Ah, hello again my old friend. I was, and as a reservist I technically still am, a gun commander for a D30, known in Finnish service as the 122H63. A well trained crew can have the gun set up and ready to fire in 10 minutes of arriving in a firing position, nowhere near what SPGs can do but for a conventional artillery piece its quite fast. The rate of fire was also quite fast, my crew was able to fire 3 rounds in 12 seconds, thats a 122mm round every 4 seconds. This video showcases the gun pretty well but there was one thing I was extremely triggered by: the guys were loading the gun from directly behind the breech, DO NOT DO THAT! Even though it should not happen it is possible that something malfunctions and the gun fires immediately after you close the breech and if you stand right behind the gun the breech will kick you in the stomach, not good. The ammo bearer must always load the rounds from the left side from behind the little recoil guard, the loader with the rammer rams from the right but nobody is directly behind the breech.

@villekeskitalo184

4 жыл бұрын

I got triggered exactly by the same thing :D:D Lots of FDF reservist here in comment section :D 1/11 Niinisalo SATR!

@shawnr771

4 жыл бұрын

Good information. Thanks.

@bluetv6386

4 жыл бұрын

In russia that's how they train the new recruits stomach muscles. If you can take it you're reposted to the spetnaz, if you can't your vodka belly s not large enough yet and you need more training...

@mistertree553

4 жыл бұрын

@lukum55 very interesting!

@Kman31ca

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not an arty guy, but have worked around large machinery my entire life and I get triggered too seeing that. I've seen young kids lose fingers, toes, etc and 90% of the time it's due to not paying attention to these small details.

"Sorry for the machine gun fire; it clears up in a moment" turns the barrel towards machine gun fire sounds

@Dmochkin

4 жыл бұрын

the 360 degree capability would definitely come in handy

@Ryu-qk1kx

4 жыл бұрын

guy firing the machine gun: *chuckles* im in danger

@yytyytg

3 жыл бұрын

japanes: chuckles honourable death

@mr.laughington5740

3 жыл бұрын

Says: *SHUT UP OR ILL BLOW YOU WITH THIS GLORIOUS ARTILLERY OF STALIN*

@glenmcgillivray4707

3 жыл бұрын

The Joys of 'Danger Close' Artillery support.

Ian's not Gun Jesus anymore. Now he is ARTILLERY MOSES.

@theartofthereel455

4 жыл бұрын

Cannon Christ

@jl.7739

3 жыл бұрын

My try: Babooom Budda

@armchairgeneralissimo

3 жыл бұрын

And with his mighty howitzer he parted the Red Sea

@02suraditpengsaeng41

3 жыл бұрын

Anymore. He is God of gun.

@weirdeurasianboy8091

3 жыл бұрын

Nope. He knows everything about the artillery he was talking about. Unlike the dumbass who got lost in the desert for 40 years 😂

The memories of setting this howitzer up in rocky ground at -25´c.

@deios

4 жыл бұрын

Memories sitting in foxhole directing that fire at -25c.

@severrnijKGU

3 жыл бұрын

awwwwwe

@AP-bh8xm

2 жыл бұрын

Memories of hammering those wedges in to the rocky ground in -25 celsius.

@Aasal76

Ай бұрын

Same shit

Other channels : "Here's the latest 9mm .." Ian : "Let's talk about a 122mm Cannon"

@Chrzysztof

4 жыл бұрын

Other channels : "Here's the latest Glock in .22LR .." Ian : "Let's talk about a 122mm Cannon"

@setoste

4 жыл бұрын

It is a howitzer, not a cannon.

@sampsonlll1825

4 жыл бұрын

@@setoste Artillery*

@Revener666

4 жыл бұрын

It is also a cannon.

@Mytrix0

4 жыл бұрын

VosperCDN pretty hard to forget that weapon!

Insert mandatory question about its suitability for home defense here.

