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Posted By: NCSUtrey I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/15/09 09:27 PM
Okay, enough of this BS from the Somali pirates. Who wants to sign up for my para-military pirate hunting crew?
I'm also on the market for an old PT boat, anybody got one laying around?
Posted By: ButchG Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/15/09 09:34 PM
An old PT boat...lots of fire power and a Letter of Marque!
Hoo-YAH - where do I sign up
Posted By: Team_Cat_Fever Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/15/09 09:45 PM
I've been thinking GE mini-gun or Dillon Aero, but where do we get ALL the ammo? It'd nip that problem in the bud . We might need more than one PT boat, there operating over 1.1million square miles.There used to be a dozen or more PT boats in Portsmouth, Va..
Maybe a couple dillons on a VX-40, Randy can drive, we'll man the guns.
Tawd
Posted By: FasterDamnit Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/15/09 10:04 PM
Posted By: NCSUtrey Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 12:46 AM
We gon' blow some shiiiiiiz up......
Posted By: Don_Atchley Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 04:15 AM
http://www.safeboats.com/default/videos/rcb.wvxThese guys make some cool stuff. They're in the area, so I can help you pick out colors...
Posted By: Karl_Brogger Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 04:45 AM
Posted By: Timbo Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 11:46 AM
Who wants to sign up for my para-military pirate hunting crew?
Good news Trey, the Marines are still looking for "A Few Good Men" so get on down to your local recruiter's office and tell him you want to "grease some skinny's!" Hoo Ahh!
And while waiting for your training dates, pick up a copy of Mark Bowden's Blackhawk Down.
And I've got to go with Karl on this one, don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
Posted By: Team_Cat_Fever Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 11:55 AM
I think Blackwater is getting in on this game too.
Posted By: waterbug_wpb Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 01:21 PM
I hate to bring up the irony, but before Somalia was "liberated from their radical religious governance" (Islamic Courts Union in '06), Sharia law banned piracy as being against the Koran. There was VERY little piracy in the region during that time period...
Posted By: pgp Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 01:26 PM
Who wants to sign up for my para-military pirate hunting crew?
Good news Trey, the Marines are still looking for "A Few Good Men" so get on down to your local recruiter's office and tell him you want to "grease some skinny's!" Hoo Ahh!
And while waiting for your training dates, pick up a copy of Mark Bowden's Blackhawk Down.
And I've got to go with Karl on this one, don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
ROFLMAO
Recommended movies: "Black Hawk Down", "We were soldiers once. . .and young", and two of my VERY favorites "Platoon" and "Full metal jacket".
FWIW- 11E20, RA14970244 (if you gotta ask, don't bother).
Posted By: BLR_0719 Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 03:00 PM
What we need is
1)a low profile fast black boat
2)scuba gear
3)a few blocks of C4
4)and a cooler full of ice and liquor for when the show starts.
Learn from the best
Posted By: pgp Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 03:06 PM
That's what you need! I just need my rocking chair.
Posted By: hokie Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 04:19 PM
I think you should ask the gov't for a gun boat. I think I'd ask for the 62 and settle for the 48.
Posted By: ButchG Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 04:41 PM
FWIW- 11E20, RA14970244 (if you gotta ask, don't bother).
Salute
Posted By: Flip57 Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 05:01 PM
My son is in the Navy and being deployed to this area. Your enthusiasm reminded me of him. He started bugging them at the end of last year, taking the required classes and getting the security clearances so he was accepted and assigned to one of the attack boats. He is a helicopter mechanic (not sure what MOS that is). He is leaving sometime late summer or early fall to go and fight the pirates. His mother is scared for him but we are both proud as could be.
Posted By: SurfCityRacing Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 05:30 PM
I think this is the tool they used to liberate the captain from the clutches of the pirates:
J
Posted By: HMurphey Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 05:53 PM
My guess would be something chambering a .308 caliber round ... I do believe your picture is of a Barret .50 caliber and that WILL stop a truck ... or light armoured vehicles.
Now what Trey needs for his "fast attack" boat is "Ma Duece" .... maybe a pair of twin "Ma Dueces" .... its hard to beat Mr John Browning's .50 caliber Machine Gun, +70 years of military service, and a range of +3000yds .....
.... no-one argues with "Ma"
Harry
Posted By: SurfCityRacing Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 06:16 PM
Looks like it was the MK11, 7.62 x 51mm.
