View Full Version : Engaging Insurgents From Inside An Abrams
Clodius
03-11-2013, 12:23 AM
Never was a tanker but those look like APFSDS rounds. Anyone?
Eric99BL
03-11-2013, 01:36 AM
I've done a lot of shit in while in the Infantry, but this shit is so dope.
gauthier
03-11-2013, 02:34 AM
Yes Clodius it look like a sabot round to me.
alejandro6505
03-11-2013, 04:09 AM
The loader was delayed an average of 4.0 seconds to load each bullet.Fucking fast.
tkkivi
03-11-2013, 07:11 AM
engaging insurgents with training rounds? please.
that's the blue coned M865 for training
LetsTripOutAndDie
03-11-2013, 07:13 AM
Great vid. Sabot rounds for sure you can tell because of the needle like point on the tip of the rounds :USA:
Shawali
03-11-2013, 09:01 AM
And it takes at least 15 sec to reload in ARMA 2! =)
lootcard
03-11-2013, 12:25 PM
Holy shit these rounds look sick
puppy
03-11-2013, 01:32 PM
Yep, those were sabot training rounds and the crew were going through a tank table 8...I don't think there were any "insurgents" down range.
Bad Company
03-11-2013, 05:17 PM
insurgents or no insurgents either way it looks like fun to me
jamieooh
03-11-2013, 08:04 PM
yup training rounds. It has been a long time for me, but I was surprised we didn't see a heat round loaded. If my memory serves me correctly that should have been a bmp with troops engagement. Maybe a current or more recent 19k could comment.
jamieooh
03-11-2013, 08:07 PM
insurgents or no insurgents either way it looks like fun to me
oh it is fun, driving loading and gunning all fun. Never was a tank commander thou.
That's got to be the worst nightmare for some dick head jihadist with an AK47 in his hand! I wonder how many snackbars they can get out before you meet the Prophet Abrams!
Clodius
03-13-2013, 04:24 PM
The point I was angling towards was isn't it a waste of time firing DU dart at humans? I mean unless its a direct hit there is not blast effect!
puppy
03-13-2013, 06:15 PM
It could have been a troops, tank combo; that would explain the coax engagement after the main gun rounds.
Appollyon
03-14-2013, 11:12 AM
Is this an old versian of abrams, m1a1, without auto loader or why they manualy put rounds into the shamber.
Kurticus
03-15-2013, 08:12 PM
Fuck yeah
serpa6
03-16-2013, 08:29 PM
@Appollyon this is not BF3, we have a few tank vets here don't insult them Auto loader for the Abrams? Yes they are thinking about it for the M1A3 but its just a thought
alejandro6505
03-17-2013, 03:20 AM
¿And reducing the number of crew?.... for a 50-ton machine ...¡WTF!
jamieooh
03-17-2013, 11:44 AM
Is this an old versian of abrams, m1a1, without auto loader or why they manualy put rounds into the shamber.
What are you going to do when the auto loader breaks?
minuteman1636
03-17-2013, 03:23 PM
The rounds being fired are 'blue' which is used Army wide to identify training ammunition. Based on the observation this isn't a combat video unless the Army has broken its Class 5 training ammunition marking protocol.
serpa6
03-17-2013, 07:53 PM
The rounds being fired are 'blue' which is used Army wide to identify training ammunition. Based on the observation this isn't a combat video unless the Army has broken its Class 5 training ammunition marking protocol.
You have a good point there about protocol. I myself do not think, that they would break protocol. I think there would be to much involved in that part of it. Also Is not usually the color code universal with NATO and our allied country's?
coltsfan2007
03-19-2013, 04:14 PM
Nice video............. makes me all fuzzy on the inside! Thanks SSGBULL :USA:
Austinla
03-19-2013, 11:22 PM
mmm, brings back memories.
McLovinSuKaaa
06-01-2013, 03:29 PM
I didn't know we engaged insurgents with training rounds
Rangemaster
06-25-2013, 02:59 PM
Get some
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