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  1. tatterdemalion says:

    FIRST!!!

    • flutterdoc says:

      May I ask a question, seriously?

      What in the world does PWN mean? Or to be Pwned? Is it pronounced “Pawn?” Or “Poon?” (Like your mother).

      Serious replies, please. Others, please save your breath for your inflatable dates.

      • Captain Obvious says:

        Dude, seriously, if you haven’t figured out Google yet you are too young even for an inflatable date.

      • Northy says:

        pwned=owned. It originated from at typo I believe. Anyway for more info google pwned. ^_^

        • pew pew says:

          Back in the day during a Counterstrike (I think) tournament the guy went to type “You got Owned/I own you” or something to that degree and because O and P are next to each other he hit the wrong button. It quickly spread like a wild fire, and a new word was formed.

          • DaftPyramid says:

            It was a mistake by Blizzard in one of their Warcraft games, I’m pretty sure.

            • Blarg says:

              I’ve also heard of it referred to as meaning “Perfectly Owned,” condensing it down to just P for “perfectly” before the “owned,” creating “powned,” and further shortened to “pwned.” Just another option.

              • hi2u says:

                TL;DR ahead.
                The original word is Own, as in, you are the ownage, you own people, you own a game. Then someone came up with the term Power Ownage for someone who gets owned so badly that the ownage seems super powerful, or some shit. People got lazy and it was shortened to pwnage.

                • tatterdemalion says:

                  Explanation Overkill.

                  • Bud says:

                    Still one missing!
                    From Counterstrike days (beta.1) Pawned was the originalterm, like the chess move to bait an oponent with a pawn and take him out.

                    • TheRealWazzar says:

                      That’s what I’ve heard it was.

                      • Vagabond says:

                        Lots of conflicting stories, but in the end who cares where it
                        comes from. No one answered the other question though, and
                        one I’m curious about too: how the hell do you pronounce it?

                        I hear most people pronounce the P… but it sounds retarded.
                        I usually just pronounce it “owned” and go with the theory that
                        it was a typo.

                        • omril1 says:

                          explanation – FAIL :=]

                          “The only reason for giving multiple explanations is,
                          searching for the one they want to hear” (House MD, I think)

                        • dan says:

                          holy schrap! we are being distracted from the fact that hes like ” ok… load… close*STOMACH THRU MOUF*” and then his buddies are like
                          oh
                          that probably hurt
                          sucks fer u

                        • somedude says:

                          my friend created a club called team pwnage, wth?(that’s why i have limited his hanging out time) and he refers to it as power ownage, while i still say, as it is more commonly found in games just ownage with p(ee).

                        • Crazyglue says:

                          ok first of all… “pwned” is not pronounced “poned” it is pronounced ” owned”
                          if u think other wise u are a complete noob adn need to gtfo my internets kthxbai. learn to watch purepwnage before u all embarass urselves

                        • Don't argue with a genious says:

                          It’s pronounced “powned”, if you call it owned it is a completely different word… if it was supposed to be pronounced as “owned”, the word would have never ben created.
                          You don’t need an IQ of 9.9repeated X 10eInfinity
                          to figure that out.

          • lol says:

            you know ur cool when…

      • Tom says:

        In general I do not visit chat rooms but I was following up on the soldier (Korean?) being flattened by the recoil of the small howetzer. From my perspective the “dude” who dissed you lives in a very small world for small minds. here is the information I found on pwnd. It just goes to show you how simple minded people can get caught up in a misspelled word and make a great deal of use and ingnorant fuss over it; thus goes the English Language. You think, or not, therefore you are

        pwnd 627 up, 136 down
        A variation of the word “owned”. The only reason that this word came about was because of a typo, and given that P and O are right next to each other. It has nothing to do with combining words or anything of the sort. It is rumored to have come about from an early Warcraft3 map, in which the creator meant to have a trigger say “Player X got ownd”, trying to use the “1337speak” variation of “owned”, but hit P instead of O, thus giving birth to “pwnd”.
        You have been pwnd. Etc…
        by Viper2026 Nov 18, 2004 email it 0 comments
        3. pwnd 228 up, 69 down
        A word which gamers use to indicate that someone was brutally beaten in a video game, and thus humiliated. Also known as owned, but misspelled and mass-spread. Basically the next level of “owned”
        I’m sorry, but it seems you were just royally pwnd. Would you like another glass of pwnage, sir? Or would you rather hand someone else the controller…

