Air Crew practice air to ground gunnery off the coast of Gormanston Co. Meath recently.
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That's a sweet sounding weapon-great footage Rhodes.Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
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Originally posted by Rhodes View PostThank Airman Terry Healy for this and almost all the DF youtube videos.Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
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Yeah. There are stops on all 4 arcs, up, down, left and right. The most restrictive in terms of gunnery is the upper stop. I can't remember the exact angle, but it was a little less than 90 degrees elevation I think. When the heli is manouvering or banking towards the target the gunner may not be able to engage due to hitting the stops. Screams of 'LESS BANK! LESS BANK!' are fairly common from the gunner! At least they were when I was flying.....
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Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Postthe aircrew clothing is gone very warry...god be with the days when you rocked up in green jumper and trousers to do a GP flight."Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.
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Originally posted by apod View PostI mentioned something about that before in another thread RE the ARW and their use of helis.No good having the ground troops all kitted out with CBA etc and the flight crew being bullet fodder!I wonder do the pilots practice flying in CBA?
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