Understood Stealth, thank you for the clarifications as well everyone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyk7e0VMwmwCheck this video out. Notice at 2:15 the incoming rounds, and the snap coinciding with the impacts into the soft vertical wall (you can barely see the impacts due to the material they are hitting). Then notice that the "thump" of the rifle fire is 1/2 to 2/3 of a second AFTER this sound. Much different then the BS video. There is also DOZENS of helmet cam videos on Funker's site that are excellent. Each of them has a notation of the unit involved at the very LEAST, and in some cases much more information, such as the location, and the exact troops involved. They also have other faces, voices, much larger dust sprites - a lot of things this staged video being discussed doesn't.
Also I agree with Junky in some respects, I've not always heard the incoming fire either being mostly inside a vehicle when it's began, and if you are wearing any kind of a headset system it becomes much harder. The headset I used would block out a lot of really loud stuff, and amplify the quieter sounds, which can screw up your sense of sound as well if that feature is enabled. That said, I've heard a lot of fire without anything on my ears both outgoing and incoming, just not all the time depending on the circumstances.
As for the arguments for and against the sounds/dust, these are just a small part of my argument against the authenticity of the video. Remember, these strikes COULD be coming from a real military rifle or MG - my point is that I don't believe that whatever made them is coming from the Taliban in the hills in the distance where this guy was shooting, that they originated from an accomplice behind him. It's very easy with a large caliber paintball or airgun even to make those close strikes by his feet, and even easier to replicate the ones further away.
I STILL can't believe ANYONE can buy that hit on his m203 when he rolls/flips the rifle from his hands, then doesn't check himself once in over a minute while claiming "he's hit" a dozen times vocally. Also, I don't know of anyone who has been hit by 4 different bursts of fire, one of them in the head, and not gotten a "scratch" as he claims. I mean seriously, what are the odds of being hit FOUR times in about two minutes or less, all in different locations, and having everyone hit either your front/rear plate, or your helmet. Ridiculous.
Also, yes I know Anderson Cooper did a spot on this. Dara Brown at MSNBC was the first reporter to do a "wide" story on this. This is the reason FOX news has been foaming at the mouth the last 24 hours and called me half a dozen times since I tipped them off regarding this- they want to make their competitors look stupid, as they apparently haven't ran a wide story on this yet like they did. Yet for some strange reason, with all the investigating power at their command, they STILL cannot get a response regarding the authenticity, origin, or even the name of the unit or location this video apparently occurred. A little strange for a "real" video, don't you think? With one of the major news agencies involved, I'm confident the facts and truth will come to light, very shortly as well. I know Funker530 is a Canadian, and I think that he was just duped by this video, and didn't intentionally post it knowing he would make some extra money and exposure, as every single other video I've seen of his appears legit. The reason they appear legit is they have NONE of the problems or issues described regarding this staged video.
Anyhow, I respect everyone's opinion to BE their opinion, and there IS logic in saying that calling this video out to be BS without absolute proof is wrong, and as I said from post number 1, if I'm wrong, hey, I'm wrong and my instincts and process failed me, but I do believe I'm correct.
The truth will come out, it always does. As far as the "reduction" in rank Junky mentioned, if this guy IS a soldier and just made this video up as a laugh and it got loose, I'd say he may be facing some serious punishment as well. If he intentionally claimed to Funker when he sent this in to him that he's a hero for saving his unit that was under fire, I bet there is a court martial over it (I'm not US Army, so I don't know the criteria, but in the Canadian Army he would be for sure). I feel badly for Funker, as his little site he has going is an excellent collection of videos of troops under fire, and I only wish he would have taken the time when I first asked him a bunch of questions regarding this video to answer them. He could have easily gotten the video down long before it went viral and ended up on national news while he checked out who sent it to him, and from where etc.
Final Points of the day: He claims he was doing "recon on the village to gather intel" or some such nonsense. Recon insinuates this was an intel gathering operation. Is the US Army real big on letting films made for intel gathering purposes hit UTube? For that matter, would a recon element get into a protracted firefight in the first place and not bug out, or at least try to? Recon Guys I know have all said that this is contrary to what recon does in the first place.
Also, head direction. Notice how he keeps his head down and forward as much as possible, even when calling out to others? "hey, I'm moving down the hill" or "lay down some effing fire". Wouldn't you turn your head, even slightly towards the direction you were yelling? No, his head stays pointed straight downhill, not even really towards his 'arc', and doesn't move once while calling out to others. The reason I believe is that there IS no others there for him to be calling. Just think about it - when you yell at somebody, no matter the circumstance, you turn your head towards them by human nature - you don't look away from them then call out. Do you? Watch any other video of guys under fire using yelling out vocal commands or information - their heads always turn up the line, or in the direction of the person they want to call the information too. Yet helmet cam man in this video doesn't.
