Unless its an "F" model Hind with the twin barrelled 23mm cannon pack on the right side of the fuselage, which could account for the exploding bodies... Also armed with FOUR S5K 57mm Rocket pods, again, the explody things could be attributed to those as well... and not uncommon depending on what side of the dead sea you're on...Boxilar wrote:That was in no way intended as a pun. It was, however, the strongest polite thing I could come up with on short notice.analyst wrote:Considering the gut shots, if this is a pun, the pun jar rejects your offering. However, the good-taste jar would like to talk to you.Boxilar wrote:Holy crap.
This is 20 years ago which puts it not long after Desert Storm and all the regional instability of the post Soviet era. If it's a helo attacking, it could be a Mi24 Hind. I has a chin mounted 12.7 mm multibarreled gun and gan mount heavier ordinance on the wing pylons. AH1 Cobras use a three barreled 20mm vulcan cannon and commonly mounted 7.62mm miniguns on the stub pylons during Vietnam. The Cobra and Hind were both common in the era, to say nothing of standard transport helicopters retrofitted with gun mounts.
Pic is UH1 transport mounting four M60 7.62mm machine guns and two seven tube 70mm rocket pods.
I think it has been said here already that there are at least two weapons firing here... The Cannon which would account for the exploding bodies and a smaller caliber MAchine Gun like the russian PK which could account for the multiple, closely spaced impact points...
Of course, there is another possibility for the heavier weapon... the AGS-17... a Russian belt fed 30mm Grenade Machine Gun similar on design and purpose to our Mk-19 40mm Machine gun...