually low crawled over to my TL he lifted my Kevlar to get a look at me and thought I was shot 🤣
After we had taken care of the problem, the adrenaline dump hit me so hard I threw up and felt like shit the whole 10 mile walk back to the cop. Good times.
Oh ghazni. What a great place. Fml.
Glad you are still here
Damn bro crazy story respect ✊
Thats the thing no one really gets right. Once that adrenaline wears off and the stress is gone, puke is most likely coming next.
I was in Sabari, do you remember Sabari in Khost probvince? I remember you all in Ghazni.
The ambush story told is most valuable... that is one hell of a commitment that he embodies. Background music is well deserved. Takes a special man. Thank you both
I would gladly watch a 5 hour long video. Diggin this series, keep it up!
I would too !
I love how you take advantage of the diverse land of WA. Urban, evergreen, and grass land. Would love to see a video in the desert side of the state.
This looks like E Wa bro he lives in spokane
Actually I think he moved to Idaho this year. Which is why the terrain changed in his videos.
@@Danefrak shiiiit I just moved there
Looks like base blue mountains, walla walla area
there is a good book from an argentine commando who succesfully survive an ambush from UK Royal Marines and not only survive the killzone but actually forcing the Royal Matrines to fall back leaving a shit ton of military equipment, it was in Murrel Bridge 1982
Good army field manuals I would suggest looking at would be FM 3-21.8 (Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad), FM 5-31.65 (Booby Traps), FM 3-25.26 (Map Reading and Land Navigation), FM 3-90 (Tactics), and finally FM 3-05.70 (Survival). Total Resistance: Swiss Army Guide to Guerrilla Warfare is also a good read, you can find all of these for free online.
Good stuff
Which manuals are useful for long range marksmanship and tactics?
didnt know about the last one, will definitely have a look. Always interesting to see perspectives on guerilla conduct from outside the USA
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YOU WERE MY BROTHER ANIKEN, I LOVED YOU!!!!
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YOU WERE DESTINED TO DESTROY THE SITH NOT JOIN IT!
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@@deadpleco3675 you underestimate my Kevlar
I appreciate this so much. I've watched this video several times. It will never capture the feeling of being there. It just helps us understand. Love you brother. Love your content. Thanks to you and all your team, all your contacts. It means a lot to me. A lot to more than you can imagine.
My god the quality on these videos is insane. This was better filmed than some movies (Sure a little shaky but still incredible well shot)
That's cause the cops produce it
@@rustyjohnson7796 The cops?
@@bernardoohigginsvevo2974 the "bad boys" if you will
Also bro if GT used a steadycam I think I'd nut
Man 2 videos with GT in one day. Both while crapping my brains out. The toilet gods are gracious.
Excellent Gentleman, right out of FM 7-8. All former GWOT Vet 11 and 03 series should be able to group up during any SHTF and operate like this. We all received the same training.
Great video. One thing I would add is, once contact is initiated and “CONTACT (Left, Right, Rear, Front)” is called, the disposition of the enemy may not be obvious, so calling out a 3 D’s (Direction, Distance, Description) report can be beneficial to coordinate and control the fires of your unit so you aren’t wasting ammo doing recon by fire. An example of that would be “CONTACT LEFT, 100 Meters. Second Floor, first window on the right.” In the Marine Corps we used ADDRAC for essentially the same thing, but a little more complicated. The Army’s 3 D’s is much simpler.
This here ^. 3 D’s and then controlling and setting fire rates are really the only big things missing from the video
The 3 D’s has been drilled into my brain, it irks me when people leave it out of battle drills and tactics lol.
the 3 D's, always good to ID target
army used ADRAC for fire control also
@@TheBlenderblob ah gotcha. I was under the impression the Army substituted ADDRAC with the 3D’s. Thanks for clarification.
I have learned so much. Love this series.
Fst Sgt used to always say never take the same route. Even on home soil.
The army manuals is a super underrated tool the amount of straight just information you can get out of that for free is pretty incredible… also sometimes there’s pictures!
i like to look at the pictures while snacking on some CRE's (crayons, ready to eat)
Where can you find the manuals reliably? Amazon has bad reviews siting missing pages almost all the time.
