O/T For all you hawks out there

[Nominal]

I put a video (mpg) file on the ftp site under unspecified uploads. It's called 224helicopterkills.mpg. It's video you probably wont see on CNN. It's a gunsight view from an Apache helicopter in Iraq, picking up a few hostiles who are attempting to man some kinda battery. Needless to say they picked a bad night to do it. Enjoy.

[Thad]

Cool,

 

Where did you get that video?

 

Thad

[Rekd™]

OMFG!!!

 

I don't believe that. They did NOT let that last guy crawl away from the right side of the truck, did they?

 

Man, that sends a shiver up my spine.

 

Great video.

 

'Rekd teh "gulp"

 

[ 01-14-2004, 10:03 PM: Message edited by: Rekd ]

[Rekd™]

Oh, NM, my bad. He was rolling, not crawling...

 

'Rekd teh better him than me.

[Marty A]

holy sh@#$@!t that was awsome

 

marty

[mold100]

I havent looked on the site but it sounds like what was on discovery the other night, two guys in a truck meet a guy in a jeep one runs out and sets down an lpg and to make a long story short they all get wacked, it was kewl cause where the gunner looks the gun aims the cross hairs are actually in his helmet.The press wanted to know why so many rounds the poor ba$%#rds were like disgrinegrated the gunner said its the smallest weaponn on board and they were almost a half mile away.50 caliber

[Nominal]

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Oh, NM, my bad. He was rolling, not crawling...

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I don't think it matters either way. Those were depleted uranium slugs. They went thru the truck like bb's thru a beer can.

[Charles Davis]

WOW

 

Notice how the thermal sight picks up the heat of the big chunks. I started to feel sorry for the guys and then I thought about the pregnant woman who jumped from the World Trade Tower, the young soldiers blown to pieces by roadside bombs, and the babies gassed by Sadam.

 

Then I didn't feel so sorry for them anymore. Pi$$ on 'em.

 

[ 01-14-2004, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: Charles Davis ]

[gcode]

This happened at night.

The helicopter was probably a 1/2 mile or more away. Those guys on the ground never knew it was there untill the cannon started firing. Ouch!

[Rekd™]

Also notice how his sights are off by about 2-3 feet at that range. He knows exactally where to aim, though. Man, what a show.

 

'Rekd

[Polite Luther]

HOW DO I GET THIS FILE? WHERE'S THE FTP SITE?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Keith Graydon]

I've got the infamous C-130U "Spooky" gunship video. 165 Megabytes of Afgani whupass. maybe Ill upload it somewere......

 

[ 01-14-2004, 02:05 PM: Message edited by: Keith Graydon ]

[A-ron1286490684]

Awesome video Nominal. You can see the heat signature from the leg stump as the guy rolls out from under the riddled up truck.

 

[ 01-14-2004, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: A-ron ]

[David Czerw Triumph Gear Systems]

I keep geting timed out trying to get on the ftp.wtf am I doin wrong???

[Harryman]

I wanna Barf...

 

That's a farm tractor, not a gun.

[Nominal]

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That's a farm tractor, not a gun.

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Yeah there's lots of farmland in Iraq, and they do thier best plowing at night.

[iowajim62]

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I wanna Barf...

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go right ahead, those dead dudes wont mind a bit, in fact compared to millions of people being gassed and burned they didn't suffer nearly enuff IMNSHO

 

Just remember, if we weren't holding back that would be one GIANT SELF-LIGHTING GLASS PARKING LOT over there.

 

JM2C

[elbro]

Harryman look at the video angain and watch the guy to left of the tractor. He is pulling something out of a bag. I would guess a rocket but on to sure.

[A-ron1286490684]

Q. How long does it take to harvest an RPG?

 

Harryman those Apache pilots were just "sowing the seeds of love" (and spreading fertilizer at the same time).

[Charles Davis]

The guy to the left is pulling out something. At first I thought it was a bandoleer of machine gun ammo, but now it looks more like cloth; maybe something to hide the equipment; or a huge piece of toilet paper -given the circumstances.

 

I would be interested in hearing why this was a target. Sadam did hide a lot of miltary equipment in civilian surroundings; like hospitals, schools, mosque, etc.

 

Anyone have any other info on this?

[jballs]

greusoooooooooooooooooooome!!!

[Harryman]

Nomex undies... Check

Tungsten leisure suit... Check

 

There are two guys walking toward a farm tractor. The bouncy one gets to drive, so he's pretty excited. He runs across five swaths of freshly turned soil. (you can see the way each swath fads in IR brightnes further from the tractor) The old man gets up out of the seat, puts his right hand on the fender of the cab-less tractor (ahead of the rear facing implement light) turns right, and makes the long step to the ground. He walks away and gets blown up. Pan back to Jr., who's got his head 4ft from the tractor engine putting on an extra jacket, and or pants, doesn't see or hear what happens to the old dude. He gets blown up.

 

See the very white vertical object? That's the hot muffler coming out of the left side of the tractor hood. Also notice the warm transmission of the tractor between the rear wheels. The implement is angled and shifted to the left side of the tractor, moldboard plow perhaps? The turned earth is clearly visible behind and right up to the implement, not in front of it.

 

Sorry to say guys, this ain't Osama Bin-Ladin. This is Hemusta Bin-Farmin. They might have been father-rapers in their spare time, but this night their swords were plowshears. Please stop gloating.

 

And yes I have one heck of a lot of tractor seat time at night.

 

Hey Milhouse, help me check out the new nutcup. In other words, bring it on. I'll still love ya if you light my fire.

[Charles Davis]

Harryman,

 

I've gotta say, you make some good points, and I hope you're wrong, but the facts look on your side.

 

I've been impressed how much the US troops have tried hard as hell to keep down civillian casualties; sometimes to the fatal detriment of themselves.

 

I can't imagine the pilots shooting without good cause. There may be facts we don't know about (like the truck was full of RPG's), or it could be just the fog of war (in the heat of battle, it's easy to mistake something innocent for something lethal, and visa versa).

 

If anyone hears more, let me know.

[Rekd™]

LMAO, Hemusta Bin Farmin! LOL

 

'Rekd

[A-ron1286490684]

Yes you do make some good points Harryman. Without getting into a debate about the justification of the Iraqi conflict I do need to make two points about this video.

 

1. The U.S. millitary is far too savvy and efficient at shaping public opinion to release a video that depicted a sensless slaughter.

 

2. Saddam Hussein was found in a farmhouse where he was hidden, fed and protected by Bathist "farmer" loyalists.

 

Although we may be able to partly identify with these "farmers" we know nothing about this video except that there was some agricultural equipment in the immediate shot at the time it was shot.