Looking good. I arrived nam in Sept of 1967 with artillery unit attached to 198th brigade. I was first assigned to 1/14 arty then transferred to 3/16 on the 155 just like the one in this video. During Tet we far exceeded the safe limit of fire. We fired that beast for 72 hours non stop. The last day, the tube was so hot the grease was dripping out of the slides. We had to pump grease in about every five rounds or the slide would chatter as it returned to fire position. Our recoil mechanism quit working about ten minutes before cease fire. It had to go to ordinance for repairs. We received a presidential unit citation for that.
I was with the 1/14th from October 1968 to October 1969. It is a 105mm M102 unit thank god. Were you with the 155mm unit on LZ Fat City when they rolled the deuce and a half?
This brings back fun memories for me as a young soldier at Ft Lewis 1975. The battalion i was stationed in had three batteries of the M114 's as we called them the pig, and one battery of the 8 inch howitzer. All of our NCO"s were Vietnam vets.
My step Dad was on a 1-5-5, as he said it. Gun Six. He was proud till the day he died, that gun could out shoot the rest in the battery. Those men and women never got the credit they deserved.
Same here. Also didn't screw in the primer holder till it locked. Could slap w/right, smack the primer holder handle holder w/left to start the unscrewing immediately on its heels as right heading for breech handle. Push locking button with thumb and yank down on handle and hold. All so fast that it was the recoil that opened the breech. One other guy in the battery could do the same. 25th Div 1/8 in 73. Thankfully, I didn't see "the elephant."
Ya know there is something scale modelers will never understand. I do a bit and frequent a couple sites. These guys think they have to weather and muck up everything they build to add realism. Fine if you're doing armor or APC's. They never seemed to understand that arty guys took great pride in the howitzer they were on. WE were kids. We had to trade who had the hottest looking, shined up car to who was on the sharpest looking gun in the battery. 1/5, 2/33, 2/11, 6/9
In these quarantine days i started to custom a 1:6th scale m114 for my grunts... So, is it better to make it clean with no dust and mud? Thanx for your help. :)
My grandfather was drafted into the Army from Nashville, TN sometime in 1967. He told me stories of beautiful Washington and how different it was from Nashville. I am assuming he trained here? He brought my grandmother to live near or on base not sure. He passed away in 2009 and did not speak of the war much, I was also told not to ask by my father. But this left me with so many questions, I wish I could have been a bit older to speak to him about it. I know he told me he was behind “the big gun with big shells” so I am assuming some form of Howitzer. What was Howitzer gunners life like in the war? If he did training in 1967 I am thinking he was in Vietnam in late 1967 or beginning of 1968. I recall my grandmother telling me my grandfather was complaining of hearing loss and pain so she inspected it and dug mug and gun powder from deep in his ear months after him returning. He later died in 2009 from emphysema, from god knows what. His grave states we was an SP4, not sure what that is. His name was Sanford Rogers. I want to thank him and every vet out there for sacrificing everything
Probably the 155mm gun. My grandfather was in the SAS and was in Vietnam from 1967-68 and told me the 83rd artillery unit was next to where he was. He would watch them fire the guns sometimes. They fired 155mm according to him so that's probably what your grandfather fired
My father was also a Nam vet, god bless his soul. He was a helicopter mechanic. He was was in the USAF Army. SP4 I'm pretty sure means special forces. It had that on his old military id I kept. He passed in 00' at 46 from MS. Hr did have exposure to agent orange. Yrs down the road specialists took a look at this off pigmentation on his chest. Yep, agent orange. May our fathers rest easy.
I've used that exact same howitzer in roka, and if I don't wear earplugs, I'll be damned. And t's incredibly heavy. So I think I know roughly what your grandfather went through. R.I.P.
SP4 is a rank. The rank starts at E1 for enlisted. Next is E2 a slight upgrade and increase in pay. Then comes E3 you get one stripe on the sleeve and a bit more pay. From there the next upgrade will be 4 but if you are a corporal you get to wear two stripes on your sleeve. Another option for pay grade 4 is as a specialist. You wear a spaded shaped patch on the sleeve. That can entail many tasks. Mechanics, radio man, people who work as clerks, supply, etc. Not sure what grade they start as helicopter pilots but some were specialists I think grade 7 so they would be SP7.
