Old NATO Howitzers Are A New Weapon For Ukrainian Artillerists
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- čas přidán 18. 10. 2022
- The FH70 155-millimeter howitzer has been used by NATO countries for over 40 years. The letters and number actually stand for Field Howitzer for the 1970s. Ukrainian forces first got their hands on them courtesy of Italy in May and received training in Estonia.
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all these cold war era made or designed weapons finally fulfilling their purpose against their intended enemy, sort of poetic
Very as someone who trained in 80's to fight SOVIET.
Yeah really!
And the enemy has had 50 years to prepare for these exact weapons, and has failed miserably.
Yes. We should send Ukraine everything that was designed to fight the Russians.
@@dennislbrown Heck they even failed to prepare against their own weapons
Those towed howitzers may be old but their deadly effective and can fire the latest ammunition as well. Wow there also firing red bag charge 9 powder, in peace time you can only fire a few of those because of the blast effects to personnel, much respect to the artillery men, it is the king of battle…
Don't matter the age! KABOOM! LESS ORCAS! SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦 ♥️ 'S IT ZSU! AND UAF.
@@josephnewburgh8531 What have whales ever done to you mate :P
@Panzai .Joe yes
@Panzai .Joe Difference is nobody ever said Ukraine was the second army of the world, even putin said they have the most modern kit, even better than NATO. So yeah it's funny when ruZZia uses old stuff and clever and courageous when the good guys do.
@Panzai .Joe
Yes, because we tend to take care of our stuff, which was built for quality back then.
Russians ever built for quality and just let their stuff rust away.
If you pull my 2006-2010 service rifle out of an armoury in 2040 if it's still around then, it'll be maintained, oiled, rust-free and ready to fire.
Glad to see italian 155 mm motorized howitzers put to good use. They were made in the late seventies, not the most modern stuff, but they are precise, extremely reliable and easy to use.
Almost all italian stock of these was sent in the Kherson Oblast.
They can still kick, apparently!
Slava Ukraina, greetings from Italy.
Dear, Italians don't laughing me. You were beating many times by Russian, French and British. I recommend your going for music and fashion.
Thanks Italy and all those who have supported the defence of democracy
@@user-cu1rs8us2c 😅🤣😆😂
@Mohibullah Khan Who wants Russian weapons ? They are useless, badly made and 30 years out of date. Even if they were any good, Russia is unable to supply its own military let alone anyone else's.
@harry brown keep beating the war drum 🐑
As a former ITA Army Officer, I am so proud that ITA FH70 artillery, designed and engineered in the 70's by a UK/DEU/ITA joint consortium, is proving to be so effective while being operated so smoothly by our fellow Ukrainian colleagues. Carry on!
#SlavaUkraini, heroyam slava #StandUpForUkraine !
che si sta rivelando così efficace da essere gestito dai nostri compagni fascisti in Ucraina.
Italians are great, but this gun is Estonian.
@@zcrib3 "1963, NATO agreed a NATO Basic Military Requirement 39 for close support artillery, either towed or tracked. Subsequently, Germany and UK started discussions and design studies and in 1968 established agreed operational characteristics for a towed 155 mm close support gun. Italy became a party to the agreement in 1970"
Three of the best engineers in the world are the Brits, the Germans & the Italians 👌
How are Ukrainians your "fellow colleagues"?
As an Italian citizen I would prefer my country to give more support to the cause but I am still happy that some of our armaments can help you! IT UA
Thank you very much for your support!
I wish canada were doing more too. I sent our government an email saying so. Hopefully enough people do and support increases.
Glad to hear you're not all fascists these days.
and when you look at it, ruSSia's GDP is similar to Italy's so your country alone can afford as much on armaments as ruSSia despite their size, so explains why they are doing so badly. Although per capita ruSSia's GDP is one third of your country, shame really if it hadn't been run by crooks for 30 years and hadn't wasted so much money on illegal wars they would all have wonderful lives like Italians.
@@EBDavis111 Italians hang leftist fascists upside down riddled with bullets.
Howitzers if maintained very well can always be working.
The barrels wear out pretty quick.
They will still fire but become very inaccurate
@@VajrahahaShunyata hence maintenance
I just love “Sailors” mustache, so cool !
Wish him all the best !
Thank you Italy. This warms my heart ❤
😉Grazie!
A well oiled artillery crew is a terrifying thing for the enemy. Devastating fire for effect from 20km away
Been trained on a towed howitzer, but a different type than this. Getting that beast up'n'running, loaded and firing is no joke. It's tough work. But when you pull the cord.. It's something you will never forget.
