2 ragheads with AK47s knock down an Apache helicopter.
 

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=3...World&cat=Iraq

Pictures of burning American tanks and helicopters in Iraq.

If they're getting their ass handed to them by these 3rd world savages, imagine what would have happened if they faced a real army like the Russians.

I always find it suprising when guns can take down heavy assault choppers

Actually, it only take 1 lucky shot in a sensible part of an aircraft.
Considering that every day there are hundreds of flight sorties, that are shot at.
Therefore, it's not surprising that 1 of a few thousands shot got lucky :2 cents:

Most american weapons are like that. The F15 also sucks, if compared with the Russian Sukhoi 35, but it seems ultra-powerful flying at very high speed and height in Afghanistan.

Too much reliance on shit technology will yet bring the US crashing down in flames, e.g. reliance on the idiotic Missile Shield system.

Fucking freedom fighters brought down the super-advanced hitech flying marvel with their shitty 3rd-worlder rusty AK47s...

:1orglaugh

they were built to avoid missiles and rockets, and the makers didnt think theyd be shot with AK's

is that your 3 series in your sig ?

Yeah, that's right.

What the hell is this negotiating a cease fire?


OMG....

Thats so weak. Them Shaiia's are gonna think we are really pussies now...

That was a really stupid move on the part of US forces.

All it takes is a one inch piece of lead, a 3 foot long metal and wood tube to deliver it, and a man to pull the trigger and the entire course of history can be changed.

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Please. Same thing happened to the Russians in Afghanistan :2 cents: kinda makes you wonder where they get their weapons from

It really depends on the terms of the cease fire..

time to retire helicopters

Yup, in 2001-02 over 80% were badly damaged by ground fire.

An additional problem is that when firing the Hellfire missiles, fragments can fly into the rotors damaging them. To combat this, the pilots have been told to fire missiles only from the right-side pylon.

The craft have also proved themselves unsuitable for desert operations, they require repair and maintenance in a ratio greater than 2:1 for hours of flight.

Also have to remember these were designed to fight WWIII in Europe, not the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Couple other points to ponder, a new Apache is about $50 million a pop, a Russian Hind-24 Gunship can be bought for about $3 million a pop and were overdesigned to fight in just about any climate. Asymmetric warfare with Buck Rogers whiz bang hardware just isn't going to work in the long run.

i remember when the russians got thier asses handed to them by the afghanistans

are you too young to remember that?

Exactly. The Russians had a nasty time of it when they invaded Afghanistan, they took some serious beatings there, even with their mega attack copters and heavy equipment. I'd say the US and coalition forces have faired far better both in Afghanistan AND in Iraq.

yeah but the average GFY idiot cant comprehend that

I'd love to see some of the major armchair generals here shit thier pants if they ever had to see even just a few seconds of real combat

Speaking of Arm Chair General's...

Stupidest thing coalition did thus far is actually trying to work a truce with them fucks in Fallujah...

Thats total weakness on our part and result is simple the little fucks go and blow up our shit under a cease fire. Thats typical of these piece of shit fanatics.

Its definatly another Vietnam. The gear top notch but with half ass attempts to subdue opposition its gonna be over.

Additionally, Iraqis are hardly 3rd world savages, their warrior culture pre-dates just about anyone in the western world, not to mention agriculture, writing, mathematics, etc. All the science the West has at its disposal has its roots around Baghdad.

http://i.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/wor...baghdad.ap.jpg

Take a look at that pic...

WTF is M1 a tank doing on a fucken highway surrounded by buildings and overpasses??

Thats half assed field work.

I play alot of wars sim's and have played tactical war games most of my life as a hobby. I am one of them one of those dorks that have that kind of hobby. This pic is proof field commanders have no fucken clue what they are doing over there.

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More proof of Coalition failure here...

Please, its called escourting.
Convoy's are getting iced because they are not be protected properly.

Proper protection would be flying Cobra's or 64's with them convoys.