        • Malfeasant says:

          seems a bit silly to speak with such authority about a word’s origins in rumor…

        • Vagabond says:

          Congratulations, you are the absolute authority on something no one really cares about. I’ve heard people ask what pwned is in passing, but they didn’t really give a damn and they usually settle for a simple answer “It’s slang”

          Seriously, why would you spend so much effort on such a trivial matter? If you often behave this way then you might need to think about seeking professional help for obsessive compulsive disorder, because that *points to Tom’s post above* seriously screams “I can’t stop being an anal douche bag!”

      • poopface says:

        it’s pronounced POON or POWN, and its the same meaning of OWNED but more intense.

      • ozzyrocks!!!! says:

        by saying ‘may i ask a question, seiously’… that is a question by it’s self and there for that should be your only question because these are comments not a conversation but even in a conversation you don’t ask to ask a question.

    • blammo says:

      First. Fail to these OOO IM FIRST PEOPLE! they prolly go to bars and are like..
      “HEaaaayyyyyyyy babbbbby….. Blow me i was first to comment” ;-) hahahahah

      Second. HIGHLARIOUS.

    • yfrog says:

      Does it Honestly matter to be first?

  2. tatterdemalion says:

    Everyone else is ghey from now on

  3. Alan says:

    Holy shit.

    That had to hurt like hell.

  4. Scott A says:

    Wow, the other soldiers seem awful blase’ that their companion there probably has internal injuries and broken ribs.

    I mean jeez, the guy basically flew backwards folded partly in half.

  5. Walter says:

    FAKE! No one reacted!

    • Danometer says:

      No one reacted because they know the soldier was loading the cannon wrong, and they expected that to happen.

      • Me says:

        What’s even worse is that if they did know an epic fail was about to happen…they let it happen.

        • Lord_Farin says:

          They even filmed it… It’s a newbie ritual I think

        • whatever says:

          they probably knew he was loading it wrong, but since it’s the army, it’s their duty to let him face the consequences, so he will “learn”.. pretty harsh but that’s the way they do it

      • Robo says:

        If that’s the case, then that’s stupid. Whatever happened to teamwork?

        • Malfeasant says:

          it may happen often enough that they know that, while painful, it’s not likely to cause permanent injury, and experience is the best teacher… just a guess, any experts on the subject? (experts on the subject of getting knocked off your feet by artillery, not in learning by painful experience, I know plenty about that myself)

          but who can deny, it made an impression on him :D

    • Red Leg says:

      Not fake. When weapons this size go off you get a second or two of very minor “shell shock” if you will. The air pressure changes in an instant and you get a rush of air up the nose, a sound wave blast that jolts you all over a bit, and even with ear plugs, they are loud as… well, as a bad word I won’t type. I was never able to not blink myself.

      My theory is they have been firing for a while with no problems, then suddenly after a shot someone was missing. It took them a few seconds to even realize the loader went for a ride.

      • 198 crewman says:

        I used to fire howitzers and never experienced this “shell shock” you speak of.
        My theory for this is it’s a ceremony which is why they are at attention after it goes off. Any experienced gun bunny knows after you fire your swabbing the bore and ensuring there are no obstructions in said bore. Or I could be
        completely wrong. I’m not sure since that’s not a howitzer currently in service by the us army. maybe they’re just stupid.

    • Shana says:

      Let me let you in on something about the military, sparky. If you hurt yourself loading a weapon, they let you suffer. If you Get injured, they’re trained not to give a shit. This kind of crap happens ALL THE TIME in the army. Get your facts straight before you say that something is fake. Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean that ITS NOT REAL. That would be like you saying that someone who had a hair color you didn’t like wasn’t a real person.

  6. Vismund says:

    Strange. None of the other soldiers really cares about him. Poor guy.

  7. John says:

    Probably broke a rib…that must have hurt.

  8. Predu says:

    What a shame… He left the helmet fall!