@TheCheat_1337

4 жыл бұрын

You can't have a home invasion, if your self defense 122mm cannon destroys your home and everything in it. weSmart

@CptJistuce

4 жыл бұрын

I know I wouldn't break into a home equipped with one.

@overboss9599

4 жыл бұрын

I guarantee once the first burglar is reduced to red mist, the robbers are gonna look for easier targets. well, maybe not the organized group of robbers known as an "insurance company" but that's another problem

@Zeawsomee

4 жыл бұрын

Why yes, it is an excellent choice for all types of defense against houses

@thedarkzibba7059

4 жыл бұрын

You cant defend your house but you can defend The Motherland

I was also commander on D30 during war in Croatia. This howitzer can allow extreme fire rate for skilled crew. My crew record is 1.178 hits in one day (actually, 14 hours). Next day we had to send our howizer to repair :-). Barrel was useless after that.

@user-mr6ui4fy5h

4 жыл бұрын

Дай дураку хер, он и его сломает. Это ж надо было такую махину за день угробить...

@epajebiga

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-mr6ui4fy5h, you obviously was not in the war. In combat, somtimes you use everything you have to stop enemy. Yes, weapons that last decades in regular military use in peace often will be buried in one day. An it has nothing to do with fools prick....

@_salaryman_

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-mr6ui4fy5h У танкового орудия 2А46 (что ставится в танки Т-64/72/80) средний ресурс находится в коридоре от 500 до 1000 выстрелов.

@amichiganboiwhosereallazy1544

3 жыл бұрын

Ebic

@stonks6616

3 жыл бұрын

IS-2 gun???

"sorry for the machine gun fire" why is that so funny to me

@garywheeler7039

4 жыл бұрын

Its not something you hear every day?

@kstreet7438

3 жыл бұрын

@@garywheeler7039 just American things.

I was waiting for Ian to say that the cannon would be auctioned

@ffnuslemmur8364

4 жыл бұрын

@@a.ocasiocortez117 lmao no

@liamstransportchannel

4 жыл бұрын

A.Ocasio Cortez Nope

@mikeoxsmal8022

4 жыл бұрын

@@a.ocasiocortez117 yes

@thomaskok5773

4 жыл бұрын

that would be ideal for home defense

@loveterrortattoo7867

4 жыл бұрын

Pedro Almeida lol. Me too

Almost as loud as a Mosin carbine; recoil's more manageable tho.

@michaeljaquez4737

4 жыл бұрын

A moisan Nagant? Has low recoil to be honest

@buttahXD

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaeljaquez4737 He's talking about the carbine version, which wouldn't weigh as much, so it would have more recoil as a result. And memeing.

@Mikhail-Tkachenko

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaeljaquez4737 It's a joke. The carbine variant of the Mosin Nagant is extremely loud & produces a huge muzzle flash compared to other types of infantry rifles.

@XtreeM_FaiL

4 жыл бұрын

A. Grave Mistake It's a fully semi-automatic. Mosin-Nagant does not have recoil buffer.

@DudemeisterNL

4 жыл бұрын

@@XtreeM_FaiL fully semi automatic... Never heard of that before

I did my military sevice in east- german made self propelled 122mm howitzer and the ammo it used (russan made so most likely same as that gun) went as follows. Direct fire use cartridge that had single poweder bag pressed in by machine. If you took it out you would never get it in again. Indirect fire used 5 powder bags in one cartridge. To fire furthest away you would keep all of them in. To fire shorter range you would take one in your hand and keep the rest 4 in cartridge and that would be called n.1 charge. To make n.2 charge you would take 2 bags out so you had 2 in your hand and rest in the cartridge and so on till you get to n.5 charge which is only a primer and does nothing. Can't really see if the sight similar to what i used but mine went something like this. You would take out small telescope looking object place it on the ground left of the gun, aim guns sight at it. Telescope has small symbols on it's glass and you would turn the dial on it till they mached ones on the gun sights. Once they are perfectly lined up you can aim the gun first by for example turning the sight 2 degrees (6000 of these to make 360 turn) and then turning the entire gun till symbols match again.

