View Full Version : Video: nvg view of attack on taliban
serpa6
10-10-2012, 12:05 AM
http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube/upload/thumb/340_26349.jpg (http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=1350) NVG view gunship messing the Taliban uphttp://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube/images/play_thread.png (http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=1350)
BrendenF11
10-10-2012, 12:17 AM
Right on at :36, not gonna lie that gives me a boner. Good shooting!
reddog13
10-10-2012, 10:21 AM
flachette round? didn't know they were still used..a great weapon
HooterBro
10-10-2012, 10:28 AM
All U.S. attack helicopters can fire the 2.75 FFAR. Flechette rounds are still used. Should be used more often on these single man targets instead of Hellfires.
Hellfreeza
10-10-2012, 04:48 PM
I agree with HooterBro. A Hellfire missile is way more expensive as a 2.75 FFAR but Hellfires are used to prevent collateral damage. In towns for example.
Pousercore
10-11-2012, 09:00 PM
I think this is a M255A1 2.75" rocket. Taken from 2010 Weapons File:
"The M255A1 flechette warhead is primarily for antipersonnel operations. This warhead contains 1,179 sixty-grain hardened steel flechettes and uses the M439 Remote Set fuze. A full material release has been issued for use by Army Aviation units effective July 2006."
Characteristics:
DODIC H462 HA11
Warhead/Fuze M255A1 Flechette/M439 M255A1 Flechette/M439
Motor Mk66 Mod 2 Mk66 Mod 4
Pack Qty User Wood 4 SOF Wood 4 SOF/Army
Warhead : Fuze : Weight (fuzed) : 13.7 lbs.
Flechette M439 RS
26.92 in. Aluminum 1,179 ea. 60 grain hardened steel flechettes
Olive Drab with White Markings and Band of White Diamonds Management/Engineering: Joint Attack Munition Systems Project Office, Redstone Arsenal, AL
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