J
Posted By: waterbug_wpb Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 06:49 PM
FWIW- 11E20, RA14970244 (if you gotta ask, don't bother).
Sadly, Pete, with the shabby state of veteran's benefits, it means a lot less than it once did....
Posted By: pgp Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 07:28 PM
I'm pretty sure the term "red tape" refers to all the difficulty civil war veterans had in getting the benefits they'd been promised. Seems the appropriate records were all wrapped up in the stuff.
Maybe. Don't know for sure.
Posted By: HMurphey Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 07:47 PM
******** mounted a scope on a .50 M2 ... sighted it in ... and started to rock the Vietcong's world at +2200yds.
Harry
Posted By: BLR_0719 Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 08:38 PM
this should suffice
Posted By: dave mosley Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 10:05 PM
I liked the report of the Seal's reporting, "3 clear head shots", and then some bad mother says "take em". Too cool, better than TV....
Posted By: Karl_Brogger Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/16/09 11:51 PM
and started to rock the Vietcong's world at +2200yds.
Whitefeather's longest cofirmed kill, (and up untill very recently longest ever), was 2500 yards. Thats 1-1/2 miles. F-ing nuts! Can you say reach out an touch someone? Jeremy's pic is most definetly a .50. I've been shopping for one I can actually afford. New Barret's were about $8k new, used ones are damn hard to find, you gotta know someone. I reeeaaally want a CheyTech rifle, but at $23k a copy, a bit out of my price range. Better have a re-loader too, at $9.00 a squeeze, .50's aren't cheap to plink with.
Posted By: Timbo Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 01:25 AM
You don't go huntin' Pirates with little boats and little guns, you send in a squadron of these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf2ka9RsFQ4&feature=related A 30mm gatling gun that fires 6,000 rounds per minute. Death from above. Air superiority is the quickest way to eliminate the Pirate Problem. Just ask any of those Republican Guards on the "Highway of Death".
Posted By: windswept Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 02:14 AM
I think this is the tool they used to liberate the captain from the clutches of the pirates:
J
That is the one that my son uses in Afghanistan M82A or M107. He cannot stand lugging it up mountains, but loves the gun. Also known as a Barrett 50 cal.
Posted By: TeamChums Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 04:02 AM
A head shot with a 50 would be pretty dramatic. Unless it was an extreme range, I would guess they used something else.
Posted By: Team_Cat_Fever Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 12:45 PM
My guess would be M-40 or SR-25:
Posted By: brucat Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 12:56 PM
I've been shopping for one I can actually afford. New Barret's were about $8k new, used ones are damn hard to find, you gotta know someone. I reeeaaally want a CheyTech rifle, but at $23k a copy, a bit out of my price range. Better have a re-loader too, at $9.00 a squeeze, .50's aren't cheap to plink with.
AM I THE ONLY ONE DISTURBED BY THIS?????
Posted By: pgp Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 01:04 PM
No.
Posted By: ThunderMuffin Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 01:41 PM
AM I THE ONLY ONE DISTURBED BY THIS?????
Why should it?
Posted By: pgp Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 02:13 PM
If I have to 'splain it you wouldn't understand.
Posted By: Team_Cat_Fever Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 03:31 PM
I've been shopping for one I can actually afford. New Barret's were about $8k new, used ones are damn hard to find, you gotta know someone. I reeeaaally want a CheyTech rifle, but at $23k a copy, a bit out of my price range. Better have a re-loader too, at $9.00 a squeeze, .50's aren't cheap to plink with.
AM I THE ONLY ONE DISTURBED BY THIS?????
I'm not going to get into this again,BUT if your disturbed by that than carry your a$$ to Canada PERMANENTLY, and it won't bother you.It's a hobby(Kinda like cat sailing) and shooting is what some folks like to do.So drop it.
Plus we may need it for the pirates that are a little out of range.
Todd
Posted By: brucat Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 03:59 PM
That's OK, you missed the joke.
Mike
Posted By: pgp Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 04:00 PM
Shooting is a sport. Shooting pirates is something else.
Posted By: pgp Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 04:14 PM
Joking about people catching a bullet in the head bothers me. In this case I'm all for it, but it isn't funny. At least not to me.
Posted By: brucat Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 04:29 PM
There's a reason I never post on political threads. What was I thinking?
Posted By: Team_Cat_Fever Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 04:51 PM
That's OK, you missed the joke.
