I was in the U.S. Army in the first Gulf War (Desert Storm), and we had Iraqi SCUD missiles fired at us over and over again. I wouldn't be here today if we hadn't had a Patriot missile unit next to us, taking out the SCUD missiles. Man, I miss my Army days.
Same here I got the witness that myself I was a brand new private I thought it was the coolest thing ever except for the doning of the mop gear I could’ve done without that
Young lady, (at 18:32) don't worry too much. The US, along with her allies, (including your own country) have your back. We do not fight wars of conquest, we fight to defend. And we're DAMN good at it.
@@macalcord not exactly, but like a bullet it must be primed in some way to fire, (unless under extreme heat) it is very unlikely to just go off from tossing it. Although it is probably smart to just play it safe with such large artillery. Lol
@@macalcord 155mm howitzer shells need to be fuzed, with timed, point detonating or proximity fuzing, the shell will not arm until about 60 meters, the projectile and powder charges are seperate, with pistol blank, i think .45cal 'primer' for initiation, it is a ton of fun crewing the paladin, for the first round anyway 98 lbs per shell
@@aviator2252 and they Can be used in IED's also, had that happen in a nice blast next to our vehicle on apr 8th 2004... So much fun on my first night out on Route Irish.(supposedly most deadly highway in iraq)
@@travishopkinson6969 main reason we stopped diming the fuses to make the round scream, to many duds, not to mention shooting shells that have been stored since vietnam, glad we have given out our supply and are making fresh shells, always concerned me when we pulled an old lot for training
My first unit, after I completed my combat medical training was at Ft. Sill in 1984. It was the first Battalion sized MLRS unit in the army. The fire power of 27 MLRS was greater than the rest of Ft. Sill combined. It was one of the best units I ever served in. I am now retired. Looking back, it was one of the best I ever served in. I can only imagine the updates and improvements made since then.
Countries do not have friends, only other countries where their mutual interests align. We call those mutual interests "alliances" and they can shift like the winds. Each decade can look vastly different from the last. Currently, Slovenia is aligned with some of our interests, and yes, we'll gladly defend them, but it has not been so in the past. As a BUFF and Beak pilot, I've dropped ordnance on enemies once considered allies alongside allies once considered enemies. It's an odd sensation when you hit the pickle button and you muse if someone you once shared a meal with might be beneath the ordinance falling from the bomb bay.
@@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo So there will never be another war? Glad you were able to solve that little conundrum for the rest of humanity. Why don't you go sit in the corner and gnaw on your crayons Scooter.
Y'all are still the Best family to watch! You are honest and respectful, and I love you for that! Don't worry, we've got your back! We are not always popular, around the world, Americans, but we don't fight to start Wars but to Stop the Suffering of others. Bless you and enjoy your summer! Pittsburgh Gal, "It's a Burgh thing!"
From an Aussie, you have a great family mate! Your kids are intelligent, respectful and interested and you guys obviously can discuss things as a family. It's great to see.
I live in Lampasas,TX. 20 miles west of Ft. Hood/Ft Cavaso. We can hear them at night firing big guns. We also get alot of fly overs from, Apache and Chanoocks. And tons of convoys coming through town.
My ex boss's step daughter helped train other country's soldiers on using Patriot missile systems that their countries bought from the US. She said they were amazing. Good reaction. Thanks for sharing.
When calling in artillery fire, usually you have a map that is 1:10,000 scale and a protractor with hash marks that when you put it over the particular grid and the estimated spot and get a grid reading that is accurate within 10 meters. Also our satellites can find a target and mark it for a gps strike.
Jono, the cemetery where my little brother is buried is across the street from a helicopter base. I was visiting one day when 6 Apaches went overhead. The ground rippled like water...and I was standing on that...
Y’all were talking about the blackhaws and in my previous comment I explained that my family ended up moving to Savannah, Georgia where there was an army post. We had a house right on the driving range on a golf course and at any time we would watch some of the Rangers performing off base exercises. I’ll never forget the first time I was in our house when suddenly the house was literally shaking and we could hear a few helicopters flying over us. They’d hover right over the driving range (basically our backyard) and the rangers would come one after another repelling from the copter down onto the golf course! It was extremely cool! I later on became friends with some of those Rangers.
I'm a medically retired US Marine 0351 infantry assaultman. 97-09. Three combat deployment veteran. You guys have friends here stateside. There's no need to worry little one. The US is your ally. We got your back!
@@tricky2055 oh thank you! You're very kind! But please, there's no need to thank me. I simply did my duty and what I thought was right... The same thing that I hope anyone else would do. Stand up for whatever you believe in whatever way you are capable of doing. Not everyone needs to carry a rifle into combat as I did. That was my choice. Perhaps someone else could just have a discussion with a stranger to spread awareness about topic, or convince friends and family to vote... We can all follow our conscience and do what we feel is right and make a difference in the world. Even the smallest thing could make a huge difference to the right person... And often without even realizing it!
@@roguegunfighter9194 (nods) I did the same, and for many of the same reasons. That said, it's tragic that less than 1% of Republican males have ever enlisted to serve in a combat arms MOS -- and during nearly 20 years of their two wars?! =/ In fact, it's not simply tragic; it's shameful. Their families deserve better. Our country deserves better. Our allies deserve better. The truth deserves better. Walking one's talk is not too much to ask of any grown man. -- a former US Army parachute infantry light weapons sergeant (three tours of the sandbox), a former federal LE national security special investigator with a BA in American Political Thought (and, for the record, an unrelated MS), and the grandson of Continental, Union, and Allied Army soldiers
Story time. I was heading home one afternoon after being gone a week. I was used to seeing all the tanks, tracs, humvees, everything olive drab. I realized how serious things were, this was after the towers came down, when I noticed, from the freeway, everything was SAND, no more green. I called my husband, Army Vietnam Veteran, and he just said, "What did you expect?" I felt like an idiot.
Don't have to feel that way. You kinda have a different perspective when you're in, or a veteran. A different way of thinking. Because having your life on the line, changes this.
I was a 13M in the US Army. HIMARS/MLRS crew member. 17:44 Yes, its difficult to drive, mainly because your visibility is very limited. VERY limited. Just an FYI - 16:00 That's incorrect. The 227mm rocket is unguided but extremely accurate. The pod carried six. The vehicle's GPS location is put into a computer that positions the launcher in the correct position. It can get within 50m of a target up to 3km away. The rocket itself doesn't hit the target. It opens up at around 150m and 150+ grenades come out. They are for attacking infantry and light armored vehicles. The single ATACMS rocket is guided and is used against a single hard target (mainly buildings) up to 300km away. One of our primary missions was SEAD, Suppression of Enemy Air Defense. Anti-Aircraft positions. In Desert Storm, the Iraqi's called us "Steel Rain". We could pull out of a position we were hiding in, fire a mission, and move to a new position in under 5 minutes.