@@kerrimtthefrog1001 You shouldn't be paying for them, most of them are published on government websites.
@@johnmuir8305ah well, a fool and his money I suppose. I’ll keep trying Google then.
By far the best, most informative GT video to date! Please keep this up!
I have no streaming services, literally spend no money on entertainment. I became a Patreon supporter of garand thumb today.
Hey, when you are busy LARP'ing with your meme 2A wanna be commando videos. The left is actually winning the real war. LOL. Patriots are embarrassing.
lol this shit was cringe. Watching a bunch of middle aged guys LARPing with live fire drills? Guy should be showing us how to make traps; not airsoft COD LARP sims.
Do not listen to Adam. He's not what he claims. There are better resources.
@@EinarrRohling please elaborate, im quite curious
Not gonna lie, when the bullets started popping off my heart rate went up like 15bpm. What a fuckin rad video.
I used to work with a great team and we trained on this pretty hard for a while and it’s so beautiful to see two or more teams to work together and the plan to work when we put it into play in the field. I feel like we see eye to eye brother and I hope we don’t have to use these skills one day but if there is a chance in hell that we might we better always be training and always ready because when you get into the shit all you have is your training to rely on. You always hear “then my training kicked in” you will always stoop to the level or rise to the level of your training. Keep these instructional videos coming bro. Everyone should always be prepared to do things like this if necessary.
funny thing is, the "training" never kicks in because you're blown up by an IED before you get your LARP on. Gun fights are pretty cringe ngl.
I had the honor of some limited training with 5th SF in this regard. We had party balloons on sticks several good yards away when contact left was shouted. The extremely high rate of violent return fire not only sounded like a rain storm, but caught that side of the hill on fire too! That....was a "holy shit!" moment for me, which is why I was surprised about the Tongo Tongo ambush, knowing the level of pain I've seen these guys bring to the party.
Popping that smoke reminded me of the week my platoon singlehandedly set 3 fires on Camp Pendelton, one we stomped out. That one was as a 40MM CS that must have soft landed from a prior training day (we didn't' have any) and a "buddy" picked it up and tossed it to me, I seen the red stripe on it as it was coming to me. I helped it up over my shoulder and when it hit it went off and started a fire. We started stomping it out when the gas hit. Choking and slobbering we got the fire out and my left boot smelled of CS for months.🤣 Good video, brought back a lot of memories.
I have been waiting for thiiiisss!!! This series rocks so hard!
I am a total mountain fan (hiking/climbing) and this is super interesting for me.
Really excited for the upcoming classes being offered.
Every free man should become the hardest to kill that they physically can be.
When are classes?
@@Daytonaman675 as far as I know, TBA
I’M UP, HE SEES ME, I’M DOWN!! Great video!
Needed this knowledge when my MiL ambu-visited us by surprise. Taking notes to increase odds of survival next time, Mike, thanks!🙏🏼
Survival next time? You didn’t survive last time? TH-cam’s haunted y’all 😨
😜😂😂
@@It-b-Blair He ded
Today's an excellent day. I'm sitting in Starbucks reading Marine Core Doctrinal Pub 1-6 for fun, drinking a nice peppermint mocha like a real man, and I get a notification interrupting the chapter Philosophy of War. I think to myself "what is this? Nobody ever texts me (probably due in part to my choice of literature)". Check my phone and there it is; the long awaited episode of Become Deadly in the Mountains. Excellent
I'd watch a 5 hour training video that may end up saving my life one day. I'm sure I'm not the only one either. But hey it's cool if they're broken into smaller sections. Keep up with this amazing channel. Thanks for this one.
I'd watch the five hour ambush senecios vid if you put it out. Thanks for what you have done and continue to do! I especially like the dad advice at the end of each production.
You should look at the barrel and hatchet podcast on TH-cam. There b roll is like a high budget action film. And they run hours of it during their discussions.
Garand Thumb: No one would watch a 5 hour video of how to survive an ambush
Me: Yes I would 💀, give me a quiet Sunday like today and I would definitely watch that video.
The ambushing team automatically has an enormous advantage, and you can find your own team cut down by 50% almost immediately if they know what they are doing, 2-3 of your friends might fall before you even realize your getting hit.
