I was stationed in in a Vulcan unit on Hahn air base Germany 85 to 90. Some of the best times of my life!

@PeriscopeFilm

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

@towtruckmafia

4 жыл бұрын

I was in Alpha Battery, 5/44 from 88 to 90. Then we got reassigned to 5/2 ADA in Crailsheim.

@wishyouwerebeer

3 жыл бұрын

I was there with you sgt. Norris

@walternorris2609

3 жыл бұрын

@@wishyouwerebeer who is this

@unitedwestand5100

3 жыл бұрын

I remember both these weapon systems. Aschaffenberg, Germany, 79-82, 1/4 Inf Bn, 3rd ID, Fiori Kaserne.. Warriors! They always accompanied our columns on REFORGER exercises. I remember seeing A-10s land on the Autobahn too, using the overpasses as hangers to hide.

I remember both these weapon systems. Aschaffenberg, Germany, 79-82, 1/4 Inf Bn, 3rd ID, Fiori Kaserne.. Warriors! They always accompanied our columns on REFORGER exercises. I remember seeing A-10s land on the Autobahn too, using the overpasses as hangers to hide. I remember all the Hawk Missile bases too.

@msulli5429

2 жыл бұрын

I was stationed in Gieblestadt Germany

Chaparral is a shrubland plant community found primarily in the U.S. state of California, in southern Oregon, and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. Roadrunners are known as "chaparral birds" because they are often found in the chaparral.

i would love to see the military go back to this format for pomotional videos. Amazing.

Today I once again shared the link to this video. So others will know about this integrated system of weapons and support vehicles, doctrine, tactics and operational procedures. It makes me feel nostalgic for when I rode my dinosaur, ready in case the balloon went up and we'd be in a hot war against the Soviets.

Was at Ft. Bliss from '76 - '79 when then Presidential Candidate Jimmy Carter came there for a live fire exercise. Oh what fun we had. Vulcan, Chaparral, A-10's, 'Red Eyes', 'Cobra' Gunships, shooting up a bunch of cars we dragged into the desert at McGregor Rage. Almost like it was yesterday.

@jameshunter744

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Frizzell McGregor Range I couldn't remember that name for shit!! White Sands Missile Range...live fire for 16Series ADA Vulcan Chaparral/RedEye-Stinger and Patriot was just coming on line when I did Basic-A.I.T.@ Ft.Bliss Mar-July 1986....wish I could've done Permanent Party heard it wasn't too bad. I did go to Juarez-Cuadid. What an "experience". Lol. Thanks for memories you brought back. Air Defense Artillery rocks!!!!

@sevenravens

6 жыл бұрын

I went to basic and AIT at Ft Bliss in 76. Then they sent me to Budingen Germany. I think this is the film they showed me at the recruitment center.

@williampayton9515

6 жыл бұрын

Bliss in 86-87....Vulcaneer Baby!

@timsmith9169

6 жыл бұрын

sevenravens i was at budening 74 76.,as a Vulcan Gunner welcome back to the world.brother. 3/61 ada alpha15 with sgt.hopkins aka hoppy

@jamesboyd923

4 жыл бұрын

I was at Fort Bliss from 75 to 76 16 Sierra 10 16 Romeo 10 don't forget about the quad fifties mounted on the back of a deuce and a half at Fort Bliss Texas price and New Mexico it's been many time out there in the desert you'd be surprised was out there in the desert in the mountains LOL that's for real overall I had a great time especially in Logan Heights Loop camp and AIT Fort Bliss James Boyd Waco Texas later

I used to be a Chaparral / Vulcan Platoon Leader (11th ADA Brigade) Fort Bills, Texas (1985-1989).

@PeriscopeFilm

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

@TheDarwiniser

7 жыл бұрын

Dont be shy, tell us a few stories !!

@webrad98

7 жыл бұрын

Fernando Luis Peña Mirabal

@islandsantaclaus

7 жыл бұрын

I was TDY (TDA) at Lackland Air Force Base Jan-May 1985.