@@phunkeehone Can imagine! some force to fire a projectile those kind of ranges. Did you compete for fastest set up and fire times?
@@DRSHANKER
In a way we did compete. There was a time limit we had to get below. Setup, load, fire, takedown, on the truck and move. After a while, we managed to get below the limit (I don't remember the specific time, it's 20 years ago), running around like mad men. And it sure is some force. The largest gun powder charge we used (called 7 red in my country) was a little under a meter long and about 15 cm in diameter. It's for fully elevated firing. When you fire a charge like that.. Oh, man. Makes new years eve seem like a silent night.
tell that to the citizens who lost 40% of their powerplants due to Apple Iphone 14 Drone strikes. ITS OVER
20km is very short range these days.
Russia just shows that it can hit absolute everything from everywhere in whole Ukraine. 20km is already too close to be save.
From that video it seems more like show for the journalists - who probably even wanted that. In reality you have to be much faster especially with such a giant target. They are likely far away from any frontline...
This is the kind of video I like featuring the soldiers, listening to them - thanks for the English subtitles.
It's obviously a PR videos, since you can't take your time like that, especially not on open field, you would be toast.
@@miriamweller812 Hence why the interviews are clearly conducted when they have returned from a firing mission, and not when they are deployed.
Мамо 😢я погиб за процветание американского народа..за европейских геев Слава Украине
His mustache is incredible. How he maintain it so well during the war is pretty impressive
These guys work so well together and so calm, yet fast. Слава Україні! 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Hello old friend. I spent nearly a decade on FH70 with the British Army Royal Artillery. I was at its last firing at Larkhill Royal School of Artillery in ‘99. Very effective weapon then and is still now.
Learned something new, a howitzer with an engine to move positions.
Its very old
@@VajrahahaShunyata yeah very old but probably better and more accurate than the Soviet Era Artillery the Russians are using.
*SAILOR HAS AN EPIC MOUSTACHE!!*
Well done, that man!! 👍
_Slava Ukraini, heroyam slava!_
🇺🇦🇬🇧💪
He's a slav facial hair is a way of life
I would like to contact him! We are practically twins! Facial structure and even the trim of beard and stache! We really look alike! SLAVA UKRAINI from Italy 🇺🇦✊🇮🇹 Big up Sailor
@@nicolaverzeletti5389 Amazing. I've heard this happens from time to time. I hope you can find him, even more I hope he lives to meet you. 😀
God bless King👑Слава Україні💙💛
It's incredible how much use they're getting out of everything they get - nothing wasted or squandered it seems. It goes to show you the difference good leadership, training, and determination can make.
Это только кажется на пропагандистских видео.
@@sevendgersevendger4364 learn english, ruski vatnik
Ukraine keeping the true Cossack heritage alive and kicking! Love from Sweden! 🇸🇪🇺🇦
Crossroad of Europe. There´s some Swedish gusto in there too, from even further back.
Ukraina is only fresh meat for america and nato. Ukraina lose this war, and europ go in inflation and crises. For what? For america and brussel capitalism.
@@gvozdenipuk3952 And the alternative is what? Russia, China, North Vietnam, Iran?
The fact that you can express your opinions on this platform should be telling you something.
@@leopolitan1914 where is alternativa when america and nato kill bombing half world?? Why? Russia only defends border. Where is Russian soldier in europ and world??? Only in Syria but president Syria say ok. And where is nato and america??
@@gvozdenipuk3952 Until we have the CND, The Greens, etc. running the world, we are stuck with this situation. The sooner it happens the better.
Old is gold. Keep defending Ukraine and the whole world
Hahaha U don't see Who attacking a whole world?
@@OrthodoxSerb_ Can you not?, stop blindly supporting Russia, just because injustice happened to Serbia from the hands of NATO, that does not mean injustice against Ukraine is justified, ONE SIN DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE OTHER, whatever is immoral against Serbs is therefore immoral against Ukraininas and any nation in the world. Serbs more than others should relate to Ukrainians at the moment and support it, instead of licking Putin's anus.
@@OrthodoxSerb_ Russia?
@สรรเสริญ
"old is gold..."
*Soviet Union wants to know your location after Emotional Damage*
@@he.nobody Alright, just giv me call I'll be there
Well organised, well disciplined, welldone! - Slava Ukraini!
🤮🤮🤮
Glory to Ukraine - Ukrainian neonazis screamed while shooting civilians who tried to jump out of the building, where they were locked inside to be burnt alive. Odessa May 2.
Geroy Slava!
