🎬Movie: Hyena Road

Your Squad/Team Leader tells you to put a round somewhere..you don’t say anything, you put it there. Ammo is cheap, regret is too expensive and life is precious.

20 years later I’m STILL avoiding road patches and watching overpasses

I remember being a driver and gunner in a 4 vehicle humvee convoy. We were PSD (personal security detail) for a Lt. colonel. Many times I had to tell my convoy to stop and they brought out EOD to remote detonate a burlap sack that was wired to blow. For the first few years driving state side, I would drive like I was in Iraq. Avoiding suspicious looking objects on the sides of the road. I got stopped by a police officer and he asked if I was intoxicated. He realized I wasn’t and I explained to him that my head was stuck on a swivel after just recently ETSing after my return from Iraq. He let me go and sighed and told me to try and let go of that stress. It took me a few more months but I truly was going through severe PTSD. Currently it’s not driving but I am still always strapped. I used to carry a sew kit in case I got cut I could sew myself up. I was a great soldier but with that comes many quirks. Not every lesson learned in war translates to civilian appropriate actions.

My driving instructor was a retired police force defensive driving instructor. He was sensational. He has saved me & my kids many times with his wisdom regarding road conditions. Never underestimate oil, ice, snow, gravel, sand, trees and bushes in bad places etc. drive for conditions & pay attention.

If it looks wrong and feels wrong... then it's wrong. Training, experience, observation, and instincts... working together it saves lives.

When the sniper tells you to stop moving trust him. He sees something you don't

Have 2 close friends that were part of Hyena Road. When the movie came out and we went with them to watch it in theatres, Mike had to get up and walk out. We found him shaking in the hallway. PTSD hit him so hard, especially with the real life footage of the soldiers carrying the caskets off the plane at the end. Mike was part of that footage, carrying his friends and he was brought RIGHT back there. Takes moments like this to really understand how traumatic war is on one’s self.

The Raufoss he's talking about is an incendiary round made in Norway. The Raufoss Mk 211 is a .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) multi-purpose anti-materiel high-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition projectile produced by Nammo under the model name NM140 MP. It is commonly referred to as multipurpose or Raufoss, meaning red waterfall in Norwegian. This refers to Nammo's precursor company Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, an ammunition manufacturer established 1896 in Raufoss, Norway.

Movie is Hyena Road It’s about a Canadian squad in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan.

$125 bucks per Rafus round. It's an Armor piercing Tungsten penetrator incendiary explosive round and worth every penny.

Luckily I found all IEDs that were in my path. Thanks to the intel and training. One time I was the front runner out in the area a tcn’s truck stalled out so another convoy passed me. I told them not to and a couple hours later we passed them and their front vehicle was gone. Only a tire and tow bar was left. I had an MRAP they had a Humvee. It really sucks but I blame whatever unit it was for having a humvee as a front vehicle. I guess what I’m saying is concentrate on the lives you save(d) but remember those who you lost. What is meant to be will be. If you dwell on the past it will consume you and you’ll for sure not be focused on the present and lose the future. Lost way more soldiers stateside after the deployment than we did in Iraq.

Shout out to our Canadian brothers.

that single, $125 round just saved millions of dollars and the lives of many men

As a Marine Corp vet who served 2 tours in the Kandahar province ... This movie is pretty accurate.

Thank you to all of our military personnel. We love and appreciate you. ❤

Big thanks to every single brave woman and man, from USA and Canada and all our alliances and their families for everything they have and still do because the memories do stay with you forever.

You know what's messed up. I still either turn around or ride around any trash in the streets. It's been 46 years .

Didn’t think I’d see Canadian armed forces in movies. Nice

If anything feels off, even if it's just a feeling, following your instincts and intuition can serve you well.

When I worked at an armored car company my truck partner used to laugh at me for looking up at this 2nd story overpass/walkway that crossed over my path into the building. One day he finally asked me "What do you think there are going to be snipers up there?" and all I said was "If I were going to rob us that is where I would be."

From the documentaries that I have seen, and the interviews…yep. Spotters are insane. Snipers are brilliant, but spotters are truly scary. Trained to see the weirdest shapes and out of place things. Love this scene. True veterans can pick it apart but as a civilian this seems really accurate to the descriptions I’ve heard of Middle East war veterans.

This technique in Military EOD is known as SMUD (Stand-off Munitions Disruption) A soldier uses his service weapon to disrupt and neutralize munition from a standoff distance in order to achieve a low-order detonation.) You can basically shoot an IED from a long and safe distance with an Armour Piercing Incendiary...

Everyone seems to forget how often Canadian Special Forces were asked to do the most dangerous operations in the Middle East.

Could be wrong but I think it’s called hyena road

I've been reading several of these comments. Doing so has gave me an overwhelming urge to shout-out to all of you that served. Sincerely from the bottom of my heart I thank you for your bravery and your sacrifice. Thank you

All of the vets in the comments here… my dad my uncle my grandad and my grandmother are all vets who survived war over seas and lived it every day since they came home. And I want to say thank you. ❤❤🙏🙏💙💙 It’s not much, but every day I want you to know someone is sending their love and gratitude to you.