@Panzerdeal

6 жыл бұрын

D-5-52 chap crewman, 24 ID 84-85, d 2-61, 2 ID 85-86. Road Runners.

Worked as Chaparral section chief for 1/51st ADA at Ft. Ord Delta Battery. Was fortunate to have been able to fire both the Vulcan and Chap. Awesome weapons for sure. I still think even better than its Roland replacement. Great part of American Military history for sure. Ah, the good Ole days...

@guardedcitadel5837

21 күн бұрын

I was in E Co. 707th Maint. 81-82. I remember 1/51 very well.

They should bring back the old Vulcans one last time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My first unit I was assigned to in November of 1989 was HHB 4/5 ADA 1CD Vulcan/Chaparral. When I arrived, they had just turned in the Chaparral vehicles. The only thing they had left was the Vulcan and that went away just after Desert Storm when the 1st. Cav came back from the middle east.

With the preponderance of drones and heavily armored attack helicopters in today's hostile skies, updated versions of each system would be a welcome addition to the Army's maneuver forces.

Back in the day 1973 -1975 A 2/61 ADA S. Korea. 2nd Inf. Div. RC-4 Vulcan gunner , Clear The Sky Sir !

FAAR ops in Korea, Camp Stanley, 2nd division. Last tour '79-'80. Loads of fun. Ft. Bliss Basic and AIT, two tours in Korea, and one at Ft. Ord California. FAAR mostly didn't work, generator was loud and we lived in fox holes and behind our concertina wire near the DMZ. Lots of watch duty...

I was born as a Chapparal Crewman in D Battery, 3rd Battalion, 61st ADA, 3rd Armored Division, V Corp, Germany. Fulda Gap Baby. Fired a Redeye in Graf and a Chap in Greece.

I was at C 5/3 89-92 McCully Barracks Wackernheim Germany. Sundragons!

Damn if I would want to sit behind a piece of plastic and fire a sidewinder.

I was at Fort Hood with 1stBn-68th ADA from 1974 to 1976. Trained at Bliss as a Chapparal crewman but was assigned to the FAAR Platoon at Fort Hood. Never did figure out how to operate the damn thing. Didn't matter though. It was always down for one reason or another. Total piece of junk. My Crew chief was a sharp guy who had served several years in FAAR units. He said don't worry about the thing not working, we would mot last long anyway once the shooting started. Also, he made sure we had around 1000 feet of commo wire to string out from field phones to the track. He said the experts must not have took into consideration the effective blast radius of a 500 pound bomb that would no doubt have our names on it. 100 feet of wire was not nearly enough LOL.

I built both these weapon systems.

Chaparral Gunner, 1/62 ADA, 25th inf div. 1971-1972

Chap and Vulcan batteries added a platoon of Redeye/Stingers by 1984.

IAF - AA 946 regiment - Chaparral. 1996 - 1999

Super Vid 👍 Only operated the M113, M106, & M125- was very familiar w/ these two. Love these these films. Many thanx, be safe 🦊

24M20 here. (1968-1971).... lot's of training/testing Ft. Bliss Tx , Ft Carson, Co. Combined system in AA support for infantry units. M163 upgraded with doppler range radar, enabling more effective and accurate fire on areal targets... As of my ETS Unsure if it was ever deployed to Vietnam. If so , strictly used as convoy and infantry support.

I served with the 4th ID Mechinized 76-79. The Chaparrel and the Vulcan were our ADA. they could kick ass on the drones they fired on.

During our live fire defense at Fort Irwin in 1990 our ADA batteries got to fire in a ground engagement mode.....day and night. Pretty impressive display. Those little 113's are slow as hell compared to a Bradley or an Abrams however.

@williamt.sherman9841

3 жыл бұрын

why the Army never fielded a replacement based on the MLRS chassis is beyond me. put modern AMRAAMS or Evolved Sea Sparrow and you have a really awesome medium range ADA system.

@janko7245

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamt.sherman9841 we have sort of a stopgap with the new stryker equipped with stingers/hellfires, but the mechanized units still lack a proper mobile aa unit.

