Oldest Trick in the Book

I thought the whole helmet-on-a-stick-to-draw-enemy-fire-trick only worked in the movies!
Soldier tries to draw fire with a helmet on a stick

8 responses for Oldest Trick in the Book

  1. old prof says:

    Where do you find this stuff? Are you shooting it yourself in your garage?

  2. keegan says:

    It doesn’t work. Little does the poor guy know the man shooting at him is holding an rpg, oops.

  3. it’s not what you think. It’s part of an army talent show. It’s sort of a puppet show.

  4. jason says:

    if you like that, check this out. it is a demonstration on how not to fire an RPG. it is graphic.

    • Link removed. See next Comment.
  5. josh says:

    Jason – I removed the link because it was pretty disturbing and you never know what little kids might be lurking around. If anyone wants to see it would it be ok if they emailed you?

    You can ID them ;)

  6. jason says:

    that is fine. i actually intended to email that link to you for the reason you stated, but my brain stopped working. the point is that the people fighting in Najaf are not the most sophisticated. i know guys who would call them names so they would pull their rifle out of hiding.

  7. dave says:

    I wonder, if this really was a puppet show, what the character is saying. I think that he’s the narrator that comes on at the very end to morally sum up the lesson that we learned from the story.

    “And so we see the lesson that we all learn when we don’t head the training manual and fire the RPG inproperly”

  8. Micah says:

    I’m going to have to disagree with you Josh, the oldest trick in the book is the one where, in a fist fight, you pretend you’re doubled over in pain but really you’re preparing to whip around and blind your enemy with a fistful of dirt.

    I believe the helmet-on-a-stick is the second oldest trick in the book.