  9. nani nani? says:

    Revolution against FIRSTness FAIL :(

    I dun think it hurt that much QQ

  10. jimthebrit says:

    Ummm, none of them moved because they were At Attention. and no, that wasn’t meant to happen.

  11. Tabrius says:

    Cannon: GREAT SUCCESS

    Loader: FAIL

  12. Bob says:

    Sure they moved! (a) It was in slow motion (b) When the camera turns back to the gun there’s no-one around it.

  13. Neko says:

    Maybe a few broken ribs, and internal damage?

  14. MettanAtem says:

    PWNED!

  15. Edfrommars says:

    That had to hurt… But seriously, who is stupid enough to stand directly behind a loaded cannon. Ever heard of recoil?

  16. Baris Unver says:

    Fake, he literally flew. That cannot happen in real life.

    • Leah says:

      Have you ever been hit with something like that…? It can happen in real life. I flew 3 feet when I got hit by a runner coming into home during a friendly softball game. I ended up at the fence. And you’re saying a shell that size, with that much force behind it, couldn’t make him fly backwards? Okay.

    • jimthebrit says:

      Baris, you are a moron. Your comprehension of physics is nil.

      • david says:

        duh, people can’t fly. ner.

      • Red Leg says:

        I wouldn’t say Baris is a moron, he just hasn’t served in the Field Artillery.

        The 155mm howitzers can and absolutely have killed the soldiers operating them, both in training and in combat. The most common scenario is the soldier in the #1 position tripping while pulling the lanyard.

        It’s been a few years, but I believe the 155mm’s barrel alone is over a ton. It’s tossing a 97.5 Lb round at a muzzle velocity of 1,100 meters per second. When I first fired one I was amazed at how fast the entire mechanism pops back. In a fraction of a second, a lot of steel has moved about a yard. Anything in its way has had a very bad day.

        Fortunately for this guy, it appears (at my best guess) that he’s in the German Army operating a much smaller 88mm howitzer. It doesn’t appear that anyone did anything wrong. I’m guessing the firing mechanism failed, or they had a sensitive primer that wasn’t properly seated in the casing in manufacturing. Hopefully he’ll get out of this one with only a few broken ribs.

        As far as the debate, nothing in my 4 years of Field Artillery service suggest that this is fake. What I’m seeing is in accordance with everything I’ve seen and heard of with respect to what happens if you end up too close to the breach when one of these goes off.

        • Trumpi says:

          What Red Leg said, guys!

        • WilliamCA says:

          Red Leg has a explanation WIN. He also has a service to his country WIN.

          ^_^

          WilliamCA

        • Rich says:

          Redleg, thank you for saving me the time of explaining this. I was stationed in Ft Stewart, GA in 3/41 FA when it was still the 24th ID. Although I was in SVC Btty, as an NBC NCO, I learned quite a bit from my 13B brothers. Definitely explanation WIN!!!

        • Seward says:

          *applauds*

          I so want to pick your brain now. :)

        • You've Got Fail says:

          mature post (for a change, around here) win

        • 198 crewman says:

          I can tell you they’re not bundephere (German soldiers) I agree it’s not fake and that guy probably had one heck of a black and blue stomach. I only did 2 years FA before relassing to an MP. But Redleg is hitting all the right answers.

        • Rosemary says:

          Not the German army. My guess is Taiwan.

        • Granny Grammar says:

          Great explanation! I don’t think they’re German, though. Notice that they all have black hair and have thin, lanky builds. I’m thinking they’re probably from somewhere in Asia–probably one of the Koreas. Definitely not US because of the inconsistencies in the camouflage.

      • Lord_Farin says:

        WIN, This is in total comprehension with the momentum law.

    • Shana says:

      Yes, it can happen in real life. Did you know that if you put rock salt in a shot gun, and hit someone at point blank range, they will go flying back a few feet or so? Now, that cannon is HUNDREDS of times stronger than a shot gun. It can send people flying backwards with just the RECOIL. Learn your facts about weapon physics.

  17. ice_army says:

    He’s wearing a bullet proof vest, which would have provided some protection. Lots of bruises, sure, probably nothing broken, though. And he did load it wrong. I can just imagine the chewing out he got….