Standard practice in warfare is to disrupt lifelines and resources.

When these pictures started hitting the news, ya can tell its half assed bullshit tactics on the field that are wiping convoy'sleft and right...

I absoluetly agree... e.g. all airstrikes are useless when a troup of marines are traped on a market full of people and in the surrounding houses hide iraquis giving a damn for the civilization and emptying their magazines on them...

don't be naive you also have no clue of the circumstances around there only by judging with one picture...
who doesn't say that all around this one roud are bunches of mines just waiting for a tank rolling over it. I think you should leave those decisions to guys who fought REAL and not with mousepad and a keyboard :arcadefre :321GFY

Thats not a mine blast.
The damage is above the treads and rear.

Peepsinside were prolly fried.

Meaning some fuck hit from above...

yeah sure that was no mine. I served in the army myself a long time and have a quite good clue of things like that, but what I'm trying to say is that paved roads don't get blocked by mines, coz they are too visible. But if a road is the one and only chance of passing a minefield left and right of the road you probably take the road and not the minefield don't you?!

http://www.ciar.org/ttk/mbt/many-ammo.schem.gif

See top illustration.

The top rear of the tank where the engine is.
Thats where it was hit.

No RPG could do that unless it was hit exactly at the top rear.

If RPG was fired on level with the tank there is very little chance of it gettin taken out, nearly impossible.

Top rear is very weak in armor thus why the turret is extended in the M1 design.

M1 is an awesome tank but when it does not have proper support in a bad position on a field its a sitting duck.

"But if a road is the one and only chance of passing a minefield left and right of the road you probably take the road and not the minefield don't you?!"

No ya dont take the road.

Mines in the field serve one purpose.

TO guide your enemy where ya want theenemy to go.

The field commander on this fell for it hook line and sinker like an idiot.

The mines where just an example that most of the circumstances why this tank has been knocked out are not visible in one picture. That means you and I can't judge that...
perhaps someone pooed down from the bridge hitting the cooland system overheating it and making the ammo explode...know what I mean?! :winkwink:

If tactics were done properly, the juncture's to enter the urban area would have been leveled enough for forces to enter safely, possible vantage points would have been knocked down.

There should be NOTHING around that tank as far as buildings, over passes at least for 1/2 mile...

Go run off and play counterstrike or something kid.

SOunds good wanna play me?:thumbsup

Remember the Russians got owned in Afghanistan.

More than 12,000 rotary wing aircraft were lost during the Vietnam conflict...so it is no surprise that they are vunerable.

Shit.. damn.. that is a lot.. the cost of all that both in terms of money and people would have been huge!

I finally ordered Battlefield1942 after 7-8 months of playing the demo :thumbsup Maybe I will try the desert combat mod, which is pretty much exactly the same weaponry.

Also BF Vietnam came out, but I wonder if it's any good.

I like to play MS flight simulator but I don't think I could fly a 747 better than a real pilot does.

Same goes on for those B-2 Stealth shit bombers they can't even fly without the board computer, it's only a waste of money :)

It's ok for multiplayer but don't plan buying it if you wanna play it in single mode cause it's boring

yeah because going into fallujah militarily has worked so well...

not.

A shame that perfectly good American citizens are dying so that Bush can play army and fight for the freedom of people lack the resolve to fight for thier own independance.

They published a list of all the people from Indiana that have died in this goddamn pointless war, thier hometowns and thier ages in the paper today. Most of the kids hadnt even seen 25 yet. A substantial portion of them havent even legally had thier first beer yet - they were under 21. Not even old enough to run for the office of the guy who marched them off to die in his little war. What a goddamn travesty.

Since George Bush thinks this war is so vital, he should lead the next regiment to battle like they did in the old days. Let him carry the flag of the country he so loudly proclaims his love for. Right out there in front. Then he can come back to us and talk about patriotism and being a good citizen. That is, if he dosent come home in a hahahaha bag.

