Posted on 01/04/2006 7:45:41 AM PST by pabianice
This is remarkable film footage. This is a night vision movie from Iraq, showing live action against Iraqi insurgents. The pictures were taken from an AC-130 Specter gunship two and a half miles from the target. The guys in the picture are setting up a roadside bomb and planning to ambush an American convoy which followed a short while after the pictures were taken. They were setting up the ambush and were pacing off the distance from the bomb to where the convoy was to pass by.
Turn your sound up. The level of effort these Specter crews put forth to control the enemy's antics is commendable, and their marksmanship with those electronically controlled 40mm cannons is astounding.
Good video footage - thanks. It was impressive when it first came out and is still impressive. Our military takes on the job and does what's necessary!
YOu gotta see this one, if you haven't already
It's a matter of weight ratios.
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Thanks, but another thing that is confusing. Where does the 3rd guy come from? Was that some sort of third truck that pulled up near the end, on the left hand side of the screen (near where both the 1st and 2nd guys are gunned down)?
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