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2004-01-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by mjh 2004-01-16 10:28:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sorry ladies and gents...the server is farked...I will seek out another link and post it in the comments. It's really worth seeing.

Posted by mjh 2004-1-16 10:30:23 AM|| 2004-1-16 10:30:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I saw it on LGF yesterday. Absolutely riveting footage. (NOT for the weak of heart!) 30mm HE, huh? I was wondering what they were shooting. Wow, that's some hot stuff! Now I understand why they didn't seem to care much about accuracy - anything within 3 or 4 feet would do it, I guess!!!

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2004-1-16 11:03:36 AM|| 2004-1-16 11:03:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Saw this last week passed over mil internet.......freakin' awesome. Tried sending it to fellow hard chargers but they all had trouble opening it up as well. Try the below.

http://www.missouri.edu/~bam8cd/apache.mpeg

Posted by Jarhead 2004-1-16 11:04:57 AM|| 2004-1-16 11:04:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 not working either...oh well

Posted by Frank G 2004-1-16 11:30:13 AM|| 2004-1-16 11:30:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Link at StrategyPage here.

Direct link to video here.

Posted by Dar 2004-1-16 1:21:29 PM|| 2004-1-16 1:21:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Other links :
http://www.misplaced.net/~obremski/whine/Apache%20Helicopter%20Incident.mpeg

http://www.btinternet.com/~scuzi/224Helicopter_Kills.mpeg

Posted by Anonymous 2004-1-16 2:01:28 PM|| 2004-1-16 2:01:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Itâs a video feed of an Apache wasting some terrorists.

What's notable is that the torn flesh is quite evident by the white IR signatures that fly away from the targets as they are hit. When one guy was hit, a large bright chunk went flying off - I suspect that might have been his head.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-16 2:05:18 PM|| 2004-1-16 2:05:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The guy on the left looks like he's frantically trying to unpackage something when the cuisinart starts up. An RPG or SAM, possibly?

Posted by 4thInfVet 2004-1-16 2:18:29 PM|| 2004-1-16 2:18:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Jeeze Louise! The parts man commeth!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-1-16 2:20:46 PM|| 2004-1-16 2:20:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 God damn! Why couldn't they hear the rotor blades? Hey Zeus... they started out of range... and crept forward... I think this was the fabled 2 mile shot.

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-16 3:23:51 PM|| 2004-1-16 3:23:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 The Boeing Company (McDonnell Douglas) (formerly Hughes) M230 30mm automatic cannon is the heart of the AH-64A Apache/AH-64D Apache Longbow multi-role, multi-target Area Weapon Subsystem (AWS). The M230 fires U.S. and NATO Standard ADEN/DEFA 30mm ammunition.

Heh.

Posted by Parabellum 2004-1-16 3:54:04 PM|| 2004-1-16 3:54:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Finally - My tax dollars at work on something that doesn't P*** me off!

Posted by Doc8404 2004-1-16 3:54:05 PM|| 2004-1-16 3:54:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 The Hughes 30mm autocannon:

When you absolutely, positively have to deny jihadists that visa, accept no substitutes.

Posted by badanov 2004-1-16 5:59:18 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-1-16 5:59:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 This has really made my weekend.

Posted by Sgt.DT 2004-1-16 6:58:22 PM|| 2004-1-16 6:58:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Damn, Now I'm thinking of the Burger King posts.

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-16 7:31:35 PM|| 2004-1-16 7:31:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 SM: Charlbroiled Jihadi is good for the soul.

Posted by Charles 2004-1-16 8:15:37 PM|| 2004-1-16 8:15:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Did you notice the last jihadi that was wounded and they took out,i thought to myself finally there getting it over there,you plant a roadside bomb no quarter given no if, ands or buts.

Posted by djohn66 2004-1-16 10:05:04 PM|| 2004-1-16 10:05:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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