Re: [GZG] Slightly OT - Hypothetical weapon question

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Then of course there seems to be that trick from Afghanistan that made
them useable as a crude form of anti-aircraft weapon. Was that trick
previously covered on this list or another

> What trick, pointing them in the air, launching a lot of them, and
praying to Allah while really relying on the fact that with enough
launches SOMEONE will get lucky?

I used to paintball with a lad who'd served as an allied war
correspondent
with the Mujahadeen during the war with the soviets. Before they got a
boatload of stingers, they had real threats from the Hinds. One of their
interesting tactics to utilize available gear was to lure the Hind into
a
mountainous valley, conceal RPG gunners along the edges of the hills,
and
fire RPGs down into the rotor blades. I seem to recall him telling me
he'd
watched this occur and work successfully. He was also lethally quiet in
woodsball and had a deadly first shot. He said when Hinds were hunting
you,
you learned to be quiet and fast or you might not still be around.

TomB

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