This is America's M270 MLRS

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  • čas přidán 6. 09. 2021
  • Since the first M270s were delivered to the U.S. Army in 1983, the MLRS has been adopted by several NATO countries. Some 1,300 M270 systems have been manufactured in the United States and in Europe, along with more than 700,000 rockets.
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  • @LastNameTom
    @LastNameTom Před 2 lety +1645

    I was the Driver and Gunner for this for 3.5 years and did 15 months in Iraq with over 2 dozen fire missions and I can tell you, its more awesome than it looks!

    • @midnyte6195
      @midnyte6195 Před 2 lety +62

      Yes thanks for your service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @rafavillanueva3583
      @rafavillanueva3583 Před 2 lety +32

      Damn, I would like to use one of these and thanks for your service too

    • @jimmyzphillips5885
      @jimmyzphillips5885 Před 2 lety +45

      I can back Tom up. I was a dvr/gunner/cdr for 7 years in germany/Iraq/white sands/and Korea. You have to see and feel it to truly appreciate it's firepower. Devastating to light/medium armored targets. Ball game. 🎯.

    • @Ullr-el3pu
      @Ullr-el3pu Před 2 lety +20

      I wasn’t working on this Missile system, but was on others in the Navy. All I can say is; buy these missiles, more the merrier. But we don’t let it fall into enemy hands! I was Army signal Corp and Navy Firecontrol on BB61, LPH10, FF1077 ships and Merchant Marine ammunition ships.

    • @petermapp5988
      @petermapp5988 Před 2 lety +4

      It seems awful loud !Did you have special ear protection ?

  • @chaosXP3RT
    @chaosXP3RT Před 2 lety +371

    Actually, the UK and US both used multiple rocket launch systems during WWII. The UK had what they called the "Landmattress" which was similar to the Katyusha, but it was just set up on the ground. It was not attached to a truck. The US mounted them on large landing ships in the Pacific and used them to bombard Japanese defenses. The US also had some mounted on Jeeps and Sherman tanks (called Calliopes).

    • @bro3217
      @bro3217 Před 2 lety +9

      The brits barely used the landmattres anyways

    • @sniperstg2
      @sniperstg2 Před 2 lety +9

      There's also the T34 Calliope, which is a M4 Sherman carrying x60 M8 Rockets.

    • @DeZug
      @DeZug Před 2 lety +14

      Why Katyusha is famous and deadly? Because the design is perfect & correctly. UK Landmattress is not a mobile platform and smaller rocket. US Calliopes mounted on Sherman tank , It is slow , smaller rocket and limited the sherman function in battle. Russian design is cheap , useful and effective

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT Před 2 lety +34

      @@DeZug Yes, you are correct. I'm just saying that the Russians weren't the only one with rocket artillery. The Germans also had their Nebelwerfer-41

    • @L0dG
      @L0dG Před 2 lety +6

      "Actually, US... blah blah blah"

  • @hiltonturner9915
    @hiltonturner9915 Před 2 lety +121

    There's no adrenaline rush like the one's I experienced as a gunner in a US Army M-270. Flipping those two toggle switches. "Arm", and "Fire". Hearing that muffled shotgun blast. WOW!!! I'll never forget that feeling.

  • @abergethirty
    @abergethirty Před 2 lety +223

    I was in an 8 inch Howitzer Battalion back in the 80's and we had a single MLRS battery. By the end of my tour, they deactivated the other batteries and the rest were to become MLRS.

    • @thadrunkenclam1691
      @thadrunkenclam1691 Před 2 lety +1

      A Hannabou how’s your moms basement seems like you are there 24/7

    • @brockvegas9571
      @brockvegas9571 Před 2 lety +1

      On the Minute!

    • @abz1261
      @abz1261 Před 2 lety +5

      lol no use of this lil boy toys taliban and the vietnamese showed you what the real war scenario looks like

    • @hackersulamaster
      @hackersulamaster Před 2 lety +2

      ​@@abz1261 That's probably because America actually knows how to train freedom fighters, you know, considering they're the only Nation that ever beat a super power at a civilian level?
      Nazi Germany thoroughly enjoyed American tactics, training, espionage and foreign aid. That I can assure you.
      NOW, if only little China and little Russia were forced to pay back their ww2 debt for the lend-lease act that seems to be quietly removed from their national debt statistics, huh? Xi Jingping felt REALLY great about acknowleding such debts recently. Something about crashing their credit rating/reliability if they didn't...

    • @abz1261
      @abz1261 Před 2 lety +1

      @@hackersulamaster LOL DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT RUSSIA AND CHINA WHEN TALIBAAN CAN SPANK THEIR ASSES RED HOT JUST IMAGINE WHAT RUSSIA AND CHINA WOULD DO AND FYI US HAS ALWAYS FOUGHT WITH ALLIED GROUP AND PROXIES GOT NO BALLS TO FIGHT ALONE BRO TALIBAN COULD BREAK THEIR NECKS WITHOUT MODERN MILITARY HARDWARE DO YOU EVEN THINK THEY CAN FIGHT IN TODAYS WORLD THEY ARE JUST CRY BABIES

  • @dljones915
    @dljones915 Před 2 lety +45

    I was a 88M in a FSB in 41st Fires Brigade and I loved watch the MLRS fire. Awesome sight to see in person.