Turn the music up a little more, I can still hear them talking.

Better to be overly cautious and alive, than the alternative.

Good instincts combined with training and experience.

"Legolas, what do you see with your eyes?"

The cgi on this one

That's when you trust yourself and your training.

I love Hyena road. I’ve watched it so many times I’ve lost count. Great movie out of Canada! Chris, Western Australia 🇦🇺

That boom even took them by surprise

Nice to see other coalition forces in movies for once

Canadian military :D

In the third shot, during the “incendiary round” you could see an ammo box looking thing in the scene when he scopes the patch on the road. It wasn’t there in the prior shots. As a sniper myself, my eyes are still trained like this squad’s leader.

If the enemy is moving, it's an _obstruction_ If the enemy is staying for the night or resting , that's an _ambush_

Yes Canadians were there and died there. I stood on the Highway of Heroes when they were brought home. Along with hundreds of others...

Soldiers in overwatch identified something not normal in the area. They assessed it was an attempt to target a vehicle mounted patrol on its way to what they had identified. The dark patches in the road stood, it indicated they were newly laid. Insurgents had observed their enemy using that route and assessed they would do so again. It would not have been surprising for there to have been dismounted enemy nearby waiting for the lead vehicle to take damage and block the route forward. Dismounted enemy to the rear and flank had the ability to cover the ambush by fire and increase the casualties.

This is a really underrated movie and you should all watch it.

Accurate depiction of Canadian roads

When my brother in law came back from his second tour he passed trash pile on side of highway he had a anxiety attack pulled over called his mom me and his sister was their we were all calming him down gave him anxiety cause while serving the first and second tour he was in a humvee that got flipped over a huge ditch he survived that 1 the second tour there humvee got blown he said like just flipping really fast till final land he got injured in that one but not bad thank goodness

Well that pit in the road reflects a shadow across, so there would be a sniper nest 🪺 on the rear end with the sun facing south from them, that would allow them to reflect light off their range finder to capture light frequencies from an accompanying camera capture card connected to a terminal that processes light frequencies. In order to spy on incoming signals and traffic while they pass through or to set up the flow of incoming channels to make it easier to capture straits and pathways from a distance perspective.

How bad do you want you VFX? This movie: yes

Roufoss rounds were only available in 50 BMG and 20mm. The sniper isn't using either size rifle.

Thank you Lord for all service people and for these guys knowing what to do in this situation

There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions.

On Amazon atm. Rossif n Paul are great in this. Really explains the layers n complexity of politics in KC. Superb.

Crazy bullet

I still immediately spot every blemish, piece of trash, pothole, etc. in every road..

Raufoss = Norwegian ammo, made in Raufoss Ammo factory, Being used even too take out target behind concrete.

The Raufoss Mark 211 is more than just an incendiary round It’s actually an explosive armor piercing round but good call for a TV show.

After 2 tours. Route clearance fucked me up for years. Seeing trash, dead animals, vehicles getting really close. Still wouldn't give up my experience and the brotherhood. All worth it. All you vets out there, stay strong. I love you all and God loves you. Keep your heads up.

That is someone who knows their job

And then people don't understand that some soldiers and people in that region have ptsd or panick just by seeing something that could be no no over there..😢

“SOUND CHECK!” “I CAN’T HEAR!”

This is the PTSD our soldiers have to deal with coming home. I work in asphalt industry and we sell asphalt to state and county workers to do patch work. I've brought up this to management to put up some kind of marker on the shoulder to relieve soldiers stress knowing when they see the marker they know its safe to cross...

One of the saddest endings in a movie

Hyena Road was such a good movie

Gut feeling. Instinct. Spider senses. Guys this is why it is important to 'feel' your emotions and to trust in them. Females your emotions/ feelings are not irrelevant. Flipside - it works both ways.

That moment when your instinct tells you something's wrong, but you can't prove it.

Whatever u do in life.. remember...*three times the charms*

What an absolutely wicked film. I loved it. The ending was a bit brutal on the old emotions but defo worth a watch.

NOTHING speaks LOUDER., than that .., little birdy 🎵🐦

In wars before Iraq/Afghan, they solved this problem by sending vehicles with locals in over the road first

Hyena Road

Intuitive ness is part of surviving ❤

Tech advice and fact checking was lacking on this otherwise excellent film. PGW Coyote's largest caliber is 7.62x51 NATO. The Raufoss round, made by NAMMO, is .50 Cal. That would require the use of the PGW LRT-3. PGW is a Canadian company making fantastic product!

The older u get u realize were all pawns on a chessboard.