@gunner678

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It's nice to hear from a gunner who served on the cold war opposing side. I was a gunner based on the other side of the IGB in the West . There is a lot to gunnery that lay people don't fully appreciate. Cheers!

@zabzab6608

4 жыл бұрын

ACS 2S1 " Carnation» ?

@swaghauler8334

4 жыл бұрын

So you used Collimeters too! The Collimeter gave the gun's Deflection from a surveyed point at the battery's center. This is HOW FDC determined the precise position of your gun's Deflection (horizontal alignment) in relation to the world at large. This point was surveyed backward from a central survey point for the entire battery. The gun was "layed" as close to this survey mark as the ground guides could get it, upon initial setup. The second reference point for a gun was known as the Quadrant. This was the VERTICAL ANGLE needed to reach a certain range away from the "point of lay" of the gun. On our Howitzers, the Quadrant was located on the right side of the gun (with the Gunner dialing in Deflection on the left side of the gun). These were expressed in "Mils" instead of "Degrees" on our guns too (a more precise scale of measure).

Guy firing a machine gun: "hey I'm pretty cool" Guy firing artillery: "hold my 122mm shell"

@ianmills9266

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I thought that. *Guys giving the big licks *BOOM! "I'll shut up now"

@FoxbatSVK

4 жыл бұрын

*[machine gun fire stops]*

@loserface3962

4 жыл бұрын

gets 76 mm auto cannon

@blondknight99

4 жыл бұрын

Where does one go to buy 122mm ammunition? And am I now on a watch list for asking?

@armchairgeneralissimo

3 жыл бұрын

@@blondknight99 Some dodgey guy named Sergei at the docks can get you what you need if the price is right.

"To show you the incredible strength of the Soviet 122mm D30 Cannon, I'm gonna blast huge holes through the body of that mountain"

@jballew2239

4 жыл бұрын

That location has been a backstop for ~40 years. Eventually some enterprising individual will mine the lead and tungsten out of it.

@YarugumaSou

4 жыл бұрын

@@jballew2239 You don't get it.

@Osean_Kitty

4 жыл бұрын

THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE

@deepbludreams

4 жыл бұрын

All things considered, this is a low-ish velocity 122MM gun, the D30 is basically a replacement for a 1930s Era howitzer, and to share compability with other soviet arms, it uses the same cartridge and projectiles found in use by Soviet heavy tanks, the IS2, IS3 and T10. the D30 started falling out of favor when 155 and 152MM Artillery pieces got lighter, 122MM is in a odd weight range, not really a light howitzer, not really a heavy one either.

@MrJolte

4 жыл бұрын

That mountain offends me. Remove it!

Wish we could have seen the point of impact on the hill. Fun video otherwise.

@DangerousBobB

4 жыл бұрын

Hawk 1966 I have some impacts from the shoot on my IG account @dangerous_bob

@basillicus3959

4 жыл бұрын

I'm actually wondering if the gun is aimed at all. They have only the direct fire telescope mounted but that does nothing when firing indirect fire, and they have no panoramic telescope at all. So maybe they just shoot in the general direction with minimal powder charge and the round drops where it drops.

@DangerousBobB

4 жыл бұрын

Basillicus blasting a rock on the side of the mountain using a full powder charge and direct fire sights

@basillicus3959

4 жыл бұрын

@@DangerousBobB OK, cool. Yeah, I see now that the elevation is actually much lower in the parts where shooting happens.

@mafistowaltz4857

4 жыл бұрын

Thats the first thing I thought too.

I was an artillery spotter in the U.S. Army from 2004-2011 and these were the artillery guns that the Afghan Army uses. I remember training Afghan gun teams (I was a spotter so they could work on aiming). I actually was able to stand right next to the gun team as they fired and this thing packs a punch! You really feel the blast, much more than a U.S. 105mm. The Afghan crews got pretty good with these and could get rounds out pretty quickly and accurately. @forgotten weapons It was really cool to see this gun again and learn a bit more about it, great Video!

