Interesting military video

Found at the official C&C:Generals message board

[RenegadeGDI]

I don't know what and where we are bombing or how long ago but it's certainly in the Mid-East region and they're the shit bombed out of them. Warning: kinda graphic.

[anobjectivist]

That and also the two shouts of "GUN READY!" that happen before each volley. I didn't realize what they were syaing until I took into account what the airplane was.

[csvset]

What player did you use to view this? My Windows Media player plays the audio w/o video and Quicktime says it can't play it. Probably a glitch on my part.

[anobjectivist]

see post #16

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Check out the Spooky II

Capabilities like this are what makes the US a superpower. What we need is 500 aerial gun platforms, powered by some type of engines that do not require refueling, like nuclear, or space-based energy beams, with a flat-top fusilage for conventional aircraft to land on, and we could establish Pax Americana upon the whole planet. Don't you just love global hegemony?

[paul544]

I thought we never went below 30000 in Bosnia? Either way, this is an awsome video.

[anobjectivist]

I think that would be more realistic with current technology with lighter-than-air aircraft.

An enourmous blimp with landing space for other aircraft. The problem is defending it.

[Senator Pardek]

Unbelievable. At one point, you can see a talibunny get knocked down from the blast, roll on the ground, and get up and start running again.

Lol... he didn't get too far...

[Cannoneer No. 4]

This is a AC-130U Spooky II

[csvset]

Thanks. Wow, that was something else.

[csvset]

Were they firing a 105 with HE and or WP ?

[dpa5923]

self-ping so I can download at home.

[error99]

downloaded in 3 minutes with bellsouth adsl

[mikegi]

And I think it is very telling that we were actually hitting individual people deliberately. This tells me that these people were not merely rank-and-file soldiers.

Yep, it was definitely a hit on what we thought was important people. It does seem to be a waste to use cannon fire to hit individuals, though, because the delay time between firing (I assume that's what the yelling in the background was) and impact killed accuracy. Why didn't we use the smaller Gatling guns? That way we could hose down an area all at once. Is a 20mm projectile as fast as a 105mm round???

[Cannoneer No. 4]

I have no data on what type of 105mm they were firing. My SWAG is HE, judging from the thermal imagery. Willie Pete would show up as little tentacles flying out in every direction.

[July 4th]

This video is awesome. Period.

[RenegadeGDI]

The key word in the video is "bang" =)

[SaveTheChief]

Amazing video.

[PLMerite]

"cave or tunnel entrance."

[finnman69]

Anyone have the capability to post a few screengrabs?

[Andy Ross]

Great video! Got downloads of about 100kb/s, so it wasn't too bad.

"Hey, that guy's still crawlin' there." Classic

Andrew