New War Tech.?

Bizantium · 08-05-2005, 05:06 PM

Looking at ebaumsworld.com like usual i see this video of the war in iraq im assuming and was really friggin puzzled from what i saw. Night vision video with a laser aiming at an enemy ship ( i think ) then a helicopter comes and blows that shit up? then the americans fire additional rounds at the enemy ship? I dont quite understand it..but if your one of those that have knowledge in weaponry and all that military stuff...Fill me in

this is hot shit

Looks like a UFO blew that shit up

Video can be found here: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/irspotlight.html

Dandai · 08-05-2005, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SorcererOfXegony

Looking at ebaumsworld.com like usual i see this video of the war in iraq im assuming and was really friggin puzzled from what i saw. Night vision video with a laser aiming at an enemy ship ( i think ) then a helicopter comes and blows that shit up? then the americans fire additional rounds at the enemy ship? I dont quite understand it..but if your one of those that have knowledge in weaponry and all that military stuff...Fill me in

this is hot shit

Looks like a UFO blew that shit up

Video can be found here: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/irspotlight.html

1) It's an IR Spotlight like the guy says. The only reason you can see it is because the video is night vision (invisible to the naked eye). It's basically a deer light for the IR spectrum.

2) Dunno what they're shooting at, but what initially fires sounds like a Warthog gunship (it's a fairly good sized plane - definitely not a helicopter heh). They fly over us and fire rounds off all the time when we're doing field problems (I'm right next to Pope Air Force Base in NC). The guns shoot so hard that it causes the plane to stall when firing (that's why it's only in small bursts like that).

3) I guess they're firing supressive fire on whatever they're trying to blow up. I don't really see a reason to burn off rounds unless they see guys running away. Obviously the gunship did a pretty good job of blowing the shit up anyway.

bcware · 08-06-2005, 01:33 PM

Sure it isn't just a laser to aim with? I mean like triangulation... s'fuckin simple dude.

Drajakur · 08-06-2005, 01:54 PM

LOL.

I don't know what the fuck they were shooting at.
I don't know what the fuck they were shooting with.

But I'd say they got it.

D

Tingteng · 08-06-2005, 02:05 PM

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2) Dunno what they're shooting at, but what initially fires sounds like a Warthog gunship (it's a fairly good sized plane - definitely not a helicopter heh). They fly over us and fire rounds off all the time when we're doing field problems (I'm right next to Pope Air Force Base in NC). The guns shoot so hard that it causes the plane to stall when firing (that's why it's only in small bursts like that).

Did you see the same vide as me? I watched all the fire come in from the left. Warthogs hover now? Plus the clear sound of a heli is heard in the beginning, The sound of the guns probaly threw you off.

Drajakur · 08-06-2005, 02:20 PM

AH-64D?

IR for M230 targetting?
Hydras for follow-up?

What do the grogs say?

D

Bizantium · 08-06-2005, 02:42 PM

what the hell are those??? are you sure it wasnt a black hawk or something shooting missles or whatever the hell those balls are?

Dandai · 08-06-2005, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tingteng

Did you see the same vide as me? I watched all the fire come in from the left. Warthogs hover now? Plus the clear sound of a heli is heard in the beginning, The sound of the guns probaly threw you off.

After watching the video again, I concede that there was definitely a helicopter(s). I guess I didn't want to believe that was a hovering noise because the guns fired from the heli sound just like the ones off the warthogs. It doesn't add up that they can be fired without incident from something stationary and hovering when it stalls two fucking jet engines =p

Dandai · 08-06-2005, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SorcererOfXegony

what the hell are those??? are you sure it wasnt a black hawk or something shooting missles or whatever the hell those balls are?

If you're talking about the part where there's lots and lots of balls, those are normal rounds (well, they're much bigger than what a ground troop would carry, obviously, but they're simple hot lead). The reason they're glowing like that is because they just exploded out of a long tube and they're reeeeaaaally hot. They wouldn't glow that bright (if at all) to the naked eye.

Nihnyes · 08-06-2005, 03:39 PM

I feel like posting this pic just because.

I took a video of two other members in my section firing the 60mm mortar (I had just fired it),last month in July then captured the frame where the round was coming out of the tube.

I'm a week's leave, I'm going back up tomorrow for an advanced weapons course. It's going to be fucking awesome

.

Doesn't the A-10 use 30mm rounds? I don't quite remember.

Jait · 08-06-2005, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Nihnyes

I feel like posting this pic just because.

