What are White Phosphorus Bombs and How it Works?
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- How White Phosphorus Bomb works? White Phosphorus Bombs are being used by Israel and Russia in the ongoing conflict. What is a White Phosphorus Bomb and how do they work? In this video with the help of 3d animation, we'll take a look at how these deadly bombs work, in detail.
Timeline/Chapters :-
00:00 - Intro and Specifications
01:29 - All Parts Explained
03:24 - M109 155mm Howitzer
04:24 - How White Phosphorus Bomb Works
#Israel #gaza #palestine #israelpalestineconflict 
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Hello guys! Please stop fighting in the comment section. Don't hate each other. This is just an educational video that shows the inner working of WP Munitions. No fight --- Only Education. Thank you.
Modern day Greek Fire 🔥
I was just going to say I don't really consider people correcting each other to be arguing and I love to hear historically accurate discussions since we are lucky enough to have many former soldiers veterans and specialists in the comments
@@nomaambundy9989 While I like your comment I just disagree with him worrying about being demonetized. He's just kindly asking that people get along and yes obviously it's your prerogative to completely ignore that if you wish
Well, all the great powers have phosphorus weapons. America, Russia, Israel, etc.. and they use them. If a small country used it, it would be punished by the big powers.
Если оккупанты США не покинут СССР, ядерные ракеты РВСН РФ ударят по американским городам!
So. Small chemistry lesson here.
Phosphorous pentoxode might not be toxic but this compound is highly hydroscopic and very, very acidoc, as its the anhydride of phosphoric acid.
This compound is a solid and does not have a smell.
Garlic smell comes from other phosphorous compounds - usually phosphonic acid derivates, who usually are not healthy at all.
You're a cop for sure
Wow thanks for yapping
As someone who barely has a clue of what ur talking about I’ve got to say that did nothing
And it's important to point out while the smoke itself is not lethal unless inhaled for prolonged periods of time, white phosphorus itself is VERY toxic, meaning even if you manage to remove it from your skin (which is not easy, this stuff will burn through your flesh and through your bones) you may still die of poisoning. It's one of the worst ways to go
Interesting 😥😖..
OOOh... you mean the phosphoric acid used to make soda pop. BFD Yawn.
It's not the "what" it's the "how"
It makes a particularly good screening round because while the smoke produced blocks eyesight, the heat and combustion also hide movement from thermal and night vision devices such as those on tanks or anti-tank weapons. It is also useful for troops who need to draw back or retreat because it does all of that while setting up a barrier that most people would be adverse to attacking through.
and it is an good fertilizer.
It turns people into fertilizer. Thanks for explaining this. You are obviously an expert. I never understood it’s full usefulness before.
Good info
well said, all in all a very enlightening video as was your comment.
it also sticks to anything/one and is near impossible to extinguish... napalm...
When I was in elementary school, we had a guest speaker visit our classroom. He had barely survived his service in the Vietnam War. He served on one of those river combat boats. He was in the process of throwing a white Phosphorus grenade, when it pre-detonated as he was throwing it. It burned over 60% of his body. He was a living scar. He had fallen off the boat. He claims his friends saw him decend under the water. They told him he was burning underwater. Some how, they medvacced him. He told us that when he spoke on the chopper, that the guy providing first aid almost fell out of the chopper.
White Phosphorus is a horrifying way to be injured. The survivors will carry it's scars for life.
This man was a stoic hero. He would be in pain for the rest of his life. But he spoke matter of factly. He didn't want sympathy, and seemed, in a way, to accept his fate. He was careful not to bring us to any specific conclusions about the war. He just wanted us to see him. I wonder if he'd payed a higher price than those who didn't come back. He was alive because he had fallen into the water quickly after exposure. 😮
War sucks. It should suck. But the use of this stuff for applications other than laying down smoke screens is an exercise in sadism.
Agreed. I like your comment.
War is evil and Painful.
Good luck with your English spelling lessons which you should immediately sign up for. PAID is not spelled PAYED.
This isn't an editorial. It's a comment section Mrs Manners. Lighten up. Ain't not my fault that yhe educational sytem in this country Ain't not good. Did I spell Goephukyerself right?
