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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: Lots of rapid firing in the muddy, grimy environs of Tarkov results in lots of malfunctions. A BEAR operator has to frantically clear a stoppage in his sidearm while under heavy fire in the first encounter with [=USECs=], and that's just the beginning[[note]] It is worth mentioning that the sidearm in question was a Russian Yarygin Pistol (a military-issue version of the Grach handgun present in the game) earlier versions of which had noticeable reliability issues[[/note]]. Not even AK-pattern weapons are immune. During the final assault, a Russian Army machine gunner radios that he's being charged by scavs and his PKM is cycling poorly[[note]] With any automatic or semiautomatic weapon, accumulated fouling from prolonged firing, dirt/mud/dust from the surrounding environment, or built-up ice in extreme cold can cause increased friction on the bolt, causing it to cycle slower than normal. Any shooter familiar with the weapon will notice this, as the slower operation will feel different. A weapon that is slowing down or "cycling rough" is becoming too dirty to function and will soon have problems[[/note]], and he needs help immediately.
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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: Lots of rapid firing in the muddy, grimy environs of Tarkov results in lots of malfunctions. A BEAR operator has to frantically clear a stoppage in his sidearm while under heavy fire in the first encounter with [=USECs=], and that's just the beginning[[note]] It is worth mentioning that the sidearm in question was a Russian Yarygin Pistol (a a military-issue version of the Grach handgun which is present in the game) earlier versions of which had noticeable reliability issues[[/note]]. Not even AK-pattern weapons are immune. During the final assault, a Russian Army machine gunner radios that he's being charged by scavs and his PKM is cycling poorly[[note]] With any automatic or semiautomatic weapon, accumulated fouling from prolonged firing, dirt/mud/dust from the surrounding environment, or built-up ice in extreme cold can cause increased friction on the bolt, causing it to cycle slower than normal. Any shooter familiar with the weapon will notice this, as the slower operation will feel different. A weapon that is slowing down or "cycling rough" is becoming too dirty to function and will soon have problems[[/note]], and he needs help immediately.
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* ShoutOut: In the factory hideout, a USEC trooper asks who the previous owner of a looted rifle was: a apparently [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Captain Price]], who's dead, baby.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** In the factory hideout, a USEC trooper asks who the previous owner of a looted rifle was: a apparently [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Captain Price]], who's dead,baby.baby.
** One of the USEC operators is named [[Literature/GenerationKill Trombley]].
** In the factory hideout, a USEC trooper asks who the previous owner of a looted rifle was: a apparently [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Captain Price]], who's dead,
** One of the USEC operators is named [[Literature/GenerationKill Trombley]].
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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: Lots of rapid firing in the muddy, grimy environs of Tarkov results in lots of malfunctions. A BEAR operator has to frantically clear a stoppage in his sidearm while under heavy fire in the first encounter with [=USECs=], and that's just the beginning. Not even AK-pattern weapons are immune. During the final assault, a Russian Army machine gunner radios that he's being charged by scavs and his PKM is cycling poorly[[note]] With any automatic or semiautomatic weapon, accumulated fouling from prolonged firing, dirt/mud/dust from the surrounding environment, or built-up ice in extreme cold can cause increased friction on the bolt, causing it to cycle slower than normal. Any shooter familiar with the weapon will notice this, as the slower operation will feel different. A weapon that is slowing down or "cycling rough" is becoming too dirty to function and will soon have problems[[/note]], and he needs help immediately.
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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: Lots of rapid firing in the muddy, grimy environs of Tarkov results in lots of malfunctions. A BEAR operator has to frantically clear a stoppage in his sidearm while under heavy fire in the first encounter with [=USECs=], and that's just the beginning.beginning[[note]] It is worth mentioning that the sidearm in question was a Russian Yarygin Pistol (a military-issue version of the Grach handgun present in the game) earlier versions of which had noticeable reliability issues[[/note]]. Not even AK-pattern weapons are immune. During the final assault, a Russian Army machine gunner radios that he's being charged by scavs and his PKM is cycling poorly[[note]] With any automatic or semiautomatic weapon, accumulated fouling from prolonged firing, dirt/mud/dust from the surrounding environment, or built-up ice in extreme cold can cause increased friction on the bolt, causing it to cycle slower than normal. Any shooter familiar with the weapon will notice this, as the slower operation will feel different. A weapon that is slowing down or "cycling rough" is becoming too dirty to function and will soon have problems[[/note]], and he needs help immediately.
