Walmart doesn't have these for some reason.

@shidder_mutt

6 жыл бұрын

TheAverageSushi try gunbroker, big daddy unlimited and cheaper than dirt.

@thornydig

6 жыл бұрын

Pssst I hear you're in need of something

@Burningwithecstasy

6 жыл бұрын

you just gotta ask an employee to check in the back of the store

@c.andrew3944

5 жыл бұрын

Why does Walmart keep assaulting my freedoms

@tomservo5007

5 жыл бұрын

try the walmart's in the south

Works great for concealed carry

@49havannah

6 жыл бұрын

would if i could

@cnlbenmc

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe on a Battleship a M777 could be considered concealed carry.

@nightlightabcd

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was as good one! Had to chuckle a bit on that one!

@smog-du9pv

5 жыл бұрын

The murderous rage of the war did not stop for a moment (translated from hebrew) (not 100% acuret) (still can't type)

@UnknownUnknown-cu9zr

5 жыл бұрын

I currently use this and it is at my appendix

I'm glad you reviewed this. I'm in the market for a new howitzer.

@spankstergangster2916

4 жыл бұрын

Uhh what? I live here in the netherlands and airsoft isnt even allowed 😅

@kevin_james_fan9731

3 жыл бұрын

Was considering an M102, but I think you convinced me! 155mm > 105mm!

@phineascampbell3103

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! "✳️✳️✳️✳️✴️ Good job with the squirrels, they're no longer stealing any cat food, but bit of a let-down with the pigeons, I'm still going to need something surface to air specific for them. Good gun, would buy again, but not perfect for everything."

@Azoicum

2 жыл бұрын

114 million a piece. The Dutch Army just bought seven

@drServitis

2 жыл бұрын

@@spankstergangster2916 Your Dutch military also has a union for your Dutch soldiers. "The Dutch military union votes that we shall not go to war. Best of luck, rest of NATO!"

Suddenly Μ777 became relevant again

@Lonewolfmike

2 жыл бұрын

Ukraine is now using them. I have seen video on KZread.

I have operated both the m198 and the m777. I was on a crew of 5 in 11th marines. I remember when the m777 was dropped off. I was one of the few to first learn the system. It sounded appealing at first with it's GPS but it's magazine caused accidental discharge from time to time. I served back in 05 and 06 2/11 marines. The funny looking rod is bent for high angle loading. With a straight ram rod you have to lower the barrel enough to be able to load a round. So the bent rod makes loading high angle rounds faster. Great video

@v420y5

3 жыл бұрын

I have always wondered how many missfires are from 1000rnds? And how fast the barrel worns off to the point that the accuracy are too much for affectice barrage?

@GeOl011919954

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service Brother 👍

@stevewilson4514

3 жыл бұрын

@@v420y5 tube life is based of EFC’s. Which stands for Effective Full Charge. They keep a round count but the variable is based on how big the powder charge is. You rarely fire an entire full powder charge in training since the ranges aren’t that big. And it wears out the tubes faster. And tubes aren’t cheap! If I recall correctly the tube for the M198 howitzer was around $50,000.

@stevewilson4514

3 жыл бұрын

Is 2/11 still at Camp Los Pulgis? I was with 1/11 from 7/83 till 8/84. The gun park was right next to Basilone Road.

@hsy831

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining, always wondered why the ram rod looked funny

The Brit version is distinguished by built in tea mug holders.............

@georget5874

5 жыл бұрын

or more likely Theresa May decided to save a few quid and buy a version from china that replaces the titanium with plastic..

@goodshipkaraboudjan

3 жыл бұрын

I shit you not - for the Aussie version they gave beer coolers.

@wolfboy18

3 жыл бұрын

The American version has Twin Smokestacks and burns coal by the pound. XD I'm American and I felt I had to.