  • @joekurtz8303
    @joekurtz8303 Před 2 lety +15

    Worked for a Plant that made the MLRS Rocket motor case & aluminum warhead skins. When used in first Gulf war , it was worth the effort of many to deliver devastating gifts for our enemies.
    The Canadian (NI Ind.)factory made the cluster submunition. Honeycomb stamped inner surface for shrapnel effect × 144 per warhead,= bad day for recipient. The rocket has been upgraded since my short early production run employment , and very effective. Enjoying end user comments.

    • @joekurtz8303
      @joekurtz8303 Před 2 lety

      Also artillery casings,( lotsa), 105& 155mm, cartridge cases 105,& 5"54 naval gun. 120mm warhead & base plug cases, learned alot, would gladly go back, Corp reorg, in early 90's laid off in 88".- the factory was used in Lethal Weapon 4 end shootout in the main Press Dept.. Norris Industries Vernon
      ( now Siemans Ind.inc.)

    • @davids1inwestholl45
      @davids1inwestholl45 Před rokem +1

      I read that the US stopped making/using/exporting cluster munitions. Too many un-detonated rounds laying around caused non-combatants' deaths & injuries. They just packed the pounds in them up w/ more HE.

    • @armand8322
      @armand8322 Před rokem +1

      @@joekurtz8303 Wow ! , I worked there as well . Started sweeping the floors at build # 6 ( cart case machine line ) , transfered to Quality Control and inspected all those products you mentioned . went thru a couple of Union strikes then transfered to the Die Crib as a tool expediter then went to Engineering and did estimating . Got laid off in 90 when I was a Technical Buyer . Good times , learned a lot .
      That main press Dept was called the Hall of Giants . Worked at NI INd. for 25 years . 5215 S. Boyle Ave. Vernon Ca.
      Keep in touch ! love to touch base with you !
      Take care .

    • @joekurtz8303
      @joekurtz8303 Před rokem

      Great only did 6yrs till 88' dept 121, press line , heat treat- moon bldg , material handling etc. Had a family member in front office, you may know him.

  • @davidwolf226
    @davidwolf226 Před 2 lety +368

    This has always been such an impressive weapons system.

    • @terrythetuffkunt9215
      @terrythetuffkunt9215 Před 2 lety +2

      IF ONLY WE COULD SAY THE SAME ABOUT THE WEAK SOLDIERS

    • @andrewdoesyt7787
      @andrewdoesyt7787 Před 2 lety +21

      @@terrythetuffkunt9215 The soldiers are the toughest in the world.

    • @elihirsch4303
      @elihirsch4303 Před 2 lety +14

      @@terrythetuffkunt9215 Regardless of how strong you think the US Military actually is, the fact of the matter is that they held their lines in a hostile foreign country for 20 years. The only reason they’re leaving is because they’re simply following orders, if they were instead ordered to stay in Afghanistan then they would. If you think leaving is weak then the the weak ones would be the people who ordered them to leave, not the soldiers, they’re simply following orders

    • @Knightfire66
      @Knightfire66 Před 2 lety

      @@terrythetuffkunt9215 dont worry. AI is slowly taking on critical calculations and hard tasks and so on ... soldier in future only have to press the trigger button... this they can do I believe. even those idiots over in europe can do that and use those weapons well

    • @darrinfry2251
      @darrinfry2251 Před 2 lety

      Need 30,000 more of them

  • @Music-rd1vm
    @Music-rd1vm Před 2 lety +222

    I’m from Ukraine , and I’m thankful USA for this weapon

    • @coleschemistrychannel4172
      @coleschemistrychannel4172 Před 2 lety +29

      We’re forever in debt I to you guys. Slava Ukraine

    • @sikeda8423
      @sikeda8423 Před 2 lety +13

      That’s why your losing

    • @everready2903
      @everready2903 Před 2 lety

      This kind of weapons will lead to Russia escalating what weapons they use and end up with more devastation in Ukraine. You think you're being helped but you're just being used as a proxy war.

    • @jasonbrewer6714
      @jasonbrewer6714 Před 2 lety +8

      @@sikeda8423 I'd be surprised if Russia loses, but come back when they actually win. Its 2 months on and little to show for it.

    • @antonsjoberg
      @antonsjoberg Před 2 lety +6

      @@jasonbrewer6714 the question is rather is if they can not reach their preliminary goals and they still lost lots of men power and equipment which will be very expensive to replace in modern times. Did they not loose already...

  • @steelraen
    @steelraen Před 2 lety +18

    i was a 13M for 5 years, 2007-2012 loved every moment of it

    • @eddiesaint8713
      @eddiesaint8713 Před 2 lety +1

      Stop the cap!

    • @GTRNights
      @GTRNights Před rokem +1

      @@eddiesaint8713 Definitely cap. I was a 13M and I can tell you it was fun to fire but everything else was a complete pain, especially having to hit the carwash after a field deployment. Gear recovery and inventory and inspection... total PITA.

    • @stopitmike
      @stopitmike Před rokem +1

      King of Battle

    • @stopitmike
      @stopitmike Před rokem +1

      @@GTRNights Oh God.. YOU'RE RIGHT! Also forgot about the ammo section...

  • @wyattmiller3337
    @wyattmiller3337 Před 2 lety +8

    I'm a driver for this track in korea currently, can say it's definitely one of the coolest vehicles

  • @AnkhEmFentu
    @AnkhEmFentu Před 2 lety +16

    Steel Rain! A138, Camp Stanley, Korea, 1998. Some of the hardest working Soldiers I have came to know and respect.

    • @AnkhEmFentu
      @AnkhEmFentu Před 2 lety +1

      @Jim Prpich Being at Camp Stanley, and 2nd ID often felt like a revised WWII concentration camp.