@djl5634

2 жыл бұрын

@@janko7245 that's because we use Air Dominance over AA batteries. Better to spend the money on more aircraft than on armored vehicles vulnerable to anti radiation missiles

Oh man, I remember watching this at Ft. Bliss, TX in Feb '77. Burned a lot of 20mm over the years after. B 1/51 ADA '77-'78 Ft. Ord, A 6/56 ADA '79-'81, A 1/51 ADA '81-'83, A 2/59 ADA '83-'86, B 2/62 ADA 91-'92.

@scotteddings9183

6 жыл бұрын

I was also in fort bliss in 90 91 92

@williampayton9515

6 жыл бұрын

Wasn't 5/52 at Stewart until just before Desert Storm?

@billberry3699

6 жыл бұрын

William Payton yes it was i was there 86-88 bravo battery

@williampayton9515

6 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. I went to A Battery when it was freshly named A 1-5 AAA....That's who I went to the Storm with. Victory!!

@billberry3699

6 жыл бұрын

First to fight!!!

I was stationd in a chap vulcan unit A battery 544 spangdahlem air base Germany 1986 -1989 went to the island of creet and todendorf Germany on the north sea. Boy that was a once in a lifetime experience. I had a great time traveld all over Europe.it was great.

@williampayton9515

6 жыл бұрын

I remember evaluating 5-44 for ARTEP. I was in 3-44 at Zweibruken, Ramstein, K-town....... 87-90

@towtruckmafia

4 жыл бұрын

How you doing Sgt. Garcia?

@mikephalen3162

3 жыл бұрын

I was stationed at Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion 56th ADA, at Spang from 1974-1976. Took six trips with the towed Vulcans to Todendorf every March and August, but only one trip to Crete in July '76 with the Chaparrals.

Jan. 2018---Thanks for the video as I'm getting back into modeling, this time zombie/apocalypse dioramas in 1/35th scale and the Vulcan would be great as an anti-zombie vehicle. Show some survivors attempting to get one running at some military museum.

I was in A-4-1 Vulcan/Chaparral & A-5-62 Vulcan/Chap/Stinger at Ft Bliss, TX, '84-'86. Neither were very effective in an anti-aircraft role. Stinger was far more effective. We also tested the prototype Sgt. York gun system, which was to replace the Vulcan. When I left in November '86 they'd already cancelled the program.

@djl5634

2 жыл бұрын

Aim 9 missiles were and are as effective as stingers. We still use aim 9 on all American fighter jets.

@msulli5429

2 жыл бұрын

There in 1969

@trbenoit

Жыл бұрын

@@djl5634 the Sidewinder is fine in an air to air capacity as it was designed for. When ground-launched, there is a loss of range. Plus, The Sidewinder was not an all-aspect missile until later models, so the target had to be going away to get a lock. The Chapparal was pretty limited.

@djl5634

Жыл бұрын

@@trbenoit nasam uses aim 120. They are pretty effective. So I don't see why a sidewinder couldn't. Depends on the skill of the team building the radar and targeting systems.

@trbenoit

Жыл бұрын

@@djl5634 you're comparing apples to oranges, but well, that's just it..the Aim120 is a radar-guided missile & it has the benefit of a search/targeting radar, plus it has a far longer range by design...the Sidewinder is a heat-seeking missile and the Chapparal had no effective radar warning/tracking system. The FAAR would only give you the general direction of a target at a short range.

those Navajo and apache aren't ready

B btry. 1/59th ADA Wakernheim Germany 74\75 Sooo much fun to shoot!! i got to shoot up and old car in Ground mode on the range at Ft. Bliss. 100 rd. burst. It was considered a kill if it changed shape, changed color, or caught fire and or exploded. It did all!!!

супер спасибо

C/2/3 Basic '69, Logan Heights. dual MOS Chaparral/Vulcan 16R in AIT B/4/1 on main post. Chose Chaparral duty C/5/67 Biggs Field. Two Chaparral six month combat trials,. Chaparral training film, misc. testing. First trial was six months in the desert 24/5 with armed missiles then fired them at the end. Two years of riding in the desert, in California and fun during the Vietnam War. I was drafted and luck of the draw.