Spent 8 years supporting Field Artillery. Yes I’m a woman. I realized that people who watch these for the helicopters haven’t even picked up on all are named after Native American tribes. I was in the Army when the first MLRS system was fielded. 8 inch Howitzers shells are 8” across. Just a heads up the bores can only fire so many shells and they then have to be replaced. The heat generated by the shells strips the rifling from inside the bore. No rifling the shell can’t be fired. I might be wrong on a few points because I was in the Army 1980 - 1993. Yeah the dark ages. After I left the Army the Paladin was just coming on line. One last thing you can hear them firing from anywhere in the city or outskirts at anytime. My husband and I would be woken up at 3 in the morning. “Oh honey listen, they’re playing our song.”🎶 😂
(chuckle) And how many miles do you live from Ft. Sill? =P They shake our windows sometimes -- more frequently in the Cold War days when money and practice rounds were plentiful -- and we're about 40 miles away. Not joking. The windows rattle in their frames. -- a former 11B2P
@ I was also there. 359th Pershing. I can’t remember the exact unit number. Was there when a shell landed right on a training unit. It was horrific. We had just met a trainee
@ I was also there. 3/9 Pershing. I can’t remember the exact unit number. Was there when a shell landed right in middle of training unit. It was horrific. We had just met some of the trainees the day before. I was at Ft. Hood when a brand new Abram’s was flipped upside down in a ditch. Every person on the fort was like WTF? If I remember correctly it took 2 to 3 days to flip it back. I could go on and on. Hope you had a nice Christmas.
Tell your daughter not to worry, we got her back. I know my USA is brought into many disruptions in other country's, but we do our very best to protect the innocent and our best is very good at it.
Remember America is no better friend and no worse enemy. For decades, all of these weapons are deployed in Europe which enjoyed an unprecedented 75 years of peace. Peace through strength!
Don't worry young one. We are your friends, brothers, sisters, and cousins. If you ever see these weapons in real life they will be there to defend you
I was never in the military, but I used to live right next to a U.S Navy Base in Southern California called 'China Lake'. They test new and old weapons, and you can hear when they blow stuff up sometimes, because you will be outside when you hear a distant explosion, really cool stuff.
its a true story most likely, the opening day was such an extreme thunder run through the desert most of the combatants weren't even kitted up when the Americans drove in
I grew up as an Air Force brat so I was very comfortable and knowledgeable about what was on the bases with us but after my junior year in high school my family had to move to Savannah, Georgia. My dad had already retired after 22 years in the Air Force and had started another career and that company needed him to run a new store that had just been built in Savannah. It was only a 3 hour drive from our previous home. There was a really big and notorious Army base in a town near Savannah but in Savannah itself was a “satellite” base that was an offshoot (I guess) of Ft. Stewart. We of course still had military privilege so I was on the base quite a bit doing shopping or going to the base pool. There was a back road that was a shortcut of sorts that I always used since it was only about 10 miles from my house. It was kind of an access road for the military convoys that were constantly moving between the 2 bases. But it was still a public road as well. I was used to the Air Force vehicles on base and obviously they couldn’t transport planes on the road on base but on army bases they frequently tow helicopters with big towing vehicles. The first time I accidentally ended up getting mixed in with a convoy I was in my little pickup truck driving between an Apache helicopter being towed and a line of tanks. I had never felt as small and insignificant as I did in that moment! My friends and I had made friends with some young airmen on base and we’d often go meet them at the barracks or at a store on base so we were there fairly often. …high school girls and a battalion of young 20 something guys… It happens! There was also a Ranger battalion that was stationed there so we got to personally know quite a few rangers (special forces) and would go with them to the flight line to see them off on their deployment to the Middle East. Thankfully even though they all participated in battles none of our really good friends were Kia! We understood that was obviously a possibility but we got lucky! I have the highest respect for all of our troops regardless of which branch they are in.
@christypriest30 Army Brat here we lived at Ft Campbell in the 70s..Back then my dad would bring me to the field when Hueys would come in from training probably the most magnificent thing of my young life seeing a group of 6 land in a prefect line.
I love this! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm from and most of my family still lives in a San Antonio... But now live in Houston, and ALWAYS have big redd in the frig.❤️🤣😂
Just for the record when living near a base you get used to the sounds, it effectively becomes white noise after awhile and the base usually puts out live fire notices to the surrounding area anyways, so you're not typically "surprised" when it starts kicking off. A majority of the time the people living around the base are often affiliated with the base in one capacity or another, thus they pretty much come in with full knowledge that they are gonna be hearing things from time to time and don't freak out about it.
american here yea i have a military base about 15 minutes up the road from me you occasionally hear explosion's and hear A10 warthogs and drones and other planes flyby my house and its unreal you feel the ground shake and feel the vibrations in your body when they do that stuff. and also they are *VERY* touchy about you being near their base (understandably so) but we can see tanks, apcs, missile launchers, etc, when you drive by it.
@@danjames-ud7nr Sure, if they align themselves with Russia, Iran, North Korea or China. But that's a moot point as the CIA would never allow it to happen.
@@danjames-ud7nr The US doesn't exist to make enemies. The enemies make themselves and we're the ones stuck dealing with them by the rest of the world who all enjoy our protection.
I crewed on an M109A6 Paladin, I love seeing my artillery in videos. The newer versions of the Excalibur round actually can track moving targets. It really is an incredible piece of weaponry.
do they ? From some ukrainian sources i heard that anything gps guided, or let's call em "smart ammunitions" has something like 10% success rate because of electronic warfare.
@emptulik The "Excalibur S" variant of the Excalibur artillery shell is capable of tracking and hitting moving targets due to its laser-guidance system, which allows it to adjust its course mid-flight to strike a target that is in motion; this feature makes it significantly more effective against dynamic targets compared to the standard Excalibur round. I am unaware if the US sent this version of Excalibur to Ukraine. At any rate, I was simply stating the capability of the newer version, not talking about if it was particularly effective in Ukraine.
@@trostorff1 Thank you for the clarification. I'm not sure which version Ukraine received. From what I understand (my sources may be wrong), weapons guided by external systems don't work as effectively as they did in Iraq because of gps-jam/ef. I'm not an expert, but can you explain in layman's terms how something fired from an M777/Paladin is tracked using a laser? Because from what i understand something/someone has to be closeby to point to the target.
@@emptulik Yeah, I think even the HIMARS has been having jamming issues. I don't know if that's something the US military could overcome, cause in a situation like that I imagine we'd destroy the sources of the jamming, or disrupt the jamming with our own electronic warfare. Ukraine might not have the ability to do any of that.
I am a fifth generation US Army "brat". My family has served in the US Army since it was first established. Believe me, you don't want to take on our Army. The physical and emotional training in an Army boot camp is insane. My father was, for several years, a boot camp instructor. He loved his trainees but often said, "My job is to break them, if they can be broken, BEFORE they go into the field." Those who survive and graduate have no fear. They have no concept of failure. It is "succeed or die trying". Our Army, despite recent budget cuts, have technology and equipment superior to that of other countries. But our greatest asset is the men and women who wear our military uniforms. They WILL complete their objective even if they have to do so with only their empty hands as weapons. They are committed to the ideals of freedom for all people all across the world and although not their choice, they are willing to die for those ideals.
