Jack_Crow
Enlightened
Hi all,
If all goes well Im going to try and put some photos on the Yahoo thing. I got front row seats for what the Army called an IR Lume shot.
It's a big 120mm mortar that fires a 50lb projectile. Somehow that thing makes a lot of IR light for various NVG devices to spot.
On the link are some photos of the launch tube, and various people with the round. Including yours truly with the hat. The reason I look like crap is short on sleep, and long on twitchyness.
I have a short AVI taken that night as well. For the first 22 seconds it's black. Remember an IR shot in daylight would be kind of useless. Then a big flash as the round leaves the tube, then more black. If anybody could isolate just the flash frame, that would be a photo!
They (the Army) dudes tell me this unit went out to 5Km outside the base before impacting.
At launch it thumped the ground rather firmly.
This came 24 hours after we took three small mortar rounds. One wounding two troopers five tents from where I was sleeping.
So yes, Im a little more than ratteled. Lately each time I hear a door slam, or a flash in the night, I jump.
It's not all sweetness and light here in Iraq. Got no plans on leaving.
http://photos.yahoo.com/ka2zev
Try this link and see if it works.
Hope all is well
Jack Crow
If all goes well Im going to try and put some photos on the Yahoo thing. I got front row seats for what the Army called an IR Lume shot.
It's a big 120mm mortar that fires a 50lb projectile. Somehow that thing makes a lot of IR light for various NVG devices to spot.
On the link are some photos of the launch tube, and various people with the round. Including yours truly with the hat. The reason I look like crap is short on sleep, and long on twitchyness.
I have a short AVI taken that night as well. For the first 22 seconds it's black. Remember an IR shot in daylight would be kind of useless. Then a big flash as the round leaves the tube, then more black. If anybody could isolate just the flash frame, that would be a photo!
They (the Army) dudes tell me this unit went out to 5Km outside the base before impacting.
At launch it thumped the ground rather firmly.
This came 24 hours after we took three small mortar rounds. One wounding two troopers five tents from where I was sleeping.
So yes, Im a little more than ratteled. Lately each time I hear a door slam, or a flash in the night, I jump.
It's not all sweetness and light here in Iraq. Got no plans on leaving.
http://photos.yahoo.com/ka2zev
Try this link and see if it works.
Hope all is well
Jack Crow
