Hey, Can I Get a Ride?

Sure looks like body parts flying off to the left to me. I love how the operators wait until the other terrorist walks up to the car, then blam Hellfire up the tail pipe.

US Air Force UAV Predator Engage Insurgents - Iraq

MQ-9 News Report

I mentioned the MQ-9 Reaper yesterday. I did a little digging and found this video report from last October. Very little other footage is available. As soon as I find some, I'll post it up. Despite the lack of news, it is certain the Reaper is sending jihadists in Afghanistan to meet their virgins.

Reaper--- New UAV

Busted

Good thing for these guys, solders busted 'em. If it was a predator, they would not have known it was commin'

On the Hunt

The largely silent predator hunts for jihadists from as high as 25,000 feet, and is responsible for making a number of high value, "perishable" targets disappear. It is armed with two AGM-114 hellfire missiles carrying 20 lb warheads.

Its bigger, faster brother the MQ-9 Reaper hunts the skies of Afghanistan, and will soon be in Iraq. Deployed only in October of 2007 news on the Reaper is scarce. There was a confirmed hit on a group of enemy motorcycles from February 24th. The reaper is armed with a combination of Hellfires and GBU-12 laser guided and GBU-38 GPS guided bombs. It can carry payloads up to 3,750lbs (1,701kgs). That amounts to four Hellfires and 2 GBU-12s or GBU-38s. That's a whole lot'a butt kicking there. Can't wait to see video.

Anyway, here we have a predator catching a terrorist in the act. Keep in mind, the footage released to the public is low-res and compressed. It's hard to tell what the guy is really doing, but you can be sure they saw exactly what was going on. They don't release the high-res images for public consumption. They don't want us to know how good the video really is.


US Airforce UAV Airstrike on insurgents planting IED in Iraq

Battle on Haifa Street From MNF-Iraq

Is that a Barret .50 cal your shooting or are you just happy to see me? Since they never let the slate at the beginning stay long enough to read, here is what it says:

Operation Tomahawk Strike 11
Karkh District/Haifa ST. Baghdad
January 24, 2007
RT: 4:51

U.S. Soldiers from the 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division alongside Iraqi soldiers from the 6th Iraqi Army Division engage insurgents from a high-rise in the Haifa street area during security operations.

Operation Tomahawk Strike 11 is one of a series of targeted raids to disrupt enemy activity.

Battle on Haifa Street, Baghdad, Iraq

Pardon me while I spruce up a bit.

Miss March

If the last video was from a Playboy, this one has to be the center fold. How awesome are shotgun tank rounds?

Shotgun Tank Round - XM1028 120mm Canister Tank Cartridge


Pretty freaking awesome! let's get these rounds where they are needed.
(H/T: LGF spin off links)

For more information check out these pages:
XM1028 120mm Canister Tank Cartridge
M-1s Finally Get Their Shotgun Shell

A-10 Demonstration of Power

This video doesn't qualify for war porn per se, since it is made mostly of practice and demonstration clips. I would say it's the Playboy version of war porn. It does however, demonstrate the awesome lethality of the A-10. Man, I would not want to be in that tank when those 30mm depleted uranium rounds, firing at 3,900 rounds a minute, shred the inside. Just imagine what that does to a truck or house full of terrorists.

There must be something about AC/DC and war porn 'cause there sure is a lot of it. Despite the title, this one is set to Thunderstruck. The video was nicely done; I just wish they could would have slipped in the GAU-8/A Avenger gatling gun sound and some explosions into the audio. It runs 4:51.

A-10 "Warthogs from hell"

We seee You!

Here we have what I presume to be a AC-130 hitting some targets seen through the eyes of a predator. This clip runs over 7:30, though the scene cuts away to a compilation about the 4:20ish mark. It's set to Highway to Hell and another AC/DC song that I can't identify. Music is nice, but I would rather hear the conversation. "Is that a weapon? Affirmative, sir I saw it. Are you sure? Yes sir. Do we have clearance to fire? Sir, we have weapons confirmed, are we clear to fire? Smoke 'em. ChChChChCh! Boom!"

Anyway, the AC-130 hits the van they are in then chases these guys all over the place making sure to get each last one. Aims a little off at times but A+ for effort. The clip runs 7:43. If you make it to the end, you are treated with an awesome billboard.

C-130 and the Preadator, Highway of Hell...

Spooky

Not clear on what an AC-130 is all about? Check out this vid.



And that my friends is why the AC-130H is called "Specter" and the AC-130U is called "Spooky". That's a 105mm canon they are firing. From an aircraft! Spooky!

Want more info?
Air Force Fact Sheet For the AC-130

Terrorists vs 30mm Canon

Two AH-64's drillin' a truck and passengers. (views from both)