Magway machine gunners attempt to bag paramotor, Myanmar

This footage shows two machine gunners from the Magway People's Defense Force (PDF) using a MA16 heavy machine gun. The MA16 is a clone of Singapore's STK50 .50 caliber machine gun. Despite encountering a malfunction, they are attempting to bring down what background sound suggests is a paramotor- the propellor-and-parachute combination similar to the setups used by Hamas in Israel. Because the PDFs and related anti-junta militias have no aircraft of their own and little to no air defense, the military junta often uses light sport craft such as paramotors or gyrocopters for observation purposes which would otherwise normally be easy prey.

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