    • @mudnducs
      @mudnducs Před 2 lety

      ROKs are hard, tough soldiers

    • @Reloykaotica
      @Reloykaotica Před 2 lety

      @Jim Prpich 6/37 and 1/38 moved to Casey in 05 and 37 fell off bad. I don't know what happened after I left

    • @irontrunk2267
      @irontrunk2267 Před 2 lety

      A 1/38 02'

  • @Mohono129
    @Mohono129 Před 2 lety +56

    imagine using that in medieval times. You could conqure entire world with 100 of these.

    • @Aegis4521
      @Aegis4521 Před 2 lety +11

      Honestly maybe with just one, provided you have enough ammo

    • @smesh4190
      @smesh4190 Před 2 lety +8

      You could conquer the entire medevil world with a few fighter jets tbh. They would probebly think a modern fighter jet is some sort of gods plague

    • @Aegis4521
      @Aegis4521 Před 2 lety +5

      @@smesh4190 honestly one attack helicopter with enough fuel and ammo would be enough

    • @sunilvasistha8481
      @sunilvasistha8481 Před 8 měsíci +1

      You would run out of fuel and ammo and be unable to repair it long before that happened

  • @patrickkelly8095
    @patrickkelly8095 Před 2 lety +33

    a unit is capable of saturation bombing of 27 square kilometers! Thats insane.

    • @redwolfexr
      @redwolfexr Před 2 lety +5

      Then they have to reload! Shooting is MUCH more fun than reloading...

  • @GumbootZone
    @GumbootZone Před 2 lety +16

    Watching the Soviet launches, I'm sure if I was in the German army and saw these launching in my direction, my bowels would instantly activate.

  • @MrEddieLomax
    @MrEddieLomax Před 2 lety +91

    The British army has a two regiments of these bad boys, at least one is in the territorial army (now called army reserve), the reason so is that these are such awesomely powerful their deployment requires a significant war hence they don't really need to be all in the regular army - its hard to do peacekeeping with a MLRS :)

    • @philbrownsey-hughes2793
      @philbrownsey-hughes2793 Před 2 lety +6

      The way things are going here in the UK the only army we will have in 10yrs will be the reserves! Bloody joke considering we used to be one of the most feared nations !

    • @Germans12345
      @Germans12345 Před 2 lety +7

      @@philbrownsey-hughes2793 yeah you guys went from owning most of the world to being stuck on an island 2.8 times smaller than the state of Texas

    • @flybeep1661
      @flybeep1661 Před 2 lety +1

      @@philbrownsey-hughes2793 'used to be', exactly. Now be a good old chap and stand in line at the gas station.

    • @Maks_Morkovkin
      @Maks_Morkovkin Před 2 lety +1

      @@philbrownsey-hughes2793 In fact only army you need to defence is Coastal Guards and Airforce.
      Or you want to be agressors? ;)

    • @philbrownsey-hughes2793
      @philbrownsey-hughes2793 Před 2 lety

      @@Maks_Morkovkin airforce? bloody useless toffee nosed diesel pigeons?

  • @fishingbarracudas4768
    @fishingbarracudas4768 Před 2 lety +10

    Watching those rockets ignite, blasting out of those tubes, and flying through the sky at incredible speed is such an awesome sight to see! M270 MLRS is fucking badass!!

    • @guydelaqua940
      @guydelaqua940 Před rokem

      Wait until the USA unleases plasma at 1200 degrees. We are dicks, but we also saved the world.

  • @johndavis6596
    @johndavis6596 Před rokem +6

    My cav unit got MLRS dropped right on us in Desert Storm in a friendly fire incident. Still to this day cannot believe nobody died. Thank God for armor. The armor stopped the shrapnel, but oh my God it was like having human sized subwoofers on each side of your body going off to the craziest drum and bass you ever heard.

    • @stopitmike
      @stopitmike Před rokem +1

      WOW! Former 13M I'm amazed and thrilled nobody died. No it wasn't me. I was there for the next episode...

    • @johndavis6596
      @johndavis6596 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@stopitmikeThanks! Yeah still amazed. We had wounded in the light skinned vehicles, but for what it was we were lucky to the extreme. 2 of our Bradley's were inop for a couple of hours, but they fixed them up and we kept rolling.

  • @redrafashiro
    @redrafashiro Před 2 lety +1

    The sound is awesome, the little (big) click it makes, just like a gun firing when the rocket goes off, very satisfying

  • @marcial.c
    @marcial.c Před 2 lety +7

    I proudly served as a 13P Fire Direction Specialist for this Beast of a system for 6 years. The best time of my life. Then we completely switched to a HIMARS BN, and I served with that system for 3 years.

    • @HappyHermitt
      @HappyHermitt Před 2 lety

      Where'd you serve?
      I was at Ft. Stewart, then Italy. My Commo buddy was in a Miles battery in Germany in the 90s

    • @marcial.c
      @marcial.c Před 2 lety +1

      @@HappyHermitt first duty station was Ft Bragg, then Ft Hood, then Korea Camp Stanley, and finally back to Ft Bragg.

    • @craiggohm8913
      @craiggohm8913 Před 2 lety +1

      @@marcial.c "im sooo fucking pissed off im stuttering!!!"----sgt Cepeda cmp Stanley 2003...

    • @craiggohm8913
      @craiggohm8913 Před 2 lety

      @@marcial.c after all my years in the army....you're still one of my favorite chiefs ever

    • @marcial.c
      @marcial.c Před 2 lety

      @@craiggohm8913 well Gawd Damn how have you been?!?