Agreed. My two cents is there is no pretense for the 'legitimate' use of white phosphorus as a smoke screen given that there are other chemical obscurants that work just as well, and are less incendiary and less poisonous. Back in October, I remember hearing farmers in Gaza saying that the israel had dropped white phosphorus on their fields, and that not only were their winter crops burned, but the ground would be made toxic by residual unburnt phosphorus until there had been enough rain to wash it out. They'd clearly dealt with this before. Absolutely sickening.
Vietnam, Destroyer, 5 inch guns..."Willy Peter" was our nickname for White Phosphorous shells. Veteran, two tours, '67 and '69
Thank you for your service and thanks for watching.
The scene at 6:13 is not phosphorus, but a thermite mixture that is part of incendiary or lighting ammunition. A characteristic sign of phosphorus combustion is a white smoky trail, the termite practically does not emit smoke while it is in the air.
thanks for writing this! I also noticed a mistake in this moment and wanted to write, but I saw your comment. I can also add that thermite is easily distinguished by its sparkling tails, like those of a comet, which fall after the incendiary elements. This is molten metal reduced from its oxide. The color of the termite smoke is gray and there is little of it.
Willy Pete.
Allied troops clearing German bunkers used WP grenades in Holland in 1944. One of my uncles was killed there. A number of his colleagues were also killed when a mortar airburst detonated the WP grenades they had in their kit.
Man, that sounds ugly! 😳
Rough way to go
Liar that’s not how white phosphorus bombs or really any bombs work also how tf would the mortar not kill the person but instead set off their wp bomb lol wtf kind of logic is that ? 😅
Even if you extinguish by submerging in water you arent done yet. Doctors must take very VERY specific precautions when attempting to remove the WP as it will immeadiately reignite when exposed to the air. Imagine expecting to be removing some sort of shrapnel only to have a wound start smoking theb violently begin combusting.
In MCT we were told if this got on our skin the only viable way was to cut it out as submerging in water won’t work. It will pull the O2 out of water and continue burning.
@@juliemunoz2762 Wow. That's crazy!
@@juliemunoz2762 in the TV series MASH, they talked about those rounds (i think). They talked about using a special gel, that would suffocate the flame and prevent it from burning again. (Of course only if the gel was keeping its air barrier intact around the bullet or fragment)
I dont know how realistic that was, but it sounded very convincing. (but if that gel is expensive, i can imagine not every lab wanting to store that stuff just in case :*D)
@@juliemunoz2762phosphorus is commonly stored in water in school chemistry labs, because it doesn’t burn in water. I think perhaps you’re thinking of sodium, which must be stored in oil.
@@bob_the_bomb4508 Yeh but that was pure water on a solid, cold chunk. Mixed with all types of crap and still hot I'm guessing it's different. Just a guess though I don't know much about this.
“Put some Willy Pete in that building”……. Fury…….
WP is a potent screening smoke, like a lot of other really good screening smokes they work by forming materials that will react with the water in the air that will coalesce into small droplets. These smoke screens are nearly impervious to IR and thermal seeker systems. This is similar to Titanium Tetrachloride countermeasures, which for a thick vapor of Titanium Dioxide and Hydrocholoric Acid in the air, or HC smoke, that forms smokes laden with hydrochloric acid.
Wow. Thanks for the info.
Smoke...and hydrochloric acid...I started coughing just reading that. Yuck.
Hydrochloric acid in the air is a CHEMICAL WEAPON.
Saying Phosphorous is not a chemical weapon is like saying Birdshot isn't lethal to humans. Sure, it's not going to penetrate as much or carry as much kinetic energy especially as the range increases but it's still very much deadly.
WP is a horrible weapon when used as an incindiary weapon, no doubt.
But the rate deadlines and horribleness is not the definition of a chemical weapon. It doesn’t help to classify all horrible weapons as chemical weapons, just because it is easier to get international attention. It would just blur the definition of chemical weapons and would make it harder to fight the use of real chemical weapons.
It should be banned because it is horrible. As far as I know the use of incindiary weapons, especially against civilians, is already banned. It would be more helpful to try to enforce this protocol instead of mixing definitions of chemical weapons.
More like, WP not being called a chemical weapon is like bird shot not being considered a projectile.