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* PlayingPossum: Skif plays dead after Barmaley sacrifices himself by tossing a grenade at their attackers in the USEC hideout battle. Two USEC troopers come to investigate the dead, and each receive a pistol shot to their domes from Skif.
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* PlayingPossum: Skif plays dead after Barmaley Voron sacrifices himself by tossing a grenade at their attackers in the USEC hideout battle. Two USEC troopers come to investigate the dead, and each receive a pistol shot to their domes from Skif.
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** The mission to find Burov's team leaves several of Skif's men dead, only for them to find helmet cam footage of Burov and his team being killed at the hands of USEC, with the target secure case probably out of reach.
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** The mission to find Burov's original team leaves several of Skif's men dead, only for them to find helmet cam footage of Burov and his the original team being killed at the hands of USEC, with the target secure case probably out of reach.
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The series follows a Russian private military contractor named Skif, who is attached to a team of fellow BEAR (Battle Encounter Assault Recon) contractors into the city of Tarkov, located in the troubled region of Norvinsk. Sent to pick up the trail of the team whom he was originally supposed to go in first with but was mysteriously left behind, they encounter constant dangers such as roaming Scavs and USEC ([=United SECurity=]) teams that relentlessly hunt them down for the duration of their mission.
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The series follows a Russian private military contractor named Skif, who is attached to a team of fellow BEAR (Battle Encounter Assault Recon) contractors into to infiltrate the city of Tarkov, located in the troubled region of Norvinsk. Sent to pick up the trail of the team whom he was originally supposed to go in first with but was mysteriously left behind, they encounter constant dangers such as roaming Scavs and USEC ([=United SECurity=]) teams that relentlessly hunt them down for the duration of their mission.
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The series follows a Russian private military contractor named Skif, who is attacged to a team of fellow BEAR (Battle Encounter Assault Recon) contractors into the city of Tarkov, located in the troubled region of Norvinsk. Sent to pick up the trail of the team whom he was originally supposed to go in first with but was mysteriously left behind, they encounter constant dangers such as roaming Scavs and USEC ([=United SECurity=]) teams that relentlessly hunt them down for the duration of their mission.
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The series follows a Russian private military contractor named Skif, who is attacged attached to a team of fellow BEAR (Battle Encounter Assault Recon) contractors into the city of Tarkov, located in the troubled region of Norvinsk. Sent to pick up the trail of the team whom he was originally supposed to go in first with but was mysteriously left behind, they encounter constant dangers such as roaming Scavs and USEC ([=United SECurity=]) teams that relentlessly hunt them down for the duration of their mission.
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The series follows a Russian private military contractor named Skif, who leads a squad of BEAR (Battle Encounter Assault Recon) troopers into the city of Tarkov, located in the troubled region of Norvinsk. Sent to pick up the trail of the team whom he was originally supposed to go in first with but was mysteriously left behind, they encounter constant dangers such as roaming Scavs and a USEC ([=United SECurity=]) squad that relentlessly hunts them down for the duration of their mission.
As the casualties mount up and the missing [=BEARs=] nowhere to be found, Skif must question his loyalties and figure out an escape from the war-torn city before he too becomes lost to the darkness of Tarkov.
As the casualties mount up and the missing [=BEARs=] nowhere to be found, Skif must question his loyalties and figure out an escape from the war-torn city before he too becomes lost to the darkness of Tarkov.
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The series follows a Russian private military contractor named Skif, who leads is attacged to a squad team of fellow BEAR (Battle Encounter Assault Recon) troopers contractors into the city of Tarkov, located in the troubled region of Norvinsk. Sent to pick up the trail of the team whom he was originally supposed to go in first with but was mysteriously left behind, they encounter constant dangers such as roaming Scavs and a USEC ([=United SECurity=]) squad teams that relentlessly hunts hunt them down for the duration of their mission.
As the casualties mount up and the missing [=BEARs=] are nowhere to be found, Skif must question his loyalties and figure out an escape from the war-torn city before he too becomes lost to the darkness of Tarkov.
As the casualties mount up and the missing [=BEARs=] are nowhere to be found, Skif must question his loyalties and figure out an escape from the war-torn city before he too becomes lost to the darkness of Tarkov.
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** The mission to find Barov's Burov's team leaves several of Skif's men dead, only for them to find helmet cam footage of Barov Burov and his team being killed at the hands of USEC, with the target secure case probably out of reach.