You didn't need to use the Salava Ukraini
nice nazi salute
FH70 is helpful because it has independent engine that makes moving the equipment piece of that size away from original position firing after firing each shell. It’s amazing
Incredible soldiers. This men are writing military history. It is amazing how fast they have picked using their new systems, weapons and tactics. NATO & the EU need to add Ukraine to their communities as fast as possible. The Eastern wing of NATO would be such a strong bastion of deterrence. The Baltic states and Poland have done such a fantastic job in the last years in improving their military capacities and quality. Brilliant line of defence. Thanks go to war criminal Putin for speeding this process up. GLORY TO UKRAINE
all these countries will demilitarize, Europe will freeze in a couple of years. Russians were 100 thousand in total for the attack, now several million have been mobilized. great horde battle is coming!
Ukraine officially is not part of NATO,yet,but it might as well be as it's using NATO weapons provided by NATO countries to defeat Russia.
@@alex35agm Being part of NATO isn't only about the weapons, but also about a unified military command and a unified strategy in any conflict, not specific ones depending on the bilateral relations of each country. Also NATO batallions implement teams from a number of countries that are part of the alliance : French, Polish and Canadian troops fight together following the orders of a single hierarchy. Ukraine is still clearly not in this type of military cooperation with NATO at this point.
cringe
Putin should be awarded the title of "NATO salesman of the year" :-) In 6 months, he did what NATO couldn't do for years: he's persuaded Finland and Sweden to join it, and he's castrated NATO's biggest enemy - Russia.
Shoot and scoot lads, stay safe.
Good professional teamwork from the crew. Slava Ukraini!
Героям Слава💙💛
All the ex USSR countries should really thank Ukraine for standing against tyranny and terrorism. Every Ukrainian that has died in this war did it not only for protecting their own country but to protect others from their own fate, even if they're not aware of that. No matter where you're from or where you live, please help Ukraine as much as you can. Solidarity is the key of everything!
You mean the east Ukrainian who fight Nazis since 2014 and are now saved by Russia? True.
All of Europe owes a debt to Ukraine. Even we Americans owe a debt that Ukraine is paying for us in blood.
Ukraine is the front line against Soviet aggression. That's right, SOVIET. Putin & Co. seek to reconstitute the Soviet Union, bringing all the renegade states back into the fold. Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, et al. will not have it. They are all either in NATO or they wanna be.
Of course, Ukrainian slaves can die for profit foreign masters.
The Warsaw Pact countries that got out from under authoritarianism and modernized themselves are Ukraine's biggest boosters. The Poles have been raring to go since the beginning. They're probably hoping some drunk Belarussian fires a shot across their border.
This howitzer may be from the 70's but it uses the same standardized NATO shells and NATO has mountains of these. I believe that this thing is capable of firing the GPS guided shells as well
It is the right calibre and the shells are programmed before loading so I think they may well fire them too.
it can load and fire them, but it has no guidance unit, so they would remain dumb shells.
on XM-777 the large box ontop of the barrel and recoil assembly is the guidance unit for terminal phase guided ammunition.
This box is missing on the delivered M-777 in Ukraine. The FH-70 never got such an upgrade.
Currently PzH2000 is the only system in ukrainian use that is capable of firing and guiding ammunition like Excalibur as far as i know.
They are already running low on shells.
What happened to the Modern M777 Howitzers??
@@sunnymitra6372 Busy shelling orcs.
It's a fantastic gun, a bit heavy, but a fantastic piece of kit..... and is anyone gonna mention that dude's 'tash and beard? The best groomed artillery man in the Ukrainian army. :)
I did indeed notice Sailor's beautifully sculpted 'stashe! I found it quite admirable! I'm just an old woman, but I know attractive when I see it!
Slava Urkraini!! 🇺🇦
It was beautiful. Just looking at how well kept it was must raise morale 😁
I really hope he survives, and Hope to contact him after the war. He is identical ti me! We are doubles! Even the beard and stache of the same color and trim! SLAVA UKRAINI from Italy! 🇮🇹✊🇺🇦
He has come to "clean the pool" 😋🇦🇺
I noticed that as well. Ukrainians appear to know 2 things. How to fight and how to groom.
Self-propelled in such a small package?! Wow, the Italian weapon is awesome!
Greatly admire these men.