@baabbo

2 жыл бұрын

Man, I was in C Battery 5/67 (First and the Finest) 1970-72. Trained as 16R too and then they split it and I became a 16P Chaparral crewman. And got drafted too and thought I was fated to go off on the "Eastern Adventure Tour" but ended up in Texas. Plus, I got a 6 month drop, so I was only in for 18 months and a few days. And I enjoyed the desert.

Cool and interesting video. Just one minor thing: in the title description it says Mini-gun rather than the full size Vulcan cannon. The mini-guns were 7.62 mm ammunition (hence mini) not the 20mm used by the cannon. A common error these days when describing this weapon system family. 💥 Thank U for posting

@gunslinger1824

4 жыл бұрын

Micro-guns are pretty cool too.

@fluffthesergal7640

3 жыл бұрын

@cliff deal AH-1 Cobra used a 20mm Vulcan variant, that is essentially a 3-barrelled version of the normal Vulcan cannon. Additionally, the earlier variants of the AH-1 didn't even have a cannon, but rather twin M134 miniguns and a 40mm twin Mk19 turret instead. The AH-1F was the variant that introduced the 20mm cannon, if I am not mistaken. EDIT: Not a second after double checking, I found it was the AH-1E that introduced the 20mm cannon.

@fluffthesergal7640

3 жыл бұрын

@cliff deal Well bud, I know a few soldiers and pilots etc as well. I'm not trying to be hostile, sorry if I came across as hostile. You can look it up for yourself in books and on the internet though, bud! The gun on the AH-1 is the M197! Again, sorry if I sound like I'm hostile, it isn't my intention! I just feel and am pretty sure I'm correct about this. IDK what your conversation was with him, but I wasn't there in 76 at Norfolk so *shrug*. Either there's a conspiracy to tell the world that it's a 20mm, but it's actually a 30mm, or something else isn't right.

@fluffthesergal7640

3 жыл бұрын

@cliff deal Indeed!

@fluffthesergal7640

3 жыл бұрын

@cliff deal I think I heard that too bud! I'm not 100% on it though, but I wouldn't be too surprised.

I remember the jet blast as the F-4's buzzed us in training

We have the best names and acronyms!

I like that sound of firing. No nonsense ass kicker.(this would have easily stopped the kamakazies if we had them back then)

Had lot of fun shooting all three

I was i B 2/67 ADA Mannheim Germany,The Vulcan was to slow and the Chaparral too.But it put a volume of fire 3,000 rounds a minute,The drum only had 1700 round at any one time.The radar never worked properly either.I was in Coleman Barracks with the BIG RED ONE.

@PeriscopeFilm

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

@dukecraig2402

5 жыл бұрын

When were you there? I was B Btry 2/67 ADA Coleman Barracks February 84, got sent down to Germ to train for the batallions Nijmegen team so we could train in the countryside, several weeks after getting to Germ and only after about 2 months in country the batallion got orders to move to Ft Riley Ks, I said "Well, I'm not going, I had Europe put in my contract when I enlisted and I JUST got here", they told me I had no choice and had to go, after 1 year at Ft Riley (shit hole) I found out that there was a form I could have filled out and got to stay in Germany but that information was withheld from me because they didn't want to loose personal, the main punk responsible for withholding the information was Lt. Hanko, he got to stay in Germany with his girlfriend, I pray one day I get to run into him.

@snowflakegaming891

4 жыл бұрын

What years

@richardriggs2958

2 жыл бұрын

I was with B Btry 1st. Of 67th. ADA Ft. LEWIS 1973 THRU 1974 TIL ETS.

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Those systems had already been retired from the service. Now the US Army operates the Avenger system the combination of stiger and calibre 50 machinegun.