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* {{BFG}}: A mounted [=DsHK=] heavy machinegun is presented as a major obstacle to Skif and Mike.
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* {{BFG}}: A mounted [=DsHK=] Kord heavy machinegun is presented as a major obstacle to Skif and Mike.
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* BodyguardBetrayal: Skif discovers from the [=GoPro=] footage he finds that USEC contractors massacred the Terragroup researchers they were ostensibly protecting on orders from the company. This same event is what convinces Mike to expose Terragroup and eventually [[spoiler: team up with Skif]].
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* AnyoneCanDie: The team of kickass BEAR operators who win the initial gunfight start dropping like flies when they assault the factory, leaving Skif as the SoleSurvivor. [[spoiler: Neither he nor Mike escape Tarkov alive in the end]].
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* LudicrousGibs: A squad of [[spoiler:Black Division]] [=PMCs=] are reduced to flying chunks of meat when they take a long burst of 12.7x108mm rounds fired from a mounted [=DsHK=] heavy machinegun. While seemingly overly graphic, it is in fact, absolutely TruthInTelevision.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: When Black Division attacks the Russian Army garrison at the harbor, they mostly stay out of sight while sending in a [[ZergRush horde of scavs as cannon fodder]]. Apart from their snipers eliminating the searchlights and [=HMGs=] on the watch towers, as well as the mortar barrage, they only directly engage the defenders briefly, while the scavs soak most of the bullets.
* LudicrousGibs: A squad of [[spoiler:Black Division]] [=PMCs=] are reduced to flying chunks of meat when they take a long burst of 12.7x108mm rounds fired from a mounted[=DsHK=] Kord heavy machinegun.machine gun. While seemingly overly graphic, it is in fact, absolutely TruthInTelevision.
* LudicrousGibs: A squad of [[spoiler:Black Division]] [=PMCs=] are reduced to flying chunks of meat when they take a long burst of 12.7x108mm rounds fired from a mounted
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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: Lots of rapid firing in the muddy, grimy environs of Tarkov results in lots of malfunctions. A BEAR operator has to frantically clear a stoppage in his sidearm while under heavy fire in the first encounter with [=USECs=], and that's just the beginning. Not even AK-pattern weapons are immune. During the final assault, a Russian Army machine gunner radios that he's being charged by scavs and his PKM is cycling poorly[[note]] With any automatic or semiautomatic weapon, accumulated fouling from prolonged firing, dirt/mud/dust from the surrounding environment, or built-up ice in extreme cold can cause increased friction on the bolt, causing it to cycle slower than normal. Any shooter familiar with the weapon will notice this, as the slower operation will feel different. A weapon that is slowing down or "cycling rough" is becoming too dirty to function and will soon have problems[[/note]], and he needs help immediately.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A shootout in a multi-story apartment block in which both sides wear the same camouflage pattern, use similar gear, and are trained in similar tactics gets really messy, really fast. Team members can barely hear eachother shouting over the noise of gunfire, confusion sets in quickly, and friendly fire from separated teammates quickly becomes a problem.
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-->'''Skif:''' [As a Russian soldier aims an HMG at him] "I'm getting really sick of that guy!"
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-->"IN 2015, TERRAGROUP INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION DEPLOYED ITS PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN THE NEW FREE ECONOMIC ZONE IN THE NORVINSK REGION."\\
"WHEN TERRAGROUP LABORATORIES IN TARKOV WERE INSPECTED, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUTHORITIES WERE FORCIBLY CONFRONTED BY THE PRIVATE MILITARY COMAPANY USEC."\\
"THE ARMED CONFLICT IN THE NORVINSK REGION BECAME PROTRACTED. THE TERRITORIES WERE BLOCKADED BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND THE POPULATION EVACUATED."\\
"UN PEACEKEEPING HALTED THE ACTIVE PHASE OF THE CONFLICT. HOWEVER, PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES CONTINUED THEIR LOCAL WAR ON TERRIROTIES CONTROLLED BY LOCAL GANGS."\\
"A PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANY, BEAR, WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TO CARRY OUT THEIR OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES.""
--->-'''Opening narration'''
'''The Raid''', directed by Anton Rosenburg is a live-action [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl6BKrqBT5LJ_DrI1NWCJmPba1WsBUSyw five-part]] episodic web series based on ''VideoGame/EscapeFromTarkov'' which itself is set in the same universe of Battlestate Games' ''Russia 2028'', which also includes the prequel ''VideoGame/ContractWars''. It is later complied into a single hour-long video in 2021 as seen [[https://youtu.be/q9OIT7W24V8 here]].
