It's hard to underappreciate support from all Western countries, especially USA. With this support we already started to pushing russians out of our country. Thanks to every citizen on every country involved in helping Ukraine dealing with this horror.
Yes, it is amazing. I hope Ukraine bounces back, rebuilds and then become a corruption free modern democracy. Cannot wait to visit. The Ukrainian refugees we see are outstanding people. Never one complaint.
The equipment is only half of the solution. It was the heart and grit of the Ukrainian people that even made it possible. Look at Afghanistan, literally stone aged to top 20th most geared military over night and still fell within weeks. An ally like the Ukrainian would be irreplaceable in Europe in the future. Ukraine has shown that they were clearly the backbone of the Soviet back in the day.
Although i do agree with you. We can’t compare a country with no real fighting spirit and Taliban caves people to Ukraine. The issue with Afghanistan was the sheer incompetence of our willingness to accept that country was never going to change for us. All the Taliban had to do was sit back in caves and have the support of toxic islamic values within much of their society to sit that one out. It’s not like the Taliban actually went head to head with the US military realistically at any point. They only waited for them to leave which is quite the different situation from Ukraines willingness to fight alone. Afghanistan has good willed people and many, but it was never enough to change a whole culture to “western values”
I will say that I'm glad the Ukrainian generals still managed to have a bit of humor during this, blowing up an ammo depot on specifically the 4th of July
To be fair though, nobody outside the US cares about US holidays in the slightest, just like we won't try to join the "World Series"... the Ukraine won't stop fighting on US Independence Day just like they won't on 9/11... or Christmas, for that matter. Imagine the USA was under attack... 🤷🏽♂️
As an American I promise you are not alone. Frankly, I would be willing to pay much higher taxes to support you even more than we are. And I hope you will be a nato member as soon as possible.
I am a former US Army combat Infantryman and I have to say Im very impressed with the Ukraine people. We may have given them the weapons but their refusal to back down is what is making Russia pay.
Indeed, it is all about the determined support of the people. Because we all know what happens when the USA supports a regime that has only luke warm support of the people, there will be luke warm support of the soldiers - put too much pressure on them and they cave, case in point, Afghanistan!. Soldiers will not fight in a very determined way for a regime they are only luke warm about,,,, or a cause they are only luke warm about - i am sure this is a reality Putin is finding out about with his own forces, because they don't want to be in Ukraine dying for what?... but there is a flip side to this the world needs to keep in mind, because, depending on how events unfold if at any point the average Russian soldier believed their nation was imperiled, your going to see an entirely different animal, capable of feats that we don't want to think about if we are to sleep well at night.
Well all i eanna say The american is making the war longer and bloodier 🙏🙏 If the west did not interfere this russia ukraine war. This war is already ended months ago
I was in a HIMARS unit. 5/3 HHB 17th fires brigade. “Steel Rain” !!! I was a surveyor. I know all about the accuracy. Well trained soldiers can still be extremely accurate even WITHOUT gps assistance.
Ur a true hero thank u for ur service and sacrifices I'm so grateful and thankful for the men and women that protect our freedoms no words can describe my appreciation for u all
True, but it’s the fact that the U.S. is providing GPS data to these HIMARS that our American intelligence obtains in real time. Technology is dang cool….well, until it’s used against us, but that’s another story
From what I understand we have only given the the short range himars(92kilometers), mostly because with long range(300kilometers) it could strike into Russian territory and thats pushing the boundaries of assistance vs teaming up
US made weapons attacking Russia territory would be a declaration of war, something the US wants to very much avoid. This is why they are making those sham referendums to join Russia, so US won't dare provide assistance to Ukraine in regaining the lost territories.
Himars uses a 3-axle truck. Therefore, it is easy to convert older Kamaz trucks so that they could be mistakenly attacked as Himars. So the Russians thought they destroyed more Himars than were handed over to Ukraine. But the wasted Russian precision ammunition was probably at least 10 times the price of a fake Himars truck.
Himars got the same launch fingerprint as the Soviet GRAD system Ukrainians even fired HIMARS next to grad’s t Before Russia realizes it isn’t an unguided grad, the himars rocket hits its target
@@tym6245 The thing is, when an F35 or other expensive American weapons are used, they destroy things worth several or hundreds of times the value. Russian weapons, however, are cheaper, but don’t hit anything.
@@frodobaggins9474 better? They use tanks and gas...tactics from DECADES ago. They fell behind in the arms race and keep trying to conquer, foh "better" XDXD
@@frodobaggins9474 you mean hot gas like the stuff Putin produces every time he blames the war on everyone else but himself and a desire to re-create the soviet union (a long dead relic). The only thing that can help the Russians now is direct involvement by China and possibly India, as this would not only give direct assistance against Ukraine but turn the conflict into WW3. But regardless of the turn of events, Russia was never in a position to win this conflict by itself and is defiantly 100% in the wrong.
@@OP-er3fg well who really knows what we have or Russia has? most real information is classified and will never make it to the public for 20 plus years.
I actually work with these in the Marine Corps. We just got them on the east coast not to long ago. The possibilities with this artillery system are insane and they are fun to work with less casualty rates if an incident were to occur
@@thilakhari it's not that it's low IQ, marines are brutes of the war, they are our support fire while our army works to make preventions inside the war they are intelligence honestly. But they will fight if they have to. Navy is the same it's brute force and air support due to high speed & accuracy air vehicles.
@@ufosrus Not sure why that matters. American warmongerers never understood what they're fighting for either, they invaded a country out for no reason, invaded another one from a lie, then imposed imperialism in another one for no real reason. Perhaps you should rethink who you consider the good guys. If you had to choose between the US or Russia, which one has more sins?
The Ukraine pilots are using HARMs also. With SAMs taken out their planes are also taking out supply and support systems, plus control points. Shows you how good their SAM systems are against HARMs. Ukraine HARMs have taken out the Russian 300's also. All the abilities Russia always boasted about is no where to be seen.
Yes all that graft and faking reports about readiness is coming to bite them now. Will guess that they are still using cold war era ammunition and supplies, as there is nothing newer around. That will mean a bigger part of the errors and injuries will be self inflicted, either shells that are duds and do not go off, or detonate in the gun and blow it up on firing, because the explosives have reacted to form sensitive compounds, to straight up food poisoning from long expired rations.
I dont think they are going that far into the rear, but in an Offensive it allows for interdiction fire, which is the Main use of aviation in an offensive
Russia is like that kid who failed 3rd grade three times, and is a "big boy" when put together with 3rd graders (Georgia, Moldova, etc). Among middle schoolers he is not impressive at all. High schoolers like USA would wipe him in a direct fight. The only thing Russia impresses with is their nuclear weapons and their gas reserves, otherwise they would be a giant Kazahstan.
All of Russias boasting was pure propaganda. As we now can see. I imagine that China is pure propaganda at this point, too. The only thing they have is numbers. But with large numbers comes the need of effective logistics. I feel most of their troops would starve in the long run. They can barely afford to feed their citizens effectively.