The internet larping in the modern age is crazy.
IRL, they'd all be dead with one RPG.
Who was ever taught to hold hands like that?
@@SixtyEightWhiskey68 I know lol These guys are acting like we're still in the Vietnam era (no wonder we lost). Some Taliban zoomer would literally kill them all with his drone before they could get their tactical LARP on- it's ridiculous. These guys could be going over strategy, terrain, choke points, logistics, communication, actual shit that matters. Instead, they just want to post videos of them playing adult airsoft against ghosts. Ever heard of air support? IEDs? Guided missiles? Drones? Who are they fighting? Some poorly equipped Wakanda forever militia? No one in the modern era is dumb enough to play fire fight games.
@@tomdewitt248 You are way off base and probably have zero military background. Did you vote for Biden and pay your dues to antifa?
Sweet cape.
All jokes aside, great demonstration. It helps me realize how much I don’t know and need to learn.
Always called the “bounding” technique “leap frog”. We used to practice that between haybails while larping on our flat range in a field. Biggest thing we practiced was how to not shoot each other.
..... I'd pay attention to this Man ...... truly a real life ambushes do happen like he's explaining ...... very well presented Gentlemen ...
If you guys made a movie, i would totally watch it. Amazing camerawork and tone.
The real world examples were great. Good stuff as always. Like how you guys kept it text book
I love these instructional videos. It's really nice to have a clear breakdown on what to do if you happen to be lucky enough to survive the initial contact.
Former USMC engineer to infantry here. Love what you do and this is very helpful for so many.
yo, but this LARPing accomplishes nothing? There's air strikes and IEDs accounting for the KIAs- not live fire. Plus, now you have small backpack drones that can seek out enemy positions and fire. These drills are only good for fighting some poorly equipped african militia.
@@tomdewitt248 lol okay. They’ve only been utilized for the last century and remained relevant in every conflict since world war 2. You think wars are fought with a swarm of drones and aircraft alone? Why do we even have ground troops? Maybe, just maybe, against a meat peer enemy these techniques work. Hell they worked when goat herders employed them against us who were significantly more equipped with support.
@@BillHesse No, the goat herders won because they used IEDs. Check the casualties.
@@tomdewitt248 you don’t have to tell me how things worked. I was there. I know that ieds were the main cause of casualties. That being said there were small arm attacks and sometimes combined with IED. There were major operations involving close contact with the enemy and use of basic small unit tactics and fire and maneuver. Fallujah wasn’t taken with drones and air support. Infantry was the primary method of rooting them out.
There have been multiple examples in Afghanistan and Iraq were large operations of ground troops engaged with and were engaged with small arms fire. Perhaps you ought to expand your reading list. And besides, did you even listen to a guy who was in a literal ambush in this video?
It’s great seeing battle drills demonstrations with experienced people and also from birds eye view in real world terrain. More of these plz would be great. Also imagine just hiking and you’re getting a volley of fire from guys across the valley 😂😂
@Mike Hunt pretty sure it’s private land
@@Bootyeatter6969 yeah it's private land
Ah the fond memories of battle drills. Immediately brought back PTSD from a glorious place called flatwoods in louisiana.. “if it ain’t raining we ain’t training.” Awesome stuff! Lots of ways to tweak this stuff and make it your own. Learn the basics. 👏🏼🙏🏼
This is a pretty high level class on the most interesting topics shown with cinema level visuals. Great stuff. As good as anything you’ll ever see on the ole interwebs.
I'm not sure why you think we won't watch a 5 hour training class. I know the men and women in my group would. We love any kind of training and this is good stuff. Thanks!
Watching this got me the cotton throat feeling and my thighs wanting too build up acid.... This is truly one of the most basic drills you still need too maintain at a high standard, every opportunity you get with the team.
Embrace the suck, because it can always be worse. (Like try this in 6 feet of snow, no skiis or snowshoes) 😉
One thing I picked up on with the assault on the ambush was the amount of ammo shot. It’s been said a lot but a micro chest rig won’t suffice for this type of fighting, you need actual kit like they are wearing that will hold lots of ammo, smoke grenades, radios etc.
