Brits React to The Bunker Busting Howitzer Bomb that Ended Desert Storm

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @HistoryNerd808
    @HistoryNerd808 25 дней назад +72

    "If it's stupid and it works, it ain't stupid"- Unofficial motto of the US military

    • @KairiPrime
      @KairiPrime 25 дней назад +16

      Works perfectly with the US military's other unofficial motto "If you're not cheating you're not trying."

    • @aviator2252
      @aviator2252 25 дней назад +6

      E-4 mafia ethos

    • @HikingPNW
      @HikingPNW 25 дней назад +7

      Army motto = "There is the right way, the wrong way, and the Army way"

    • @shadowangel3995
      @shadowangel3995 25 дней назад +1

      Absolutely.

    • @PhuckYT12
      @PhuckYT12 24 дня назад

      Dont forget the ole addage "Hurry up and wait"

  • @aura81295
    @aura81295 25 дней назад +15

    Thank you for not cutting this off like so many do. This particular video didn't have the outro or bloopers some of them do, but it only takes an extra few seconds to find out.

  • @m2hmghb
    @m2hmghb 25 дней назад +36

    The reason you guys don't think of Iraq as having had such an impressive military s because of Desert Storm. They weren't just beaten - they were destroyed. I can remember seeing news footage of it at 7 years old.

    • @shawnmiller4781
      @shawnmiller4781 25 дней назад +5

      Remember they were just a couple of years off a war with Iran than hike they started they essentially fought to a draw.
      The US by comparison had not been in a real war since vietnam.
      The Grenada and Panama invasions really where too limited to count

    • @kevinpogue7294
      @kevinpogue7294 25 дней назад +1

      Having the 4th largest military in the world doesn't mean much when you're up against the number 1 military power in the world.

    • @jonadabtheunsightly
      @jonadabtheunsightly 20 дней назад

      Iraq's military wasn't impressive. It may have been numerically large, by some very particular measurement, but the metric in question was not a good proxy for actual military power. Like, maybe they were counting total number of military personnel (which hasn't been the biggest important indicator of military strength since the invention of the chariot), or something along those lines. At the time, four of the top five most militarily powerful countries were in NATO, and the other one was Russia. Iraq would have been down the list, below regional-power countries like China and India and Israel and Turkey. Yes, they had a lot of missiles and a lot of tanks, but most of that was old ex-Soviet military surplus, and their people weren't even properly trained on how to use it; and their air force was trash. Iraq's military going into Desert Storm, looked highly reminiscent of Nasser's Egyptian military going into 1967.
      Not that that stopped their government from boasting. Weakness, in practice, never stops an Eastern power from boasting about how mighty they are. Again, just like Nasser.

  • @TheRagratus
    @TheRagratus 25 дней назад +12

    I was a Military Policeman in Germany from 1982-85. My Community Commander was H. Norman Swartzkopf when he only a 1 star General. I worked "PSD" Personal Security Detail for him and knew him well. GREAT man.

  • @samuraishogun8395
    @samuraishogun8395 25 дней назад +10

    Awe bless Archie's little heart❤❤❤❤❤😊 (the endearing one😂)

  • @Eisenhorne77
    @Eisenhorne77 25 дней назад +5

    I was there when this happened, yes I am old as dirt. When we got the bombs to load on the planes they were STILL warm from being casted. They were made and immediately shipped to the gulf. Two of them per one F-111G AND they had to drop both of them at the same time because the aircraft would crash if only one was on the wing due to the flight stability thrown off due to the massive weight of the bomb.

  • @scottgraney5275
    @scottgraney5275 25 дней назад +16

    Your Moms channel is great. Tell her to keep them coming😊

    • @scottgraney5275
      @scottgraney5275 25 дней назад

      More American Food Mom

    • @shadownor
      @shadownor 25 дней назад

      Mom has a channel?

    • @HappyOne3
      @HappyOne3 25 дней назад +1

      Not yet. Since their visit to the states, she’s been testing American recipes on this channel. Click on the “videos “ category on this channel and you’ll see 3 or 4 videos of her testing and Millie and James trying it out.

  • @davidepperson3685
    @davidepperson3685 25 дней назад +6

    This is a great vid from the Fat Electrician. Gotta love US ingenuity.