  • @Bad_Wolf_Media
    @Bad_Wolf_Media Před 2 lety +4

    The addition of computers to coordinate TOT (time on target) attacks should be one of the most terrifying concepts to anyone on the receiving end of a barrage.

  • @ERSCAUS
    @ERSCAUS Před 2 lety +23

    I am so happy these are being sent to Ukraine at last.

  • @robertsutton1295
    @robertsutton1295 Před 2 lety +2

    Had some set up a mile or two in front of us near the Wadi al Batin in '91, got to see some fire missions. Awesome!

  • @kelleyjensen9114
    @kelleyjensen9114 Před rokem +3

    Old 13MS8R20 here. Worked at WSMR for 2 years, shot over 750 rockets and 1 ATACMS while there, and a few at C range in the R.O.K.

  • @gujakis4688
    @gujakis4688 Před rokem +4

    Kačuša from WWII was a bad ass sound launcher ! Psychologically devastating just as much as physicaly , even more I would say. One of the best military produced sounds 👍
    Kind of sounds like TIE FIGHTERS from StarWars 😅

  • @monogamousbonobo3923
    @monogamousbonobo3923 Před 2 lety +84

    I was a medic in the first gulf War & I had the honor of being assigned to one of these units. To witness in aw the power of each rocket leaving the tube then going down range and seeing the destruction. The Iraqi's have us the nick name steel rain.

    • @teresadavis4042
      @teresadavis4042 Před 2 lety +2

      Thank you for your service!

    • @patricktate4782
      @patricktate4782 Před 2 lety +1

      Lies these were not used in Iraq

    • @landro9369
      @landro9369 Před 2 lety +4

      War crime actions against far countries , dont be proud.

    • @ChuckCoy
      @ChuckCoy Před 2 lety +11

      @@landro9369 Yeah it turns out there were no WMDs but both parties voted for action so the blame is shared all around the table. The more you know about Siddam Hussein his sons and the things they did to the people the less bad you feel about it. One of his boys enjoyed dropping people into industrial grinders for fun. Keep whining about war crimes against these monsters. No one cares.

    • @landro9369
      @landro9369 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ChuckCoy that all doing your state to your peeaple (epstain, Clinton and that stuff just one thing i fast remember) , but irak was independent state with free education, medical and practicaly without crime. What is now, just like libia, what is now... Dont be proud, that is crime against milions people and kids.

  • @DanielSmith-dk1hh
    @DanielSmith-dk1hh Před rokem +3

    This is the perfect punk rock album cover

  • @dannynyman918
    @dannynyman918 Před rokem +1

    I spent some time at ft sill and this was one of the coolest things to see firing, especially at night.

  • @midnyte6195
    @midnyte6195 Před 2 lety +41

    I want to see how it looks with GoPro attached to them 😃

    • @terrythetuffkunt9215
      @terrythetuffkunt9215 Před 2 lety +3

      OR WE SHOULD SEE HOW IT LOOKS WHILE AMERICAN SOLDIERS RUN FROM THE TALIBAN HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @samuraicheems9504
      @samuraicheems9504 Před 2 lety +9

      @@terrythetuffkunt9215 or watch while the taliban sees the B83 nuke approaching their territory helplessly admit defeat

    • @robertniklas4260
      @robertniklas4260 Před 2 lety +1

      going at mach jesus that would be very fun to watch

    • @identity2257
      @identity2257 Před 2 lety

      @@samuraicheems9504 if Afghanistan gets nuked, oh trust me china and russia would love to see that happen

    • @Hexigonic
      @Hexigonic Před 2 lety

      @@identity2257 oh and Britain, they tried to invade that place 3 times

  • @andrewwebb3248
    @andrewwebb3248 Před 2 lety +37

    I saw a unit of these deploy in Iraq in 03 and I was scared shitless seeing the amount of rockets launched.

    • @jonjonwells
      @jonjonwells Před 2 lety +6

      214 FA BDE out of Fort Sill. Glad we could impress😁

    • @hengry2
      @hengry2 Před 2 lety

      Why is it scary if they’re on your side?

    • @vito7428
      @vito7428 Před 2 lety +3

      @@hengry2 Cause shit's super loud i'm assuming

    • @bestieswithtesties
      @bestieswithtesties Před 2 lety

      @@jonjonwells You didn't invent the weapon system

    • @golddie8
      @golddie8 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jonjonwells
      1-12 FA BDE. Steel Rain bringing the PAIN!

  • @The_Big_Soup3
    @The_Big_Soup3 Před 2 lety +1

    Hearing and seeing these in person is mesmerizing

  • @bronyguy6103
    @bronyguy6103 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for your service

  • @isouser3455
    @isouser3455 Před 2 lety +3

    There is no better feeling than having an A10 over your shoulder during battle.

    • @isouser3455
      @isouser3455 Před 2 lety +1

      ALL YOU HERE IS A BURB Above You and tanks blow up

    • @isouser3455
      @isouser3455 Před 2 lety

      When they dip their Wings, overhead you know they have your back

    • @craiggohm8913
      @craiggohm8913 Před 2 lety

      @@isouser3455 maybe not....but having two apaches fly 20 feet over head to lead your convoy in iraq is pretty damn fine too

  • @schattenkind777
    @schattenkind777 Před rokem +17

    Thank you 🇺🇸 USA & UK 🇬🇧 Government and People of US and UK (I assume M270 to Ukraine came from UK) for helping 🇺🇦 with M270. Together with Himars - great combo . 🕊️ 🇺🇦 .

