well now its been done, by the Royal Marines, they attached themselves to then gunship in order to rescue a fallen comrade: http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?166314
rm ftw!
GJ trooper
Those guys got balls. Goodluck joining them... Don't think you have the balls to mate...
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
thats rich....coming from a pirate!
Lol... Damn you...david363 wrote:
thats rich....coming from a pirate!
EDIT
My apologies for derailing the thread...
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Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
You call that a derail?
Props to the troopers. Too bad he was already dead.
Props to the troopers. Too bad he was already dead.
Been done before. The people who do that have some balls.
Fucking hardcore. Now tell me they're not the best armed force in the world.david363 wrote:
well now its been done, by the Royal Marines, they attached themselves to then gunship in order to rescue a fallen comrade: http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?166314
Had we continued you would have three or so pages of it...ATG wrote:
You call that a derail?
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Obviously it had been done by someone before, since there is a procedure for doing it. Must have been a hell of a ride.
The regiment that operate that particular Apache (9 Regiment Army Air Corps) have never practised clipping soldiers to the EFAB's (Avionic bay) before, even though it is a written procedure in the AH manual. They weren't technically "strapped" on, they had a carabina attached to a handrail and a special harness. This procedure was designed to rescue downed aircrew from hostile crash sites, the principal being that airframe A crashes, airframe B provides overwatch and covering fire to airframe C as it lands on, removes aircrew from crashed airframe, quick clip here and there, and extract at high speed.
I think the reason this is unpractised within the Army Air Corps is clear, it is a highly dangerous procedure, especially with your head being about 12-18 inches from the air intake to a Rolls Royce TurboMecca engine.
The troops who VOLUNTEERED for this extraction mission deserve an award for gallantry, as do the two pilots involved. It is a very brave and courageous task for anyone, its just a shame for the friends and family of the Royal Marine Lance Corporal killed in action.
I think the reason this is unpractised within the Army Air Corps is clear, it is a highly dangerous procedure, especially with your head being about 12-18 inches from the air intake to a Rolls Royce TurboMecca engine.
The troops who VOLUNTEERED for this extraction mission deserve an award for gallantry, as do the two pilots involved. It is a very brave and courageous task for anyone, its just a shame for the friends and family of the Royal Marine Lance Corporal killed in action.
Either Rangers or SEALS did that earlier in Iraq multiple times.RicardoBlanco wrote:
Fucking hardcore. Now tell me they're not the best armed force in the world.david363 wrote:
well now its been done, by the Royal Marines, they attached themselves to then gunship in order to rescue a fallen comrade: http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?166314
I saw it on the news. We are teh win!
Although it was a pretty hardcore thing to do, it was first done by the Israeli's a few years back. The US decided it could be done, and invented the underslung carabina hook on the pylons, and the British Army found another way of doing it.
The marines went on the sides next to cockpit (EFAB's) and the casualty gets clipped to a weapon pylon. Takes seconds to attatch, but probably not the most comfortable of rides.
If anyone wants more info on this, I work at the School of Army Aviation in the UK. Pretty sure I can get answers to sensible questions.
The marines went on the sides next to cockpit (EFAB's) and the casualty gets clipped to a weapon pylon. Takes seconds to attatch, but probably not the most comfortable of rides.
If anyone wants more info on this, I work at the School of Army Aviation in the UK. Pretty sure I can get answers to sensible questions.
QFTPenetrator_01 wrote:
The troops who VOLUNTEERED for this extraction mission deserve an award for gallantry, as do the two pilots involved.
Well this got on the news.Commie Killer wrote:
Either Rangers or SEALS did that earlier in Iraq multiple times.RicardoBlanco wrote:
Fucking hardcore. Now tell me they're not the best armed force in the world.david363 wrote:
well now its been done, by the Royal Marines, they attached themselves to then gunship in order to rescue a fallen comrade: http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?166314
wow hectic that quite an idea... props to the guys that pulled that off !!
The best, but far from the best equipped. I'm damn sure they had Lynx helicopters on the equipment list a few years ago...RicardoBlanco wrote:
Fucking hardcore. Now tell me they're not the best armed force in the world.david363 wrote:
well now its been done, by the Royal Marines, they attached themselves to then gunship in order to rescue a fallen comrade: http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?166314
This is why we need more millitary spending. The US Army has helicopters dedicated for this kinda thing, we ended up improvising.
Yes and the US also spends the debt of a small country arming its country for war against none existant threats every year. We do not need to spend more on our army. We need to spend more on our navy and thats it.
God fucking hell can you ever stop and talk about the topic only?Vilham wrote:
Yes and the US also spends the debt of a small country arming its country for war against none existant threats every year.
But this is related, damn you.
Britain has a smaller defense budget than freaking Greece. The entire system needs overhauling, and nobody is going to do it because they're afraid of budgeting and tax.
But, frankly, if we stopped paying the MPs so much and cut down on some of the bribes, we could afford a few small choppers for the Marines easily.
Britain has a smaller defense budget than freaking Greece. The entire system needs overhauling, and nobody is going to do it because they're afraid of budgeting and tax.
But, frankly, if we stopped paying the MPs so much and cut down on some of the bribes, we could afford a few small choppers for the Marines easily.
I dont believe i brought up the subject... I think you need to stop stalking me.usmarine2007 wrote:
God fucking hell can you ever stop and talk about the topic only?Vilham wrote:
Yes and the US also spends the debt of a small country arming its country for war against none existant threats every year.
in fatc, i believe the hope w\s that the alnce corporal was still alive,just wounded, tu whne they got there, they found out he wasdead, so went ahead wiht the procdure anyway. still a VERY difficut excersise, and the troops deserve a medal, in my opinion.