@nathanhartnell2831

3 жыл бұрын

Nah the American one has beer holders. I'm an artilleryman. I love this piece a lot

During the Vietnam era, I crewed on the M110 SP Howitzer. I was trained at Ft. Sill on the 155 Towed and when I returned to my NG Unit, we had brand new M110 SP's. The first time we fired a charge 7 (the max at the time), The battery hatch and large engine hatch blew off the howitzer going up into the air... Now, at the time I was at the loader/rammer position and dove off the gun to find cover from the flying hatches. Thereafter, we had to remove the hatches before firing that high of a charge. We also broke a fuse off a 8 inch round when the flimsy bail retainer on the loader failed and dropped the round on the spade, fuse end first. This artillery piece provided little or no protection for the crew and 360 firing was only accomplished by raising the spade and rotating the vehicle on its tracks. I am not surprised that the piece was discontinued... The concept of shoot and scoot was new then and the 110 was fast, at 40 mph+ in transport. The accuracy of this howitzer was unequaled at its max range, as we could move the round around 1 meter at a time. I was later assigned as and FO and gained huge appreciation for the accuracy. This was an exciting time in my life.

Canadian gunners in Afghanistan were known as the fastest gunmen in Kandahar. There's a awesome video of a Canadian M777 at a firebase in Afghanistan putting out 7 rounds in a minute. Serious firepower. Cheers and thanks again for serving.

@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13

3 жыл бұрын

Canadians are always underrated warriors. WW1 they were some of the first to really beat the Germans.

@jesseoglidden

2 жыл бұрын

I'll bet the Ukrainians can handle at least five rounds per minute with minimal training. Gonna splatter some Z's.

@theyrealltaken3

2 жыл бұрын

@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 Not sure about underrated, but hear what you're saying. In US, Canadians are always mentioned when I hear about elite soldiers, in all modern conflicts dating back to WW1. Countless Canadian heros. You guys are first in line to hand the russians thier asses if they're dumb enough to attack North America. And they've been acting pretty stupid lately.

@GoViking933

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!! I was timing the American crew and they were 18-21 seconds a shot so say 3 rounds a minute.

@bc-guy852

2 жыл бұрын

@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 We the North. Slava Ukraini.

5 years from now In Ancapistan Amazon is using drones to deliver M777s to its customers

@doodskie999

5 жыл бұрын

Id want if amazon used an m777 fire a box that has a drone in it lol

@arielbemeliahu8619

3 жыл бұрын

Made with child labour i hope

@alperakyuz9702

3 жыл бұрын

@@arielbemeliahu8619 obviously it is.

"If that doesn't clear your sinuses, I don't know what will!"- R. Lee Ermey (lock and load)

@harrisondesmarais623

5 жыл бұрын

R.i.p he was a good and roll model

@elrondhubbard7059

5 жыл бұрын

@@harrisondesmarais623 he was a graet roll modle 4 childrun 2 be in for the army r.I.P

@hellmarch3043

3 жыл бұрын

m110 :D

@nil981

3 жыл бұрын

Matsimus liking a comment that's 3 years old? Huh. Never thought I'd see that

ww2 veteran: is that that new artillery the cool kids are usin these days

With Canada deciding to send, I believe, four of these, as well as other countries, to the Ukraine I am glad that this video came up on my feed on KZread. This was informative and pretty much answered any questions I had. Thank you!

@bonjourtoi3894

2 жыл бұрын

Au total c'est près d'une centaine de M777 que l'Ukraine aura. Ceux du Canada sont déjà sur place. Poutine va se faire sonner les cloches. J'ai bien hâte de les voir en action.

@henryrollins9177

2 жыл бұрын

@@bonjourtoi3894 You won't see them in action buddy. There are no more rails nor fuel to take them to the battle front. Ukronazzis will be exterminated.

The US Marine Corps was super happy to get these in late 07' because they were 7000 lb lighter than the M198. Great for Marine Expeditionary Units due to weight. Easier to tow with a 7 ton, and even better with the Excalibur round.

I love the captions for that expo film: "The M777- A lethal 155mm weapon".... as opposed to all those totally harmless 155mm weapons?

@razorburn645

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it shoots confetti?

@dvergar1

2 жыл бұрын

Guns don't kill people...

This makes me feel very old. I was in artillery when the Marine Corps got its first M198, the gun the M777 is now replacing.