I'm not versed in the internationally recognized definition of a chemical weapon, but when a substance suddenly ignites when exposed to air, burns at 1500° and sticks to human skin like wax ... Maybe it's time to get some new definitions.
It’s not designed to have kinetic energy or impact, even though the impact of the phosphorus alone can kill you, it’s designed to make clouds and “fireballs” of hot thick white smoke and spread burning powder
You called WP a chemical weapon said nothing to support your statement.
@@AG86666 hypothetically every weapon uses chemicals for the weapon to function, a chemical weapon is a weapon in which the raw chemicals themselves without a reaction cause harm to the enemy
Who knew that solid terror looks so awesome when used.
2:57 - Phossy jaw has entered the chat.
My old boss used to talk about his army buddy "Willy Pete" with a weird smile...
Sounded like there is no law against me making these for personal use.
Thanks
Why would there be?
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GOOD MORNING VITENAM!
Are these types of bomb's banned by the Geneva convention?
Sorry. WP are not banned under international laws. Thanks for watching.
I remember training with the WP grenade. My instructor at the time told me to "never throw this grenade without some cover to hide behind, cause it can cause casualties in a wider radius than you can throw it" and years later I found out that it was shaped like a pine cone and had a ring at the bottom because you could attach a rifle-grenade adapter to it so you could launch it from the end of your weapon with a blank round
I remember seeing Willie Peters shot at Fort Sill. I myself never had the experience, but it's cooler to see from a safe distance anyway, which is exactly where you want to be if one of those things goes off anywhere around you. I heard stories from Vietnam where soldiers describe a seeing a chunk of ignited white phosphorus burning right through a guy's arm, falling out the other side; the guy screaming in pure agony the entire time. Nasty stuff.
It was called Willy Pete during Ww2. US tankers would fire it at long ranch at heavily armored German tanks. The resulting smoke would blind and sometimes suffocate the Germans. Meanwhile, the US tanks would close the range or flank the Germans and then fire armor piercing shells. Easier said then done.
Thank you for making this aesthetically pleasing and concise video. It gave me all the information I was looking for with no fluff
You're very welcome!
White phosphorus munitions aka Willy Peter has been in common used by armies since WW1. It most notorious and well known usage was the fire bombing of Dresden and Tokyo during WW2. The most common use was to obscure the battlefield as a smoke round. My destroyer routinely loaded older batches of these shells and fired them at the weapons range impact area on San Clemente island to verify functionality of 20+ year old rounds. As noted in the video you definitely do not want to be around the impact area of this weapon.
WP was not used in incendiary bombs during those raids.
That's funny. Reason being, San Clemente Island was decommissioned as a Naval munitions range and the SEAL teams took it over. Now, it's where they do Third Phase of BUD/S -- small arms, live-fire tactics, and, every SEALs favorite thing, blowing shit up.
even if you can put out the fire just 55mg on your skin can kill you it also replaces calcium in bones starting with the jaw because you breathe in thru your mouth and nose so that's first contact
Tokyo firebombing was the first military use of NAPALM... in addition to the phosphorus.
You are mistaken, williamlloyd. Thermite incendiaries were used in the firebombing of Dresden; these typically contain powdered aluminum and/or magnesium. The firebombing of Japanese cities involved the use of napalm. It was very effective against the almost entirely wood structures below and gave the sadistic enemy a taste of his own medicine.
Seems to be a very effective weapon.
Willy P. 😂. It'll brighten up your day 😂😂
This is basically just napalm 2 but instead of liquid, and a huge fireball, it’s just white powder and lots of small fire and smoke
excellent animation and presentation
Thanks a lot!
Could you make a video on thermobaric bombs/explosives please?
Definitely. Thanks for watching.
Chilling.
Very clear presentation and deliver of information is so very amazing.
Thank you very much!
Hmmm, you forgot to put the propellant charge behind the shell.
Stars!!!
Pouring water on them ? I was taught that they had to be entirely submerged / cut off from oxygen ?
Don't work
It's a spectacular show to watch the Willy Pete
Willy Pete. Mean stuff!
Willy P ain't NO joke!
They could launch chevy bolts or Chinese ev mopeds and get the same effect.
