Civilian here, was standing upright and not moving for 10 seconds while also drawing attention to his unit's location a mistake?

This is weird as shit- this is at least the FIFTH time I've seen a video where a guy using a PKM in this manner gets killed almost immediately by some distant rifleman.

It's almost like... it's almost like that's a terrible way to use a light machine gun, unless you're advancing and suppressing? But it looks like these guys are pinned down (been in almost the exact same situation, this is what a lot of "combat" looks like in Iraq/Afghanistan- buncha dudes sitting around in cover on rooftops exchanging rounds occasionally), and based on the tone of speech and faces, I think this moron got himself killed trying to be funny. Hear me out.

"Oh no brothers, we are pinned down, we have been stuck here for two hours! But I, Akhmed, am no coward, and I have a PKM! Hey, Mohammads #1-12, watch this!" So Akhmed stands up and sprays some bullets downrange while his buddy films it. Maybe he wanted a video to send to his little girlfriend back home.

Regardless, I will tell you that there is ZERO CHANCE any of those rounds the retard fired actually hit anyone, or even startled anyone. There was a man out there somewhere, calmly looking down the sights of his rifle, probably a little stunned and overjoyed and the stupidity of this one. He was probably dialing in his sight while the retard was shooting, and was fortunately quick enough to get back on target and fired before the retard finished shooting. The projectile was already on its way.

Mildude larping Rambo faces reality head on.

What good shot man!

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