British Couple Reacts Desert Storm - The Ground War, Day3 -The Great Tank Battle 73 Easting-Animated
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A lot of Coalition tanks had laser rangefinders, which enabled them to determine range pretty accurately.
And gun cameras that record
5:26 'how do they track that distance', I'm fairly sure the Challenger tank, as well as the Abrams, have laser range finders, so they shoot a laser beam out to the target, and it reports the distance from where they are to the target.
The reason the guy was sitting on a couple of Kevlar vests, is to keep his balls from being blown off if they run over a mine with their Bradley.
They have range finders.
The M60A3 had a laser rangefinder, the M1 replaced the M60A3.
2:59 - I remember the photos of the "Highway of Death": charred corpses sticking out of tanks, miles of destroyed vehicles, etc. General Colin Powell put a stop to the slaughter because he said it "wasn't chivalrous" or words to that effect.
I remember this like yesterday. My father was in the hospital and we invaded the night before my father had his surgery. I remember watching it happening live on TV. Then to top it off. Later in the war the first casualties of the war was from my hometown.
Hope his surgery was a success.
I was there. I was a Medic on 2/2ACR during the battle. It was a busy night.
I'm a veteran of Desert Storm. The Iraqi soldiers were our enemy, but to this day I honor their fallen, because in the end they were soldiers.
They were as much victims of Saddam Hussein as any other casualties were.
But if this little skirmish doesn't explain foreign policy and why things are really done, u have the US who isn't at war in Syria guarding an oil field with a private military group named wagner that's just an arm of the Russian military coming to take the same oil field, don't be fooled guys this is about Syria, democracy and freedom not oil 😀😐
@@christianoliver3572 do you say the same for Nazis?
What about the ones hanging pregnant Christian women on hooks or dropped stones on women's heads
@@patrioticz2858 Usually I wouldn't waste my time replying to this kind of crap post because I understand the point of why the poster uses it even if he or she doesn't.
There is absolutely no comparison between Nazi Germany and Iraq during the time period when they invaded Kuwait.
The only slight comparison from a military theory point of view was when Hitler invaded the Rhineland to take back traditional German lands lost during WW1 and Hussein wanted Kuwait as it at one point had been part of Iraq.
Of course both of these 'official reasons' were lies and just land grabs for economic reasons.
But the comparison ends there.
Perhaps because of the expansion of Nazi Germany or of Communism we were able understand the need to intervene rapidly and with a coalition invasion force.
The Challenger I main battle tank was equipped with a laser rangefinder and advanced optics, as other have noted...so it was not all that hard for them to make the shot since were so highly trained. Somebody also said they had GPS, and that is true...the Challenger had advanced GPS that was accurate to within 10 meters back then...so confirming the distance was relatively easy.
Tanks have optics and range fingers with lasers and other sensor systems so they can put precise shots on targets.
Artillery support played a major role in the Battle of 73 Easting. Kudos to 2nd ACR and my unit, 210th Artillery Brigade
Combined arms = force multiplier
2/7 weapons co. 1st Mar Div. I am
I was in the 6/27 mlrs unit attached to VII Corp during this battle
The distance of a tank shot or tank kill is usually done with the Laser Range Finder. This way the know what Trajectory, elevate and Direction too Aim the Cannon.
I knew somebody would answer that
It was the biggest tank battle since the Battle of Kursk in 1943.
Every modern tank has a laser rangefinder. So, they can determine range-to-target down to the millimeter.
@@ExUSSailor idk about down to the millimeter but maybe to the centimeter
distance is tracked through spotter scopes, they are able to tell you the distance from the target they are aimed at
There’s a recording of the pilot of the A-10 that strafed and killed those British soldiers. It’s genuinely heartbreaking when he hears the callouts of friendly fire. He goes from just the highest high, thinking he made a successful attack on the enemy to just rock bottom in a handful of seconds. The guy sounded like he was about to throw up. I can’t imagine living with that afterwards.
The method for range detection is the use of a Lazer Range Finder in conjunction with a ballistic computer makes for a deadly combination.
The US/UK tanks sue laser rang finders to determine distance to target to the centimeter. This is fed into the fire control computer along with sensor data about wind speed, direction, humidity current condition of the gun barrel, etc.
Abrams, Challenger, and Mirador MBT were the most advanced at the time. And built specifically to fight T72.
Distance? Multiple kinds of “Range Finders”.
1) laser Range finder. Quick, very accurate but can give away your position. Mentioned in video.