M163 Vulcan the us army need to reissue these Awsome dragons breath s in Afghanistan

just nostalgic i guess, 2/5 ADA HEADQUARTERS FT HOOD I WAS THE MECHANIC 63 BUDWEISER AND 52 DELTA AND GENERATORS 85-88

Its and 68 fort hood TX 74 convoy to white sands to fire I got to fire a sidewinder what a rush

16R from 1977-1992 then 14R

according to John, America must take care their veterans

Shot down a jet drone with my Chaparral on the island of Sardinia around 1971.

3rd Herd Charlie Company 1/67 ADA Ft. Lewis 87-89 (towed Chap), 5/5 ADA Camp Stanton, Korea 89-90 Chaparral crewman and LT's driver.

My son and I love watching the Chaparral clips. It reminds me of a GI Joe 1970s toy that was supposed to provide defensive capability with new technology but didn't do anything, broke, and was kind of interesting to look at. I love how the operator sits in an oil drum with a cool plex-glass window, has no real radar capability but for the audio sound of the "ping" on his fluffy headset. Suffice to say, these systems appear to be the evolutionary necessities to get to something bigger and better. I do, however, find it hilarious that the narrator completely bullshits about the Chaparral being read to stop, gear up, and fire in 30 secs - lol. What a hoax. Notice how nothing is destroyed by the models presented. Again, GI Joe toys were of better quality however I love the novelty of these videos.

@leandro9311

4 жыл бұрын

The Chaparral is still in service with the Portuguese Army providing the only tracked anti-air system and 1 of 3 anti-air options (the other 2 being the Stinger manpad and twin 20mm cannons). During life fire exercises, the Chaparral has achieved betewen 80 to 90% efectiveness in shooting down, the targets where fast moving drones at over 2km of distance and about 3000 feet of altitude. It remains reliable despite the avanced age, to be replaced in the near future

well, you had to nerf aerial attacks one way or another...

@panzerdeal8727

2 жыл бұрын

.5 k tactical Nerf enough ? Watch out for the red white and blue birds...

5:06 oh shit oh shit oh shit.....whew.

have it

I wish the 80s came back. Anyone have a time machine?

946, Arduf,Barkan,1998

So in case of bad weather, they would be defenseless. Brilliant.

@billypaulwilliams

8 жыл бұрын

jednoucelovy The radar abilities of the air and ground units evolve together and have remained essentially equivalent. If the ground units are incapacitated by the weather you can bet the air units are as well...if not more so. When I was a 16R in the 80s our main objective was to guard against attack helicopters and suppress enemy infantry in an armor attack. It was a good system for both these roles even though we burned through ammo very, very quickly. BTW the description above states 6000 RPM the M163 fired at 3000 RPM max or at a lower rate of fire which was a similar rate of fire as the 50 cal. We never used this rate of fire as it had a tendency to jamb the system.

@user-je5xj7nh8w

8 жыл бұрын

+b w I was @ Ft. Bliss from 1982-1985. Biggs Army Airfield actually

@thedungeondelver

8 жыл бұрын

+b w It's interesting to see how these systems were only marginally upgraded through their lifetimes while the Soviets and later Russians developed whole new generations of AA systems (SA9, -10, -11, -12 etc. and the formidable ZSU-23-4M and later Tunguska). I've wondered if this was because the emphasis for NATO and the US was on massive air power, whereas the Soviets were focused more on the ground attack, knowing they couldn't qualitatively match us in the air and therefore leaned on ADA vehicles.

@skeggjoldgunnr3167

8 жыл бұрын

I was 16P-10. Basic & AIT at Ft. Bliss '81, '82 then Ft Ord. I was the driver. I think the SA9 Gaskin was closest soviet counterpart at the time.

@skeggjoldgunnr3167

8 жыл бұрын

***** No, but it did come with a canopy you could assemble and the driver could unfold the missile blast shields and cover the cab of the carrier and nest - laying across the seat over the engine bay (with it's heat it gives off) and make cozy noises for the rest of the crew to listen to. That was - at least until a certain spec.-4 named Puente took a dump in the engine bay because it was warm and toasty - his reasoning was; "It had to be 6 below out there last night!, Adam's is going to be the one cleaning the baked-on poo mess, anyway, what's it to ya?!" Ah, the Army. The camaraderie...

