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* MassOhCrap: Sgt. Pilla's death is this. As a convoy takes some prisoners back to Mogadishu Airport, a militant shoots Pilla, who was manning the .50 caliber on the HUMVEE. When [=McKnight=] is told Pilla was hit, he asks for his status, and Hoot says he's dead, and when news of Pilla's death is broadcast onto the communications' network, the other Rangers and Delta's become quiet. In subsequent interviews, American participants have stated that in real life, the announcement of Pilla's death caused the radios to go silent for a few seconds over the realization that rather than this being a simple grab and drag mission, where they would face minimal resistance and would normally last an hour, if at that, this looked like it was going to be [[ThisIsGonnaSuck a protracted gun-battle that would last far hours, if not days], and [[MissionCreep lead to many casualties and deaths]].
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* MassOhCrap: Sgt. Pilla's death is this. As a convoy takes some prisoners back to Mogadishu Airport, a militant shoots Pilla, who was manning the .50 caliber on the HUMVEE. HUMVEE he's on. When [=McKnight=] is told Pilla was hit, he asks for his status, and Hoot says he's dead, and when news of Pilla's death is broadcast onto the communications' network, the other Rangers and Delta's Deltas become quiet. In subsequent interviews, American participants have stated that in real life, the announcement of Pilla's death caused the radios to go silent for a few seconds over the realization that rather than this being a simple grab and drag mission, where they would face minimal resistance and would normally last be back to base in an hour, if at that, this looked like it was going to be [[ThisIsGonnaSuck a protracted gun-battle that would last far could go on for hours, if not days], days]], and [[MissionCreep lead to many casualties and deaths]].
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* MassOhCrap: Sgt. Pilla's death is this. As a convoy takes some prisoners back to Mogadishu Airport, a militant shoots Pilla, who was manning the .50 caliber on the HUMVEE. When [=McKnight=] is told Pilla was hit, he asks for his status, and Hoot says he's dead, and when news of Pilla's death is broadcast onto the communications' network, the other Rangers and Delta's become quiet. In subsequent interviews, American participants have stated that in real life, the announcement of Pilla's death caused the radios to go silent for a few seconds over the realization that rather than this being a simple grab and drag mission, where they would face minimal resistance and would normally last an hour, if at that, this looked like it was going to be [[ThisIsGonnaSuck a protracted gun-battle that would last far hours, if not days], and [[MissionCreep lead to many casualties and deaths]].
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** McKnight, Steele and Eversmann look on in horror when Super 6-1 is hit and starts spinning out of control before finally crashing down.
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** McKnight, [=McKnight=], Steele and Eversmann look on in horror when Super 6-1 is hit and starts spinning out of control before finally crashing down.
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* CoolHelmet: While the Rangers wear the US Army's standard issue helmet, the Delta operators and the Air Force pararescuemen all wear sleeker looking hockey-style helmets. Ultimately subverted in the source material, where it's noted that the special helmets offered no protection from bullets or shrapnel - which likely contributed to at least one Delta member's death.
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* CoolHelmet: While the Rangers wear the US Army's standard issue helmet, the Delta operators and the Air Force pararescuemen all wear sleeker looking hockey-style helmets. Ultimately subverted in the source material, where it's noted that the special helmets offered protection against terrain but no protection from bullets or shrapnel - which likely contributed to at least one Delta member's death.
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* WouldHitAGirl: one of the Rangers hesitates to shoot a Somali woman who is picking up a rifle. His colleague kills her without hesitation.
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* WouldHitAGirl: one of the Rangers hesitates to shoot a Somali woman who is picking up a rifle. His colleague kills her without hesitation.a second thought.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: People have pointed out that the soldiers never use the downed helicopters' mounted miniguns to defend the crash sites. Miniguns do not work without electricity, making them functionally useless (although Shughart did use their ammunition to reload his M14).
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: People have pointed out that the soldiers never use the downed helicopters' mounted miniguns to defend the crash sites. Miniguns do not work without electricity, electricity[[note]]Most weapons in the military, other than some bolt-action rifles most typically used for sniping, use the "explosion" of the bullet's gunpowder to cycle the weapon and bring the next bullet up and ready to be fired. Miniguns fire too quickly for this, so they use electricity to cycle the barrels and feed the ammo belt[[/note]], making them functionally useless (although Shughart did use their ammunition to reload his M14).
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See ''Malbatt: Misi Bakara'', a Malaysian-made movie that centers on Malaysian troops deployed in Somalia under the Royal Malay Regiment when they intervened to rescue US Army Rangers during the Black Hawk Down incident.
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* OhCrap: The look on Mo'alim, the Aidid militia officer's face, when he realizes [[spoiler:Delta has commandeered his recoil-less rifle and are pointing it at him while he was distracted ordering his men to reload the machine gun he was using, before they finally kill him for all the grief he's caused them over the course of the battle.]]
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* OhCrap: OhCrap:
** McKnight, Steele and Eversmann look on in horror when Super 6-1 is hit and starts spinning out of control before finally crashing down.
** The look on Mo'alim, the Aidid militia officer's face, when he realizes [[spoiler:Delta has commandeered his recoil-less rifle and are pointing it at him while he was distracted ordering his men to reload the machine gun he was using, before they finally kill him for all the grief he's caused them over the course of the battle.]]
** McKnight, Steele and Eversmann look on in horror when Super 6-1 is hit and starts spinning out of control before finally crashing down.
** The look on Mo'alim, the Aidid militia officer's face, when he realizes [[spoiler:Delta has commandeered his recoil-less rifle and are pointing it at him while he was distracted ordering his men to reload the machine gun he was using, before they finally kill him for all the grief he's caused them over the course of the battle.]]