That's not true ... LOl :)

You are an American Hater :Graucho

USA has invented everything....

Freedom fighters are called terrorists by their oppressors. Terrorists are called freedom fighters by their oppressor?s enemies. Oppressors are called liberators by themselves and their allies. Liberators are called oppressors by freedom fighters and terrorists.

Those that call others 'evil' believe themselves to be 'good' just as those we call 'evil' believe themselves to be 'good'.

What a lovely world we live in.

It's pretty sad watching footage of kids barely out of highschool and probably still virgins in the middle of a place that doesn't want them there. They're so baby faced. ridiculous. Oh well.. they signed up. might explain why they are pissing the locals off so much.. not experienced enough to know it's as much a battle for minds as well as ground.

"The son of a Shiite father and a Sunni mother, he spoke of his two brothers who Saddam had hahahahahahahad as political prisoners, and then he gave his verdict on the occupation: "The invasion was a bad idea. Saddam was bad and Bush is bad - but we'd have Saddam back any day."

Sadeer, my driver in Baghdad, is leaning the same way.

When he arrived at the Palestine Hotel yesterday he was limping; the leg of his jeans was soaked in blood. The cut was small and we were able to bandage it, but George Bush had lost another Iraqi friend.

Sadeer, a 28-year-old Shiite, had been an enthusiastic supporter of the Americans and he takes his life in his hands by working for me. Iraqis are being hahahahahahahad just for being in the company of Westerners.

But his encounter with a bullying US soldier, who roughed him up as he came through the security cordon around the hotel, has pushed him into the nationalist Iraqi camp.

When the GI challenged him, Sadeer tried to explain in his limited English that he entered the hotel routinely. But he was barked at, shoved away and then belted on the foot with a rifle. He used to slow in traffic to greet the US troops. Now he has turned: "Americans bad for Iraq - too many problems."

Leaving the hotel on foot, we had to go through the same streets to get to his car. I tried to explain our movements to the officer in charge of a US tank unit, but we were greeted with a stream of invective.

As I thanked the officer for his civility and moved on, one of his men fell in beside me, mumbling. Asked to repeat himself, he exploded: "Don't you f---in' eyeball me."

Nodding to his officer and raising his weapon, he shrieked: "He has rank to lose. I don't. I'll take you out quick as a flash, motherf---er!"


http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...621847374.html

didn't happen to them, until we gave them stinger's AND
trained' em, the Russian's ruled until them.

Kinda scary...one of my good friends is going into Apache training in 4 months, wants to be a pilot.

*shakes head*

FF!

are you joking?

geez its urban combat i bet the drive past buildings ALL DAY another perfect place to be ambushed you cannot avoid everything

true, can't avoid everything. could they be planning better? sure. could that have more experienced personnel? sure

Nizzice :) :thumbsup

I remember when the US got handed their arses in Vietnam by the VC.

When you have a determined enemy that can live on nothing, fighting a guerilla war for their homeland and prepared to die for it versus an occupying army made up of kids used to a soft life and don't give a shit on the outcome. Who are you going to back?

All the technology will win you a conventional war, that took a few weeks. Now you have occupation and guerilla resistance and that's harder.

To the hardliners, going in and wiping out whole towns does not work, Nazis, Russians, Africans, Serbs, Americans all tried it and it fails. Just build resistance and hatred. Plus will the world stand by and allow the the US to do it?

Ah...the cluless old fuck is mouthing off again about shit he does not have a clue about. The VC...nor the NVA never won a single battle.

It worked very well with Germany and Japan both of which were successes not failures...clueless.

The world cannot stop the US from doing whatever it chooses to do unless the world is willing to committ suicide...thus the world will not try. Buy a fucking clue.

Up to a point, yes.

But something hard for a lot of people to comprehend is that the U.S will most likely not always be the worlds most powerful nation, there are other powers in the world with far greater potiential and many say that the U.S is already beginning it's own ( very gradual, perhaps ) decay.