Howitzer Backfires

This Paladin Howitzer fires 39 caliber, 155mm shells. That's a whole lot of firepower - especially when it accidentally explodes like this.

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[Geilswijk]

Sorry to ruin your clip, but there is no backfire.

The flames to the side og the firing canon is due to the Muzzle Brake of the gun, directing the main part of the blast sideways to reused recoil.

The clip of something burning is not of the Paladin, but another clip.

If, the shell did go off inside the canon, the result would be utter destruction of the gun and the turret.

This is evidently not the chase.

So... just another bogus clip on youtube, trying to misinform.

[Geckuno]

we need less wars :)

[raphi73]

@NKonaya Spent months operating M109 in the Swiss army. Here we've had stern warning about paying attention to the proper closure of the gun breech. In the case it is not properly closed, there is a (high) risk of backdraft. Here we don't see the original shot. What we see is the explosion of a ball of powder because of the fire.

[raphi73]

@Geilswijk Sorry but I have to disagree. This was shown on tv during the Irak invasion in 2003. The editing sucks, but it is definitely not fake. Looks like flames came back from the tube inside and set it afire. The crew run away while the powder explodes. After a while, shells also explode so it becomes a big fireball.

[NKonaya]

@bittemeinrammstein

3 1/2 years in a firing battery, and another 3 1/2 years in a battalion headquarters battery I never saw, or heard of an M109 backfiring.

[tjbayliss]

It doesn't really look natural, the end is a 2nd clip by the first look at it

[MrOohrah1775]

whats the name of his song?



[SgtShnackendale]

...If the shot would have backfired, the self propelled artillery gun, ie. what you see as the big thing with the big gun,

would have ceased to exist....

[SunDevilPatrick1]

i have to bs this

[dollerup75]

@Geilswijk I remember the episode as it was first aired on tv and back then a howitzer did catch fire after firing a round. At 0:14 you see the crew running away from the fire but that is almost the only original part of the episode.

[downey935]

my guess would be burning off unused charge bags at the end of the shoot.

Sound about right???

[DahPieMan]

haha he used the same exact explosion both times