Mike
Sorry Mike,
My bad, maybe I'm a little sensitive considering the political climate these days. If it was a Karl thing and not a gun thing ,I digress. On rare occasion even I need a taller glove.
Were you at Spring Fever?
Pete,
It's looking like we need to make shooting pirates a sport kinda like clay pigeons.
Todd
Posted By: brucat Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 06:57 PM
Yes, it was a (poor) attempt at humor. After seeing some of Karl's avatars, the idea of one of those guns in his possession is a bit much.
Obviously, I'm the only one seeing the humor in this, so I'll stop now...
Mike
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 08:18 PM
I think first we should extend an open hand to the pirates and try to understand them and why they are pirates. We should start an open communication with them. Maybe we should disarm first to show them how responsible we are. Maybe it's all our fault because we are so arrogant.
Posted By: NCSUtrey Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 08:43 PM
I think first we should extend an open hand to the pirates and try to understand them and why they are pirates. We should start an open communication with them. Maybe we should disarm first to show them how responsible we are. Maybe it's all our fault because we are so arrogant.
Bwa hahahahahahahahahhahaah x 10!
I'm going to make a cartoon of you saying that. Al Gore and Ernesto Bertarelli will be dancing in the background.
Posted By: Karl_Brogger Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 10:50 PM
AM I THE ONLY ONE DISTURBED BY THIS?????
Hell no, I'm disturbed by it too. That's alot of money for a rifle.
Posted By: SurfCityRacing Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 11:09 PM
Posted By: Luiz Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/17/09 11:38 PM
AM I THE ONLY ONE DISTURBED BY THIS?????
Hell no, I'm disturbed by it too. That's alot of money for a rifle.
Can't you get a loan giving the rifle as guaranty? I know it works with houses...
Posted By: mbounds Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/18/09 12:30 AM
AM I THE ONLY ONE DISTURBED BY THIS?????
Hell no, I'm disturbed by it too. That's alot of money for a rifle.
Karl wins.
Posted By: arbo06 Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/18/09 01:04 AM
No,I too am disturbed, 9 bucks is way too expensive.
Posted By: Team_Cat_Fever Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/18/09 03:14 AM
I think first we should extend an open hand to the pirates and try to understand them and why they are pirates. We should start an open communication with them. Maybe we should disarm first to show them how responsible we are. Maybe it's all our fault because we are so arrogant.
You've been in Europe too long!
Posted By: Jake Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/18/09 03:26 PM
At the risk of sounding nutz - they are pirates because A) their country government is weak and B) their economy is terrible. It's simply the best way for them to make a living. Directly fix piracy and there will be 20 other illegal profitable rackets popping up in Somalia. You can fight the symptom, but you'll keep fighting them until you fix the root cause.
Posted By: Luiz Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/18/09 04:11 PM
At the risk of sounding nutz - they are pirates because A) their country government is weak and B) their economy is terrible. It's simply the best way for them to make a living. Directly fix piracy and there will be 20 other illegal profitable rackets popping up in Somalia. You can fight the symptom, but you'll keep fighting them until you fix the root cause.
Yes, it is necessary to reduce economic, political and social differences between countries. In other words, save the planet. Since this is quite difficult in practice and also takes a long time, here's a temporary fix:
Piracy exists while it is profitable, so just increase the expenses and risks of this 'business'.
Sink pirate ships, destroy their weapons, wound their men (never kill - upkeeping of crippled is a lot more expensive than a funeral, which can also create 'martyrs'), escalate weapons and even destroy the ships they capture with their cargoes, eventually. Higher costs and risks increase the volatility of piracy results and drastically reduce their profits. I guess there are a few legal issues, though...
Posted By: Team_Cat_Fever Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/18/09 10:27 PM
At the risk of sounding nutz - they are pirates because A) their country government is weak and B) their economy is terrible. It's simply the best way for them to make a living. Directly fix piracy and there will be 20 other illegal profitable rackets popping up in Somalia. You can fight the symptom, but you'll keep fighting them until you fix the root cause.
Maybe they just need a hug, it was probably their parents fault anyway.
Tawd
Posted By: Dazz Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 01:41 AM
perhaps the pirates are the hunters now... glad im not american
fox news MOMBASSA, Kenya — Somali pirates vowed to hunt down American ships and kill their sailors Wednesday and French forces detained 11 other hijackers in a high-seas raid, raising tensions a day after an abortive attack on a U.S. freighter loaded with food aid.
