This is America's M270 MLRS

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  • Опубліковано 6 вер 2021
  • Since the first M270s were delivered to the U.S. Army in 1983, the MLRS has been adopted by several NATO countries. Some 1,300 M270 systems have been manufactured in the United States and in Europe, along with more than 700,000 rockets.
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  • @LastNameTom
    @LastNameTom 2 роки тому +1645

    I was the Driver and Gunner for this for 3.5 years and did 15 months in Iraq with over 2 dozen fire missions and I can tell you, its more awesome than it looks!

    • @midnyte6195
      @midnyte6195 2 роки тому +62

      Yes thanks for your service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @rafavillanueva3583
      @rafavillanueva3583 2 роки тому +32

      Damn, I would like to use one of these and thanks for your service too

    • @jimmyzphillips5885
      @jimmyzphillips5885 2 роки тому +45

      I can back Tom up. I was a dvr/gunner/cdr for 7 years in germany/Iraq/white sands/and Korea. You have to see and feel it to truly appreciate it's firepower. Devastating to light/medium armored targets. Ball game. 🎯.

    • @Ullr-el3pu
      @Ullr-el3pu 2 роки тому +20

      I wasn’t working on this Missile system, but was on others in the Navy. All I can say is; buy these missiles, more the merrier. But we don’t let it fall into enemy hands! I was Army signal Corp and Navy Firecontrol on BB61, LPH10, FF1077 ships and Merchant Marine ammunition ships.

    • @petermapp5988
      @petermapp5988 2 роки тому +4

      It seems awful loud !Did you have special ear protection ?

  • @hiltonturner9915
    @hiltonturner9915 2 роки тому +121

    There's no adrenaline rush like the one's I experienced as a gunner in a US Army M-270. Flipping those two toggle switches. "Arm", and "Fire". Hearing that muffled shotgun blast. WOW!!! I'll never forget that feeling.

  • @chaosXP3RT
    @chaosXP3RT 2 роки тому +371

    Actually, the UK and US both used multiple rocket launch systems during WWII. The UK had what they called the "Landmattress" which was similar to the Katyusha, but it was just set up on the ground. It was not attached to a truck. The US mounted them on large landing ships in the Pacific and used them to bombard Japanese defenses. The US also had some mounted on Jeeps and Sherman tanks (called Calliopes).

    • @bro3217
      @bro3217 2 роки тому +9

      The brits barely used the landmattres anyways

    • @sniperstg2
      @sniperstg2 2 роки тому +9

      There's also the T34 Calliope, which is a M4 Sherman carrying x60 M8 Rockets.

    • @DeZug
      @DeZug 2 роки тому +14

      Why Katyusha is famous and deadly? Because the design is perfect & correctly. UK Landmattress is not a mobile platform and smaller rocket. US Calliopes mounted on Sherman tank , It is slow , smaller rocket and limited the sherman function in battle. Russian design is cheap , useful and effective

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT 2 роки тому +34

      @@DeZug Yes, you are correct. I'm just saying that the Russians weren't the only one with rocket artillery. The Germans also had their Nebelwerfer-41

    • @L0dG
      @L0dG 2 роки тому +6

      "Actually, US... blah blah blah"

  • @dljones915
    @dljones915 2 роки тому +45

    I was a 88M in a FSB in 41st Fires Brigade and I loved watch the MLRS fire. Awesome sight to see in person.

  • @abergethirty
    @abergethirty 2 роки тому +223

    I was in an 8 inch Howitzer Battalion back in the 80's and we had a single MLRS battery. By the end of my tour, they deactivated the other batteries and the rest were to become MLRS.

    • @thadrunkenclam1691
      @thadrunkenclam1691 2 роки тому +1

      A Hannabou how’s your moms basement seems like you are there 24/7

    • @brockvegas9571
      @brockvegas9571 2 роки тому +1

      On the Minute!

    • @abz1261
      @abz1261 2 роки тому +5

      lol no use of this lil boy toys taliban and the vietnamese showed you what the real war scenario looks like

    • @hackersulamaster
      @hackersulamaster 2 роки тому +2

      ​@@abz1261 That's probably because America actually knows how to train freedom fighters, you know, considering they're the only Nation that ever beat a super power at a civilian level?
      Nazi Germany thoroughly enjoyed American tactics, training, espionage and foreign aid. That I can assure you.
      NOW, if only little China and little Russia were forced to pay back their ww2 debt for the lend-lease act that seems to be quietly removed from their national debt statistics, huh? Xi Jingping felt REALLY great about acknowleding such debts recently. Something about crashing their credit rating/reliability if they didn't...

    • @abz1261
      @abz1261 2 роки тому +1

      @@hackersulamaster LOL DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT RUSSIA AND CHINA WHEN TALIBAAN CAN SPANK THEIR ASSES RED HOT JUST IMAGINE WHAT RUSSIA AND CHINA WOULD DO AND FYI US HAS ALWAYS FOUGHT WITH ALLIED GROUP AND PROXIES GOT NO BALLS TO FIGHT ALONE BRO TALIBAN COULD BREAK THEIR NECKS WITHOUT MODERN MILITARY HARDWARE DO YOU EVEN THINK THEY CAN FIGHT IN TODAYS WORLD THEY ARE JUST CRY BABIES

  • @davidwolf226
    @davidwolf226 2 роки тому +368

    This has always been such an impressive weapons system.