@AshleyPomeroy

21 күн бұрын

I imagine all those guns must be sitting around rusting by now, unless the Taliban sold them off for hard currency.

@DongusMcLongus

21 күн бұрын

@@AshleyPomeroy Rusting, sold off, or turned into truck axles by now.

The item that looks like “a bayonet lug” on the muzzle brake is the towing lunette

@robertkubrick3738

4 жыл бұрын

I thought that was where the crimson trace mounted?

@AlASokolov

4 жыл бұрын

American howitzer M777 has the same feature.

@swaghauler8334

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlASokolov So did the M198.

@samuelyoung1

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if anyone ever made a giant enough bayonet to go on it

@badpossum440

3 жыл бұрын

well thats one hell of a disappointment. i was looking forward to getting that bayonet.

0/10 no bayonet This post made by Japanese army

@_salaryman_

4 жыл бұрын

You can always make your own

@VashGames

4 жыл бұрын

The pointy thing in front of the barrel.

@aserta

4 жыл бұрын

It has a trailer hitch. I'd say it gets at least 3 points out of 10 for that. Heck, you could tow this with your average hippie painted Vbug for shits and giggles.

@JippaJ

4 жыл бұрын

Looks to have a bayonet lug on the muzzle brake.

@Tony-dh7mz

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

A familiar gun! I was trained to crew this during my service in the Finnish Defense Forces. Here it is called 122 H 63.

@shawnr771

4 жыл бұрын

@@vendomnuIf the US and Russia are such odds why do US astronauts ride Russian rockets to the International Space Station? It is cheaper than other alternatives.

@Zorglub1966

4 жыл бұрын

@@vendomnu roughly, Soviet designed weapons (because of their habit of losing a lot of stuff in the Karelian forests.) are common in Finnish army, and often improved.

@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu

4 жыл бұрын

@@vendomnu finns bought all kind of weaponry from Soviets.

@insiainutorrt259

4 жыл бұрын

@@vendomnu Can use their ammo and weapons against them as finland could never match the production of russia for one

@brlbrlbrlbrl

4 жыл бұрын

@@vendomnu During the cold war, Finland had a policy of buying equipment equally from both the west and from the Soviet Union as an expression of the country's neutrality. Because of this, there are still a lot of soviet trucks, artillery, APCs, etc. in use that are slowly being phased out.

That soviet math-sight for indirect fire is legit! Having been a machinist, mathematical tables are far superior for accomplishing a task in quick order without the need for fully trained personnel. They're also key for upgrading current personnel as it gives them an immediate "close enough" to work off of.

And ten to fifteen miles away, a hedgehog goes: „What the....“

@edwardschmitt5710

3 жыл бұрын

And then he said "keep shooting, I wasn't able to hear my wife complain for a few seconds there"

The device that aides in elevating is the equilibrator.

@dankdark974

4 жыл бұрын

Equilibrinator* Sounds more impressive.

@longshot7601

4 жыл бұрын

The handle that the skull was on is called a destructonator or kaboomanator.

@LevitatingCups

4 жыл бұрын

Just need a bigger home.

@stevestruthers6180

4 жыл бұрын

The equilibrator is not the elevation mechanism. The equilibrator consists of the two tubes that are housed in the more or less square box mounted on the top of the gun. The equilibrator manages the recoil of the gun by preventing it from running too far out and then returning it to battery after the projectile has been fired.

@ronhmclaughlin

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Struthers so what you are referring to is the recoil mechanism, the one polished steel tube you see the opposite side of the elevating gear is an equlibrator. The equilbrator/s are either gas filled tube/s or springs the equalize the effort to elevate the tube, in gas filled equilibrators the crew constantly adjusts them throughout the day because as it gets warmer the expanding gas changes the amount of assistance to moving the barrel weight

My drunk ass thought this said "Sweet" instead of "Soviet" and yet... I was both right and wrong.