The series follows a Russian private military contractor named Skif, who leads a squad of BEAR (Battle Encounter Assault Recon) troopers into the city of Tarkov, located in the troubled region of Norvinsk. Sent to pick up the trail of the team whom he was originally supposed to go in first with but was mysteriously left behind, they encounter constant dangers such as roaming Scavs and a USEC ([=United SECurity=]) squad that relentlessly hunts them down for the duration of their mission.
As the casualties mount up and the missing [=BEARs=] nowhere to be found, Skif must question his loyalties and figure out an escape from the war-torn city before he too becomes lost to the darkness of Tarkov.
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!!This web video provides examples of:
* AllForNothing:
** The mission to find Barov's team leaves several of Skif's men dead, only for them to find helmet cam footage of Barov and his team being killed at the hands of USEC, with the target secure case probably out of reach.
** All of Skif's and Mike's efforts to secure their exit pass out of Tarkov goes in smoke when the combined forces of Ogrwyzok's Scavs and [[spoiler:Black Division]] attack the seaport base before they reach the exfil gate.
* AssassinOutclassin: Sensing an obvious trap, both Mike and Skif pre-emptively eliminate the Scav sniper overseeing the deal at the radio tower and then proceed to wipe out the rest of Boris' guards.
* BilingualDialogue: Skif speaks to Mike in either Russian or sometimes broken English, with the USEC seemingly understanding most, if not all of it. On the other hand, Mike speaks only in English, with Skif understanding seemingly all of it.
* {{BFG}}: A mounted [=DsHK=] heavy machinegun is presented as a major obstacle to Skif and Mike.
-->'''Mike:''' "You see that heavy machinegun? It can destroy ''helicopters''! I'm outta here!"
* BlatantLies: The ending news segment reveals that the Russian government issued an official statement regarding the events at the seaport is "under control", despite the fact that it is most likely overrun with Scavs and the scores of dead Russian troops left behind.
* BookEnds: The series starts and ends with a Russian news broadcast on the events happening in Tarkov.
* CatapultNightmare: Skif has a nightmare where Mike betrays him by stabbing the former in his sleep. He quickly wakes up, then sighs in relief when he sees Mike still asleep and feeling the lack of puncture wounds on himself.
* CombatBreakdown: The BEAR assault on the USEC hideout starts with guns blazing and grenade clearing, but by the end it's just two guys left brawling it out with fisticuffs on the broken shower tiles.
* ConcealmentEqualsCover: Averted. A [[spoiler:Black Division]] PMC squad finds out the hard way when they try to take cover from a [=DsHK=] heavy machinegun behind an abandoned car, only to be reduced to a pile of chunky salsa when the rounds punch straight through.
* ContinuityNod: Several from BSG's ''Russia 2028'' universe.
** Many equipment seen in the series is consistent with existing or planned weapons in ''EFT''. In one fight scene, the Greber Downrange Hatchet is prominently used by Skif.
** The layout of the factory in the USEC hideout battle resembles the ''Factory'' map in ''EFT''.
** At the factory residential block, Skif's team encounters a [[RoomFullOfCrazy Marked Room]] filled with cultist writings. They comment on it mentioning that this isn't the first time they've encountered such a sight.
** Secure containers make a plot-relevant appearance and eventually one becomes the MacGuffin for the series.
** The [=BEARs=] make their way across the Pokihlim factory district, which is a location so far unseen but mentioned in-game by several traders.
** The Russian seaport base is the same one that can be seen at the outskirts of the ''Shoreline'' map in ''EFT''.
** Ogrwyzok, the trader from the official novel, ''Predator: Escape from Tarkov'' makes a live-action appearance in ''The Raid''.
** [[spoiler:The mysterious Black Division PMC makes a return from Contract Wars working for an unknown benefactor.]]
* ContrivedCoincidence: It just so happens that Skif manages to retrieve the specific USEC helmetcam containing footage of his former team being massacred from random loot. Even more so that the USEC group that the [=BEARs=] encounter at the hideout happens to be the same one that destroyed Borov's team.
* CoupDeGrace: Both BEAR and USEC troopers do not take chances and put a bullet in every corpse or fresh kill they find. [[spoiler:Skif eventually meets his end this way after Black Division is done taking the secure container from him.]]