I took a video of two other members in my section firing the 60mm mortar (I had just fired it),last month in July then captured the frame where the round was coming out of the tube.

I'm a week's leave, I'm going back up tomorrow for an advanced weapons course. It's going to be fucking awesome

.

Doesn't the A-10 use 30mm rounds? I don't quite remember.

I thought you Canadians were all aboot peace and shit...damn.

xilsharn · 08-07-2005, 12:19 AM

That looks a hell of a lot like Piney Island, range BT-11 out here at Lejeune.... Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company uses it as a call-for-fire range. Not saying for sure that's it but it sure as hell looks a lot like it.

Those "balls" are tracer rounds.

Nihnyes · 08-07-2005, 01:09 AM

Correction Jait: The Canadian government is all about peace, and so is the civilian population. Our Soldiers? Far from it. We're aggressive motherfuckers and we can prove it. I like our new chief of defense staff, he told the public how it was:

"We are not the public service of Canada, we are not another department, we are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people"

I believe a lot of things will change in the next couple of years.

Bizantium · 08-07-2005, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Nihnyes

We're aggressive motherfuckers and we can prove it..

Yeah right..I once kicked 4 canadians ass in New York. at one time

BTW: back on topic..What other new crazy nifty weapons does the US Military have up their ass? Planes? Tanks? new missles? 10 Gigaton warhead?

Worfless · 08-07-2005, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Nihnyes

Correction Jait: The Canadian government is all about peace, and so is the civilian population. Our Soldiers? Far from it. We're aggressive motherfuckers and we can prove it. I like our new chief of defense staff, he told the public how it was:

"We are not the public service of Canada, we are not another department, we are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people"

I believe a lot of things will change in the next couple of years.

the the canadian army might be 'aggressive', but the fact of the matter you will not top our shit. our population is aggressive past a meter you will never come to know. we are offing ourselves in record number

the funny thing is, if canada steps out of line for a second, the US will whip you pretentious fucks back into place under our buckle like someone paid us to

08-05-2005, 05:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bizantium Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 741 +0 Internets	New War Tech.? Looking at ebaumsworld.com like usual i see this video of the war in iraq im assuming and was really friggin puzzled from what i saw. Night vision video with a laser aiming at an enemy ship ( i think ) then a helicopter comes and blows that shit up? then the americans fire additional rounds at the enemy ship? I dont quite understand it..but if your one of those that have knowledge in weaponry and all that military stuff...Fill me in this is hot shit Looks like a UFO blew that shit up Video can be found here: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/irspotlight.html Last edited by Bizantium : 08-05-2005 at 05:09 PM.

08-06-2005, 01:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
bcware Bisous A.S. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 548 +0 Internets	Sure it isn't just a laser to aim with? I mean like triangulation... s'fuckin simple dude. __________________

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08-06-2005, 01:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
Drajakur I have a competition in me. Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 680	LOL. I don't know what the fuck they were shooting at. I don't know what the fuck they were shooting with. But I'd say they got it. D

08-06-2005, 02:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
Drajakur I have a competition in me. Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 680	AH-64D? IR for M230 targetting? Hydras for follow-up? What do the grogs say? D

08-06-2005, 02:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
Bizantium Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 741 +0 Internets	what the hell are those??? are you sure it wasnt a black hawk or something shooting missles or whatever the hell those balls are?

08-06-2005, 03:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
Nihnyes Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 360 +0 Internets	I feel like posting this pic just because. I took a video of two other members in my section firing the 60mm mortar (I had just fired it),last month in July then captured the frame where the round was coming out of the tube. I'm a week's leave, I'm going back up tomorrow for an advanced weapons course. It's going to be fucking awesome . Doesn't the A-10 use 30mm rounds? I don't quite remember.

08-07-2005, 12:19 AM	#12 (permalink)
xilsharn Definitely a chick Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,735 +0 Internets	That looks a hell of a lot like Piney Island, range BT-11 out here at Lejeune.... Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company uses it as a call-for-fire range. Not saying for sure that's it but it sure as hell looks a lot like it. Those "balls" are tracer rounds.

08-07-2005, 01:09 AM	#13 (permalink)
Nihnyes Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 360 +0 Internets	Correction Jait: The Canadian government is all about peace, and so is the civilian population. Our Soldiers? Far from it. We're aggressive motherfuckers and we can prove it. I like our new chief of defense staff, he told the public how it was: "We are not the public service of Canada, we are not another department, we are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people" I believe a lot of things will change in the next couple of years.