Night vision Navy video of US return fire in Iraq (MUST SEE)

U.S. Navy

[meandog]

(UNCLASSIFIED) Courtesy of the U.S. Navy

Guess these guys shouldn't have taken the relaxed walk back to the mosque.. Video taken on Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensor in Iraq. The FLIR Sensor produces a video picture based on heat all objects give off.

These terrorists just completed an attack on an American position and had slowed down to a stroll thinking they were home free. WRONG!!! The Chain Gun onboard uses a 30 mm high energy explosive in the bullet. The gun is considered an area weapon but as you can see it is very accurate; you can see the projectiles coming in on these guys. The aircraft was watching them from approximately 1.45 Km or approximately 0.87 miles. As you can see, even though the gun is loud, they were far enough away that they don't even hear or know that they were being watched. A nasty weapon! We also could have used a laser guided missile, but then a cost factor comes in $122.00 worth of bullets vs a $60,000 missile with a 100 lb warhead. Tax dollars well spent!

[meandog]

click here and go to last entry "ww30mm.wmv" in first category.

[LiteKeeper]

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[csvset]

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[NCBraveheart]

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[Cletus.D.Yokel]

linkee no workee

[SMARTY]

Couldn’t get in there.

[Non-Sequitur]

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[lilylangtree]

I tried but all I get is about less than a second when I try to play the vid.

[Restore]

Try it HERE

[Yossarian]

The video was slow to spool up for me, requiring a couple of page refreshes, but it worked.

As did the gun and the HE munition in the video! Holy cow - those bad guys won't be working any more, except in Satan's service down in hell!

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Good shooting. Right on target with two 20 round bursts.
Even the dog escaped unharmed.

[gathersnomoss]

Attention....spill on Aisle Number 4.

[agere_contra]

Saw the whole thing. It’s not what one might have expected. Its like a garden hose.

Watch the dog in the top right. He only reacts when the bullets splash in - he doesn’t react to the shots. As you intimate, he probably couldn’t hear them.

[cdbull23]

Page doesn’t seem to load up for me.

[colorado tanker]

Wow! Guess they now know the truth that there ain’t no virgins waiting for ‘em.

[gathersnomoss]

The dog had a good day. Good dog!

[agere_contra]

The guy second from the left looks over his shoulder in his last seconds of life. He heard or saw something but didn’t react.

[jerri]

I don’t think the second volley was needed!

[Redcloak]

One of them was still twitching.

[Ditto]

As you intimate, he probably couldn’t hear them.

Those rounds are coming in faster than the speed of sound.

[Just another Joe]

That’s called a “snuff film”.

[Ditto]

The dog had a good day. Good dog!

Lucky dog.

[dis.kevin]

They just seemed to drop and that was that.

[meandog]

I don’t think the second volley was needed!

They were being humane...just in case one of 'em was still suffering...

[Sir Beowolf]

Ping

[visualops]

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[Steely Tom]

I noticed that too. That animal (I think it was a cat, but it may be a dog) didn't react at all to the firing of the bullets, and it's hearing is, I'm sure, much better than human.

Also, judging from the delay between sound and fury, this weapons platform was a long way from the terget, like, maybe, 3/4 mile. Of course, the sound synchronization may not be accurate in this video.

As I watch them walking, I can't help thinking of the conversation...

So, Achmed, whaddaya say? Are you up for some hoops after dinner?

I don't know, Muhammad. Me and the missus were thinking of just kicking back, watching some tube. You know how it is.

Hey, I hear ya, guy. Well, see ya on the flip side, hey?

[The Louiswu]

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[jerri]

One of them was still twitching.

LOL! I'm glad I didn't have a mouthful of coffee when I read that.

[agere_contra]

You got me looking at that ... animal ... really carefully! I’ll still plump for “dog” by the tail, but I’ll never be a photo analyst :0)

[Redcloak]

The 30mm round has a muzzle velocity of ~3500 fps. The rounds were coming in faster than the speed of sound (~3X) so they got there before the sound of the cannon going off. Not even Rover could hear them coming in; though he did have the good sense to be someplace else once they did get there!

[Harry Pothead]

The dog got away, what a great day!

[Lurker]

I don’t think the second volley was needed!

If it's worth shooting, it's worth shooting twice.

L

[USNA74]

ping

[bert]

Wow....

Like a good hunter, he led them, aiming just to the right and ahead of their travel.

one was downed by the first burst but killed by the second.

[Steely Tom]

You got me looking at that ... animal ... really carefully! I’ll still plump for “dog” by the tail, but I’ll never be a photo analyst :0)

No, my mistake. I think you were right. Cats don't wag their tails as they walk.

I thought it was a cat because of the way it moved when the first rounds hit. I never saw a dog move like that! Then again, I've never been out walking the dog when a whole bunch of high-explosive rounds come in 50 feet away.

[bert]

The guy in the front/right was down but twiching after the first burst. He ducked but was still hit.

[piytar]

Good shooting. Right on target with two 20 round bursts.

Even the dog escaped unharmed.

Was going to post exactly the same thing, but you beat me to it...

[agere_contra]

Then again, I've never been out walking the dog when a whole bunch of high-explosive rounds come in 50 feet away.

Yeah, that would be a tough neighborhood :0)

[Redcloak]

Like a good hunter, he led them, aiming just to the right and ahead of their travel.

He was also aware of what was behind his target; hence the dog got away unharmed. 

[levotb]

I watched it five times and only wish there was sound and also wish I could have seen body parts fly off! You know, some red (or shold I say “yellow”) meat?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Good shootin.

Interesting to me was that the bullets appeared to come in from the upper left while the crosshairs were trained straight away.

Probably some “persistence of vision” thing but it had the appearance that the gun was being remotely target.

[jerri]

It looked like he put something on the ground when he ducked.

[Shryke]

Exact same impression for me. Only by looking at the impact explosions could you tell the bullets were basically heading directly away from the camera.

[Eaker]

Ping for later.

[steveo]

ruined their day I betcha

[Vision]

Sweet.

[Miss Behave]

AWESOME US Navy bookmark. Thanks for the post, meandog.

[petercooper]

bttt

[Miss Behave]

Yes!

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