“It’s” is for possession/ ownership. Example: it’s your car. In the context you used you say “ it is”. Don’t always contract words in English. Just helping. I can tell you are learning a new language.
It's interesting to hear the southern offensive being passed off as fact a month later. They really did do a good job at keeping the northern offensive quiet.
Funny how he recorded this video a long time ago and said we might have already seen the counteroffensive by the time the video comes out, and the counteroffensive that allowed Ukraine to reclaim a HUGE amount of territory literally just happened. lol
@@kkarx that's propaganda that you are fed by russian state run media,you russian bot.10-20K soldiers dead,just look at the gap in your estimation,shows that you don't know what you talking about,you just bluffing.
@@kkarx More like close to 10k POWs of Russian soldiers. Way More equipements and military assests compared to what other countries sent! Ukranians are now calling the shots!
@@gertuy1 Man if that was true Ukraine would not talk about anything else, pictures of marching pows would be all over the wester pro Ukraine news, etc. There are hardly any russian pow. Ukraine banned all journalists to cover the battles because of their terrible losses.
12 trucks helped turn the tide of the war. Granted, it's 12 crews and the ammo and parts needed to keep the 12 HIMARS trucks going, but that just goes to show how powerful American weapons are.
Yes, and no. Russia failed in one of the most fundamental and important early goals in modern war: air dominance. If they had held the skys, this may have been a different story. Its mind-boggling, that they didn't take the skies...
God bless, Ukrainians. I wish we could help more, but I'm glad you're taking the weapons and technology we have and using them with such bravery and resolve. -random US person
you should research the roots of Azov and the ideology that has become indemic to Ukraine since 2013. Moreover, what has been done to innocent children/civilians in Donbas over the last 8 years at the hands of the Ukraine government. All that said, God help us all if the current Ukraine government ever got nukes...
I'm from Ukraine, and now you know that we know how to use them, and how important this Himars are. We need them more, to finish this war faster! Thank you for help, we appreciate this!
"Modern warfare isn't about devastating power. It's precision. Strategic design with minimal loss of life." - Reiji Takayama from the 'Witchblade' anime
I've just subscribed! Fantastic content and superb narration! (the best). This newly acquired weapon system should help the Ukraine in a big way against Pukin and his henchmen. BTW. Do you need the coordinates for the Kremlin?
I was in the MLRS in the eighties and early nineties. We knew we were in a world class unit. But I had no real idea how good our stuff was. Of course that was early models. Not as well guided but we were fearsome for the time. We trained at least half my time in the army in the "shoot and scoot" tactics. We thought we might have to face the Russian hordes in the Fulda Gap. Now the Ukrainians are the brave ones to show the Russians what they would of been up against. Gridsmashers!!! But honestly after the Berlin wall fell and I was there to see the East Germans drive into Germany in their little trabbies and we passed them on the German autobahn driving back from Grafenwohr I had dreams that Russia might someday become an ally of America. What couldnt America and Russia have not achieved if we had become partners. We had a brief moment in the early 90's where I think something amazing could of happened. IF Russia and America could of had a little courage maybe we could of brought Russia into something like Nato. I cant blame Russia totally. I think somewhere American diplomacy failed. Maybe if we had offered the Russians a new Marshall plan we could of helped them avoid the Oligarchs. I dont know. I feel a wonderful chance was lost.
This could have happened as late as 2019. Putin and Trump ,while adversaries, at least respected each other and could possibly have come to an understanding.
Russia could and should have been an ally. You can blame the likes of the Kochs for blocking Russia's progress towards social democracy and the installation of Yelstin in order to allow asset-stripping of the country instead, which in turn allowed the development of a mafia state
Biden’s Teleprompter’s Internationalists Faction, for reasons unknown, wanted Conflict with Russia no matter what Anyone who isn’t onboard will soon be deemed domestic terrorists/extremists & for some reason, wyte supremacists
Well said. I hope this is still possible. Both countries see the other as a problem. I understand why Russia does not want NATO in the Ukraine. Also I am sure the Russians know more about the under the table dealings that have been going on there. I disagree with the invasion though. It would be nice if this could be settled at the table instead of war.
Instead of going with the rule of law in the 1990`s in Russia the leaders commenced to looting what the Russian people should have owned to rebuild their country. Unfortunately,the old Soviet mindset was still in place for the KGB/FSB and their cronies to grab what they always grabbed in the bad old days.Leopards can`t change their spots.
Russia wanted to become as powerful as the Soviet Union again, but instead they're heading for North Korean power. All they have is the threat of nukes to make them safe.
The fact that the M270 MLRS was designed to counter Soviet threats in Europe if they invaded NATO countries. So it's not surprising that the HIMARS is performing so well against Russian forces. Using the tactics of the Minutemen from the American Revolutionary War, the Ukrainians are using the HIMARS from concealment and moving on before they are targeted. A little bit we call shoot, move, and communicate. I'm sure a lot of NATO veterans from the cold war are really watching the news on how well NATO military equipment is fairing against the dredded Russian bear.
You would think they would learn to adapt to a guerrilla campaign after the Winter War, back in 39. Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it, I guess.
You mean half of Ukraine wouldn’t be destroyed if Russian leaders had any sense of morality. But in terms of performance it is clear Russia would get dominated by NATO weaponry. Otherwise they wouldn’t have already had tens of thousands of their lives thrown in the trash needlessly fighting Ukraine and it’s hand me down weapons.
Imagine your entire massive military being taken down by a dozen trucks. Don't forget that the Russians were digging trenches at Chernobyl and getting radiation poisoning. Complete incompetence.
It seems the Russians total incompetence stems from a lack of real care about it's soldiers. Based on both results and information from both sides it is easy to conclude that Russia though to win this war like it did in turning the tables on Germany in WW2, via sheer numbers and a willingness to sacrifice any number of soldiers to win each engagement. But even the WW2 turnaround was not a real success, Russia was receiving military aid from allied nations and the Germans were fighting on multiple fronts. Defending Russia was easier because German forces were overstretched and had supply issues as well as weather conditions to deal with. All of this meant that the Germans basically were already in retreat before the Russians actually made their first real victories. So in the situation with Ukraine, it is easy to see Russia does not have the terrain advantage it does not have the international support and it can't simply keep sending troops until it wins as eventually the population will decide that the cost in lives was not worth the gains (much easier is WW2 when it was a case of do or die in defence of the homeland). Russia is on a quick path to losing the war unless sit manages to gain official support from nations like china and declare official war against Ukraine with a renewed invading army, but even then it would require western nations backing down from their support and open ignorance of outside help for Russia. PS: The support of the US/West has really turned the tide of the war, yet it can still be pointed out that the initial response was apparently slow compared to the amount of time the world had to prepare a unified response to stop the attack from evening happening.
Ukraine Mechanized Infantry Units using American M-113 APCs flanked the Russian and cut them off from a rail road supply like. I wish Ukraine had real modern tanks - they have publicly asked for them often enough. Now Ukraine has demonstrated that they can conduct offensive operations with concentrated mass. If we give them the armor they can win the war.