    • Red Leg says:

      It appears to be a flack vest, which are hardly bullet proof, but would help to disperse the energy of the blow some.

      I didn’t see anything wrong with the loading, what are you seeing? On the 105s we were taught to use a closed fist (with no rings on fingers) to load the rounds so as minimize any risk of hitting the primer. He uses his fingers, but other than that, what are you seeing wrong with the loading?

      I don’t know where they put the firing lever on 88s, but they sure as hell wouldn’t put them on the breach. His hands never left the breach, so he didn’t fire it. No one else was close enough to fire it. Maybe they failed to maintain the howitzer properly the last time it was cleaned. Looks like a tragic accident to me.

      What am I missing here? Any fellow gun bunnies out there?

      • .. says:

        You’re not supposed to stand directly behind the gun while loading it. If you load it while standing there and there’s a misfire, you’re in for a lot of pain.

        • Red Leg says:

          I understand your civilian reasoning, but I have to correct you.

          Maybe on something as small as an 88 you could load from the side, but I seriously doubt it. On a 105mm, not that much larger than this one, you absolutely load it from directly behind the breach. It’s called “separate loading.”

          The casing is filled with powder charges connected by a small rope. The round is completely separate from the casing, hence the name. You walk up to the already open breach holding the round in your left hand, and press it against the casing in your right hand. You shove the two in, close the breach (specifically, a block breach just like the one in this film).

          You then back up to the left, put your hands over your ears because the shit is louder than it is fast, and repeat the process until the fire order is complete.

          If you can consistently load a 35Lb round, separate from its casing filled with powder charges, without being behind the breach during a “Battalion—3, time-on-target mission” (only seconds between firings), I need you post your email so I can get the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Field Artillery School in Ft. Sill, OK in touch with you. You possess knowledge of a loading procedure they need to become aware of and implement in their training.

          • Nwabby says:

            “I understand your civilian reasoning”
            Haha.
            You suck.

            • Muhammad The Camel Guy says:

              Sorry Nwabby. You’ll have to repeat that. I was having phone sex with your mother and missed what you were saying.

              • Muhammad The Camel Guy says:

                Red Leg, quit using my square purple exploding grenade symbol, or I’ll have Nwabby’s mother make a house call. She’s got a sexy voice, but that’s where it ends.

          • Cat says:

            I heart you for your ‘civilian reasoning’ phrase.

          • Kosher Ham says:

            I held that civilian reasoning as well, but I’m not about to argue with someone who has empirical knowledge of field artillery. And thank you for serving our country.

          • Chuck S says:

            The gun is a 57mm/6pdr Anti-Tank gun used by both the US and UK in World War II. It’s been out of service with pretty much everyone for 20+ years, except for parades and ceremonial duties apparently. We (the US Army) use a lot of 75mm Pack Howitzers for that purpose, because we have a butt-load of them around and they are pretty easy to maintain. (Nobody, even the Germans, has used 88mm cannons since 1945.)

            The whole deal looks ceremonial, and the way the loader fumbles the cartridge I’m guessing he doesn’t do it very often. The rest of the crew is locked at “attention” and were probably wondering if they should stay that way or help him (voice-of-experience).

            The soldiers look Asian (someone mentioned Taiwan and another Korea…which could only be SOUTH Korea, since the Norks don’t use surplus US equipment). The gun malfunctioned, since they aren’t supposed to do that. The fact that the loader is standing behind it means he really doesn’t know what he’s doing, since we were always taught not to put your body behind the gun in case…well, in case THAT happens!

            I doesn’t look to me like he was seriously injured, but his buddies will make sure the pain lasts and lasts.

  18. Carroll says:

    I have a feeling someone learned a big lesson!

  19. Caz says:

    His FAIL is a WIN for all future loaders.

  20. Rob says:

    What caught my eye was how slowly he gets thrown back by the much quicker action of the recoil. I downloaded the video and did a frame-by-frame advance in QuickTime. He’s actually just getting chipped by the tail end of the recoil action, and then stumbling backwards (you can see him putting his left foot back) from a hard punch to the stomach. There wouldn’t be any life ending injuries from that. It probably would have been life-ending if he had been 6 inches closer…

  21. jayhonk says:

    This is not a ‘cannon fail’.
    Cannon seems to work fine.

