[Cannoneer No. 4]

I couldn't get it to down load. Is it gun camera footage from a AC-130 strike in Afghanistan? A buddy of mine showed me a CD-ROM of that. If it is the one I saw they hit a building right next to a mosque without collateral damage. You can see pickup trucks blowing up and individuals running for their lives, very much like in the movie Patriot Games where Harrison Ford and James Earl Jones watch the SAS take out a Libyan terrorist camp from the air-conditioned comfort of a darkened room in Langley. The strike I saw took place at night, and everything was seen through the thermal imagery, which was amazingly clear. The psychological impact on the survivors of this strike, assuming there were any, had to be devasting.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

This strike is just like you describe. I assumed the guys were getting bombed, but you're saying this is AC-130 footage? What were they getting hit with, exploding artillery shells from the AC-130?

Regardless, this is amazing footage. Beware, it's 35.3 MB and is 10 minutes long. I have AT&T @Home and this video took 5 minutes to download. If you're a 56K commando, you'll make a day of downloading this. Great video, though. It's worth the download wait.

[anobjectivist]

Looking up some info on the AC-130 and from your description I would say that you're correct. The vehicle taking the video seems to be circling the site and keeping it on its left side while pretty much raining down hell onto the target. Also, they were pretty far from the target itself, they mentioned being "6 miles out" a short time before engaging.