@CrudeConduct666

4 жыл бұрын

Haha hell yeah

@bencetasi5602

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet Union 😀

The standard for deployment and the readiness of an artillery gun for shooting is 3 minutes in the Soviet army. The best crews manage in 1.5 minutes.

6:33 machine gun: RAHRAHRAHRAH IM ANNOYING 6:36 122mm: *STFU!* machine gun: X:

@poplar6658

3 жыл бұрын

Gringe

Hot damn, it's the cannon I spent countless hours, cleaning, maintaining, aiming etc etc. This example lacks the gunshield for the crew actually. These things are still in use as training cannons in Finland. They will be replaced by a Finnish 155 mm howitzer eventually from what I've heard. As for setting up the gun, it takes time but when you have a crew each having their own role it is not that slow. For example I noticed how in the high speed the guys spread those legs one at a time. In the FDF we were told to always open both legs at the same time.

@georgesakellaropoulos8162

3 жыл бұрын

I bet you were lol.

And when you mount this thing on the chassis of an MTLB/U you get the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer (122PSH74 in Finnish service).

@viwahe

3 жыл бұрын

@@virta555 Finnish army has been using Russian hardware for the better part of a hundred years already.

Amazing how very stable the base is while firing!

Thanks Ian! My Grandmother's Brother was Artillery Engineer during WW2 and he was very good so he never got drafted and he worked on artillery all the time through the war, and his factory was moved to Siberia to keep production. If you can get to WW2 artillery that would be also super cool to see!

Ian is a very lucky man not being a Finnish conscript when he was sitting on those trails. When my step father was in the army as artilleryman one dude sat on one trail after a fire mission to rest. Once staff sergeant( or sergeant major) saw that he took the loading rammer and hit the guy to the back off the head so hard he fell unconsious for a second( while wearing a helmet). A legend says dead soldiers were carried on the trails as troops were retreating and thus are "holy". No jumping over, sitting or stepping on the trails. Also I would've loved to see some of the impacts from those shells. I was what brits would call a special observer when I was a conscript and oh boy have I called some indirect fire during that time, particularly 122H63 (Finnish tag for 122mm D30) fire. Best feeling ever when the other end confirms your fire request and soon you start to hear thunder like booms in the distance, deadly whispers of the shells followed by impacts. Gives you the thrills.

@jameschristensen1055

3 жыл бұрын

The practical reason behind the rule that a soldier should not sit or stand on the trails, or step over them, is that in the event of a recoil system failure the gun will leap into the air. Anyone foolish enough to be sitting on the trails would be launched as if by a catapult. I saw this happen in Canada back in the 1980s. The gun concerned was a M101A1 105mm howitzer. It leapt like a bucking bronco. Thankfully, no one was injured (as no one was cheeky/stupid enough to be on the trails!).

I love the moment when machine gun going full auto and changes its "voice tone" when cannon fires and suddenly stops (video time stamp 6:32 to 6:37). It's like: "Oh crap! Soviets! Run!" Great job.

@janwacawik7432

4 жыл бұрын

GOTT IN HIMMEL, HANS! Drop the MG and run!

@detritus23

4 жыл бұрын

More like the D30 says in its sweetest voice: “Feeling inadequate?”

@cracklingvoice

4 жыл бұрын

@@janwacawik7432 Hans, get the Dora.

@QwertyBoredom122

4 жыл бұрын

Audio equalisation does fun things.

@johnjeromson3471

4 жыл бұрын

oh you have a machine gun. that's adorable.

