This clip, which has already been viewed by a half a million people, is supposedly the French part of the Canadian Army shooting an anti-tank missile. Personally I think it is a hoax, albeit funny.
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15. It could easily be real if the rocket engine doesn’t kick in. There is smoke coming out of the rocket suggesting the initial small push to get it out of the launcher worked as it should have.
But it also just as easily could be a prank on fellow soldiers. But that would be a pretty serious prank if that rocket was loaded with it’s secondary propellant.
I think back to when the lads and I were in Burma, or was it Myanmar?… No it was in the reserve army as a kid. We had these things called artillery simulators that I was told contained half a stick of loosely packed dynamite. Before they went off, they emitted a sound like an approaching artillery shell. Well, you could deactivate the explosive but keep the whistling noise. Every year some yahoo would throw one of these whistling devices into a tent. Guess how fast the tent cleared.
RBG
20.
The Royal 22e Régiment is an infantry regiment, and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the army.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_22e_R%C3%A9giment
6. Simply amazing. I would not have thought that kind of skill was possible with a helicopter. US Airforce should recruit him immediately.
Anybody catch the Myth Busters episode where they couldn’t even get the remote copter off the ground? Kudos to the camera dude, btw.
RBG
16. – oil of dog,
Can you say Urban Legend??
You might think so but I was shocked the first time I saw it done.
#15 – You’re right. It was a prank. Scared the crap out of the guys up close. Pretty hilarious. It would make a crummy hoax.
I don’t think it was a prank or a hoax. Sometimes, shit just happens.
26. Shit is just what would happen if that wasn’t a hoax not laughing!