Sailor has a fckn majestic mustache
We had the FH70 Feldhaubitze during by Bundeswehr time in 1982/83
Even this 50 year old german-italian system is much more effective than the actual russian scrap. It allows for a rate of fire of six rounds per minute, or a three-round burst over 13 seconds. With the latter one hoped to circumvent the connection by artillery reconnaissance radars. Seems to work
I hadn't heard much about the Italian contribution to Ukraine's defense -- it's good to see yet another European nation stepping up to the plate.
they have sent a lot...that might slow down now that fascist run their country
@Panzai .Joe Did you forget your medicine again grandpa?
@Panzai .Joe You feel Lucky that Italy helped Yanks to destroy Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and Iraq
How are the Italians in the EU? From what I have heard they are one of the least dependable countries in the EU
@@peterdebrie EU is not based on dependance for example the US is a group of states that make a country we could also be the USE but we have much more of a difference between countries so we choose not to be like the US
Good to see the older stuff still useful and still effective with the right guys controlling it. Obviously they're well-trained and proud of their machine & what they can do with it. God bless these guys. They're doing honorable work.
Old stuff is always useful, only the administration deems it.
The military industrial complex needs it.
Heck, old WWII stuff still works, just harder to maintain.
Fook em
Amazing how you can get a weapon system up and running by newbies so quick
Like if nato soldiers were there…..😉
See what 100 billion can buy
"for the right guys"
I love the sound of these weapons, so powerful!
My fathers US Army guns in WW2 were the M2 155 long Tom. These were still in service during Vietnam. Despite an elevation of up to 65 degrees they were not classed as howitzers. Their ancestor was the French GPF 155 of WW1. In N.Africa they were attached to the British and Free French forces at different times. They were extremely accurate out to almost 15 miles. In one incident at 12 miles a German ammo train was struck and set on fire by the first ranging shot. They were a towed piece and looked similar to these but had 4 wheels. It had a 12 man crew and its rate of fire was faster than the modern mechanized guns. At a unit reunion at Ft. Bragg they were given a tour and the current artillery commander was amazed at the rate of fire they achieved. They had a lot of practice from N.Africa to Germany.Their drone was a Piper Cub spotter plane. Shoot and Scoot still works.
Logistics, teamwork, intelligence, speed, efficiency, tactics. 💪😎✌️
Result.......... Russian defeat.
@@desertmandan123 You are dreamer ...)))
@@pynnikoff And you are not off to the frontline yet? 🤣🤣🤣
@@Cairol58 not yet ..Now .only specialists fight there.....
@@Cairol58 Why you love ,and helping Ukraine?Could you explain...pls
You support this war by such helping...
I spent my military service in Italy in an artillery regiment which used FH-70. These howitzer, in the last part of their long millitary life, finally saw a real combat use on the first line. They're based on an outdated concpet, but they're still effective. By the way, a 43 kg grenade that explodes not far from you, is still a bad thing...
What outdated concept? The auxiliary power unit or some other feature?
@@atlas42185 Towed howitzers are outdated.
The latest concept is the AGM (Artillery Gun Module) mounted on a Boxer chassis. The operation of the gun is fully automated (total crew of two: A driver and a gunner) who never have to touch a shell and the Boxer/AGM combo can deploy, fire eight 155mm shells and move away all in 90 seconds. On road it has a top speed of 103km/h (65mph).
@@atlas42185 outdated concept about strategic issues (field artillery) when in this era we see missiles and self-propelled artillery and drones with the ability to auto set up and fire. An FH-70 needs about 15-30 mins to be set up and ready to fire. It was already a bit outdated in 1997/98 when I served in the Italian Army and, except drones, other kinds of artillery were already in camp and GPS was in use. But even if it was built in 1970 and its projects started in the last years of 60s, it was dotated of a lot of features that can be useful also today like the APU, the ability to fire in the two arcs (less than 45° and more than 45°, so it could fire like a tank cannon or a mortar) and the capacity to fire normal grenades and semi-auto propelled grenades that extends the maximum range from 24 to 32 kms.
@@FrancescoAlois Sounds impressive. I'm sure they can use as many as can be sent.
@Mohibullah Khan Nothing. Russia won't exist soon.
Looks like a great 155 mm piece. The self propelled feature allows shoot and scoot and really increases survivability. It might be an older unit but I suspect the Italians maintained it well. Bravo Italia.
Thank you for your work! You show tremendous strength. We will never stop and distribute weapons to you, as long as necessary.
I like how overtime the Ukrainian military slowly becomes more and more Western
Learning from the best my friend!
They are probably the most well-trained and well experienced Western ground troops in Europe, thanks to the war, atm.
They may be the ones giving training to the western militaries when this is over.
@@Arend85 Exactly right, they have the most hands on about how modern battles are fought.