A few points: 1. Those soldiers were not all entering the same helicopter. The helicopter in the video can carry ten men under normal circumstances (7 passengers and 3 crew. Pilot, co pilot and door gunner). 2. You were correct about the M2. The entire cartridge is not fired through the barrel. The bullet is and the cartridge is ejected. A .50 BMG round does occupy a large percentage of the cartridge's volume though. So the difference in size isn't as drastic as you would think. 3. People don't (usually) fall out of the little bird for three reasons if procedure is being observed. The first is that the motion of a helicopter in flight creates a phenomenon that feels similar to gravity. When the helicopter maneuvers (providing it isn't upside down or it's side isn't at a 90 degree angle to the ground) it feels as though you are being pushed down toward the floor. The second reason is because of a cable attachment called a monkey tail that clips to the back of a flight vest. The third is usually a cargo strap that is hung across the doorway low enough to keep a seated person inside, but not high enough to stop a standing person from quickly exiting. 4. You were partially right about the FGM-148 (Javelin). It has a gas supply that ejects the missile about 30ft (10m) before the rocket motor activates. Though this stage is for the protection of the operator, the motor is engaged based upon the speed of the missile, not distance. The secondary stage most commonly used (the FGM-148 has two possible secondary stages) is vertical descent impact. The reason the missile climbs and impacts it's target from above is that most armored vehicles have far thinner armor on top than they do on the sides or bottom. 5. I've worked with Phalanx based systems. They are awesome. Full stop. 6. The Stryker isn't actually that great and is hated by many. It's design is based on the Canadian LAV III, which itself is based on the Mowag Piranha. A Swiss vehicle that was questionable when it was first manufactured. The Stryker is one of those vehicles that was made in large numbers before it's glaring flaws were revealed. The army had spent so much money on it's development and procurement that they were hesitant to scrap it. 7. The M2 Bradley is also awesome, and extremely survivable in most situations. The rest is relatively self explanatory. This wasn't as quick as I intended, so sorry for that. Your videos are entertaining and your wife and children seem lovely. Cheers.
@@walterhefty5618 You are technically correct (the best kind of correct). I was basing that off of the FGM-148 V1.2 manual. I've personal experience with that revision. In that manual the distance from the CLU (command launch unit) is anywhere from 23-30ft. The necessary standoff distance is about 20ft to avoid injury. I'm aware that 1m=2.2ft. Call it grunt math based upon our tolerances.
I’m a new private to the US Army Infantry currently all the gear still fascinates me and our training is great it’s difficult but well worth it and so rewarding best job I’ve ever had
If you're curious about how the Javelin can defeat any known armor, it actually pops up and dives down on its target. The top armor tends to be the thinnest and most vulnerable on most vehicles, including tanks.
Artillery relies on a specialized soldier known as the Forward Observer. These soldiers give the artillery accurate instructions on how to aim and adjust their shots.
the channel habitual line crosser is an expert on the patriot system as he has been trained to utilize it he is a certified instructor teaching other militaries that but the system
The Ma Duce is the most influential and one of the oldest still in use weapon systems in the world today. This weapon may not have a high firing rate compared to other personnel and squad weapons but it makes up for that in versatility and power. The US military has adapted The .50, as it’s called, in so many different situations and onto so many different vehicles, ships, and aircraft. It can punch through most armor plating and the sniper rifle variant is commonly used as an anti-material/ anti-light armor weapon system.
1:47 my dad was a welder and made those and other things like tanks. We owned a decommissioned one he was allowed to keep. They're more styrofoamy than you would think.
7:18 To clarify, the Javelin has two Modes, I couldn't tell you the exact terminology for the Modes, but when the Operator locks on to a Target, they have 2 options, 1 I believe is called "skim" and the other is called something like "Overhead". "Skim" means the Missile will stay parallel to the Ground until it reaches it's target, almost like it is shooting in a straight line, imagine an RPG Missile fired across a flat field. Overhead means the Missile comes out of the Tube, and almost instantly flies straight up into the Sky, until it calculates where it should begin to descend in order to strike it's Target directly on top, this, theoretically can be much more lethal when dealing with things like Tanks, IFVs, APCs, ect. Also, as far as I know, and anybody who may have actual experience Operating the Javelin please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe there is an Initial Charge that pushes the Missile out of the Tube, and then after the Missile is out of the Tube, it has a propellent that ignites and Drives the Missiles towards its Target completely unassisted by the Operator since it utilizes IR and Lock on Capabilities, hence, "Fire and Forget". Fun Fact; Each Missile that comes out of the Javelin costs about $78,000 according to various sources online.
I dream of my Army weight. I'm an Army infantry veteran and I was 6 ft 185 when I went in. I was fortunate enough to be a paratrooper, and I think I lost an inch and there's somewhere. Not everybody's that tall there are 5'5 powerhouses, they always find the right place for themselves and it all works and we all work together
Ahhh the MA Duece M2. Way back in the day we called it the jackhammer. It's an old but fantastic weapon that I fired many times. I also carried a very old weapon called the Greasegun. Slow firing 45 cal sub machine gun...feeling kinda old!! Do I mention the M60 "The Pig"?
2 modes with the javelin. One is You can have the rocket go straight at the target. If you're ambushing an enemy, having trails of smoke pointing out where you are is an obvious liability. So the javelin can fire the rocket, then the rocket shoots istraight up, then come down on the target. The enemy cant return fire, because the attack came from above.
As one who worked on the bradley they are mighty beasts of the field. Especially for us engineers. They are a pain to do PMCS but they are the greatest vic somewhat
These weapons systems are some of the reasons why we feel safe anywhere we go. And there are a lot more weapons Systems we have to use. Our safety is a priority.
Yes they can hit moving cars, theres a video of a hellfire R9X missile which is pretty much a giant broadhead arrow hitting a vehicle as it goes down the road.
Javelin has 2 attack modes. Direct attack and top attack. In top attack the missile will go up and come down on top of the target. It was designed to do that because most vehicles (especially tanks) are more heavily armored in the front, the top, generally, has the weakest armor.
Another thing that seldom gets mentioned in these videos is that the US Army (and the other branches of course) trains more frequently than most. There is a saying, that :"You fight like you train". So if your forces only train occasionally, and halfheartedly, that is how they will fight. I am a retired Army Senior NCO and the times I was in combat I found that the training we did was often harder (though less dangerous of course).
As an infantryman I can say the Javelin is definitely not as light as it should be. It's actually quite heavy when you combine the tube and the guidance system.
The Blackhawk is being retired. The fantastic replacement The V-280 Valor is a next generation tiltrotor design similar to the legacy V-22 Osprey but slimmer, more agile, and maybe most importantly, has a less complex drive train which means far less maintainence.