    • @terrythetuffkunt9215
      @terrythetuffkunt9215 2 роки тому +2

      IF ONLY WE COULD SAY THE SAME ABOUT THE WEAK SOLDIERS

    • @andrewdoesyt7787
      @andrewdoesyt7787 2 роки тому +21

      @@terrythetuffkunt9215 The soldiers are the toughest in the world.

    • @elihirsch4303
      @elihirsch4303 2 роки тому +14

      @@terrythetuffkunt9215 Regardless of how strong you think the US Military actually is, the fact of the matter is that they held their lines in a hostile foreign country for 20 years. The only reason they’re leaving is because they’re simply following orders, if they were instead ordered to stay in Afghanistan then they would. If you think leaving is weak then the the weak ones would be the people who ordered them to leave, not the soldiers, they’re simply following orders

    • @Knightfire66
      @Knightfire66 2 роки тому

      @@terrythetuffkunt9215 dont worry. AI is slowly taking on critical calculations and hard tasks and so on ... soldier in future only have to press the trigger button... this they can do I believe. even those idiots over in europe can do that and use those weapons well

    • @darrinfry2251
      @darrinfry2251 2 роки тому

      Need 30,000 more of them

  • @joekurtz8303
    @joekurtz8303 2 роки тому +15

    Worked for a Plant that made the MLRS Rocket motor case & aluminum warhead skins. When used in first Gulf war , it was worth the effort of many to deliver devastating gifts for our enemies.
    The Canadian (NI Ind.)factory made the cluster submunition. Honeycomb stamped inner surface for shrapnel effect × 144 per warhead,= bad day for recipient. The rocket has been upgraded since my short early production run employment , and very effective. Enjoying end user comments.

    • @joekurtz8303
      @joekurtz8303 2 роки тому

      Also artillery casings,( lotsa), 105& 155mm, cartridge cases 105,& 5"54 naval gun. 120mm warhead & base plug cases, learned alot, would gladly go back, Corp reorg, in early 90's laid off in 88".- the factory was used in Lethal Weapon 4 end shootout in the main Press Dept.. Norris Industries Vernon
      ( now Siemans Ind.inc.)

    • @davids1inwestholl45
      @davids1inwestholl45 Рік тому +1

      I read that the US stopped making/using/exporting cluster munitions. Too many un-detonated rounds laying around caused non-combatants' deaths & injuries. They just packed the pounds in them up w/ more HE.

    • @armand8322
      @armand8322 Рік тому +1

      @@joekurtz8303 Wow ! , I worked there as well . Started sweeping the floors at build # 6 ( cart case machine line ) , transfered to Quality Control and inspected all those products you mentioned . went thru a couple of Union strikes then transfered to the Die Crib as a tool expediter then went to Engineering and did estimating . Got laid off in 90 when I was a Technical Buyer . Good times , learned a lot .
      That main press Dept was called the Hall of Giants . Worked at NI INd. for 25 years . 5215 S. Boyle Ave. Vernon Ca.
      Keep in touch ! love to touch base with you !
      Take care .

    • @joekurtz8303
      @joekurtz8303 Рік тому

      Great only did 6yrs till 88' dept 121, press line , heat treat- moon bldg , material handling etc. Had a family member in front office, you may know him.

  • @steelraen
    @steelraen 2 роки тому +18

    i was a 13M for 5 years, 2007-2012 loved every moment of it

    • @eddiesaint8713
      @eddiesaint8713 2 роки тому +1

      Stop the cap!

    • @GTRNights
      @GTRNights Рік тому +1

      @@eddiesaint8713 Definitely cap. I was a 13M and I can tell you it was fun to fire but everything else was a complete pain, especially having to hit the carwash after a field deployment. Gear recovery and inventory and inspection... total PITA.

    • @stopitmike
      @stopitmike Рік тому +1

      King of Battle

    • @stopitmike
      @stopitmike Рік тому +1

      @@GTRNights Oh God.. YOU'RE RIGHT! Also forgot about the ammo section...

  • @Mohono129
    @Mohono129 2 роки тому +56

    imagine using that in medieval times. You could conqure entire world with 100 of these.

    • @Aegis4521
      @Aegis4521 2 роки тому +11

      Honestly maybe with just one, provided you have enough ammo

    • @smesh4190
      @smesh4190 2 роки тому +8

      You could conquer the entire medevil world with a few fighter jets tbh. They would probebly think a modern fighter jet is some sort of gods plague

    • @Aegis4521
      @Aegis4521 2 роки тому +5

      @@smesh4190 honestly one attack helicopter with enough fuel and ammo would be enough

    • @sunilvasistha8481
      @sunilvasistha8481 8 місяців тому +1

      You would run out of fuel and ammo and be unable to repair it long before that happened

  • @patrickkelly8095
    @patrickkelly8095 2 роки тому +33

    a unit is capable of saturation bombing of 27 square kilometers! Thats insane.