I enjoyed this very much. Thank you for filming/editing/posting it. BTW - amazing (to me) how stable the gun seems during firing.

we have the same gun here in Algeria, when i served in the army 10 years ago i ended up in an artillery branch although i was an infantry personal so our job was to escort and provide protecting to the crew member of this exact Cannon using a mini truck with a 14.4mm machine gun. cleaning these cannons after firing drills wasn't fun at all lol

@sovietbottle-cap1649

2 жыл бұрын

Hi am algerian too and also maybe planning to join infantry can we have a talk i have a few questions

Designer: what do you want this gun to shoot at? Soviets: Yes

@epajebiga

4 жыл бұрын

Really? This howitzer is very accurate. Barrel is only 38 cal. long, but it's accurate as 45/48 guns.

@cutelasscutlass876

4 жыл бұрын

epajebiga pretty sure they were talking about the traverse and elevation

@epajebiga

4 жыл бұрын

@@cutelasscutlass876you might be rigth. I didn't get it that way.

@Hawk1966

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they made any antipersonnel rounds for it. Man that's one big shotgun.

@cleanerben9636

3 жыл бұрын

Also Soviets: can it fire missiles?

Gun Jesus decided to join the "new year, new me" school of thought, so he became Cannon Jesus.

@n00btotale

4 жыл бұрын

Kalvis Bērs nah he finally found a real gun ;)

@skepticalbadger

4 жыл бұрын

It's literally still a gun; a tube, closed at one end, that uses high pressure gas to fire a projectile. In fact, no artillery people will call it a "cannon".

@1johnnygunn

4 жыл бұрын

It is called a "field gun"

@bravemanperson6270

4 жыл бұрын

Cannon Christ the Artillery Angel.

@swaghauler8334

4 жыл бұрын

@@skepticalbadger Your right about it being a Gun. "Guns" are crew-served weapons (including belt-fed machineguns) while "Small Arms" are individual firearms called "Rifles Pistols and Shotguns." We "Red Legs" never walked around holding our family jewels singing "this is my rifle, this is my gun. This one's for killin', this one's for fun!" BUT you had better NEVER refer to your rifle as a gun in front of the Drill Sergeant! Those who did had to curl a 155mm Projo.

"We're out on the range today so please bear with gunfire in the background"

@goodmaninastorm4617

4 жыл бұрын

John Doe underrated comment. Paul would shoot this in is spongebob PJs though.

@acoolerhandle

3 жыл бұрын

**Pulls shell parts out from under coat** This is a 122 millimeter green box high-explosive anti-tank round from Russian surplus.

Also old artyman from Finland, 2. PohmKTR/Jpr. Probably most fun I've ever had was anti tank training with those guns. 750 meters, full charge, scope sight, that was a blast! Surprisingly accurate beast.

Watching the shockwave effect on the ground from firing something this large never gets old.

No limit on traversing, when you have a couple of Samoans on the trail.

@wierdalien1

4 жыл бұрын

@@derrickstorm6976 the dudes are hench. They just pick up the gun and turn

@johnfisk811

4 жыл бұрын

It only takes one Fijian with a 25 Pounder (Talaiasi Labalaba BEM ).

@EvilTwinn

4 жыл бұрын

@@derrickstorm6976 Samoans are an ethnic group somewhat notorious for producing extremely large and strong men. He's saying that if you have a couple of them, you can pick up and turn a howitzer with a more normal arrangement very easily.

@bluetv6386

4 жыл бұрын

There is a lot to be said for samo-automatic artillery pieces.

@wierdalien1

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnfisk811 man deserved a victoria cross. But of course we werent supposed to be in Oman.

Thanks Ian! I've always found D30 to be an interesting piece from an engineering perspective. Would have loved more video of the setup, packing and maybe being towed away as well.

Thanks Ian , great work as usual . You didn't mention one thing I have always thought unusual about this piece , that is that it is towed by the barrel. If you look carefully , you will see the tow hitch protruding from the underside of the muzzle brake .

Can anyone recommend a good holster to conceal carry this?

@Tony-dh7mz

4 жыл бұрын

Workin on it, I’ve got this!