  22. Joe says:

    oh! god damn…that really must’ve hurt like hell!

    i feel bad 4 that guy…

  23. CB says:

    Jebus, was the dude OK?

  24. Muffles says:

    Not a fail, those aren’t ants, they’re highly venomous spiders. He was right to run away.

  25. vcompletearse says:

    Cannon says: no children for you!

  26. Pat says:

    wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

  27. bladow says:

    ..friend of our family died this way.

  28. gringojosh says:

    How long until artillery becomes auto-loading?

  29. amira says:

    I HAVE FLEAS! :D

    my cat slept on my head last night!

    • Reddo says:

      I couldnt imagine that people could fail so hard at sleep

    • Anto says:

      Best. Response. Ever.

      I think we need to save this for future generations. You totally win at life now, your enemies will fear your flea-transferring abilities.

    • Seward says:

      Ouch. Pet care fail. Poor kitty.

      No marks against the cat sleeping on your head, btw. I’ve woken up with a face full of fluff more times than I can count. Human ownership win!

    • trillium13 says:

      flea prevention fail.

      U can bet, that if they are on ur cat, and ur head, they are all over ur house too.

      easy problem to fix. fix it.

  30. brmbug says:

    A friend of mine has that as his signature. :D

  31. Anto says:

    Ouch! Loader FAIL, but at least a WIN for Physics!

  32. Anonymous says:

    I knew a guy who was a cannon crewman at Ford Ord years ago… he pretends now that he was a Green Beret (good thing he never ran into anyone who asked for a coin check). I can see him doing something like this. Hell, he blew off his own eyebrows with a homemade mortar by looking down the barrel when it didn’t go off right away. bahahahahaha

  33. 6262 says:

    Bob, have you forgot to put on the handbrake AGAIN?

  34. =j says:

    Fail at Failing. Video deleted.

  35. slackermagee says:

    Whats the bigger fail, the guy nearly killing himself or his squad mates who stand around going DURRRR…

  36. The Tiki Dog says:

    Not fake. High-powered rifle rounds can make grass ripple just from the shockwave, and if you’re not careful or you’re stupid about it, even low-powered rifles can give you a nasty bruise from the recoil. There is certainly enough force present to send somebody off their feet. I can’t imagine how much it would stun a person to fire shells that big, so I’m not surprised nobody reacted right away. I don’t think the other people even really realized exactly what happened when the loader must have looked like he vanished.

  37. Failbomber says:

    Yep, definitively an artillery shell fail. My bro worked alongside an artillery unit for a while and showed me a lot of stuff.

  38. Former Redleg says:

    The loader should have stood off to the side. My guess is that the round cooked off somehow as he did not have time to insert the primer.

  39. artslover says:

    very fail…fail soldier

  40. Jess says:

    zzzzzzzzzz

  41. Rick says:

    I was there. The guy stood too close to the canon when it fired. He got hurt.

    • Therustytrombone says:

      I was there too. And he did get hurt by standing to close to the canon when it fired!

      • K says:

        I was there too, and I remember both of you guys! Wasn’t that crazy when the guy got hurt by standing close to the canon?

        • RogueThree says:

          Yes, those Canons are dangerous. That’s why I buy Kodak.

          • Freeman Z says:

            NICE BURN!

            Cannon:

            v.

            Canon:

            • Scott A says:

              Yes, canons are dangerous. They inspire people to all sorts of crazy things. Like Biblical Literalism, for example.

              • Anon B says:

                You’re spelling is dangerous. Learn how to spell cannon please or get out, or at least go to school.

                • The Tiki Dog says:

                  Wow. I hope this wasn’t serious. It’s one thing to mix up more complex rules in grammar and spelling, but to fault on a simple rule while you’re lecturing someone? Tsk-tsk.
                  They were referring to cameras and religious canons. Canon. It’s not spelled incorrectly. I know it seems impossible, but some words may be spelled in different ways. When they’re spelled differently, sometimes they even mean different things.
                  For instance, “you’re” is a contraction of “you are.” “Your” is a possessive pronoun referring to another person’s ownership of something. For example:
                  “YOU’RE obviously not thinking before making corrections.”
                  “Maybe you should check YOUR own sentences.”