* DeathFromAbove: The Russian seaport base is relentlessly bombarded by 120mm mortars during the final battle, which gives Scavs and [[spoiler:Black Division]] an opening to infiltrate the base.
* DestinationDefenestration: At the end of the factory hideout battle, Mike tackles and throws Skif out the 2nd floor window and onto an abandoned playground.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Both Skif and Mike die in the assault on the seaport base; the secure container they worked so hard to extract with ends up taken by Black Division troopers ensuring the secrets of Terra Group are lost forever. Skif's girlfriend and unborn child will [[DisappearedDad never see their father]], nor will they ever know how or why he died.]]
* DwindlingParty: Skif's group takes losses for every major engagement in Tarkov. By the attack on the USEC factory hideout, he is the SoleSurvivor of both this group and the previous one he was originally in.
* EnemyMine: BEAR trooper Skif ends up teaming with the USEC, Mike due to the bigger threat of encroaching Scavs.
* FromBadToWorse: Skif gets ejected from the second floor of the USEC hideout right as a squad of approaching Scavs investigating the earlier battle rounds the corner.
* GratuitousEnglish: Mike's dialogue is a little... weird. While all the sentences have correct grammar and pronunciations, word choices are odd and most likely a byproduct of a Russian scriptwriter translating it directly to English without knowledge of American slangs.
-->'''Mike:''' "You were a shitty opponent."
* IWillWaitForYou: As it turns out, Skif's girlfriend was willing to give him a chance to come back, [[spoiler:as she is pregnant with his child]].
* LudicrousGibs: A squad of [[spoiler:Black Division]] [=PMCs=] are reduced to flying chunks of meat when they take a long burst of 12.7x108mm rounds fired from a mounted [=DsHK=] heavy machinegun. While seemingly overly graphic, it is in fact, absolutely TruthInTelevision.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler:Black Division [=PMCs=]]] are seen dressed in all-black uniforms and gear, including intimidating skull balaclavas.
* {{MacGuffin}}: A Terra Group secure container containing company secrets shows up midway, revealed to be the main objective USEC were supposed to extract while BEAR was to intercept.
* MyGirlBackHome: Skif is shown to be parting on bad terms with his girlfriend before his deployment to Tarkov. He then volunteers for the first group's INFIL thinking that he has nothing left to lose. [[spoiler:This changes when he sees his girlfriend's reconciliatory video message on his commander's phone and the stunning revelation that she is pregnant with his child.]]
* PlayingPossum: Skif plays dead after Barmaley sacrifices himself by tossing a grenade at their attackers in the USEC hideout battle. Two USEC troopers come to investigate the dead, and each receive a pistol shot to their domes from Skif.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Against the better judgement of Voron, Skif and most of the squad decides to go after the [=USECs=] who massacred his team leader's squad, despite having failed their original objectives and taking the opportunity to simply cut their losses and make for the extract.
* ShoutingShooter: The entire Scav horde that charges the Russian seaport base.
* ShoutOut: In the factory hideout, a USEC trooper asks who the previous owner of a looted rifle was: a apparently [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Captain Price]], who's dead, baby.
* TriggerHappy: The Russian Army at the seaport base are all too eager to open fire on any person who approaches the checkpoint without a valid pass, as Skif finds out the first time when his password turns out to be invalid.
* WhamLine: The final line of Skif's girlfriend's video message.
-->'''Girlfriend:''' [[spoiler:*glances below* - "We'll..... be waiting for you. Because very soon, we'll become a real family."]]
* ZergRush: A horde of Scavs suicidally rush the Russian seaport base after Black Division [=PMCs=] detonate explosives and breach a significant length of the defensive wall. Despite mounting losses, they eventually manage to overwhelm the Russian defenders by sheer audacity and numbers.
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-->"IN 2015, TERRAGROUP INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION DEPLOYED ITS PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN THE NEW FREE ECONOMIC ZONE IN THE NORVINSK REGION."\\
"WHEN TERRAGROUP LABORATORIES IN TARKOV WERE INSPECTED, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUTHORITIES WERE FORCIBLY CONFRONTED BY THE PRIVATE MILITARY COMAPANY USEC."\\
"THE ARMED CONFLICT IN THE NORVINSK REGION BECAME PROTRACTED. THE TERRITORIES WERE BLOCKADED BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND THE POPULATION EVACUATED."\\
"UN PEACEKEEPING HALTED THE ACTIVE PHASE OF THE CONFLICT. HOWEVER, PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES CONTINUED THEIR LOCAL WAR ON TERRIROTIES CONTROLLED BY LOCAL GANGS."\\
"A PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANY, BEAR, WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TO CARRY OUT THEIR OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES.""