    • @redwolfexr
      @redwolfexr 2 роки тому +5

      Then they have to reload! Shooting is MUCH more fun than reloading...

  • @wyattmiller3337
    @wyattmiller3337 2 роки тому +8

    I'm a driver for this track in korea currently, can say it's definitely one of the coolest vehicles

  • @AnkhEmFentu
    @AnkhEmFentu 2 роки тому +16

    Steel Rain! A138, Camp Stanley, Korea, 1998. Some of the hardest working Soldiers I have came to know and respect.

    • @AnkhEmFentu
      @AnkhEmFentu 2 роки тому +1

      @Jim Prpich Being at Camp Stanley, and 2nd ID often felt like a revised WWII concentration camp.

    • @mudnducs
      @mudnducs 2 роки тому

      ROKs are hard, tough soldiers

    • @Reloykaotica
      @Reloykaotica 2 роки тому

      @Jim Prpich 6/37 and 1/38 moved to Casey in 05 and 37 fell off bad. I don't know what happened after I left

    • @irontrunk2267
      @irontrunk2267 2 роки тому

      A 1/38 02'

  • @GumbootZone
    @GumbootZone 2 роки тому +16

    Watching the Soviet launches, I'm sure if I was in the German army and saw these launching in my direction, my bowels would instantly activate.

  • @Bad_Wolf_Media
    @Bad_Wolf_Media 2 роки тому +4

    The addition of computers to coordinate TOT (time on target) attacks should be one of the most terrifying concepts to anyone on the receiving end of a barrage.

  • @redrafashiro
    @redrafashiro 2 роки тому +1

    The sound is awesome, the little (big) click it makes, just like a gun firing when the rocket goes off, very satisfying

  • @fishingbarracudas4768
    @fishingbarracudas4768 2 роки тому +10

    Watching those rockets ignite, blasting out of those tubes, and flying through the sky at incredible speed is such an awesome sight to see! M270 MLRS is fucking badass!!

    • @guydelaqua940
      @guydelaqua940 Рік тому

      Wait until the USA unleases plasma at 1200 degrees. We are dicks, but we also saved the world.

  • @johndavis6596
    @johndavis6596 Рік тому +6

    My cav unit got MLRS dropped right on us in Desert Storm in a friendly fire incident. Still to this day cannot believe nobody died. Thank God for armor. The armor stopped the shrapnel, but oh my God it was like having human sized subwoofers on each side of your body going off to the craziest drum and bass you ever heard.

    • @stopitmike
      @stopitmike Рік тому +1

      WOW! Former 13M I'm amazed and thrilled nobody died. No it wasn't me. I was there for the next episode...

    • @johndavis6596
      @johndavis6596 4 місяці тому +1

      @@stopitmikeThanks! Yeah still amazed. We had wounded in the light skinned vehicles, but for what it was we were lucky to the extreme. 2 of our Bradley's were inop for a couple of hours, but they fixed them up and we kept rolling.

  • @kelleyjensen9114
    @kelleyjensen9114 Рік тому +3

    Old 13MS8R20 here. Worked at WSMR for 2 years, shot over 750 rockets and 1 ATACMS while there, and a few at C range in the R.O.K.

  • @robertsutton1295
    @robertsutton1295 2 роки тому +2

    Had some set up a mile or two in front of us near the Wadi al Batin in '91, got to see some fire missions. Awesome!

  • @Music-rd1vm
    @Music-rd1vm 2 роки тому +222

    I’m from Ukraine , and I’m thankful USA for this weapon

    • @coleschemistrychannel4172
      @coleschemistrychannel4172 2 роки тому +29

      We’re forever in debt I to you guys. Slava Ukraine

    • @sikeda8423
      @sikeda8423 2 роки тому +13

      That’s why your losing

    • @everready2903
      @everready2903 2 роки тому

      This kind of weapons will lead to Russia escalating what weapons they use and end up with more devastation in Ukraine. You think you're being helped but you're just being used as a proxy war.

    • @jasonbrewer6714
      @jasonbrewer6714 2 роки тому +8

      @@sikeda8423 I'd be surprised if Russia loses, but come back when they actually win. Its 2 months on and little to show for it.

    • @antonsjoberg
      @antonsjoberg 2 роки тому +6

      @@jasonbrewer6714 the question is rather is if they can not reach their preliminary goals and they still lost lots of men power and equipment which will be very expensive to replace in modern times. Did they not loose already...

  • @DanielSmith-dk1hh
    @DanielSmith-dk1hh Рік тому +3

    This is the perfect punk rock album cover

  • @gujakis4688
    @gujakis4688 Рік тому +4

    Kačuša from WWII was a bad ass sound launcher ! Psychologically devastating just as much as physicaly , even more I would say. One of the best military produced sounds 👍
    Kind of sounds like TIE FIGHTERS from StarWars 😅

  • @ERSCAUS
    @ERSCAUS 2 роки тому +23

    I am so happy these are being sent to Ukraine at last.

  • @marcial.c
    @marcial.c 2 роки тому +7

    I proudly served as a 13P Fire Direction Specialist for this Beast of a system for 6 years. The best time of my life. Then we completely switched to a HIMARS BN, and I served with that system for 3 years.

