1953 U.S. ARMY FILM " WEAPONS OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY " 155mm HOWITZER MACHINE GUN BAZOOKA 23804
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This color educational/training film is about the current artillery weapons the U.S. Army is using. This was made in 1953.
Titles: The United States Army Presents Weapons of the Artillery (:09-:21). U.S. Army soldiers fire off a cannon. A tank fires off artillery. A cannon is fired. 3.5" rocket launcher bazooka, served by a two man crew - a demonstration shows it fired at a tank and the tank is hit, but not totally destroyed. The quadruple 50 caliber machine gun, the M-16 is controlled electrically. The guns are fired off, its maximum range is 700 yards. A demonstration. The M-19 is set on a tank and is like the M-16, it is raised in the air and then lowered. A demonstration of it fired at a tank is shown, 120 rounds per gun per minute (:22-4:35). The 4.5" multiple rocket launcher has tremendous firepower - it is fired at an empty field as a test. The 75mm Pack Howitzer was an artillery piece designed so that it could be moved across difficult terrain. It is broken down and placed for transport on a horse. Horses and donkeys help the soldiers move the weaponry across difficult terrain in a wooded area, they climb steep terrain and narrow terrain (4:36-7:03). Seven men are the crew for the Pack Howitzer, it fires a high explosive shell. The weapon is fired as a test. Men crouch down near it before firing it again. It blasts at a tank. A truck carries a 105mm Howitzer, the gun crew is 10 men including the driver. It goes down a dirt road. It is a flexible weapon, it is pointed into the sky at an angle. The shells are fired, blasts in the distance are seen. The weaponry is fired again and again. Shells are placed in and fired repeatedly. Blasts in the sky are seen (7:04-10:59). Soldiers on a tank which carries a 105mm Howitzer, which becomes the motor carriage M-37. It is fired at a tank as a test. The 155mm Howitzer towed by a truck. A crew of 12 men is required and can be set up in 5 mins. A green bag, white bag, and a shell. Men carry a shell and place it in the weaponry, it is raised and then fired. Another shell is stuffed in, the weapon is positioned and fired. White smoke is seen in the distance. An illuminating shell is fired at night to show how it lights up a battlefield (11:00-14:33). The M-41 is a self propelled 155mm Howitzer. The weapon is raised manually or by a power system. It is mounted on a tank. 12 men including two drivers. The shell is fired at a tank, a blast and a plume of black smoke. White phosphorus is used next (14:34-16:15). The 155mm gun. The gun is towed by a tractor. A crew of 17 men is needed for this, they fire the weapon. A white bag and a green shell. A shell is placed inside and then fired. When the 155mm gun is mounted on a medium tank, it is an M-40. The crew is 13 men including 2 drivers. A shell is placed into the weapon and then fired. An explosion followed by black smoke. The 8" Howitzer. The 155 gun is towed by an M-4 tractor. 17 men serve as crew with this weapon. A green and white bag next to a green shell. This is the most accurate of all field weapons. The 8" Howitzer gun is raised and fired a few times. Smoke plumes in the distance (16:16-21:17). M-43 is 8" Howitzer on a smaller tank, a 15 man crew with 2 drivers. It also has exceptional accuracy. It is fired in the evening and fire blasts in the distance can be seen. The 240 Howitzer is towed in 2 loads by M-6 tractors. The crew is 24 men, 2 drivers. The weapon is fired. It has two kinds of ammunition. Ammunition is loaded in and then fired. Huge smoke plumes in the distance (21:18-24:25). The 280mm gun is in the very heavy class. 2 transporters carry the 280mm gun. It has a crew of 11 men. It is slowly set up with ammunition. The gun is elevated. Two forms of ammunition. Men turn the gun into position. The gun is fired. A blast in the distance. The smoke and blasts light up the evening sky. An Atomic weapon is fired in the distance and the mushroom cloud takes shape (24:26-27:38). End credits (27:39-27:44). This last test is the M65 atomic cannon, often called "Atomic Annie", an artillery piececapable of firing a nuclear device. It was developed in the early 1950s, at the beginning of the Cold War, and fielded, between April 1955 and December 1962, in West Germany, South Korea and on Okinawa.