@shawnr771

4 жыл бұрын

Airstream?

@detritus23

4 жыл бұрын

It will fit in the UM84. It has good retention, too. And the training wheels help...

@scraig11

4 жыл бұрын

Zap

@tarmaque

4 жыл бұрын

Could I suggest a Volvo C304?

What no disassembly or take down. I’ll have to be satisfied with set up.

I'm loving this whole series on tanks and artillery. Great stuff.

The D30 gun was actually mounted in an IS-6 prototype tank. One of the few heavy tanks that have an artillery piece for a gun.

Fun fact. Those are still in use in Finnish Defence Force.

@cracklingvoice

4 жыл бұрын

One of the nice things about Russian combat gear: as elegant as their designs are, they are also quite durable. Russian reliability: it'll break down, but it is very easy to repair. Allows for remarkably old systems to keep running for a very long time.

@danylohatych1166

4 жыл бұрын

It's still in use in lots of countries

@drummaghua2687

4 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of countries are using this model as training guns, as nobody wants a bunch of new recruits to handle fancy 155mm cannons with super expensive computers and optics during their first time xd

@BadBonsai1

4 жыл бұрын

my brother (artillery officer in German Army) trained ANA Forces to handle this gun in 2009/2010

@deepbludreams

4 жыл бұрын

@@BadBonsai1 ANA still has these, and they have very poor tactical use of them, the US military think's so lowly of the gun crew skills and tactical use of field artillery by the ANA, that the ANA has to contact US command to ensure not Allied forces are with in 5KM of the area the ANA are bombarding.

I was in charge of one of those when I was in army. It was my favorite howitzer. Other one was 152mm east germany gun but I didn't like it as much. 122mm was fun thing to shoot!

@sawyere2496

4 жыл бұрын

When/where did you serve if you don’t mind me asking?

Forgotten Weapons is the best channel I've ever seen here on KZread, if you look for a good explanation about specific guns. Greetings from Germany!

Hello guys. Thank you for this review, I was serving on this gun calculating firing solutions, as a member of, then Yugoslav Army. As usual our industry used modified D30M`s and a dead giveaway would be the hydraulic lifting jack, instead of a screw type, as the Soviet gun had. I never was a professional soldier, but one serving a regular citizen`s term, however you call it. I can say all the best about this gun. It is quite simple to use, and for a trained crew of guys we could unpack, set, and fire the whole battery of six in four and a half minutes, from the truck park to the first round. We`ve even cut the artillery rake from two rounds to one, ... and then, well, don`t be there. I wouldn`t say that we would be able to correct and fire in four seconds, our time would rather be about ten to fifteen seconds in a hurry. And we were in a hurry, since there would always be someone flying back to us quite fast. However, we did not lose any, and NATO was trying it`s best. We had some very good officers and we were listening to them as a gospel. The rounds you`ve fired there were shot by a last charge (smallest) that is why the gun doesn`t jump much on that hard ground. You really should have tried firing one by a full charge (all five bags in), it would jump about a meter up and it would get scary with flames all around it and a case flying back from the rear, quite vigorously. We might not see eye to eye politically, still, thank you for an effort to keep this channel running, and thank you for being as neutral as possible.