@LancerX916 Honestly the Osprey has only had 12 crashes since 2007 when it came into service. Not a good thing by any means but not a standout among its contempraries like the Blackhawk . Long story short, yes the simplified design should be more reliable given fewer moving parts.
@phantomviper8297 No that's a myth. There have been a total of 12 crashes since it became operational in 2007. There have been 390 crashes with blackhawks. That said when you correct for the number of units and time in service they are pretty much on par. The reason the Osprey gets alot of press is one because it's unusual, and two because it often carries far more people meaning a single accident is often more deadly.
What's nice weather for you? The last 10 days in the US state of Iowa it been raining with temps as high as 95 F. Tornados, massive floods. Nothing unusual for this time of the year.
7:29 There is a delay in the rocket ignition to prevent harm to the operator. It also climbs up and impacts at a near vertical angle, avoiding most armor and hitting the weakest spot. They are a multi-warhead missile, allowing the first warhead to defeat reactive armor, while the second warhead blasts the soft spot just made. 14:09 They locate and identify targets through a variety of methods, all using GPS systems. This includes drones, both high altitude large drones, like a Predator and smaller low altitude drones. There are satellite surveilance systems. There are manned aircraft. There are men, scouts, on the ground. These are just a few. They don't track cell phones. GPS guided weapons are generally used on stationary targets. More advanced targetting systems can use GPS to get to an area and then switch to autonomous target selection and tracking, depending on the ordinance. I don't believe there are any artillery pieces with autonomous target selecting rounds. That is, so far, limited to missiles and drones.
speaking of testing grounds. i was born and raised at China Lake Naval Weapons Center. where they develop and test every weapon in the the US is tested, including ICBM rockets. you get use to it
Fun fact:when the war started in Afghanistan humvees had no armor so the soldiers would take pieces off of blown up vehicles and add them to their humvees and from there they started producing armored humvees for the military. It could have been before that thought
I used to live on or near two Marine Corps bases. Whenever there were night firing exercises scheduled a notification would be put out for a couple of days prior in the newspapers and local TV channels that there would be noise during the night. You also DO NOT want to be anywhere near a 155mm howitzer when it fires and not have on ear protection. While working aboard Camp Pendleton, CA I was driving down the main north-south road, which cuts through many firing ranges. Out of nowhere I heard a noise so loud that it startled me and damn near made me lose control of the tow truck I was driving. It turned out to be a single 155mm howitzer firing from about 75 yards off the road. Have no fear, Leia. The only way any of these weapons could be used against Slovakia would be in the event of a total catastrophe. Slovakia is one of our NATO allies and we are pledged to come to your aid if you are attacked. We have your back.
I'll tell you this. I live in an apartment on the 3rd floor that has absolutely no insulation. This past Friday, when I got home from work, it was 79 degrees (26 degrees C) outside. Inside my apartment, it was 104 degrees F (40 degrees C). So yeah I understand when you don't want anyone next to you. In the winter, it's extremely cold.
The caliber is determined by the internal diameter of the breech and the length of the barrel and is different from small arms calibers an example of this is the M2 .50 Heavy barrel machine gun which is often referred to as the 50 and is 50 caliber also the 16" main guns on the Battleship U.S.S. Arizona are also 50 caliber designated 16"/50
7:18 the reason the javelin missile does that is because its locking onto the target but it takes a second to activate its "rocket" system which obviously propels the missile to the target.
A horse video? How about a documentary on Secretariat (Triple Crown winner who beat the rest of the field buy a HUGE margin). The rider thought something was wrong and I heard, he was still accelerating.?
Back when I was in the Marines some 40 plus years ago we were always told when we would go out to live fire the .50cal machine gun that the rounds had so much power that if it came within 6 inches of skin the concussion would rip skin even if the bullet did not actually touch you. Can you imagine being on the receiving end of hundreds/thousands of those.
I was in the U.S. Army in the first Gulf War (Desert Storm), and we had Iraqi SCUD missiles fired at us over and over again. I wouldn't be here today if we hadn't had a Patriot missile unit next to us, taking out the SCUD missiles. Man, I miss my Army days.
Thank you for your service sir!!!
Thank u for ur service much appreciation and respect uncle was in the gulf war on the midway
Same here I got the witness that myself I was a brand new private I thought it was the coolest thing ever except for the doning of the mop gear I could’ve done without that
@jamesgirard1090 thank u for ur service much appreciation and respect for all our vets might not think so but ur all true heros in my eyes
I served with the First of the Fifth Marine Regiment kust south of the Kuwait border. SEMPER FIDELIS Brother Warrior glad you made it back home. 🇺🇸👍
Young lady, (at 18:32) don't worry too much. The US, along with her allies, (including your own country) have your back. We do not fight wars of conquest, we fight to defend. And we're DAMN good at it.
Army Infantry veteran here. You have a lovely family, greetings from Seattle Washington USA.
Thank you for your service sir!
@@jeffjones6221ditto!!
Fellow Infantry vet. You have yourself a good independence day. Much love, from Silverdale, WA.
Grunts are the real soldiers.
@@GregoryChew0921 Grunts are track grease for us Tankers 😂😂
18:41 dont worry fam, we're allies we gotchu ❤
Number one reason is our alliance! Ty for being a part of that!!!!
Tell your daughter to rest easy! Our forces are allies and we work together. We keep each other safe!
The Howitzer ammo didn't go off when he tossed it because it's not a bomb, it's a GIANT bullet.😅
@alwayzchillin0714 The powder and shell are separate right?
@@macalcord not exactly, but like a bullet it must be primed in some way to fire, (unless under extreme heat) it is very unlikely to just go off from tossing it. Although it is probably smart to just play it safe with such large artillery. Lol
@@macalcord 155mm howitzer shells need to be fuzed, with timed, point detonating or proximity fuzing, the shell will not arm until about 60 meters, the projectile and powder charges are seperate, with pistol blank, i think .45cal 'primer' for initiation, it is a ton of fun crewing the paladin, for the first round anyway 98 lbs per shell
@@aviator2252 and they Can be used in IED's also, had that happen in a nice blast next to our vehicle on apr 8th 2004... So much fun on my first night out on Route Irish.(supposedly most deadly highway in iraq)
@@travishopkinson6969 main reason we stopped diming the fuses to make the round scream, to many duds, not to mention shooting shells that have been stored since vietnam, glad we have given out our supply and are making fresh shells, always concerned me when we pulled an old lot for training
Fun fact: The C-RAM's laser like fire is due to tracer rounds that are shot every fifth bullet.
Was about to say this which is ridiculously mind boggling😍
I had Apache close air support in Iraq in 2003, always made you feel like nothing was gonna happen when they were hanging out in the area.
Thank you for your service!!!
@@shalakabooyaka1480 Probably felt like you had some angels flying over you. very..Very...VERY HEAVILY ARMED Angels. 😆
Oh something was gonna happen all right.. just not on your end ;)
@@cryptdk2400Bombs for thee but not for me type beat lol.
Another unneccesary illegal American war.
