Every weapon system in the United States military has a face. The gunner, the trigger puller. The one whose name ends up in the citation, the after-action report, the paragraph some war correspondent types up while pawing at a steaming cup of coffee. That person gets the story.
Alongside them, someone was setting up the tripod, feeding the belt, swapping the barrel with heat-mitt hands while brass rained down like confetti, sharing bags of gummy bears: the other guys.
Author: Michael
First-person footage shows a Yak-52 aircraft gunner shooting down a Shahed drone over southern Ukraine.
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