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BLACK, WHITE GIS, CARRYING "STINGERS"SPOT ENEMY PLANE FROM THEIR SAND BAG BUNKER. CU GI AIMS, FIRES STINGER MISSILE. PLANE BLOWING UP IN PIECES, FALLING TO EARTH.
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00:38:10 61 |
TWO GIS IN FIELD AIMING STINGERS, WHICH HAVE EVOLVED FROM ARMY'S "RED EYE" THE WORLD'S FIRST SHOULDER PORTABLE, "FIRE AND FORGET" MISSILE SYSTEM.
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00:38:37 88 |
STINGER CREW OF TWO, BACKS TO CAMERA, ONE AIMING WEAPON OTHER ON PHONE, STANDING SAND BAG BUNKER, FIRE MISSILE SKYWARD. VIEW MISSILE TRAILING SMOKE HITTING TARGET STREAKING ACROSS SKY. IN CLASSROOM. CU INSTRUCTOR SHOWS, DEMONSTRATES PROPER USE. GI IN FIELD DOES SAME. CU AIMING IT.
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00:40:30 201 |
GI FIRES STINGER, MISSILE CONNECTING WITH SPEEDING TARGET, EXPLODING IN SKY.
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00:40:39 210 |
STINGER BEING ADAPTED AND MOUNTED TO SIDE OF HELICOPTER. HOVERING HELICOPTER FIRING "FIRE AND FORGET" AIR-LAUNCH "STINGER". AH-1 "COBRA" HELICOPTER WITH STINGER SYSTEM MOUNTED RIDES TOWARDS CAMERA.
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00:41:35 266 |
BLACK GI CLIMBS INTO MECHANIZED STINGER SYSTEM, CALLED "MUSCLE" PUTS ON HEAD PHONE SET, AIMS MULTIPLE STINGER LAUNCHER AT CAMERA. ROTATES UNIT LIKE TANK TURRET. STINGER FIRING AT NIGHT.
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00:42:00 291 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES STINGER INSTALLED ON SEA COMBAT SEA MISSION, AUGMENTING U.S. NAVY'S "PHALANX"
WEAPON SYSTEM. STINGER MOUNTED ON SIDE ALONGSIDE GATTLING GUN ON PHALANX, FIRES. |
00:42:10 301 |
GROUND LAUNCHED STINGER DESTROYING HELICOPTER IN SKY
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00:42:50 341 |
MONTAGE THREE ARMY OH-1 "COBRAS" AND TWO OH-51 "SCOUT" HELICOPTERS, AND AIR FORCE TWO CH-3 AND FOUR UH-1 HELICOPTERS IN JOINT ARMY, AIR FORCE TEST OF STINGER AIR TO AIR MISSILE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEMS.
DRAWINGS OF SOVIET MI-4 AND MI-8 HELICOPTERS, WHICH WERE BEING SIMULATED IN TEST. |
00:43:20 371 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS AIR TO AIR BATTLE ENGAGEMENT SCENARIOS AT TREE TOP LEVELS. TEST SHOWED IMPRESSIVE "STINGER" KILL RATIO.
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00:43:56 407 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS LOW LEVEL TREE TOP HELICOPTER FLIGHTS DURING "SELF-PROTECT AIR TO AIR MISSILE CONCEPT EVALUATION PROGRAM" (SAMCEP), CONDUCTED AT FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA IN FALL 1981.
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00:45:18 489 |
CU GI IN FIELD USING HAMMER, LONG ROD, REMOVES STINGER SHOULDER MOUNT SECTION, ATTACHES IT TO HELICOPTER FOR AIR TO AIR USE.
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00:46:20 551 |
TECHNICIANS ATTACK COMPONENTS TO "MUSCLE" MULTIPLE STINGER LAUNCHER, ORIGINALLY AN M-55 MACHINE GUN MOUNT HAVING TRAVERSING, ELEVATING CAPABILITIES. CU GUNNER DEMONSTRATES "MUSCLE".
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00:48:48 699 |
NIGHT FIRING OF STINGER, EXPLODING TARGET LIGHT UP SKY.
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00:48:57 708 |
ZOOM AWAY "MUSCLE" SITE IN OPEN FIELD, AND MISSILE FIRING OF ITS MULTIPLE STINGERS. HELICOPTER IN SKY BLOWING UP.
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00:49:31 742 |
VARIOUS VIEWS BRITISH "LYNX" HELICOPTER HOVERING, THEN FLYING, FIRES STINGERS. MISSILES LEAVING LAUNCHER IN SLOW MOTION
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00:49:50 761 |
AIR-LAUNCHED STINGER PROTYPE MISSILE MOUNTED ON G-MAG 25 AIR DEFENSE GUN. VARIOUS VIEW OF G-MAG-25 FIRING GATTLING GUN THEN STINGER IN TEST FIRINGS, SUMMER 1983, AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS
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00:50:00 771 |
GOOD VIEW STINGER FIRING FROM G-MAG-25, TARGET PLANE HIT, FLOATING DOWN ON PARACHUTE.
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