    • @HappyHermitt
      @HappyHermitt 2 роки тому

      Where'd you serve?
      I was at Ft. Stewart, then Italy. My Commo buddy was in a Miles battery in Germany in the 90s

    • @marcial.c
      @marcial.c 2 роки тому +1

      @@HappyHermitt first duty station was Ft Bragg, then Ft Hood, then Korea Camp Stanley, and finally back to Ft Bragg.

    • @craiggohm8913
      @craiggohm8913 2 роки тому +1

      @@marcial.c "im sooo fucking pissed off im stuttering!!!"----sgt Cepeda cmp Stanley 2003...

    • @craiggohm8913
      @craiggohm8913 2 роки тому

      @@marcial.c after all my years in the army....you're still one of my favorite chiefs ever

    • @marcial.c
      @marcial.c 2 роки тому

      @@craiggohm8913 well Gawd Damn how have you been?!?

  • @MrEddieLomax
    @MrEddieLomax 2 роки тому +91

    The British army has a two regiments of these bad boys, at least one is in the territorial army (now called army reserve), the reason so is that these are such awesomely powerful their deployment requires a significant war hence they don't really need to be all in the regular army - its hard to do peacekeeping with a MLRS :)

    • @philbrownsey-hughes2793
      @philbrownsey-hughes2793 2 роки тому +6

      The way things are going here in the UK the only army we will have in 10yrs will be the reserves! Bloody joke considering we used to be one of the most feared nations !

    • @Germans12345
      @Germans12345 2 роки тому +7

      @@philbrownsey-hughes2793 yeah you guys went from owning most of the world to being stuck on an island 2.8 times smaller than the state of Texas

    • @flybeep1661
      @flybeep1661 2 роки тому +1

      @@philbrownsey-hughes2793 'used to be', exactly. Now be a good old chap and stand in line at the gas station.

    • @Maks_Morkovkin
      @Maks_Morkovkin 2 роки тому +1

      @@philbrownsey-hughes2793 In fact only army you need to defence is Coastal Guards and Airforce.
      Or you want to be agressors? ;)

    • @philbrownsey-hughes2793
      @philbrownsey-hughes2793 2 роки тому

      @@Maks_Morkovkin airforce? bloody useless toffee nosed diesel pigeons?

  • @The_Big_Soup3
    @The_Big_Soup3 2 роки тому +1

    Hearing and seeing these in person is mesmerizing

  • @dannynyman918
    @dannynyman918 Рік тому +1

    I spent some time at ft sill and this was one of the coolest things to see firing, especially at night.

  • @schattenkind777
    @schattenkind777 Рік тому +17

    Thank you 🇺🇸 USA & UK 🇬🇧 Government and People of US and UK (I assume M270 to Ukraine came from UK) for helping 🇺🇦 with M270. Together with Himars - great combo . 🕊️ 🇺🇦 .

    • @detododetodo7734
      @detododetodo7734 Рік тому +2

      💪🏻🇺🇦

    • @joachimvzm4274
      @joachimvzm4274 Рік тому +1

      Actually at least 12 of them came from the US, possibly more. Most of the strikes against Russia listed as coming from HIMARS systems are probably actually from M270s, as you guys have way more of them than HIMARS and they fire the same missiles. Frankly, the terrain in Ukraine means the M270 is likely the more useful of the two. It's better offroad, only a little less advanced than the HIMARS, and can fire twice as many rockets before reloading. The only downside it has that would be relevant is that it's a lot slower to move.

  • @apuuvah
    @apuuvah 2 роки тому +4

    I'm glad Finland has these.

  • @bronyguy6103
    @bronyguy6103 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for your service

  • @LoneWolf-kz5bo
    @LoneWolf-kz5bo 2 роки тому

    I got the lucky experience to watch the truck based one fire of its 6 as a demonstration at ANG Alpena in Michigan at their range. Even let me sit inside it before they sent it out to prep. Awesome system

  • @monogamousbonobo3923
    @monogamousbonobo3923 2 роки тому +84

    I was a medic in the first gulf War & I had the honor of being assigned to one of these units. To witness in aw the power of each rocket leaving the tube then going down range and seeing the destruction. The Iraqi's have us the nick name steel rain.

    • @teresadavis4042
      @teresadavis4042 2 роки тому +2

      Thank you for your service!

    • @patricktate4782
      @patricktate4782 2 роки тому +1

      Lies these were not used in Iraq

    • @landro9369
      @landro9369 2 роки тому +4

      War crime actions against far countries , dont be proud.

    • @ChuckCoy
      @ChuckCoy 2 роки тому +11

      @@landro9369 Yeah it turns out there were no WMDs but both parties voted for action so the blame is shared all around the table. The more you know about Siddam Hussein his sons and the things they did to the people the less bad you feel about it. One of his boys enjoyed dropping people into industrial grinders for fun. Keep whining about war crimes against these monsters. No one cares.

    • @landro9369
      @landro9369 2 роки тому +1

      @@ChuckCoy that all doing your state to your peeaple (epstain, Clinton and that stuff just one thing i fast remember) , but irak was independent state with free education, medical and practicaly without crime. What is now, just like libia, what is now... Dont be proud, that is crime against milions people and kids.