2) Angular size ranging. Looking at objects of known size, comparing its apparent size in the scope gives an estimation of distance as it will appear smaller the further it is.
3) old school mirror triangulation range finder. Kind of like a binocular device. One eyepiece looks directly at the target, a set of mirrors moved till the mirrors also se the target. Every specific angle of the mirror corresponds to only one possible range. No math required by the soldier, just look at the device and it tells you the range, no electronics.
Please do some of the operations room WWII battles, because some of them are just remarkable. If you’ve ever seen the miniseries Band of Brothers, then you might recognize some of the battles.
8:51 captain McMasterbecomes General McMaster by the time GWOT comes around
To answer the question about how they knew the distance, it is because, at least for the Americans, we had first generation GPS - the SLGR (Small Lightweight GPS Receiver)
we use laser range finding
If you like these detailed looks at battles Id recommend a video series from Montemayor about the battle of midway during WW2.
The Battle of Midway 1942: Told from the Japanese Perspective
it has 3 parts first two from the Japanese perspective and last one from the Americans.
Its long but very detailed and intresting
GPS and modern range finders is how they know the range of each kill.
That's Why tanks have thermal sites and range finders
British and American tank guns also had stabilizes on gun so as long as gunner kept sight on enemy the gun would adjust for bumps to stay on target allowing them to shoot on the move while the Iraqi tanks didn't so they had to stop to fire. We also had thermal and night vision sights.
Laser Range finders in the Tanks measure the distance exactly !! Sgt, Semper Fi
There is a plane in the air with a huge round disk on top of it that can control every tank on the ground it can track A soccer ball on the ground for 300 MI no matter where it rolls. So it tells the tank where the enemy tanks are miles before they get there. They destroy tanks. They don't even see they punch in the coordinates. Pull the trigger bye-bye tank
Y'all should do a reaction to Centralia which is a city that is burning from below the ground.
They track the distance with laser range finders more than likely.
The tanks have laser range finders they automatically know exactly how far a target is
This was the first war to be fought using GPS satellites as well as other targeting systems. It revolutionized war.
Infrared Laser rangefinder. Accurately putting warheads on fore heads since the 1980's.
"How did they track that distance?"
Answer : Laser rangefinders.
It is called a Laser Rangefinder my friend. Just point and shoot and it can tell you the distance.
Laxer ranging can give distance within less than a millimeter.
Due to the high speed of light, this technique is not appropriate for high precision sub-millimeter measurements, where triangulation and other techniques are often used.
If you've ever watched golfers or target shooters, they use rangefinders. Rangefinders look like a monocular or a one eyed binocular, they measure range from many distances. The military rangefinders can see much further. They're also used by snipers or long distance shooters.
Lazer range finders tell you distance to target
Friendly fire has plagued us since the beginning of time.
It's one of the worst parts of war, imo...
To answer your question, how do tank gunners know how far they are shooting?
Laser range finders.
The Challenger, like the Abrams, has a complete fire control system. The gunner lases the target, a range is given, the computer calculates elevation and lead, and the gunner squeezes the trigger.
Dead tank.
Was a Forward Observer with the 24th Inf. Desert Storm and saw an incredible amount of destroyed Iraq Equipment on day 3 we called in hundreds of fire-for-effect missions on Hwy 80.....the destruction was legion....I will always remember the smell of it for as long as I live. Massive death and destruction has its own smell that can not be replicated or forgotten, I am sure there are many DS veterans that have similar stories. It took me weeks to get the smell off me when I got back.
We all sat on our kevlar vests.
The black paint used for the marking was a special paint and would give a different look when viewed through Thermal Targeting Systems. This was to prevent Iraqis from grabbing a can of spray paint to copy the markings.
I've always wondered if the British used the correct paint, or if the desert's sand/dust covered the markings....
The tanks can shoot that far because they have targeting computers that calculate all of the variables, like wind, temperature, distance, target movement, atmospheric air pressure, and humidity. Then, calculate a firing solution that is fed automatically into the firing system.
The 1991 phase of the gulf war was a very special moment in history. The United States has not seen a major conflict since the end of actions in Vietnam 19 years earlier. While technically the U.S. won that conflict, the history books are written to not show this fact (they left out the 1972 peace treaty, and U.S. withdraw in 1973, South Vietnam did not fall until 1975 when the North invaded again). And since it was viewed as a loss, no one expect the U.S. to be able to stand up to what was considered the 4th most power military in the world. EVERYONE underestimated what the U.S. had done in those 19 years. It reinvented itself, and developed technologies way in advance of the rest of the world. That is why this battle was so one-sided.
