http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-04/first-person-shooter-video-dutch-marines-storming-pirate-held-ship

Interesting stuff from a Dutch marine team recapturing a ship from Somali pirates. I know there are a few Modern Warfare veterans on here, kinda weird seeing the real thing from the same viewpoint. I did have to laugh at "ropelining out da helicopter" (about 35 secs in), I'm guessing that doesn't have a direct translation in Dutch!

I just watched a mini-documentary about "war porn"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/40211#?l=1785302026&
does this fall under that genre?

cool

well done the marines

pretty poor 'pirates' not a cutlass or parrot between them… and I didn't hear one 'yaaaar, me harties' or 'shiver me timbers' anywhere 🙁

i'm with psychle. I expected a Cutless and a real fight on the rigging 🙁

That newsweek site wont get past the bloody advert.

Interesting footage. Wouldn't have thought that was war porn. It was closer to those Police Camera Action or Real Life Rescues programmes on the telly.

Watching helmetcam footage of Somali pirates being chased around a ship holds much the same entertainment value as watching dashboard cam footage of tracksuited Astra TWOCers being chased around a council estate. Although it could be argued that the Somalis are much more justified in their actions.

At work I have been shown a couple of vids I would class as 'war porn'. They helped me conclude that as much as mini guns make for an entertaining addition to 80s action films, when contemplated in reality they leave me feeling empty and rather scared.

I wanna know what cameras they use, that's damn good quality!