  • @toasttesting1604
    @toasttesting1604 2 роки тому +4

    Provide a few to Ukraine to stop the unprovoked aggression

  • @shawng7902
    @shawng7902 8 місяців тому

    The power and just shear velocity of them anymore is insane!!! Even 275s. When they show those massive launches its hard to imagine what kinda hell is on the other end of that!

  • @kobusgaming9866
    @kobusgaming9866 2 роки тому +1

    7:34 "did the first one hit?" "I don't know sir cant see anything" "fire more to make sure"

  • @davidpartridge4685
    @davidpartridge4685 2 роки тому +7

    Ukraine need 100 MLRS rocket 🚀 artillery ➕ 50,000 rounds...and spare parts...

  • @isouser3455
    @isouser3455 2 роки тому +3

    There is no better feeling than having an A10 over your shoulder during battle.

    • @isouser3455
      @isouser3455 2 роки тому +1

      ALL YOU HERE IS A BURB Above You and tanks blow up

    • @isouser3455
      @isouser3455 2 роки тому

      When they dip their Wings, overhead you know they have your back

    • @craiggohm8913
      @craiggohm8913 2 роки тому

      @@isouser3455 maybe not....but having two apaches fly 20 feet over head to lead your convoy in iraq is pretty damn fine too

  • @wolfvale7863
    @wolfvale7863 2 роки тому

    So good I watched it twice without realizing it.

  • @thomaswilkinson3241
    @thomaswilkinson3241 2 роки тому

    I was close to finishing School in Germany in the late 90s and would have been mustered for a compulsory service time if it weren't for my scoliosis. But I at least got the opportunity to make a weekend visit to a rocket artillery battalion as a preliminary for people that wanted to enlist after their "Wehrdienst" for a certain time. They were equipped with the same machines designated MARS.

  • @ErikWolowitz
    @ErikWolowitz 2 роки тому +7

    Danger close are words you never want to utter when calling fire for these things. I was a cav scout during storm/shield and saw first hand the business end of these things.

  • @midnyte6195
    @midnyte6195 2 роки тому +41

    I want to see how it looks with GoPro attached to them 😃

    • @terrythetuffkunt9215
      @terrythetuffkunt9215 2 роки тому +3

      OR WE SHOULD SEE HOW IT LOOKS WHILE AMERICAN SOLDIERS RUN FROM THE TALIBAN HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @samuraicheems9504
      @samuraicheems9504 2 роки тому +9

      @@terrythetuffkunt9215 or watch while the taliban sees the B83 nuke approaching their territory helplessly admit defeat

    • @robertniklas4260
      @robertniklas4260 2 роки тому +1

      going at mach jesus that would be very fun to watch

    • @identity2257
      @identity2257 2 роки тому

      @@samuraicheems9504 if Afghanistan gets nuked, oh trust me china and russia would love to see that happen

    • @Hexigonic
      @Hexigonic 2 роки тому

      @@identity2257 oh and Britain, they tried to invade that place 3 times

  • @anointed1111
    @anointed1111 2 роки тому +1

    I was the medic for a battery in South Korea that used these. They are bad ass. We lit a mountain on fire during a live fire exercise 😂

  • @neilgoc-ong8516
    @neilgoc-ong8516 2 роки тому +4

    This is probably the coolest
    And deadly weapon in war
    Lucky to those countries who had this kind of weapon
    Can be used in long range battles

  • @alexn3574
    @alexn3574 9 місяців тому

    This has to be my favorite channel on UA-cam at the moment, the amount of details and information you give with the clips of the weapon or equipment in operation is fantastic. Thank you

  • @thefirstkboughbe
    @thefirstkboughbe 2 роки тому +3

    I served 4 years during peacetime. Only got to participate in one live fire and my chief launched the rockets. However, I did get to help scrub the rocket exhaust off all three launchers in our platoon.

  • @andrewwebb3248
    @andrewwebb3248 2 роки тому +37

    I saw a unit of these deploy in Iraq in 03 and I was scared shitless seeing the amount of rockets launched.

    • @jonjonwells
      @jonjonwells 2 роки тому +6

      214 FA BDE out of Fort Sill. Glad we could impress😁

    • @hengry2
      @hengry2 2 роки тому

      Why is it scary if they’re on your side?

    • @vito7428
      @vito7428 2 роки тому +3

      @@hengry2 Cause shit's super loud i'm assuming

    • @bestieswithtesties
      @bestieswithtesties 2 роки тому

      @@jonjonwells You didn't invent the weapon system

    • @golddie8
      @golddie8 2 роки тому +3

      @@jonjonwells
      1-12 FA BDE. Steel Rain bringing the PAIN!

  • @lanague6890
    @lanague6890 2 роки тому +4

    Imagine the cluster one, but instead it releases 400 switchblade-like seekers that communicate with each other to maximize target coverage. I bet they are working on that right now.

  • @jimcambron1328
    @jimcambron1328 2 роки тому

    Excellent voice-over artist on this channel!