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My father's 155 long Tom unit 36th FA Bn. saw action in N Africa, Sicily, Italy, S France. Germany. He was at Kasserine Pass, Anzio, Monte Cassino, It didnt take any 6 hours to emplace these guns. He attended a reunion at FT.Bragg and it was remarked that the manual firing speed of his unit was faster than the automated rate of fire of the modern guns. The guns had a 12 man crew. They fought in 11 campaigns. 4 or 5 invasions on the first day. In N AFrica they were attached to both British and Free French Army unit. Now they are forgotten.,
5 hours into video.... "The 1,180,000,000 inch Gun is in the giga category. It is transported by 1 star tractor. It can be emplaced anywhere between 30 minutes and 8 years. It has a crew of 4 000 000. Its airburst shell is particularly good at knocking planets out of orbit. However, it only has a traverse of 30 degrees."
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lulz.
Lol
Hans RUN
I can hear the narrators voice saying these exact words😅
"Back in my day, there was only one explosion sound effect and we had to share it!"
Uphill!!!! Both ways!!!! In bare feet!!!!
It's all so fake it's hilarious 👍
LOL
Just ran across this and BAHAHAHAHA!!! So true.
And it was used repeatedly in shows like "Combat" to "Rat Patrol" and beyond.
My dad shot a 155mm in WW2. 186th FAB. Landed Omaha Beach on 6/8/'44. Ended war after crossing Germany, into Czechoslovakia, last job was interdiction of people in/out of Germany. They were unattached 5th Corp Artillery. Used direct fire against Tigers in the Ardennes at 250 yards. They thought they were going to be captured, but luck was with them. He was proud of his "Good Conduct Medal", as there was "so little good conduct" in that war.
Quad Ma Deuces on a half track.
I wasn't expecting porn in this video.
lots of those were used in WWII for anti aircraft
The segment where they use timed fuses to show you the path of the 105 round in the air was awesome. Great post
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That last shot of heavy artillery air burst TOT was apocalyptic.
I feel so sorry for that poor, little Stuart ;)
Poor little Stuart, you served us well, now you're a range target
Poor little thing, it never hurt no-one....ever.
Hope that they filled him with concrete to last longer.
It took a pounding and if that wasn’t enough 2 hits of WP
I served on m110 8 inch. Never got to fire the gun. My tools was a range deflection protractor, chart, slide rule and logrhythm book. No computers in those days.
You must have been in the FDC, like me.
My Dad's side of the family are from Germany with several of them still living there. While serving in Germany with the 3rd Armored Division back in the early 80's I got a chance to meet a Great Uncle of mine who had been an officer serving in the 2nd SS Panzer Division, "Das Reich".
He had fought against the Soviets and the Western Allies. I asked him what was the most fearsome weapon he and his unit had to face during the war. Without hesitation he said it was American artillery. Always timely, accurate and en masse. A sustained fire-for effect could decimate a battalion sized unit in a matter of minutes he said. I asked him what about Allied air attacks. He said those were severe as well but as a long as they were not caught on roads and in daylight, they were manageable. "The Damn Ami Artillery", his exact words, "was our worst enemy day and night."
Uncle Henri is long gone now but one thing still lives on. God Bless the US military's Cannon Cockers.
The most terrifying thing of American artillery wasn't their organization. It wasn't their accuracy either.
It was their sheer volume. The Americans were basically printing munitions and GMCs out like a printer prints "low ink" notifications.
Your uncle had an interesting service career. I salute him regardless of background.
Didn't know the "Atomic Annie" cannon was in this. It's like the smaller cousin of the Shewer Gustav rail gun.
Oh, how I miss that. Adjusting fire of a 155mm battery and then seeing the Fire for Effect from the whole battery falling dead center on the target. Just using topo maps, a magnetic compass and binoculars.
No GPS or anything. FA is a skill that's earned in alot of field training
Charts and darts in the FDC!
My dad was in the Artillery in Europe during WWII. I remember him telling me that they could lay down some Major hurt on the enemy. Some of his stories were amazing. Some of his stories brutally and some of his stories were just plain sad.
I was an Army pack mule.I packed an M-60.
There's not much I miss about the Army, but I was an FO and I miss the "fire for effect!" Never got to adjust for more than 105's, but still, it was good enough for a stiffy! Artillery- King of battle!
Fellow redleg! I was 13A.