Give them the armor? You want Putin to start using Tactical nukes? The only thing preventing him is the lack of a valid reason to nuke poorly armed enemies!
It's not just what we (the US) have helped them with, a lot of our allies have added to the Ukrainian fight and none of their contributions can be understated either. I'm happy our equipment has helped Ukraine. I'm happy to hear they've taken 20 towns and counting back today. God bless them. God bless their resolve. And God bless their people for being able to stand up and fight for their nation. I wish we could have been actively involved but I understand the bigger global impact a war like that would have. I highly doubt nukes would be out of play if we had been involved. My hopes and prayers go to Russia now, and the growing unrest with their current government. There are even those calling for Putin to be charged with treason. I pray they are able to get it right and end all of the nightmares and headaches his regime have caused.
God bless America, God bless Ukraine, and may God show Russia mercy because we will not. Pretty much everyone in the EU, minus Germany, has made tremendous sacrifices to support Ukraine.
This war will last year's. Battle lines will change for years to come. In the civil war the small town of Winchester VA was taken over 80+ times by the confederacy and the union.
12 of theses are doing damage. And Russia acts like it will pushing forward into other old Soviet countries . They can’t even handle logistics in Ukraine. What makes them think they would push further.
The Russian soldiers have a different mindset than their American counterparts. A Russian soldier will not act without specific orders, while American soldiers are given permission to act if the need rises. Russian hasn't modernized their military either in the last 20 or 30 years, while America is constantly upgrading theirs with the latest tech. I feel china's military probably operates very similar to Russia's.
The truth is that the CIA using HD spy satellites actually send programming info directly to the Ukraine weapons and the Ukrainians just press the "Fire" button when the light turns green. Hard to beat the CIA who sees everything on the battle field with 2000 pairs of eyes mapping intelligence.
I absolutely love the bits of sardonic humor you've peppered this video with. "...the GOOD colonel and his officers. For him the war is over." ⚰ LOL!!!
The one pod missile you speak of, whether it be ATACMS or PRSM, is not a Ballistic or Tactical Ballistic Missile. (ATACMS) It is a maneuvering missile that is extremely hard to counter. They do all sorts of things mid-flight like burning excess fuel or performing a G maneuver to gain range on an enemy. The reason it's not a ballistic missile is because the U.S. Air Force has exclusive rights to manufacture and manage ALL ballistic missiles in the US. ATACMS is an ARMY project, so yeah, it's a maneuvering missile, not a ballistic.
I once worked for a company that built the fight computer for the Global Hawk. It could LOITER at high altitude for days with the fuel efficiency of a Honda Civic. It was the first autonomous aerial system back in the late 90's. They just showed something similar to one in this video. 😄
This is why supporting Ukraine is not just to defend democracy. It's also good business. Everyone is going to switch to buying US weapons + the unlimited business opportunities for helping Ukraine win. good game.
Loan Ukraine 100 each of the HIMARS and M270s with the longer range rockets. Winter is coming and there are millions of Ukrainians needing shelter. Ending the war would free up manpower and resources for the process.
while everyone in the West is focused on equipment as the solution i would like to note that most of the western HIMARS and other advanced systems provided by NATO allie's is actually located in the southern axis: proven by continuous attacks on Crimean bases and such. The main equipment that was used in the Kharkiv offensive by Ukrainians was indeed soviet era military tech. I find it distasteful that every western media outlet uses the reasoning of "NATO equipment" as the sole reason the Ukrainians were able to push the Russian occupiers back. Ukrainian army, its commanders, and their soldiers are battle-hardened, strong-willed, EXTREMELY intelligent in their counteroffensive plans. The level of reconnaissance and preparation combined with the autonomy of Ukrainian commanders is the major reason why the UAF was so successful.
The Iraqi army and the Afghan army were also given US weapons and they did nothing with them. This proves that in comparison, the Ukrainian soldier is indeed motivated, cunning and lethal.
@@yankee1376 it is not rhat we're not doing anything with that weaponry. You make a great point, but the weaponry provided by NATO is instead being used in the south where the situation is much more dire. I believe even the title of the video is wrong and the channel does not give enough credit to Ukrainians, rather pushing the narrative of western weapons being the sole reason for this brilliant cohnteroffensive.
I don't many people are discounting the grit, capability and strong will to fight of the Ukraine military and people that have taken up arms. Ukraine would have fallen quickly if this were not the case. Instead I believe most are just trying to point out that the addition of very capable western military weapon systems are tipping the balance in Ukraine's favor against an invading army that outnumbers them.
As far as we know there is at least one HIMARS in Kharkiv. But you are right the discipline, strength and courage of the Ukrainian forces made it all work. GMLRS rockets can help prepare the battlefield, but the Ukrainians still had to go and fight on it. Oh and the Soviets/Russians have been trying to prevent the US from developing Smart artillery Rocket systems since the 1970's by trying to get them banded by disbarment treaties. I think we now know why.
Cool thing about HIMARS is USMC was able to use an F-35 and its sensors to detect targets on the ground and then send the targeting data via data link straight into HIMARS so that it could destroy the targets.
If I am not mistaken, the Ukrainians are doing basically the same thing using drones rather than manned aircraft, so they aren't using just US military intelligence for targeting.
I remember when we got a couple of HiMARS during OEF before the major push in '09. I remember their first fire mission they didnt warn any of us and when we parked our humvees next to where they were stationed and they blasted off 3 rockets and we all hit the deck and started looking for casualities bc we didnt know wtf was going on with all the smoke.
My tummy is all aflutter watching this vid! It does my heart glad that American military tools and know-how are doing good in the world today. Ukraine will prevail against this illegal invasion! 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine! 🇺🇦 ❤️ From Rochester NY
My respect to the Ukrainians for protecting the free world, Putin bullied and messed with the wrong people this time. Greetings from the Philippines, Slava Ukraini!!!
The greatest weapon that Ukraine has is their people. I've never seen such displays of courage and patriotism. Viva Ukraine! You have all the right to free your lands --- You have all the rights to live in harmony with other nations and be able to choose your leaders in a democratic form of government. Ukraine has the right to be Ukraine. Let Ukraine be!
The Equipment is critical for sure. But the South Vietnamese had the same advanced equipment. The Afghan National Army had it too… they folded in days. In the end it comes down to resolve, training and leadership at all levels- civil and military.
I just wanna take a moment. Up to this point in my life, anytime I watched a youtube video discussing topics like these, it's always been "in history" as in, this happened "before". This is happening now, well in the last couple of weeks. And it's so surreal to me to get detailed knowledge of war and their casualties, while I'm sitting home in safety complaining about the rising price of electricity...
Please watch the whole series then on RUclips called "Russian Roulette" by Vice News. Over 100 short episodes. Spoiler alert, things you watch on TV, CNN, or channels like this may appear different
America is a war nation, it feasts on war, makes money from it, get a power from scaring the other nations with their big guns made from a war money, from death of innocent young people. Ofcouse they'll planned it long ago, and then this videos is a great example how the America's army advertising works. Like: look, if you won't play by our rules these guys will come to your country your home and make you play "democracy".