  • @geeftw69
    @geeftw69 2 роки тому +4

    U gotta love where we live godbless America 🙏🙏🙏

  • @rooster4669
    @rooster4669 2 роки тому +2

    24 years as a 13m.
    God I miss those day.
    Steel rain

  • @ralphjohnson8973
    @ralphjohnson8973 2 роки тому +8

    This is what I did, this was my MOS. I had the opportunity to see live fire exercises in person from both the launch and impact sites. It was possible to watch the cluster deploy as the rocket came in. It was fascinating. Just dummy clusters but the splash they made on the ground was scary without the high ex. Devastating weapon.

    • @HappyHermitt
      @HappyHermitt 2 роки тому +1

      Cool mos, but very limited duty stations.
      I'm not knocking you, just stating a fact.
      Thank you.

    • @briankorth6763
      @briankorth6763 2 роки тому

      How long did it take to reload?

    • @GTRNights
      @GTRNights Рік тому

      @@briankorth6763 I could reload in 4 minutes. That was just me and my crew chief. We were short on people so I was both driver and gunner at the same time, but didn't slow us down.

    • @stopitmike
      @stopitmike Рік тому

      @@HappyHermitt You are so right... Fort Sill or South Korea... when I was in. The other stations were like winning the lottery. Germany? Yea right. Nobody leaves Germany. I spent all my time(outside of deployments) at Fort Sill. With most of the guys I met at AIT and some of those ended up in my battalion. Later in life I ended having several TDYs in South Korea as a 25B. I actually liked the place.

  • @1ndragunawan
    @1ndragunawan 2 роки тому +3

    Ukraine will definitely orders a few of these MLRS and the MGM 140 ATACMS.
    They need to dismantle the Kerch Strait Bridge and flatten Sevastopol Navy Base.

  • @twosevenleft7439
    @twosevenleft7439 2 роки тому +9

    I've seen Danish M270's and Polish BM-21's firing. 💪🏻🇩🇰🇵🇱
    That was freaking awesome! 💥💥💥💥

    • @Ficker2
      @Ficker2 2 роки тому

      Most have been a while ago since the Danish launchers were all put into storage 15 years ago and then sold 10 years ago.

  • @USMilitaryUpdate1
    @USMilitaryUpdate1 2 роки тому +10

    Powerful 💪💪💪

  • @christophermays2108
    @christophermays2108 Рік тому

    I miss the days of watching the rookie drivers stall out in the motor pool with the m270. Was alot of fun! FT SILL 97

  • @BIackCadillac
    @BIackCadillac 2 роки тому +40

    Rocket arty is and always will be the coolest weapon system with one of the most devastating psychological and physical effects.

  • @sachmo0196
    @sachmo0196 2 роки тому +7

    For those that don't know: Rockets are dumb (fire in general location). Missles are smart (do what you want them to do...and think by themselves). If the munition has a device that individually can "distinguish/change course"...it's a missle, i.e, Heat, radar etc... Newer gen's have both and are refered to as "MARK's" (semi-missle and rocket). Almost an "oop's" weap. Not exactly dumb, but knows basically what to do.

    • @ryanholmes1970
      @ryanholmes1970 2 роки тому +1

      Not exactly but close. Missile means it can change direction in flight. We had smart rockets and bomlets that could zero in on enemie vehicles.

    • @viking5736
      @viking5736 2 роки тому +3

      "Not exactly dumb, but knows basically what to do."
      Sums up human beings as well lol

    • @archiehallen5521
      @archiehallen5521 2 роки тому +2

      @@ryanholmes1970 that’s what he said

    • @slideup610
      @slideup610 2 роки тому

      Not all rockets are dumb. Some rockets are laser guided too.

    • @dolphingoreeaccount7395
      @dolphingoreeaccount7395 Рік тому

      The missile knows where it is at all times

  • @GameArchiver
    @GameArchiver 2 роки тому +10

    Primarily used as an offensive tool but could also be utilized to temporary halt or stall an enemy advance (on land).

    • @FhangMedia
      @FhangMedia Рік тому

      only if the enemy was at least 10 miles away, the minimum firing distance of the MLRS. 99.5% offense 0.5% defense

  • @CheesusSVT
    @CheesusSVT 2 роки тому +2

    Just the speed alone when the rockets leave the tube, Its terrifying... Could only imagine the damage it could cause. 🙈

  • @arcsolomon6360
    @arcsolomon6360 2 роки тому

    That hooning sound alone can cause a heart attack

  • @shootscoot883
    @shootscoot883 2 роки тому +11

    I got to see a platoon of mlrs fire at ntc it was epic!!!

    • @levikuhnert7421
      @levikuhnert7421 2 роки тому

      Would have been something if we were there at the same time. My mlrs bn went there in September

    • @shootscoot883
      @shootscoot883 2 роки тому

      @@levikuhnert7421 I went there in 2007 and 2012 the 07 trip was where I seen the mlrs platoon fire!!!

  • @Smileatlife37
    @Smileatlife37 2 роки тому +9

    GOD bless America!! And are brave troops

    • @stefanogaldiero2263
      @stefanogaldiero2263 5 місяців тому

      Le armi le benedice il diavolo.
      Dio lascialo stare e vergognati

  • @fackeltanz
    @fackeltanz 2 роки тому

    My grandad helped design these in Huntsville, AL at Redstone Arsenal!

