M1A1 "Abrams" firing range - crew camera shows loading mechanism

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  • @artemtaranenko7601
    @artemtaranenko7601 4 года назад +77

    Cool air freshener 00:15

  • @BanditoBurrito
    @BanditoBurrito 4 года назад +43

    Crew is looking real aesthetic

  • @armchairgeneralissimo
    @armchairgeneralissimo 4 года назад +66

    This machine can liberate 6 oil wells a minute!

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 3 года назад +3

      And then get Obliterated by and JDAM dropped by SU25

    • @Peno547
      @Peno547 3 года назад

      @@freshfrozen3035 Around 6 others are sent back in, and if JDAMS hit them again another 6 is also sent in again, and theres a limit to how many JDAMS can be dropped
      so

    • @haydenTenno-
      @haydenTenno- 3 года назад

      American speed standard

    • @yatokami7907
      @yatokami7907 2 года назад

      @@Peno547 You think it's easier or cheaper to produce an Abrams than 1 JDAM?

    • @Peno547
      @Peno547 2 года назад +1

      @@yatokami7907 damn, been a year since i posted this comment. Well, I don't know, I was just saying that you can't spam JDAM's, but you could spam Abrams

  • @adamtruong1759
    @adamtruong1759 3 года назад +35

    I timed the first load at 5.9 seconds, and the third at 7.38 seconds.

    • @imperialfreebladeares6297
      @imperialfreebladeares6297 3 года назад +8

      The shells are about 54 pounds each, my dad was a loader in the M1A1/A2 Abrams in the Persian gulf war.

    • @xmeda
      @xmeda Год назад +3

      Do it while tank is running over terrain.. not on flat deck :D

    • @ArctrooperHavoc
      @ArctrooperHavoc Год назад

      That's failing the loader is supposed to load rounds from 3-4 sexibda in the first 3 shots

    • @koc988
      @koc988 4 месяца назад

      ​​@@xmeda "do it while the tank is upsidedown and near a blackhole" 🤡

  • @princerechebei12
    @princerechebei12 4 года назад +6

    That breech needs a little TLC, but understandable in that type of environment.

  • @motoholyness8795
    @motoholyness8795 3 года назад +15

    I'm intrigued by how the shell casings burn up and leave nothing but the butt of the casing

    • @imperialfreebladeares6297
      @imperialfreebladeares6297 3 года назад +8

      It’s a cardboard and gelatin casing, the electronic firing pin is all that is left after the shell fires off

    • @brianv1988
      @brianv1988 Год назад

      How does it burn up so quick does that leave a lot of residue in the breach

    • @123asap6
      @123asap6 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@brianv1988 pretty late response but it is treated with nitroglycerin or a similar chemical which allows it to burn up quickly and cleanly. Now, for safety reasons insensitive propellent and munitions are used with combustible casings which almost entirely eliminates ammo cook off's for most situations unless there was a direct hit by a kinetic energy penetrator such as APFSDS.

  • @fratercontenduntocculta8161
    @fratercontenduntocculta8161 4 года назад +9

    Marine fire commands are weird. In the Army, it's just "Load Sabot."

    • @spaceon_fr
      @spaceon_fr 7 месяцев назад

      And what they said?

    • @matthewjones39
      @matthewjones39 5 месяцев назад

      Marines don’t have tanks.

  • @kamiloniszczuk9685
    @kamiloniszczuk9685 4 года назад +8

    USMC Armor, a pity they are disbanding, but that's the cost of doctrine changes and a limited budget

    • @josephtremblay4
      @josephtremblay4 2 года назад

      It’s not that, at least not primarily; they’ve changed their mission, and the Abrams tank does not quite fit anymore. after 20 years of static warfare fit more for the army in remote fire bases in Afghanistan or patrols in Iraq, they’re reevaluating what the role of a marine is. they charge in, kick ass, and they roll hard on targets and in every sense of the phrase are the first in the door. they must be flexible, light, as all-purpose as possible, and amphibious. a light tank or light armored weapons-capable vehicle would be more appropriate to the role, such as a LAV-25. this having been said the Abrams could not classify as anything BUT a heavy tank, and as such requires enormous logistical backing, repairs, and an adjustment in tactics to match its speed and requirements, which i and has always been at odds with the marines’ mission. it i extremely capable, just in a different role.

  • @liquidocelot5976
    @liquidocelot5976 Год назад

    Love the tree air freshener lol

  • @DrCruel
    @DrCruel 2 года назад +1

    A hundred of these would end the Ukraine war in a week.

  • @vudat189
    @vudat189 3 года назад

    They load by hand ?

    • @ShellCrater
      @ShellCrater  3 года назад +7

      That's right. Most NATO tanks do not use auto-loaders.

    • @kutter_ttl6786
      @kutter_ttl6786 3 года назад

      The only tank from the Western-NATO countries that uses an autoloader is the French Leclerc.

