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Army Ranger Hits Target 1000 Yards Away With .50 Caliber Rifle Standing Up

Jun 032013

There’s a reason most fire the famous Barrett M82 .50 cal sniper rifle using the set of attached legs. It weighs 30 lbs and spans over 50 inches.

Of course, Former Army Ranger sniper Ryan Cleckner has no need for assistance. After being badgered all day at the range by the Texas Triggers crew, he finally showed off his skills by hitting a target at 1,000 yards away. On his first try. Standing up.

Since debuting over the weekend, the new video has been seen over half a million times.

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Petman Humanoid Robot Walks On Treadmill Wearing Protective Suit

Apr 082013

This short video by robotics institution Boston Dynamics has already collected over one million views over the weekend. The Petman robot is a DOD humanoid created to test the performance of protective clothing, such as gas masks. The ‘bot walks on a treadmill wearing a haz-mat suit, and even flexes as a soldier would. Viewers can’t help but feel slightly disturbed by the test.

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Norwegian Army Soldiers Do The Harlem Shake

Feb 112013

The Harlem Shake meme has officially taken the Internet by storm. The fun dance trend has even made its way to Norway.

Kenneth Håkonsen just posted this amazing Harlem Shake dance performance from a troop of Norwegian soldiers, and in one day it has collected over 900,000 views already.

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Bird Snatches Mouse After Released By Cadet

Jan 132013

Before the weekend, Marcel Tasch published this unreal nature video and already it has garnered over 1.1 million views.

A cadet at military academy captured a mouse in his dorm, and decided to do the right thing and free the little guy in the wild. But after just moments of breathing the air of freedom, a hawk swooped down and snatched the mouse.

Naturally, after the last fake bird video, many viewers are slow to believe the video in fear it is another fake.

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LS3 Walking Cargo Horse Robot

Dec 272012

The genius robotic specialist nerds at Boston Dynamics and DARPA never quit. For years they have been working on four-legged autonomous walking robots.

Their latest development is the horse-like LS3 robot. With just a few verbal commands, the bot starts up and follows the human leader through an natural obstacle course successfully.

The video is only a week old, and is already nearing one million views. It is further covered on Atlantic, CNet, and Awesomer.