Also the German PzH2000 even in low numbers are doing massive damage against the russian invasion :D due to its upgraded systems where several troops can hook into for informations right on the field also they calculate the trajectory for several fire batteries of the french artillery a great combination!
lots of western equipment makes a huge impact in ukraine. to claim that the entire russian offensive have been stopped solely due to 12 HIMARS is ridic
It's hard to underappreciate support from all Western countries, especially USA. With this support we already started to pushing russians out of our country. Thanks to every citizen on every country involved in helping Ukraine dealing with this horror.
You guys are making good use of that gear
Yes, it is amazing. I hope Ukraine bounces back, rebuilds and then become a corruption free modern democracy. Cannot wait to visit. The Ukrainian refugees we see are outstanding people. Never one complaint.
Now you guys hail US after some days you will join European countries and make fun of our people
NATO is on your side against 3rd world tyrannical Russia
Heavy price to get the title of most bad assed fighting force in the World Dmytro, but Ukraine most certainly has it...
The equipment is only half of the solution. It was the heart and grit of the Ukrainian people that even made it possible. Look at Afghanistan, literally stone aged to top 20th most geared military over night and still fell within weeks. An ally like the Ukrainian would be irreplaceable in Europe in the future. Ukraine has shown that they were clearly the backbone of the Soviet back in the day.
That's a great way to ut it. They were the heart of the Soviet Union. The base of it's talent, industry, space program etc.
Although i do agree with you. We can’t compare a country with no real fighting spirit and Taliban caves people to Ukraine. The issue with Afghanistan was the sheer incompetence of our willingness to accept that country was never going to change for us. All the Taliban had to do was sit back in caves and have the support of toxic islamic values within much of their society to sit that one out. It’s not like the Taliban actually went head to head with the US military realistically at any point. They only waited for them to leave which is quite the different situation from Ukraines willingness to fight alone. Afghanistan has good willed people and many, but it was never enough to change a whole culture to “western values”
Weapons are 99 percent of it...if not they could pick up sticks and win
That’s right. Agree with everything you said
300,000 casualties. Yeah…
I will say that I'm glad the Ukrainian generals still managed to have a bit of humor during this, blowing up an ammo depot on specifically the 4th of July
That is truly hilarious.
To be fair though, nobody outside the US cares about US holidays in the slightest, just like we won't try to join the "World Series"... the Ukraine won't stop fighting on US Independence Day just like they won't on 9/11... or Christmas, for that matter.
Imagine the USA was under attack... 🤷🏽♂️
Its like it's a meme war
Now THERE’s some fireworks. What’s more American than kicking some handsy tyrant’s teeth in on Independence Day?
I’m Ukrainian and this video made me so happy. Thank you!! 🇺🇸
Slava Ukraine Putin will loose these War
We love u Ukraine. I pray for you everyday 🎉.
As an American I promise you are not alone. Frankly, I would be willing to pay much higher taxes to support you even more than we are. And I hope you will be a nato member as soon as possible.
Does losing 400k AFU personal makes you happy?
@@emilysplace91 before the invasion, we are are with you, after the invasion, we pray every day for you🙈🇺🇸💪
The Ukrainian firework show on the 4th of July they put on for us made me shed a tear. theyre so cool.
I am a former US Army combat Infantryman and I have to say Im very impressed with the Ukraine people. We may have given them the weapons but their refusal to back down is what is making Russia pay.
Indeed, it is all about the determined support of the people. Because we all know what happens when the USA supports a regime that has only luke warm support of the people, there will be luke warm support of the soldiers - put too much pressure on them and they cave, case in point, Afghanistan!. Soldiers will not fight in a very determined way for a regime they are only luke warm about,,,, or a cause they are only luke warm about - i am sure this is a reality Putin is finding out about with his own forces, because they don't want to be in Ukraine dying for what?... but there is a flip side to this the world needs to keep in mind, because, depending on how events unfold if at any point the average Russian soldier believed their nation was imperiled, your going to see an entirely different animal, capable of feats that we don't want to think about if we are to sleep well at night.
wow
Wow
@@parkplace6677 Wow yourself
Compared to Afghanistan the Ukrainians actually are willing to fight
Hello from Ukraine!Thank you for your Himars we really love them!!!
No prob!👍🏽
If US developed this weapon in 90s, you can imagin what kinds of modern weapns are in stock in 2022.
You have what you develop 20 years ago. What you develop today will be used in 2040s.
@@favorius Not true lol.
That implies “stopping and starting”. But in the Pentagon, the grind never stops when it comes to new technology.
Not a weapon. It's "special military equipment."
“Technically” 😂
Well all i eanna say The american is making the war longer and bloodier 🙏🙏
If the west did not interfere this russia ukraine war. This war is already ended months ago
Anything can be a weapon if you are creative enough
It's not inflation, it's special economical adjustment
It's also not beating. It's "special military drill"
I was in a HIMARS unit. 5/3 HHB 17th fires brigade. “Steel Rain” !!! I was a surveyor. I know all about the accuracy. Well trained soldiers can still be extremely accurate even WITHOUT gps assistance.
13M 1991-97
warheads on foreheads
thank you for your service ! c'mon guys where you at?!
Ur a true hero thank u for ur service and sacrifices I'm so grateful and thankful for the men and women that protect our freedoms no words can describe my appreciation for u all
True, but it’s the fact that the U.S. is providing GPS data to these HIMARS that our American intelligence obtains in real time. Technology is dang cool….well, until it’s used against us, but that’s another story
From what I understand we have only given the the short range himars(92kilometers), mostly because with long range(300kilometers) it could strike into Russian territory and thats pushing the boundaries of assistance vs teaming up
yeah, I've read this in multiple sources as well.
US made weapons attacking Russia territory would be a declaration of war, something the US wants to very much avoid.
This is why they are making those sham referendums to join Russia, so US won't dare provide assistance to Ukraine in regaining the lost territories.
This just gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
Himars uses a 3-axle truck. Therefore, it is easy to convert older Kamaz trucks so that they could be mistakenly attacked as Himars. So the Russians thought they destroyed more Himars than were handed over to Ukraine. But the wasted Russian precision ammunition was probably at least 10 times the price of a fake Himars truck.
Bro Russia used cruiser missiles to destroy the wooden himars, thay missile cost a few milions dollars
Himars got the same launch fingerprint as the Soviet GRAD system
Ukrainians even fired HIMARS next to grad’s t
Before Russia realizes it isn’t an unguided grad, the himars rocket hits its target
To drop a bomb from one f35 cost 7 million after everything.
@@tym6245 including tip?
@@tym6245 The thing is, when an F35 or other expensive American weapons are used, they destroy things worth several or hundreds of times the value.
Russian weapons, however, are cheaper, but don’t hit anything.