Dodging fish and wildlife is the most American thing I’ve heard you all doing!! Lmfaooo
As a American I can tell you and your daughter not to worry. We got you covered 💯
My first unit, after I completed my combat medical training was at Ft. Sill in 1984. It was the first Battalion sized MLRS unit in the army. The fire power of 27 MLRS was greater than the rest of Ft. Sill combined. It was one of the best units I ever served in. I am now retired. Looking back, it was one of the best I ever served in. I can only imagine the updates and improvements made since then.
Tell your daughter not to worry, USA has your back 😊
Unless you touch the boats
And Biden has her scent... RUN!
Countries do not have friends, only other countries where their mutual interests align. We call those mutual interests "alliances" and they can shift like the winds. Each decade can look vastly different from the last. Currently, Slovenia is aligned with some of our interests, and yes, we'll gladly defend them, but it has not been so in the past. As a BUFF and Beak pilot, I've dropped ordnance on enemies once considered allies alongside allies once considered enemies. It's an odd sensation when you hit the pickle button and you muse if someone you once shared a meal with might be beneath the ordinance falling from the bomb bay.
@@Bad-Karma Our mutual interest is Democracy and trade. Its not the 1800s anymore.
@@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo So there will never be another war? Glad you were able to solve that little conundrum for the rest of humanity. Why don't you go sit in the corner and gnaw on your crayons Scooter.
The Patriot missile is not used to attack places. It is only used as a counter attack missile to intercept incoming missiles from the enemy
Y'all are still the Best family to watch! You are honest and respectful, and I love you for that!
Don't worry, we've got your back! We are not always popular, around the world, Americans, but we don't fight to start Wars but to Stop the Suffering of others. Bless you and enjoy your summer!
Pittsburgh Gal, "It's a Burgh thing!"
From an Aussie, you have a great family mate! Your kids are intelligent, respectful and interested and you guys obviously can discuss things as a family. It's great to see.
Much respect for prioritizing getting out in the sun and spending time with each other over other things. Awesome video, glad I found your channel.
I live in Lampasas,TX. 20 miles west of Ft. Hood/Ft Cavaso. We can hear them at night firing big guns. We also get alot of fly overs from, Apache and Chanoocks. And tons of convoys coming through town.
You all seem wonderful, we love you!
My ex boss's step daughter helped train other country's soldiers on using Patriot missile systems that their countries bought from the US. She said they were amazing. Good reaction. Thanks for sharing.
Neat fact about the C-RAM, every fifth round is a tracer. So saying it looks like a laser...... you're only seeing 20% of the rounds fired😂
When calling in artillery fire, usually you have a map that is 1:10,000 scale and a protractor with hash marks that when you put it over the particular grid and the estimated spot and get a grid reading that is accurate within 10 meters. Also our satellites can find a target and mark it for a gps strike.
Jono, the cemetery where my little brother is buried is across the street from a helicopter base. I was visiting one day when 6 Apaches went overhead. The ground rippled like water...and I was standing on that...
Y’all were talking about the blackhaws and in my previous comment I explained that my family ended up moving to Savannah, Georgia where there was an army post. We had a house right on the driving range on a golf course and at any time we would watch some of the Rangers performing off base exercises. I’ll never forget the first time I was in our house when suddenly the house was literally shaking and we could hear a few helicopters flying over us. They’d hover right over the driving range (basically our backyard) and the rangers would come one after another repelling from the copter down onto the golf course! It was extremely cool! I later on became friends with some of those Rangers.
Garin seems like such a fun lad. Great video guys. 👍👍👍👍
Our regular citizens have over 400 million guns 🤷🏻♂️
I'm a medically retired US Marine 0351 infantry assaultman. 97-09. Three combat deployment veteran. You guys have friends here stateside. There's no need to worry little one. The US is your ally. We got your back!
Right.
Thank you for your service, sir. You are right!
@@tricky2055 oh thank you! You're very kind! But please, there's no need to thank me. I simply did my duty and what I thought was right... The same thing that I hope anyone else would do. Stand up for whatever you believe in whatever way you are capable of doing. Not everyone needs to carry a rifle into combat as I did. That was my choice. Perhaps someone else could just have a discussion with a stranger to spread awareness about topic, or convince friends and family to vote... We can all follow our conscience and do what we feel is right and make a difference in the world. Even the smallest thing could make a huge difference to the right person... And often without even realizing it!
We are not there allie they are all anti American and not our problem
@@roguegunfighter9194 (nods) I did the same, and for many of the same reasons. That said, it's tragic that less than 1% of Republican males have ever enlisted to serve in a combat arms MOS -- and during nearly 20 years of their two wars?! =/ In fact, it's not simply tragic; it's shameful. Their families deserve better. Our country deserves better. Our allies deserve better. The truth deserves better. Walking one's talk is not too much to ask of any grown man. -- a former US Army parachute infantry light weapons sergeant (three tours of the sandbox), a former federal LE national security special investigator with a BA in American Political Thought (and, for the record, an unrelated MS), and the grandson of Continental, Union, and Allied Army soldiers
Story time. I was heading home one afternoon after being gone a week. I was used to seeing all the tanks, tracs, humvees, everything olive drab. I realized how serious things were, this was after the towers came down, when I noticed, from the freeway, everything was SAND, no more green. I called my husband, Army Vietnam Veteran, and he just said, "What did you expect?" I felt like an idiot.
Don't have to feel that way. You kinda have a different perspective when you're in, or a veteran. A different way of thinking. Because having your life on the line, changes this.
I was a 13M in the US Army. HIMARS/MLRS crew member. 17:44 Yes, its difficult to drive, mainly because your visibility is very limited. VERY limited. Just an FYI - 16:00 That's incorrect. The 227mm rocket is unguided but extremely accurate. The pod carried six. The vehicle's GPS location is put into a computer that positions the launcher in the correct position. It can get within 50m of a target up to 3km away. The rocket itself doesn't hit the target. It opens up at around 150m and 150+ grenades come out. They are for attacking infantry and light armored vehicles. The single ATACMS rocket is guided and is used against a single hard target (mainly buildings) up to 300km away. One of our primary missions was SEAD, Suppression of Enemy Air Defense. Anti-Aircraft positions. In Desert Storm, the Iraqi's called us "Steel Rain". We could pull out of a position we were hiding in, fire a mission, and move to a new position in under 5 minutes.
Spent 8 years supporting Field Artillery. Yes I’m a woman. I realized that people who watch these for the helicopters haven’t even picked up on all are named after Native American tribes. I was in the Army when the first MLRS system was fielded. 8 inch Howitzers shells are 8” across. Just a heads up the bores can only fire so many shells and they then have to be replaced. The heat generated by the shells strips the rifling from inside the bore. No rifling the shell can’t be fired. I might be wrong on a few points because I was in the Army 1980 - 1993. Yeah the dark ages. After I left the Army the Paladin was just coming on line. One last thing you can hear them firing from anywhere in the city or outskirts at anytime. My husband and I would be woken up at 3 in the morning. “Oh honey listen, they’re playing our song.”🎶 😂
(chuckle) And how many miles do you live from Ft. Sill? =P They shake our windows sometimes -- more frequently in the Cold War days when money and practice rounds were plentiful -- and we're about 40 miles away. Not joking. The windows rattle in their frames. -- a former 11B2P
I was in the 1/12th FA at Ft. Sill. We fired the last Lance missile and the first MLRS rocket.