@CharChar2121

4 жыл бұрын

I feel you. Hearing that the Saw and M240 are on the way out makes me sad; hearing that the M2 is being replaced by the M2A2 doesn't.

@SeaJay_Oceans

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. God Bless the US Marines Corps !

@v420y5

3 жыл бұрын

@@ree0b4272 What happened to you after the fall of Soviet union?

@kellym3610

3 жыл бұрын

@@ree0b4272 are things better than they were under the Soviet Union?

@kellym3610

3 жыл бұрын

@@ree0b4272 what is lukashenko? I hope things get better.

Way better than the 198s we used to have in the Marines. With the Oshkosh 7ton you don't even know you're towing something. Thanks for the great video, brought back allot of fun memories.

Hope it will help us in Ukraine to defend our land. Thank you for the review!

@archersfriend5900

2 жыл бұрын

Victory for Ukraine!

@Diossvk

2 жыл бұрын

Слава Україні! Героям слава! Greetings from Slovakia. Send those russian fascist hordes from you country.

@accountreality1988

2 жыл бұрын

these howitzers being guided drones will be devastating. Russia has nothing to match it's range. a real game changer.

@potatojoe370

2 жыл бұрын

No, no it won't. The narrative has already started the pivot. When you let the US NeoCons become your friends and business partners, you lost then. The time lag is just starting to catch up. And the poor civilians get caught up in it all. No game changers anymore.

@accountreality1988

2 жыл бұрын

@@potatojoe370 due to recent western sanctions the russian ruble is basically toilet paper now and kremlin trolls such as yourself now need to be payed in potatoes instead lmao.

As a former M198 crew member, I am impressed with this.

I love this new Ryan’s toy review

Very interesting and relevant with all that's going on in Ukraine and Canada's contribution.

I served on the 155mm FH70 , On my gun, we fired 60 rounds in 20 minutes. we could also get 6 round burst off in a minute. We could also have a round on the loading tray with one up the barrel. When the gun fired the recoil mechanism would lift the loading tray to the breech area on 'run-out' and flick ram the next shell up the barrel only needing the rammer to full set the rounds drive band into the chamber then the charge bag would be put in behind and the breech block dropped by the No.2, We also used the steel, magazine, blank (brass, rimmed rifle cartridge looking blank) s igniting system for igniting the charge, this was dropped into the top of the breech area, though the gun did have an emergency landyard which could be used but I never saw it once used or heard of any other gun that had to use it. It was for the No.3 (layer) to fire the gun via a firing lever by his right hand up on the layers seat which was on the left side of the gun and just to the rear and above the left wheel. If you were tall enough (like me) you could rest your booted feet on the tyre. The other thing notable about the FH70 (known by us as simple 'FH' and on rare occasions 'the beast') gun was that it could be self propelled into and out of position with the use of an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) system which was IIRC, an 1600 VW engine. it was OK in some conditions but just couldn't cope with rising ground or hills and wet grass surfaces. I loved my time on the gun, which saw me master all the gun numbers from 2 to 8 apart from Gun No.1 (commander) as I moved on to a different department of the battery. but managed to come back into gunnery on the excellent and probably the best artillery piece of its type to date, the L.118 105mm Light Gun, known to us gun bunnies as 'Light Gun'. we used an electrical firing box to fire the gun by the layer, the US uses the percussion fire system. their shells were one piece, ours was shell and separate brass cart.. In my day the US Marines used them. they were called the L119 and had a shorter barrel. I do believe that the US army now uses them as the L119A3 Just to let people know, humping a 94 pound (43Kg) wasn't as bad as you may think within a gun position. what was bad was if for some reason your gun went down, your ammo would be carried to other gun positions to be used. I had an occasion to have to do a bit of hauling Round on shoulder) which included about 100 yards over heavily rutted, and tall grassed ground and a barbed wire fence. We used to fire both US and British shells but the British shells had a flange at its base and the taper was better which made for easier handling, the US round however had no such flange at the base which was almost flat and was much more awkward in shape to handle, especially in wet weather. The British L15 shell was also a better killer with a splinter kill radius of 80 meters compared with the US M109 60 meters, but then, the British shell was more expensive

@roflex2

5 жыл бұрын

What were the fumes like breathing that in for hours at a time?