    • @detododetodo7734
      @detododetodo7734 Před rokem +2

      💪🏻🇺🇦

    • @joachimvzm4274
      @joachimvzm4274 Před rokem +1

      Actually at least 12 of them came from the US, possibly more. Most of the strikes against Russia listed as coming from HIMARS systems are probably actually from M270s, as you guys have way more of them than HIMARS and they fire the same missiles. Frankly, the terrain in Ukraine means the M270 is likely the more useful of the two. It's better offroad, only a little less advanced than the HIMARS, and can fire twice as many rockets before reloading. The only downside it has that would be relevant is that it's a lot slower to move.

  • @alexn3574
    @alexn3574 Před 9 měsíci

    This has to be my favorite channel on CZcams at the moment, the amount of details and information you give with the clips of the weapon or equipment in operation is fantastic. Thank you

  • @IceColdProfessional
    @IceColdProfessional Před 4 měsíci +1

    The beauty of these rockets launching is unparalleled.

    • @MohaAhmadhamadani
      @MohaAhmadhamadani Před 3 měsíci

      Beauty?!?! They dont stay in the air. How many civilians receive this gift ??

    • @IceColdProfessional
      @IceColdProfessional Před 3 měsíci

      None. Rockets only hit evacuated military sites.@@MohaAhmadhamadani

    • @TrazynPrime
      @TrazynPrime Před 2 měsíci

      @@MohaAhmadhamadanivery beautiful. Especially when its used against an enemy acting like they are the victims of a war THEY started.

    • @MohaAhmadhamadani
      @MohaAhmadhamadani Před 2 měsíci

      @@TrazynPrime right, in 1948

    • @MohaAhmadhamadani
      @MohaAhmadhamadani Před 2 měsíci

      @@TrazynPrime ABC of international law: 1. An occupier has no right for self-defence due to the offensive position. 2. The occupied has the right to use any form of resistance including the usage of force. End.

  • @jimcambron1328
    @jimcambron1328 Před 2 lety

    Excellent voice-over artist on this channel!

  • @apuuvah
    @apuuvah Před 2 lety +4

    I'm glad Finland has these.

  • @shootscoot883
    @shootscoot883 Před 2 lety +11

    I got to see a platoon of mlrs fire at ntc it was epic!!!

    • @levikuhnert7421
      @levikuhnert7421 Před 2 lety

      Would have been something if we were there at the same time. My mlrs bn went there in September

    • @shootscoot883
      @shootscoot883 Před 2 lety

      @@levikuhnert7421 I went there in 2007 and 2012 the 07 trip was where I seen the mlrs platoon fire!!!

  • @kobusgaming9866
    @kobusgaming9866 Před 2 lety +1

    7:34 "did the first one hit?" "I don't know sir cant see anything" "fire more to make sure"

  • @shawng7902
    @shawng7902 Před 8 měsíci

    The power and just shear velocity of them anymore is insane!!! Even 275s. When they show those massive launches its hard to imagine what kinda hell is on the other end of that!

  • @geeftw69
    @geeftw69 Před 2 lety +4

    U gotta love where we live godbless America 🙏🙏🙏

  • @ErikWolowitz
    @ErikWolowitz Před 2 lety +7

    Danger close are words you never want to utter when calling fire for these things. I was a cav scout during storm/shield and saw first hand the business end of these things.

  • @LoneWolf-kz5bo
    @LoneWolf-kz5bo Před 2 lety

    I got the lucky experience to watch the truck based one fire of its 6 as a demonstration at ANG Alpena in Michigan at their range. Even let me sit inside it before they sent it out to prep. Awesome system

  • @wolfvale7863
    @wolfvale7863 Před 2 lety

    So good I watched it twice without realizing it.

  • @sachmo0196
    @sachmo0196 Před 2 lety +7

    For those that don't know: Rockets are dumb (fire in general location). Missles are smart (do what you want them to do...and think by themselves). If the munition has a device that individually can "distinguish/change course"...it's a missle, i.e, Heat, radar etc... Newer gen's have both and are refered to as "MARK's" (semi-missle and rocket). Almost an "oop's" weap. Not exactly dumb, but knows basically what to do.

    • @ryanholmes1970
      @ryanholmes1970 Před 2 lety +1

      Not exactly but close. Missile means it can change direction in flight. We had smart rockets and bomlets that could zero in on enemie vehicles.

    • @viking5736
      @viking5736 Před 2 lety +3

      "Not exactly dumb, but knows basically what to do."
      Sums up human beings as well lol

    • @archiehallen5521
      @archiehallen5521 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ryanholmes1970 that’s what he said

    • @slideup610
      @slideup610 Před 2 lety

      Not all rockets are dumb. Some rockets are laser guided too.

    • @dolphingoreeaccount7395
      @dolphingoreeaccount7395 Před rokem

      The missile knows where it is at all times

  • @neilgoc-ong8516
    @neilgoc-ong8516 Před 2 lety +4

    This is probably the coolest
    And deadly weapon in war
    Lucky to those countries who had this kind of weapon
    Can be used in long range battles

  • @anointed1111
    @anointed1111 Před 2 lety +1

    I was the medic for a battery in South Korea that used these. They are bad ass. We lit a mountain on fire during a live fire exercise 😂

  • @1ndragunawan
    @1ndragunawan Před 2 lety +3

    Ukraine will definitely orders a few of these MLRS and the MGM 140 ATACMS.
    They need to dismantle the Kerch Strait Bridge and flatten Sevastopol Navy Base.

