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Postby Gunther » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:09 pm

The dog is off to the right
Subject: USAF At Work, Read before watching

This video was taken from inside the cockpit of an A-10 (Warthog) by the pilot. It was a night view. What you see is from 9700 feet away (almost two miles). Four terrorists are walking along a street with no clue that someone is watching them.......... from almost 2 miles away. The A-10 fired a 30 mm cannon WITHOUT injuring the dog nearby who escaped unharmed. You can see the gun camera shake a bit as the pilot fires; then count about 4 seconds for the rounds to travel 2 miles. Every tenth round is a tracer, so the bullets you actually see are every tenth; they are getting hit with hundreds of rounds, but the tail wagging dog gets the heck out of Dodge! Muzzle velocity on the 30mm cannon is 2430 feet per second.

The result is that four fewer guys won't be blowing up women and children anymore! GITMO won't have a prisoner problem and the terrorists get their 72 Virgins. Everyone is a winner. Don't you love it when a plan comes together !

http://ishare.rediff.com/video/Others/USAFAtWork/603254
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Postby jediknight » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:04 pm

two burst why? they were dead from the first burst,those bullets cost allota money ! lol
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Postby Gunther » Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:54 am

Yea, good point, jedi. :)

30mm GAU-8 APIDU: Weight 1.8kg each, 2300kg per 1174-round belt; Price $43000 per 1174-round belt (S/R)


They probably expended another 800 rounds from that 2nd burst. I'd estimate that at about $29,000 in unnecessary expenditures. ;)
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Postby betasoldier » Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:54 pm

$29,000 of pure awesome. Who doesn't want to fire that weapon?
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