History ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill / RealLife

* One of the most notorious [[HarmfulToMinors child predators]] and [[SerialRapist rapists]], Richard Huckle was given a brutal death and torture in jail by his cellmate Paul Fitzgerald. He was strangled by an electrical cable sheathe, inserting a pen into his brain through the nostril, raped, had been hit on the floor multiple times hard enough to break his jaw, punched him, stabbed him in the neck and had his anus penetrated by a spoon handle in a 78 minute attack, and would've been eaten if it wasn't for the police stopping Paul.

* On August 6, 2011, a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter was shot down by militants in Afghanistan, killing all 38 people and one military dog aboard, the worst loss of life in a single incident in the entire US war against the Taliban. The insurgent who made the shot bragged about it over two-way radio, which was picked up by US Air Force signals intelligence. [[ItsPersonal They tracked his location and two days later]], dropped four 500-pound GPS-guided bombs on him and his comrades. [[UpToEleven And followed up with strikes from an AC-130 gunship and two Apache helicopters.]] Talk shit, get hit, indeed.

** This is the same Bill Slim who, when confronted with mediaeval city walls in Burma that the enemy had turned into a fortress, decided not to waste time besieging the place. He called forward the sort of very heavy artillery normally used to shell a taget from miles away, emplaced them five hundred yards from the Japanese-held fortifications, and had six and eight-inch guns (compatible with those used on warships) open up at point-blank range. The city fell within two days.

* Blowing from a gun is a method of execution practiced for centuries on the Indian subcontinent, especially under UsefulNotes/TheRaj. To quote [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]]: "… the victim is typically tied to the mouth of a cannon which is then fired, often resulting in death". Wait, ''often''!?

* Blowing from a gun is a method of execution practiced for centuries on the Indian subcontinent, especially under UsefulNotes/TheRaj. To quote TheOtherWiki: "… the victim is typically tied to the mouth of a cannon which is then fired, often resulting in death". Wait, ''often''!?

* During the UsefulNotes/SpanishConquestOfMexico, as narrated in ''Literature/TheTrueHistoryOfTheConquestOfMexico'', the captain of the first Spanish expedition, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, received no less than ten native arrows. He saved his life at the moment thanks to his armor, but died from his wounds shortly after.

** This is the same Bill Slim who, when confronted with mediaeval city walls in Burma that the Japs had turned into a fortress, decided not to waste time besieging the place. He called forward the sort of very heavy artillery normally used to shell a taget from miles away, emplaced them five hundred yards from the Japanese-held fortifications, and had six and eight-inch guns (compatible with those used on warships) blast the Japs at point-blank range. The city fell within two days.

* The infamous pirate Edward Teach (Blackbeard) met his end in 1718 in a brutal battle with two British ships commanded by Royal Navy lieutenant Robert Maynard. After boarding Maynard's ship, Teach was hacked and shot to pieces by a group sailors Maynard personally led. Later investigations on Teach's body revealed he had been shot five times and received 20 sword wounds.

* On August 6 2001, a US Chinook helicopter was shot down by militants in Afghanistan, killing all 38 people and one military dog aboard, the worst loss of life in a single incident in the entire US war against the Taliban. The insurgent who made the shot bragged about it over two-way radio, which was picked up by US Air Force signals intelligence. [[ItsPersonal They tracked his location and two days later]], dropped four 500-pound GPS-guided bombs on him and his comrades. [[UpToEleven And followed up with strikes from an AC-130 gunship and two Apache helicopters.]] Talk shit, get hit, indeed.
* Speaking of Afghanistan, the British Empire found it was impossible to take it over during the time India was a British Protectorate. Namely, the ''four'' Afghan Wars convinced the Brits that there was only one method to not getting attack by Afghan tribesmen, and that was staying out of Afghanistan but threatening disproportionate reprisals (namely genocide) if any Afghan tribal conflicts spilled over into India, as said [[https://www.forgottenweapons.com/rpd-the-lmg-adapts-to-modern-combat/#comment-3679619 here]]:

** The first known case of someone being "hanged, drawn, and quartered" was Dafydd ap Gruffydd, half-brother of the last legitimate (semi-)independent Prince of Wales, Llewelyn ap Gruffydd. In 1283, he had allegedly betrayed Llewelyn, and proclaimed himself the Prince of Wales instead. This was [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves after conning Llewelyn into betraying a peace he made with Edward I]]. When captured, Dafydd was dragged behind a horse through the streets of Shrewsbury (the "drawn" part), strangled nearly to death in a short-drop hanging ([[CaptainObvious the "hanged" part]]), then eviscerated alive, then had his arms, legs, and head cut off (the "quartered" part) and sent to the far reaches of England as a warning against the crime of "high treason".[[note]]There's no evidence Dafydd was castrated, but his remaining legitimate sons were imprisoned for the rest of their lives--effectively disinheriting them--and his daughters were put in convents.[[/note]] It would become the typical punishment for "high treason" in England, Great Britain, and ultimately the United Kingdom for nearly 600 years to come. Its most famous use was the execution of Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace in 1305, as depicted in the 1995 film ''Film/Braveheart''.

** The first known case of someone being "hanged, drawn, and quartered" was Dafydd ap Gruffydd, half-brother of the last legitimate (semi-)independent Prince of Wales, Llewelyn ap Gruffydd. He had allegedly betrayed Llewelyn, and proclaimed himself the Prince of Wales instead. This was [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves after conning Llewelyn into betraying a peace he made with Edward I]]. When captured, Dafydd was dragged behind a horse through the streets of Shrewsbury (the "drawn" part), strangled nearly to death in a short-drop hanging ([[CaptainObvious the "hanged" part]]), then eviscerated alive, then had his arms, legs, and head cut off (the "quartered" part) and sent to the far reaches of England as a warning against the crime of "high treason".[[note]]There's no evidence Dafydd was castrated, but his remaining legitimate sons were imprisoned for the rest of their lives--effectively disinheriting them--and his daughters were put in convents.[[/note]] It would become the typical punishment for "high treason" in England, Great Britain, and ultimately the United Kingdom for nearly 600 years to come. Its most famous use was the execution of Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace in 1305, as depicted in the 1995 film ''Film/Braveheart''.

** This is the same Bill Slim who, when confronted with mediaeval city walls in Burma that the Japs had turned into a fortress, decided not to waste time besieging the place. He called forward the sort of very heavy artillery normally used to shell a taget from miles away, emplaced then five hundred yards from the Japanese-held fortifications, and had six and eight-inch guns (compatible with those used on warships )blast the Japs at point-blank range. The city fell within two days.

** At one point during the Normandy landings, American soldiers on Omaha Beach got held up a few [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-216-0417-19%2C_Russland%2C_Soldaten_in_Stellung.jpg German snipers]], and so made a radio call to the battleship ''[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/USS_Texas_%28BB-35%29_1918.JPEG Texas]]'', a ''New York-''class Dreadnought, requesting they take care of that problem.

* Operation Paul Bunyan, where the US and South Korea deployed engineers, security guards, backed by utility copters, artilleries, gunships and more to... cut down a 100-ft poplar tree. However, considering they were dealing with North Korea in response to the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_axe_murder_incident axe murder incident]], it also doubles as GunboatDiplomacy.

** Case in point: The USS ''Wisconsin'' on 15 March, [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar 1952]]. While shelling railroad infrastructure along the North Korean coast, an NK 152mm artillery battery made the mistake of challenging the ''Wisconsin'' to a fight, bracketing the ship with shells and actually managing to score a direct hit on one of the ship's 40mm guns. Whatever elation they felt at hitting the ship, however, likely quickly turned to [[BringMyBrownPants pants-shitting]] [[OhCrap dread]] when the ''Wisconsin'' adjusted its course and replied to the attack with a ''[[full broadside https://imgur.com/qpYIzRK]]'' of its '''16-inch''' (406 mm) main guns. After the North Korean artillery position had been replaced with a crater, the ship escorting the ''Wisconsin'' sent a signal lamp message to the battleship: "Temper, temper, ''Wisconsin.''"