@paulbantick8266

5 жыл бұрын

Never affected me. At times and especially at night, when firing, (if obturation wasn't at its best) a blue flash would occur from the breech end every time the gun was fired.

@paulbantick8266

5 жыл бұрын

@Justus Nelson I served on the L118 (M119) ) for some years. I stand corrected on the users in the US forces, I must have either been misinformed or thinking about something else....Hmmm!

@wyld_wolfwin

4 жыл бұрын

Very informative comment, must say I learnt a bit

@balljointfd3s

2 жыл бұрын

Send that review to your government so that the M777's in Ukraine get those proper L15 rounds!

A shipment of these 777 pieces landed in Ukraine from Canada today. Hey Vlad, you're gonna love this shit. Slava Ukraini

@Diossvk

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment. I hope the Ukrainians will use this well and give the russian fascistic horde hell.

@gregparrott

2 жыл бұрын

Did you see the last two $800M aid packages for Ukraine from the U.S.? Biden authorized both of these aid packages in April, just a week apart. The first had 18 M777 plus 40,000 rounds of ammo. The second has 72 M777 plus 140,000 rounds, plus an undisclosed number of counter battery fire control, plus vehicles to tow the artillery, plus training on their use.

@henryrollins9177

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha...already destroyed, captured or sold by ukronazzis. Go Russia go! Kill them all! 😀🇷🇺✌🏾

@paddy1952

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregparrott I think those Ukrainian gunners gonna "get some".

@coolboy-rg9zy

2 жыл бұрын

Rip ukrine 😓😓

Thanks Matsimus! Another great offering well done as usual.

It's a cool piece for sure. I was a mechanic on the M198 in 29 Palms. We got to work on these durning late development improvements back in 2002. We broke them alot, some effective changes were made. Glad to see them working so efficiently on the battlefield.

@suspicionofdeceit

2 жыл бұрын

What parts went down?

Found this video because they’re shipping this gun to the Ukrainians and I wanted to know more about it thank you very much. 🇺🇦

I see people moaning about the lack of mobility. Do not forget that simplicity is a virtue.

@diltzm

6 жыл бұрын

Ag3nt0fCha0s exactly if your prime mover gets knocked out you can still fire and bring in another truck.

@MyLonewolf25

5 жыл бұрын

Ag3nt0fCha0s don’t forget that it’s much easier to resupply

Must be japanese! It has a bayonet...

@RoninTF2011

6 жыл бұрын

Nope, that for towing the gun.

@shidder_mutt

6 жыл бұрын

RoninTF2011 it's a gun joke

@gottjager760

6 жыл бұрын

Gunnery captain "Fix Bayonets" *Bayonets fixed to 155mm howitzer and gun picked up by crew* Gunnery captain "Banzai!" *charging at Americans wile carrying 155mm howitzer* Gun crews "Banzai!!!"

@SussyFortnite

6 жыл бұрын

pinochet pilot #666 Foreigners don't care about us.

@AlexSDU

6 жыл бұрын

Reminded me of General "Chesty" Puller when he saw a flamethrower demonstration. ""Where do you put the bayonet?""

Ukraine thanks you lads, for sending those guns!

Ukraine has these now :)

@cunucky

2 жыл бұрын

I came here when I saw a video of them putting these into a transport aircraft to send to Ukraine and saw a comment that these were great. Going to enjoy this video ^_^

April, 2022..my understanding is some m777 are already in the Ukraine. Great for counter battery use. And now with drone coordination.

Awesome that you mentioned the battalion in Hawaii. I could hear them practicing all the time. Sounds so cool!

Love your work Matsimus!