  • @cocosloan3748
    @cocosloan3748 2 роки тому

    Rockets are so graceful !

  • @tariqhasan4683
    @tariqhasan4683 2 роки тому +4

    Wow great job

  • @pwc_uk
    @pwc_uk 2 роки тому +13

    God bless America 🙏

    • @jizzusmuhammageh8383
      @jizzusmuhammageh8383 2 роки тому +1

      Did god design the missile system? Is god in the room with us right now?

  • @ohheyitsjoshhinac495
    @ohheyitsjoshhinac495 Рік тому

    My grandfather fought with the Soviet katyusha in ww2. I remember him calling it Stalin’s organs and it being the greatest sound he had ever heard when firing

  • @paulnailor6723
    @paulnailor6723 2 роки тому +1

    There is a looped Katyusha rocket launcher video on youtube. It is like listening to an orchestra playing a symphony.

  • @nevek20
    @nevek20 2 роки тому +9

    Could you imagine being on the other end of any of these barrages

    • @Reloykaotica
      @Reloykaotica 2 роки тому +1

      yeah I was a 13 F it's amazing

    • @ttv_neon7892
      @ttv_neon7892 2 роки тому

      Ask a UA soldier I’m sure he can tell you what it feels like to take cover from a hundred rockets

    • @febeomnibeepboop6367
      @febeomnibeepboop6367 Рік тому

      there is a lot of tic tonk vids from ukranian trench troops that capture such moments.

  • @kathrynck
    @kathrynck 2 роки тому +7

    Taiwan is buying a significant number of HIMARS and land based Harpoon missile systems.
    Unfortunately, the ink is barely dry on the deal, and they need them essentially "right now".

    • @TheFlyingZulu
      @TheFlyingZulu 2 роки тому

      They'll need them to defend against a Chinese invasion.... Of course they'll need the USA, Japan and a lot of other allies in the area to help them as well.

    • @febeomnibeepboop6367
      @febeomnibeepboop6367 Рік тому

      they cant win, they dont need it, sounds like consumerism. it will just lead to more destruction. taiwan is china. japan retreated after ww2 and the disposed government went there

  • @MrNommerz
    @MrNommerz 3 місяці тому

    Seeing those missiles flying into the air at 3:30 is crazy. It's one thing to hear and another thing to see a weapon that is basically shooting bullets 90 miles away. They just disappear into the sky. Absolutely insane. We are living in the future.

  • @normanchilds251
    @normanchilds251 2 роки тому

    I worked on this program for more than 25 years.

  • @MarcosGarcia-ol2zf
    @MarcosGarcia-ol2zf 2 роки тому +3

    This is Heavy duty and bad ass 💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👊

  • @avrahamhirsch2724
    @avrahamhirsch2724 Рік тому +7

    The MLRS cluster munitions were further improved to avoid unexploded ordinance, so they are still used.

  • @AdamHarrisongpl-projx
    @AdamHarrisongpl-projx Місяць тому

    "I remember the 270s very well. Was stationed a few clips south of Saigon city back in Veeyitnom."

  • @COUNTVLAIDMIR
    @COUNTVLAIDMIR 2 роки тому

    Rocket artillery is and will always be terrifying.

  • @alfredcollins3944
    @alfredcollins3944 2 роки тому +5

    I need one of these. Got someone giving me problems.

  • @shaked1972
    @shaked1972 2 роки тому +7

    I was m270 driver and gunner in the idf and it's amazing machine

    • @patricktate4782
      @patricktate4782 2 роки тому

      Lies

    • @shaked1972
      @shaked1972 2 роки тому +1

      @@patricktate4782 what do you mean?

    • @patricktate4782
      @patricktate4782 2 роки тому

      @@shaked1972 IDF have not used these

    • @patricktate4782
      @patricktate4782 2 роки тому +1

      @@shaked1972 I work for the US military and we have not sold any of these to you.

    • @patricktate4782
      @patricktate4782 2 роки тому

      @@shaked1972 just checked the dossier

  • @IceColdProfessional
    @IceColdProfessional 4 місяці тому

    The beauty of these rockets launching is unparalleled.

    • @MohaAhmadhamadani
      @MohaAhmadhamadani 3 місяці тому

      Beauty?!?! They dont stay in the air. How many civilians receive this gift ??

    • @IceColdProfessional
      @IceColdProfessional 3 місяці тому

      None. Rockets only hit evacuated military sites.@@MohaAhmadhamadani

    • @TrazynPrime
      @TrazynPrime 2 місяці тому

      @@MohaAhmadhamadanivery beautiful. Especially when its used against an enemy acting like they are the victims of a war THEY started.

    • @MohaAhmadhamadani
      @MohaAhmadhamadani 2 місяці тому

      @@TrazynPrime right, in 1948

    • @MohaAhmadhamadani
      @MohaAhmadhamadani 2 місяці тому

      @@TrazynPrime ABC of international law: 1. An occupier has no right for self-defence due to the offensive position. 2. The occupied has the right to use any form of resistance including the usage of force. End.

