1st, there is NO SUCH THING as a "Blank Round" made in 155mm Howitzer.
2nd the issue of the "pop"(sound after firing),is caused by the powder charge,the projectile breaking the sound-barrier and, to a degree,the type of projectile being fired, the square weight of the round and the barometric pressure and ambient temp. as opposed to a "BOOM" for the report of the gun.
3rd-The speed of the firing, comes from the fire commands from the fire directio center.thegunarefiringregistationrdsso,slower
@stevetheazian95 Probably not. At least not now or ever again. There are other plenty of other things to use that would work way better. Because there are not a lot of situations that involve people are getting killed on the ground that would require use of a thing like that. The only thing slow enough for it to hit is probably be a tank or people who can't see it being aimed at them.
In the four years that I served in the Marine Corps in Artillery, I never shot "blank" rounds. Not even in training in Ft Sill OK. Yes we used charge green bags but no blank rounds. As a matter of fact I served with the section chief of this video when he got to the fleet as a young Marine.
Also, to the guy in a long previous comment who mentioned we were "moving slow"...i'd like to see you shoot 4 rounds per minute + for 2 weeks straight off of 4-6 hours of sleep. We have nothing to prove here, we're just doing our job. We already know we could shoot above the maximum rounds per minute.
Well, the FDC (Fire Direction Control) gives calculates the information given to them from the Forward Observers (who are hidden and see the target) and they give us the numbers. There are 2 different mounts on the Howitzer. Deflection is Left/Right and located on the left side of the gun. Quadrant is up and down and located on the right side of the gun. All you do is put the numbers in on the mount, adjust the howitzer by hand so that "bubbles" level, and fire away at the target.
These must have ben either light loaded round or just blanks most likely light loaded rounds so you cant fire them to far off target during training. Thats just what I think I have no experience with howitzers.
Yeah it did come across my mind. What the hell would blanks of that size look like and they probably don't exist but they do have other ways to create a bang without firing a projectile.
thats fine. Im not 100% sure they have anytype of practice cannon or howitzer in FA. I know infantrymen use SIMs with gas powered rifles to create artifical recoil. I used one back at Camp Roberts in CA NG base. Maybe if i commission into FA i will let ya know.
Any FA guy will tell you that there are blank rounds. There are 4 types of rounds. Service (live), Blank, Practice and training (correct me if i'm wrong there. I'm not in the Corps anymore). But back to the point, I have never fired or seen a blank round, but supposedly they exist for ceremonies and events. If i'm not mistaken, I was pretty sure that the rounds they fire off at Fort Sill, OK (Artillery School) every night when they retire the flag. Any Fort Sill, OK guys who know?
definitely blank rounds...i took my young children up to see the flag retired one evening, and we stood just across the street from it! (my 1.5 year old daughter said "boom!" ... i was so proud!)
Awesome. My husband is deployed right now to Okinawa. They're going to Fuji for about a month here soon. He's in Motor-T but when he went to PTA he helped some of the guys with the howitzers. When they're shooting rounds really close together they move really fast! It's really impressive.
Yeah everybody has a specific job. There is so much going on in that short amount of time that it can't all be accomplished without everyone doing something as part of a team. Recorder (me), section chief to verify everything, 2 loaders, rammer, Gunner, A-Gunner, People not on screen preparing ammo. When we're in a hurry, it has to be 4 rounds per minute, but i've seen it faster. It can also be done with different people doing multiple jobs if necessary...
90 sec.'s to send 2 rounds down range??? Are you kidding me?? Ladies...you should be ashamed of yourselves. I spent 3 yrs in artillery and my gun was NEVER that slow. Accuracy is very important but so is speed. Maybe you girls should stop playing with the big boys and go to infantry.
yeah i live 5 miles from Fort Bragg, NC and when them 105's go off it shakes the whole house. you can hear em whistle n hit too. my buddies like 2 miles away and hes had a glass wiggle of the table.
Actually, that is exactly how it sounds. It's actually kinda wimpy (for it's size and power) using lower charges. Mostly lower charges are used in training. But when you get the big charges, the Red 7's and 8's, and 8 stick, the ground shakes. The first time I shot a 8 stick, I was dazed for a few minutes.
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Wow... Have these guys seen aciton yet?
I'm sure these things give a hell of a pounding on insurgent's positions...
Anyway, I understand you (the guys who posted the video) was the guy in the radio or something...
So, I'm just wondering how it feels being a soldier. I personally think it's quite honourus, but I find risking my life (pardon if I offend you) stupid.
I mean, I know you guys are in those places for a good cause... But it's not enough, call me a coward, but no.
