To: finnman69
Army officials acknowledged that the 30 mm cannons used by the Apache gunners were far bigger than what was needed to kill the men, but said it is the smallest weapon the Apaches have. When you care enough to send the best.
15 posted on
01/09/2004 6:33:44 PM PST by
TC Rider
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To: TC Rider
Army officials acknowledged that the 30 mm cannons used by the Apache gunners were far bigger than what was needed to kill the men, but said it is the smallest weapon the Apaches have.
Hand me that 30mm "flyswatter".
22 posted on
01/09/2004 6:45:06 PM PST by
tet68
To: TC Rider
Yeah, that didn't so much as kill the first two as it blew them to shreds the first time around.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. Score one for the good guys.
To: TC Rider
LOL
58 posted on
01/09/2004 7:27:20 PM PST by
JSteff
To: TC Rider
I'd feel sooooooo much better if they could have killed them with teeny tiny bullets instead of those great big brutish bullets. (mild sarcasm)
To: TC Rider
...nearly 100 30 mm cannon rounds... I knew an engineer working on the 30mm cannon (primarily A10, with the lighter helo model) years ago. He said one round
could disable a tank (mid 1970's), and 3 would destroy it.
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