One reason I wouldn't want to mess with Americans...

What happens when our troops call in air support (http://members.home.nl/ustasa/minigun_iraq.WMV)

:what:

I think tha was michael moore's house.

I love the way those miniguns sound: Like Thor with a bad case of gas.

I love the way those miniguns sound: Like Thor with a bad case of gas.



:evil:

What was that? It looked like, well, like a Huey!...

I mean, I was infantry and we didn't get all that vehicle recognition training that the armored folks used to, but I thought I could ID a Cobra...

ugh....couldn't get the link to work...maybe the server is getting pounded.... :(

"Hello, Home Depot? How do I repair minigun and rocket damage, please?"

:evil:

It's a UH-60 Blackhawk

Outstanding.

I think tha was michael moore's house. I hope so! :D

UH-60 BlackhawkHunh.

I've ridden in 'em but can't ID 'em in low light.

Oh well. Thanks for the info. :D

Not sure about the Blackhawk. It seemed like the tailboom had the slightly "hang-downish" look of the Lynx. Do the British fly armed gunship Lynx (or is it Lynxes, Lynxi?) in the Basra area? Anyway, way cool, minigun, rockets, a 20mm (or bigger) pounding somebody who "needed pounding".

Bart Noir

Pretty pretty green fireworks.

Bogie want.

I think the tracers just create a hot spot for the heat-seekers to home in on..... Well, it could be!! Good thing those air-scooter jockeys weren't REALLY PO'd!

Love it!
Stay safe.
Bob

Don't mess with 'em!? no kidding. I wouldn't want those guys PO'ed at me! :what:
Mark.

Only an American would watch that video and say "That was sweet as hell"
:D

<--American ;)

:D

I can think of 4 reasons not to mess with the USA:

USMC
USArmy
USAF
USN


Go Troops!

That was probably the AH-60L Direct Action Penetrator version used by the 160th SOAR.

I'd rather have a Little Bird.

DM

That looks like this incedent... or very simular.. just a different perspective. And with visible IR illumination.

http://www.yikers.com/videos/yikers_uh60_helicopter_laser_guided_firepower_in_iraqi.wmv

not nearly as impressive as an AC-130H Spectre....There was some video of one of those in action, at night a while back (wish I'd bookmarked or downloaded it)...Showed it to someone and they said "are those spotights on the side of the plane?" I hadda explain that they were actually multiple guns firing at such a high rate that the stream of shells looked almost like a laser beam!

Yeah, AH-60, MH-60, one of those Spec Ops rotor units out of Hurlburt. I'd sure hateto be on the recieving end! :what: Hind D/E's were in my nightmares when I was in. :o

FIRE FOR EFFECT:

http://www.nata2.info/war/AC-130U_gunship_video_lo.wmv