Serbian Police Gazelle fitted with 20mm gun

Posted by vitoskito@reddit | shittytechnicals | View on Reddit | 42 comments

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AlexRyang@reddit

Why do the police need a 20 mm autocannon on a helicopter?

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Jazzspasm@reddit

Dominant and exclusivity of violence by the State over all those subject to it is the number one priority of all effective governments

Anyone that says otherwise is a liar

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Limekill@reddit

I don't think you need to strap a 20mm cannon to a helicopter for that... but ok.

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Pratt_@reddit

Police can mean a lot of different things depending of the country and time period.

The Afghan Police (at least before the Taliban) use to have MLRS for example lol

In France, La Gendarmerie Nationale is basically a military police that do police work in rural area.

The GIGN is part of the Gendarmerie National.

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Pratt_@reddit

MLRS = Multiple Launcher Rocket System I wasn't wasn't able to find the one I remembered but I found Iraqi Federal Police doing the same

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Kumirkohr@reddit

So it’s a technical, of sorts. I thought it meant there was an M270 in inventory

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Key-Lifeguard7678@reddit

They also have TOS-1A.

I guess when the enemy is ISIS, there’s nothing that’s overkill.

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Pratt_@reddit

I meant MLRS as the type of weapon system, my bad. Here it's installed on a technical indeed, but it is basically anything with multiple tube launching rockets, self propelled or not.

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Plump_Apparatus@reddit

That because MLRS is the name of the M270. M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System(MLRS) Self-Propelled Launcher-Loader(SPLL).

People just use it to refer to any rocket artillery, including rocket artillery that existed well before the M270, or the MLRS acronym, existed.

end of pet peeve

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LightningFerret04@reddit

In times of invasion, certain countries’ police forces basically became sort of infantry divisions

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Infantry Division may be a bit too much, but yeah it's pretty common for police forces to be turned into multiple,more military oriented, roles from military police, to guerilla warfare units (Ukrainian police participed to ambushes at the start of the invasion iirc), to counter sabotage/infiltration.

Swat like units could be turned into active combat units, but not really straight up Infantry divisions, as there is still a need for policing in a country at war.

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Dropped-pie@reddit

Because the 30mm was being used by the fire department

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Tricky_Ebb9580@reddit

You think they fight fires? No, they fire on you

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Bonnskij@reddit

They fight fire with fire

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Twisp56@reddit

Call the Swedish Air- I mean Firefighting Force

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a22550688/sweden-dropped-a-laser-guided-bomb-on-a-forest-fire/

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ehm_education@reddit

It's Serbia.

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kremlingrasso@reddit

Yeah that is all the explanation it needs if you ever been there.

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AsuraNiche93@reddit

Cuz most fight would be over without firing a single shot

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2gkfcxs@reddit

Can't let those Bosnian children get away

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LefsaMadMuppet@reddit

There was a documentary in the 80s about the LAPD using the same airframe, but with a 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon. Top end surveillance systems, the works. It was called project THOR. A whistleblower seized the aircraft and it became a huge media issue. The pilot suffered from PTSD from the Vietnam War and an alleged boating accident when he was a chief of opposite in Amity, New York.

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gofargogo@reddit

I saw this doc! Didn’t they get popped for unauthorized surveillance of hotel rooms with the thermals when they were supposed to be testing flight components?

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clean_squad@reddit

For genesis reasons

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Raguleader@reddit

In Serbia? Probably NATO.

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Super_Kent155@reddit

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HKEY_LOVE_MACHINE@reddit

Likely a way for Serbia to have armed helicopters outside of the army restrictions/budget.

It's like equipping your firefighters with thermal sights and APCs, "it's for combatting forest fire I swear".

Then the day they want to invade their neighbors again, soldiers show up at the fire station and take all the military equipment and vehicles for them.

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It's also a way for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Police) to have an attack helicopter in their arsenal, should they need to "negotiate" with other ministries like the Ministry of Defense (Army), or a junta of generals trying to make a coup.

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