Apache down

foga SG

really sad to see a longbow apache go down like that.

pls send in the CSAR team now.

SEAL team 6? you copy?

Flight Cadet Officer SG

For black hawk down, its on a case to case basis. As the entire city of civilians are fighting against the deltas and rangers, any civilians who hold a firearm is deemed hostiled and may engage any moment.

MushyMaro SG

Guess Russia, south africa and others are already eyeing the longbow radar

sgboy2004 SG

Crying or Very sad

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ETboy SG

SIA SUAY THE AMERICANS

sugardaddy SG

The saddam troops use human shield, fake pow and army in CV clothing…i think just wipe out the whole damn town..excluding women and child…... that should be more effective!!! That apache was gunned down by a farmer in disguied.

laser51088 SG

lol i dun think it was ‘a’ farmer.. . . was probably hell lot of people just shooting bullets anywhere into the air

sugardaddy SG

That is the report in the paper….

spencer99 SG

I am surprised the US didn't send in a airstrike to destroy the copter. A F117 or F18 with a LGB should do the trick.

Once it is certain that the crew is not onboard the copter why didn't the US just blow it up. If I am Saddam and I want the copter intact, I will keep one crewman strapped on the Apache while I towed it to a hidden/hardened location. Human Shield!

That is one big coup for the Iraqs to capture a Apache Intact. Better yet if they got the pilots.

I think those farmers gonna be rich. 1 x Copter, 2 x pilots. I recalled Saddam have a reward for all these.

I still don't believe that the Apache is shot down. Must be some major system failure on board and the crew made a emergency landing. There is no visible damage at all, but of course maybe the tail was damaged (not visible from pics), but I don't think a copter can make a perfect three point landing with a damaged tail. Just look at the movie black hawk down.

Noticed the Hellfires have white painted warheads. "War Shots" Live rounds siah....

superspitfire SG

As far as i know, the US forces have tried to destroy the Apache completely, but due to the sandstorm in the desert, it cannot be done...they just have to wait till the weather is fine enough to do it, provided the apache is still there...

also, from what i see and heard, the apache looks mighty fine to me, no bullet shots...maybe i believe it suffered a mechanical failure and the claims of ppl shot down the apache is probably pure bs for propoganda purposes

the Bear SG

I think the helicopter went down with some kinda engine failure.

It's an Apache for crying out loud! It's armoured against the AK-47s those farmers were waving (uhh.. do farmers actually need assault rifles? the wildlife in Iraq must be terrible!).

Anyway, Iraq has flouted Geneva conventions.

They are parading the POWs. Something not allowed under the conventions.

well the cnn have been showing footage of iraqi prisoners too. so itsn't double standards to say ther were against the convention?

CenturionMBT SG

well the cnn have been showing footage of iraqi prisoners too. so itsn't double standards to say ther were against the convention?

spencer99 SG

To make a more convincing propoganda, they should roll in a 23mm AA gun, one 14.5mm HMG and a couple of AKs and fire a few bursts each at the Apache!! With it riddled with bullet holes it will look more convincing.

As for the geneva convention, the US also shows prisioners also, although the US try to show how humane they are. I saw a picture of two UK soldiers standing over a trench where two Iraqi sholdiers were sheltering. Both died and one of them still holding onto a white flag.

I think we should not use double standard. It is WAR and sometimes this kind of things happen.

Pressure-Forward SG

the Bear SG

I think there is a difference between showing them trudging off to detention centres or getting caught and showing them and humiliating them in the media.

POWs must be protected from something like... "public insult and curiosity" or something like that.

spencer99 SG

Notice that only the starboard inner pylons have Hellfires, and the port one is empty.

Maybe they still have problems firing hellfires from the port pylons because of debris from exhaust damaging the tail rotor.

ETboy SG

why is the helicopter still so good in condition ?? yet it was shot downed ??

can anyone tell me ??

Matlaysia SG

Latest from CNN. The apache was destroyed by a LGB fired by a coalition aircraft...... Damn what a waste, SG wun mind one more free apache......

Moonstriker SG

lol yea.....
Anyway.... doubt is shot down because no bulet or flak holes on the body of the chopper... plus.. RPG attack.. they can target the tail rotor.... but in the picture on page 1... the tail rotor looks fine...

ETboy SG

i tot a famer shot it down with his AK ??

OMG AK shot down a apache ??

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