The fine folks at Raufoss successfully miniaturized the Mk 211 Mod 0 multipurpose .51 caliber projectile into a 253 grain .338 caliber projectile. .308 Winchester architecture could be adapted to .338 Federal Ackley Improved. This would get you 2,500 fps or so from a 20 inch barrel, going transsonic at 1,074 meters at standard temperature and pressure. 0.554 ballistic coefficient, to clarify. 4,300 fps from a 20 inch barrel for a 90 grain .224 diameter ALCO projectile with a 0.627 ballistic coefficient. Maybe 4,375 fps from a 20 inch barrel. So that's like 2,368 to 2,398 yards of effective range at standard temperature and pressure. 20% weight reduction for the saboted 90 grain vs M118LR, for example. True Ballistics'steel and polymer cartridge cases, in addition to being super hella uniform in chamber dimensions and internal volume (no vertical stringing at long range due to remarkable consistency of volume) cuts 30% of the weight from a 168 grain .308 Winchester cartridge. Conceivably as much as 50% weight reduction could be implemented for M118LR's 400 grains (25.9 grams). If one selected the Kel-Tec RFB for a modified platform for the .338 Federal Ackley Improved chambering, with the original flash hider overall length would come in under 30 inches for a 20 inch barreled weapon. 4,300 fps saboted load gets identical recoil impulse to M118LR, 4,375 fps gets 5% more recoil than M118LR, so identical gas system architecture can likely be adapted in these weapon systems. That's the best use of .308 Winchester chambered weapons that I can think of. A simple barrel swap and maybe a little gas system adaptation is all that would be required <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="67">1:7</a> twist recommended for sufficient gyroscopic stability of the 90 grain ALCO Bullets' projectile down to 1.0 Mach. It's a little tight for the 253 grain .338 caliber multipurpose projectile but that's okay. 20 round box magazines or 50 round drums are currently available for a variety of weapons systems in .308 Winchester. Let's all give thanks to the fine folks at Raufoss in Norway for being such gangster badasses and giving us this round.

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I've missed your Werewolf ASMR stuff, man. Got me through some dark days. Thank you.

I served in Iraq. In training, we were told all "patches" in the road were IEDs. Someone said, "What if it's the Iraqi Highway department." The instructor's response: "There IS NO Iraqi Highway Department."

Anti tank mines don’t detonate when you shoot them. Any EOD E-3 will tell you at. Overall nice production. 😊

This happens all to many times. But what your not seeing is the fact that they have snippers also watching out for us. When we fire they get a lock on our locations and try to take us out.

I admire those kind of soldiers that have this instinct of recognizing threat and dangers... 👍

I watched this yesterday. Started with Jarhead then moved to Black Hawk Down and this one. Then ended with Mosul. Which was almost the best. Second best of these, behind Black Hawk Down.

how do you do that thing across the screen?

They bring their own camera man with VistaScope when out patrolling. Cool.

Trust the information that triggers your doubt, always! Your thoughts are never wrong!!! Trust your instincts

True to life, as this is how the very large amount of soldiers died, lost limbs and some with ptsd. It’s not bad to make a hero in the movie, I am sure the soldiers shot at anything out of the ordinary on the side or middle of the road without caring if there is a backstop. The explosion is typical of a heavy bomb burred in the road. This would have given the toughest soldier PTSD THANK YOU for your Service Ladies and Gentlemen

I did route clearance and village stability ops. It's very rare to shoot at IEDs and unheard of on paved roads. Occasionally we'd use mk19s to proof sus choke points on dirt roads and wadis, but that was only in very rushed circumstances. Realistically they'd of moved the vehicles up closer to jam frequencies to block remote controlled ieds and dismounted off the sides of the road to search for command wire and to visually inspect the culvert. The IED could of easily been disarmed and safely removed from the culvert without destroying the entire road.

What’s the movie called

Theses mens are hero's God bless you all 😊❤

I like the detail of the reticles being different between their rifles

Thats the wrong rifle for that round bud. Youre thinkin of a .50bmg

Anyone else notice The rifle is a bolt action 308 and not a 50 cal

WOW...that Patch... Brings Back Memories from Robocop 2 , .. When Robo Open the gate at River rouge Smudge Plant, & Drove Over That... Same "oily" Patch!? 😱😱 Kaboom 🤯🤯

Good save you saved many lives that day

is that supposed to be afgh or iraq got it way way wrong

This movie was extremely unrealistic. The dude who wrote and produced it showed up on my tour to speak to our snipers for authnticity and pretty much ingored everything that was passed on to him. Canadian soldiers do not say "Good Copy" when on comms is just one example on this short. I tried to watch it when it came out, but I really could no stomach the inaccuracies.

K-Plus, the hand expressions on the increassed love levels.. 😂😂😂 He had to try it twice

I love this! I hope you make more episodes of this maybe next one could be surviving for 200 Years!

Movie ?

I know the guy isn't ever gonna see my comment....but Raufoss is pronounced like "Raow-fuss"....not "Rufus" Sounds like he's talking about a dog...

Great scene. I just find it annoying when the closed captions say things like ‘dose’ instead of ‘does’, etc.

My son drove over an IED almost 20 years ago while in Iraq and still suffers from PTSD, dislocated disks and nerve damage.

Non-mil here. Does my heart good that yall came back !! Great sorrow for those who did not !!