Also, this war has highlight drones as the new superweapon that is also cheap and can be deployed en mass. The new "air force" for cash strapped nations.
And to think that back in 2014 they look like soviet military but under 8 years they are now more like a modern, conventional army
Young men and women fighting for their Freedom. When they should not have to.
Soldiers do what soldiers have to do, with the equipment you're given.
Слава Україні!
P.S.: Much love and support from France, Bordeaux.
How about Russian people living in Eastern Ukrein? History says Poland and Russia had several war over these furtile land ...What was wrong in Minsk agreement brokered by France and Germany?
@@arkopro30 Because the Warmongers in the Western European NATO Nations & America are going to persist with their Military Industrial complex / Globalist War until every Ukrainian is Dead.
@@arkopro30 how about if they don’t like Ukraine fxxk off back to the good old USSR 😂🇺🇦💪
They are not the majority of people living there. Plus if they want to be Russian and live in Russia, fuck off to Russia, don't become terrorists and start killing the native people in the country. It is that simple.
What women fighting? I haven't seen a single video yet of women fighting on the frontline. Only men.
Great job brave soldiers - wishing you good health and strength - Slava Ukraine from Yorkshire England 👍🙏
.......that's easy to say when you're sitting on the comfortable sofa at home.
@@Flying_Acehole obviously
Just glad to see it helps. Love & respect from the states. Will be making another modest donation tomorrow.
You can see how energetic and motivated they are. The difference between this and the drunken Ruzzian conscripts stealing toilets is probably night and day.
Lol, they are energetic and motivated because people in this video are not even soldiers on battlefield, it just proves that those videos are west propaganda material.
You know what they say
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure
But this is not junk, maybe old, but very very effective, precise and powerful, I'm sure Ukraine will win this war, but if they don't Russian will pay a very very heavy price, they're already doing it, and it will be worse as the time passes, imagine what the US is capable, if Ukraine with a little fraction of what we have is doing all this damage, do you think Russia has any chance fighting against the US? (no nukes involved)
It may not be top of the line, but it's not obsolete either.
You guys are amazing! God be with you all. SLAVA UKRAINE
being underdog in the battlefield takes a lot of courage, dedication and positive outlook to win the War. keep it up Soldiers you are Winning!..
Great Video, very informative. Glad to see Ukrainian Troops putting NATO supplied equipment to good use.
Another crusade of the West to the east. No desire to burn people in furnaces and call them orcs?
The better NATO kit gives them an advantage as it achieves much better accuracy but from what I have seen they make good use of whatever they have. Some units using the same howitzers as the Russians, the old Soviet era kit, are still getting better results out of it than the Russians are.
@Mohibullah KhanIt won't make any difference. In the first Gulf war Iraq was equipped with Russian equipment and Bagdad had the densest Russian made air defence network in the world apart from the one around Moscow. They also had plenty of ammunition and more men than the coalition. For months the coalition forces bombed Iraq at will and then 100 hours of ground fighting and the Iraqi army was finished. Russian made equipment didn't help there, it won't help anywhere else.
I worked on the FH70 for a few years, it's a great gun. Enjoy and happy hunting guys.
The spirit of these guy's finds astonished millions of people across the world.
Old but gold. these toys are very useful: powerful and precise.
NATO firepower being used by Ukraine. Sounds like a good match.
Heroes of the free world! We love you from Denmark! Slava Ukraini!
Heroes of free world are on opposite side. This guys are both Ukrainians at all, and off course they are not a members of free world.... obiusly
@@OrthodoxSerb_ you fascist scum. Russia has invaded a sovereign country mass murdering thousands of civilian to restore the Russian empire. Russia is doomed and the free world will support Ukraine until all the Russian fascists in Ukraine are eliminated. We in the free world support democracy and human rights and are against fascists that mass murder civilians!
@@jesperlauridsen2683 debil, I'm not fascist, and off course not SCUM. Because you are stupid don't talking nonsense.
Fascist are on Ukriane side, u can see they marks all over the place.
2nd Ukriane killing civilians in Donbas since 2014. Someone must stop that. Off course one free country still exist that is Russia. U need to shot up and listen what Americans order to U.
And next time, silence, u will be smarter. ..
@@jesperlauridsen2683 free world :) hahha just now I saw.. who is a free world? Hahahha men how funny U are ... hahaha
@@OrthodoxSerb_ certainly not the country which hails people for saying the word war
I remember being on the firing point on the ranges in Soltau where the Royal Artillery were firing these things. I didn't have ear defenders on. I was deafened by the blast as 12 of these FH70's fired in unison... A ferocious weapon that can also deliver a small nuke, if required.