This video was shot in late late 2006. This is Mike Battery 3rd Battalion 11th Marines. We did not deploy to Iraq until early 2008. Being a soldier (or Marine in this case) is not for everyone. I know for absolute fact it wasn't for me. And it wasn't the risking the life deal, it was the micro management I couldn't put up with. It was the immature people NCO's who let the power trip get to their head. It was the a lot of things. All I can say is that I repayed me debt to the USA and left
You are wrong, on both counts. The Marine Corps is a service of it's own, separate from the Army, Navy or Air Force, but on equal footing as them (more or less). Because the Marine Corps is so small (and is kept small) anything that is not directly related to combat (Corpsmen, Admin, Dental) is done for us by the Navy. The Marine Corps is not Special Forces, but it does have it's own Special Forces, Marine Recon.
I just liked listening to the fire commands! My guard unit went to the digital stuff and we did away with all the repetition...just a press of the ACK button. Sad.
Looks like a charge 5 white bag. So its a pretty low charge thats why the recoil seemed so low plus the elevation of the tube looked like it was at about 300 to 350 mils.
Ok you Anti-Americans out there. I can't honestly say I respect your side of the debate. You point and accuse without any proof. Meanwhile, I am serving in the military and see the proof and facts day in and day out. But if it makes you happy, and will get you to shut up with your nonsense, the Marine Corp is supposed to be closing down Camp Fuji in the future and returning it to the Japanese. There is no set date yet as I understand, but it's in the works.
God bless america and I love my brothers in the U.S., but any war is wrong. No one can account for every soldier on any side and wrong doings will be done admitted or not, and they have been done! One day the lies can no longer been covered up.
Why does everyone always make it seem like the united states is the only country with a military? There are worse countries out there, look at half the things that go on in other countries and maybe you'll realize that american's arn't so bad. Half of you morons dont even understand what your talking about. If you are so against killing people then how did you come across finding this video in the first place. go search barney or something if you cant handle the fact that a howitzer is a weapon.
Exactly... Perfect, these people who hate Americans so much, obviously cruise the internet finding videos about americans, I filtered US Marines in Iraq and eventually surfed and came upon this, so seriously, grow up guys.
Imagine your self living somewhere else and not in America...Isn't it unfair a country to come all the way from their place to bomb you and enslave you?
Because I strongly believe in Freedom of Speech MITSOTRIBAL, I will not remove your outrageous (in my opinion) response. But with all do respect sir, you don't know what your talking about.
The recorder and guy repeating the Artillery commands is me. We were shooting Artillery on a Marine Corp Installation near Mount Fuji. We were shooting into a safe impact area far from any person and even then, into a small "box" in that much larger impact area that is completely off limits. Wise up Bro.
I know....That this is propably some practice shooting....But Yes US soldiers are considered as muerderers and Americans are the true terrorists....
Things are simple....They went to Iraq and start muerdering people....As they did in Serbia,Afganistan.....and the list is too big to end here....Isn't it so leutenat?
So mate, you're a Russian supporter, thats fine, Russia has an interesting culture and history. Cool. But since you accuse the US of "murder", have you consiidered the USSRs invation of Afghanistan were it wiped out villages full of civilians, with Chemical weapons? Have you considered Russia's invation of Czecheslovakia in 1968 and their blockade of Germany in the late 1940s. Russia is presently selling small arms to Sudan which are being used to murder the people of Darfur, since 2001.
You're the same....USA just has more and bigger crimes....Vietnam,Iraq,Serbia....Serbia had an idepedent goverment and just becauz of that the murderers came all the way here to kill some Serbs....US is also rensponsible for Cyprus....USA is against justice,right and liberty....USA a true terrorist
You also know that in Iraq it is the Sunni and Shi'a militia sects that are killing far more Iraqi civilians than US accidental killings. The sects deliberately target markets and Iraqi government instillations such as the civil police. I am well acquainted with Iraqi refugees that have been forced from their homes at gun point by these people. Are you?
USA is rensposible for Iraq....US army went to that country and then they let the militia do the killing....So what,just because US soldiers don't squish the trigger and they let the militia do?...And US citizens are coguilty cuz they do nothing about it...What does "acquainted" mean?
"acquainted" means, has met, and knows a person or people. "well acquainted" means to know someone well.
The US has been trying to stop the militia from killing since the beginning. Many of the militia are not Iraqis but people from surrounding countries that have illegally entered Iraq to kill US troops. Abu Al Zaqawi was Jordanian. Why can't they stay out of Iraq and let the Iraqi and American governments sort the problems out?
Cuz that's the US goverment wants to....Not to leave Iraq stand again...You are talking about the presense...In the begining of the invasion USA bombed Iraq and used phosphorus after some time and in the 90's US used Uranium bombs....US has the title of muerderer here in Europe for good and it's right
notice how you accuse the u.s. of terrorizing, yet you use the american language(not so proficiently i might add) but you typed your lame ass comment in english, take your hatin ass back to school and look up the word"contradict" idiot. and don't come to the u.s. and expect a warm welcome brainwashed self-loathing communist prick.
