I just heard this nam story and I think it's pretty solid you guys might like it.
>Be this guy
>In nam
>2nd lieutenant
>Working as an engineer, building a base
>every day some viet cong motherfucker on the top of a mountain plinks at the bulldozers
>It's kind of annoying but he's a terrible shot
>One day a major arrives
>He brings a giant trailer
>Trailer is full of grenade launchers and tons of ammo
"What are you doing here major?"
"We're going to kill this guy"
"Why?"
"Because he shoots at you every day."
"But he always misses they'd replace him with someone who can actually shoot"
>Major ignores the lieutenant and hands out weapons
>Lieutenant sees a tree up on the mountain move
>Definitely not the sniper
>Lieutenant doesn't want to kill the sniper
>Tells everyone the sniper is hiding in the tree
>Tree gets lit the fuck up by a battalion of guys with M79s.
>The ground shakes
>Toothpicks rain everywhere
>Next day
>Guy goes to take a smoke beneath a guard tower
>Shot rings out
>Puff of dirt next to him
>The sniper could have easily hit him
>The sniper didn't
>tfw enemy sniper thanks you
>>30303016
Fucking retarded bullshit
>>30303016
Is this bait?
>>30303016
Hmmmmmmm. I doubt it, unless they were lovers in the night.
>>30303016
>building a base next a fucking mountain
>not being able to get rid of one single sniper who's operating from the same spot every day
>vc sniper operating from the same spot every day
>major bringing a giant trailer full of grenade launchers
>hands out grenade launchers to everyone
>recon is done by lieutanant
>bad sniper suddenly shoots extremly precise
>misses lieutenant
>lieutanant knows sniper wants to thank him
dude all this fucking bullshit sounds like a 12 year old made it up
>>30303016
are you done?
>>30303016
OP's story is pretty much an adaptation of the MASH episode "5 O' Clock Charlie"
i don't care how hippy that lt was, he would've told them the snipers position.
if he didn't, some engi would go "hey, over there at 11oclock" and they would vaporize him
bullshit/10
>>30306763
The first part sounded believable. I think it's a bad game of telephone.
>A vet told a 17 year old real story
>He told it to 15 year old younger brother
>He told it to 14 year old cousin
>He told it to a middle schooler
>Our resident 12 year old gives us this
>>30306804
To be fair I did overhear it so maybe I missed some shit
>>30306763
you forgot
>lietenant knows there's a sniper targeting the base from the mountain every day
>walks up to a guard tower to take a smoke in the open
>be history prof
>be radio guy in vietnam
>every day see guy in a suit ride bike by base
>30 minutes later hear sks fire ten times
>sometimes hear rounds ping off shit around him
>no one ever hit, nothing ever broken
>30 minutes later see guy ride by again
>rinse, repeat.
they called him ten shot mihn.
>be bored on base
>drinking cheap beer with buds
>one of them tosses it over the wire trying to hit a mine
>everyone joins in
>cant hit it, run out of beer cans
>decide to use rocks instead
>get a few hits, doesnt set it off
>some officer (dont remember rank) sees and chews them out
>says theyre all "limp wristed chode suckers"
>"real men throw rocks with a real arm, how you gonna pop charlie with a grenade if you cant pop a mine with a rock"
>tosses a rock to show them how its done
>significantly larger and heavier than what they were throwing
>actually hits the mine
>entire base on alert for the next 36 hours because "charlie" tried to rush the wire
>>30306922
I don't care if it's true, that's pretty damn funny