That is pretty cool. Those guys have adapted that weapon real well for use in the modern battle feild.
You guys are doing a great job THANK YOU we love you here from the USA
France has sent 15 similar howitzers. 155mm. Trf1.
I think these are 70
I love this beard! Grettings from Germany! Slava ukraina!
That Stache!
This puts a smile on my face....
Thank youu🙆♀️🤗
Glory to Ukraine, with love from Sweden 💙💛
naive kid. ukraine is a puppet of the usa. usa start the war
шведы как обычно. настоящие проститутки, Россия всегда била шведов, перед Россией жопой вертели, теперь перед америкой жопой вертят.
@Antony Golayda педераст говорит за педерастов. у нас за такое пизды дают. это у вас там на западе педересты авторитетные. ничего скоро вместе с фашистами и педерастов всех вырежем. все что осталось это блеять как овцы, ну пока есть время мычи и стони как старая проститутка)))
@Antony Golayda бек-мек, туда-сюда...а по факту сказать нечего) все будет ровно)
@Antony Golayda "...Здесь вЕдут..." чухан, учи русский язык, всегда пригодится...
Sailor's mustache game is on point.
I love to see these guys work together. Fast steady, precise. 🙂 Fighting for their homeland. A stark contrast from Russia soldiers living in squalor, disorganized, lethargic motivated by fear of their own forces behind them who will kill them if they retreat.
Beautiful choreography.... Deadly!
Smoke em’ if you got em’ in your sights!
NATO FH70 isn't old it is current equipment that NATO countries currently use. A lot of current NATO equipment was designed in the 1970's and 80's. The F-15 and F-18 are also from the 1970's and America has been using the Browning 50 cal since the 1930's.
It's old in that newer 155mm designs are in use so it been replaced by some NATO members example M177 155mm.
Old in military terms is a relative term. Old design, but many upgrades over the years? Old in original design, but produced more recently with better designed materials, modifications and additions? Old artillery but newer shells? Lots of variables that negate the "old" designation. But at the end of the day, if it gets the job done then "old" is an insignificant term.
@@jaykellett2327 it's called old because FH70 is in the process of being replace either by self-propelled artilery or by M777.. there is no major upgrade since 1990s thus it is called old
M2 Browning was developed during WWI actually. Anti tank weapon then!
I was made in the 1960's and am still deadly, just saying.
Those would happen to be Estonian FH-70's (Ex-German ofc). The MAN 6x6 still even has Estonian military registration plates on it
Love the effort you guys put in filling and reflling again and again.
Heros!! We are so proud of Ukraine! Best regards from Sweden.
That Guy Fawkes beard on the guy towards the end should be the official beard for all Ukranian soldiers.
Very well trained troops!
Artillery, or in other words: long range snipers.
During my military service in Italy many years ago we had these FH70's attached to the regiment.
Maybe this is the same one I saw in those days?
I really Hope so.
Be happy that those guns are now firing shells in anger at the enemy instead of at a training ground!
i was in the German artillery, part of MountsinDivision.. (we had partner units in Italy we visited. ) was Working with FH70 and PH2000 afterwards…. I served in the fire control command ‚ calculating the ballistics and commands fir the guns 😊 I could do that surely even without computer, but only pencil and datasheets manually 🖖
@@mg5934 I have no Idea about artillery. I´m really curious... so ...right now, having a drone flying over the shelling area and talking to you on live where are the shells landing... How many shells should you need to hit a truck if it´s possible at 20 kms ? How is the accuracy or better said, the probability, to put another shell in the same place, after landing one in some place.
Cheers .
@@mg5934 Maybe I am asking about classified information I guess. Holy shit . You got me ! I´m a Russian agent gathering information.
Suckaa blyaaat.
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@@josephmccarthy2947 Hi Joseph again.. no problem. I‘ll tell all the secrets, but hey, our guys will need to silence you then 😎… no worries - it‘s not that big secret.: the shells can‘t be aimed „into the same hole“ - but the accuracy which can be reached with state-of-the-art artillery systems is amazing! The observing units , dependent on the target, probably will ask for one single shell (all weather/wind - distance, altitudes are taken into it by the fire control command) - after thagt single shell hit, they may ask for slight corrections - and the next full round (mostly at least 2 to 4 guns) will deploy the present around a certain variance, which may between 5 to 30m, depending on distance (and accuracy of the gunners ) . Good teams will almost hit at the first shelling… and sometimes the more area the better, depending on the type of shell used… (different fuzes …) 🧨
As an Italian I'm truly happy we gave SOME relevant support to Ukraine. This is not enough though. We should start giving them some of our Centauro's.
