Video! Helicopter getting shot down!

[bdww00]

Originally posted by: Printer Bandit
interesting...


12.
Back story posted by Bill on 7/17/2006 11:09:37 AM
There is an interesting back-story on this one. During the 80?s the Regan administration was under increasing pressure to supply the Afghani mujahideen fighting the Russians with a means to take down Russian helicopters which were in most ways invulnerable to the small arms the mujahideen possessed.

Finally Regan broke down and sent Stingers to the Afghans, this despite many arguments that the weapons were too complex, too fragile etc (and of course the wisdom of those who understood the nightmare that would come later when trying to account for all of the unused munitions ? something we ended up paying millions to various ?terrorists? in a poorly organized buy back attempt years later).

This video was made for Regan and his staff as evidence of the weapons efficacy. What you don?t see in this edited version are the mujahideen descending down closer to the base and shooting the possible survivors of the crash.

The video marks an important milestone in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Subsequent to this and other ?shoot-downs? of helicopters the Russian pilots changed strategies. no longer willing to fly slow and low shooting at donkey laden supply lines (another great story on that one some other time) and less able to support ground troops, etc etc etc further demoralizing both the ground and air troops.

its an sa7 grail.... sa7 grail not stinger

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
I don't like helicopters but that is just wrong.

??? lol

What's wrong with helicopters?

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Looks like the pilot might have manuevered it down sicne it looked to stay upright on the decent....

yeah.

It looks like they took out an engine and forced it to land. If it was the tail rotor, it would have been spinning wildly.

 

[13Gigatons]

Helicopters = Flying coffin

 

[Nyati13]

It's also, Helicopter = loose collection of parts, flying in close formation.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
Helicopters = Flying coffin

Meh, not that scary.

 

[SilverThief]

"Alabama Black Bar!" - Chechen rebel after shooting down a Russian chopper with an American supplied Stinger Missile.

:thumbsup:

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: SilverThief
"Alabama Black Bar!" - Chechen rebel after shooting down a Russian chopper with an American supplied Stinger Missile.

:thumbsup:

America supplies Chechens with Stingers? I wasn't aware of that.

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: Atrail

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
I don't like helicopters but that is just wrong.

Not to mention the animals pulling the trigger are having some sort of breakdown. Pity they didn't swallow their tongue and choke on it. Or perhaps they did.

I think this clip is from people fighting Russian (communist at the time) occupation.

One could argue that russia occupying chechnya is same as usa occupying california. What if mexicans want california to become its own country run by mexicans (I'm not saying that is remotely possible, just using rhetoric), will usa "occupy" california with its military or let it go? If you want to use the "chechens were living there before therefore they have a right to autonomy" same could be said about mexicans who were living in california before it was part of usa.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: lyssword

Originally posted by: Atrail

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
I don't like helicopters but that is just wrong.

Not to mention the animals pulling the trigger are having some sort of breakdown. Pity they didn't swallow their tongue and choke on it. Or perhaps they did.

I think this clip is from people fighting Russian (communist at the time) occupation.

One could argue that russia occupying chechnya is same as usa occupying california. What if mexicans want california to become its own country run by mexicans (I'm not saying that is remotely possible, just using rhetoric), will usa "occupy" california with its military or let it go? If you want to use the "chechens were living there before therefore they have a right to autonomy" same could be said about mexicans who were living in california before it was part of usa.

You're comparing apples to oranges. Chechnya was forcefully occupied by Russia in 19h century and chechen people have been brutally opressed since then.

 

[theeedude]

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: chambersc
and why are there exclamation points. what's exciting about Helicopters getting shot down by terrorists?

Or an helicopter from a invading country being shot down by its citizens.


Of course, I guess it depends who your spinmaster is right?

Umm, this was Russian chopper in Russia shot down by Arab terrorists.

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
Helicopters = Flying coffin

Meh, not that scary.

Tell that to the dudes in that copter .

 

[lyssword]

there is a lot of mess in chechnya, but with chechens killing 300 children in a school makes me feel absolutely no sympathy for chechens. Here is a history of chechen war: http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Chechnya.asp

 

[Trikat]

I remember seeing this video a long time ago.
Terrorist claimed they shot down an American copper was one of the things I read at that time. As others have pointed out it probably was Russian or something.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
Helicopters = Flying coffin

Why do you say that?

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
Helicopters = Flying coffin

no, that's the F35b





who knows what i'm talking about?

 

[SilverThief]

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: SilverThief
"Alabama Black Bar!" - Chechen rebel after shooting down a Russian chopper with an American supplied Stinger Missile.

:thumbsup:

America supplies Chechens with Stingers? I wasn't aware of that.

Meh. I dont know....probably way off the mark...but what the heck.

 

[bdww00]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
Helicopters = Flying coffin

no, that's the F35b





who knows what i'm talking about?

i do f35s suck in bf2

 

[WolverineGator]

Originally posted by: chambersc
and why are there exclamation points. what's exciting about Helicopters getting shot down by terrorists?

Why are you calling the USA terrorists? Clearly the people on the ground are on OUR side shooting down a Big, Bad Communist chopper. Shouldn't they be heros?

 

[Miramonti]

That's a helluva shot. Are those missiles heat-seeking?

 

[crystal]

Originally posted by: jjsole
That's a helluva shot. Are those missiles heat-seeking?

wire guided I think.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: cleanerupper
I believe it is "Allah Akbar" that they are saying

= god is great....

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
Helicopters = Flying coffin

Only if you fly at 3000' above the ground.... in a war zone.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Printer Bandit
interesting...


12.
Back story posted by Bill on 7/17/2006 11:09:37 AM
There is an interesting back-story on this one. During the 80?s the Regan administration was under increasing pressure to supply the Afghani mujahideen fighting the Russians with a means to take down Russian helicopters which were in most ways invulnerable to the small arms the mujahideen possessed.

Finally Regan broke down and sent Stingers to the Afghans, this despite many arguments that the weapons were too complex, too fragile etc (and of course the wisdom of those who understood the nightmare that would come later when trying to account for all of the unused munitions ? something we ended up paying millions to various ?terrorists? in a poorly organized buy back attempt years later).

This video was made for Regan and his staff as evidence of the weapons efficacy. What you don?t see in this edited version are the mujahideen descending down closer to the base and shooting the possible survivors of the crash.

The video marks an important milestone in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Subsequent to this and other ?shoot-downs? of helicopters the Russian pilots changed strategies. no longer willing to fly slow and low shooting at donkey laden supply lines (another great story on that one some other time) and less able to support ground troops, etc etc etc further demoralizing both the ground and air troops.

I dont think this was filmed in the late 80's nor in afghanistan.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: bdww00
its a sa7 grail n00b look it up

Lack of the bigass heatsink found on the Stinger shoulder lanuncher was a dead giveaway even before reading the comments.