You'll have to watch this...  this is unreal, 2.5 miles away, at
 night and it looks like they are right there. Heck of a weapon too...

The pictures were taken from an AC130 Specter gunship two and a
 half miles away.   The guys in the picture are setting up a
 roadside bomb and planning to ambush an American convoy which
 followed a short while after the pictures were taken.  

They were setting up for the ambush and were pacing off the distance from the
 bomb to where the convoy was to pass by.

 Turn your sound up. The level of effort these crews put forth to
 control the enemy's antics is commendable, and their marksmanship
 with those electronically controlled 40mm cannons is astounding.

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