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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rashak Mani" data-source="post: 131191" data-attributes="member: 642">I just came back from watching the Black Hawk Down movie (takes time to show over here) and thou I have a lot of armchair general knowledge I was kind of lost on some of the military aspects of the movie. Since there are so many ex and current military on this board I thought some of you guys could help me out.   First was the operation that badly planned as shown in the movie ?  Throwing away the surprise element... not using APCs... not using air cover effectively ... didnt they use Apache Helicopters as well ?  These would have been great in that kind of environment....   Second how come in the movie the Americans never climbed to the roofs ?  Would seem the best defensive places... best for helicopter rescue as well... or am I wrong ?   I know that might result in their getting boxed in...     Third how faithful overall was the movie to how the action happened ?  What aspects were off and which were right on ?      Finally do you guys have any interesting links where I can read about the operation ?   Homepages with stuff about not only the movie but the attempt to capture Aidid as well... thanks    (Sorry for the OT thread... but I cant imagine a better place to ask these questions -  <a href="mailto:zes@brturbo.com">zes@brturbo.com</a> for e-mail messages )</blockquote>