  • @GregPrince-io1cb
    @GregPrince-io1cb 25 дней назад +4

    Improvise and overcome.... Can Do !!

  • @MrCowering
    @MrCowering 25 дней назад +7

    Loved being on the team that built this.. the good ole days

  • @MrLato2000
    @MrLato2000 25 дней назад +7

    Yup now we have the MOAB ( Mother Of All Bombs)

    • @aviator2252
      @aviator2252 25 дней назад +4

      Massive Ordinance Air Blast

    • @aviator2252
      @aviator2252 25 дней назад +4

      for our enemies mothers, we also have the Massive Ordinance Penetrator

    • @juneskywalker5847
      @juneskywalker5847 25 дней назад

      Mixed with bunker busters...the things the US has behind the scenes is unimaginable..from which the likes the world has never seen before. Let that truly sink in.

    • @KNETTWERX
      @KNETTWERX 25 дней назад +4

      The MOAB is not a bunker buster, the MOP is.

    • @TheRagratus
      @TheRagratus 25 дней назад +1

      The MOAB is the Massive Ordinance Air Blast. It is intended to hit above a soft-to-medium surface, like a cave, with a massive blast of heat that consumes all the air. What doesn't get burned, suffocates.
      The MOP is the Massive Ordinance Penetrator. It is a "bunker buster bomb" meant to take out hard, deeper-rooted areas such as bunkers up to 200 under the surface of the earth.

  • @keithcharboneau3331
    @keithcharboneau3331 12 дней назад +1

    Today Iraq ranks as the 45th largest military on the planet, they still have not recovered from Desert Storm, and likely will not anytime in the near or foreseeable future, what was not destroyed in Desert Storm, is still what they are using TODAY, with ZERO NEW more modern equipment, and nothing of what they have has been upgraded in any way since then, in 1990 and 1991, they did have cutting edge equipment for the time, but that equipment and weapons systems are drastically outdated today.

  • @NoneYaBidness762
    @NoneYaBidness762 23 дня назад

    I was a Apache Crew Chief. 1st Armored DIV. Attached to the 2nd Armored Cavalry. Ahhh. Good times. 😐. Also, my Dad was a battery commander for 8” howitzers in the mid-late ‘60’s. They were nuclear weapon ready.

  • @rfletch62
    @rfletch62 25 дней назад

    "Warheads on foreheads". Sums it up nicely.

  • @kenbo80
    @kenbo80 25 дней назад +3

    Newer bunker busters are far more powerful, up to 300 ft penetration, including 20 feet of reinforced concrete, before it explodes.

    • @TheRagratus
      @TheRagratus 25 дней назад +2

      A GBU 57 penetrates to 200 ft, BUT a B-2 can carry 2, and as they are GPS guided, can be targeted at the same location thus doubling the penetration. 2 B-2's could cause seismic sensors in neighboring countries to record an earthquake.

    • @christianvalentin5344
      @christianvalentin5344 25 дней назад +1

      @@TheRagratusthe unofficial news is that the GBU-57 was used in combat against the Houthis in Yemen.

  • @kevananne
    @kevananne 25 дней назад +13

    I love Fat Electrician!

  • @Mkproduction2
    @Mkproduction2 25 дней назад +10

    I Was Going To Junior College(Okaloosa Walton) about 3 miles away, when they tested the bomb on a sled at Eglin Air Base.
    It Shook the Ground. The news reported it as a possible earth quake.
    Rick
    Charleston SC

  • @DavidStaab-zi3ls
    @DavidStaab-zi3ls 25 дней назад +11

    I googled it for you. They’re now ranked 45th.

  • @i-churchcafe9136
    @i-churchcafe9136 8 дней назад

    They went from a million man army to zero

  • @Prisoner..24601
    @Prisoner..24601 25 дней назад

    Yay I'm glad you're doing this one 😊

  • @selinaharrison5038
    @selinaharrison5038 23 дня назад

    I love watching you both but I really love watching your mom’s cooking. Also, maybe you can tell her to try some southern turnip greens with ham hocks that would be a really fun recipe for her to make with cornbread of course God bless you both.

