OEF M198 155mm Howitzer in Naray, Afghanistan

[jgree18]

why did they load it before it was laid on target?

[dmtau]

Too Slow .

[t10bravo]

I wouldnt want to wait on your battery when it counted.

[speshule08]

for everyone asking why it took them so long and talking smack about how bad they are.......read the damn description of the video before you talk. it was a brand new howitzer that they had to calibrate, i dont know if the people talkin smack are 13B's or not but i am and i know it takes a minute to fire a brand new M198. gotta break it in first, give the guys a chance.

[reliablethreat23]

13 bangers!!!

[paprna]

This is AMAZING1

[PsychicAzn]

Damn, the whole ground shook.

[dyoung187]

They were calibrating it. Its why it took so long to fire it. These aren't machine guns they don't have a high rate of fire but they make up in leaving a hole that you could park a bus in.

[mushroomscouser]

155 grinds 'em down. Gerry Bull R.I.P

[FanaticDz]

Oh whatta fire rate. Like 1 shot in 15 minutes. Devastating artillery noobs. :-D

[k9forkids]

We had 3 incoming the other night on our FOB, them artillery boys shot 36 rounds to 3 different targets, 30 of them hit all their targets.

[FanaticDz]

And the rest? Like 6 of em hit what? School, medical centre, market and mosque?

[k9forkids]

You obviously don't know shit, perhaps you should keep watching MTV. 80% of all civilians are being killed by the Taliban and our Hospital performs surgery on the locals that been wounded and tortured when ever Taliban comes in their town. But hey you have the convince to switch the channel on your TV when they report that that inocent children have been killed in their kindergarten by suicide bombers, we however treat the casualties and go after the same people that do harm to their own people.

[reglcon1234]

prolly just an empty field

[zilzaal1]

WTF is taking u soo long? Fire that son of a bitch

[zilzaal1]

ohh 15 of us fired one shot in 2 and a half minutes. thats just dandy. LMAO ahhahahahhaha

[novicharged306]

i sure as hell hope this isnt your rate of fire

[PBlrmkr]

No, their rate of fire was much faster when it was actually needed.

[coachhall1971]

those 155's in Naray saved my ass a few times in '07

[pmcmahon01]

@coachhall1971 that was b 4-1319 afar i was the gunner one on gun 1. for you then.

[dannyveez]

lol niceee but bouncers right you guys nned to do summ dry fire maybe but shit i remember naray we used to piss every one off shootin chg 8 in the middle of the night B 4-319 Gunlinnnnnnneeeee

[starpower608]

I remember the loud speaker saying: attention on the fob "boooooomm" out going 155. a little late but......

[tiger0tank]

how do you guys move those things quick enough to ovoid incoming fire

[VoodooGypsy]

i thought he was going to keep cranking it until it was pointed straight up haha.

i love howitzers though, so much power

[Bouncer00]

why would you post this...it took you forever to shoot and your chief had to correct you twice. training would be nice

[PBlrmkr]

Why? I was a Navy officer embedded with 3-71 and was observing this for the first time. We don't use 155mm howitzers in the fleet.

This was their first calibration after having the M198's airlifted in and it is not a good indicator of their actual performance while providing combat support with the 155's (which 4-25 did often and well after this video was shot).

[RAAGNR]

You're an idiot.

[f66032785]

lol come on boys put some drive into it

[gonepostal2007]

KING OF BATTLE 13B

[Burnz2much]

i have KING OF BATTLE from shoulder blade to shoulder blade tattoo haha, 5/10 arty 2nd MAR DIV woot ;P

[rebelgurl140]

My daddy is the soldier walking over to the left at the begining of the video GO WOLFPACK!!!

[kellyrhoades1]

my husband was in a-425 fa and was at fob naray with the 10th mountain division and i couldnt have been more proud of him and his unit....

[anythinganytime]

I remember doing those out on the op. Those never really helped with the accuracy though