My dad was part of the Excalibur program before it ended and I find it cool that it was actually used in the field👌

Great video as always 🙂 I agree that there is still a place for field guns, even for forces which have SPGs. The main reason that comes to mind being air deployability. A field gun - especially a 105mm gun - can be slung under a suitably sized helicopter, or parachuted out the back of a transport aircraft. This allows them to move forward faster than SPGs, and allows them to be set up in places a SPG would have a hard time reaching, such as mountain sides, small islands, forest clearings etc. Plus they cost a lot less, which keeps the bean counters happy 😜

I really enjoy your videos man, lots of information

Looking good. Good teamwork

10:49 my heart skipped a beat when that happened. Then Thomas showed up lol

At my 13B AIT we went thru 61 HE rounds in an hour and our crew chief thanked us for being one of the best classes he's taught.

@JennyGormanRitter

2 жыл бұрын

...October of 2015?

Awesome job my friend, I really enjoyed it, very informative, great video as usual, thank you!

I was a Bombadier in the 15th Field RCA for four years, operating the 105 C1. You will have a wonderful experience in the artillery, which is the senior service in the army. Listen to your NCOs, be safe, and don't forget to wash your hands before eating after handling cordite charge bags. Your arse will thank you for it.

I was infantry in fob Wilson summer 2006. Those two beasts, one in particular were cutting OP2 by feet. Accurate, devastating and only one drop short. Ask 2RCHA about the direct role in shrapnel protection😎 My brother might have given you arty support in ‘11 from 2RCHA but as infantry thank you for the harriers and apaches 🔥

Amazing power in a relatively compact design. My Father's WWII Bofor 40mm Anti-Aircraft gun (trailered version) was about the same size.

Yeah, I loved the sound of sucking air as the projectile climbs to its destination. You ought to hear the 1650 projectile. Never forget that sound. Great video.

Im thinking of buying one on amazon, thank you for the review

Love how these comes bundled with a bayonet just in case of close combat XD

Matt you gotta do a video on the different ability of towed, tracked and wheeled arty peices and its pros and cons. It'd make an intresting video to hear your preference and opinion.

great video as usual Matty, give'em hell on your new assignment.

Good narration, nice video, thumbs up

The projection from the bottom of the muzzle brake is the tow pintle. This gun is towed from the muzzle. Most of it is made from titanium. In fact one man can lift and carry the recoil cylinder and disassembled equilabrators with no problems. It has a scavenger system that powers the hydraulically operated breech block and loading tray.

May, 2022. The 777 is doing well by all reports in the Ukraine. Last I heard, over 90 are there now and about 100,000 shells have arrived already, Ukrainian troops have gone through schools to repair it. Counter Battery radar is already present in the Eastern Ukraine. Ukraine is great.

@lunthang7453

2 жыл бұрын

All are useless, Russia destroyed them

Excellent review! Thank you!

As a 91 Foxtrot I'm glad to see you do a review of the M777 thank you.

@Matsimus. Just the inform you, the M777 (Ultralight Howitzer) was designed and built in the UK and was going to replace the FH70 and give it air mobility. There was no need to have a 155mm air portable gun when there was a good 105mm gun (L118/L119 Light gun) that has proved itself in combat (Falklands 1982 used by 29 Cdo, Bosnia used by 19 Regt RA "where I used the L118").

Great video and awesome gun. Glad to see these being sent by the US to Ukraine.

I made my way into MQ in 2011. 7171, Panda Ridge, EDI, Mt Doom. All that. Good to see you making something of yourself.

Excellent video, lots of information.

It can arguably be deemed the best towed howitzer in the battlefield up to today since his introduction. Its expensive but still very affordable, its an 155mm wich rekts havoc to everthing it hits, its precised due to the alloys used thru out the howitzer mainly composed of titanium wich are not afected by overheating or stress as much as steel and it also uses GPS. I mean, its a perfect howitzer

@EstellammaSS

6 жыл бұрын

Leandro Ribeiro personally i really like the idea of i think is a Russian howitzer, it's basically a normal howitzer with a cute little engine on it. It can drive around a bit so it wouldn't need to be towed and all that hassle for short range travel. And can get out of mud easier etc just all the good stuff. It's just so much less work for the price of adding some weight.

