Allegedly someone says on the tape 'someone could go to jail for this' (it's been discussed on Jeremy Vine today)
This is taken from a blog
Lance Corporal of Horse Steven Gerrard, 33 said from his hospital bed on the Argus. ?We can identify a friendly vehicle from 1,500 meters, yet you?ve got an A10 with advanced technology and he can?t use a thermal sight to identify whether a tank is a friend or foe. It?s ridiculous.
LCoH Gerrard, the commander of the leading tank, described ?frightened and curious? villagers waving white flags. ?I stuck my hand up and waved at them. I could see they were frightened. I felt sorry for them.? Suddenly, LcoH Gerrard heard the distinctive, relentless roar of an A10?s anti-tank gunfire. ?I will never forget that noise as long as I live. It is a noise I never want to hear again,? he said.
?There was no gap between the bullets. I heard it and I froze. The next thing I knew the turret was erupting with white light everywhere, heat and smoke. I didn?t even have time to close my eyes or blink. I don?t know why I?ve still got hair or eyebrows.
?I felt I was going to burn to death. I just shouted, ?Reverse, reverse, reverse?. My headset had come off. My gunner was screaming, ?Get out, get out.? I was out of the turret in milliseconds. How I got out of that hole I don?t know. Then I saw the A10 coming again and I just ran.
?I?ll never forget that A10. He was about 50 meters off the ground. He circled, because he can turn on a ten-pence. He came back around. He was no more than 1,000 meters away when he started his attack run. He was about 500 meters away when he started firing.
?On the back of one of the engineers? vehicles there was a Union Jack. It?s about 18 inches wide by about 12 inches. For him to fire his weapons I believe he had to look through his magnified optics. How he could not see that Union Jack I don?t know. It was like Platoon. I was stood there on a little bank 25 meters away from my tank waving.?
The front two Scimitars, packed with ammunition, grenades, rifle rounds and diesel tanks, exploded into flames. Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull, 25, did not escape.
Trooper Finney was injured when the A10 returned for a second run. He said: ?The plane came over again and it started shooting. I saw sparks coming from the ground or my leg. It didn?t hurt, it felt like someone had kicked me in the back of my leg. I felt warm down the back of my leg. Blood was spurting everywhere. I thought I was dead.?
LCoH Gerrard criticized the A10 for shooting when there were civilians so close to the tanks. He said: ?There was a boy of about 12 years old. He was no more than 20 meters away when the Yank opened up. There were all these civilians around. He had absolutely no regard for human life. I believe he was a cowboy.