Sunday, March 1, 2009

US AF A10--Super Stuff

This video was taken in Afghanistan by the pilot of an American A-10 fighter from the cockpit camera.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.Such was the accuracy of the A-10 30 mm cannon that it engaged the terrorists WITHOUT injuring the dog nearby which as you can see, 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; Muzzle velocity of the 30mm cannon is 2430 feet per second. The result is that four fewer guys won't be blowing up women and children anymore!

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