It's crazy that you could basically tell your enemy what you are going to do, yet they still can't do anything about it.
its not they can't do anything about it, its just going take a lil time to mobilize the boys and their equipment to counter attack.
When the US spends so much of its arms its not surprising. Isn't the saying "the US will never enter a fair fight"
Russia is adopting gas war, that may be better.😃😃😃😃😃
@@frodobaggins9474 better? They use tanks and gas...tactics from DECADES ago. They fell behind in the arms race and keep trying to conquer, foh "better" XDXD
@@frodobaggins9474 you mean hot gas like the stuff Putin produces every time he blames the war on everyone else but himself and a desire to re-create the soviet union (a long dead relic).
The only thing that can help the Russians now is direct involvement by China and possibly India, as this would not only give direct assistance against Ukraine but turn the conflict into WW3.
But regardless of the turn of events, Russia was never in a position to win this conflict by itself and is defiantly 100% in the wrong.
6:50 Happy 4th of July, Ukraine...glad we could help! Keep fighting the good fight, you're an inspiration to us all!
My heart melts for Ukraine 🇺🇦 I support you with all my heart. Glory to Ukraine may God be with you. I will do my part.
This war has been a great example of how precision weapons are more effective than a whole battery of unguided artillery.
That shows how deep the corruption is in russia
everyone here believes this cartoon!! Lol
You are wrong on the facts: Ukrainian casualties are many times greater than those of Ukraine. The video is entirely false.
@@3pendont4 I mean it's also common sense, ofc AI guided missiles powered by US intelligence is better than raw manpower.
@@OP-er3fg well who really knows what we have or Russia has? most real information is classified and will never make it to the public for 20 plus years.
I actually work with these in the Marine Corps. We just got them on the east coast not to long ago. The possibilities with this artillery system are insane and they are fun to work with less casualty rates if an incident were to occur
One person told that Marines are the place where the army sends if they find out that you have low iq. Is it true? Hope its not.
@@thilakhari it's not that it's low IQ, marines are brutes of the war, they are our support fire while our army works to make preventions inside the war they are intelligence honestly. But they will fight if they have to. Navy is the same it's brute force and air support due to high speed & accuracy air vehicles.
@HK J Not me. Someone in qoura was arguing with a marine related to some issue in geopolitics, that's when that user told whatever I mentioned above.
@@thilakhari It's a running joke that marines aren't as intelligent as other branches of the US armed forces. But it's just that: a joke.
The quibbling between the services has to end. There is glory enough for all.
As a former HIMARS and MLRS crewmember, I am glad to see they are laying down some hate and discontent on the Russians.
I can not believe the amount of dedication the Ukrainian people put into defending their homeland! When you step on a snake it bites back.
Honestly, I have learned a lot about Ukraine from different videos like this I feel that people are just forgetting that there is a huge war going on.
I will never forget about this war
Sorry I forgot it was a special operation and the Russians are retreating victoriously /s
@@anonnimoose7987 strategically running away
@@Rogue_Centurion advancing to the rear
So what you’re saying is you forgot about the war until you saw it again on RUclips. I imagine you’re not alone.
The second best weapon Ukraine has right now is the ability of the Russia soldier to run for the border.
Very true
And I feel for those young Russian conscripts who don't understand what they're fighting for.
@@ufosrus Not sure why that matters. American warmongerers never understood what they're fighting for either, they invaded a country out for no reason, invaded another one from a lie, then imposed imperialism in another one for no real reason.
Perhaps you should rethink who you consider the good guys. If you had to choose between the US or Russia, which one has more sins?
Sun Tzu right there. To ensure victory, make sure your enemy has a means of escape.
I was 13M in Desert Storm. You ought to see a whole battery of these things launching all at the same time.
Is worth mentioning that Ukraine has some older M270s from UK. Even they are not very fast, they are still deadly.
Half the speed, but twice the firepower. Im sure Ukraine aint minding that compromise. 🤣
The Ukraine pilots are using HARMs also. With SAMs taken out their planes are also taking out supply and support systems, plus control points. Shows you how good their SAM systems are against HARMs. Ukraine HARMs have taken out the Russian 300's also. All the abilities Russia always boasted about is no where to be seen.
Yes all that graft and faking reports about readiness is coming to bite them now. Will guess that they are still using cold war era ammunition and supplies, as there is nothing newer around. That will mean a bigger part of the errors and injuries will be self inflicted, either shells that are duds and do not go off, or detonate in the gun and blow it up on firing, because the explosives have reacted to form sensitive compounds, to straight up food poisoning from long expired rations.
I dont think they are going that far into the rear, but in an Offensive it allows for interdiction fire, which is the Main use of aviation in an offensive
I can see Turkey throwing their S400s in the garbage
Russia is like that kid who failed 3rd grade three times, and is a "big boy" when put together with 3rd graders (Georgia, Moldova, etc). Among middle schoolers he is not impressive at all. High schoolers like USA would wipe him in a direct fight. The only thing Russia impresses with is their nuclear weapons and their gas reserves, otherwise they would be a giant Kazahstan.
All of Russias boasting was pure propaganda. As we now can see. I imagine that China is pure propaganda at this point, too. The only thing they have is numbers. But with large numbers comes the need of effective logistics. I feel most of their troops would starve in the long run. They can barely afford to feed their citizens effectively.
How delighting it's to watch this video. May those brave Ukrainian soldiers keep up with their noble mission to defend their country and people.
“It’s” is for possession/ ownership.
Example: it’s your car.
In the context you used you say “ it is”.
Don’t always contract words in English.
Just helping. I can tell you are learning a new language.
Also use “delightful”
In summary,
Quality over quantity 👌
It's interesting to hear the southern offensive being passed off as fact a month later. They really did do a good job at keeping the northern offensive quiet.
Funny how he recorded this video a long time ago and said we might have already seen the counteroffensive by the time the video comes out, and the counteroffensive that allowed Ukraine to reclaim a HUGE amount of territory literally just happened. lol
5% of territory with heavy casualties 10 - 20 k soldiers. Nothing to brag about.
@@kkarx that's propaganda that you are fed by russian state run media,you russian bot.10-20K soldiers dead,just look at the gap in your estimation,shows that you don't know what you talking about,you just bluffing.
@@kkarx More like close to 10k POWs of Russian soldiers. Way More equipements and military assests compared to what other countries sent! Ukranians are now calling the shots!
@@gertuy1 Man if that was true Ukraine would not talk about anything else, pictures of marching pows would be all over the wester pro Ukraine news, etc. There are hardly any russian pow. Ukraine banned all journalists to cover the battles because of their terrible losses.
@@kkarx cap
12 trucks helped turn the tide of the war. Granted, it's 12 crews and the ammo and parts needed to keep the 12 HIMARS trucks going, but that just goes to show how powerful American weapons are.
Powerful and effective
Yes, and no. Russia failed in one of the most fundamental and important early goals in modern war: air dominance. If they had held the skys, this may have been a different story. Its mind-boggling, that they didn't take the skies...