You should send a couple Italian ladies too for these guys 😉
Yes the Centauros will really be useful, high speed and impressive gun.
Get rid of your Nazi government and maybe then Italy will want to help Ukraine.
Prob is that Centauro requires time for both being shipped and crew training...
@@lucadesanctis563 Being shipped? They just drive there !!
That is a professional crew, my word.
G'day from Australia and we send our good wishes and support. 👍👏🙂
God bless those guys! Slava Ukraine!
Heróyam sláva!
and money for the USA :D
You use a Nazi greeting, you know that, right?
@@miriamweller812 It is NOT a nazi greeting. Look it up idiot
There were many comments in the past about what to send to Ukraine and what not to send. It seems to me that the Ukraine military have easily adapted to using anything sent their way. Russia technology also goes back to WW2. Awesome troops fighting for Ukraine. So professional.
It's not the weapons but those who use them that win the war.
@@juliancrooks3031 Wow! you must be a General!!!😂🤓
Thank so much for the news and good luck 🍀 to the soldiers ❤
Awesome, boys! Keep up with good work. Glory to Ukraine. 🇬🇧 🇺🇦
Тоже самое Я ирландцам буду говорить когда они вас стрелять будут
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這是個偉大的民族!!
有勇敢、樂觀的老百姓~
烏克蘭加油!!!
榮耀屬於你們~~~
That's easy for you to say.
@@drlegendre 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@drlegendre I looked it up on a translation site called Glosbe. He actually says: This is a great nation!! There are brave and optimistic people~ Come on Ukraine!!! Glory belongs to you~~~
This is a great nation!!
There are brave and optimistic people~
Come on Ukraine!!!
Glory belongs to you~~~
@@drlegendre fo breath some Schwitzair
Excellent team work! Slava Ukraine.
Nice to have English captions !! Slava Ukraine !!!
Speed is everything, and especially when you know the enemies precise position. Job sorted!
Outstanding! Keep laying the pain! 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪♥️🙏🏼🌻✊ Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
slava cocaini
Jullie stink Amerikanen maken deze wereld kapot heel de europese bevolking haat jullie en kiest kant van rusland ❤🇷🇺
@@mastermindvideos898 you hate russia. You want them to die fighting for a evil pooptin. Russias economy is destroyed..go online and find facts . If you do not oppose pooptinyou hate russia.
Fuc k the Ukrajina which is not member EU and NATO !!
Ukrajina is useful idiot of USA imperialists !
@@mastermindvideos898 your momma was also.. 😆 🤣
Good job, guys! ❤🇺🇦
Gorgeous Soldiers 🤗
Heroiam Slava!!
Artillerymen like these men are in one major league of legends and braves!!!
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦 Glory to heroes 🔱
They aren’t heroes? Do some historical reading on Ukraine and your position will change
@@supercarguy547 No, he won't do that because he is poison by western propaganda and he is "blind" to see a truth.
@@supercarguy547 yeah right Vladolf Putler is the hero. lol
SLAVA UKRAINE!!
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imagine a country which relied on limited weapons which are old stocks from NATO countries, yet managed to give strong resistance to the invader which claimed to be 2nd strongest in military and the invader to find another country (Belarus) to joint force. Also the invader has to buy ammunitions from another country (Iran) to avoid defeat.
Very misleading in your statement, when you don't mention the fact that Ukraine has close to 4-5x the troops, and Russia started this operation with very limited number of units. We will see how things are now that Russia has taken its gloves off, mobilized, started to hit infrastructure.
@@Fighter4Street Like thousands of mobilized poorly trained and equipped men are going to do anything except get them self killed for putins war
@@Fighter4Street yes, we've been hearing about "taking its gloves off" for the past 5 months. What you're saying basically is this: Russia is a country of idiots led by morons if it started the war with fewer troops than its enemy. But that's nothing new. In World War II, the US had losses of about 300,000. The UK had losses of about 300,000. The USSR had losses of about 20,000,000. That's because they were always only good at two things: retreating & waiting for winter to set in, and throwing so many soldiers into the meat grinder as to overwhelm the enemy. Even at the very last stages of WW2, the USSR was still suffering enormous losses to Nazi boys and old men from the Volkssturm.
