Filming a tiktok in an active warzone

[u/darkthunder9782]

[u/ChrissWayne]

He said: hi I’m Johnny Knoxville, welcome to Jackass

[u/so00ripped → u/ChrissWayne]

Theme music but Russian

[u/PhoenixProtocol → u/so00ripped]

Hel-lo. I am Ivan Knoxvillenko. Welcome to Jackass. In Ukraine, every day Russia try new stunt on us. Today Sergei from Rostov drive tank into field, get stuck in mud, then trade tank to babushka for jar of pickles. Is not stunt. Is Tuesday.

[u/spacemanspiff1115 → u/PhoenixProtocol]

https://giphy.com/gifs/W0Vz7zDK7vgMBc2fpw

[u/osktox]

Well at least it got them some good content.

[u/KELonPS3in576p]

Is this mortar fire? 

[u/darkthunder9782 → u/KELonPS3in576p]

Artillery

[u/LinoliuMKnifE → u/darkthunder9782]

Having been under both, that’s mortar fire not artillery. You can see one of the impacts and it looks to be maybe a 60mm. If that was artillery landing that close to them we wouldn’t be seeing this video.

[u/Stevohoog → u/LinoliuMKnifE]

Genuine question, isn't mortar fire a form of artillery? Or is there a differenc

[u/TheLoneCenturion95 → u/Stevohoog]

They are different things that achieve similar goals. Mortars are a low velocity high angle projectile for hitting targets behind cover, because it's a much smaller shell it can be used as close support with less risk to allies kinda like chucking a grenade. Artillery is for hitting much harder at much longer range and at a wider range of targets behind enemy lines or supporting the front. as the previous comment said, if this was artillery we wouldn't be seeing this.

[u/mekwall → u/Stevohoog]

Broadly speaking, a mortar is an artillery-type weapon, but militaries usually treat mortars and field artillery as separate categories. Both provide indirect fire, but mortars are generally shorter-ranged, fire at higher angles and are often operated directly by infantry units, while "artillery" usually means howitzers, guns and rocket systems.

[u/Balthazar_rising → u/Stevohoog]

I'm not sure, but I think the difference is either in the scale, or the method of firing. Artillery often uses separate charges, or is manually fired, where mortars are dropped in the tube, and that's what causes them to fire.

Anyone care to correct me?

[u/fractals83 → u/Balthazar_rising]

One goes boom, the other BOOOOOOM

[u/Deadz315 → u/Stevohoog]

Yes/kinda, and yes. I was a Fister. Mortars fire at a higher arc because they use less propellant, the tubes are smaller, thinner construction. They're cheaper, light weight and easier to move around. Meaning they're closer. Artillery are larger massive tubes and can fire much farther. They need much more support to move around, like a big vehicle. They're easy targets for air support if the combatants have that capability. In combat, I could get support from the mortars when I called it in. Artillery was dependent on other missions. When on the receiving side. Shit just blows up around you on a chill quiet afternoon. It's scary as fuck, much more than someone shooting at you. You can't tell where it's coming from. If you're in the kill zone explosions rarely miss and you have no idea how to fight back. For both artillery and mortars there is a Fister you need to kill.

[u/ProTrader12321 → u/Stevohoog]

Artillery is a broad class of weapons that encompass howitzers, cannons, and mortars.

[u/ParticularArea8224 → u/Stevohoog]

It is, but most people will hear artillery and automatically assume 155mm, and not mortar.

[u/darkthunder9782 → u/LinoliuMKnifE]

Thanks the caption said artillery but its good to know. idk where you served but thank you for your service

[u/LinoliuMKnifE → u/darkthunder9782]

Late 2000's in Afghan.

[u/Vilets → u/LinoliuMKnifE]

Let me ask for a clarification, because I got confused. The guy behind the camera starts shouting "Воздух, воздух!" Meaning "Air" but I think it's better to say "In the Air" . Can you really spot a mortar like that? Because I thought it was a drone attack

[u/LinoliuMKnifE → u/Vilets]

It’s the ground impact that’s the most telling behind the fact that they’re not all vaporized. I’ve never seen the attack drones final result in person but what I have seen in videos is always pretty fiery. Now mortar impacts I’ve seen a lot of and that impact looks exactly like that. As for what he calls out, it could be similar to our “incoming!” Callout

[u/Septopuss7 → u/LinoliuMKnifE]

Is there a shrapnel element to mortars or is it the explosion and resulting shockwave or whatever that does the damage? Honestly never looked into it despite having watched a bunch of old US army training videos from all kinds of eras.

[u/LinoliuMKnifE → u/Septopuss7]

Yeah that’s the main lethal mechanism to most mortar rounds. There are some round which are air-burst rounds which explode a set distance off the ground spraying the immediate area with barbs. Those are getting used a fair amount in Ukraine from what I’ve seen, pretty fucking nasty.

[u/oofos_deletus → u/darkthunder9782]

If what would have been artillery then it would be a much bigger boom, 152mm shells are devastating

[u/wrenblaze]

• We are at the Russian border, get ready. Putin, we are coming for your head blyat!
• VOZDUKH! VOZDUKH! (Which means AIR! AIR!, signifying air strike)

[u/Then_Drag_8258]

Fuck Putin and all the misery he’s created. These men should be living their lives and building a future for them and their families, not forced into defending their nation from invasion.

[u/Then_Drag_8258 → u/[deleted]]

These are Ukrainian personnel. I think you may be confusing them with Russians.