  • @SmedleyDouwright
    @SmedleyDouwright 25 дней назад +3

    I used to live near the Watervliet Arsenal a long time ago and went on a tour during an open house. It is like a series of huge machine shops. They make most, if not all, of the canons for the US military. They did at the time anyway.

  • @quarterbritish7283
    @quarterbritish7283 7 дней назад

    Egg-lin. Not Agg-lin....😂

  • @MANDY77777
    @MANDY77777 12 дней назад

    WE PLOWED EM….. SO NO…….THEIR MILITARY IS🤭🤦‍♀️

  • @cbmalm
    @cbmalm 25 дней назад

    i live 7 miles from the watervliet arsenal never knew this happened

  • @lonewolf49707
    @lonewolf49707 14 дней назад

    With militaries quantity usally losses to quality in most cases.

  • @cotybowman8825
    @cotybowman8825 20 дней назад

    Iraq learned the lesson of attacking someone you owe from the French. In 1307, French King Phillip the Fair (laughable name), owed the Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ and the Temple Solomon, aka, the Knights Templar, a lot of money. Instead of paying, they branded the Templars heretics and arrested, tortured, and executed members of the order. Thankfully, the Templars had spies everywhere and they had warning. They started fleeing Knights Commanderies all over Europe and thousands of men and hundreds of ships disappeared into history. Saddam thought he could try the same thing against Kuwait, although without the blessing of a spineless Pope.

  • @CaptainFrost32
    @CaptainFrost32 25 дней назад

    "It wasn't that big."
    ...
    That's what she said.

  • @selinaharrison5038
    @selinaharrison5038 23 дня назад

    Hey sorry but y’all mentioned Halloween in the video so you got my curiosity up how do y’all do Halloween versus hell the US does Halloween? Keep up your good work love watching.

  • @americansmark
    @americansmark 25 дней назад +1

    I just delivered to warwood tools today. Spent the day trucking through wheeling and the Ohio valley.

  • @brianito7779
    @brianito7779 22 дня назад

    HOW-itzer

  • @JKM395
    @JKM395 25 дней назад +4

    If you learn nothing else from this man, remember two lessons. If you ever find yourself in charge of a country, do what you can to not raise gas prices and, please, do not eff with America’s boats. Historically, those two don’t end well.

    • @darcyjorgensen5808
      @darcyjorgensen5808 25 дней назад +1

      Presidents are not in control of gas prices. I am paying now the same as what I did under G.W. Bush. That’s the market.

  • @darcyjorgensen5808
    @darcyjorgensen5808 25 дней назад +5

    Pretty much, don’t piss off the 🇺🇸. It probably won’t end well.

  • @TheRagratus
    @TheRagratus 25 дней назад +2

    Why just the other day...... B-2 bombers flew from Whiteman AFB in Missouri to Yeman, while they did bomb the Houthi rebels, it was more of a message to IRAN. Just letting Iran know that the B-2 can carry not one but TWO 30,000 lbs GBU-57 MOP bombs that can destroy ANY underground nuclear facility anywhere in Iran. AND the Israeli IDF has taken out most of Iran's Air Defense capability already.

    • @TyOneWorld66230-y
      @TyOneWorld66230-y 25 дней назад +2

      Congress did not authorize this act of war thereby making it illegal. And it should be noted that the UK has participated with the United States on several such bomming missions of Yemen.

    • @TheRagratus
      @TheRagratus 25 дней назад

      @@TyOneWorld66230-y Firing missles and drones at US Service Members is also an act of war. "Don't write a check your a$$ can't cash".

    • @TheRagratus
      @TheRagratus 25 дней назад +2

      @@TyOneWorld66230-y AND....... looked you up "Started Oct 18th 2024" Hunh? Just a troll/bot waiting on the election.

    • @Howie-du7ov
      @Howie-du7ov 25 дней назад

      ​@@TyOneWorld66230-y You have a point, but if you wear a hat, nobody will notice. GTFOH

    • @TyOneWorld66230-y
      @TyOneWorld66230-y 24 дня назад +2

      @@TheRagratus Yemen has repeatedly made clear that the attacks on ships are in response to the ongoing US/UK backed Izzraeli g-cide and will end when the g-cide ends. As a signatory to the 'Convention Against G**cide' Yemen is mandated to make all efforts to intervene to stop it. (The United States and United Kingdom are also signatories to the convention.). The US and UK are illegally bommbing Yemen precisely because Yemen is trying to stop g**cide. I can see that you're just a Pentagon or N8TO bot who wants the slaughter and starvation of the women and children of Gaza to continue.