    • @saibot7218
      @saibot7218 Год назад

      @@kutter_ttl6786 why is that?
      Autoloaders too fragile to trust in combat?

    • @spiffinz
      @spiffinz Год назад

      @@saibot7218 potentially, yes. if an autoloader malfunctions, its technically possible to operate manually, but a massive pain in the ass. see the T72 for example

  • @Kehteron
    @Kehteron 2 года назад

    Is it me or does the gunner’s eyes look fake?

  • @Condor1970
    @Condor1970 2 года назад

    Can't help but wonder how many guys have lost a few fingers from those.

    • @Irish37
      @Irish37 Год назад

      Probably not very many. I was a loader on an M1A1 when I was in the Army. (I also served as a driver, and briefly as a gunner, but loader was my favorite position). We were trained to ram the round into the breech using a closed fist, but I always socked it home using the heel of my hand. That made it easy to raise my loading arm up out of the way of the breech as it slammed closed. Anyway, about the only way to lose fingers in the breech is if you're really clumsy and incompetent; and if you were, you probably wouldn't last long enough on the tank to lose your fingers.

  • @homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971
    @homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971 2 года назад +9

    I was a Bradley driver in the army and so much of our training was the same, move to fighting position, briefly move up and fire a few rounds, move back into defilade, rinse and repeat.

  • @llmfinco
    @llmfinco 4 года назад +4

    The driver, that I just got smacked in the grill moment? Priceless

  • @vinceteglas3620
    @vinceteglas3620 4 года назад +17

    That breech closes pretty slow.

    • @NE-Class
      @NE-Class 4 года назад +17

      It's actually up to the loader to close the gun breach of the 120mm M256 via a lever, he can also on some newer M1A2 Abrams-SEP(V3) models use the automatic breach lock which will close the breach after use. If the breach closes slow, that's the loaders fault on pre M1A2 Abrams-SEP(V1) models

    • @armchairgeneralissimo
      @armchairgeneralissimo 4 года назад +4

      I'm used to gun breeches closing in such a way they would eat a careless loaders fingers.

    • @Blap552
      @Blap552 3 года назад

      Variable closing looks like Good idea!

  • @raff257
    @raff257 3 года назад +3

    The abrams doesn't have spent shell casing?

    • @PongLenis50
      @PongLenis50 3 года назад +5

      The casing is burnt during firing, the only thing left is the end cap, which falls down into a basket i assume after it fires

    • @RoadgatorNetFL
      @RoadgatorNetFL 2 года назад

      Only the old M1's do. The 105 cannon. The 120mm only has the afcap that ejects.

  • @davidlouis1068
    @davidlouis1068 4 года назад +2

    UP !

  • @yaboiz1953
    @yaboiz1953 5 месяцев назад

    No eye pro huh lol.

  • @WoWmakerWT
    @WoWmakerWT 3 года назад

    Can someone tells what he is talking on 0:48?

  • @kreigthepsycho
    @kreigthepsycho 2 года назад

    I didn't know that tank rounds chucked the entire body, I thought it just worked like a big bullet

    • @danielm7794
      @danielm7794 2 года назад +1

      The case burns up in there when it fires, only the primer end is left after the gun fires

  • @Napoleon_Blownapart
    @Napoleon_Blownapart 4 года назад +3

    I tought it was all automatic to be honest.

    • @ShellCrater
      @ShellCrater  4 года назад +11

      NATO mostly uses auto-loaders in self-propelled artillery. Tank loading mechanisms are manual.

    • @agiftarifkyardana1838
      @agiftarifkyardana1838 2 года назад

      @@ShellCrater it's safety reasons

  • @rescerolse5558
    @rescerolse5558 2 года назад

    where the ammo catrdige go ??

    • @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367
      @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 2 года назад +1

      Ist semi ceaseless so most of the case burns up.. Only the base of the case is left which is thrown out the tank out a hatch

  • @conejo3229
    @conejo3229 2 года назад

    RIP tanks :(
    *sad rah*

    • @raideurng2508
      @raideurng2508 Год назад

      @Number7Red USMC is divesting their tank fleet and reorienting back to "marine" warfare.

  • @saibot7218
    @saibot7218 Год назад

    Best loading?
    Abrams, leopard or challenger?

    • @cheesefoodxii3091
      @cheesefoodxii3091 Год назад

      Abrams crew has better training

    • @saibot7218
      @saibot7218 Год назад

      @@cheesefoodxii3091 I’m talking about mechanic

    • @joshhanklon
      @joshhanklon Год назад

      @@saibot7218the challenge has smaller and lighter but more awkward rounds but slightly worse ergonomics. Both the leopard and abrams have blow out ammo racks so that makes them slightly slower. The leopard also has worse ammo placement and is more cramped than the abrams so probably.
      1. Challenger
      2 Abrams
      3.Leopard

    • @jonny2954
      @jonny2954 2 месяца назад

      @@cheesefoodxii3091 NATO did three tank competitions in 2016 to 2018 and the Germans were ahead of the Americans every single time.