  • @thefirstkboughbe
    @thefirstkboughbe Před 2 lety +3

    I served 4 years during peacetime. Only got to participate in one live fire and my chief launched the rockets. However, I did get to help scrub the rocket exhaust off all three launchers in our platoon.

  • @benitosalazar3749
    @benitosalazar3749 Před 2 lety +5

    Excellent video. Keep up the good work.

  • @lanague6890
    @lanague6890 Před 2 lety +4

    Imagine the cluster one, but instead it releases 400 switchblade-like seekers that communicate with each other to maximize target coverage. I bet they are working on that right now.

  • @thomaswilkinson3241
    @thomaswilkinson3241 Před 2 lety

    I was close to finishing School in Germany in the late 90s and would have been mustered for a compulsory service time if it weren't for my scoliosis. But I at least got the opportunity to make a weekend visit to a rocket artillery battalion as a preliminary for people that wanted to enlist after their "Wehrdienst" for a certain time. They were equipped with the same machines designated MARS.

  • @rooster4669
    @rooster4669 Před 2 lety +2

    24 years as a 13m.
    God I miss those day.
    Steel rain

  • @tariqhasan4683
    @tariqhasan4683 Před 2 lety +4

    Wow great job

  • @christophermays2108
    @christophermays2108 Před rokem

    I miss the days of watching the rookie drivers stall out in the motor pool with the m270. Was alot of fun! FT SILL 97

  • @twosevenleft7439
    @twosevenleft7439 Před 2 lety +9

    I've seen Danish M270's and Polish BM-21's firing. 💪🏻🇩🇰🇵🇱
    That was freaking awesome! 💥💥💥💥

    • @Ficker2
      @Ficker2 Před 2 lety

      Most have been a while ago since the Danish launchers were all put into storage 15 years ago and then sold 10 years ago.

  • @davidpartridge4685
    @davidpartridge4685 Před 2 lety +7

    Ukraine need 100 MLRS rocket 🚀 artillery ➕ 50,000 rounds...and spare parts...

  • @Smileatlife37
    @Smileatlife37 Před 2 lety +9

    GOD bless America!! And are brave troops

    • @stefanogaldiero2263
      @stefanogaldiero2263 Před 5 měsíci

      Le armi le benedice il diavolo.
      Dio lascialo stare e vergognati

  • @toasttesting1604
    @toasttesting1604 Před 2 lety +4

    Provide a few to Ukraine to stop the unprovoked aggression

  • @ralphjohnson8973
    @ralphjohnson8973 Před 2 lety +8

    This is what I did, this was my MOS. I had the opportunity to see live fire exercises in person from both the launch and impact sites. It was possible to watch the cluster deploy as the rocket came in. It was fascinating. Just dummy clusters but the splash they made on the ground was scary without the high ex. Devastating weapon.

    • @HappyHermitt
      @HappyHermitt Před 2 lety +1

      Cool mos, but very limited duty stations.
      I'm not knocking you, just stating a fact.
      Thank you.

    • @briankorth6763
      @briankorth6763 Před 2 lety

      How long did it take to reload?

    • @GTRNights
      @GTRNights Před rokem

      @@briankorth6763 I could reload in 4 minutes. That was just me and my crew chief. We were short on people so I was both driver and gunner at the same time, but didn't slow us down.

    • @stopitmike
      @stopitmike Před rokem

      @@HappyHermitt You are so right... Fort Sill or South Korea... when I was in. The other stations were like winning the lottery. Germany? Yea right. Nobody leaves Germany. I spent all my time(outside of deployments) at Fort Sill. With most of the guys I met at AIT and some of those ended up in my battalion. Later in life I ended having several TDYs in South Korea as a 25B. I actually liked the place.

  • @shaked1972
    @shaked1972 Před 2 lety +7

    I was m270 driver and gunner in the idf and it's amazing machine

  • @kathrynck
    @kathrynck Před 2 lety +7

    Taiwan is buying a significant number of HIMARS and land based Harpoon missile systems.
    Unfortunately, the ink is barely dry on the deal, and they need them essentially "right now".

    • @TheFlyingZulu
      @TheFlyingZulu Před 2 lety

      They'll need them to defend against a Chinese invasion.... Of course they'll need the USA, Japan and a lot of other allies in the area to help them as well.

    • @febeomnibeepboop6367
      @febeomnibeepboop6367 Před rokem

      they cant win, they dont need it, sounds like consumerism. it will just lead to more destruction. taiwan is china. japan retreated after ww2 and the disposed government went there

  • @josephpacchetti5997
    @josephpacchetti5997 Před 2 lety

    Excellent Channel.

  • @fackeltanz
    @fackeltanz Před 2 lety

    My grandad helped design these in Huntsville, AL at Redstone Arsenal!

  • @MarcosGarcia-ol2zf
    @MarcosGarcia-ol2zf Před 2 lety +3

    This is Heavy duty and bad ass 💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👊

  • @pwc_uk
    @pwc_uk Před 2 lety +13

    God bless America 🙏

    • @jizzusmuhammageh8383
      @jizzusmuhammageh8383 Před 2 lety +1

      Did god design the missile system? Is god in the room with us right now?

  • @arcsolomon6360
    @arcsolomon6360 Před 2 lety

    That hooning sound alone can cause a heart attack

  • @cocosloan3748
    @cocosloan3748 Před 2 lety

    Rockets are so graceful !

