View From The Porch: There are squibs, and then there are squibs...

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

There are squibs, and then there are squibs...

...and here you thought a squib load in your .38 was a bad thing.

(H/T to CTONE.)

21 comments:

New Jovian Thunderbolt said...: ~click~ ~FWOOOP!~

"Dammit!"; 8:19 AM, October 13, 2010
Bram said...: Thank you lowest bidder!

I like how they are casually walking along the wall during a firefight - and how they end up next to a goat while taking cover from our own defective ordinance.; 8:31 AM, October 13, 2010
Anonymous said...: A canuck buddy of mine with the canadian Leopard II's in Afghnistan has a fun story of a 120mm Cannon not firing on schedule in a scuffle.

Hangfire in 120mm. NOT GOOD. Very confusing. The Infantry commander finally told the tankers to "point that thing somewhere safe" and took the place the old fashioned way, with airpower from an orbiting USAF F16.; 9:29 AM, October 13, 2010
Anonymous said...: It looked like even the goats knew to go to cover.

Gerry; 9:32 AM, October 13, 2010
SpeakerTweaker said...: I love the one guy cackling madly as the entire crew runs away from impending boom. I really do.

tweaker; 9:37 AM, October 13, 2010
Tam said...: The one goat looking around, all "WTF?", as the jarheads went pounding past was priceless, too.; 9:42 AM, October 13, 2010
Unknown said...: At least they found the humor in it all.

I wonder what became of the lucky jihadis that were supposed to get splattered by that missile? It's too bad we didn't get to see it.

Thanks for the link!; 10:35 AM, October 13, 2010
Chas S. Clifton said...: Reminds me of the 1970s wisdom not to buy an American car made on a Monday. I sure hope that quality control normally is better!; 11:07 AM, October 13, 2010
Anonymous said...: This isn't the fire time I've seen a Javelin not light its sustainer. Huh.

Jim; 11:30 AM, October 13, 2010
Anonymous said...: The fact that he's just videorecording a firefight is surreal. Maybe he had the thing running before the first shots were fired, but who says to themselves, "Hey, I'm being shot at! Where's my camcorder?"

standardmischief.com/blog/; 11:39 AM, October 13, 2010
GuardDuck said...: who says to themselves, "Hey, I'm being shot at! Where's my camcorder?"

I've seen video a friend shot (more audio than video due to all the shaking, blurriness and poor night shot capability) that had him trying to get the camera to see through his .50 cal sight in the middle of a firefight.

The audio is great. The guy down the turret is yelling "shoot him! shoot him!"
Camera shakes around...
Friend says "hold on, hold on"
"shoot him"
"almost"
"quit screwing around and shoot him"
"aw dammit, alright"

More common than you would think.; 1:17 PM, October 13, 2010
Tam said...: Welcome to modern warfare.

As P.J. O'Rourke noted 'way back in Operation Desert Dust, you could tell where the American Army had been by the absence of AA batteries... ;); 1:42 PM, October 13, 2010
Will said...: Both sides video, although the jihadis tend to mainly do it of ambush type incidents, so they set up ahead of time. They do it to look good for tv use.

Related issue is soldiers talking on cell phones to family during firefights. Results of this are Not Good.; 1:53 PM, October 13, 2010
Will said...: Speaking of which, is that a cell phone in the cameraman's hand?; 1:56 PM, October 13, 2010
Pathfinder said...: The Javelin left the tube. Is it still a squib if it leaves the tube?; 2:01 PM, October 13, 2010
Anonymous said...: The French version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGf-sS4js5Y

Gerry; 2:43 PM, October 13, 2010
Will said...: Is the minimum armed distance started from leaving the tube, or secondary ignition?

wv: addhunb... is this something the manufacturer forgot when building it?; 4:59 PM, October 13, 2010
cj said...: Nice writeup on the missile on wikipedia...makes the whole video make more sense, from the wait before firing, to the firing mechanism (and secondary system not activating).

The goat WAS a nice touch :); 6:08 PM, October 13, 2010
Drang said...: @Will: ...is that a cell phone in the cameraman's hand? Negative, handheld radio, probably /\/\otorola or ICOM. (Reminds me, I need to drop in on Tactical Tailor and pick up a MOLLE pouch for my ICOM handheld...)

And I'm sure the manufacturers of snowboarder helmet cams are selling a ton of them through the PX. (I know for a fact that they're available there...); 6:16 PM, October 13, 2010
Anonymous said...: So, did they blow it in place with a rifle shot, you think?

Matt
St Paul; 10:13 PM, October 13, 2010
Bram said...: What is the RMA process for a javalin?; 11:29 AM, October 14, 2010