we talk about having to shoot in all sorts of challenging situations, but we've got it easy, folks. take a few minutes to look at the work of an old friend from high school: US Army Staff Sgt Adam Mancini
what an amazing service our military photographers provide.
but SlideShowPro is the best gallery ever! best gallery ever!
/walk off-stage
In all seriousness, that's amazing what these folks do. You have to have some serious berries to do that job, and it's hard as hell to get into those programs as well. I wouldn't want to be in the service with a GUN - I can't imagine doing it with nothing but a CAMERA (even if you have a little sidearm).
MTBtrials wrote:
...Did anyone else notice the one with the RPG midair as it had just been fired? (do we call our RPG's Rocket Propelled Grenades?)
Yes, an RPG is a rocket propelled grenade, but that wasn't an RPG. That's an M224 60mm mortar.
Rockets carry the propellant in the projectile, and are powered during flight. Mortars are canons, and the propellant (which is external to the round) ignites in the tube in one big bang, launching the projectile -- sort of like a regular rifle or pistol, only on a larger scale.
BrianO wrote:
Yes, an RPG is a rocket propelled grenade, but that wasn't an RPG. That's an M224 60mm mortar.
Rockets carry the propellant in the projectile, and are powered during flight. Mortars are canons, and the propellant ignites in the tube in one big bang, launching the projectile -- sort of like a regular rifle or pistol, only on a larger scale.
And no matter how lazy you are, it is NOT ok to pull the mortar tube back to you when you're hanging a round, instead of leaning forward. Especially if you've switched from trigger fire to drop fire instead of putting it on safe.
Evan Baines wrote:
...And no matter how lazy you are, it is NOT ok to pull the mortar tube back to you when you're hanging a round, instead of leaning forward. Especially if you've switched from trigger fire to drop fire instead of putting it on safe.
First lesson of indirect fire: what goes up must come down.
Second lesson: What goes straight up...
