CIWS shooting balloon

[arvelos76]

Die killer tomato! Die! Die Die!...

[Shadovv2oo9]

easy way to catch some fish

[PinkOld]

I see the sabots hitting the water up close to the ship.

Fun to see a tomato get it from the CIWS.

[SanguiniusStrayDogs]

lol never seen the sabots and the pushers before nice

[34scot]

Yes, EcPercy is correct. Once hit a killer tomato from 4 miles. 5/38" USS NEW JERSEY, pointer Mnt.55. No we use them for gun shoots, we do not try to recover them.

[EcPercy]

FYI balloon is called a "Killer Tomato" and no it isn't typically recovered after an exercise.

[SuperSeacrest]

Excellent for dispatching somalian pirates

[pROTPANDA]

@SuperSeacrest Dude, you've absolutely RIGHT.

[rentacowisgoogle]

My brother works on a ship and he says that call those the "big red balloons of death".

[67mustangreg]

are those things splashing in front of the boat the sabots or what????

[thomasbhunter007]

Do you guys have to recover the balloon following the exercise, or does it just sink?

[Saguanay]

We use tungsten rounds in ours, DU is gone.

[Saguanay]

Oh and one thing also. Can't see the mount, was it a Block 1 or Block 1 B? B is capable of visual  / IR targetting so Mr Boat Drivers head had better be the coolest thing he is shooting at on the boat.

[sanalbey]

pretty sure it is block1b. Block1 can not shoot at surface targets particullarly at this accuracy.

By the way you can see the plastic coverages of the ammunition falling at sea and making very small splashes.

[jonesy97]

What is the plastic coverages for? Is a link between rounds, or protective cap againsted the elements? Sea spray, etc. I ask because it sounds like you've got some experience.

[Xc31]

he means the sabot. its to protect the barrel. its like a plastic container around the round falling away when it leaves the barrel.

[peepeevagi]

Damn shame Bofors wont manufacture it. 40mm CWIS would be awesome.

[Redhawk092]

the CIWS is computer controlled last ditch weapon. The balloon is either for demostration or calibration, come on people. Besides, if they (the ship) doesn't use its compliment of ammunitions they don't get a resupply. I went on a 1 day cruise on the USS Laboon and they explained this to me.

[purple2020]

how far was that target?

[Redhawk092]

we didn't use the balloon for our demo, i believe the weapon they said was useful out to 1000yds.

[purple2020]

isn't that a 30mm cannon. i thought it had a maximum range of 4 km!

[Redhawk092]

The one they had on the USS Laboon was a 25mm depleted uranium shell. They said its maximum effective range was around 1000-1500 yards. The guns maximum range may very well be 4km, but its not that useful because of the spray of the bullets. The gun spits them all over the sky.

[Lukec4]

1 an a half miles

[Junije1]

And I'm giving my money to them just so they could shoot baloons? Stupid Navy....

[Rofocowboy84]

You want them to know how to shoot the gun when they're someone trying to kill them, right?

[fusionstar916]

the little splashed between the gun and the target are probably discarded sabots.

[Imustfly]

discarding sabots are NOT used on this system. Straight up depleated uranium 20mm.

[Schnookynibbles]

Sure looks like sabots splashing in foreground @ 52-53 seconds.

[k2477456]

@Schnookynibbles no CIWS is a rifle

[squid5757]

all ciws rounds have sabots. If the denser rounds made contact with the barrels, the barrels would be destroyed. I worked on these for eight years.

[sanducksm]

all that for a baloon?

[vanPoll]

this is shooting practice ;)

[finchiestiffler79]

poor CIWS, can't hit moskit and yakhont.

[benjampak]

I have the impression u don't quite know what u're talking about

This weapon shoots down any missile. What u c here is a small demonstration.

[finchiestiffler79]

LOL, do you know what moskit and yakhont specs?

you're the one who doesn't know what you're talking about.

[benjampak]

He he it doesn't matter the specs. A missile can only go that fast :)

[finchiestiffler79]

how fast you talking about?

[eatborkpants]

My brother used to use these... they are mint and perfectly acurate. the closer splashes are just the shells the phalanx discards them after. you dick

[AFxPetey]

i thought those closer splashes were just little fishes hopping out the water. lmao

[byoder86]

Gotta love killer tomatoes...

[stevenlap]

Ill try and re-explain, I didnt mean the bullets themselves when I said "fall of the shot" as I was asking abotu the stuff at 33 and 51, I was expecting someone to say the nearer splashes were bullets, so thats why I called them ''shots'' The shots are hitting near the balloon, the splashes near the ship are like navytech said, pushers, (maybe sabots, they have to land somewhere)

[9fifty5]

At least if you get attacked by balloons you,l be sweet....

[navytechmk15]

The splashes that are seen shortly after the first and second burst are most likely from the pushers of the projectile, but not the sabots. Also the spread and shot is not wild and inaccurate. Of course it is fast since you are dealing with a pneumatic fired 20mm cannon.

[stevenlap]

now who is calling who an idiot, look at the spread of the shot, it is very wild and fast, another gun would fire in a stream of some sort, with the shot falling one after the other in some sort of line, not wildly falling everywhere and many hitting the water at the same time, u idiot!

[ElPresidente101]

also, the spread can be from the rolling water pattern. think about simple physics moron

[91lilfrozone23]

no trates de hacerte el muy inteligente...

[ElPresidente101]

huh? english pls!!!

[dimitriqueso3]

esa mera. me llega el español!

[r0ck3tsm0k3]

Hmm looks like a pretty good spread from here. This isnt a MOA rifle it is a gun made to put metal on target in large volumes, and actually some error is helpful for this because you are more likely to hit the target with a bit of a spread, like with shot. Also, water splashes.

[stevenlap]

So, at 33 and 51, what is falling into the water about 50metres from teh ship? and it is not bullets!

[fusionstar916]

that would be nylon sabots

[marek0086]

its the second gun firing u idiot.....they are bullets.