Willy Pete, hell yeah!
Lumps of phosphorus from WW2 are still being washed up from time to time on the south coast of England. It is specially dangerous when people pick them up as it will self ignite when it dries.
What?! Really? :O
Wow! That's worse than I thought.
@@sygdesignworks It also happens around the Baltic and the German and French coasts. There was even one instance in California in May 2012. People pick it up because it can be quite pretty looking.
@@Crusty_Camper That's terrifying!
People pick it up because it kinda looks like amber.@@sygdesignworks
Alot of these munitions are produced in or by the good old u.s.a. god bless our military industrial complex.
Ты просишь Бога хранить сатанинские производства ?😂
That was a willy pete round with the yellow strip in the beginning of the video.
Good old Willy Peter. Good for your enemies warmth
Thank you 👍👍
Thanks for watching!
Good Ole willy pete
Of all the ways to die I feared this the most while enlisted, I cannot imagine the pain and all armies have this.
In WW2 my dad, as a 17 year old, witnessed an air raid on a hitler youth training facility called 'Petrusheim' near the Netherlands-German border in which WP was used. He once told me about the burning boys that came running down to a stream and jumped in to stop the flames, but who reignited when surfacing to breathe. Coming in the vicinity of that location, even 60 years later, gave him the absolute terror!
Fire the Willy Peter. Fire for effect on the White cloud
Use sand instead of water? (to put it out I mean)
we fired the WP out of a 8" HOW in vietnam. this was a chemcial round whitch would give you a very bad burn. WE fired more H.E round than w.p..The cluster was called the fire cracker round whitch exploded in the air over a target in the open. 4t div.
Usually, WP is followed by HE. Taking a 5 pound razor sharp piece of frag to body is maybe, worse?
What does a non dangerous bomb look like? But they all dangerous?
Very well done.
Thank you for watching!
Aww, ya shouldn't oughta done that to the Heineken brewery, SYG.
Make the next one Budweiser, maybe? At least leave us the *good*
beers!
LOL. Sorry about that. I didn't even know it was a beer company lol
Heineken good beer?? The Netherlands has many more and better beers to offer!
Thank you humanity
I got a small piece of WP on the back of my hand during a military operation (from a WP grenade) ,only way to keep it from reaching bone is to cut it out, which i luckily did as once. Still have the scar.
What!? Cut out your skin/flesh? You must be brave!
No, we were told that if the stuff burned through to bone it would be even worse and could well cause cancer. Cutting right away was the alternative.@@sygdesignworks
@@user-gv9dh3xm5r Hope you are doing well now. Thanks for watching.
Here in parts of the german coastline, people thougth they have found amber and pick them up and ended with extreme burnings. Because it was phosphorous
What!? That's terrible!
My dad feared no man, but he did fear WP...on his last deployment we spent 3 years in Germany, and heard often not to touch any munitions we found in the woods while playing...I can recall finding two, marking the area, and the bomb squad running us off while they dealt with it...don't know if it was WP, or some other nasty, but I wouldn't be surprised if a few munitions still rusting in a rocky crevice...then think of all the strife torn areas around the world, kids being kids, hope they be safe...
how to put it out ?
@sygdesignworks This is a very well presented video, graphics are great, very clearly narrated. While you do mention some of the proprties of WP, and hats off for raising awareness, because it is indeed, a very brutal and inhumane tool, and also thank you for mentioning its use upon civilians. It's almost funny that the UN is considering whether or not to classify it as a chemical weapon, as that is EXACTLY what it is. One thing I did not see mentioned is that to put WP out once it is burning, one needs to use copper sulphate or a similar substance to coat the phosphorous and seal it off from further contact with air, water, flesh, bone, blood, clothing, to put it out. US soldiers used to be issued copper sulphate infused towelettes in their med kits for just this purpose.
WP hand grenades are still one of the de facto tools for clearing spider holes and bunkers because when it bursts, it doesn't just make smoke, it fragment into little burning pebbles. That's why it's turned into felt in both artillery shells and grenades. NASTY stuff. Again, thank you for raising awareness, and taking the time to fully explain something that usually just brushes right past most civilian awareness outside of theaters of war.