@@anoriolkoyt cant take the skies if you dont have enought up to date planes.
The USA 🇺🇸 makes some pretty good weapons.
@@B.W.165 16 then. My mistake. I had written 16 at first, but changed it to 12.
If this is what the US is giving to Ukraine, just imagine what is in their arsenal that they are not giving… unreal
😳 robots ? 😂
God bless, Ukrainians. I wish we could help more, but I'm glad you're taking the weapons and technology we have and using them with such bravery and resolve. -random US person
you should research the roots of Azov and the ideology that has become indemic to Ukraine since 2013. Moreover, what has been done to innocent children/civilians in Donbas over the last 8 years at the hands of the Ukraine government. All that said, God help us all if the current Ukraine government ever got nukes...
Thanks America for helping against this insane devil putin slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
@@Jimmy-1867
The Ukraine government has been shelling the Ukraine Russian territories for over 8 year killing civilians in mass.
@@_oly_241 slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥
I'm from Ukraine, and now you know that we know how to use them, and how important this Himars are. We need them more, to finish this war faster! Thank you for help, we appreciate this!
We really shouldn’t give y’all nun our prices crazy asf for food gas n allat n our homelessness rates crazy😂😂😂
@@zephsmokes Faster we will finish war, faster prices will return to normal
@@HerecomesNight HAHAHAHA so delusional
God bless you and keep you sir! As an American I am proud that my country is willing and able to help yours.
@@outerrealm Thank You! All Ukrainians will not forget how you and your country help us!
"Modern warfare isn't about devastating power. It's precision. Strategic design with minimal loss of life." - Reiji Takayama from the 'Witchblade' anime
Awesome time for that quote, and I really enjoyed that anime.
@@ronquin5272 me too
MODERN WARFARE 2
I've just subscribed! Fantastic content and superb narration! (the best).
This newly acquired weapon system should help the Ukraine in a big way against Pukin and his henchmen.
BTW. Do you need the coordinates for the Kremlin?
"Do you need the coordinates for the Kremlin?"
We have had those for quite some time now. Thank you.
It’s not just the weapons it’s also the soldiers.
I was in the MLRS in the eighties and early nineties. We knew we were in a world class unit. But I had no real idea how good our stuff was. Of course that was early models. Not as well guided but we were fearsome for the time. We trained at least half my time in the army in the "shoot and scoot" tactics. We thought we might have to face the Russian hordes in the Fulda Gap. Now the Ukrainians are the brave ones to show the Russians what they would of been up against. Gridsmashers!!!
But honestly after the Berlin wall fell and I was there to see the East Germans drive into Germany in their little trabbies and we passed them on the German autobahn driving back from Grafenwohr I had dreams that Russia might someday become an ally of America. What couldnt America and Russia have not achieved if we had become partners. We had a brief moment in the early 90's where I think something amazing could of happened. IF Russia and America could of had a little courage maybe we could of brought Russia into something like Nato. I cant blame Russia totally. I think somewhere American diplomacy failed. Maybe if we had offered the Russians a new Marshall plan we could of helped them avoid the Oligarchs. I dont know. I feel a wonderful chance was lost.
This could have happened as late as 2019. Putin and Trump ,while adversaries, at least respected each other and could possibly have come to an understanding.
Russia could and should have been an ally.
You can blame the likes of the Kochs for blocking Russia's progress towards social democracy and the installation of Yelstin in order to allow asset-stripping of the country instead, which in turn allowed the development of a mafia state
Biden’s Teleprompter’s Internationalists Faction, for reasons unknown, wanted Conflict with Russia no matter what
Anyone who isn’t onboard will soon be deemed domestic terrorists/extremists & for some reason, wyte supremacists
Well said. I hope this is still possible. Both countries see the other as a problem. I understand why Russia does not want NATO in the Ukraine. Also I am sure the Russians know more about the under the table dealings that have been going on there. I disagree with the invasion though. It would be nice if this could be settled at the table instead of war.
Instead of going with the rule of law in the 1990`s in Russia the leaders commenced to looting what the Russian people should have owned to rebuild their country. Unfortunately,the old Soviet mindset was still in place for the KGB/FSB and their cronies to grab what they always grabbed in the bad old days.Leopards can`t change their spots.
When a nation has to threaten another with nukes, that's when you know they can't defeat said nation without nukes...
Why do they have to they have nukes. Nukes are all they really need. ☠️☠️☠️
Russia wanted to become as powerful as the Soviet Union again, but instead they're heading for North Korean power. All they have is the threat of nukes to make them safe.
what do we do if they do use Nukes ?
@@sausage4mash the world ends
@@sausage4mash we all die
The fact that both countries want to test their weapons. You will never see a world in peace.
@ 2:00 made me laugh so hard.
" for him, the war is over " 🤣🤣🤣
Slava Ukraine. Glory to the heroes.
Agreed but i hate they make "yavoriv military poligon strike" to happen, and no one talking about this
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slava ukraini*. let’s all keep saying it in ukrainian!
@@NataliaSolina Cope bot.🤣😂🤣😂
@@NataliaSolina cope, seethe, dilate
The fact that the M270 MLRS was designed to counter Soviet threats in Europe if they invaded NATO countries. So it's not surprising that the HIMARS is performing so well against Russian forces. Using the tactics of the Minutemen from the American Revolutionary War, the Ukrainians are using the HIMARS from concealment and moving on before they are targeted. A little bit we call shoot, move, and communicate. I'm sure a lot of NATO veterans from the cold war are really watching the news on how well NATO military equipment is fairing against the dredded Russian bear.
Truly a paper bear
You would think they would learn to adapt to a guerrilla campaign after the Winter War, back in 39. Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it, I guess.
It's not really. Or half of Ukraine wouldn't be destroyed today.
You mean half of Ukraine wouldn’t be destroyed if Russian leaders had any sense of morality. But in terms of performance it is clear Russia would get dominated by NATO weaponry. Otherwise they wouldn’t have already had tens of thousands of their lives thrown in the trash needlessly fighting Ukraine and it’s hand me down weapons.
A bear dies to a bullet
Easy watch and informative. Would love to see more credit given to Ukraine.
0:37 cleaning background apps and freeing up the memory before a launch is very important, I agree
Imagine your entire massive military being taken down by a dozen trucks. Don't forget that the Russians were digging trenches at Chernobyl and getting radiation poisoning. Complete incompetence.
The Eff they doing in Chernobyl? They better relocate those poor men or they'll die without a cause.
@@benfrank9622 alot of them already died from radiation poisoning. This happened at the start of the invasion
@@awhaler44 yeah.
A lit were in belarussian hospitals probably second hand poisoning the doctors and other patients.
Yes it is just your imagination.
It seems the Russians total incompetence stems from a lack of real care about it's soldiers.
Based on both results and information from both sides it is easy to conclude that Russia though to win this war like it did in turning the tables on Germany in WW2, via sheer numbers and a willingness to sacrifice any number of soldiers to win each engagement.
