They shouldn't really make anything else than cuckoo clocks

**chasingtheaurora** · 16 October 2007, 10:06

Originally posted by Francko View Post

http://www.24.com/news/?p=saa&i=712283

Runaway cannon to blame2007-10-13 08:15Johannesburg - A female artillery officer risked her life at Lohatlha on Friday, in a desperate bid to prevent members of her battery dying from their own anti-aircraft gun, the Saturday Star reported on Saturday.
The brave officer was unable to stop the wildly swinging computerised Swiss/German Oerlikon 35mm MK5 anti-aircraft twin-barrelled gun.

It sprayed hundreds of high-explosive 0,5kg 35mm cannon shells around the five-gun firing position.

By the time the gun had emptied its twin 250-round auto-loader magazine eight soldiers were killed and 11 injured.

A ninth soldier, a woman, died moments after landing in Bloemfontein, after being airlifted by a South African Air Force helicopter to Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein.

I'm not sure what the SA equivalent of the George Cross is, but she should get it.

**AtW** · 16 October 2007, 10:08

Originally posted by Francko View Post

The brave officer was unable to stop the wildly swinging computerised Swiss/German Oerlikon 35mm MK5 anti-aircraft twin-barrelled gun.

Was it your code Franko?

**Francko** · 16 October 2007, 10:11

Originally posted by AtW View Post

Was it your code Franko?

Must have been one of my outsourced developers.

**Moscow Mule** · 16 October 2007, 10:54

That is a big thing to be going that wrong...

**chasingtheaurora** · 16 October 2007, 11:01

It is, and they're bloody impressive firing*

* when firing under control.

**RightLaugh** · 16 October 2007, 12:04

she was probably trying to park it.

**Pondlife** · 16 October 2007, 12:11

Originally posted by RightLaugh View Post

she was probably trying to park it.

Thanks!

They shouldn't really make anything else than cuckoo clocks