I almost upchucked when narration stated that 155mm and 8" take from 30 minutes to 6 hours to 'gunup' report. I went through 13A OBC at Sill in 1993, and it was 5 minutes for M198, and 2-3 minutes for M109A5/6 . Less for M119 light guns. That was bunch of newly minted butterbars, not 'proper' trained gunbunny crews in FORCOM units. I am curious what would take them so long back in the day. Survey? Safety sheet? LandNav fiix? We did not dig recoil pits.
Our instructors, both officer and NCO, had FA Fingers. Meaning more then few were missing finger tips on or more fingers. When it my turn to be the loader, those missing finger tips were on my mind.
Some serious weapons even by today's standards. Were the pack animals considered as enlisted? Budweiser uses "draft horses"🍺
My wife's uncle was in the "pack" artillery in WW2. 10th Mountain Division.
But not for their bottled beers, surely?
The only known remaining advantage of being English is that we have draught (for beer) and draft
@@jmtubbs1639 Don't forget getting to drive on the wrong side of the road without getting a ticket 🙃
Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses (or mules, in this case)
11:01 M37 looks like a version of The Priest from WW2, with the
.50 cal gunner standing in what looks like a preacher's pulpit.
Quad fifty on a halftrack, I need a monent.
The US Army used them in Vietnam as perimeter defense weapons and called them dusters.
I hope those boys were using hearing protection.
@@david9783 They weren't. Hearing loss was pretty common for people in the artillery corps.
@Troy vonklingler Oh, sorry, I guess you couldn't hear me. I'll speak a little louder. THEY WEREN'T WEARING HEARING PROTECTION. :-)
we fired cluster/HE/WP rounds out of 155MM tracked in central highlands Vietnam/ 4th inf div. 10th armored cav. 1st plt.
I bet all these guys are deaf now
Cotton wool, it's the latest thing...not.
@@michaelbizon444 Sorry pal, if i want my jaw broken, i'd rather get paid to fight bare knuckles in an arena.
I know my Dad was! He was a loader on the 155 rifle during the battle of the bulge. No hearing protection...He said they told them to hold their mouth open. He also said the concussion would float your helmet right off your head! He was in the 3d Army, 734th Heavy Artillery.
Quoting my dad, artilleryman 1942-1975:
"What?"
@@r0cketplumber sadly true.
We used 155's but when we were sent to train reservists we mainly used 105's and 75 pack howitzers but no mules, we used jeeps to pull the 75. D Battery, 5th field artillery, 1st infantry div. PS I saw the atomic canon when I went to Germany but the outfit I was in was a Honest John rocket outfit.
Theres an Atomic Annie on display in Fort Sill
Now some men like the fishing
and some men like the fowling
And some men like to hear
The cannonball a roaring
Great song
The Pack Howitzer is adorable!
Looked like kind of a fun trip with the donkeys, if that was just training/testing.
3:20--Need four barrels and a headspacing wrench up here.
Helped mfg tons of 155mm warhead casings during the 80's. These films show the capacity of harm. Gotta love it.
Joe Kurtz I used to heat treat them where I worked
@@daviddonaghy7568 east coast or west coast,? We did H/T &-temper in house, , I did alot of material handling, ,anneal, exttrusion press, pickling, basic laborer,
Inspector etc.. Also that factory was used in some TV & movie sets.
I served with the 105 . The 75 was astonishingly precise but you needed much practice during packing and unpacking
Beautiful Fort Sill Oklahoma...if its artillery...its there!
I'm happy to say that to this day in 2020 Fort Sill is still the training center for the Field Artillery and Air Defense Artillery.
Driver 2 to driver 1, come on its my turn to steer, no it’s not...hey let go of that lever...no mine...no mine...on no...we are tipping over...!
The 105mm Howitzer C2 (Canadian designation) was what I was assigned to back in the late 80's. We only had a 7 man crew that included the prime mover driver. Fun to fire, a pain to dig in....:)
FDC
Gotta keep those ever-threatening commies in line!
Everyone in their kaki uniforms not their combat uniforms. I guess the DOD wanted them to look good for the camera. LOL
I remember seeing an arty round hitting the ground at Ft. Campbell Kentucky back in the early 90’s at the MPRC and it not exploding. It hit and skipped like a rock and with each impact it split the earth wide open. It was truly a sight to see. 🇺🇸
Wonder what it would do to a person haha
@@ThommyofThenn it would give them a little bruise, band-aid will do
Even under peacetime conditions, about 1% of the shells would fail to explode. It would happen about once a day when on a life fire training.
