This should be a new Olympic sport: Mechanised Biathalon
Is the BBC's Top Gear shown in the US? If not, you're missing a treat. It's a motoring show, that (among other things) likes putting on ridiculous stunts (and the main presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, is probably the most politically-incorrect man in the BBC).
On last night's episode, they decided to do a motorised version of the Winter Olympics.
The first event was the Biathalon: two SUVs racing around a normal biathalon track (one driven by Clarkson). For the standing shooting, jump out and shoot normally; for the prone shooting, open the rear of the car, flatten the seats, and shoot lying down in the back of the vehicle.
The other presenter used a proper biathalon rifle, but Clarkson decided it would be more fun to use a full-auto HK-MP5. (Needless to say, he missed all the targets, despite putting a whole 30-round mag down range).
Unfortunately there isn't a clip of this episode on the Top Gear website, but you can read a more detailed description of it here.
Although do have a nice clip from another episode where Jeremy tests the manuvourability of the Lotus Exige against an Apache. (Yes, as in the helicopter gunship).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/downloads/lotus_vs_apache_broadband.ram
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/downloads/lotus_vs_apache_narrowband.ram
(The Apache is brought in for the second half of the video).
Is the BBC's Top Gear shown in the US? If not, you're missing a treat. It's a motoring show, that (among other things) likes putting on ridiculous stunts (and the main presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, is probably the most politically-incorrect man in the BBC).
On last night's episode, they decided to do a motorised version of the Winter Olympics.
The first event was the Biathalon: two SUVs racing around a normal biathalon track (one driven by Clarkson). For the standing shooting, jump out and shoot normally; for the prone shooting, open the rear of the car, flatten the seats, and shoot lying down in the back of the vehicle.
The other presenter used a proper biathalon rifle, but Clarkson decided it would be more fun to use a full-auto HK-MP5. (Needless to say, he missed all the targets, despite putting a whole 30-round mag down range).
Unfortunately there isn't a clip of this episode on the Top Gear website, but you can read a more detailed description of it here.
Although do have a nice clip from another episode where Jeremy tests the manuvourability of the Lotus Exige against an Apache. (Yes, as in the helicopter gunship).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/downloads/lotus_vs_apache_broadband.ram
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/downloads/lotus_vs_apache_narrowband.ram
(The Apache is brought in for the second half of the video).