@ I was also there. 359th Pershing. I can’t remember the exact unit number. Was there when a shell landed right on a training unit. It was horrific. We had just met a trainee
@ I was also there. 3/9 Pershing. I can’t remember the exact unit number. Was there when a shell landed right in middle of training unit. It was horrific. We had just met some of the trainees the day before. I was at Ft. Hood when a brand new Abram’s was flipped upside down in a ditch. Every person on the fort was like WTF? If I remember correctly it took 2 to 3 days to flip it back. I could go on and on. Hope you had a nice Christmas.
Tell your daughter not to worry, we got her back. I know my USA is brought into many disruptions in other country's, but we do our very best to protect the innocent and our best is very good at it.
Remember America is no better friend and no worse enemy. For decades, all of these weapons are deployed in Europe which enjoyed an unprecedented 75 years of peace. Peace through strength!
Go ARMY!!! Disabled Army Vet here wanting to thank you guys for always showing so much respect to our military. Looking forward to your US trip.
Don't worry young one. We are your friends, brothers, sisters, and cousins. If you ever see these weapons in real life they will be there to defend you
Greetings from USA. Love your videos! And yes you are in NATO and all this equipment will come to your defense if anyone messes with your country!!!
I was never in the military, but I used to live right next to a U.S Navy Base in Southern California called 'China Lake'. They test new and old weapons, and you can hear when they blow stuff up sometimes, because you will be outside when you hear a distant explosion, really cool stuff.
All these weapons are great,but the people using them are a fine tuned machine 🇺🇸
All of that weapons and still could not beat my people in Afganistán ha ha ha
Exactly don’t forget Vietnam and Korea
YOUR REACTIONS ARE GREAT AND LOVE YOUR FAMILIES ENERGY
My Brother was THE Guy on the top of that tank, in the Gulf War. He told me the Iraqi' army was so scared they surrendered in mass to his Battalion.
its a true story most likely, the opening day was such an extreme thunder run through the desert most of the combatants weren't even kitted up when the Americans drove in
I grew up as an Air Force brat so I was very comfortable and knowledgeable about what was on the bases with us but after my junior year in high school my family had to move to Savannah, Georgia. My dad had already retired after 22 years in the Air Force and had started another career and that company needed him to run a new store that had just been built in Savannah. It was only a 3 hour drive from our previous home. There was a really big and notorious Army base in a town near Savannah but in Savannah itself was a “satellite” base that was an offshoot (I guess) of Ft. Stewart. We of course still had military privilege so I was on the base quite a bit doing shopping or going to the base pool. There was a back road that was a shortcut of sorts that I always used since it was only about 10 miles from my house. It was kind of an access road for the military convoys that were constantly moving between the 2 bases. But it was still a public road as well. I was used to the Air Force vehicles on base and obviously they couldn’t transport planes on the road on base but on army bases they frequently tow helicopters with big towing vehicles. The first time I accidentally ended up getting mixed in with a convoy I was in my little pickup truck driving between an Apache helicopter being towed and a line of tanks. I had never felt as small and insignificant as I did in that moment! My friends and I had made friends with some young airmen on base and we’d often go meet them at the barracks or at a store on base so we were there fairly often. …high school girls and a battalion of young 20 something guys… It happens! There was also a Ranger battalion that was stationed there so we got to personally know quite a few rangers (special forces) and would go with them to the flight line to see them off on their deployment to the Middle East. Thankfully even though they all participated in battles none of our really good friends were Kia! We understood that was obviously a possibility but we got lucky! I have the highest respect for all of our troops regardless of which branch they are in.
@christypriest30 Army Brat here we lived at Ft Campbell in the 70s..Back then my dad would bring me to the field when Hueys would come in from training probably the most magnificent thing of my young life seeing a group of 6 land in a prefect line.
I love this! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm from and most of my family still lives in a San Antonio... But now live in Houston, and ALWAYS have big redd in the frig.❤️🤣😂
Congratulations you have a wonderful family and a great channel😊
Just for the record when living near a base you get used to the sounds, it effectively becomes white noise after awhile and the base usually puts out live fire notices to the surrounding area anyways, so you're not typically "surprised" when it starts kicking off. A majority of the time the people living around the base are often affiliated with the base in one capacity or another, thus they pretty much come in with full knowledge that they are gonna be hearing things from time to time and don't freak out about it.
american here yea i have a military base about 15 minutes up the road from me you occasionally hear explosion's and hear A10 warthogs and drones and other planes flyby my house and its unreal you feel the ground shake and feel the vibrations in your body when they do that stuff. and also they are *VERY* touchy about you being near their base (understandably so) but we can see tanks, apcs, missile launchers, etc, when you drive by it.
To me your family is American!! 🇺🇸 god bless you and the family! Hopefully your kids come to the states for college!
Not to worry, we're allies. These tools exist to protect you all as well.
Allies can become enemies, though.
Wrong, they exist to make the elite money
@@danjames-ud7nr Sure, if they align themselves with Russia, Iran, North Korea or China. But that's a moot point as the CIA would never allow it to happen.
@@danjames-ud7nr The US doesn't exist to make enemies. The enemies make themselves and we're the ones stuck dealing with them by the rest of the world who all enjoy our protection.
It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal....... Henry Kissinger
I crewed on an M109A6 Paladin, I love seeing my artillery in videos. The newer versions of the Excalibur round actually can track moving targets. It really is an incredible piece of weaponry.
do they ? From some ukrainian sources i heard that anything gps guided, or let's call em "smart ammunitions" has something like 10% success rate because of electronic warfare.
@emptulik The "Excalibur S" variant of the Excalibur artillery shell is capable of tracking and hitting moving targets due to its laser-guidance system, which allows it to adjust its course mid-flight to strike a target that is in motion; this feature makes it significantly more effective against dynamic targets compared to the standard Excalibur round.
I am unaware if the US sent this version of Excalibur to Ukraine. At any rate, I was simply stating the capability of the newer version, not talking about if it was particularly effective in Ukraine.
@@trostorff1 Thank you for the clarification. I'm not sure which version Ukraine received. From what I understand (my sources may be wrong), weapons guided by external systems don't work as effectively as they did in Iraq because of gps-jam/ef. I'm not an expert, but can you explain in layman's terms how something fired from an M777/Paladin is tracked using a laser? Because from what i understand something/someone has to be closeby to point to the target.
@@emptulik Yeah, I think even the HIMARS has been having jamming issues. I don't know if that's something the US military could overcome, cause in a situation like that I imagine we'd destroy the sources of the jamming, or disrupt the jamming with our own electronic warfare. Ukraine might not have the ability to do any of that.