  • @CollarCityGuy
    @CollarCityGuy 25 дней назад +2

    I actually worked part time after school at the Watervliet Arsenal in the computer/payroll office at the time and this was kept so hush hush that this was the 1st time I've heard of this..crazy!

  • @nooneyouknowhere6148
    @nooneyouknowhere6148 25 дней назад

    Crazy that we wiped out all of their air defense and 500+ airfirce in 2 1/2 hours. Of course we won the worlds largest tank battle in no time also.

    • @josiahzabel8596
      @josiahzabel8596 7 дней назад

      Not largest- that would be Kursk. Just the most recent (73 Easting)

  • @robertcampomizzi7988
    @robertcampomizzi7988 24 дня назад

    3:48 Except for Yasser Arafat and the P.L.O. (sorry to make the politics politcal)

  • @charlesmaurer6214
    @charlesmaurer6214 25 дней назад

    Thumbs up for sticking to the end, though this one lacked an cameo or outtake. Need to have TFE 's Eggnog Riot in the que soon for Christmas.

  • @andrewanderson9896
    @andrewanderson9896 18 дней назад

    Audio issue?

  • @davidkintzer1604
    @davidkintzer1604 25 дней назад +1

    "That's disgraceful" was the funniest thing I've ever seen on a TFE reaction video 😂. But yeah this video was made before the post credits scene was common with him.

  • @bulletproofpepper2
    @bulletproofpepper2 25 дней назад

    Thanks for sharing. Millie your long hair up is glorious, curl your sideburns and let hang down. Great videos and keep the mom videos going.

  • @seaneejohnson
    @seaneejohnson 25 дней назад +3

    I don't like The Fat Electrician, I like you both so I'm watching your reaction.

    • @Howie-du7ov
      @Howie-du7ov 25 дней назад +1

      Well, he probably doesn't like you right back.

  • @lindaslater7782
    @lindaslater7782 25 дней назад +1

    Three of my cousins were in the Marines, and fought at Desert Storm.

  • @Bellastrega1960
    @Bellastrega1960 23 дня назад

    Wait, your mum has her own channel?

  • @jamesmcclain5005
    @jamesmcclain5005 25 дней назад +3

    Saddam Hussein surrendered because the A-10 aircraft destroyed all of their tanks. This plane is so horrible that when I saw it in performance while I was in the Air Force, I was SHOCKED, STUNNED, BLOWN AWAY! It is the most horrible secret the US has. This indestructible monster eats tanks for breakfast, and causes problems with our own military. The Air Force hates it because the Army wants it for support, and the Air Force doesn't want to support so they hold on to it to prevent the Army from having it. The Air Force wants this plane to go away, but its power is absolute! The Ukrainians asked for it instead of F -16s and the US Air Force REFUSED! These people in the Air Force need to be removed, this weapon is second only to the SR-71 even amoung Air Force personnel. They need to stop playing games, and deliver some real power to Ukraine! It would destroy a column of a thousand tanks. It is the only war footage still kept top secret from Desert Storm.

    • @АлексейАлексеевич-м8к
      @АлексейАлексеевич-м8к 25 дней назад

      Dream hohol 😂

    • @jamesmcclain5005
      @jamesmcclain5005 25 дней назад

      @АлексейАлексеевич-м8к ...tell that to Saddam, poor guy. He found out the hard way.

    • @АлексейАлексеевич-м8к
      @АлексейАлексеевич-м8к 25 дней назад

      @@jamesmcclain5005 Saddam has satellites, fpv drones, stealth fighters, atomic weapons and most experienced army in the world like Russia? Or maybe strongest navy, economy, fabrics, workers and industrialisation in the world like China? Maybe underground country like NK, or biggest fleet of drones like Iran? No zahohol, all what Saddam has, it's oil, old tanks and planes! But you zahohol everywhere see only peremoha, in reality zrada 😂

    • @jamesmcclain5005
      @jamesmcclain5005 25 дней назад

      @АлексейАлексеевич-м8к 😳...isn't he dead?