@@Fighter4Street thats a common lie that is being paraded around the russian propaganda space and is FALSE. I think youre the one trying to mislead people
Ukraine had the same amount of troops as russia when they started and now ukraine has NOWHERE near 4-x5 times the troops that is utter lunacy, youre gonna try and tell people ukraine? Meanwhile russia has lost over 100,000 casualties and mobilized at least 220,000 just conscripts, not to mention 10's of thousands more each from LPR and DPR, kadyrovites and most of its other conventional units from all around russia and as well as abroad, from everything from force conscripting random LPR/DPR men out on the street walking to the store, to its own citizens from every corner of russostan, to recalling units from caucasus, kazakhstan and syria,
@@Fighter4Street and no they havent "just actually started trying now and take the gloves off" they always have been all in doing everything they could have to beat ukraine and have FAILED, so that claim is bullsht they just knew if they started terror bombing kyiv and blowing up civilians and civ infrastructure with cruise missiles as much as they could (which is already draining their stocks even lower than they already have been since april) would be a bad idea as it would drastically increase the wests support to ukraine and russia would be even more screwed, as you can see now it has and ukraine is getting even more aid and help now, as you can see the amounts just being committed now in the last week and thats only tip of the iceberg. Only now after ukraine humiliated putin by blowing up his shtty bridge and handing them massive L's for 6 months straight from kherson to kharkiv putin has no choice to do something, anything to not look weak and impotent, even he knows its a bad idea so he hasnt done it before now, but now that he has and the "gloves are off" and mobilization has happened, now I want to see his and people like you's shtty lame excuses now for when ukraine continues to kick russias ass and they continue to fail like the have constantly, all over ukraine in every corner, whats gonna be the excuse then?
Those howitzers SLAM!! 💥
A well-maintained machine can work Wonders on a Battlefield no matter how old the design
Glad to see Ukraine embrace Western military strategy. Soviet/Russian strategy has been to focus on mass formations, mass bombing and the like. Western strategy is about efficiency and precision. You can see that perfectly here; the Ukrainians focus on fast, mobile, accurate artillery fire. While the Russians have a slower but much more substantial response - they'd likely bomb the whole area piece by piece. It's important for everyone's security in our alliance, from UK to USA to Poland, that our fundamental strategies work.
Let's just hope the winter isn't too harsh to go through.
Glad to see the Military-industrial complex making money with the blood shed of other countries.
As always, the only winners in any war.
@@VGameL0v3e12sF012Ree Ukranian army is obviously used to winter and I know Canada has sent a TON of winter gear to make sure every soldiers will be as comfortable as you can be in cold weather :)
@@sam93931 Oh, I was referring to average Ukrainians,bc I recall Zelelinksy asking for billions of finanical aid for critical infrastructure like electricity and etc.
This howitzer shoting a center of Donjeck. U think on that precision? 8 years already. Killing civilians. Civilians whom forbiden to speak they own language. If U glad a see a Nazi formation, then U must ask U self about some things.
fast as you can, guys. and go go go !
Well done. Good reporting. Go Ukraine.
Thanks for Italy for donating the artillery.
These guy's no matter what ! Are amazing in there capabilities !
Champion mustache @ 1:20! I rate this mustache strong to quite strong.
KEEP GOING UKRAINE!!! GREETINGS FROM ITALY, I WANT THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO SEND EVEN MORE WEAPONS. I read that many pzh2000 s are being delivered. Hope Russians will understand that it is in their interest to go home.
A Big thumbs up for the guy with the tash and beard best groomed guy in the military 😁😁Slava Ukraine
Bravo Chłopcy🙋♂️🇵🇱
Bravo Boys!💪🇺🇦
Stay strong💪🇺🇦🤝🇵🇱👍
Tell me, pls, I don't know a history, how many Poland civilians are slotered by Bandera Ukrainians?
@@OrthodoxSerb_ not as many as those who were killed by ruzzians during centuries of their terror against us. The difference is that today only one of those countries (ruzzia) is hostile against us and with Ukraine we can be partners and allies.
@@charekuu :) ok if u say so. Tell me pls one more thing if U have time. Do U saw a Nazi symbols on tattoos, tanks and uniforms of those Ukrainians? U don't have problem with that fact too?
@@OrthodoxSerb_ there are neo nazis in almost every country and they don't represent Ukraine's government. You can find the same neo nazis on both sides of the conflict, in US military, German military, etc.
If you are declaring whole Ukraine to be so bad based on a few neo nazis then you should also be saying how ruzzia is nazi - they have nazis in their Wagner Group (Rusich unit) and other military units.
@@OrthodoxSerb_ why are Serbs sooo full of ruzzian propaganda lmao
That's one very happy, very smart soldier 😊. He is well pleased with his equipment, which is more than can be said for many of the Russian soldiers.