@leandro9311

6 жыл бұрын

I do know Finland uses some of those but wats the point ?? Its slightly more maneuverable but you need more logistical suport for the fuel and spare parts while you just can use a normal towered howitzer wich can fire 4 rounds in 1 minut and get out of the zone it fired 1 minut later

@thomasborgsmidt9801

6 жыл бұрын

I think You are right, sometimes the most expensive tools are the cheapest in the long run. Artillery is getting cheap: The shells cost very little compared to PGM's. Considering what a tank costs...

@kameronjones7139

6 жыл бұрын

Leandro Ribeiro this really good in low intensity combat but anything more you are probably going to have to put it in a Bunker.

@armandlubbe4935

6 жыл бұрын

Umm no compared to our (South African) G5 system it's cute in comparison it can fire shells farther,fire more rounds a min & in most aspects even more accurately then the M777 system,also the same gun is used on our G6 SPG which still to this day holds the record for farthest shot from a SPG 75km's

US army artillery 2LT here! Love my current trade. You were a Brit tanker and now Canadian arty? I was an enlisted signalier then commissioned FA. Currently in Hawaii

Now that's a fine piece of machinery right there!

Holy shit, this thing is like the alien super technology end-game tier artillery piece. The mobility and capability of this field gun looks like it could outperform even self-propelled artillery pieces, mainly due to how light it is, and thus its ability to be airlifted even by a tilt-rotor. This thing looks so light that you could take it backpacking; it looks like it shares more in common with my ultralight backpacking stove than it does with most other artillery pieces. It fires projectiles that are worth more than most people's homes. This thing is just incredible.

@bc-guy852

2 жыл бұрын

And those ain't chunks of wood coming out of the business end either.

Fun fact, my great grandfather was an artillery guard in WWII. Have his helmet in my basement, the stories it could tell.

@animalmother8730

6 жыл бұрын

AmazinglyIdiotic thanks for his service.

@amazinglyidiotic8607

6 жыл бұрын

Pennywise The dancing clown thanks, i never meet him but I'd love to hear his stories

@Zebred2001

2 жыл бұрын

My father was a Dunkirk veteran. I still have the breach pin from the 25 pounder he had to destroy before he was evacuated.

The Canadiens were the first 777 to be used in combat in Afghanistan, good work!

essential for infantry fire support~good ole 155mm howitzer

Good jog - a thorough analysis.

I feel bad for requesting videos because I know you put so much hard work into these videos. And me not having a job means I'm unable to donate to your Patreon at the moment. But if you ever have the time to do so you should definitely check out the South African G6 Howitzer.

I happy that this weapons, which on of the best from towed artillery is giving to Ukraine. And change the main calibre from 152 to 155 mm to NATO standards. That's change a lot not only in battlefield now, but change a lot in UAF soon. Thanks for support🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇪🇪🇪🇺🇵🇱🇱🇹🇱🇻🇹🇷

Thank you for your service

Amazing engineering A huge gun that is so compact and can be moved around an old fashioned 'recoilless gun' or mountain artillery.

Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be an unruly brawl!

I'm looking forward to the Ukrainian Army getting these from the US, and using the Excalibur shells to pummel the life out of the Russians in the Donbas.

@Diossvk

2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@whazzat8015

2 жыл бұрын

@@Diossvk At $90K to $160K a round, they are an expensive gift, esp when we brag on sending $150 million in assistance.

@pioneernut7487

2 жыл бұрын

Ukraine already using howitzer

@user-wj9dt2ev5o

2 жыл бұрын

we are waiting for them to be captured and used against the mercenaries of the West

@Ayvengo21

2 жыл бұрын

we already using them quite accurate weapon even with regular shells. it's totally superior compared to our d-20 and msta-b in terms of maximum range and accuracy.

Had good reviews on Amazon....had to check it out though ..definitely ordering one

With love from the Us!!!!

They need to get with it and make it easier to load and fire, automatically preferred , either way God Bless our men and woman in our military.

Honestly the most impressive and amazing part of these is the extensive use of alloys and modern metallurgy (namely titanium) in the making of it Also yummy digital FCS as well

Thanx. M777 is a great piece and replaced the M198 in service.