  • @holleranvt0161
    @holleranvt0161 10 місяців тому

    Awesome. Served on one as a gunner and a driver

  • @benitosalazar3749
    @benitosalazar3749 2 роки тому +5

    Excellent video. Keep up the good work.

  • @redjohn8230
    @redjohn8230 2 роки тому +3

    Ukraine gonna love launching these to Moscow and St Petersburg

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker6347 2 роки тому +2

    Got just one word for this system......AWESOME.....Thanks

  • @Alucard-gt1zf
    @Alucard-gt1zf 2 роки тому +1

    Looks cool but when you look at the version version they look small

  • @rimshot6444
    @rimshot6444 2 роки тому +14

    If cluster artillery shells are illegal you can always switch to thermobaric warheads.

    • @TheFlyingZulu
      @TheFlyingZulu 2 роки тому

      Civilian won't get hurt walking through field if civilian and field is destroyed by nuke. lolol

    • @shadowlord1418
      @shadowlord1418 2 роки тому

      Whos gonna enforce that law? The un? With what army

  • @Fati817h
    @Fati817h Рік тому +3

    Russians are loving ‘em 🥰

  • @9sore
    @9sore 2 роки тому +2

    i’d bet a single batch costs more than my house

  • @trustystream2846
    @trustystream2846 2 роки тому +2

    I was going into do this but they wouldn't let me in because I was allergic to codeine this was 2008 scored a 78 on test go figure and it looks awesome

  • @jamison884
    @jamison884 2 роки тому +6

    See, this is how it's done. Rockets which are GPS guided along with a tremendous range, while carrying a ridiculously large number of cluster munitions as a general anti-personnel or soft target attack, along with multiple other variants of missile if the intended target needs something larger on a single point. Also, take note that they aren't 1940's era trucks which fire their rockets as if they're trying to create a "spray and pray" rocket-based machine gun; putting the same platform on both 6x6 trucks and tracked vehicles expands the capabilities too. Accurate and slower firing of about one every four seconds will combine with the other aspects mentioned, and result in a larger area of effect landing precisely within the grid square covered as intended. Not just a bunch of rockets which land several hundred meters apart in regards to both distance fired and left-to-right spread.

    • @febeomnibeepboop6367
      @febeomnibeepboop6367 Рік тому

      you know how effective pray and spray is when you spotted troops in a nearby tree growth

  • @motorhead4875
    @motorhead4875 2 роки тому +8

    God Bless USA!

  • @Nugget-ik6be
    @Nugget-ik6be Рік тому

    Bro imagine just chilling in your house then a fucking MLRS ROCKET JUST SLAMS INTO YOUR HOUSE

  • @JizzMasterTheZeroth
    @JizzMasterTheZeroth 2 роки тому +1

    What's most impressive is that they somehow only fit 12 launchers on there 🤔

  • @user-ud7nk3vn9r
    @user-ud7nk3vn9r 2 роки тому +20

    God Bless America. I am Ukrainian. Thanks for Big Thanks for American people against Russian fascists!! God Bless America. I am Ukrainian. Thanks for Big Thanks for American people against Russian fascists!!

    • @sweetlove2055
      @sweetlove2055 4 місяці тому

      Россия -Великая страна!

  • @t.bunker2511
    @t.bunker2511 2 роки тому +3

    Roll a few up onto the flight deck of a LHD, LSD or LPD chain them down and you quickly have a heavy-hitting naval strike system.

    • @YouTube_is_full_of_trolls
      @YouTube_is_full_of_trolls 2 роки тому +1

      GPS guided

    • @mmoarchives2542
      @mmoarchives2542 2 роки тому

      not hardly, these are rockets, not torps or nukes, they can only kill small targets

    • @flyingtanks9313
      @flyingtanks9313 2 роки тому +1

      @@mmoarchives2542 yes, and modern ships dont have armor. Rockets do fine against modern warships

    • @normanchilds251
      @normanchilds251 2 роки тому

      There is an entire family of different missiles and yes they do have GPS.

  • @Kevin-qj7fp
    @Kevin-qj7fp Рік тому

    I do like the idea of peppering a given area with multiple thousands upon thousands of rounds of ballistic missles
    But I also understand that reload is such a thing and hinders such a idea or the implementation of reloading faster than its firing is a problem any MLRS will have

  • @trollmcclure1884
    @trollmcclure1884 2 роки тому +1

    It sure makes you wanna dig underground for a while.
    I wonder what is the life expectancy for a soldier these days

  • @longdragon7067
    @longdragon7067 2 роки тому +11

    The Russians claim to have a better system but I believe that with software upgrades and improved missiles, the M270 will not only remain effective but continue to be the superior MLRS system for decades to come.

  • @poppacore6433
    @poppacore6433 2 роки тому +3

    Orcs are shitting their pants watching this video.

  • @frankgalonis1428
    @frankgalonis1428 2 роки тому

    what a beautiful scene..

  • @hiltonturner9915
    @hiltonturner9915 2 роки тому

    You must be talking about 6/37FA. I was a gunner in that first battery of MLRS. We arrived at Camp in Essayons in April of 1984.