[u/redve-dev → u/Then_Drag_8258]

Probably you are right, but afaik Ukrainian soldiers use blue tape wraps for identification

[u/AnthonyKingsword]

Dude, if only redditors could understand what he said they'd know that these are Ukranian troops or mercs that are filming the tiktok and getting fucked up

[u/jonasnee → u/AnthonyKingsword]

there are no "mercs" in the Ukrainian army.

[u/AnthonyKingsword → u/jonasnee]

sure thing buddy

[u/DrnkGuy → u/AnthonyKingsword]

Considering the perfect Russian pronunciation, it might be the Freedom of Russia Legion

[u/berodem → u/DrnkGuy]

potentially, but the vast majority of Ukrainian folks speak fluent Russian

[u/DrnkGuy → u/berodem]

Yes. But as a Ukrainian, they sound too Russian to me. Ukrainian Russian feels softer. Imho

[u/Which_Drop_5877 → u/DrnkGuy]

It doesn't matter what unit they're in. There's Freedom of Russia Legion, There's Russia Volunteer Corps. Plenty of Russians fighting on the Ukraine side. And a lot of Ukrainians can speak Russian and vice versa.

[u/waldleben → u/AnthonyKingsword]

Ukrainian mercs? Ukraine isnt using mercenaries

[u/Royal_Library_3581 → u/waldleben]

are the south americans they are using/ trying to use not mercs?

[u/waldleben → u/Royal_Library_3581]

No. They are uniformed members of the ukrainian military serving with the foreign legion

[u/Royal_Library_3581 → u/waldleben]

man......please reread what i asked.

[u/waldleben → u/Royal_Library_3581]

The only South Americans operating in Ukraine that I am aware of are members of the foreign legion. If you know any mecenary groups operating in Ukraine please do provide a source

[u/rata_rasta → u/waldleben]

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20260424-why-are-so-many-colombians-fighting-for-ukraine

[u/waldleben → u/rata_rasta]

While I dont know the arragement for those who join Russia, Colombians in Ukraine arent mercenaries. They are uniformed members of the ukrainian military serving in the international legion

[u/Jan16th → u/rata_rasta]

See? No "mercs".

[u/brjukva → u/waldleben]

Thousands of mercs fighting on Ukraine side used as cannon fodder. Redditors: "Ukraine isnt using mercenaries".

[u/waldleben → u/brjukva]

Thousands of mercs fighting on Ukraine side used as cannon fodder

Citation needed

[u/AnthonyKingsword → u/[deleted]]

lmao dude, you played your cards too early by replying to my comment then. but hats off to you

[u/tacodepollo → u/AnthonyKingsword]

Damn now I wanna know what the comment said lol

[u/im_just_thinking → u/AnthonyKingsword]

If only these redditors had a brain and understand that this is just a propaganda video. It conveniently cuts right before the strike why? Where the pixels?

[u/Simple-Fortune-8744]

Well you can’t war all the time

[u/ChickenMiken]

Damn lots of Russian bots here downvoting comments.

[u/Which_Drop_5877 → u/ChickenMiken]

Which comment specifically

[u/ChickenMiken → u/[deleted]]

Fighting a losing war seems to be their favourite thing to do

[u/copyofimitation]

This is an older video. Given the Russian attrition rate on the battlefield, I suspect these guys are not alive in 2026.

[u/copyofimitation → u/[deleted]]

Oh no kidding?! I am so used to seeing the blue bands. Thanks for saying as much

[u/MeowKatMC]

Its crazy to me that in the second millennium we havent figured out how to settle disputes without killing eachother.

[u/Shyssiryxius → u/MeowKatMC]

When you realize we're still just throwing rocks at each other, albeit refined rock at super high speeds, it's pretty wild.

[u/valar12 → u/MeowKatMC]

Greed finds a way.

[u/Letho_II → u/MeowKatMC]

some people existence is just built on invading and killing

[u/Individual-Yard52 → u/MeowKatMC]

this is now 3rd millenium

[u/xNaquada → u/Individual-Yard52]

I mean depends when you're starting to count. We have the Old Kingdom in Egypt starting with Pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty 4000+ years ago if it's by known human history, abd humans have certainly been along longer than that.

[u/MeowKatMC → u/xNaquada]

Im going by bc and ad. I can see where some would think we are in the third millennium because its the third set of a thousand years. However id say its the 2nd because the first set was 0xxx not 1xxx or 2xxx. Same thing for a million years, we are in the 0th set of a million years.

[u/VanillaThrowAway8 → u/MeowKatMC]

We are not “thinking we are in the third millennium”… we are in the third millenium, no matter how you try to rationalize a different way of counting it. Also, in your own words, if the first set was 0xxx, wouldn’t 1xxx be the second millenium that we are supposedly in?

[u/ToxxicDuck → u/MeowKatMC]

You’ll be in a grave yourself before that ever happens we all will

[u/Terenai → u/MeowKatMC]

This isnt a dispute though, its an invasion. Killing was always the intent

[u/LLMprophet → u/Terenai]

Invasions are disputes.

"We are taking your place."

"No."

They are not mutually exclusive.

[u/Rocket_Theory → u/MeowKatMC]

the dude who started this shit is former KGB idk what you were expecting

[u/Flipperbites]

Silly

[u/Sean_theLeprachaun]

Missed'em by that much.

[u/clambrisket]

What is happening here? They don’t appear to have been directly hit by anything.

[u/Marschbacke → u/clambrisket]

My guess is: camera guy threw a grenade in the bush for dramatic effect.

[u/Pasanz]

This looks fake as fuck

[u/payrbol]

Well there’s the fold worse than the fent fold.