Lots of tension….😂
Why would you have a baby right away? Lol
The biggest advance in warfare has been situational awareness to avoid friendly fire.
You were asking about how they know distances of confirmed kills. Tow Missles have a wire so they know exactly how far they go and tanks of G.B. and USA have laser rangefinders as well so when the gun fires they have a laser on the tank/APC or whatever they are shooting.
The wires of TOWs don't let you know how far they travel, unless you max it out and break the wire. I You estimate the range before firing based on the known size of the target and how many mils it occupied in the sight. If you have the ability you can judge the distance based on time of flight.
The tank has a laser range finder that tells you the distance
The T72'S Iraq had were stripped down variants. For example the turrets did not have power traverse.
Y'all may already have, but look up Desmond doss, or hacksaw ridge, I won't go Into detail, but he won the medal of honor and never held a gun or fired a shot through basic training nor during His time in ww2
In 73 Easting, the mentioned CPT McMaster is the now-known...and retired...LTG H. R. McMaster. He retired after being the National Security Adviser under Trump.
I knew him in Germany in the early 2000s, when he was the commander of the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, with the 1st Infantty Division...The Big Red One. 😊
The thumbnail made we want to go to Dairy Queen to purchase a "Dessert Storm"
distance tracked by laser.. I have a handheld device i use for hunting, shorter range but same thing.
6:39 there is a reason it is called "fog of war"
LAT LONG like with a ship in water. Using a military map gives distances from point a to point what ever.
I was just 4 years old when this happened
It was new technology at the time, but both American and British forces used GPS satellites to map their routes. Iraq didn't have gps.
Tanks have range finding as a part of their fire control. Like firing a rifle at long distance without knowing how far away the target is. You aren't likely to hit it first shot.
The infographics show does a really good video about 73 easting
You should check out the military hospital ships called mercy and comfort
I’ve really enjoyed this series. Thanks for sharing!
I was in the 1st of the 2nd ACR and was in this battle!
Much respect and love from Texas. My brother served in OIF.
I was in Second Squadron. Toujors Pret!!
@@edwardgodfrey7002 Hooah
To the British posters....... The technologic difference's were immense in this war. You can watch, here on UA-cam, real footage taken from American tanks(for example) as just 1 to 3 tanks(Abrams) destroy at night, with perfect precision, ENTIRE Iraqi armored divisions in only minutes, while Iraqi armored divisions can't even SEE The Americans to fire back. You can watch this with your own eyes as it took place and see what the American tank Sargent was seeing.
They track the distance with optics on board the abrams tank, being fitted with laser rangefinders
The "ok" family. 😂
I wonder if the Queen Beesley likes all these military videos.
LASER RANGE FINDER ON MAIN GUN
To add to the confusion of all the vehicles and aircraft etc... Was the fact that there was a sand storm, rain and overcast weather, and the smoke from hundred's up to a thousand oil well fires.
At the time position locating was done using ground stations to triangulate your positions if you had a receiver. Not all units had them. I still navigated by map and compass at the time.
Since then GPS has taken over and, bue tracker systems help identify friendly vehicles.
GPS!! This war is where they used GPS first. It's the reason why we kicked their butts. The Iraqis thought it was impossible for the US and allies to attack from the dessert. But our GPS allowed us to go straight to where we needed and give them a beating.
most of the "stolen civilian vehicles" on the highway of death were not stolen, and were just families. the bombing happened with no notice and it is the only way out of the city. most of the deaths were innocent people, and the bombing went on for hours, killing every person who tried to flee the battlezone, without regard to if they were civilian or not.
"Friendly fire" incidents happen. Yes, war is stressful and confusing. Soldiers sometimes have to make snap decisions based on what they can see at that moment, and that can lead to tragedy.
US forces go to great lengths in the attempt to make sure they're engaging enemy forces, but the system can and does break down. During the first Gulf war, an Apache helicopter was vectored in to attack what a ground observer thought was an enemy position. The pilot called back to his command and to the ground forces many times to make sure he wasn't going to be shooting at friendly soldiers, and finally was ordered to make the strike. Moments later distress calls came up the line because what everyone had assured that pilot and his gunner was an enemy position was a Bradley fighting vehicle and its crew of US soldiers. They had accidentally set up a position farther forward than they were supposed to, and no one knew it. It was heartbreaking to hear the anguish in the pilot's voice when he found out that he'd just killed a squad of his countrymen.
