History Creator / ShackTactical

** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8xJuJ-B8I4 Shooting Gallery]]'' a platoon gets overwhelmed by massive numbers, and after suffering heavy losses, they are forced to retreat to a beach where there is almost no cover and they have to hold out there while the remaining helicopters make a desperate attempt at a rescue. Five years later almost to the day in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF9FjR8oKR8 Beach Slapped]]'', a platoon that has been overwhelmed by massive numbers suffers heavy casualties, and is forced to retreat to a beach that has almost no cover where they have to try to hold out while the remaining helicopters brave heavy fire and attempt a rescue. The way these two missions end is very, very different however. ''Shooting Gallery'' featured the pilots coming up with [[CrazyEnoughToWork unorthodox tactics]] that allowed them to successfully extract most of the players who made it to the beach, complete with a heartwarming example of NoOneGetsLeftBehind when Beagle refused to leave the last injured soldier behind to die and [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome somehow saved him]]. ''Beach Slapped'' shows the enemy AI shooting down or blowing up every single helicopter that attempts to rescue the Shack Tac players, [[DownerEnding the rescue attempt fails]], and [[KillEmAll everyone dies]].

* KillemAll: A good portion of missions (and Adversarial missions in particular) will end with one side being completely wiped out. If there are only a few survivors and they've been holding out for some time, with no real chance of winning, a DiabolusExMachina will likely show up to finish them off.

*** In the 5th episode of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xicZ-Gs89Ps Hindsight]]'' Dslyecxi mentions how a BRDM's PKT machine gun sounds similar to an infantry PKM. In the comment section, user djizomdjinn remarks: ''"It's a shame you didn't have Taconic in your squad, [[UpToEleven he could probably have told you the serial number of the BRDM off the sound of its machine gun.]]"''

** In [=CHKilroy=]'s ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwYnZVttfaw Grishino Deploy Assault]]'', what looks like a winning move by [=BLUFOR=] quickly turns into an embarassing loss due to failure to obey a single, simple command.
** Beagle attempting to give the go-code in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYT2HwKZQfs Calgon Business]]''. [[spoiler:He died]].

*** The reverse happens in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqxRG8yZdcs Two Bullets Away]]''. After an assault on Zargabad goes terribly wrong, Dslyecxi finds himself alone and cornered in a building inside the city, and resolves to make a heroic last stand at the hands of the dozens of enemies surrounding his location. That's when the platoon's only other survivor, Mally, urges and finally convinces him to try and escape the area together. [[spoiler: Mally makes good on his promise, rescuing Dslyecxi out of the combat zone, in what has easily become one of the best videos of 2015]].

** During the first decade or so of ''ShackTac'' [=YouTube=] uploads, [=Kevb0=] died [[OncePerEpisode in almost every video in which he appeared]]. Usually, he got himself killed by charging at the enemy, or while standing in the open to observe enemy movement. He's gotten better at it since then.

** [=Kevb0=] dies [[OncePerEpisode in almost every video in which he appears]]. Usually, he will get himself killed by charging at the enemy, or while standing in the open to observe enemy movement.
** Awo was also known for rarely making it through to the end of any mission. Unlike [=Kevb0=], however, he has gotten a little better at surviving since then.

** In mid-2021, Dslyecxi mentioned in a video that according to in-unit statistics, [=MGbait=] is currently the player who has died the most times. This surprised no one.

* FamousLastWords: There have been quite a few over the years.
** The best might come from Beagle in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnp-qXV7Kro ShackTac's Last Breath]]'', where he is gunned down literally seconds after casually saying "See you on the other side" to Black Dragon.
** Taconic does his best to top Beagle in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZMR8QljUT4 Guests]]'', when he is shot and killed immediately after calling out "You can still surrender!" to enemies that have his side on the ropes. Apparently they weren't inclined to take him up on that offer.
** Just barely averted in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrYYsDDW9Og Why Did I Say That]]'' by Mr. H. At the start of the video, when he sees a friendly chopper attempting to shoot down an enemy helicopter, Mr. H cynically predicts that the enemy helicopter will be shot down right on top of them. Less than 2 minutes later the helicopter is shot down and does crash ''almost'' right on top of them, and it's miraculous that it didn't kill anyone from the group.