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Video: Sailors shoot down Drones with a Machine Gun from an MH-60 Seahawk
An MH-60R from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 75 and an MH-60S from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8 track and shoot down target drones with M240 machine guns in a live fire exercise off the coast of Naval Base Ventura Country Point Mugu during Operation Black Dart. Black Dart is the Department of Defense’s largest live fly, live fire counter unmanned aerial systems exercise held annually to bring service members from all branches of the military and industry leaders together to evaluate… (youtu.be) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Looks fun but not very impressive shooting really. A gentleman in Tennessee recently showed that the proper tool for drone removal is a 12 gauge instead of a couple hundred dollars worth of M240 ammo.
Manufacturers are catching on.
https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/snake-river-shooting-products-12-gauge-drone-munitions/
https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/snake-river-shooting-products-12-gauge-drone-munitions/
I use a Winchester Coohey 30" full choke single shot using BB black ranger cartridges for night feral fox shooting & 150ft would be the accurate limit, after that the pellets start arcing down dramatically, so not much good on a ship.
Or a chopper.
Looks like a bit more training might be in order. Would have expected a few tracer rounds in the mix for visual feedback.
Twenty thousand Green backs for shooting down a 500 dollar toy, you know why, well the MH60 flies for 10K an hour, add that to the pilots and enlisted men salaries and the hundred or so rounds of ammo