  42. anon says:

    In soviet Russia, Cannon fires you

  43. ? says:

    Serious question.
    How do you add a icon to your post?

  44. Deadclown says:

    Sucks to be him.

  45. hmmm says:

    …..owned…….

  46. #N/A says:

    Which idiot army is this? It’s like they just got this gun on the black market and forgot to get the manual that comes with it so they are just sort of figuring it out on their own… wow.

    I imagine there is supposed to be some sort of long stick you are to use in place of your arm to avoid getting a battering ram effect in your torso.

  47. RogueThree says:

    Recoil win!

  48. Ether3al says:

    Someone forgot to give this guy the memo that cannons were firing backwards.

    Was that a crotch shot or did he break a rib?

  49. tuddle18122 says:

    shouldnt there be a trigger on that cannon. repititious load and immediate fire is a definate fail. an activating trigger saves so many lives compared to these types of cannons.
    obviously the nervousness of the loader was desperate in attempt to load quickly in the event of a slip.

    and what about fail safes and delays. at least these cannons should have a 1 second to 3 seconds delay when loaded.

    the cannon fails, but so does the loader.

  50. Freeman Z says:

    Not a cannon, a rifle, though often called a gun.

    TRAINING anyone?

    Really, someone should told this guy.

    Did he live?

    BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE!

  51. AngryAtBerk says:

    The way he practically left the ground and his helmet at the same time… Tom and Jerry couldn’t do comical violence that good…

  52. Just Guessing says:

    This is a small piece, I’m guessing a (surplus) 75mm anti-tank gun. The shell seems to be all one piece, which means a brass casing containing the primer, firing charge and round. My guess is that the n00b didn’t shove the shell as far into the piece as he should have, and when he closed the breech, the firing pin hit the back of the shell and set it off. Major league ouchie. I’m no gun-bunny (great term, btw)(and thanks guys, for serving!) but this is my guess.

  53. Guy Over Yonder says:

    I like how the guy just walks casually over to help his friend who has been shot back into the stone wall. Doo dee doo do… >:3

  54. sufferpuppet says:

    Bullshit, that was all photoshopped.

    • Patrick says:

      Umm, yeah. Photoshopped at 60 pictures per second perfectly. I think you need more than a camera on a phone to do that.

      remember, sarcasm on the Internet is always FAIL.

  55. Andy says:

    When cannons attack.

  56. Tweak says:

    That’s how they do it in the Polish army anyway.

  57. DumbDumb says:

    You have to be older then 12 to remember when pwn’d became a word, just like pron.

    Parents were complaining that games were too violent and that people were not doing enough to filter language and violence in games. Companies listened and filters were created. People found ways around them, but it wasn’t just in games, it was also in chat programs, etcetera.

    Pwn’d, however, came from games. Parents didn’t like their kids getting owned, thus the filter was created. You could not say owned. To get around this restriction, we typed pwn’d. The rest of the world started using it because it was fun at the time. Now it’s a remnant of days long ago.

    I don’t care where other people got their use of it, but I remember where it got started (or I should say when, because I am sure I was not alone and definitely not the first).

  58. moartatoes says:

    surprise armament secks

  59. chap says:

    helmet fail

  60. JonnoJ says:

    as the other guys are just like “lol. W/e”

  61. Mike says:

    Those crazy Asians!

  62. Kevin says:

    that artillery cannon really blew him away!

  63. craptastic says:

    Think that is fail? How about the GI who found a Japanese “Knee mortar” and tried to fire it…from his knee? Ouch ouch ouch DAMMIT!

  64. zach adamietz says:

    EDW Cardinals Thbodaux LA

  65. CANNON WIN
    CANNONEER FAIL!

  66. cannons always beat the humans.

  67. Nick says:

    That probably shattered his pelvis like glass

  68. Gameguy602 says:

    They can bury that guy in the tomb of the unskilled soldier

  69. zogi says:

    and thats hoy you get rock hard abs!


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