Combat Footage coming out of the Kayar State of Myanmar captures a group of very optimistic Anti-Junta fighters engaging a military jet with an 80-year-old Bren Gun.

I don't know about you guys down in the comments, but I can appreciate the hustle here. It's very unlikely than an 80-year-old machine gun operated by a barely trained machine gunner is capable of shooting down a jet powered aircraft, but hey I respect the attempt at creating a battlefield moment in real life. That said, this was likely more detrimental to their combat operations than it was helpful. It probably served as a big beacon for the aircraft saying "Insert Warhead Here," and likely did very little to deter the aircraft from flying in the airspace.

For future reference, because I know some anti-junta fighters that speak English do read the analysis tab here on Funker530, I highly recommend going to section 6-64 in MCWP 3-15.1 wherein Section 14 you'll find an entire publicly available guide to shooting down fast moving jet aircraft with accurate machine gun fire. They don't want you to know this, but every non-classified warfighting manual ever made in the United States of America is free for download on the internet.

Have a nice day.

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Josh is an American writer and former USMC machine gunner with eight years of experience in ground combat arms throughout the GWOT. He is currently based in Texas and specializes in combat footage analysis and digital marketing.Follow Josh at OfficialJoshBrooks.com