I was drafted in January 1969 and after completion of BCT I was sent to Ft. Sill Oklahoma for my MOS training of artillery. When I got to Vietnam a few weeks later they put me in an Arial rocket artillery unit that used Cobra helicopters instead of guns. All that training and I never got to use it.
I hope you are attending the reunions, I went to one this year, it was fantastic. Most of the guys there were from A battery. General Lightner arranged a lot of good tours for us.
Frage mich, was bei nacktem Oberkörper der Helm schützen soll .. bei Splitterwirkung ist ja der gesamte Körper betroffen und nicht nur der Kopf, aber die Artillerie ist ja nicht die Infanterie, bei einer Reichweite der Schußentfernung des "Long Tom" Geschützes von 23720 Metern
Viet nam vet 68/69 1-5-5 arty central highlands how many of you guys ever put in your ear plugs??? Lost most of my hearing the VA won’t recognize it so I can’t receive any compensation, all they do is give you hearing aids
Looking good.
I arrived nam in Sept of 1967 with artillery unit attached to 198th brigade. I was first assigned to 1/14 arty then transferred to 3/16 on the 155 just like the one in this video. During Tet we far exceeded the safe limit of fire. We fired that beast for 72 hours non stop. The last day, the tube was so hot the grease was dripping out of the slides. We had to pump grease in about every five rounds or the slide would chatter as it returned to fire position. Our recoil mechanism quit working about ten minutes before cease fire. It had to go to ordinance for repairs. We received a presidential unit citation for that.
I was with the 1/14th from October 1968 to October 1969. It is a 105mm M102 unit thank god. Were you with the 155mm unit on LZ Fat City when they rolled the deuce and a half?
This brings back fun memories for me as a young soldier at Ft Lewis 1975. The battalion i was stationed in had three batteries of the M114 's as we called them the pig, and one battery of the 8 inch howitzer. All of our NCO"s were Vietnam vets.
My step Dad was on a 1-5-5, as he said it. Gun Six. He was proud till the day he died, that gun could out shoot the rest in the battery. Those men and women never got the credit they deserved.
After I learned to slap it up, I fired many thousands of rounds and never used a lanyard.
In gun rock school we use hear stories about using slap fire but they told us dont ever get caught doing it ,
What means slapping it?
We called it finger popping
Same here. Also didn't screw in the primer holder till it locked.
Could slap w/right, smack the primer holder handle holder w/left to start the unscrewing immediately on its heels as right heading for breech handle. Push locking button with thumb and yank down on handle and hold.
All so fast that it was the recoil that opened the breech.
One other guy in the battery could do the same.
25th Div 1/8 in 73.
Thankfully, I didn't see "the elephant."
Ya know there is something scale modelers will never understand. I do a bit and frequent a couple sites. These guys think they have to weather and muck up everything they build to add realism. Fine if you're doing armor or APC's. They never seemed to understand that arty guys took great pride in the howitzer they were on. WE were kids. We had to trade who had the hottest looking, shined up car to who was on the sharpest looking gun in the battery. 1/5, 2/33, 2/11, 6/9
In these quarantine days i started to custom a 1:6th scale m114 for my grunts... So, is it better to make it clean with no dust and mud? Thanx for your help. :)
Those Cannoneers did have big pride in ownership. And you're right, things only look like shit when you don't have time.
Fired many thousands of rounds and never swabbed .
2/11 RVN 66/67
2/11 69/70
2/11 '70
I was in Delta Battery, 2/11, 1st Marine Division in Vietnam in 1969-70. We had six 105 mm and 2 155 mm guns but rarely had full crews like these.
What'd you use for soundtrack? That music takes me back, for sure.
It’s called “Dont look - Silent Partner..”
ruclips.net/video/Gq-ZjDIPFaY/видео.html
What is this music name ?
At the battle of Dien Bien Phu the French Army have a company of 4 M114 155mm cannon and a battalion of 24 M101 105mm cannon.
Listen to the song and the gun firing I’m rocking out 🎸.
Did anyone serve with my father. He was Marine division. His name was Dorsey Patton. He spent most of his first tour with these guns.
