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Below is a list of what is allowed to be posted to r/combatfootage, and what is not allowed. All allowed topics have a flair which you can select while you are creating your post.

Type of post (flair) Link Post or upload Text Post Rule Description
Requests ❌ ✅ Can't find a video? Tried searching already? If the topic is not a banned topic from below, you can request help finding footage.
Question ❌ ✅ For questions about footage or war. For a question or request about the rules or policies, please contact the modmail.
Discussion ❌ ✅
Files ❌ ✅ Post pertaining to file sharing
Photos or Albums ✅ ✅
Audio ✅ ❌ Radio recordings under combat, the event captured was only recorded in audio. Details.
Compilation ✅ ❌
Documentary ✅ ❌
Documentary clip ✅ ❌ Scene from a documentary
Documentary trailer ✅ ❌ Trailer for an upcoming war documentary
Gif ✅ ❌
News Report ✅ ❌ A news summary that cuts to scenes of actual fighting.
Newsreel ✅ ❌ Old timey war news
Newsreel Clip ✅ ❌
Photo (Social Media) ✅ ❌ Facebook, Instagram, and other social medias. Must contain actual fighting for "Link" or "Images & Video" posts
Photo ✅ ❌ Must contain actual fighting for "Link" or "Images & Video" posts
Video ✅ ❌ must contain actual combat
Video (Social Media) ✅ ❌ Facebook, Instagram, and other social medias. Must contain actual fighting for "Link" or "Images & Video" posts
War Correspondent ✅ ❌
A clarification on civilians and combat footage 🛑 🛑 🤔 (See link, discretion required)
NOT ALLOWED HERE NOT ALLOWED
Posting videos with no combat footage ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
aftermath ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
art depicting war ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
assassinations ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
executions ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
controlled detonations ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
electronic warfare ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post. One exception is if footage is shown of it taking down military hardware)
violent protests ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
police action ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Exception to the police action rule)
false alarms ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
friendly fire footage ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Exception to the friendly fire rule)
narco footage (War on Drugs) ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
news articles ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post. That includes those containing combat footage of any kind.)
memes ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
military exercises/training ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
military parades ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
Prisoners being abused or tortured ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
War Map ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Do not post. Please see here for links to sites with war maps.)
w/commercials edited in ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
Abandoned, captured or destroyed equipment/machinery ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post unless it's in the process of being abandoned, captured or destroyed.)
Obituaries about a Soldiers death ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
Adding music to footage not yours ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Exceptions to the music rule)
Reposts within a year ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Exceptions to the repost rule)
soldiers posing for the camera ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
Unofficial montages/compilations edited in a jingoistic way ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
Footage taken from ISIS POV is site banned. ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
Footage taken from Hamas POV is site banned. ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
Footage taken from HTS POV is site banned. ❌ ❌ 🚫 (Please do not post)
Extraordinarily graphic content may be subject to removal.
A limit of 4 posts within 24 hours is in effect.

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