    • @АлексейАлексеевич-м8к
      @АлексейАлексеевич-м8к 25 дней назад

      @@jamesmcclain5005 again, I am about facts and analysis, you about peremohas, that changing of zradas 😂

  • @jerrynichols7795
    @jerrynichols7795 25 дней назад

    India is large

  • @garyi.1360
    @garyi.1360 25 дней назад

    Put India up there for a lot of military service members.

  • @scottlaughlin9897
    @scottlaughlin9897 25 дней назад +1

    What do you mean now we have M.O.A.B.? We’ve had it for decades.

    • @TheRagratus
      @TheRagratus 25 дней назад

      It's NOT a MOAB. Built different and used for a totally different purpose.

    • @EricMcConnaughey
      @EricMcConnaughey День назад

      MOAB is Massive Ordnance Air Blast. It is used primarily on soft targets, worthless vs bunkers. We now have a bomb specially designed for the B-2, the MOP, or Massive Ordnance Penetrator. See FA's video on the B-2.

  • @efs83dws
    @efs83dws День назад

    A large army does not mean a lethal force.

  • @InstrucTube
    @InstrucTube 25 дней назад +1

    Yeah, this video was just on the other side of when he started doing those outtros.

  • @fitzeefreshvids1888
    @fitzeefreshvids1888 25 дней назад

    Why have the monitor in view on the collar?

  • @The_Texas_Welder
    @The_Texas_Welder 25 дней назад +1

    today Iraq is the 42nd largest at 168,000 troops. heres the top 10 as far as troops as of 2024 1.China - ~2,000,000
    2.India - ~1,450,000
    3.United States - ~1,390,000
    4.North Korea - ~1,200,000
    5.Russia - ~1,014,000
    6.Pakistan - ~654,000
    7.South Korea - ~555,000
    8.Iran - ~525,000
    9.Vietnam - ~482,000
    10.Egypt - ~440,000

  • @jeffrielley920
    @jeffrielley920 25 дней назад +2

    9:58 What TF is Aglin AFB? (hint, it's Eglin)

    • @Howie-du7ov
      @Howie-du7ov 25 дней назад

      You seem to be the only one confused by that mispronunciation. Maybe you should watch videos at half speed so your brain can keep up.

    • @jeffrielley920
      @jeffrielley920 25 дней назад

      @@Howie-du7ov Or maybe it's because I was in the Air Force and have been to Eglin AFB, and I wanted to point out that some of these military experts on the Internet are good at making videos but their research could use some work.

  • @adriannecote5319
    @adriannecote5319 24 дня назад

    Crazy story!

  • @Treasacello
    @Treasacello 25 дней назад

    Happy Archie's first Halloween.

  • @Off-gridPA
    @Off-gridPA 25 дней назад

    What the US has the UK has too and vice versa watching a program on nuclear weapons US/UK same.

  • @busterfullen6465
    @busterfullen6465 25 дней назад

    As far as number of soldiers, America is 7th from my quick research, I knew we weren't top 3, but i did think North Korea would be above us, they comw in at 8th.
    Vietnam at #1 with military personnel is surprising. I thought it was India who comes in a #2 with military Personnel.
    Top 10 Military Personnel
    1.Vietnam - 5.8 million
    2. India - 5.1 million
    3. S. Korea - 3.8 million
    4. Russia - 3.6 million
    5. China - 3.2 million
    6. Ukraine - 2.2 million
    7. USA - 2.1 million
    8. N. Korea - 2 million
    9. Pakistan - 1.7 million
    10. Iran - 1.2 million
    Vietnam and S. Korea were the surprising rankings for me.

  • @vs-ww7cb
    @vs-ww7cb 24 дня назад

    I won't disagree with power, when it's for positive. Question is, what's positive? Who/whom decides?.

