Image of the Day: 26 July 2010

With increased firepower, more powerful engines and the ability to operate in hotter temperatures, the new Lynx Mk9A has increased the options available to commanders in Afghanistan since its arrival in May 2010. It is fitted with a more advanced communication system, improved surveillance equipment and the M3M Machine Gun - a 0.50" calibre weapon, capable of firing over 850 rounds a minute. Pictured, Lance Corporal Gary Lovett an Aviation Crewman or 'Door Gunner' in the Army Air Corps, currently serving with 672 Squadron, looks through the sites of a Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) on board a Lynx Mk9A. [Picture: Corporal Barry Lloyd RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2010]

Comments

[Dom Hyde]

What happened to the LC-40-100 ring sight that the RAF and RN use? They're supposed to be standard with the M3M, not this useless piece of 2nd World War era junk! How is anyone going to hit a target with a post-and-ring, 600 metres away while travelling perpendicularly at 200 knots? Or does the Army want helos to slow down and come in close, so that it's fairer for RPG gunners on the ground? Is that it?!