  • @GameArchiver
    @GameArchiver Před 2 lety +10

    Primarily used as an offensive tool but could also be utilized to temporary halt or stall an enemy advance (on land).

    • @FhangMedia
      @FhangMedia Před rokem

      only if the enemy was at least 10 miles away, the minimum firing distance of the MLRS. 99.5% offense 0.5% defense

  • @nevek20
    @nevek20 Před 2 lety +9

    Could you imagine being on the other end of any of these barrages

    • @Reloykaotica
      @Reloykaotica Před 2 lety +1

      yeah I was a 13 F it's amazing

    • @ttv_neon7892
      @ttv_neon7892 Před 2 lety

      Ask a UA soldier I’m sure he can tell you what it feels like to take cover from a hundred rockets

    • @febeomnibeepboop6367
      @febeomnibeepboop6367 Před rokem

      there is a lot of tic tonk vids from ukranian trench troops that capture such moments.

  • @JoeLUI
    @JoeLUI Před rokem

    Informative & realistic video. @00:40' particularly interesting.

  • @CheesusSVT
    @CheesusSVT Před 2 lety +2

    Just the speed alone when the rockets leave the tube, Its terrifying... Could only imagine the damage it could cause. 🙈

  • @BIackCadillac
    @BIackCadillac Před 2 lety +40

    Rocket arty is and always will be the coolest weapon system with one of the most devastating psychological and physical effects.

  • @alfredcollins3944
    @alfredcollins3944 Před 2 lety +5

    I need one of these. Got someone giving me problems.

  • @paulnailor6723
    @paulnailor6723 Před 2 lety +1

    There is a looped Katyusha rocket launcher video on youtube. It is like listening to an orchestra playing a symphony.

  • @holleranvt0161
    @holleranvt0161 Před 10 měsíci

    Awesome. Served on one as a gunner and a driver

  • @USMilitaryUpdate1
    @USMilitaryUpdate1 Před 2 lety +10

    Powerful 💪💪💪

  • @jamison884
    @jamison884 Před 2 lety +6

    See, this is how it's done. Rockets which are GPS guided along with a tremendous range, while carrying a ridiculously large number of cluster munitions as a general anti-personnel or soft target attack, along with multiple other variants of missile if the intended target needs something larger on a single point. Also, take note that they aren't 1940's era trucks which fire their rockets as if they're trying to create a "spray and pray" rocket-based machine gun; putting the same platform on both 6x6 trucks and tracked vehicles expands the capabilities too. Accurate and slower firing of about one every four seconds will combine with the other aspects mentioned, and result in a larger area of effect landing precisely within the grid square covered as intended. Not just a bunch of rockets which land several hundred meters apart in regards to both distance fired and left-to-right spread.

    • @febeomnibeepboop6367
      @febeomnibeepboop6367 Před rokem

      you know how effective pray and spray is when you spotted troops in a nearby tree growth

  • @ohheyitsjoshhinac495
    @ohheyitsjoshhinac495 Před rokem

    My grandfather fought with the Soviet katyusha in ww2. I remember him calling it Stalin’s organs and it being the greatest sound he had ever heard when firing

  • @MrNommerz
    @MrNommerz Před 3 měsíci

    Seeing those missiles flying into the air at 3:30 is crazy. It's one thing to hear and another thing to see a weapon that is basically shooting bullets 90 miles away. They just disappear into the sky. Absolutely insane. We are living in the future.

  • @rimshot6444
    @rimshot6444 Před 2 lety +14

    If cluster artillery shells are illegal you can always switch to thermobaric warheads.

    • @TheFlyingZulu
      @TheFlyingZulu Před 2 lety

      Civilian won't get hurt walking through field if civilian and field is destroyed by nuke. lolol

    • @shadowlord1418
      @shadowlord1418 Před 2 lety

      Whos gonna enforce that law? The un? With what army

  • @user-ud7nk3vn9r
    @user-ud7nk3vn9r Před 2 lety +20

    God Bless America. I am Ukrainian. Thanks for Big Thanks for American people against Russian fascists!! God Bless America. I am Ukrainian. Thanks for Big Thanks for American people against Russian fascists!!

    • @sweetlove2055
      @sweetlove2055 Před 4 měsíci

      Россия -Великая страна!

  • @COUNTVLAIDMIR
    @COUNTVLAIDMIR Před 2 lety

    Rocket artillery is and will always be terrifying.

  • @normanchilds251
    @normanchilds251 Před 2 lety

    I worked on this program for more than 25 years.

  • @longdragon7067
    @longdragon7067 Před 2 lety +11

    The Russians claim to have a better system but I believe that with software upgrades and improved missiles, the M270 will not only remain effective but continue to be the superior MLRS system for decades to come.

  • @avrahamhirsch2724
    @avrahamhirsch2724 Před rokem +7

    The MLRS cluster munitions were further improved to avoid unexploded ordinance, so they are still used.

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker6347 Před 2 lety +2

    Got just one word for this system......AWESOME.....Thanks

  • @Blakeh1911
    @Blakeh1911 Před rokem

    Been a driver and gunner in these monsters. Nothing beats sitting on the top of one of them with your buddies eating snacks watching other crews fire off their rockets. 13 mike lead the way

  • @t.bunker2511
    @t.bunker2511 Před 2 lety +3

    Roll a few up onto the flight deck of a LHD, LSD or LPD chain them down and you quickly have a heavy-hitting naval strike system.

