For you military buffs

[JeffreyLebowski]

Or anyone that likes watching stuff(people) get blown up.
AC130 video

This is footage from a AC130 mission in Afganistan. the smaller explosions are from the smaller 40mm howitzers, the larger are from the 105mm howitzer.

 

[ElFenix]

mounting a 4 inch gun in an airplane is a pretty darn good idea, if i say so myself.

 

[Ameesh]

that was pretty boring

 

[Desslok]

Gunships sure have come a long way since the AC-47 "Puffs" during Vietnam. DAMN would hate to be on the recieving end of that!

 

[her209]

HAHA... we make parts for that gun

 

[OutHouse]

damn!!! that is some awesome footage.

RUN MR TALIBAN, RUN

 

[Kilgor]

Fascinating, but still kind of disturbing when you remember it?s real people getting blown up. I wonder if they even knew what was coming or where it was coming from. Kind of reminds me of Missile Command.

 

[Zugzwang152]

wtf, all i saw was explosions. no rain of death from above

 

[Hammer]

i will have to remember to check this out when i get home.

 

[SSP]

Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: SSP
Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

30mm < 105mm

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
wtf, all i saw was explosions. no rain of death from above

I would have like to see them open up with the mini-guns on the side of that plane.

OK< I'm not gonna feel sorry for anyone on that video cause these are TERRORISTS. It's not like they flew the plane down Main St. USA and started blowing people up for no reason.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SSP
Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

30mm < 105mm

I think he might be refering to the .50 cal. mini-guns.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SSP
Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

30mm < 105mm

30mm x 7 barrels and heavy mo-fo slugs=pretty impressive to me

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SSP
Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

30mm < 105mm

Yes, but 6000 rounds per minute>4 rounds per minute

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SSP
Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

30mm < 105mm

Yes, but 6000 rounds per minute>4 rounds per minute

yeah, but those 4 rounds get better penetration

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SSP
Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

30mm < 105mm

Yes, but 6000 rounds per minute>4 rounds per minute

yeah, but those 4 rounds get better penetration

but they dont have the same "wow" factor

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SSP
Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

30mm < 105mm

Yes, but 6000 rounds per minute>4 rounds per minute

yeah, but those 4 rounds get better penetration

but they dont have the same "wow" factor

Yep.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SSP
Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

30mm < 105mm

Yes, but a Howitzer doesn't fire those rounds at several thousand per minute.

Load.... Fire... Load.... Fire

Is quite a bit different from

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SSP
Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

30mm < 105mm

Yes, but 6000 rounds per minute>4 rounds per minute

yeah, but those 4 rounds get better penetration

but they dont have the same "wow" factor

ever been near a 105mm impact?

 

[Czar]

just watched the video

how horrible war is :disgust:

 

[PsychoAndy]

Originally posted by: Czar
just watched the video

how horrible war is :disgust:

agree. doesn't mean i don't like the firepower though.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: SSP
Hey, anyone have any footage of an A10 ripping stuff apart with that huge gun?

will

this do?

 

[BoberFett]

Talk about Wow Factor, I'll never forget my first one shot steel-on-steel call. We were doing some live fire training and I was given a target that was a rusted out half-track pretty far down range. I got on my laser range finder and radioed back coordinates. Within a few seconds, I heard the fire of the cannon, found the target in my binoculars expecting to have to make a correction, and was greeted with a direct hit sending sparks and flames.

Now that's satisfaction.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: PsychoAndy

Originally posted by: Czar
just watched the video

how horrible war is :disgust:

agree. doesn't mean i don't like the firepower though.

the things we can do with technology is amazing with every new stuff we come up with, just sucks that so much of it is used for war