Where the hell did you get that we "enslave" them? It makes me sick that they let people like you go around on youtube, talking trash about americans when we are the one's who invented just about everything you have.
You?....Sorry but if it wasn't for my country European civilisation wouldn't have advanced like this today and so would you Americans....If you existed....
My country is Hellas,home of the Spartans and Alexander the Great....
A kind people that your goverment tries to destroy,as any other fair people in earth
So.. Cause one american invented something.. That makes you awesome?
Face it. America wouldn't be where it is if it wasn't for Europe. The same goes the other way around, whether you like it or not. No continent would be where it is NOW if it wasn't for the other continents of the world. Don't act like you Americans are the saviors of mankind, cause that's just stupid.
Now regarding Afghanistan, are you aware that according to public surveys more than 80% of the Afghan people still support the US removal of the Taliban regime? The Taliban practice Hanbali Islam based on the Salafi tradition formed under Ibn Tammiyya, where not even the playing of musical instruments is allowed, and yes, under Shari'a, execution by public stoning (where they bury a person up to the neck and the throw rocks the size of base balls at their head until they die) was common.
gotta love arty i was with lima 3/10 and did a feild op at camp fuji during december and january it was a nightmare cold as shit snowing and raining the whole time fun as hell in tokyo though semper fi bro
There is a base in japan, several. Current I'm stationed at Camp Fuji. And I can't divulge much information since you need a security clearance for it. But the howitzer and FDC don't use computers for final input, but as a guide and helper. What happens if you run outta power? you're battery is SOL and useless....wheels and protracters are the way to go.
hey dumbass, that was green bag. You cant shoot white bag or anything else for that matter at mount fuji. Obviously you werent in arty. You cant be color blind.
do u realize US forces are in most ally countries, training bases, and areas to station our forces in case enemies (N. Korea) or others, require a swift kick in the ass. The US is not a dumb country, we have bases all over the world.
hmm that makes sense. We say HEPD though...I believe that we say the HE to verify the round and PD to verify the fuse. I am not a chief or anything though just a cannoneer
YYaawwnn......why wasn't the round verified and in the tube after the quadrant was sent and why was the chief in the way between the trails. I know, had to verify the AG's sight because he didn't do FCATS and couldn't trust the quadrant on the gunner's side.
I'm glad I don't do this anymore good ridings fort puke
showtime302 1 month ago
Pshh..
lexhus 3 months ago
biggest i have fired is a charge 7 on a L119
aarc359 4 months ago
sweet. it's like a snack bar in a trench! you see 1 guy drink some water while a few others are eating something. pretty cool though
popcropper 5 months ago
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how much weight one bullet
bestamerica 6 months ago
@bestamerica 8kg give or take
depends on the type of projectile they use, oh and dont call them bullets, bullets go in a rifle
aarc359 4 months ago
I'm remember duct tapping a lizard around the fuze end of the round at twenty nine stumps and send him down range!
Hank68ers 9 months ago
0:55 <---------if you want to see firing
tjanina 10 months ago
Any one ever fired a 7 red bag?
goofiegoofball 10 months ago
@goofiegoofball I've fired a charge 8 redbag behind a RAP at 29 Palms back in 1994.
jimjanssen73 10 months ago
@jimjanssen73 Madness.
goofiegoofball 10 months ago
lacks orginization.
DjNightshade999 11 months ago
much more complicated to fire a round iut f this then my 120mm mortar.
PVTTomb150 1 year ago
1st, there is NO SUCH THING as a "Blank Round" made in 155mm Howitzer.
2nd the issue of the "pop"(sound after firing),is caused by the powder charge,the projectile breaking the sound-barrier and, to a degree,the type of projectile being fired, the square weight of the round and the barometric pressure and ambient temp. as opposed to a "BOOM" for the report of the gun.
3rd-The speed of the firing, comes from the fire commands from the fire directio center.thegunarefiringregistationrdsso,slower
macgringo82 1 year ago
You can see clearly the changes done to this cannon, smooth and quick like you need it, not jumpy and bouncy like the ones in the past...
BATTLECATT00 1 year ago
Wow, takes like a whole hour just to fire one round, do they really take this long for artillery support when guys are getting killed on the ground?
stevetheazian95 1 year ago
@stevetheazian95 Probably not. At least not now or ever again. There are other plenty of other things to use that would work way better. Because there are not a lot of situations that involve people are getting killed on the ground that would require use of a thing like that. The only thing slow enough for it to hit is probably be a tank or people who can't see it being aimed at them.
1908DanGreen 1 year ago
@stevetheazian95 Watch it again: 35 seconds between rounds seems pretty quick to me. Also think about the term "artillery batteries".
kaysandesses 10 months ago
Chuck Norris duel wields these in Call of Duty 9.
TheProsecuter 1 year ago
sounds like an oversized cap gun lol
HellzNord 1 year ago
Sounds like something you would hear on a submarine (from all of my movie expericence lol), fucking awesome video!
A5runner 1 year ago
thats a whole lot of numbers
Mentran 1 year ago
you can see the shell in flight briefly.
mightymike60 1 year ago
im in feild artillery and even our new m-777 are louder than this x50 never have i shot blank rounds either also in ft. sil, 1/103rd bravo company
djximage 1 year ago
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!
jpcer 1 year ago
those arent live, this a drill those are so loud that the camera would not be able to pick up the sound.
those are practice rounds
lancemanchap 1 year ago
im guessing this is the german army?
littledutchboy1996 1 year ago
@littledutchboy1996 read the descrp its japan
Xiia0Sn00pY 1 year ago
or these could be blanks?? test round maybe?
debramster123 1 year ago
damn i should of signed up for this MOS. i picked equipment operator......
casesully50 1 year ago
hey my last names strickland too.
CdogGHs 1 year ago
iron mike 3/11 1981 82 aww those were the days semper fi
albhere61 1 year ago
LOL pffffft with a puff of smoke:) Probably because the sound is traveling forwards.
Truthat77 1 year ago
is this thing very loud ?
nemurad 1 year ago
Still waiting for the BOOM.
Sloane100 1 year ago
shame these guys arent as snappy as the royal artilary :(
NathanAndrewLonsdale 1 year ago
This is why fire support always shows up late.
killchain187 1 year ago
Should go BANG, not POP.
BenHutchinson1 1 year ago 16
Unless your recording video and sound with a cheap Sony Cybershot camera.
Timsierramist 1 year ago 26
Lol were you rapping?
LaddieGalicia 1 year ago
@Timsierramist nice the wind took away the smoke...
goodbyelonglive44 1 year ago
@Timsierramist HEY NOW! My old "Cheap Sony Cybershot Camera" was a hell of a lot better than the janky-ass Kodak that I've got now...
spingel88 11 months ago
@BenHutchinson1
Or they are shooting paper?
martinerrr 1 year ago
@BenHutchinson1 you have to consider, these fellas are only firing a charge 3 green bag- Thats pretty much the weakest charge in the Field Artillery.
SacredSoldier13 10 months ago
I took this weapon apart today for 91F school, damn taking the barrel and recoil mech out isnt much fun
bighens 1 year ago
did they just fire some empty shells?
rax7 1 year ago
ok wheres the explosion?
rax7 1 year ago
:30, the on in the lower corner, he spitted!
LukRacer 1 year ago
i was expecting more of a KA BOOM
guns1312 2 years ago 10
My crappy 2005 Cybershot Camera doesn't do this video Justice by any means, particularly in the sound department.
Timsierramist 2 years ago 11
3-3-5-7... lol its sounds like a rap the first 20 seconds with that beep
TheRandomFilmers 2 years ago
In the four years that I served in the Marine Corps in Artillery, I never shot "blank" rounds. Not even in training in Ft Sill OK. Yes we used charge green bags but no blank rounds. As a matter of fact I served with the section chief of this video when he got to the fleet as a young Marine.
3141Devildog 2 years ago
Kinda cool you served with Sergeant Strickland. He's a SWAT officer with a Sheriff's Department now, San Joaquin/jose or something like that.
Timsierramist 2 years ago 2
is this MOS fun? Do they get to deploy alot? how long is the MOS school? How close to the action are they? Thanks.
taylor2142 2 years ago
HOWITZERS ARE SAFE.
HoratioMing 2 years ago
Is it the British, aussies, or canadians who called artillery gun bunnies? Also, where did that name come from. I forgot..,
Timsierramist 2 years ago
It's Aussie slang originally, now all of armies use it.
Cyanesence 2 years ago
excellent job gun bunnies
jbyrd0861 2 years ago
Also, to the guy in a long previous comment who mentioned we were "moving slow"...i'd like to see you shoot 4 rounds per minute + for 2 weeks straight off of 4-6 hours of sleep. We have nothing to prove here, we're just doing our job. We already know we could shoot above the maximum rounds per minute.
Timsierramist 2 years ago
And to add....not forgetting manual loading and not using an automatic loader + safety checks :)
sunburnsam 2 years ago
How does someone remember all of those numbers? Seriously.
Valadar917 2 years ago
Well, the FDC (Fire Direction Control) gives calculates the information given to them from the Forward Observers (who are hidden and see the target) and they give us the numbers. There are 2 different mounts on the Howitzer. Deflection is Left/Right and located on the left side of the gun. Quadrant is up and down and located on the right side of the gun. All you do is put the numbers in on the mount, adjust the howitzer by hand so that "bubbles" level, and fire away at the target.
Timsierramist 2 years ago
thats why they rule. LOL
DaHunterKiller 2 years ago
You really want as many as you can get. 8 crew and 1 section chief is desired but i've seen it as low as 2 crew and 1 section chief in Iraq.
Timsierramist 2 years ago
How many men work for each gun? A dozen?
Blue387 2 years ago
These must have ben either light loaded round or just blanks most likely light loaded rounds so you cant fire them to far off target during training. Thats just what I think I have no experience with howitzers.
JimTheMingebag 2 years ago
Good obversvation. They were small HE and green bags which mean they weren't going very far, lol.
Timsierramist 2 years ago
1st rule of field artillery howitzers. THERE ARE NO BLANK ROUNDS!
DaHunterKiller 2 years ago
Yeah it did come across my mind. What the hell would blanks of that size look like and they probably don't exist but they do have other ways to create a bang without firing a projectile.
JimTheMingebag 2 years ago
thats fine. Im not 100% sure they have anytype of practice cannon or howitzer in FA. I know infantrymen use SIMs with gas powered rifles to create artifical recoil. I used one back at Camp Roberts in CA NG base. Maybe if i commission into FA i will let ya know.
DaHunterKiller 2 years ago
Any FA guy will tell you that there are blank rounds. There are 4 types of rounds. Service (live), Blank, Practice and training (correct me if i'm wrong there. I'm not in the Corps anymore). But back to the point, I have never fired or seen a blank round, but supposedly they exist for ceremonies and events. If i'm not mistaken, I was pretty sure that the rounds they fire off at Fort Sill, OK (Artillery School) every night when they retire the flag. Any Fort Sill, OK guys who know?
Timsierramist 2 years ago
definitely blank rounds...i took my young children up to see the flag retired one evening, and we stood just across the street from it! (my 1.5 year old daughter said "boom!" ... i was so proud!)
whalen0056 2 years ago 2
@whalen0056 you can see the round fired a split second after the "pop", not blanks =]
omgthisfuckingsucks 1 year ago
@whalen0056 you can see the round fired a split second after the pop sound, not blanks but bad sound quality =]
omgthisfuckingsucks 1 year ago
Awesome. My husband is deployed right now to Okinawa. They're going to Fuji for about a month here soon. He's in Motor-T but when he went to PTA he helped some of the guys with the howitzers. When they're shooting rounds really close together they move really fast! It's really impressive.
77musikluver 2 years ago
Looks a little crowded, do they really have to be that many at a time?
NuclearStrike101 2 years ago
Yeah everybody has a specific job. There is so much going on in that short amount of time that it can't all be accomplished without everyone doing something as part of a team. Recorder (me), section chief to verify everything, 2 loaders, rammer, Gunner, A-Gunner, People not on screen preparing ammo. When we're in a hurry, it has to be 4 rounds per minute, but i've seen it faster. It can also be done with different people doing multiple jobs if necessary...
Timsierramist 2 years ago
What´s that? Look at Panzerhaubitze 2000. This is artillery.
ck1982ger 2 years ago
90 sec.'s to send 2 rounds down range??? Are you kidding me?? Ladies...you should be ashamed of yourselves. I spent 3 yrs in artillery and my gun was NEVER that slow. Accuracy is very important but so is speed. Maybe you girls should stop playing with the big boys and go to infantry.
jasisincognito 2 years ago 2
Even think that they werent going for speed? one guy is drunking and one guy is eating.
uglynakedboi 2 years ago
is that all the sound that the howtizer makes when firing live rounds?
ImNotNixon 2 years ago
The Sony Cybershot that took this videos does absolutely no justice to the sound...
Timsierramist 2 years ago
yeah i live 5 miles from Fort Bragg, NC and when them 105's go off it shakes the whole house. you can hear em whistle n hit too. my buddies like 2 miles away and hes had a glass wiggle of the table.
Venomguitar 2 years ago
Actually, that is exactly how it sounds. It's actually kinda wimpy (for it's size and power) using lower charges. Mostly lower charges are used in training. But when you get the big charges, the Red 7's and 8's, and 8 stick, the ground shakes. The first time I shot a 8 stick, I was dazed for a few minutes.
buddyholly24 2 years ago
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Wow... Have these guys seen aciton yet?
I'm sure these things give a hell of a pounding on insurgent's positions...
Anyway, I understand you (the guys who posted the video) was the guy in the radio or something...
So, I'm just wondering how it feels being a soldier. I personally think it's quite honourus, but I find risking my life (pardon if I offend you) stupid.
I mean, I know you guys are in those places for a good cause... But it's not enough, call me a coward, but no.
Uchiha507 2 years ago
This video was shot in late late 2006. This is Mike Battery 3rd Battalion 11th Marines. We did not deploy to Iraq until early 2008. Being a soldier (or Marine in this case) is not for everyone. I know for absolute fact it wasn't for me. And it wasn't the risking the life deal, it was the micro management I couldn't put up with. It was the immature people NCO's who let the power trip get to their head. It was the a lot of things. All I can say is that I repayed me debt to the USA and left
Timsierramist 2 years ago
marines are part of infantry corps? arent they us special forces? correct me if im wrong im from aus so not sure
rugby374 2 years ago
You are wrong, on both counts. The Marine Corps is a service of it's own, separate from the Army, Navy or Air Force, but on equal footing as them (more or less). Because the Marine Corps is so small (and is kept small) anything that is not directly related to combat (Corpsmen, Admin, Dental) is done for us by the Navy. The Marine Corps is not Special Forces, but it does have it's own Special Forces, Marine Recon.
buddyholly24 2 years ago
The Marines are still part of the US Navy
carhemi72 2 years ago
the marine corps is a subdivide of the Navy.
OneRadRudeboy 2 years ago
USMC is a department of the navy.
isdp2 2 years ago 2
two nine five one quarter. alpaha omega thunder cats thunder cats hooooooooo
KOLIN25 2 years ago
u can see the profectile at 1.25
Phatberry 2 years ago
feedback
dimedizzle 2 years ago
Wake me up when they're about to fire.
DimitrijIvanov 2 years ago 23
You're right, thus formally English Spoken in north american pronunciation is referred to as American English.
yamba01 2 years ago
at first glanc eI though it said Fingering the M198 Howitzer
BrutalGrindCoreMetal 2 years ago
I just liked listening to the fire commands! My guard unit went to the digital stuff and we did away with all the repetition...just a press of the ACK button. Sad.
Simplify guys! Simplify!
(like I know a marine who actually speaks latin!)
3buffalo13 2 years ago
SLOW!
Chingadiculous 2 years ago
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Still bombing Japan?
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AHAHAH u can see the bullet flying away if you always push on 1:03
HeavenOfTrance 2 years ago
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HeavenOfTrance 2 years ago
3rd 8" Howitzer Bn. 11th Marines, RVN 68-69, An Hoa, Hill 55, Semper Fi Bros
2396168 2 years ago
very little recoil!
MarkTools 2 years ago
Looks like a charge 5 white bag. So its a pretty low charge thats why the recoil seemed so low plus the elevation of the tube looked like it was at about 300 to 350 mils.
Chevyracing000 2 years ago
deflection is left/right. Quadrant is up/down. In the Mils format.
Timsierramist 2 years ago
Last time I was at Fuji I was fireing a 106mm recoiless rifle. Good times.
Semper Fidelis!
MIT1369 2 years ago
Can't we all just get along and fire howitzers at each other?
alanhowitzer 2 years ago
That'd be nice I guess....it was just training. Practice. Learning.
Timsierramist 2 years ago
Ok you Anti-Americans out there. I can't honestly say I respect your side of the debate. You point and accuse without any proof. Meanwhile, I am serving in the military and see the proof and facts day in and day out. But if it makes you happy, and will get you to shut up with your nonsense, the Marine Corp is supposed to be closing down Camp Fuji in the future and returning it to the Japanese. There is no set date yet as I understand, but it's in the works.
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Ikophot 2 years ago
God bless america and I love my brothers in the U.S., but any war is wrong. No one can account for every soldier on any side and wrong doings will be done admitted or not, and they have been done! One day the lies can no longer been covered up.
D33Lux 2 years ago
its not about killing. its about spending money in stupid things like war. THANKS GOD bush is out.
lucasmontec 2 years ago
Why does everyone always make it seem like the united states is the only country with a military? There are worse countries out there, look at half the things that go on in other countries and maybe you'll realize that american's arn't so bad. Half of you morons dont even understand what your talking about. If you are so against killing people then how did you come across finding this video in the first place. go search barney or something if you cant handle the fact that a howitzer is a weapon.
roadrcr81082 2 years ago 2
LOL! Good comment :-)
Timsierramist 2 years ago
Exactly... Perfect, these people who hate Americans so much, obviously cruise the internet finding videos about americans, I filtered US Marines in Iraq and eventually surfed and came upon this, so seriously, grow up guys.
dcbSub 2 years ago
WTF is wrong with you poeple?! Its a fuckin training exercise! Also we are allies with the Japanese you fuckin pricks!
UGLandrum 3 years ago
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Just some murderers...
mitsotribal 3 years ago
I don't see them murdering anyone, can you point them out on this vid??
Battlecorps101 3 years ago 4
just some hippie piece of shit...
Demock 3 years ago
So you are proud for muerdering people?
Imagine your self living somewhere else and not in America...Isn't it unfair a country to come all the way from their place to bomb you and enslave you?
mitsotribal 3 years ago
Because I strongly believe in Freedom of Speech MITSOTRIBAL, I will not remove your outrageous (in my opinion) response. But with all do respect sir, you don't know what your talking about.
The recorder and guy repeating the Artillery commands is me. We were shooting Artillery on a Marine Corp Installation near Mount Fuji. We were shooting into a safe impact area far from any person and even then, into a small "box" in that much larger impact area that is completely off limits. Wise up Bro.
Timsierramist 3 years ago
I know....That this is propably some practice shooting....But Yes US soldiers are considered as muerderers and Americans are the true terrorists....
Things are simple....They went to Iraq and start muerdering people....As they did in Serbia,Afganistan.....and the list is too big to end here....Isn't it so leutenat?
mitsotribal 2 years ago
So mate, you're a Russian supporter, thats fine, Russia has an interesting culture and history. Cool. But since you accuse the US of "murder", have you consiidered the USSRs invation of Afghanistan were it wiped out villages full of civilians, with Chemical weapons? Have you considered Russia's invation of Czecheslovakia in 1968 and their blockade of Germany in the late 1940s. Russia is presently selling small arms to Sudan which are being used to murder the people of Darfur, since 2001.
wattlebough 2 years ago 2
that should be "invasion".
wattlebough 2 years ago
You're the same....USA just has more and bigger crimes....Vietnam,Iraq,Serbia....Serbia had an idepedent goverment and just becauz of that the murderers came all the way here to kill some Serbs....US is also rensponsible for Cyprus....USA is against justice,right and liberty....USA a true terrorist
mitsotribal 2 years ago
You also know that in Iraq it is the Sunni and Shi'a militia sects that are killing far more Iraqi civilians than US accidental killings. The sects deliberately target markets and Iraqi government instillations such as the civil police. I am well acquainted with Iraqi refugees that have been forced from their homes at gun point by these people. Are you?
wattlebough 2 years ago 2
USA is rensposible for Iraq....US army went to that country and then they let the militia do the killing....So what,just because US soldiers don't squish the trigger and they let the militia do?...And US citizens are coguilty cuz they do nothing about it...What does "acquainted" mean?
mitsotribal 2 years ago
"acquainted" means, has met, and knows a person or people. "well acquainted" means to know someone well.
The US has been trying to stop the militia from killing since the beginning. Many of the militia are not Iraqis but people from surrounding countries that have illegally entered Iraq to kill US troops. Abu Al Zaqawi was Jordanian. Why can't they stay out of Iraq and let the Iraqi and American governments sort the problems out?
wattlebough 2 years ago 2
Cuz that's the US goverment wants to....Not to leave Iraq stand again...You are talking about the presense...In the begining of the invasion USA bombed Iraq and used phosphorus after some time and in the 90's US used Uranium bombs....US has the title of muerderer here in Europe for good and it's right
mitsotribal 2 years ago
notice how you accuse the u.s. of terrorizing, yet you use the american language(not so proficiently i might add) but you typed your lame ass comment in english, take your hatin ass back to school and look up the word"contradict" idiot. and don't come to the u.s. and expect a warm welcome brainwashed self-loathing communist prick.
rlfps 2 years ago
american language lol
its called english you dumbfuck from the united kingdom ...
hondansr50ccsnel 2 years ago
Where the hell did you get that we "enslave" them? It makes me sick that they let people like you go around on youtube, talking trash about americans when we are the one's who invented just about everything you have.
Patriot8017 2 years ago
You?....Sorry but if it wasn't for my country European civilisation wouldn't have advanced like this today and so would you Americans....If you existed....
My country is Hellas,home of the Spartans and Alexander the Great....
A kind people that your goverment tries to destroy,as any other fair people in earth
mitsotribal 2 years ago
So.. Cause one american invented something.. That makes you awesome?
Face it. America wouldn't be where it is if it wasn't for Europe. The same goes the other way around, whether you like it or not. No continent would be where it is NOW if it wasn't for the other continents of the world. Don't act like you Americans are the saviors of mankind, cause that's just stupid.
asaguda 2 years ago
Now regarding Afghanistan, are you aware that according to public surveys more than 80% of the Afghan people still support the US removal of the Taliban regime? The Taliban practice Hanbali Islam based on the Salafi tradition formed under Ibn Tammiyya, where not even the playing of musical instruments is allowed, and yes, under Shari'a, execution by public stoning (where they bury a person up to the neck and the throw rocks the size of base balls at their head until they die) was common.
wattlebough 2 years ago
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Just some muerderers...
mitsotribal 3 years ago
your an idiot
green420machine 3 years ago
Okay Mitsotribal. I'm guessing you live in San Fransico or Swedan.
Timsierramist 3 years ago
No...I am European...See my comment is spamed...I shall post it again...
mitsotribal 3 years ago
So, this rate of fire is only 4 round per minute? Thats quite slow...
LapinPete 3 years ago
DAMN I MISS MY 198 we just switched over to MLRS
fookunofookme 3 years ago
gotta love arty i was with lima 3/10 and did a feild op at camp fuji during december and january it was a nightmare cold as shit snowing and raining the whole time fun as hell in tokyo though semper fi bro
herm778 3 years ago
There is a base in japan, several. Current I'm stationed at Camp Fuji. And I can't divulge much information since you need a security clearance for it. But the howitzer and FDC don't use computers for final input, but as a guide and helper. What happens if you run outta power? you're battery is SOL and useless....wheels and protracters are the way to go.
Refacull 3 years ago
they are too slow in recharge..
one question..the howitzer of this generation use a computer to set the coordinates??
ZhaoDrek 3 years ago 2
before they were shooting i believe he was giving out the coordinates
KTM21 3 years ago
i was thinking the same thing,this is ridiculous
clawfish1 3 years ago
Well ok, but where can i get one? Can i in time for christmas? Im addin this shit to my wishlist now.
Sonof50 3 years ago 3
me too man!!
ZhaoDrek 3 years ago
yeah calling green bag when white bag was being fired? fuck dat have that FTO low crawling up and down the gunline....
japootietang 3 years ago
My dad was in Field Artillery for 23 years!
Retired 1st Cav 2nd Batallion 82nd Field Artillery!
I think I'm going FA in the Marine Corps
beejaysucka 3 years ago
I'm a bit curious why all comments on videos regarding American weapons are intense Militarial debates.
Anarchemitis 3 years ago
Alright you stupid fuks... why is the recorder verifying Green bag, If you are shooting white bag... good way to shoot out you fuck
tankin24 3 years ago
hey dumbass, that was green bag. You cant shoot white bag or anything else for that matter at mount fuji. Obviously you werent in arty. You cant be color blind.
jjmulvey 3 years ago
What are the marines doing in japan?
math9023 3 years ago
do u realize US forces are in most ally countries, training bases, and areas to station our forces in case enemies (N. Korea) or others, require a swift kick in the ass. The US is not a dumb country, we have bases all over the world.
chaspolo 3 years ago
a country that forget where they should place their flag in the world. yeah, america is stupid...
drifterZ00 3 years ago
I believe there is a US base in Japan.
naujitii 3 years ago
My mom lived on a base in Japan lol. so there was at one time at least..
runescapepainterguy 3 years ago
There r quite a few bases across Japan. I think about 5 or 6.
Sonof50 3 years ago
Are they saying HEPD? I've heard of HEDP before, but not PD.
zerstorer335 3 years ago
hedp stands for high explosive dual purpose
GUNNY89 3 years ago
hmm that makes sense. We say HEPD though...I believe that we say the HE to verify the round and PD to verify the fuse. I am not a chief or anything though just a cannoneer
jimc2004nhs 3 years ago
oh i was thinking wrong thing where you stationed at im at 3rd maint bn
GUNNY89 3 years ago
High Explosive Point Detonating
jimc2004nhs 3 years ago
Ah. That makes sense. Thanks.
zerstorer335 3 years ago
was that a duck~~~i cant hear shit~~~
wanker888 3 years ago
that sux, theres no BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Dragon22873 3 years ago
idiot
Scorpac 3 years ago
they are probaly using a 3 to 5 charge and the gun is not elevated that much so its probaly shooting less than 3mi
GUNNY89 3 years ago
Almost every artillery video has the USMC!!!! oorah!!!! Long live the marine corps.
atlboy82 4 years ago
same hear its just junk
skunko144 4 years ago
your drills are crap i use the heap of junk it was junk when it came out and its still junk for god sake fire white bag or red super
mccabe84 4 years ago
Only thing I hear is 3326 42126326136136 634614616414
koendeboer 4 years ago 5
It looks like Ft. Sill training you asses.....that's why it's so slow
montekristo76 4 years ago
YYaawwnn......why wasn't the round verified and in the tube after the quadrant was sent and why was the chief in the way between the trails. I know, had to verify the AG's sight because he didn't do FCATS and couldn't trust the quadrant on the gunner's side.
fjwjr 4 years ago
ohhrah, arty
petrotoreno 4 years ago
I always wanted to be an artillary loader but all our howitzers been captured and taken away by the US ARMY.
ssu123 4 years ago
man ur #1 man is slow. Why don't you guys have a GDU.
doubledoshow 4 years ago
Yeah, uhh...the GDU was busted, and didn't work, like they usually do, lol
Timsierramist 4 years ago