Hey guys, when did the IRA ever use flame throwers? ...

Feel bad that David Wenham is narrating this - felt as though he had better taste...
 
I stopped watching when it said the IRA is unstoppable... right when they first described them.


And what the **** at the backwards image. I was thinking... wtf, is this some sort of weird language? Then I replayed the beginning and saw the rated TV 14 was backwards, on the right side. Whoever put that up is a fool.
 
I enjoyed the episode where they compared the Green Beret to the Spetsnaz.
 
Hokey said:
I enjoyed the episode where they compared the Green Beret to the Spetsnaz.
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I like the sound of that more than "Who has the bigger dicks? Terrorist Group A, or Terrorist Group B."

At least give me somebody to ****ing root for.
 
Well, they can't have Pirates vs. Ninjas on every episode.

Show is kinda dumb, I'll admit, but I like seeing some of that classic weaponry, and finding out that Pirates would win.
 
The "computerized" fights at the end is some of the cheesiest shit i've ever seen. I think it's a decent show overall though.
 
The show is a total joke, ridiculous like. And I don't get the IRA flame thrower thing either. As far as I'm aware, they never used one operationally.

Glad to see the ra win though.
 
"Fought the British military for thirty years and were sucessful"

Yes.

Because Northern Ireland isn't part of the UK these days, is it?

Comparible to the LPO-50?

Thats a bloody oxy-acyetaline torch! Look at that, then look at the footage of a real military flamethrower. That was just firing gas, no liquid fuel (probably for safety reasons) and isn't anything like a real FT.

Anyway, the comparible weapon in the IRA arsenal to the RPG-7 would be... the RPG-7. If you wanted to be different, well theres always the barrack buster mortars.

They give the IRA the nail bomb but the Taliban no form of IED?

They also got the wrong armalite - the IRA favoured the Armalite AR-18 "Widowmaker" (made right here in Essex by Stirling), not the AR-15. TBH toward the end the AK was more common than either due to supplies from US sympathizers drying up and arms shipments from Lybia.

Of course the real problem with the show is that its one big hardware wank and doesn't take into account combat stress or anything that makes combat rather different from firing on the range (like when those chaps were comparing the AR-15 to AK-47 - lets see them get those results when someone is shooting back)
 
I guess most of you .ie guys are quibbling over the tech they showed, which yes, accuracy in that regard is important, but what's great about this show is showing shit getting blown up, shot, stabbed, set on fire, etc. Who cares about "combat stress" and the like; the outcomes here aren't to be taken seriously. It's just an excuse to see gelatin dummies getting maimed and having people hoot and holler about it.
 
Aye, I suppose it's not supposed to be too serious.
 
The only episode of this show I've ever seen was the one with the spartan vs the ninja. Ninja got owned hard btw.
 
Oh, the shaolin monk episode was badass too. The hook swords, <3.
 
the latest episodes can bet viewed on spiketv.com

I just watched the SWAT vs GSG-9. It was a good episode.
 
VirusType2 said:
Well, they can't have Pirates vs. Ninjas on every episode.

Show is kinda dumb, I'll admit, but I like seeing some of that classic weaponry, and finding out that Pirates would win.
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Yea in Pirates vs. Knights.
 
The gun really didn't do too much vs a knight's plate armor. It was the blunderbuss that got most of the killing blows for the pirate.
 
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