Originally Posted by
typerated
Never heard of any nighttime strafe before
But surely you would expect to be blinded by the gun!
I can’t speak for 1991, but night strafe is practiced regularly - although now you’d use the pod (and HUD cues) for aiming. I’ve only ever strafed from the GR4 with a single gun vice the two of the GR1, but it was so far under the nose it wasn’t an issue (plus we weren’t using tracer).