--->-'''Opening narration'''
'''The Raid''', directed by Anton Rosenburg is a live-action [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl6BKrqBT5LJ_DrI1NWCJmPba1WsBUSyw five-part]] episodic web series based on ''VideoGame/EscapeFromTarkov'' which itself is set in the same universe of Battlestate Games' ''Russia 2028'', which also includes the prequel ''VideoGame/ContractWars''. It is later complied into a single hour-long video in 2021 as seen [[https://youtu.be/q9OIT7W24V8 here]].
The series follows a Russian private military contractor named Skif, who leads a squad of BEAR (Battle Encounter Assault Recon) troopers into the city of Tarkov, located in the troubled region of Norvinsk. Sent to pick up the trail of the team whom he was originally supposed to go in first with but was mysteriously left behind, they encounter constant dangers such as roaming Scavs and a USEC ([=United SECurity=]) squad that relentlessly hunts them down for the duration of their mission.
As the casualties mount up and the missing [=BEARs=] nowhere to be found, Skif must question his loyalties and figure out an escape from the war-torn city before he too becomes lost to the darkness of Tarkov.
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!!This web video provides examples of:
* AllForNothing:
** The mission to find Barov's team leaves several of Skif's men dead, only for them to find helmet cam footage of Barov and his team being killed at the hands of USEC, with the target secure case probably out of reach.
** All of Skif's and Mike's efforts to secure their exit pass out of Tarkov goes in smoke when the combined forces of Ogrwyzok's Scavs and [[spoiler:Black Division]] attack the seaport base before they reach the exfil gate.
* AssassinOutclassin: Sensing an obvious trap, both Mike and Skif pre-emptively eliminate the Scav sniper overseeing the deal at the radio tower and then proceed to wipe out the rest of Boris' guards.
* BilingualDialogue: Skif speaks to Mike in either Russian or sometimes broken English, with the USEC seemingly understanding most, if not all of it. On the other hand, Mike speaks only in English, with Skif understanding seemingly all of it.
* {{BFG}}: A mounted [=DsHK=] heavy machinegun is presented as a major obstacle to Skif and Mike.
-->'''Mike:''' "You see that heavy machinegun? It can destroy ''helicopters''! I'm outta here!"
* BlatantLies: The ending news segment reveals that the Russian government issued an official statement regarding the events at the seaport is "under control", despite the fact that it is most likely overrun with Scavs and the scores of dead Russian troops left behind.
* BookEnds: The series starts and ends with a Russian news broadcast on the events happening in Tarkov.
* CatapultNightmare: Skif has a nightmare where Mike betrays him by stabbing the former in his sleep. He quickly wakes up, then sighs in relief when he sees Mike still asleep and feeling the lack of puncture wounds on himself.
* CombatBreakdown: The BEAR assault on the USEC hideout starts with guns blazing and grenade clearing, but by the end it's just two guys left brawling it out with fisticuffs on the broken shower tiles.
* ConcealmentEqualsCover: Averted. A [[spoiler:Black Division]] PMC squad finds out the hard way when they try to take cover from a [=DsHK=] heavy machinegun behind an abandoned car, only to be reduced to a pile of chunky salsa when the rounds punch straight through.
* ContinuityNod: Several from BSG's ''Russia 2028'' universe.
** Many equipment seen in the series is consistent with existing or planned weapons in ''EFT''. In one fight scene, the Greber Downrange Hatchet is prominently used by Skif.
** The layout of the factory in the USEC hideout battle resembles the ''Factory'' map in ''EFT''.
** At the factory residential block, Skif's team encounters a [[RoomFullOfCrazy Marked Room]] filled with cultist writings. They comment on it mentioning that this isn't the first time they've encountered such a sight.
** Secure containers make a plot-relevant appearance and eventually one becomes the MacGuffin for the series.
** The [=BEARs=] make their way across the Pokihlim factory district, which is a location so far unseen but mentioned in-game by several traders.
** The Russian seaport base is the same one that can be seen at the outskirts of the ''Shoreline'' map in ''EFT''.
** Ogrwyzok, the trader from the official novel, ''Predator: Escape from Tarkov'' makes a live-action appearance in ''The Raid''.