I am a fifth generation US Army "brat". My family has served in the US Army since it was first established. Believe me, you don't want to take on our Army. The physical and emotional training in an Army boot camp is insane. My father was, for several years, a boot camp instructor. He loved his trainees but often said, "My job is to break them, if they can be broken, BEFORE they go into the field." Those who survive and graduate have no fear. They have no concept of failure. It is "succeed or die trying". Our Army, despite recent budget cuts, have technology and equipment superior to that of other countries. But our greatest asset is the men and women who wear our military uniforms. They WILL complete their objective even if they have to do so with only their empty hands as weapons. They are committed to the ideals of freedom for all people all across the world and although not their choice, they are willing to die for those ideals.
A few points:
1. Those soldiers were not all entering the same helicopter. The helicopter in the video can carry ten men under normal circumstances (7 passengers and 3 crew. Pilot, co pilot and door gunner).
2. You were correct about the M2. The entire cartridge is not fired through the barrel. The bullet is and the cartridge is ejected. A .50 BMG round does occupy a large percentage of the cartridge's volume though. So the difference in size isn't as drastic as you would think.
3. People don't (usually) fall out of the little bird for three reasons if procedure is being observed. The first is that the motion of a helicopter in flight creates a phenomenon that feels similar to gravity. When the helicopter maneuvers (providing it isn't upside down or it's side isn't at a 90 degree angle to the ground) it feels as though you are being pushed down toward the floor. The second reason is because of a cable attachment called a monkey tail that clips to the back of a flight vest. The third is usually a cargo strap that is hung across the doorway low enough to keep a seated person inside, but not high enough to stop a standing person from quickly exiting.
4. You were partially right about the FGM-148 (Javelin). It has a gas supply that ejects the missile about 30ft (10m) before the rocket motor activates. Though this stage is for the protection of the operator, the motor is engaged based upon the speed of the missile, not distance. The secondary stage most commonly used (the FGM-148 has two possible secondary stages) is vertical descent impact. The reason the missile climbs and impacts it's target from above is that most armored vehicles have far thinner armor on top than they do on the sides or bottom.
5. I've worked with Phalanx based systems. They are awesome. Full stop.
6. The Stryker isn't actually that great and is hated by many. It's design is based on the Canadian LAV III, which itself is based on the Mowag Piranha. A Swiss vehicle that was questionable when it was first manufactured. The Stryker is one of those vehicles that was made in large numbers before it's glaring flaws were revealed. The army had spent so much money on it's development and procurement that they were hesitant to scrap it.
7. The M2 Bradley is also awesome, and extremely survivable in most situations.
The rest is relatively self explanatory. This wasn't as quick as I intended, so sorry for that. Your videos are entertaining and your wife and children seem lovely. Cheers.
10 meters is 22 feet, man.
@@walterhefty5618 You are technically correct (the best kind of correct). I was basing that off of the FGM-148 V1.2 manual. I've personal experience with that revision. In that manual the distance from the CLU (command launch unit) is anywhere from 23-30ft. The necessary standoff distance is about 20ft to avoid injury. I'm aware that 1m=2.2ft. Call it grunt math based upon our tolerances.
I’m a new private to the US Army Infantry currently all the gear still fascinates me and our training is great it’s difficult but well worth it and so rewarding best job I’ve ever had
Tell Lea to rest assured that since Slovakia is part of NATO that the US and our NATO allies will protect NATO members at all costs. :)
If you're curious about how the Javelin can defeat any known armor, it actually pops up and dives down on its target. The top armor tends to be the thinnest and most vulnerable on most vehicles, including tanks.
Tell your daughter to relax the USA is here to help our allies, not just us but you guys as well.
Artillery relies on a specialized soldier known as the Forward Observer. These soldiers give the artillery accurate instructions on how to aim and adjust their shots.
the channel habitual line crosser is an expert on the patriot system as he has been trained to utilize it he is a certified instructor teaching other militaries that but the system
@Leia... I once read in a grade school book, "You can fit a burro in a peanut butter jar if you pack it right"...
Hi Oshgosh is in the state of Wisconsin. Just south of Green Bay. They also build Fire Trucks.
The Ma Duce is the most influential and one of the oldest still in use weapon systems in the world today. This weapon may not have a high firing rate compared to other personnel and squad weapons but it makes up for that in versatility and power. The US military has adapted The .50, as it’s called, in so many different situations and onto so many different vehicles, ships, and aircraft. It can punch through most armor plating and the sniper rifle variant is commonly used as an anti-material/ anti-light armor weapon system.
Great videos Graham family !
1:47 my dad was a welder and made those and other things like tanks. We owned a decommissioned one he was allowed to keep. They're more styrofoamy than you would think.
Lucky you on the weather. When I left work this afternoon, it was 106F and humid in the parking lot in Memphis, TN, US. It's miserable out there.
7:18 To clarify, the Javelin has two Modes, I couldn't tell you the exact terminology for the Modes, but when the Operator locks on to a Target, they have 2 options, 1 I believe is called "skim" and the other is called something like "Overhead". "Skim" means the Missile will stay parallel to the Ground until it reaches it's target, almost like it is shooting in a straight line, imagine an RPG Missile fired across a flat field. Overhead means the Missile comes out of the Tube, and almost instantly flies straight up into the Sky, until it calculates where it should begin to descend in order to strike it's Target directly on top, this, theoretically can be much more lethal when dealing with things like Tanks, IFVs, APCs, ect.
Also, as far as I know, and anybody who may have actual experience Operating the Javelin please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe there is an Initial Charge that pushes the Missile out of the Tube, and then after the Missile is out of the Tube, it has a propellent that ignites and Drives the Missiles towards its Target completely unassisted by the Operator since it utilizes IR and Lock on Capabilities, hence, "Fire and Forget".
Fun Fact; Each Missile that comes out of the Javelin costs about $78,000 according to various sources online.
Army Medical Corps veteran. Hello from Pennsylvania!
I dream of my Army weight. I'm an Army infantry veteran and I was 6 ft 185 when I went in. I was fortunate enough to be a paratrooper, and I think I lost an inch and there's somewhere. Not everybody's that tall there are 5'5 powerhouses, they always find the right place for themselves and it all works and we all work together
=] Former 11B2P --- in one of the old LRSDs -- and every man in it was between 6-1 and 6-5. We looked like a basketball team.
Ahhh the MA Duece M2. Way back in the day we called it the jackhammer. It's an old but fantastic weapon that I fired many times. I also carried a very old weapon called the Greasegun. Slow firing 45 cal sub machine gun...feeling kinda old!! Do I mention the M60 "The Pig"?
2 modes with the javelin. One is You can have the rocket go straight at the target. If you're ambushing an enemy, having trails of smoke pointing out where you are is an obvious liability. So the javelin can fire the rocket, then the rocket shoots istraight up, then come down on the target. The enemy cant return fire, because the attack came from above.