Posted By: dave mosley Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 02:01 AM
whats all the fuss about now? These people have been killing innocent sailors for years, this story has only brought it to te masses.
Bring back the gallo's, "Pirate's ye be warned"
Posted By: Team_Cat_Fever Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 02:11 AM
perhaps the pirates are the hunters now... glad im not american
So are we!:D
Posted By: brucat Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 02:25 AM
AM I THE ONLY ONE DISTURBED BY THIS?????
Hell no, I'm disturbed by it too. That's alot of money for a rifle.
Karl wins.
Indeed. Glad to see there are two people (Karl and Matt) that get my humor...
Mike
Posted By: DVL Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 04:20 AM
My question is where is the United Nations and what are they doing about this. Where are the millions of dollers & euros that the nations give the UN. It dosn't appear that the UN is doing anything. (must have a bad PR firm........)
or does this belong in the other thread....
Posted By: TeamChums Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 11:57 AM
Where would you expect the UN to be? Would you honestly count on them to protect you? The US doesn't need them to take care of our own. They keep calling them Pirates but actually they are Terrorists. Hijacking a ship rather than a plane. I guess Pirates and Terrorists are one in the same. What has the UN done in the past about Terrorism? Not much as far as I'm concerned. Atleast not fast enough to do much good.
Posted By: RickWhite Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 02:06 PM
Dang it! Mary and I have searched and scoured our files for a great attack boat we saw from years ago. Probably one of you still have it. In fact, we had a picture of it in one of our magazines years ago.
It was a drawing of a catamaran made of two detroyers and flying one of them, like flying a hull. It was extremely funny.
But, alas, we have failed to humor up this thread.
Sorry,
Rick
Posted By: windswept Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 02:10 PM
On top of it all, we have pirates/terrorists being caught, disarmed and then released so that they can go right back to it. NATO forces, Canadian chased, boarded and then released pirates yesterday after they tried to hijack a Norwegian tanker. It is about each countries legal system. Because none of the victims were Canadian, canada cannot charge them. I think that some serious changes need to be made both on the ground in Somalia as well as how this issue is fought. I understand the motive and reasons that the pirates give for this ongoing piracy, but I do not think this gives them the right or reason to use piracy as their way of making a living. They seem to believe that they can keep doing this without any repercussions. I think that the more that they escalate the greater the response will be. I find it ironic that 2-3 of the ships attacked were carrying food aid that was destined for Somalia, Kenya and other regions. Lets hold hostage the relief supplies that we are going to steal anyway once they hit the ground. We get the ransom then we get the supplies for the black market. Nice double dipping isn't it.
Posted By: Karl_Brogger Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 03:23 PM
They keep calling them Pirates but actually they are Terrorists.
See these people aren't terrorist's, they are pirates. They are in it for economic gain, where as a terrorist is just trying to put a civilian population in a state of fear to further some political or religious agenda.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 07:03 PM
Dang it! Mary and I have searched and scoured our files for a great attack boat we saw from years ago. Probably one of you still have it. In fact, we had a picture of it in one of our magazines years ago.
It was a drawing of a catamaran made of two detroyers and flying one of them, like flying a hull. It was extremely funny.
But, alas, we have failed to humor up this thread.
Sorry,
Rick
Rick:
The H-16 that was in the old On the Wire magazine with the stinger going after the PWC was also funny. There use to be a video I think, if you k now how to find it.
Doug
Posted By: Dazz Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 08:21 PM
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/19/09 11:36 PM
Rick,
Kirk Newkirk has the shirt with the pic you're asking for. I believe it's for his brother's regatta, RIP.
The UN has nothing to do with policing the world, except if the member COUNTRIES agree there is to be an Emergency Force to be appointed to the duty, usually on the borders of waring countries, or genocide. Added, the UN is made up from member countries supplying everything needed to undergo the operation. Since this is not a soveriegn issue, the UN has nothing to do with it, and it is a moot point.
International waters is fair game, which is why it is such a problem.
Posted By: Team_Cat_Fever Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/22/09 11:27 PM
Posted By: Flip57 Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 04/27/09 02:22 PM
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 05/06/09 03:12 AM
May have something here!!! 45 knots!!!
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92536?fp=1Doug
Posted By: bullswan Re: I be huntin' pirates!!! - 05/07/09 03:20 AM
WHERE IS HOBIE1616? He must have an opinion on this!
Be prepared... he is going to want to know what your service record is before you can set off on the mission.