** Case in point: The USS ''Wisconsin'' on 15 March, [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar 1952]]. While shelling railroad infrastructure along the North Korean coast, an NK 152mm artillery battery made the mistake of challenging the ''Wisconsin'' to a fight, bracketing the ship with shells and actually managing to score a direct hit on one of the ship's 40mm guns. Whatever elation they felt at hitting the ship, however, likely quickly turned to [[BringMyBrownPants pants-shitting]] [[OhCrap dread]] when the ''Wisconsin'' adjusted its course and replied to the attack with a ''[[ full broadside https://imgur.com/qpYIzRK]]'' of its '''16-inch''' (406 mm) main guns. After the North Korean artillery position had been replaced with a crater, the ship escorting the ''Wisconsin'' sent a signal lamp message to the battleship: "Temper, temper, ''Wisconsin.''"

** Case in point: The USS ''Wisconsin'' on 15 March, [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar 1952]]. While shelling railroad infrastructure along the North Korean coast, an NK 152mm artillery battery made the mistake of challenging the ''Wisconsin'' to a fight, bracketing the ship with shells and actually managing to score a direct hit on one of the ship's 40mm guns. Whatever elation they felt at hitting the ship, however, likely quickly turned to [[BringMyBrownPants pants-shitting]] [[OhCrap dread]] when the ''Wisconsin'' adjusted its course and replied to the attack with a ''[[ full broadside https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/BB61_USS_Iowa_BB61_broadside_USN.jpg]]'' of its '''16-inch''' (406 mm) main guns. After the North Korean artillery position had been replaced with a crater, the ship escorting the ''Wisconsin'' sent a signal lamp message to the battleship: "Temper, temper, ''Wisconsin.''"

** Case in point: The USS ''Wisconsin'' on 15 March, [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar 1952]]. While shelling railroad infrastructure along the North Korean coast, an NK 152mm artillery battery made the mistake of challenging the ''Wisconsin'' to a fight, bracketing the ship with shells and actually managing to score a direct hit on one of the ship's 40mm guns. Whatever elation they felt at hitting the ship, however, likely quickly turned to [[BringMyBrownPants pants-shitting]] [[OhCrap dread]] when the ''Wisconsin'' adjusted its course and replied to the attack with a ''[[ full broadside]]'' of its '''16-inch''' (406 mm) main guns. After the North Korean artillery position had been replaced with a crater, the ship escorting the ''Wisconsin'' sent a signal lamp message to the battleship: "Temper, temper, ''Wisconsin.''"

** Case in point: The USS ''Wisconsin'' on 15 March, [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar 1952]]. While shelling railroad infrastructure along the North Korean coast, an NK 152mm artillery battery made the mistake of challenging the ''Wisconsin'' to a fight, bracketing the ship with shells and actually managing to score a direct hit on one of the ship's 40mm guns. Whatever elation they felt at hitting the ship, however, likely quickly turned to [[BringMyBrownPants pants-shitting]] [[OhCrap dread]] when the ''Wisconsin'' adjusted its course and replied to the attack with a ''[[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/NHjlX7Ij-blM0NbGdcye_SxLVzer_TKz0eYt1UcOAaMYI6ZcY9iG7UfEhGBxcW-ILJJkB-cqQ7CB-5jKUvFiu-klr2E7kumuCs0Q03yyEoKDJJM full broadside]]'' of its '''16-inch''' (406 mm) main guns. After the North Korean artillery position had been replaced with a crater, the ship escorting the ''Wisconsin'' sent a signal lamp message to the battleship: "Temper, temper, ''Wisconsin.''"

* On August 6 2001, a US Chinook helicopter was shot down by militants in Afghanistan, killing all 38 people and one military dog aboard, the worst loss of life in a single incident in the entire US war against the Taliban. The insurgent who made the shot bragged about it over two-way radio, which was picked up by US Air Force signals intelligence. They tracked his location and two days later, dropped four 500-pound GPS-guided bombs on him and his comrades. [[UpToEleven And followed up with strikes from an AC-130 gunship and two Apache helicopters.]] Talk shit, get hit, indeed.