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
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!"
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.
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
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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...
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.
@15:35 I live in Utah pretty close to the army National Guard that’s within a couple or a few miles away and it’s interesting that once in a while, you’ll hear tanks shooting and stuff like that and it’s because they are just practicing. They also fly helicopters everywhere as well.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 live right near an rocket and artilery field. Our town has a schedule given to the township of the level of noise they are planning on a color grade. Recently its been orange to red. Red being them testing live rounds an expect your house to shake. It took a little while but now I'm really used to it. ❤
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 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
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.
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.
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"?
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.❤️🤣😂
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.
Father should have let his daughter know all that killing equipment is for her absolute protection against those who may try to take away her freedom and protection. That's it. And that they are Not used to bully others, just defend and protect ❤
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
You can get used to it. Sounds absurd but eventually it’s just another day. Grew up near an Air Force base. You just don’t hang up pictures or get used to them getting shook off the wall.
For anyone with a fear of this type of weaponry, confront your fears and understand that many people in many countries around the world get to live the lives they do because of the existence of these weapons and the men and women who operate them. I spent over 20 years in the US Army and worked directly on or with some of the systems in this video. I would go back today.
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.?
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.
$27 a round seemed really high for the C-RAM but then I found out their not just bullets, their 20mm High Explosive incendiary tracer rounds that also self destruct lmao
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).
Its funny that you said "imagine going to McDonald's in one of those" referring to the tank because the 2017 winner of the World's Strongest Man, owns a tank that he sometimes drives around his town in England and puts the footage on his RUclips channel. You should check out his channel as he has a lot of fun videos where he does eating challenges and other entertaining things.
Oh yea fun fact about the Apache helicopters 14:53 wherever the pilot of the chopper is looking is where the helicopter is looking meaning if the pilot sees you then so does the chopper. And out A10 Warthogs are literally giant guns with planes attacked to them. (No im not joking we made the guns and then made the plane around the guns) also you should see us nuclear test footage. We made a nuclear cannon. And we recorded all our nuclear tests.
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 😂😂
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. 🇺🇸👍
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
Dodging fish and wildlife is the most American thing I’ve heard you all doing!! Lmfaooo
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.
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😍
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Garin seems like such a fun lad. Great video guys. 👍👍👍👍
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.
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!"
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.
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
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.
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.
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😂
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 🇺🇸
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
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.
U.S.Army Combat Military Police Veteran..dont worrys guys ,we allies ,we got your back..
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.
Ft.Stewart Ga. resident we hear bombing all the time when units are training. You just go on with your day.
To me your family is American!! 🇺🇸 god bless you and the family! Hopefully your kids come to the states for college!
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
@Leia... I once read in a grade school book, "You can fit a burro in a peanut butter jar if you pack it right"...
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
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.
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
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.
The guided artillery round Is a program for inside the tank and a reaper drone
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...
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.
Those camouflage nets have small pieces of radar scattering metal in them.
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I live in Utah pretty close to the army National Guard that’s within a couple or a few miles away and it’s interesting that once in a while, you’ll hear tanks shooting and stuff like that and it’s because they are just practicing. They also fly helicopters everywhere as well.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After 9- 11 a song was written called "The angry American" by Toby Keith. Check it out.
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.
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.
Former 75th Ranger Regiment, thanks for the video.
I was an M2 gunner my second tour. It's a reliable machine gun.
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 live right near an rocket and artilery field. Our town has a schedule given to the township of the level of noise they are planning on a color grade. Recently its been orange to red. Red being them testing live rounds an expect your house to shake. It took a little while but now I'm really used to it. ❤
Holy crap, LOL, that's really gotta lower home values in the area.
76 yo 11B 101st 66-72. Airborne !!
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 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.
Retired Navy HMC and was in Iraq during Desert Storm/Desert Shield and Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. We are the best hands down…
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 Apache Longbow D Variant is a MF’er….grunts dream
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.
Living near the testing, you do get used to the noises. Tell her this isnt the reason you worry. These are the reasons, you dont need to worry.
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.
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"?
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.
Javelin has the option to attack from above where armor is more vulnerable.
That bullet your daughter said would hurt it would actually rip your body to pieces.
those testing grounds are bigger than some countries
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
Army Medical Corps veteran. Hello from Pennsylvania!
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.❤️🤣😂
The patriot missle is way more evolved than what they're showing dont be scared you're safe
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.
Father should have let his daughter know all that killing equipment is for her absolute protection against those who may try to take away her freedom and protection. That's it. And that they are Not used to bully others, just defend and protect ❤
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
The Javelin attacks from the top because that's where the armor is the weakest ❤
ive heard that with the apache heli's the guns follow the pilots eyes/heads. where they look the gun follows.
You can get used to it. Sounds absurd but eventually it’s just another day. Grew up near an Air Force base. You just don’t hang up pictures or get used to them getting shook off the wall.
That's good. Father son time.
Yeah, for the MH-6, they are jump strapped in, meaning they are hooked to the interior of the airframe.
Just think if is in the middle of life. Don't worry we are friends these are made to stop bad persons not friendly people.
The testing grounds in the USA are thousands of miles wide, and far from civilian settlements.
For anyone with a fear of this type of weaponry, confront your fears and understand that many people in many countries around the world get to live the lives they do because of the existence of these weapons and the men and women who operate them. I spent over 20 years in the US Army and worked directly on or with some of the systems in this video. I would go back today.
The m270 has the nickname "grid square killer"
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.?
That vehicle has is an attachment. You can attach the battering ram. 4:34
I just found this channel and my 1st name is Graham.
That's all old props for show like a museum😂
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.
You have a harness on the helo, you are correct
The howitzer round didn't go off because you have to hit the head of the cone pretty hard for it to go off.
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.
$27 a round seemed really high for the C-RAM but then I found out their not just bullets, their 20mm High Explosive incendiary tracer rounds that also self destruct lmao
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).
Its funny that you said "imagine going to McDonald's in one of those" referring to the tank because the 2017 winner of the World's Strongest Man, owns a tank that he sometimes drives around his town in England and puts the footage on his RUclips channel. You should check out his channel as he has a lot of fun videos where he does eating challenges and other entertaining things.
Oh yea fun fact about the Apache helicopters 14:53 wherever the pilot of the chopper is looking is where the helicopter is looking meaning if the pilot sees you then so does the chopper. And out A10 Warthogs are literally giant guns with planes attacked to them. (No im not joking we made the guns and then made the plane around the guns) also you should see us nuclear test footage. We made a nuclear cannon. And we recorded all our nuclear tests.
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.