They know via range finders ;)
Tanks use long-range optics. That's how they know it's a certain distance, like 3000 meters or 4700 meters.
The US military is like 10 if not 20 years ahead in technology compared to what's made public to the rest of the world. They not only were able to detect the range of enemies immediately using lasers, they probably had Slow mo capable cameras on each rocket for trainings/self pleasure purposes. lol.
I was there you have know idea how bad this was looked like a movie crazy!
Watch the "greatest tank battles" version of this battle. Its purely the american side of this battle, but it is told from guys that were in the battle.
Laser rangefinders.
We Americans might not make the best TVs, or automobiles, BUT WE DO KNOW HOW TO FIGHT!!!!
Laser sights
This said dessert storm in my feed! What is dessert storm. So I watched it, and found it was desert storm!
The coalition should have chased them all the way to Baghdad and got saddam instead of saying "that's enough. Let's go home"
The UN Resolution did not allow that. If they had done that, the Coalition would have fallen apart right then and there. One of the US president's sons would have to finish the job more than 10 years later.
Laser range finder
Excellent job, gang. It was really interesting...and fun seeing how folks, other than us Yanks react to seeing historical events unfolding with the use of modern technology. Keep up the great work.
Bradleys' have 25mm (not 20mm) machine-cannon....
Interesting video. come to visit in Missouri we can teach you how to pronounce the the name.
One of the worst moments for the coalition side was American forces killing British tanks in friendly fire incidents. It happened multiple times and the British were weary of completing their planned swing route due to concerns Americans would kill them. As ridiculous as it sounds the Americans and frdnch fought better together even with the language barrier.
Thanks for sharing. I have heard the British and American veteran heroes talk about the battles and conflicts, but when you see it, it so different. My jaw had to be closed many times. I remember the news briefings every four and six hours. The absolute dumb and intelligent insulting questions a asked made me cringe. I was very proud of the military leadership calmly answering and re-answered the same questions reworded with clear precision and precision charts and maps. News reporters from around asking future information in a battle on going. The reporters actually asked why the coalition sent to many troops, and was it a message to Russia and China. The general said “ I’ll answer that one, yes they are absolutely watching and I hope it gives them pause”. General Schwarzkopf.
You should watch the actual news coverage of war
I'm 100 percent fighting
you should watch the video "thebattle of 73 easting" narrated my General McMaster himself.
Hi 👋
Don't bring a knife to a gunfight!
"Keep sending more?" "After the losses, you'd think they'd stop sending more.
Iraq was a loser the very second they pissed us off in the USA. When America says "You have 48 hours to vacate or we are raising the rent."
A smart person leaves immediately and deeply apologize. THAT was the right move...lol
Mhmm dessert storm. Sounds delicious. 🤣
Here is a link to a video of "The battle of 73 Easting" told by crew members that were there. ua-cam.com/video/WKZn-vT9CRE/v-deo.html
Saddam shouldn't have been so stubborn and keep them in Kuwait. He should've pulled them back way before anything even started. They had no chance to escape once it all began, because it only took less than thirty minutes for McMaster's to be done. You can hear about the record shot from the tank commander himself; ua-cam.com/video/043QymmIcA8/v-deo.html
Hi
As I type this I'm only 5 minutes in.
I have to point out two glaring errors of omission.
First, the narrator says the sacrificial tank Commander was very brave. No disrespect to the guy whoever he was, but, at this point none of the Coalition main battle tanks (MBT's) had actually seen action. So all performance specs were speculation. The point is, the Iraqis thought their MBT's were on par or not that far behind. Hey, the Russains said these were great tanks.
Second, in the section where Coalition tanks just rolled over Iraqi tank divisions, what the narrator DIDN'T say was every single Coalition tank unit, French, American, UK, etc on the run were accurately hitting, T-55's and T-72's way beyond the range of the Iraqi tanks.
This battle is now taught in every armor school and command level course in the world. Something that has come out in numerous articles and even academic papers, is that US tankers had game played this exact same scenario hundreds of times. Mistakes in training result in success on the battlefield. And this got played to death probably still is.
Now, think about this, what's going to happen in Ukraine when the Challengers, Leopards, and eventually Abrams arrive?
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I Salute the Iraq Army putting up a good fight with us, with all the TRNG we had to endured prior before the ground war none of thought what if we get killed in combat, we only thought how much Hazardous & Combat Pay we was getting for being their.
See with u.s military officer's are there for protection not of his soldiers but the enemy you kill an ifficer the gloves come off and shit get violent really quick