  • @rickarmstrong9793
    @rickarmstrong9793 25 дней назад

    Have you ever seen any of the daily press conferences from Desert Storm? They had a lot of aerial footage of them dropping bombs and firing missiles. On one, they dropped a bomb down a smoke stack. On another you saw a truck driving across a bridge that had a missile targeted. The truck got off the bridge just as the bridge blew. The general referred to him as "the luckiest man in Iraq that day." Then there was the Iraqi Information Minister who claimed they were winning on all fronts, and they were slaughtering the invaders. LOL

  • @steeljawX
    @steeljawX 23 дня назад

    Before you quantitate what is considered the "largest" military you have to first qualify what contributes to the size of it. If you're talking about raw personnel on your rosters, I believe China, North Korea, and India have larger militaries than the USA by those numbers. But military strength has gone far beyond throwing bigger numbers at the problem until it submits. The US isn't the "largest" military in terms of numbers on quite a few things. It spends the most, but that doesn't determine size. Rather than just sheer numbers on paper, I think it's more or less what that military can do and how long it can do it (no innuendos in that at all.) Like Russia has a large military by the numbers. But it's proving that that same military, under the restrictions of technically "not being at war but in a special military operation," cannot over power Ukraine backed by NATO. The US has proven in the past (it doesn't speak much for the present because of how much warfare has changed) that it's able to wage war on two fronts if needed and contribute to the progression on both fronts in a substantial way.
    North Korea was constantly boasting that it will get a 1 million man army and now it has it, but they don't have anywhere near enough food to feed that many conscripted mandatory service members. Nor do they have the economy or logistics to give them proper training, so they just indoctrinate them to hate America and try to develop nuclear ICBMs to piss of the rest of the world. By the numbers, North Korea has a very large military. Their capacity to actually operate beyond their boarders is very small. So by the numbers, in 1990 Iraq may have had a numerically 4th largest military on the planet, but the capability of that military.....Well that kind of doesn't matter when just about every other military of varying sizes and capabilities decide they're going on the other team.

  • @Deadcntr
    @Deadcntr 25 дней назад

    I was hoping that this was another Vicky cooking video.

    • @Howie-du7ov
      @Howie-du7ov 25 дней назад

      You didn't read the title or see the thumbnail?

  • @fitzeefreshvids1888
    @fitzeefreshvids1888 25 дней назад

    A picture of the 3 of you will get your point across

  • @2alankemper
    @2alankemper 25 дней назад

    No offense to you, But I love your mom's videos. I am an old man 71 and no offense to her.I know she's married but I think she's cute as can be. I would like to see her start her on youtube channel. I would still watch yors but I w 1:10 ould certainly watch her too.

  • @Lee_Forre
    @Lee_Forre 21 день назад

    Beaselys, you do not have to subjugate your selves to this right wing nonsense just your audience. Do not become audience captured.

  • @elliottgatehouse6568
    @elliottgatehouse6568 24 дня назад

    Better be glad we have weapons like this since the UK can't defend it's self.

  • @jackiebuchanan3024
    @jackiebuchanan3024 24 дня назад

    The Global Firepower Index (GPI) ranks the Iraq military as 45 out of 145 countries in 2023.

  • @camdenharper7244
    @camdenharper7244 25 дней назад

    Darev

  • @bretkaiser7355
    @bretkaiser7355 25 дней назад

    Great video! Hope you are all well!

  • @DavidStaab-zi3ls
    @DavidStaab-zi3ls 25 дней назад

    They’re not big at all anymore. Big as we destroyed their entire army us in the US you guys in the UK the rest of Europe, all the Nordic countries, etc. You guys literally did an hour by hour of the Iraq Kuwait war five part series that I watched lol you should know all about this. Remember all the little tanks and planes as the little pictures on the map surrounding all of Iraq and pushing them back to Baghdad, big tank battalions of the UK and the US.

  • @nedtrbovich4958
    @nedtrbovich4958 24 дня назад

    More fat electrician more military please ha.

  • @josephdonais4778
    @josephdonais4778 25 дней назад

    So you got mom cooking for the channel without her own camera eh? That is slavery.

  • @sudahb
    @sudahb 25 дней назад

    Maybe try not to talk over the video as it is hard to hear both...

  • @russellbastion4315
    @russellbastion4315 25 дней назад

    Welcome back. Happy Halloween

  • @Paul-f7q
    @Paul-f7q 25 дней назад

    I really like your channel but I think you still have this pre infused European image of gun loving violent Americans based on your feeds, sorta weak actually.

    • @Howie-du7ov
      @Howie-du7ov 25 дней назад

      Did an old pervert touch your no no parts when you were little?