After Action Report - Raven 42 Ambushed! (Account of defeated terrorist ambush in Iraq)

Blackfive.net ^ | 3/26/05

[finnman69]

This is the after action report regarding an ambush that was fought off and resulted in a major loss for the terrorists in Iraq a few days ago. There is video of this , taken by the insurgents.

[finnman69]

The video shows the convoy moving and get abushed with the usual Muj gutteral uuttering of Allah Akbar. You then see the tractor trailers stopped, hear AK and RPG fire. The end of the video shows the Humvees show up and surprise the Muj, driving by very clsoe to whomever shot the video. The video then ends.

http://www.dvidshub.net/video/jump.php?2099

Here's the link to the video taken from the insurgents. That's right, they were filming this one so we get to watch it instead of the nice folks who tune into Al Jazeera every night. Check Winds of Change for the interviews of the Soldiers, too.

http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/006564.php

[GreyFriar]

Thanks for the Post. Ping.

[finnman69]

Saving Private Ryan but for real.

[kralcmot]

fantastic

and American women in combat kicking ass

YES

bttt

[winchester73]

The Jihad Johnny's thought they had an easy victory ahead of them. Instead, they opened up a 55 gal drum of Kentucky whoop-ass on themselves!

[finnman69]

Imagine how the sniper in the farm hosue felt when he saw 2 MPs fire AT-4 antitank rockets at him.

[finnman69]

I like this pic better

[winchester73]

A split sceond before the rocket hit him, the sniper said "I think jihad's no fun".

thanks for the pics. Those Kentucky guardsmen (and women) remind me of my Marine son who is in Iraq. That is they all kick butt.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Movie links here.

I can't tell you what this article should be called, the words are not in my mind.

Maybe the results and action of a tough battle.

Several things will leap at you, and all will add to your pride in these Americans.

Meet a few of our American Heros.

[finnman69]

A split sceond before the rocket hit him, the sniper said "I think jihad's no fun".

How do you say "OH SH*T!" in farsi?

[ChadGore]

Is that the new AT5 ?

[ChadGore]

Imagine the enemy sniper on the second floor, scopes in, takes a shot, adjusts for height, scopes in again and actually sees the business end of an AT4 rocket being fired directly at him.

Come get some.

[servantoftheservant]

...the .50 cal incendiary rounds they are issued in lieu of ball ammo (shortage of ball in the inventory) didn't have the penetrating power needed to pierce the walls of the building;

Great job by the Kentucky soldiers....but the lack of ball ammo for .50 cal is an outrage. Ammo is not hard to manufacture, and the fact that we have run low from this war does not bode well for what would happen if we were involved in a bigger war or a two front war.

[elhombrelibre]

That's not an AT-4 though.

[elhombrelibre]

Thanks for the ping. Excellent analysis.

[elhombrelibre]

That's a Javelin.

[ChadGore]

bttt

[finnman69]

You're right, 2nd pic is a Javelin.

[finnman69]

http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/images/m136-AT4-1.jpg

http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/images/javpic2.jpg