I've been trained on the old 155 mm howitzers circa 1970's fired them at Camp Gagetown New Brunswick Canada.

You might know, since you're an aspiring gunner, but the 2 rounds per minute sustained fire rate is based on keeping the barrel temperature within limits that won't damage it.

It doesn't sound particularly loud in the video, but trust me, it's loud. I was at a range in Fort Bragg, N.C. and the gunners had a checkpoint set up down the road in front of the firing line: somebody thought they were too important to stop and the checkpoint and the pressure from the muzzle blast cracked their humvee window from a couple hundred feet away.

@jimnotter6046

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, that's why everyone seems to be screaming. Need to be heard through earplugs.

The first Excalibur rounds were fired in Afghanistan by D Battery, 2 RCHA in the spring of 2007. This was the first Excalibur rounds fired in operations. Great video!

Welldone bro, I like to see these episodes!

Some nice footage, though it would have been nice to see some of some targets being hit to get a better idea of the damage output.

@jimnotter6046

2 жыл бұрын

Not exactly the same, but the 155s fired from a M109 were said to have a 50 meter kill radius in the '70's. We also "trained" with the W-48 atomic round. Never fired one, never saw one because we trained with dummie rounds. My training was how to unpack, install and set fuse. We also trained on how to blow up the round with a shaped charge in case of being overrun. All was with dummies (the dummie round was actually made oversize so it couldn't be rammed in a tube by mistake). Again, all dummies, round, fuse, shaped charged, etc. (and maybe the operators).

This gun looks like BEAST. Thanks for the review, and I'm happy the Ukrainians are getting a bunch of them (with a frightening number of shells). I'm confident they'll use them for a good purpose. Sucks to be a Rusky soldier.

@mirandela777

2 жыл бұрын

Sucks a lot more to be an ukrorat, since they cannot move in time to evade counter battery fire and, in fact, ruskies dominate them at 15-20 ---- 1 in artillery pieces. And if you can write and think in the same time, operating such a weapon from ukr side is almost a suicide task - no air cover, you are exposed to air strikes 24/7 AND a counter fire 10-20x times more intense than you can fire. Reason why most of these systems were deleted by russian strikes and reason why Ukr lose 3-500 soldiers / day. And the russians use a much better system, with suoperior range - and, most important - mobile ! 2S5 Giatsint-S - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2S5_Giatsint-S

Those 1st Cav guys at around 15:00 pump out rounds like a machine ^^ Good job

It originated from the Ultralight Field Howitzer (UFH) by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering (VSEL). VSEL was then acquired by BAE and they moved it's production to BAE based in the US, naming it the M777. So it began it's life by VSEL in the UK and BAE moved it to it's US based group and developed it from there. It's mostly made from US parts like the barrel and such. An excellent piece of kit with an interesting story/introduction in production.

The king Of Battle

@sachyriel

6 жыл бұрын

Since Canada deploys it's it's "The Queens Last Argument"

@goregalore_

6 жыл бұрын

sachyriel true

I hope you have a good weight training regimen... :D 'Artillery; bringing elegance to an otherwise vulgar brawl'

@Puzzoozoo

5 жыл бұрын

dignity. ;)

Glad to see this vid, im going to be on one of these guns in a year or so

I miss Vickers...they were an awesome company, and not just in the military sector (they made some long lasting ships too, the RMS Empress of Canada for example, built in 1960 and scrapped in 2003)

Could you make a video on muzzle blast? I've heard that the Brits test fired a big cannon 200 years ago and the muzzle blast broke every window within a mile. Later in WWII new AT canons were introduced to tanks and allies in their tanks thought that they were bombarded due to the muzzle blast shaking their tanks. This makes me wonder how far: Ear drums rupture Windows break People getting injured. And how it correlates to calibre.

