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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: steve howes on May 18, 2009, 09:34:45
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Car:
Chevy Suburban
Description:
Sobering shot of an SUV that got lit up by mistake, by an F16 driver near the air-ground gunnery range outside Dugway, Utah.The 'light paint and body damage' is the result of a one-quarter-second burst by the fighter's 20 mm gun, which fires about 3000 rounds per minute. An estimated 70 rounds left the gun; the results are as you see here.
What's even more astonishing is - the SUV was being driven at the time. The driver and the guy in the right-hand passenger seat escaped with some light glass injury to the driver, and a dislocated shoulder to the passenger. The shots hit the gas tank, but didn't explode; the gas just leaked out.
The passenger who normally sits in the back seat had just moved to another vehicle.
The vehicle was on the military reservation, but a full three MILES away from the gunnery range.
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Oh come on, 3 miles is good accuracy for a Yank!!!
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3 miles isnt that far when you think about it, its 18 seconds flying at 600 knots airspeed
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What is unusual is that the car wasn't British?
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Reminds me of the episode of "Malcolm in the middle" when they end up lost an of teh gunnery range. Total classic.
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A friend of mine was in the army on exercise in Europe. The Germans were playing the enemy, the Brits and Yanks were allies.
He told me that when the Germans fired, the British ducked; when the Brits fired, the Germans ducked; when the Americans fired, everybody ducked :shocked:
He also told me that, contrary to common belief, friendly-fire isn't!
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The Germans were playing the enemy, the Brits and Yanks were allies.
Wasn't that called World War II? I seem to remember there being a documentry about it on TV once or twice :angel:
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What is unusual is that the car wasn't British?
I bet it's got British number plates [-X
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The Germans were playing the enemy, the Brits and Yanks were allies.
Wasn't that called World War II? I seem to remember there being a documentry about it on TV once or twice :angel:
<fx> Comedy drum stab </fx> :roll: :lol:
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the pilot got it right though ... shot in the back as usual 8-[ 8-[ 8-[ :lol: :lol: :lol: