Yeppers. the vehicle designation was the M247, finally cancelled in 1985.
Yeppers. the vehicle designation was the M247, finally cancelled in 1985.
My unit in the Air Force was tasked with doing the Sgt York’s radar testing.
The gun was pegged so it wouldn’t accidently kill the crowd of dignitaries seated to watch it shoot down a helicopter.
The helicopter was manually blown up and the crowd cheered not knowing that the rounds didn’t go anywhere near the helicopter.
The contractors claimed that we used our gear to jam the guns radar. Whoops, we didn’t have anything that could jam anything. We were just recorded its radar.