Real First-Person Shooter “Game”
As David Drake recalls from Kipling’s “Screw Guns,”
You may hide in the caves,
they’ll be only your graves,
but you can’t get away from the guns!
It’s a thermal imaging video of an AC-130 Gunship in action taking out some bad guys (and taking great pains to NOT hit a nearby mosque) in Afganistan. I don’t know its provenence, but I obtained it from a collection of books-on-CD written/edited by David Drake, and his first-hand experiences with the AC130 tends to lend some color *heh* to it. The view is from the 40mm cannon station.
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Posted: August 8th, 2008 under The Kitchen Sink.
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Comments
Comment from David
Time August 15, 2008 at 7:53 AM
Haven’t seen the video you refer to, Wingless. Have a link to it?
Comment from Wingless
Time August 12, 2008 at 4:40 PM
There is a better version of this video, I believe it’s from another AC-130 as I recall it was from a different angle.
These slower “low tech” AC-130s are proving their worth against insurgent/guerilla type terror – likely moreso than ultra-expensive (to procure & operate) jets.
On the game angle – there is a level in Call of Duty 4 that is almost identical to this. The game is worth purchasing just for that experience!