Personal experience; There's no such thing as too much ammo in combat..
Spot on. What 200rds! Can go in no time.
7 mags goes too fast
Man I love your channel, you look so professional, prepared and experienced and it´s very illustrative the way you show the scenaries, besides that, you and your team make it funny, enjoyable....focusing always in training and acquiring knowledge about to potentiate the abilities and reduce the risks ...keep it like that, you make a great job. Big hello from Costa Rica
great stuff, i would ABSOLUTELY watch a 2 or 3 hour video with this kind of info in it.
Constantly bringing valid points to our attention, that most people would never think of till it got them unalived! Thanks for another great video.
Can you please make more of these “in the mountains” videos please
He has 4 or 5 in the series now, but they take a LONG time to make. Coordinating these sorts of drills and bringing in knowledgeable instructors takes a long time, and that’s not even including the time it takes to edit them. As quickly as I want more info, I try to be patient because I know they take a lot of time and effort.
And if you like the deadly in the mountain series, watch the urban survival series as well. They all tie together. Watch, learn, train. Time waiting for new info, should be spent reviewing prior videos and training using the principals he presents.
@@plzdontshootmydog6256 yes I know they take a while, I just would like to see more of these in the future
When you realise surviving in the mountain was not what you've ever thinked to be.
This is so absolutely better than a television production would be! You have done outstanding work here Men and your information is valuable and clearly presented! Wonderful! ❤🖖🏼🇺🇸
What a amazing video. I think I learned more from this then my actual military schooling (USMC MCT) The quality of Garand Thumbs videos is insane I feel like I should be paying money to watch and learn something like this.
I think when the thousands of training tasks come down the planning of military training for basic infantry thing get squeezed out as only have x hrs. It then gets put into they will teach that when you get to unit.
Unfortunately you're probably right. Basic training is just that, basic.
Well you're not going to get shit in MCT. Just basics, all this is higher level infantryman training. Theyll be doing this many times a day this is their job...instead of your MOS.
This video is fantastic, would love to see one about issuing commands and roles in your fireteam
Thanks
Can we get a Garand Thump PT video? I have a pretty consistent workout regiment which I do every week which is mostly cardio and body weight exercises mixed with resistance training. Would love to learn more
Walk up and down the stairs of your mom’s basement a bunch. You’ll be shredded in no time
I now wonder how these drills would look down here in South Florida in a swamp/flat environment. I imagine being out of breath and dehydrated lots.
Awesome content!👍
Here in Florida, going 2/3 uphill means you have to go up to Atlanta
@@mrbojangles4155 very little hills in SFL. I'm more interested about a situation where we have to move through a swamp type environment. City streets flood very easily down here too.
@@mrbojangles4155 also it's a 9hr drive from my location to Atl.
Barrel and hatchet is based outta florida. If you check their channel they might have something for you. Same goes for operator anonymous on youtube.
Same, depending on where you're at in south FL. I was down in Miami most of my life. Everglades would be the only real terrain. I wouldn't wanna be there to begin with since you never know where deep swamp starts or ends.
I'm up in Sarasota now, there's more "forested" patches here and ft myers area with lots of land still. I just wish i had friends into this to do this kinda stuff with!
Best dad advice!
21:53 I thought Bravo peaced out while Alpha was reloading but you can't underestimate those mad skills of Garand Thumb, moving back at the exact time they started firing again
Dear Mike, Micah, and Charlie
Thank you for years of entertaining and thought provoking content. I’ve watched y’all’s channel grow from the early days, y’all keep taking it to the next level. Just wanted to let you know I fully surrendered my life to Christ several months ago (glad he’s your sponsor too) While I’ve professed to be a Christian for awhile it was hard letting go of full control. Why I’m sharing - I was doing a guided meditation with Lord the other day and his parting advice was to seek his advice first and love your wife. It dawned on me hey Garand Thumb and Admin mentioned that several videos ago. Simple yet profound. Thanks for the advice brother and I wish you all the best. Congrats on new website as well.
Love,
Kris
Really hope I'll have time to nail all this down before something pops off.. things seem to be getting crazier and crazier