My grandfather was drafted into the Army from Nashville, TN sometime in 1967. He told me stories of beautiful Washington and how different it was from Nashville. I am assuming he trained here? He brought my grandmother to live near or on base not sure. He passed away in 2009 and did not speak of the war much, I was also told not to ask by my father. But this left me with so many questions, I wish I could have been a bit older to speak to him about it. I know he told me he was behind “the big gun with big shells” so I am assuming some form of Howitzer. What was Howitzer gunners life like in the war? If he did training in 1967 I am thinking he was in Vietnam in late 1967 or beginning of 1968. I recall my grandmother telling me my grandfather was complaining of hearing loss and pain so she inspected it and dug mug and gun powder from deep in his ear months after him returning. He later died in 2009 from emphysema, from god knows what. His grave states we was an SP4, not sure what that is. His name was Sanford Rogers. I want to thank him and every vet out there for sacrificing everything
Probably the 155mm gun. My grandfather was in the SAS and was in Vietnam from 1967-68 and told me the 83rd artillery unit was next to where he was. He would watch them fire the guns sometimes. They fired 155mm according to him so that's probably what your grandfather fired
My father was also a Nam vet, god bless his soul. He was a helicopter mechanic. He was was in the USAF Army. SP4 I'm pretty sure means special forces. It had that on his old military id I kept. He passed in 00' at 46 from MS. Hr did have exposure to agent orange. Yrs down the road specialists took a look at this off pigmentation on his chest. Yep, agent orange. May our fathers rest easy.
I've used that exact same howitzer in roka, and if I don't wear earplugs, I'll be damned. And t's incredibly heavy. So I think I know roughly what your grandfather went through. R.I.P.
SP4 is a rank. The rank starts at E1 for enlisted.
Next is E2 a slight upgrade and increase in pay.
Then comes E3 you get one stripe on the sleeve and a bit more pay.
From there the next upgrade will be 4 but if you are a corporal you get to wear two stripes on your sleeve.
Another option for pay grade 4 is as a specialist. You wear a spaded shaped patch on the sleeve. That can entail many tasks. Mechanics, radio man, people who work as clerks, supply, etc. Not sure what grade they start as helicopter pilots but some were specialists I think grade 7 so they would be SP7.
I was drafted in January 1969 and after completion of BCT I was sent to Ft. Sill Oklahoma for my MOS training of artillery. When I got to Vietnam a few weeks later they put me in an Arial rocket artillery unit that used Cobra helicopters instead of guns. All that training and I never got to use it.
Welcome home
A battalion of M114's is quite a bit of firepower.
Looked like charge 7 white bag. That gun had a recoil
gotta turn the sound to the max. can't hear shit
I got slapped by a slow cook off, last time I didn’t use “Huh” in any conversation.
A Battery 13th. Artillery Cu Chi 1966-67
A battery 3/16th LZ West and Hawk Hill 12/69 to 1/70
Thank you sir.
I hope you are attending the reunions, I went to one this year, it was fantastic. Most of the guys there were from A battery. General Lightner arranged a lot of good tours for us.
What Battery - I went over with the A Battery Gun 1 1 Bn 82 FA from Lewis WA - Buy 1968 - SGT L Zankowski
Was there with you Zeke.... 51 years ago... Don
Frage mich, was bei nacktem Oberkörper der Helm schützen soll .. bei Splitterwirkung ist ja der gesamte Körper betroffen und nicht nur der Kopf, aber die Artillerie ist ja nicht die Infanterie, bei einer Reichweite der Schußentfernung des "Long Tom" Geschützes von 23720 Metern
Viet nam vet 68/69 1-5-5 arty central highlands how many of you guys ever put in your ear plugs??? Lost most of my hearing the VA won’t recognize it so I can’t receive any compensation, all they do is give you hearing aids
That’s why I’m deaf😎🙏🏼
What, you will have to speak up.
the recoil stroke is too long ...
Max recoil on one of those is right at 6 feet. If you're going to fire high angle, you have to dig a pit below the breech.
Charge 5 White Bag. That can be quite a ride.
It better be long if firing max charge of powder.
It has to be long to absorb all that energy without breaking something on max charge seven.
Anyone knows the song name ?
Was with b-btry 5/42 arty
Thank you sir.
Who is here the chief of the piece?
The highest ranking soldier would be consider the crew chief.
@@unclemikeb In the video, I mean.
Echo Btry 2nd Bn 11th Marines Gun 7. An Hoa VN
Peace Charlie 1/11, India 3/11, India 3/12
Thank you sir.
@@stanstenson8168 cool
Please remove that music just wanna hear BOOMING sound!
Not as bad assed as the 175, but close enough.
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Компашка ембіків, 🐱
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1970
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