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re: Military dudes. A question? Regarding air strikes.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 11:47 am to LSU alum wannabe
Posted on 11/1/14 at 11:47 am to LSU alum wannabe
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Apache
M230 Chain Gun
Max range: 4500m Max eff. range: 1500m
ROF: 625rpm
Hellfire AGM-114
Operational Range: 546 yards - 5 miles
Hydra 70 rockets
Max range: 10500m Max eff. range: 8000m
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and you hear a helicopter? Do you not stop or scatter.
The pilots don't typically acquire their own targets - they stay low and come over the horizon to deliver ordnance quickly.
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Posted on 11/1/14 at 12:16 pm to Ace Midnight
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M230 Chain Gun
Max range: 4500m Max eff. range: 1500m
I don't know a lot about this weapon, but it seems 30mm would be overkill for anti personal use. Those have a charge? If so, what's the effective area? Just curious.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 12:39 pm to Ace Midnight
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The pilots don't typically acquire their own targets - they stay low and come over the horizon to deliver ordnance quickly.
interesting...do ground troops acquire targets for them or what?...
Posted on 11/1/14 at 12:55 pm to Ace Midnight
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The pilots don't typically acquire their own targets - they stay low and come over the horizon to deliver ordnance quickly.
That was the doctrine in Europe, but a lot of videos in Iraq and AFG show the pilots observing the targets for several minutes before firing. Sometimes up to 5-10 minutes. Either the apaches are super quiet now, or the insurgents don't give a single frick that they're about to get blown up.
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