8 round mission at Ft.Sill

Shooting an 8 round fire mission at Ft. Sill. This mission was done as part of section certification with an evaluater in the gun with us.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• artillery
• shells
• 155mm
• paladin
• M109a6

[cedars30]

what are they in a paladian

[trooper1822]

@cedars30 Yes, M109A6

[hotrod4you2]

yes it's time for a 2011 update

[trooper1822]

@hotrod4you2 new videos are on my page. thanks for watching

[bigfritz11]

damn this crew shoots slow and that number 1 man never swabbed till after the last round, not very safe but they were effective

[trooper1822]

@bigfritz11 this was a all new crew and the number 1 mans first time ever doing it besides basic. speed comes with practice and experience. not sure if you are FA but if you are than you should know that. not trying to start a fight or anything but get tired of people who have never shot a howitzer or even served criticizing the guys that do the job. most crews do not swab after each round unless the tube is hot. it takes up too much time. I am now a chief. Ill post vid of my crew shooting fast

[kujowahwah]

@imgoodalaska the right hand glove gets in the way

[imgoodalaska]

swabbing powerder chamber 3 to 4 times to forcing cone.. bore clear.. maybe?

[imgoodalaska]

and 7 mins to fire 8 rounds? damn.. im down to 20-25 sec a round.. 27 for high angles lol.

[imgoodalaska]

wow.. where is your glove on your hand.. eyepro? load at lay postition? chief ate up or what. gunner not calling lay light lit, no warning messages verify? 1l is lame.. but i know precautions are critical. you prime after gunner verifies no warning messages. make a fist and ram that damn round like you mad at the dude fucking your woman when your over seas. i hand ram every round manually.. its faster btw.. imo. lots of bad stuff here... any future bravos should not study this vid LOL

[13barmor]

@killa61890 yeah, until you go to the wash station and have to crawl under the pally to clean mud from the roadwheels.

[13barmor]

B 2/5!!!!!! Rock Hard! I miss those days.

[sandyart]

Man I miss this B-Btry 127 F.A. /161 F.A. Retired

[raymondem2]

Dear Fellow Gun-bunnies: I was with the 6thBattalion/32nd Artillery Group "Proud Americans" in a place called Viet-Nam in 1969. I was an NCO candidate at Ft. Sill for 4 months. I was trained on the 105mm, 155mm, 175mm AND the 8" guns. In Viet-Nam, our fire missions were every day! sometimes 2 or 3 times. Wet,rain,heat, fog, mud everywhere,hard to climb on the gun to shoot, sometimes NO pnuematics to push the shell in the breech. We did it with a pole. It took about 1 minute to fir an 8'' round.