For MountaineerTom and EmTwo

[TxDoc]

You'll love this:

 

JavelinLiveFire Video

 

(may have to right click and save target as and dowload first)

 

Yes this video is real, the T72 was filled with black powder to simulate realistic battle conditions (full fuel tanks). The road wheels flew into the woods on both sides of the test range.

 

This was shot on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL.

 

Thanks to DsrtEgl50.The turret flew up in the air some 200 feet they estimated.... When it came back down it burried in the ground about 6 feet, the barrel was just imprinted into the ground.

 

With the slow motion video tools they have in the studio (at Redstone)... You could watch the turret pop off (only lasted like 3 frames of high speed video though)...

 

The explosion cut the power lines (when it decapitated the transformer across the road) to all but 1 of the cameras (it was battery operated)...

 

and

For MountaineerTom an EmTwo:

 

 

MiniGun Video 1

 

 

 

Take a look at:

Monty's MiniGun Page

 

[EmTwo]

 

Great stuff Doc...thanx.....the second tank hit is awesome.

 

Really enjoyed the mini-gun footage too...

[MountaineerTom]

Those are pretty cool.  I used to show that Javlin Live fire, along with a few others, in my Weapons Academics Class just for s&g.

 

I hadn't seen the mini gun one before though, pretty cool.  :thumb:  

[alsz71]

 :thumb: very cool  know what they were shooting at in the minigun vid ?