British soldier hones MW2 perks in real life
Reports are coming in from Afghanistan at the sight of a British soldier who saved the lives of his fellow troops.
How did he do it?
Well, the insurgent lobbed a grenade down at the British soldiers, but the plucky Brit picked up the grenade and lobbed it back at him… as if he were playing a videogame.
“I remember thinking that if I didn’t pull this off, it was going to hurt,” he said. “But at that stage I was pretty much committed”, said Rifleman James McKie. I heard what sounded like a mini flare come from our right where I knew there were none of our guys, so I thought this was really unusual. We were in a high position on a compound roof. There was no way you could throw yourself off and not get injured, so I made a decision to pick up the grenade and throw it off the roof. My platoon has taken a lot of casualties. I really didn’t want to see anyone else get hurt.”
He then threw a smoke grenade down to give the soldiers cover as they made their escape.
Some will argue this was classic MW2 action, but I would argue that a real MW2 gamer would weep when they face a street of insurgents, without a local Dunkin’ Doughnuts to comfort them. No no, this was the work of a Battlefield veteran.
“I don’t feel particularly brave,” he said. “I’m not expecting anything from my comrades … I don’t want any thanks from them. I just don’t want them to get hurt.”
Dude looks like Justin Timerlake