I read on the BAE Systems site that each prototype round for the Excalibur program cost about $90k. That cost was likely the entire development budget divided by the numbers of shells they produced for testing and evaluation. I think $25k per production round would be the high end of the price range. Still quite expensive, but it is not just forged shell, a fuse and filler of boom. The latest AGM-114 Hellfire costs about $110k per unit. The FGM-148 Javelin costs $160k a piece. Both are much more complex systems, guidance and propulsion wise. So I don't think the Excalibur is there at the price range.

@wyskass861

2 жыл бұрын

You can't fire a Javelin over a mountain.

@ben3989

Жыл бұрын

A drone or switchblade can

Who's too dumb for infantery, drives a tank, who's too dumb to drive a tank, mans a cannon... nah, kidding, most respect to the guys on the big throwers. We soldiers counted on you!

Not a gunner, but i've have the opportunity to fire the first canadian m777 that was fired in afghanistan on OP archer that you mention in this video. Was awesome! Great video as always.

I’d imagine we (brits) didnt adopt the gun because of things like crew size. From the looks of things, we could crew two 105 guns for one of these, which could be more beneficial in some aspects, like blanketing a wider area, less crew training etc

@wor53lg50

2 жыл бұрын

And the light weight 105 can me moved quickly even by the crew, the m1777 needs to be hitched up to move and trails folded up wheels lowered, under counter battery fire from a skilled aponent, your crew would be dead, brits found there only good for static defence, like forward operating bases, not for fast moving warfare....

One of the most cost-effective weapons ever devised. It is (relatively) quick to move. It is highly accurate. It delivers devastating firepower. It can destroy any bunker (perhaps with more than one round). It can destroy any tank ever made. (Of course, it needs proper information, that is target coordinates, to work effectively.)

@orion8981

3 жыл бұрын

Modern tanks are pretty much invulnerable to most rounds besides DPICM and Copperhead, which both have significant employment drawbacks. Theoretically excal could do the work, but that would require a tank sit still for long enough to get a jav or saber up, which is almost guaranteed to do the work.

@whazzat8015

2 жыл бұрын

At $4to5 mil/each and shell cost ranging to $from $10K to 160K ea it better be. They were giving costs all over the board, and not being too specific as to what was included , as these things are all systems. M198 was $500K to $700K. Titanium is $$$.

@cralixthegameking4408

2 жыл бұрын

So this is considered small arms right?

@DavidFMayerPhD

2 жыл бұрын

@@orion8981 Invulnerable to 155mm rounds? Really? A direct by a 155mm high explosive round will turn any tank ever made (including the Abrams) into a pile of smoking, smouldering scrap metal.

Enjoy your trip to Shilo, been there and did that. But that was in the days when 3 RCHA was there....... and we had the M109 and 105C1

I used the older guns in Vietnam...we hand loaded them...just like the. 105s...them end up on the 109s SP! Good video!

but can it pen an IS 6?

@stephan6113

6 жыл бұрын

Superlumer 88 maybe track it

6 жыл бұрын

And asap it's immobile, it turns to be a target for any weapon. Air, land and (if it's in range) naval weapons.

@thornydig

6 жыл бұрын

Comrade, only if the ghost of Stalin decrees it

@jameson1239

6 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding me you need a tactical nuke to even have a chance

@fuckinantipope5511

6 жыл бұрын

Jameson Dymond but than his brother Obj. 279 emerges, the tank that survives nuclear blasts

It costs 10 times as much. But you can haul more of them further... or replace the weight savings with more ammo. If you're going on the offensive, gamechanger. If you want to heli in to some remote mountain top and bring a very bad day to someone who thought they were out of bad day range... this will do it.

I worked on parts that are in the elevation and slewing drives. Cool to see it all work.

@colobossable

2 жыл бұрын

Seems to work well! Is it true that the Barrow facility is totally closed now?

@TheBeingReal

2 жыл бұрын

@@colobossable Not sure on that location. For the US Military they are all built by Wegmann in VA.

@Matsimus I love your videos the information you provide is awesome, but I was wondering if you could add or make a video on both large and small scale tactics of the different regiment types (I.e. mechanized infantry, armored infantry, etc). I think you can make a great video or even a series on not only the tactics but also how the different parts of a military force work together. Thank you for the videos and keep up the great work.