But even the WW2 turnaround was not a real success, Russia was receiving military aid from allied nations and the Germans were fighting on multiple fronts. Defending Russia was easier because German forces were overstretched and had supply issues as well as weather conditions to deal with. All of this meant that the Germans basically were already in retreat before the Russians actually made their first real victories.
So in the situation with Ukraine, it is easy to see Russia does not have the terrain advantage it does not have the international support and it can't simply keep sending troops until it wins as eventually the population will decide that the cost in lives was not worth the gains (much easier is WW2 when it was a case of do or die in defence of the homeland).
Russia is on a quick path to losing the war unless sit manages to gain official support from nations like china and declare official war against Ukraine with a renewed invading army, but even then it would require western nations backing down from their support and open ignorance of outside help for Russia.
PS: The support of the US/West has really turned the tide of the war, yet it can still be pointed out that the initial response was apparently slow compared to the amount of time the world had to prepare a unified response to stop the attack from evening happening.
Very informative report. Thank you for the research and data presented. Like the comment guidelines too.
THIS one is precise, exact and informative. I think this is one of the best infographics DOCUMENTARY made.
Good job.
Except it's all wrong. Russia is annexing 4 more regions of Ukraine next week lol. That doesn't seem like winning for Ukraine.
Best because it fits your echo chamber. Funny.
Crazy thing about them is a F-35 can connect to a HIMARS unit and actually fire the rocket
Ukraine: "Say 'hello' to my little friend!"
Ukraine Mechanized Infantry Units using American M-113 APCs flanked the Russian and cut them off from a rail road supply like.
I wish Ukraine had real modern tanks - they have publicly asked for them often enough.
Now Ukraine has demonstrated that they can conduct offensive operations with concentrated mass. If we give them the armor they can win the war.
Yup, and then Ukraine would probably become one of our greatest European allies
If they send modern tanks, if they lose, now advanced tanks are in Russia's hands
So an inferior military with superior weapons will hold their own or even have the upper hand in the conflict. Very interesting
Give them the armor? You want Putin to start using Tactical nukes? The only thing preventing him is the lack of a valid reason to nuke poorly armed enemies!
@@VGK702 i mean ukraine Will be like 20 million People after war so
Fight on Ukraine!
Alternate title: infographic show roasting Russia for 11 minutes
It's not just what we (the US) have helped them with, a lot of our allies have added to the Ukrainian fight and none of their contributions can be understated either. I'm happy our equipment has helped Ukraine. I'm happy to hear they've taken 20 towns and counting back today.
God bless them. God bless their resolve. And God bless their people for being able to stand up and fight for their nation. I wish we could have been actively involved but I understand the bigger global impact a war like that would have. I highly doubt nukes would be out of play if we had been involved.
My hopes and prayers go to Russia now, and the growing unrest with their current government. There are even those calling for Putin to be charged with treason. I pray they are able to get it right and end all of the nightmares and headaches his regime have caused.
God bless America, God bless Ukraine, and may God show Russia mercy because we will not.
Pretty much everyone in the EU, minus Germany, has made tremendous sacrifices to support Ukraine.
Yes puppet minion regime change chant with the narrative... What flavor coolaide are you snorting?
@@theashpilez learn to type bobby...
@@HotChokolate007 I honestly have no idea what he was trying to say. Honestly I don't think he knows what he was trying to say.
This war will last year's. Battle lines will change for years to come. In the civil war the small town of Winchester VA was taken over 80+ times by the confederacy and the union.
12 of theses are doing damage. And Russia acts like it will pushing forward into other old Soviet countries . They can’t even handle logistics in Ukraine. What makes them think they would push further.
Agreed but i saw 1 video where Russia destroy himars i dont know to be fair
The Russian soldiers have a different mindset than their American counterparts.
A Russian soldier will not act without specific orders, while American soldiers are given permission to act if the need rises.
Russian hasn't modernized their military either in the last 20 or 30 years, while America is constantly upgrading theirs with the latest tech.
I feel china's military probably operates very similar to Russia's.
They can't.
@@greenktooUnderestimating your opponents because they have sanctions on their heads is a bad idea.
The truth is that the CIA using HD spy satellites actually send programming info directly to the Ukraine weapons and the Ukrainians just press the "Fire" button when the light turns green. Hard to beat the CIA who sees everything on the battle field with 2000 pairs of eyes mapping intelligence.
I absolutely love the bits of sardonic humor you've peppered this video with. "...the GOOD colonel and his officers. For him the war is over." ⚰ LOL!!!
Military Industrial Complex thanks you for your service in providing this quality informercial. Curr Ahee.
The one pod missile you speak of, whether it be ATACMS or PRSM, is not a Ballistic or Tactical Ballistic Missile. (ATACMS) It is a maneuvering missile that is extremely hard to counter. They do all sorts of things mid-flight like burning excess fuel or performing a G maneuver to gain range on an enemy.
The reason it's not a ballistic missile is because the U.S. Air Force has exclusive rights to manufacture and manage ALL ballistic missiles in the US. ATACMS is an ARMY project, so yeah, it's a maneuvering missile, not a ballistic.
that's good information, thanks
If only russia didn't spent its time threatening and tried improving relations
He is into to much trouble now even if he did try to improve relations. They will consider him a terrorist if he tried to stop the war.
right, they should have joined nato
@@jrdsm but nato didn’t want Russia to join
@@channingshores45 I'm saying with other countries that hate nato,like the middle east and china,China hates Russia
@@jrdsm if russia joined it would've defeated the purpose of nato
I once worked for a company that built the fight computer for the Global Hawk. It could LOITER at high altitude for days with the fuel efficiency of a Honda Civic. It was the first autonomous aerial system back in the late 90's.
They just showed something similar to one in this video. 😄
Totally awesome!!!
This is why supporting Ukraine is not just to defend democracy. It's also good business. Everyone is going to switch to buying US weapons + the unlimited business opportunities for helping Ukraine win. good game.
Let us pray that the Ukraine will fall. Winter is coming. Hopefully it will be a long cold winter and the Ukraine will have to surrender or die trying
@@user-sz2px8pv3f the meat riding is craaazzyyyyy
@@monkc3812 first
@@monkc3812 😂😂😂
@@monkc3812 Huh?
Ukraine: hey USA I need he- USA: Take my guns!
Good one lol!!!
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And, "I'll hold yer beer for ya.
Whiskey and weapons, all you need to win a war, and both something we got plenty of to spare lol.
, 🤣🤣🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@boydrobertson2362 as opposed to "old weapons" and to much Vodka like the RuZZians have plenty of ....
Слава Україні
These videos are really the best!
Hope this war don't drag us into this war!
Rússia: getting your flagship sunk by an enemy without a navy 😁👌🏻
Loan Ukraine 100 each of the HIMARS and M270s with the longer range rockets. Winter is coming and there are millions of Ukrainians needing shelter. Ending the war would free up manpower and resources for the process.
100 ATACM missles will get them through the winter.
Even if they win they will be broke, lose lose scenario
ukraine fighters will be hanging their hats in moscow since russia destroyed their homes
The animation is so good.. bravo Ukrainian..