Edit:
Water will NOT extinguish WP because the metal simply pulls the oxygen off of the water molecules. You can probably find demonstrations of this where a piece of WP is dropped on water and will simply dance and sputter on its surface because it boils the water and burns the oxygen in it too quickly to allow it to sink. Normally when stored in a lab, it is done so as submerged completely in kerosine. When pulled out of the kerosine, as soon as even the tiniest surface is exposed to the air, the whole piece will very quickly ignite. Thus, handling is best done in a vacuum or other oxygen free chamber.
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@@sygdesignworks For those unaware, copper sulphate is also known as bluestone, and is regularly used by veterinarians to treat thrush. I don't know about acquiring it in bulk or shipping it to places where WP is in use, but I suspect there are supply houses for vets and something as mundane as bluestone should raise any eyebrows. Obviously it is literally a band-aid for something that should never be used on anyone, let alone civilian non-combatants. I hope this information can be used to stop pain and suffering.
I would say you pretty much covered it.
I remember this in chemistry class. Pure evil using it on people.
Good demonstration video. Now how to make White Phosporous? Are there any positive uses for them?
Yes. They are used in fertilizers. Thanks for watching.
Yup, lots.
@@sygdesignworksphosphates are used in fertilisers. WP itself is not.
and matches@@sygdesignworks
Why do you want to make WP? And tell me how too!
Se o fósforo branco tem auto ignição em contato com oxigenio como são fabricados?
In a furnace with carbon and silica, which is then collected underwater.
horrifying, can you also cover JDAM bomb and the tech it uses? thanks
Sure. Thanks for watching!
Basically a kit is put on a mk 82-84 (different payload hard bombs) that allows a gps to maneuver find on the bomb so that it hits a predetermined location, they are very good, it is possible to send gps guided munitions (not just jdam’s) through windows of buildings, and if the right tool is used (ordinance) you can keep many civilians out of the line of danger because of their pin point accuracy
Not to mention that the aircraft dropping them do not need a lase, meaning less potential for friendlies to get hurt (not second aircraft, backseater, or ground team need to remain in the open keeping the target lit while the ordnance hit) not to mention the fact that the aircraft dropping it can stay high r and not have to risk getting hit or forced to focus on the munition
How can they mine or make this white phosphorus bomb if the phosphorus ignited in oxygen? Assemble it in a room with no oxygen while wearing oxygen tanks?
So cool!
Thanks for watching!
Water doesn’t fully stop white phosphorus. When the water evaporates it reignitea
Can you make a video explaining how a Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) bomb works?
Sure. Thanks for watching!
@@sygdesignworks Awesome. Thank you!
Red phosphorus smoke grenades work the same way on a smaller scale. They're for screening your movement. Had a colonel ask me once if I'd use em on enemy troops. I told him if necessary ... yes, without hesitation. Push comes to shove my men come before everyone. Would never use such a thing on civilians.
That’s crazy
Willy Pete in the American military
This is one of those that I wonder if we signed an international treaty that we would not use these again but if that is true, not all nations signed it and this could be a little different in some ways. I think that we (US) do not use flamethrowers or napalm anymore but I am not sure about this
Correct. But unfortunately these are only restricted under international humanitarian laws. All other laws are not applicable to it.
@@sygdesignworks God Bless and thank you very much for the information.
@@daruscole1586 Thanks for watching!
The problem is that WP is very good at making instant smoke clouds for obscuration purposes. Other chemical smokes (such as in smoke grenades) emit a slow stream of smoke which is good for signalling purposes but not so much for obscuration.
WW2 use tank rounds of WP still today we use it.
The usage of white phosphorus is restricted under international humanitarian law. Although there can be lawful uses, it must never be fired at, or in close proximity to, a populated civilian area or civilian infrastructure, due to the high likelihood that the fires and smoke it causes spread.
Yeah but Russians love their fireworks display in Syria even in Ukraine.
Yeah and you can't build bunkers under hospitals or rape hostages
SO MUCH FOR THAT
No one follows international law uniformly, though, as we are witnessing once-again now. WP was used heavily against fighters in populated areas in both Iraq and Afghanistan. It was known as 'shake & bake".
