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Russian Almost Blows Himself Up With RPG During Training
Youtube ^ | 24 Aug 2026 | Youtube

Posted on 08/24/2026 4:51:54 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

In the Ukraine War, a Russian soldier fires his RPG into the ground in front of himself during training. Funny video.

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From comments: "When Russians say special forces, they mean special."
1 posted on 08/24/2026 4:51:54 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Reckon his ears are still ringing?


2 posted on 08/24/2026 4:58:30 PM PDT by LouAvul (They're doing it again because you didn't hang them last time.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Another good one

Video
Russian troops mounted a machine gun on a fixed stand but it quickly went wrong
https://rumble.com/v7cmgn8-russian-troops-mounted-a-machine-gun-on-a-fixed-stand-but-it-quickly-went-w.html


3 posted on 08/24/2026 5:01:53 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Please don’t use google products, especially YouTube )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Dude is lucky that the Russkies were smart enough to give the RPG an arming distance of 5 meters.


4 posted on 08/24/2026 5:03:26 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: LouAvul

—”Reckon his ears are still ringing?”

His and the photographer’s, probably for the rest of their lives...


5 posted on 08/24/2026 5:08:18 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messag)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

—”Dude is lucky that the Russkies were smart enough to give the RPG an arming distance of 5 meters.”
Or an inert training round.

Either way, better lucky than good.


6 posted on 08/24/2026 5:14:56 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messag)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The video poster reminds of one of the propaganda stages that the Russia freepers used for a while, that “Russia isn’t doing better because they haven’t sent their best troops yet”, I think it was later that those freepers switched to a similar, “Russia has only held on to the territory they are stuck in, because they planned it that way, it is all they wanted”.

Since the propaganda posts never switched to “now the best troops have arrived, look at the incredible results in the difference”, I think that at almost 5 years in, we can guess that the best troops were wiped out early in the war, just as was reported.


7 posted on 08/24/2026 5:18:49 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Kids, do not try this home. He is professional Russian.


8 posted on 08/24/2026 5:21:09 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: ansel12

Old Russian saying: “Things are getting better! Yesterday was better than today, and today will be better than tomorrow...


9 posted on 08/24/2026 5:36:53 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messag)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Russian soldier isk stronk.


10 posted on 08/24/2026 5:54:05 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Russia wants to BLOW UP THE WORLD!!!!


11 posted on 08/24/2026 6:17:17 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: All

Oh c’mon, who hasn’t done this before? I remember it well. It was a Monday after a wild weekend with which I had not fully recovered. . . ,


12 posted on 08/24/2026 6:57:20 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Directive 10 -289 will be forthcoming.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

True, but I avoid explosives on general principles.


13 posted on 08/24/2026 7:07:36 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Fortunately, the audio track is in a foreign language, reducing the need for the string of BEEPS!


14 posted on 08/24/2026 8:32:39 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Wileyvich E. Coyotsky.

Even without understanding a word of Russian I could tell what the guy taking the video was saying.

15 posted on 08/24/2026 8:53:38 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT
You don't get Russia's best and brightest signing up for the meat-grinder in Ukraine.

When asked: why did you sign a contract with the russian army? 4 out of 5 answered: I was drunk. The 5th guy signed up, because he was hoping to stop drinking

16 posted on 08/25/2026 5:31:39 AM PDT by tlozo (“Russia war-Either money today or blood tomorrow," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk )
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