Keep stacking them up boys! Glory to Ukraine!
Fascinating information. Presentation is simple to follow. Destruction capabilities are more devastating than I imagined. Thank you.
while everyone in the West is focused on equipment as the solution i would like to note that most of the western HIMARS and other advanced systems provided by NATO allie's is actually located in the southern axis: proven by continuous attacks on Crimean bases and such. The main equipment that was used in the Kharkiv offensive by Ukrainians was indeed soviet era military tech. I find it distasteful that every western media outlet uses the reasoning of "NATO equipment" as the sole reason the Ukrainians were able to push the Russian occupiers back. Ukrainian army, its commanders, and their soldiers are battle-hardened, strong-willed, EXTREMELY intelligent in their counteroffensive plans. The level of reconnaissance and preparation combined with the autonomy of Ukrainian commanders is the major reason why the UAF was so successful.
The Iraqi army and the Afghan army were also given US weapons and they did nothing with them. This proves that in comparison, the Ukrainian soldier is indeed motivated, cunning and lethal.
@@yankee1376 it is not rhat we're not doing anything with that weaponry. You make a great point, but the weaponry provided by NATO is instead being used in the south where the situation is much more dire. I believe even the title of the video is wrong and the channel does not give enough credit to Ukrainians, rather pushing the narrative of western weapons being the sole reason for this brilliant cohnteroffensive.
Don’t forget that they are also nato trained my guy
I don't many people are discounting the grit, capability and strong will to fight of the Ukraine military and people that have taken up arms. Ukraine would have fallen quickly if this were not the case. Instead I believe most are just trying to point out that the addition of very capable western military weapon systems are tipping the balance in Ukraine's favor against an invading army that outnumbers them.
As far as we know there is at least one HIMARS in Kharkiv. But you are right the discipline, strength and courage of the Ukrainian forces made it all work. GMLRS rockets can help prepare the battlefield, but the Ukrainians still had to go and fight on it. Oh and the Soviets/Russians have been trying to prevent the US from developing Smart artillery Rocket systems since the 1970's by trying to get them banded by disbarment treaties. I think we now know why.
9:24 having dumb ammunition is one thing, having unencrypted communication is dumb on a whole new level
Its "cannot be OVERstated." In other words, the system is so great you could brag and STILL be right.
Cool thing about HIMARS is USMC was able to use an F-35 and its sensors to detect targets on the ground and then send the targeting data via data link straight into HIMARS so that it could destroy the targets.
If I am not mistaken, the Ukrainians are doing basically the same thing using drones rather than manned aircraft, so they aren't using just US military intelligence for targeting.
Yep it's all part of an interconnected system, which only a part if it we are seeing in Ukraine
I'm worried that Russia is getting embarrassed so badly they will end up using a nuke.
If Russia use a nuke, the west will respond which Russia stand no chance, they couldnt even stop Himars.
They would basically have to nuke their own country cuz Ukraine is too close to them, the fallout and radiation would reach Moscow 🤣
They won't, only morons are talking this, its so dumb lol
I remember when we got a couple of HiMARS during OEF before the major push in '09. I remember their first fire mission they didnt warn any of us and when we parked our humvees next to where they were stationed and they blasted off 3 rockets and we all hit the deck and started looking for casualities bc we didnt know wtf was going on with all the smoke.
How’d that fire mission go?
@@paulsd9255 probably pretty good. the fob was far into the mountains and it was quicker than getting air on the hook
Cannot be OVERSTATED!!
Is it me or is your content getting much more interesting 🤨. I’m interested in this.
They are inflicting high damage on the Russians with only 12 of these units Imagine if they had 50 of them or 100.
Thats it, take credit for everything.
Everyone is helping.
My tummy is all aflutter watching this vid! It does my heart glad that American military tools and know-how are doing good in the world today. Ukraine will prevail against this illegal invasion!
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine! 🇺🇦
❤️ From Rochester NY
Hopefully they cover the counter offensive and how well it has been working out these last few weeks. Great video as always
My respect to the Ukrainians for protecting the free world, Putin bullied and messed with the wrong people this time. Greetings from the Philippines, Slava Ukraini!!!
waiting for the chechens to rise up and fight the empire from the inside
Send more of these trucks! 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦
The greatest weapon that Ukraine has is their people. I've never seen such displays of courage and patriotism. Viva Ukraine! You have all the right to free your lands --- You have all the rights to live in harmony with other nations and be able to choose your leaders in a democratic form of government. Ukraine has the right to be Ukraine. Let Ukraine be!
Thank you for bringing such good information.
Half of that consider fake
The Equipment is critical for sure. But the South Vietnamese had the same advanced equipment. The Afghan National Army had it too… they folded in days. In the end it comes down to resolve, training and leadership at all levels- civil and military.
Darn right!
The South Viets had their supplies shut off by the US Democrat congress, Ford was begging them to supply the Viets but was told "NO."
South Vietnam was betrayed
Most informative.
Victory to Ukraine Love from 🇳🇵 Nepal.
God bless Ukraine.
Slava Ukraini
God bless America
@SpookRat nice to have allies isn't it
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It's always HIMARS o'clock somewhere
Had to pick up my Saint HIMARS shirt. Remember using the M142 truck in BF4. Devastating tbh.
I just wanna take a moment. Up to this point in my life, anytime I watched a youtube video discussing topics like these, it's always been "in history" as in, this happened "before". This is happening now, well in the last couple of weeks. And it's so surreal to me to get detailed knowledge of war and their casualties, while I'm sitting home in safety complaining about the rising price of electricity...
ikr
Please watch the whole series then on RUclips called "Russian Roulette" by Vice News. Over 100 short episodes. Spoiler alert, things you watch on TV, CNN, or channels like this may appear different
America is a war nation, it feasts on war, makes money from it, get a power from scaring the other nations with their big guns made from a war money, from death of innocent young people.
Ofcouse they'll planned it long ago, and then this videos is a great example how the America's army advertising works.
Like: look, if you won't play by our rules these guys will come to your country your home and make you play "democracy".
This new animation was so realistic and beautiful
Why do you keep alternating between the HIMARS and the M270 for graphics?
Wow with a precision of half a meter 😮
Also the German PzH2000 even in low numbers are doing massive damage against the russian invasion :D due to its upgraded systems where several troops can hook into for informations right on the field also they calculate the trajectory for several fire batteries of the french artillery a great combination!
lots of western equipment makes a huge impact in ukraine. to claim that the entire russian offensive have been stopped solely due to 12 HIMARS is ridic
Not only HIMARS but also M270 GMLRS from European allies which is the heavier tracked version with double the rockets.
psst. Americans somehow need to justify their bonkers military budgets. So it sounds better if they actually had something unique to show for it.
Not the weapons so much, superior tactics and leadership from the great ukrainian army.
Weapons are good the people and fighters are the strongest thing they have.
They should rename it to HI-IVAN lol
Bravo