Video of US Arty

ZoneOne · 04-01-2005, 14:09

I found a video on Militaryphotos.net, rather interesting.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...ic.php?t=42778
Edit -- this should work

scroll through the thread to about the last page or so and find a link.

Shows Iraqi's firing off rockets, with what looks to be by remote, and then some U.S. arty coming down on their position.

If this is the wrong area, will someone kindly move it.

brewmonkey · 04-01-2005, 14:54

For those interested in viewing it but not digging through all that BS they have here it is. It is on my server so no worrying about who is tracking what from where.

ZoneOne · 04-01-2005, 15:32

Thx Brew, I was curious about someone hosting it to make it a lot easier.

Thx

jbour13 · 04-01-2005, 16:45

Round number 5 damn near hit the camera! To bad there were no goons hanging around to receive the counterfire.

I wonder if the inbound was 105mm or 155mm. Either way it was pretty good splashes.

brewmonkey · 04-01-2005, 17:42

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Originally Posted by jbour13

Round number 5 damn near hit the camera! To bad there were no goons hanging around to receive the counterfire.

I wonder if the inbound was 105mm or 155mm. Either way it was pretty good splashes.

I was thinking it was either 105 or 4.2" mortars. The splash just did not seem to be large enough for anything bigger. I would also think that the time between the report and splash suggested that whoever was doing the shooting was fairly close and the time between each round was a bit long for it to be a howitzer battery, so I was thinking it was a single 4.2 track.

Either way it was to bad that all they did was throw up some dirt.

There was a video early into OEF where they had a couple of guys in a HMMWV filming something when they started taking incoming. Within a few bits the allies started firing counter battery and the whole hillside was torn part. I will have to see if I can find that one.

**Ambush Master** · 04-01-2005, 18:38

On the Rockets, the 4th one detonates rather than launches. Look at the Black/DK Gray smoke instead of white !! The distance is further than you would think, the round is travelling close to the speed of sound, so it sounds like it's closer than it is. That is not a 4 deuce !!! That is a 155 Battery using a Counter-Battery System that calls the shots. 4.2 does not fly that flat and that round is kicking up a lot more that they would !! A 4.2 and 105 are actually the same Projectile, just that the 4.2 has the base for the charges and ignition.

Sdiver · 04-01-2005, 23:32

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Originally Posted by brewmonkey

There was a video early into OEF where they had a couple of guys in a HMMWV filming something when they started taking incoming. Within a few bits the allies started firing counter battery and the whole hillside was torn part. I will have to see if I can find that one.

Is this the one you were thinking about Brew?

http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/...s_20053823.asp

Scroll down below the pic and click on "video".

They're calling it as coming out of the Sandbox, but I remember when it was posted awhile ago, that it came out of A-stan.