4c Hajduk Veljko Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 A list of war trophy? http://sites.google.com/site/afivedaywar/Home/gesalvage Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geier Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 A list of war trophy? http://sites.google.com/site/afivedaywar/Home/gesalvage Absolutely 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirt-torpedo Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Russian SU-25 HUD footage Georgia http://www.apacheclips.com/media/353/Russian_SU-25_HUD_Footage_in_Georgia/ sorry if this is a repost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilBivol-1 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 A Russian FARP in the conflict region (South Ossetia?), about a month after the cease fire. Photo and album by forum member =RAF=Foxhound - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boberro Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Woow great photo! Reminder: Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make... HISTORY! :D | Also to be remembered: FRENCH TANKS HAVE ONE GEAR FORWARD AND FIVE BACKWARD :D ಠ_ಠ ツ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namenlos Ein Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Georgian troops look at a Russian helicopter flying over head as they withdraw from the village of Mosabruni, just inside South Ossetia, after Russian troops moved into the area, August 26, 2008.I have no words. It is a great photo indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpm1 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 one specie , two worlds (the tanks behind are russian they could have been georgian ....) SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namenlos Ein Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRVFIE4VIdY — 'Grad' MRLS in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cool Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Remains of Georgian Su-25 shot down by Ossetian rebels or peacekeeping forces (MS) near the road between Tshinvali and Djava. On the other hand it's still unclear who's plane is it - It can be either Georgian or Russian. 1 МАССАНДРА: "Микоян Артём Славный Сын Армянского Народа Дарит Радость Авиаторам". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Иван Таранов Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Russian Su-24 on the first day of the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namenlos Ein Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Abhazia, 2008, Kodori rift. Other pictures —> http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showpost.php?p=4080767&postcount=17263 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilBivol-1 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Oh, let's not forget the RWR-less Mi-24 now, come on! - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namenlos Ein Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Weapons confiscated from looters in Gori, Georgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topol-m Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Weapons confiscated from looters in Gori, Georgia. Hmm axes? :huh: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumfire Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Hmm axes? :huh: The only thing thats missing from that cache of weapons is a crow bar :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boberro Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Weapons confiscated from looters in Gori, Georgia. I see weapons of XXI century :D Reminder: Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make... HISTORY! :D | Also to be remembered: FRENCH TANKS HAVE ONE GEAR FORWARD AND FIVE BACKWARD :D ಠ_ಠ ツ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tflash Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Wow, this conflict must have been simmering for ages! ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpm1 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mig29movt Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Kutaisi AB Anyone knows why they didn't bomb the runway the "right" direction? Google Earth: 42°10'35.33"N 42°28'51.87"E I wonder how this building looks like... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Waiting to build a F/A-18C home-pit... ex - Swiss Air Force Pilatus PC-21 Ground Crew SFM? AFM? EFM?? What's this? i7-5960X (8 core @3.00GHz)¦32GB DDR4 RAM¦Asus X99-WS/IPMI¦2x GTX970 4GB SLI¦Samsung 850 PRO 512GB SSD¦TrackIR 5 Pro¦TM Warthog¦MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nscode Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 It's harder to miss this way Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit_Radar_Dude Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Anyone knows why they didn't bomb the runway the "right" direction? What nscode said. If you bomb along the length of the runway then if you are lucky all the bombs hit. But if you are unlucky and a little to one side or the other then they all miss. To be sure of a hit you drop a stick of bombs across the runway with the gap between bombs less than the width of the runway and try to put the middle of the stick on the target. Ideally they should have attacked at more of an angle to be sure. There might have been nearby terrain or defences that affected that decision. Years ago, I posted something about dropping sticks of bombs that is kind of relevant, here it is again. Automatic multiple bomb release or "ripple". Why do ground attack aircraft like the A-10 have an automatic system to drop a ripple of bombs, why not just let the pilot press the weapon release several times? To answer this question, you need to think about a real life target attack. A single dumb bomb dropped from an aircraft does not drop perfectly down onto the target every time. It may drift left or right of the track that the aircraft is flying and miss the target. If the bomb is dropped a little early or a little late then it will miss short or long. The likelyhood of missing short or long is more than missing left/right. Imagine an aircraft flying at 500 kts = 6078ft * 500 = 3039000 ft/hr. Divide by 60*60 gives ft/sec = approx 850. If the pilot initiates bomb release 0.5s early or late he will likely miss by over 400ft. So lets make our bomb "longer" by dropping a ripple of (eg) five bombs. If we know the lethal radius of the bomb blast is eg. 50ft, then if we drop them 100 feet apart, we have now a "longer bomb" with a lethal area of 100ft wide by 500ft long. If we aim to land the middle (3rd) bomb of the stick of 5 on the target, then we have 250ft of leeway short and long and still destroy the target. This deals effectively with the short / long problem, but we still might miss left / right. If we are attacking a small point target like a truck, then nothing we can do, but if our target is of significant dimensions like a bridge or runway, we can increase our hit chances. Suppose our target is a river bridge that is 500 feet long and 50 feet wide. If we attack along the length of the bridge we might be lucky and all 5 bombs hit it, or we might be unlucky and all of them miss left or right, then all that happens is the bridge gets a bit wet! If we attack at 90 degress to the bridge then our bomb to bomb gap is 100 ft and the bridge 50ft wide, 50/50 chance of a hit. If we attack at an angle of 30 degrees, then simple maths tells us that bridge "appears" to be 100ft wide and we are certain one bomb will hit provided we can put the ripple on target regarding short/long. The more bombs in our stick then the better our chances of getting it right as regards short/long. 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Sorry Death, you lose! It was Professor Plum.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpm1 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 cruise missiles could do the job SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPTIDE Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 cruise missiles could do the job They could indeed.. but at greater expense. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpm1 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 They could indeed.. but at greater expense. with planes there is always a risk pilot gets captured . could be desastrous on a political level 1 SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPTIDE Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 with planes there is always a risk pilot gets captured . could be desastrous on a political level Its a tradeoff of risks. Pilots getting captured is always a risk. If you want to negate that risk to Zero percent you not have war jets nor choppers. :) The small risk to the pilot vs the expense of a 3 cruise missiles (there were 3 visible bombing runs on that airport)... Its an easy choice. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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