Fun with explosives - C130 goes u/s

[Mr_B]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3a1_1233503829

[AJS-]

Briliant. I really love explosions like that.

[Don1]

You know it's big when troops act like that!

[Racefan_uk]

Wow! That's a proper bang!

[rpguk]

Good effort! I wonder how much that cost though

Presumably it was to stop it getting into enemy hands? Anyone know the story behind this?

[Ordinary Bloke]

Not SORNed?

[Bosshogg76]

I think that was the one that landed after they had dug a large hole in the runway.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.ph...

There is another story involving the balkans, a C130, my mate, a large (make that huge) amount of money and some mistake in the units that explosive cutting cord came in. metres not millimetres

Edited by Bosshogg76 on Monday 2nd February 21:25

[Jasandjules]

Well, that's a whole lotta bang.

[ninja-lewis]

rpguk said:

Good effort! I wonder how much that cost though

Presumably it was to stop it getting into enemy hands? Anyone know the story behind this?

If it's the one I'm thinking of, it was damaged by an IED as it landed. As it was a remote strip that was only temporarily secured they couldn't repair it so destroyed it as a precaution. Insurgents could have used it as a come-on or stripped parts for sale etc.

[RemaL]

looked like fun

[normalbloke]

That was certainly comprehensive..

[tinman0]

Bosshogg76 said:

I think that was the one that landed after they had dug a large hole in the runway.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.ph...

There is another story involving the balkans, a C130, my mate, a large (make that huge) amount of money and some mistake in the units that explosive cutting cord came in. metres not millimetres

Not a chance.

The one in the video still has its wings on for a start.

[fadeaway]

rpguk said:

Good effort! I wonder how much that cost though

Presumably it was to stop it getting into enemy hands? Anyone know the story behind this?

Yip. They'll be sensitive equipment on board that we don't want the bad guys to get - esp computers and communication (encryption) equipment

[Bosshogg76]

tinman0 said:

Bosshogg76 said:

I think that was the one that landed after they had dug a large hole in the runway.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.ph...

There is another story involving the balkans, a C130, my mate, a large (make that huge) amount of money and some mistake in the units that explosive cutting cord came in. metres not millimetres

Not a chance.

The one in the video still has its wings on for a start.

congratulations!!! for some reason i didn't see the start of the video, but instead a rather nice explosion, the nose is entirely different as well, but there you go. Can't be a know it all on everything, there's always someone else to do that

[tinman0]

Bosshogg76 said:

congratulations!!! for some reason i didn't see the start of the video, but instead a rather nice explosion, the nose is entirely different as well, but there you go. Can't be a know it all on everything, there's always someone else to do that

I remember the plane you mentioned and I definitely remember it being a total mess whereas this one didn't look quite so bad.

[Bosshogg76]

tinman0 said:

Bosshogg76 said:

congratulations!!! for some reason i didn't see the start of the video, but instead a rather nice explosion, the nose is entirely different as well, but there you go. Can't be a know it all on everything, there's always someone else to do that

I remember the plane you mentioned and I definitely remember it being a total mess whereas this one didn't look quite so bad.

Must have been American as we'd have been forced to bring it home. . Pity we couldn't have done that too an F3 a few years ago, but that again is another story.