@@OngoGablogian185 Respectfully (and I could be quite wrong here), I thought that 'Shake and Bake' specifically meant to suppress the enemy in their dug in position with some form of automatic weapon (like a SAW) to "shake" them and get them to keep their heads down, and then throw/launch a WP into their defensive position to "bake" them.
If I'm wrong, I would like to know.
The mistake that indoctrinated civilian activists make when trying to have weapons of war outlawed is that they ignore the word “war” in the context.
If you’re a civilian in a nation that is at war, you’re responsible for protecting yourself. One of the ways to do that is to stay away from combatants or strategic targets that can be realistically targeted by such weapons.
Collateral damage is not always avoidable. But when you allow a combatant to set up his weapons or command post in your church, schoolyard, or even the house across the street, and you choose not to relocate to a safer place…you can’t blame the enemy.
Blame the folks in your elected government who didn’t prevent the war in the first place.
Yeah, because the Israelis have given the Palestinians so much land to live on...
@@hoilst265 they’re fortunate to have what they’ve been given, considering they have every opportunity to just co-exist peacefully with Israel and they choose not to.
@@SilverShamrockNoveltiesYou need to educate yourself
Not a "bomb"; this is an artillery projectile, in this case a 155mm projectile.
According to some sources, they are using magnesium rounds which are similar but not as horrific as phosphorus rounds. What is the real answer?
thats the modern equivalent of greek fire.
How does it compare to CF3?
Sorry. I haven't done much research about it.
white phosphorus smoke is "not that toxic"? i swore it was toxic, and accumulated in the jaw causing necrosis?
It is extremely toxic it has a VERY low ld50
How does it self ignite only by contact with the air ?
The simplest explanation is, they burn by drawing oxygen in the air and water as well. If you want detailed explanation, you can look up "Pyrophoric Material".
Science mr white!
Frightening how callous humans can be.
155 battery HE point detonate followed up by 100 meter WP airburst spoiled me for fireworks displays.
Thanks bro. I was curious about this. Do you know if Hamas makeshift RPGs can penetrate merkava tanks?
Good Question. The Merkava is definitely a great tank, but it's armor is questionable. In the past few days, as you can see on youtube, they have failed on the battlefield. Looks like the Israeli tanks/Armors needs serious redesigning, especially before they lose their reputation in front of the world like the Russian tanks. Thanks for watching.
@@sygdesignworks Thanks!
It is classed as napalm weapon
No. It’s not napalm
@Zac-lu8jp Yes it is under same category as incendiary weapons as well as napalm, and that includes plasma weapons that not yet is invented!
@Zac-lu8jp Almost every country have signed the petition that burn people alive is not a valid war meethod I shall get back with the penal code to you from Gene´va convention.
It is also an ‘acutel angle’
Better to smuther it in sand, if you get it on your skin? Don't pure water on the area while it burns, you must completely submerge the burning in water; of course, not an easy task while being attacked.
Yeah, Heineken is not a good beer.
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Thanks for watching!
Where the wp rockets fired into bunkers at Normandy by fighter planes operate in the same way?
Not sure because those were very old 81 mm mortar rounds. The working mechanism might be different. Thanks for watching.
Wp is a very useful and flexible tool/ weapon, and due to the “simplicity” of how it works (the chemical reaction can’t/ won’t change) the only difference is the way it is used and the delivery method
It can be used to produce a snake screen
Mark targets for air
Destroy bunkers
And it is a GREAT anti infantry weapon
In Viet Nam it was called Willie Pete. It doesn't stop burning similar to napalm. Terrible stuff.
A little shake and bake!
As a FO, I never used this stuff in combat, not even to mark a target. It’s NASTY
Willy Pete!
I have always been amazed that they get together and make rules for war. The bad guys always stick to the rules and the bad guys will too until they start to lose. The Russians in Ukraine just proved this.
I wonder how true it is about that certain war movie where a soldier had to pluck out the burning wp deep in the wound on the other soldier's face with a combat knife
There is a comment below, from a soldier who has done it in real life. What you said is very true.
@@sygdesignworks jeez
You stop white phosphorus from burning by taking air away. You do that by covering it with dry sand…
The sad part is that the smartest scientists made this... and we are looking for intelligent beings all over the universe.
almost just like our new metors