Real Life action scene from a South African attempted armed car robbery
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Seen this before and it's cc easy how collected the driver is then jumps out of the car like a maniac putting up a fight.
One of the most intense videos I've seen in a while.
I did read that there are a reasonable number of these attempted heists in and outside of Johannesburg. One of the common methods to gain access is to literally bomb the armored vehicle (usually killing the occupants).
I did read that there are a reasonable number of these attempted heists in and outside of Johannesburg. One of the common methods to gain access is to literally bomb the armored vehicle (usually killing the occupants).
Crazy. One thing I thought of watching that. I feel like a great idea would be a panic button that automatically send a distress signal and constant location to police. Kind of like a form of OnStar. Versus having to fumble with a phone while you're actively trying to drive away and juggle guns.
I assumed that was a given. I'm shocked they don't have that.
OP is a bit misleading.
1) This was not an attempted cash heist.
2) The transit vehicle was carrying cell phones.
3) The video is from a support vehicle (not the transit vehicle).
4) The driver forced one of the attacking cars onto a bollard where it got stuck.
Basically these two were protecting the armored car carrying the delivery.
They did. At the end when the guy jumps out to confront the attackers they had already fled. I read the news article on it that's linked in the video description just a couple days ago.
"Oh well, another fuckin' day at the office!"
*readies gun and gets into cover
Shit I get all tense when I'm in a car in regular traffic, he's got some ice cold nerves to do that while being blasted from everywhere. :|
I wonder if they were jammed or something (if technology like that is freely available I mean lol)
insane video
Hero who thwarted armed truck heist
The hero guard who managed to keep his cool, despite his armoured car being attacked in a hail of bullets by two cars of gunmen, has been identified as a former police sniper.
www.news.com.au
South African Police spokesman Brig Vish Naidoo on Saturday confirmed to Times Live that the incident happened on the N4 in Pretoria on April 22.
"The suspects fired several shots at the CIT vehicle in an attempt to stop it during a high-speed chase," he said.
"The driver of the CIT vehicle managed to evade the robbers for a while but later stopped in wait for the robbers. The robbers fled without taking any money. No arrests have yet been made."
In a statement on Facebook, security firm Fortis Pro Active Defence Solutions identified the driver as Leo Prinsloo, a former member of the SAPS Special Task Force and the head instructor of its "Lone Operator" courses.
100% of that is still awesome.
They were being shot at as well.
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Is that an audi?
shit, its just like the movies.
Yes. It was an Audi that was attacking.
They were in an armored Toyota Land Cruiser.
US media has been mangling the details, but if you look up the local South African outlets they've got all the details.
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I wonder if they tried. But apparantly run flat tires can at least take some punishment and still function somewhat normally. So I'm sure this vehicle had some special tires on it too.
A few Youtube commenters asked why they didn't call the police or have a panic button, prevailing response seems to be "This is SA, unless they're going to give you a speeding ticket they won't come. Or they'll be the ones doing the robbing". Kinda depressing.
"They thought they had an easy score, a truck of illicit goods that would fetch a fine price on the black market. They weren't expecting.... THE LONE OPERATOR"
"They thought they had an easy score, a truck of illicit goods that would fetch a fine price on the black market. They weren't expecting.... THE LONE OPERATOR"
One thing that struck me about South Africa when I went there years ago (outside of how beautiful it was and the insane levels of inequality) was the presence of armed private security almost everywhere.
Any link? The 3 South African news sites I found only mention that same quote from Vish Naidoo about them not taking any money.
+ stories about like 5 other cases of attacks on CIT vehicles in the last 2 weeks :p
They were in the original Twitter thread from ~2 days ago. If you can find the OG video on Twitter, you'll find the news links.
That's not to imply that the transit vehicle wasn't a prime target. Cell phones are small and a van full of them is easily a few hundred thousand if they're flagships.