In 1981, at Ft. Hood, they would send CCF (The stockade) guys out to police the artillery impact area looking for duds. I was a Combat Engineer, and we would come along to help place demo charges to blow them in place.
Watched a russain squad disembark from a BTR and I saw 1 guy that survived cause he distanced himself from everyone and everything during the dismount
That poor target Sherman. Nobody likes it, always picked on. Boo hoo!
Most of this film was from around Ft. Sill, OK
Too bad the army doesn't use the 8 inch m110
Anymore it was fun to fire 3rd battalion 6th FA
As long as most targets aren't moving.,... That's why the computer controlled targeting system of the Abrams for example helps artillery sized rifles so much. I like the 8' howitzer!
Why are they using dubbed sounds. The sound from the explosions moves slower than the speed of light.
Misleading title. Was expecting an actual 155mm howitzer machine gun bazooka.
Yeah I'm just having some fun (before anyone tries to correct) Always good to see artillery in action
Life runs on commas.
Lycos Surfer you forgot shoulder fired .😁
Awww now I want to see that..
"FRITZ....der 15cm howbitzer-maschinengever-panzerfaust-FLAMMENwerfer....Mobile.......RAUS!!".
LMFAO🤣🤣🤣🤣!
I was FDC for an 8” M109 self-propelled battery in the 90s. Artillery is king!
You mean the M110 8" howitzer. The M109 was (and still is) 155mm.
Correct
I was in the FDC for the 105's and 155's. (Ft Campbell, Korea, Ft Campbell again, then off to Baumholder, Germany.
Mind blowing that a 360 pound bullet can be fired 14 miles!!!
26:42 'There is no overkill, there's only "open fire" and "time to reload" '
yea Jonas that was crazy.
The deadly White Phosphorus Grenades. My dad drove tanks in the Korean War.
Nice to see FT. Sill back in the day.
Hated it there USMC
Biggest game changer was the VT fuse.
"VT In Effect"
Used to be in an artillery unit. A lot of good bang for the buck. Good stuff. The army is awesome.
Thank you for your service 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
I grew up in Lawton. My dad was in artillery and I was born in the old hospital on Fort Sill. We used to go to the firepower demonstrations back in the 60's. They were awesome.
They used a bazooka on the guard tower at Deer Lodge state pen. During a prison riot.
“ the bombs bursting in air “
Love it. Absolutely love it.💗😘🥰😍🇺🇲
My ears are ringing after watching this.
firstname gklsodascb HUH?!?!?
Open your mouth.
I watched this episode when i was growing up in the early sixties it was very, educational learning the types of field artillery that the military use to defend our country
1953 MRLS? Wow, didn't know that.
There's a reason it wasn't around very long. Useless.
My only experience with these fascinating weapon systems has been through video games. I can only imagine what it would have been like to operate these in the field.
What about the flechette round?
Firing in dress uniforms?
That's Army Public Relations for ya. All those troopy doops probably won a stringent inspection of the unit and displayed high proficiency in training to be selected for this film if my experience is any guide.
The U.S. Army from 45 to 65 was second to none... very professional and ran like smooth butter...
Seriously? After the war they painted rocks after demobilization. And then Korea happened.
That Stuart is having a REALLY bad day
I was Fire Direction Control 105mm 82nd Airborne Division 3-319AFAR. Bad boys. Gun Devils lead the way. On the way Sir.
King of Battle.
A few years in the Infantry, 80s, and military school, OCS, I didn't know that we had half of these. Very cool film!
This is a little funny comparing this equipment to what was used when I was in 1976 to 1980 HHB 1st Bn 10th FA 3rd Infantry Division
legend has it that target tank hasn't been destroyed by the Army to this very day................
GLLLLLLL, ya got me. I got got in the guts. I'll die down dead & never, ever live again. Forever & ever, amen, & awomen. I'll die down dead, Fred. That's what I said, Ted. My guts will shred & my fire engine red blood will spray all over everything & make a messy mess.
How 'bout that music in the background during pack-mule phase? Aha, so peaceful and tranquil to cover the fact that those troops were hauling deadly weapons. Not to mention the troops were probably hot, hungry and tired. Lmao
Amazing how steady the artillery pieces during direct fire shots in opening sequence!
Atomic Annie...be a bedmate to a cosmic calamity. Not me...idea was aways stupid...but the Army wanted it so they got it.