** [[spoiler:The mysterious Black Division PMC makes a return from Contract Wars working for an unknown benefactor.]]
* ContrivedCoincidence: It just so happens that Skif manages to retrieve the specific USEC helmetcam containing footage of his former team being massacred from random loot. Even more so that the USEC group that the [=BEARs=] encounter at the hideout happens to be the same one that destroyed Borov's team.
* CoupDeGrace: Both BEAR and USEC troopers do not take chances and put a bullet in every corpse or fresh kill they find. [[spoiler:Skif eventually meets his end this way after Black Division is done taking the secure container from him.]]
* DeathFromAbove: The Russian seaport base is relentlessly bombarded by 120mm mortars during the final battle, which gives Scavs and [[spoiler:Black Division]] an opening to infiltrate the base.
* DestinationDefenestration: At the end of the factory hideout battle, Mike tackles and throws Skif out the 2nd floor window and onto an abandoned playground.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Both Skif and Mike die in the assault on the seaport base; the secure container they worked so hard to extract with ends up taken by Black Division troopers ensuring the secrets of Terra Group are lost forever. Skif's girlfriend and unborn child will [[DisappearedDad never see their father]], nor will they ever know how or why he died.]]
* DwindlingParty: Skif's group takes losses for every major engagement in Tarkov. By the attack on the USEC factory hideout, he is the SoleSurvivor of both this group and the previous one he was originally in.
* EnemyMine: BEAR trooper Skif ends up teaming with the USEC, Mike due to the bigger threat of encroaching Scavs.
* FromBadToWorse: Skif gets ejected from the second floor of the USEC hideout right as a squad of approaching Scavs investigating the earlier battle rounds the corner.
* GratuitousEnglish: Mike's dialogue is a little... weird. While all the sentences have correct grammar and pronunciations, word choices are odd and most likely a byproduct of a Russian scriptwriter translating it directly to English without knowledge of American slangs.
-->'''Mike:''' "You were a shitty opponent."
* IWillWaitForYou: As it turns out, Skif's girlfriend was willing to give him a chance to come back, [[spoiler:as she is pregnant with his child]].
* LudicrousGibs: A squad of [[spoiler:Black Division]] [=PMCs=] are reduced to flying chunks of meat when they take a long burst of 12.7x108mm rounds fired from a mounted [=DsHK=] heavy machinegun. While seemingly overly graphic, it is in fact, absolutely TruthInTelevision.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler:Black Division [=PMCs=]]] are seen dressed in all-black uniforms and gear, including intimidating skull balaclavas.
* {{MacGuffin}}: A Terra Group secure container containing company secrets shows up midway, revealed to be the main objective USEC were supposed to extract while BEAR was to intercept.
* MyGirlBackHome: Skif is shown to be parting on bad terms with his girlfriend before his deployment to Tarkov. He then volunteers for the first group's INFIL thinking that he has nothing left to lose. [[spoiler:This changes when he sees his girlfriend's reconciliatory video message on his commander's phone and the stunning revelation that she is pregnant with his child.]]
* PlayingPossum: Skif plays dead after Barmaley sacrifices himself by tossing a grenade at their attackers in the USEC hideout battle. Two USEC troopers come to investigate the dead, and each receive a pistol shot to their domes from Skif.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Against the better judgement of Voron, Skif and most of the squad decides to go after the [=USECs=] who massacred his team leader's squad, despite having failed their original objectives and taking the opportunity to simply cut their losses and make for the extract.
* ShoutingShooter: The entire Scav horde that charges the Russian seaport base.
* ShoutOut: In the factory hideout, a USEC trooper asks who the previous owner of a looted rifle was: a apparently [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Captain Price]], who's dead, baby.
* TriggerHappy: The Russian Army at the seaport base are all too eager to open fire on any person who approaches the checkpoint without a valid pass, as Skif finds out the first time when his password turns out to be invalid.
* WhamLine: The final line of Skif's girlfriend's video message.
-->'''Girlfriend:''' [[spoiler:*glances below* - "We'll..... be waiting for you. Because very soon, we'll become a real family."]]
* ZergRush: A horde of Scavs suicidally rush the Russian seaport base after Black Division [=PMCs=] detonate explosives and breach a significant length of the defensive wall. Despite mounting losses, they eventually manage to overwhelm the Russian defenders by sheer audacity and numbers.
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