Shooting air target with gun

Dr.Sid · 02-12-07, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by goldorak

If you don't like the helo pilots you can allways resort to using the ciws.
Its quite effective. :rotfl:

Manual guns are much more fun. Did you know you can actually kill whales with those ?

Looney11 · 02-12-07, 02:04 PM

You can kill whales without spending ammo, just use the sonar bulge in front of a frigate

02-12-07, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Looney11

You can kill whales without spending ammo, just use the sonar bulge in front of a frigate

And I thought that NAVY is concerned with biologics....

:rotfl:

Morts · 02-12-07, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by GakunGak

Quote:

Originally Posted by Looney11

You can kill whales without spending ammo, just use the sonar bulge in front of a frigate

And I thought that NAVY is concerned with biologics....

:rotfl:

seems like you where wrong:rotfl:

02-12-07, 03:52 PM

Damn, I hate being right!!
Anyway, from which movie is your sig?

Looney11 · 02-12-07, 04:05 PM

Well, we're watching out for our little and bigger biological friends...

But as I found out that day, when the bulge of a whale appears 30 feet in front of a ship doing 15 knots, there's nothing you can do, even hard rudder to starboard wasn't enough to steer clear.. one loud BAM and one cracked polyester dome.. (hole roughly 6 feet in diameter).

When we got back to port, the hole had grown to almost 30 feet, transducers were broken by the salt water, we had to pump water out of the room abow the sonar dome continiously as the hatch was not sealing properly.. all in all, the sonar took a hit so to speak..

Never saw the whale again, we even did a 180.. nothing.. poor sod..

02-12-07, 04:10 PM

I read it somewhere that active sonar confuses their orientation and they end up on beaches....

Morts · 02-12-07, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by GakunGak

Damn, I hate being right!!
Anyway, from which movie is your sig?

my sig ?
its not from a movie
but from the "Chapelle's Show"

Mau · 02-12-07, 05:59 PM

Ok now back to the topic I started.....

So I guess nobody tried to shoot an air target with gun (76MM) other than own helicopter.
If I have time then I will try to make a scenario with a slow mover coming on top of a frigate and try to shoot at it.

02-12-07, 02:04 PM	#2
Looney11 Watch Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 23 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	You can kill whales without spending ammo, just use the sonar bulge in front of a frigate __________________ Those who aim at nothing, will most certainly hit that!

02-12-07, 04:05 PM	#6
Looney11 Watch Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 23 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Well, we're watching out for our little and bigger biological friends... But as I found out that day, when the bulge of a whale appears 30 feet in front of a ship doing 15 knots, there's nothing you can do, even hard rudder to starboard wasn't enough to steer clear.. one loud BAM and one cracked polyester dome.. (hole roughly 6 feet in diameter). When we got back to port, the hole had grown to almost 30 feet, transducers were broken by the salt water, we had to pump water out of the room abow the sonar dome continiously as the hatch was not sealing properly.. all in all, the sonar took a hit so to speak.. Never saw the whale again, we even did a 180.. nothing.. poor sod.. __________________ Those who aim at nothing, will most certainly hit that!

02-12-07, 03:52 PM	#5
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Damn, I hate being right!! Anyway, from which movie is your sig?

02-12-07, 04:10 PM	#7
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I read it somewhere that active sonar confuses their orientation and they end up on beaches....

02-12-07, 05:59 PM	#9
Mau Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 382 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Ok now back to the topic I started..... So I guess nobody tried to shoot an air target with gun (76MM) other than own helicopter. If I have time then I will try to make a scenario with a slow mover coming on top of a frigate and try to shoot at it.