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Title: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: Chris_ on July 16, 2008, 12:18:43 AM: Glad Itâ€™s a Rental
(http://safetycenter.navy.mil/PHOTO/images/images-251-300/photo297.jpg)
SUV and Bullet Holes

Seems a pair of soldiers were driving a rented SUV at a test and training range out west one night. Seems an F-16 pilot was getting some target practice at the time. Seems the SUV was in the target area. Seems the pilot was a good shot.

A local spokesman said the soldiers were not hit but suffered minor injuries "while exiting the vehicle in rough terrain." Personally, any minor injuries I suffered while bailing out of a vehicle and running away while being shot at with REALLY big bullets would be a welcome alternative.
Title: Re: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: Chris_ on July 16, 2008, 12:19:03 AM: http://safetycenter.navy.mil/PHOTO/archive/default.htm
Title: Re: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: djones520 on July 16, 2008, 01:17:40 AM: I woulda hated to be the manager of that AVIS branch. :rotf:
Title: Re: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: Uhhuh35 on July 16, 2008, 08:45:10 AM: Quote from: Big Don on July 16, 2008, 12:19:03 AM
http://safetycenter.navy.mil/PHOTO/archive/default.htm
Lotta' cringe worthy pics there.
Title: Re: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: DixieBelle on July 16, 2008, 10:30:08 AM: I bet they had to buy new uniform pants. YIKES!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on July 16, 2008, 11:30:11 AM: Incredible. From the one pic, it looks like it took at least 5 cannon hits that somehow did not hit anything that would put the vehicle down for more than new tires.
Title: Re: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: Chris_ on July 16, 2008, 12:22:02 PM: Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on July 16, 2008, 11:30:11 AM
Incredible. From the one pic, it looks like it took at least 5 cannon hits that somehow did not hit anything that would put the vehicle down for more than new tires.
Strafed by a fighter jet, hit multiple times with 30mm rounds, no ****ing explosion!
Damn you Richard Donner, damn you to Hell!
Title: Re: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: paladin0 on July 16, 2008, 08:00:54 PM: 20 MM, a 30MM from an A10 would have caused a lot more damage.

Here is an update to the picture.

Update: According to an Air Force news release, investigators determined that this mishap was due to pilot error. "The cause of the accident was the failure of the pilot to positively identify the intended target during the nighttime, close air support training sortie," the news release said. The F-16 pilot had been wearing night-vision goggles while firing the jet's 20 millimeter canon. He briefly lost sight of the target area as rolled and began the strafing run, then misidentified the SUV as the target, which was actually 1.5 miles away. The two soldiers in the SUV were part of a different training project on the range.

Paladin0
Title: Re: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: Chris_ on July 16, 2008, 08:05:05 PM: Quote from: paladin0 on July 16, 2008, 08:00:54 PM
20 MM, a 30MM from an A10 would have caused a lot more damage.

Bah! Da No ****ing BOOM! I've seen Arnold and Clint, Sly and Cruise fire PISTOLS at cars and get explosions! Where's the damn BOOM?
Title: Re: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: Lord Undies on July 16, 2008, 09:40:44 PM: Damn flimsy-ass American made cars.
Title: Re: Why paying for the insurance when renting a car is a good idea
Post by: Chris_ on July 16, 2008, 10:08:11 PM: Quote from: Lord Undies on July 16, 2008, 09:40:44 PM
Damn flimsy-ass American made cars.
? Does that explain the lack of BOOM?