Vulcan is also a planet full of elves

Vulcanized me.

10:15 thats the forward alerting radar terminal. f.a r.t

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I was in 1980 to 1987 Fort Bliss and Fort ord And Germany Cawley Burke's Spangdahlem Hahn air base They Make it look so easy No camouflage They don't even have stuff on them No canteen No gas mask Where the hell's their weapon And don't forget it's only a 120 outside Where's their duffel bags O yeah sleep on the floor in the dirt There's so much wrong with this video's Of course they lied Harry up and wait what's the model

62nd bn. Ada. Ace 25th infantry division Hawaii Had all three Teach division how use air defense Have video room teach how use air defense Mid 70s

Any other guys was st ft ord 77 to 80 c btry 1/51 ada

@daleslover2771

5 жыл бұрын

Gregory Hankins Does Fort Hunter Liggett count,, Took basic training at Fort Ord 75,, H 2/3 Highly motivated dedicated to the mission of training.😁

I was in the 1/3 air defense art at Ft Campbell Kentucky. The Vulcan was alright but the Chapi was the biggest let down JUNK in every area. It had mores does and dont's than your mama. I honestly do not think it ever downed 1 drone or anything in its entire history. Never has so much time been spent just to keep it from breaking down every day. Reading the FM you will see dont do this do this dont do dont do not , never , cannot, never ever, ect ect. I was so happy to be transfered to 3/59th ADA in Germany Improved Hawk system that worked so good it would take the entire launcher with it if you forgot to un bolt the dam thing. Saw one fly 20 miles with the launcher at Crete in 1976.

@daleslover2771

5 жыл бұрын

Marco Cota Beautiful House Eugene Oregon Station from 1975 to 1978 Alpha battery 1Bn 1 ADA Bad kissingen Germany, went to Creta 3 times first time range guard, second time as a ICWAR operator,Third time Alpha Fire Control Operator, we took Honor battery 1976, 99.8 firing score, under Captain Lang (Grants Pass Oregon.) Great to hear from another Hawker,,,

@davidbrady8298

2 ай бұрын

During my AIT on the Vulcan and Chaparral, fall of 1970, we had a demonstration for a general and a senator. I shot down a drone with the Chaparral. At firing the missile, my canopy was immediately covered with smoke. When it cleared the missile had already hit the drone so all I got to see was the trail of smoke up to the point of impact and the aftermath of falling smoking parts off in the distance.

Can the Vulcan fire 50. cal ammo

@rickhohmann3375

3 жыл бұрын

No!

@GoSlash27

3 жыл бұрын

20mm > .50 cal.

@artstmartin3186

2 жыл бұрын

You are why we had comic book -10s

@whiskypops

2 жыл бұрын

@@artstmartin3186 it has 50cal an 20mm feeds belt Stan Lee

@ 7:30 , 300 rounds ? why bother with ammo ? just die in place

Sp vulcan

Anyone else seeing double?

But will the Chaparral lock onto a jet from the front in middle european November weather before it attacked? Will the gunner hit multiple targets before he is out of ammo?

@webrad98

7 жыл бұрын

0MoTheG

@TB0321

4 жыл бұрын

Eventually, the Chapparal had a IR camera sight in the turrent. It had decent night capability for its era, up to about 7-8 miles or so (about the range of the sidewinder). Last watched a Chapparal in 1997 after which the last launcher we're given to the Koreans.

1st59th a battery transfer to delta got todendorf once to shoot..twice to crete as senior gunner ( missile didn't hit both times) excellent tone I think our system guys were tards...tactical hit...

@artstmartin3186

2 жыл бұрын

77 79

A logical development would have been to use an all aspect seeker (AIM-9L or M) and tie it to something like an APG-66 radar with SEAM. That could have been an excellent system.

old but gold this needs the ukraine

@matovicmmilan

Жыл бұрын

I think they did get the Chaparral or are about to soon?

Russian SAM system is the best !