This video shows a PKM gunner in Myanmar leading the way as a combined force of anti-junta militia elements attack an Army base in the Shan region.

The machine gunner in question belongs to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), a militia group termed an “ethnic armed organization” (EAO) by Myanmar’s ruling junta. Along with other ethnic-group-based paramilitary forces such as the Karenni Defense Forces, and militants who oppose the junta along non-ethnicity-related lines (People’s Defense Forces or PDF), the KIA is shown here, advancing into a junta-controlled Army base.

He crosses open ground with his PKM, essentially daring someone to take a shot. The cameraman and other fighters are shown being much more pragmatic in their approach, using cover and concealment and advancing slowly. They move up well after the Main Character has forged ahead.

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