As one who worked on the bradley they are mighty beasts of the field. Especially for us engineers. They are a pain to do PMCS but they are the greatest vic somewhat
These weapons systems are some of the reasons why we feel safe anywhere we go. And there are a lot more weapons Systems we have to use. Our safety is a priority.
4500 per min = 75 PER SECOND. The tracers are every 5th round. And they're not .22 cal, more the size of a red bull can.
I just found this channel and my 1st name is Graham.
Yes they can hit moving cars, theres a video of a hellfire R9X missile which is pretty much a giant broadhead arrow hitting a vehicle as it goes down the road.
Javelin has 2 attack modes. Direct attack and top attack. In top attack the missile will go up and come down on top of the target. It was designed to do that because most vehicles (especially tanks) are more heavily armored in the front, the top, generally, has the weakest armor.
Retired Navy HMC and was in Iraq during Desert Storm/Desert Shield and Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. We are the best hands down…
Another thing that seldom gets mentioned in these videos is that the US Army (and the other branches of course) trains more frequently than most. There is a saying, that :"You fight like you train". So if your forces only train occasionally, and halfheartedly, that is how they will fight. I am a retired Army Senior NCO and the times I was in combat I found that the training we did was often harder (though less dangerous of course).
3:02 The M2 (“Ma Duece”) Browning machine gun fires a .50 caliber round. In metric terms this would be a 12.7 mm round.
Personally, I love seeing the B-2 Bomber and F-35 and F-22 Aircraft So I hope you can see more videos about the US Air force.
That vehicle has is an attachment. You can attach the battering ram. 4:34
As an infantryman I can say the Javelin is definitely not as light as it should be. It's actually quite heavy when you combine the tube and the guidance system.
The Blackhawk is being retired.
The fantastic replacement The V-280 Valor is a next generation tiltrotor design similar to the legacy V-22 Osprey but slimmer, more agile, and maybe most importantly, has a less complex drive train which means far less maintainence.
Hopefully it does not crash like the Osprey. Biggest piece of junk ever.
@LancerX916 Honestly the Osprey has only had 12 crashes since 2007 when it came into service. Not a good thing by any means but not a standout among its contempraries like the Blackhawk .
Long story short, yes the simplified design should be more reliable given fewer moving parts.
And wasn't the V-22 quite accident prone?
@phantomviper8297 No that's a myth. There have been a total of 12 crashes since it became operational in 2007. There have been 390 crashes with blackhawks. That said when you correct for the number of units and time in service they are pretty much on par. The reason the Osprey gets alot of press is one because it's unusual, and two because it often carries far more people meaning a single accident is often more deadly.
Former 75th Ranger Regiment, thanks for the video.
What's nice weather for you?
The last 10 days in the US state of Iowa it been raining with temps as high as 95 F. Tornados, massive floods.
Nothing unusual for this time of the year.
The guided artillery round Is a program for inside the tank and a reaper drone
7:29 There is a delay in the rocket ignition to prevent harm to the operator. It also climbs up and impacts at a near vertical angle, avoiding most armor and hitting the weakest spot. They are a multi-warhead missile, allowing the first warhead to defeat reactive armor, while the second warhead blasts the soft spot just made.
14:09 They locate and identify targets through a variety of methods, all using GPS systems. This includes drones, both high altitude large drones, like a Predator and smaller low altitude drones. There are satellite surveilance systems. There are manned aircraft. There are men, scouts, on the ground. These are just a few. They don't track cell phones. GPS guided weapons are generally used on stationary targets. More advanced targetting systems can use GPS to get to an area and then switch to autonomous target selection and tracking, depending on the ordinance. I don't believe there are any artillery pieces with autonomous target selecting rounds. That is, so far, limited to missiles and drones.
The javelin flys up then come down on the tank as the top of the tank is the weakest part
speaking of testing grounds. i was born and raised at China Lake Naval Weapons Center. where they develop and test every weapon in the the US is tested, including ICBM rockets. you get use to it
Well I live right next to a Air Force Base and in the distance you can hear them dropping bombs in the valley in the morning and at night time.
U.S.Army Combat Military Police Veteran..dont worrys guys ,we allies ,we got your back..
Ft.Stewart Ga. resident we hear bombing all the time when units are training. You just go on with your day.
Fun fact:when the war started in Afghanistan humvees had no armor so the soldiers would take pieces off of blown up vehicles and add them to their humvees and from there they started producing armored humvees for the military. It could have been before that thought
Anywhere there's ordinance like that they usually have lots of signs to not touch anything like that to report it not take it as a souvenir
I used to live on or near two Marine Corps bases. Whenever there were night firing exercises scheduled a notification would be put out for a couple of days prior in the newspapers and local TV channels that there would be noise during the night. You also DO NOT want to be anywhere near a 155mm howitzer when it fires and not have on ear protection. While working aboard Camp Pendleton, CA I was driving down the main north-south road, which cuts through many firing ranges. Out of nowhere I heard a noise so loud that it startled me and damn near made me lose control of the tow truck I was driving. It turned out to be a single 155mm howitzer firing from about 75 yards off the road.
Have no fear, Leia. The only way any of these weapons could be used against Slovakia would be in the event of a total catastrophe. Slovakia is one of our NATO allies and we are pledged to come to your aid if you are attacked. We have your back.
Yeah, for the MH-6, they are jump strapped in, meaning they are hooked to the interior of the airframe.
ive heard that with the apache heli's the guns follow the pilots eyes/heads. where they look the gun follows.
I'll tell you this. I live in an apartment on the 3rd floor that has absolutely no insulation. This past Friday, when I got home from work, it was 79 degrees (26 degrees C) outside. Inside my apartment, it was 104 degrees F (40 degrees C). So yeah I understand when you don't want anyone next to you. In the winter, it's extremely cold.
At @13:20, I don't know where they got "39 Caliber" - 155mm from. A 155mm is 610 caliber. 39 Caliber is just shy of 10mm.
The caliber is determined by the internal diameter of the breech and the length of the barrel and is different from small arms calibers an example of this is the M2 .50 Heavy barrel machine gun which is often referred to as the 50 and is 50 caliber also the 16" main guns on the Battleship U.S.S. Arizona are also 50 caliber designated 16"/50
7:18 the reason the javelin missile does that is because its locking onto the target but it takes a second to activate its "rocket" system which obviously propels the missile to the target.
A horse video? How about a documentary on Secretariat (Triple Crown winner who beat the rest of the field buy a HUGE margin). The rider thought something was wrong and I heard, he was still accelerating.?
Your wife's did we ? comment made me laugh so hard. How many war movies in guessing you have had her watch in sure she has no idea which is which lol
Back when I was in the Marines some 40 plus years ago we were always told when we would go out to live fire the .50cal machine gun that the rounds had so much power that if it came within 6 inches of skin the concussion would rip skin even if the bullet did not actually touch you. Can you imagine being on the receiving end of hundreds/thousands of those.