19:02 : that guy just got saved from the recoiling breech. His head would have been smashed like a potato
@1:23 How did they get 2000’s Tom Hanks in this 1953 Army Film?!?!
Nothing like going to the field and firing weapons in long sleeve khaki uniforms.
Looks like America learned a lot from the Germans and Russian artillery
27:03 nice proximity fusing there for the best effects against boots and webgear in the open.
13a10 3rd armor 2/6 field arty. a bat.
Lived near Ft. Sill and a kid. I miss the book.
Thomas Livesay did my basic training there in Janurary of '92.....and yeah the explosions were GLORIOUS!!!
My Dad was in OCS at Ft. Sill from the Ohio National Guard around 1960. I was about three years old. I have many, many photos of Hercules and 8-inch howitzer demonstrations, etc.
Man that poor old target M4...
Punishment for being the class failiure.
@@scottleft3672 Basing this off of what?
@@danschneider9921 Too little too late...Compare tanks to planes, Germans had only twin engines, US had huge awsome reliable FOUR engined planes, and then compare that ratio to tanks....yikes....it should have been the US with the tigers and 12.8 jagdtigers....Heinz and Billy.
@@scottleft3672 It did its job. And I'm basing that on my grandfather who actually rode in them under fire, rather than what some RUclips warrior pontificates.
@@danschneider9921 My dad only drove Centurions, i guess I know nothing....Stuarts never had an M4 designation btw.
Yeah, it"s all fun and games until you shoot your eye out!
Most of the time you are in garrison cleaning this equipment
M110A2 8in SPH, firing in Grafenwöhr West-Germany, early 80's made ONE Hell of a BOOOM...WE were Camped right next to 'EM Firing, so it seemed. I was in A Mech. Inf Co and not a "Canon Cocker" 😉
1:50...Tanks are death traps. New one are improved...
An Army Engineers reservist friend once riddled, "What's nine feet tall and burns with a bright white flame? An M1A1 Abrams tank."
It's funny how Americans use Freedom uniTs, while U.S. Army designates it's artillery pieces as 76 millimeter, 90 millimeter, 105 millimeter, 155 millimeter etc.
Why do we love violence and destruction so much???
Uh....'cause it's cool, and stuff. Huh huh huh.
1976, at Grafenwohr, Germany we fired a 363 artillery gun tube TOT. It was awesome. I was a fun Chief and could not see the impact but damn sure could here it.
I love that the intro might as well be a cartoon.
Siempre odié los cañones, te rompen los oídos, pero la solución es abrir la boca al máximo
Cañón 3.50
14 millas positivo 100 %
Obvio es un barco
El qué siempre me llamo la atención, es 40 mm.cañon refrigeración por agua. Tiene alcance 1500 metros
Y después otro el mosquito, 20 mm
Gracias no fui de armas. Navegación poco radares y ploteo
Wow, I didn't realize they could reach out and touch someone at 15 miles. Crazy. That's like having a navel gun on land.
...Love these older films!
4:10
twin 40 and it's high rate of fire of 120 rounds, per gun, per minute.
"high rate of fire"
times have changed I guess...
Wow looks like Ft Sill Oklahoma
saturday morning cartoons for dads
26:00. That’s a lot of beef on trails.
I have a wood transport crate for two shells for a 75mm gun dated early 50's. Always assumed it was for a Sherman, never knew there was a mountain howitzer that used that round!
13:01 i seen one guy ramming in other vids
M-198 guy here. Jesus christ 280mm!!!?? battleship artty!
They will use the appropriate type. ROFL. They will use whatever happens to be available and you will be damn glad since the alternative is nothing.
Ive walked on the last cannon shown in the video. "Atomic Annie" is on display on a hilltop in junction city Kansas. Its a thing of beauty.
It's a wonder how anyone can survive a full FA barrage like the one at the end of the film.
The M16 man, what a system.
I would hate to be the poor slob who had to clean those things after firing. How did they do it under combat conditions in the rain/snow?
Atomic artillery sounds mighty OP. I like it.
y. 155 mm but improved round performance. Ret, CW4
I started feeling bad @10:22 for that little Stuart Tank....
Nobody makes gun porn like the US army.
I was just wondering what a howitzer machine gun bazooka would look like gotta say kinda disappointed
I love you so much
that poor test tank