Taliban embedded journalist

[Hoosier]

Not sure if the title is entirely accurate, but this Norweigan journo "embeds" with the Taliban. Of note: their most feared American weapon is "cargo aircraft converted to strafe the ground." Hell yeah, AC-130U tear it up. That's good because those things are cheap... relatively speaking, anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwvzD...eature=related

[Hoser]

U Boat baby.

How do you want it? 25mm or 105mm at a time?

[Hoosier]

U Boat baby.

How do you want it? 30mm or 105mm at a time?

My uncle flew on ... well I guess today it'd get the designation AC-3. A DC-3 that had 3 mini-guns sticking out the left side. His job was to stand at the very back and toss flares out the door so they could see what they were shooting. And helping get new ammo boxes from where they were strapped down along the centerline of the plane.

But yeah, the modern Spooky and Spectre have what, 105mm howitzer, a couple 40mm bofors, and some 7.62 miniguns? Did they change the loadout not long ago?



The Hercules is one of those things that so ugly, it's pretty. The A-10 is another warplane in that category.

H.

[Hoser]

Did they change the loadout not long ago?

They did. The AC-130U hit the streets not long after the Somalia AC-130H crash.

The U-Boat has a 25mm gatling, 40mm and 105mm cannons.

I have a bunch of pics. I will see if I can find them.

[Roger]

My uncle flew on ... well I guess today it'd get the designation AC-3. A DC-3 that had 3 mini-guns sticking out the left side. His job was to stand at the very back and toss flares out the door so they could see what they were shooting. And helping get new ammo boxes from where they were strapped down along the centerline of the plane.

But yeah, the modern Spooky and Spectre have what, 105mm howitzer, a couple 40mm bofors, and some 7.62 miniguns? Did they change the loadout not long ago?



The Hercules is one of those things that so ugly, it's pretty. The A-10 is another warplane in that category.

H.

It was the AC-47, could have been Spooky, Puff the Magic Dragon, or others. The first one had six .50's and it was called Terry and the Pirates.



http://www.ac-119gunships.com/ac47/gunshipac47.htm

[gnihcraes]

I have a question: Where do they get power to re-charge their radios they are using? I can't imagine they use them several times a day like that and don't re-charge them often. Unless using alkaline batteries.

[Hoosier]

I have a question: Where do they get power to re-charge their radios they are using? I can't imagine they use them several times a day like that and don't re-charge them often. Unless using alkaline batteries.

My question is more along the lines of, holy fuck how do those guys have working radios? Every frequency between ULF and terahertz should have enough jamming interference to light up an incandescent lightbulb.

Radios are for heathens, boys, you don't get anything you can't assemble by hand in the Khyber pass.

H.

[jake]

I have a question: Where do they get power to re-charge their radios they are using? I can't imagine they use them several times a day like that and don't re-charge them often. Unless using alkaline batteries.

At about 4.30, isn't he changing the batteries? Looks like he is unwrapping a fresh set.

[Irving]

I have a question: Where do they get power to re-charge their radios they are using?

Extension cord to Bush's house. Duh

[DeusExMachina]