    • @YouTube_is_full_of_trolls
      @YouTube_is_full_of_trolls Před 2 lety +1

      GPS guided

    • @mmoarchives2542
      @mmoarchives2542 Před 2 lety

      not hardly, these are rockets, not torps or nukes, they can only kill small targets

    • @flyingtanks9313
      @flyingtanks9313 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mmoarchives2542 yes, and modern ships dont have armor. Rockets do fine against modern warships

    • @normanchilds251
      @normanchilds251 Před 2 lety

      There is an entire family of different missiles and yes they do have GPS.

  • @motorhead4875
    @motorhead4875 Před 2 lety +8

    God Bless USA!

  • @jeffreythomas6896
    @jeffreythomas6896 Před 6 měsíci

    Good ole Fort Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma.....! ARTILLERY...!

  • @threeworlds4114
    @threeworlds4114 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks

  • @lbochtler
    @lbochtler Před 2 lety +10

    now make it fire rockets while on the move, would make it harder to hit via backtrace, but requires more accurate guidance systems in the rockets.

    • @jimmyzphillips5885
      @jimmyzphillips5885 Před 2 lety

      As he stated in the description of the system sir, Rockets don't have a guidance system, missles do. Rockets fire, then a timer tells it how much time to burn before it enters stage 2. Stage 2 is when it fires a charge that blows the "skin" off the rocket, it then fires a gyro that gets it spinning and centrifugal force sprays the 644 submunitions and they fall to the target area below and detonate.

    • @lbochtler
      @lbochtler Před 2 lety +1

      @@jimmyzphillips5885 thank you for correcting me good sir, i am no military man, instead used to the realms of science. Thus the term rocket refers for me, to both guided and unguided rocket engine propelled vehicles.

    • @jimmyzphillips5885
      @jimmyzphillips5885 Před 2 lety

      @@lbochtler yes sir, no worries. now a missle has the ability to fire "thrusters" per say, or otherwise control thrust through fins, wings, etc., making minute adjustments Mid-flight to alter the trajectory and ultimately steer or guide it to it's target.

    • @cameronbooker445
      @cameronbooker445 Před 2 lety

      V-2 rocket was a guided rocket.

    • @cameronbooker445
      @cameronbooker445 Před 2 lety

      @@jimmyzphillips5885 not factual for most rocket types. You listed only like one type of design of one type actually ..

  • @arqelf9505
    @arqelf9505 Před 2 lety +3

    Im so happy to live in America where my life is so save because we have the best military in the world. Must be scary to live in most countries.

    • @jizzusmuhammageh8383
      @jizzusmuhammageh8383 Před 2 lety +1

      Only scary if your neighbor happens to be either Russia or China.

    • @ryanmilota2395
      @ryanmilota2395 Před 2 lety +1

      And so many people here think that getting a Starbucks order wrong is the end of the world... Living in a developed country is still something I'm thankful for every fucking day!

  • @AdamHarrisongpl-projx
    @AdamHarrisongpl-projx Před měsícem

    "I remember the 270s very well. Was stationed a few clips south of Saigon city back in Veeyitnom."

  • @aedynlangstaff46
    @aedynlangstaff46 Před 2 lety +1

    I enjoy the technical term “shoot n’ scoot”

  • @masterj3775
    @masterj3775 Před 2 lety +5

    I was once been an operator of this in Afghanistan

    • @hellogetaway
      @hellogetaway Před 2 lety +7

      @@syphontoastie6265 thank you for the comment that was completely pointless and did absolutely nothing(this describes your life probably as well, band kid nerd🤓🤓🤓🤣🤣🤣)

    • @mdevidograndpacificlumbera1539
      @mdevidograndpacificlumbera1539 Před 2 lety

      It's true sadly, what did our war in afghanistan accomplish besides losing our countries wealth, and destroyed and lost lives? It's a shame. We have nothing to show for it, and the taliban are back in power. Sad

  • @David_Liu93
    @David_Liu93 Před 2 lety +38

    And these amazing peaces of the weaponry are soon going to Ukraine to fight russia, I sincerely thank the people of the US for this tremendous help we will never forget it🙏

    • @white-dragon4424
      @white-dragon4424 Před 2 lety +3

      The first units are being sent by the UK. The M270 was also partly developed by the UK.

    • @altenberg-greifenstein
      @altenberg-greifenstein Před rokem

      but dont be surprised if a lot of civilians are killed by it

    • @white-dragon4424
      @white-dragon4424 Před rokem

      @@altenberg-greifenstein Any sane civilian would've run for it months ago. Even if I had a relative who couldn't walk I'd get them out by ox cart if I had to.

    • @informationoverload2487
      @informationoverload2487 Před rokem

      @@altenberg-greifenstein Depends on which side is losing civilians. If it’s russian they had time to defect and revolt. They earned this. This is what inaction against injustice gets you.

    • @drill_fiend1097
      @drill_fiend1097 Před rokem

      These aren't as effective as HIMARS ATM. The biggest advantage of HIMARS that not many other multiple rocket launchers have is it can shoot a volley of missiles and quickly scoot away to somewhere else. Even at the half of capacity, that distinction makes it highly effective.

  • @wisam9928
    @wisam9928 Před 2 lety +2

    راجمات صواريخ ثابتة والمتحركة تنال من الأهداف .تحال صناعات تركيب الصواريخ قصيرة المجال والبعيدة عبر اشعة الليزر وحماية الجنود والاليات بالدوريات الجوية الصامتة كالتنصت

  • @frankgalonis1428
    @frankgalonis1428 Před 2 lety

    what a beautiful scene..