@pametnaradionica

Жыл бұрын

Now, after watching it again, I must admit you guys were a bit disorganized for this kind of a tool. No harm so far. -When ramming the round , be aside the barrel. Also, my guys never used the rammer, when you train yourself well you can ram it by hand. Do not worry for the chamber lock wont move until the case is in the position. Otherwise say goodbye to your forearm, and so far I do not know of such a happening. -ALWAYS THE THUMB ON THE FUZE!!! -The real danger and hurt, at least for me was the speed itself. I broke a couple of ribs jumping from truck to truck. Another guy slipped and went right under the wheels of a moving truck. Luckily went uot of that situation unscaved just a lot dirtier. -We never actually dug our positions, the emphasis was on getting there and out in as less time as possible. -Also, we never did fire a lot of rounds at a time, let`s say about 30. Believe me 30 shells can do quite a lot of damage if you are precise. And we had to be. I have no idea what would 1000 shells do. -We also never used any calculators. I mean I had a couple, but soon I`ve known my parameter tables by heart. Hell we could pretty accuratelly guess the parameters. With a good correction and a well set up instruments you can hit a car sized target at three quarters of a range, second round. -Also, this gun is light enough, at about six and a half tons so that TAM 150 (standard Yugoslav 6x6 tow truck, smaller one) could climb it up a skyscraper if necessary. -152mm has more bells and whistles, longer range, more powerful, but also heavier with a bigger truck. This thing you could hide anywhere, if necessary.

I think we had these exact guns in Niinisalo Finland back when I was doing my military service. Never fired one but had to push them around the square few times.

Ideal for home defense against armoured incursions

@lena5242

4 жыл бұрын

Check this one: 100 mm anti-tank gun T-12

@Mortablunt

Жыл бұрын

Ideal for telling Oakbrook if they step on your fucking flowerbeds again it’s on.

Ian, I suggest adding a clip with an angle showing the gun firing and the impact location on the hill. Thanks again for continuing to provide top quality You Tube entertainment.

The whoosh of outgoing artillery makes me tear up a little bit. Not ashamed to admit that, cause it is beautiful.

Literally starting the new year with a BANG!!! Oh wait, the gun is Russian, so с новым годом!

Never apologize for random machinegun fire Ian, NEVER!

You should try yelling "Dvesti Dvadcat' Dva!" instead of "Three, two one" when firing!

Hi Ian, am a great fan of your channel. The Chinese 122mm version was heavily used by both sides in the Sri Lankan civil conflict (which ended in 2009). We still see the 122mm pieces in gun salute roles, parades etc.

Ian was waiting whole year to get fireworks like that

122H63 perkele :D my favorite cannon, easy to use and fun to shoot, it would be perfect if it had longer range

Ноги станины разводятся одновременно, чтобы она не перевернулась на домкрате

0:46 I heard "Shoot four people like you" And you can't take it back.

@RealCadde

4 жыл бұрын

_TRAVERSE_ Yeah, the soviets are used to being surrounded on all sides and shooting in all directions where the rest of the world likes to have the enemy in front of them.

@RealCadde

4 жыл бұрын

God damn that machine gun fire in the background is annoying. And not because of the loud bangs but because Ian's voice disappears every time they fire. Did you do this in post editing or was it your camera/recorder that cut the volume? Either way, you really needed to filter out the gunfire but keep your own voice in there. In this particular case you might actually have wanted to do a voice over.

@QwertyBoredom122

4 жыл бұрын

@@RealCadde I think its post processing Audio equalisation, basically a feature to make all the noises about the same volume through-out the whole video, problem as you can hear is that Ian's voice and the gunshots are recorded on the same device so the program can't distinguish between them so since it makes the "loud" parts of the audio quieter it uses the loudest volume at the point and lowers everything.

@RealCadde

4 жыл бұрын

@@QwertyBoredom122 Thanks but i already know how it works. I want Ian/Editor to stop doing it that way.

It did not automatically spit our empty shell as told on 2:10 and the breach was closed. Is it modified?

@ForgottenWeapons

4 жыл бұрын

They disabled the ejectors to prolong case life.

@francislematt7079

4 жыл бұрын

@@ForgottenWeapons For a suppressor yes

@erwin669

4 жыл бұрын

I was about to ask the same thing. Even re-watched it to make sure I heard Ian right and I didn't miss anything

@garywheeler7039

4 жыл бұрын

Being a student of the German 88, I was hoping to see it eject too. Without ejecting, it is no longer semiautomatic, which is part of the attraction to me anyway.

@Kvakva

4 жыл бұрын

@@garywheeler7039 Guess shells are hard to come by/cost alot/no access/laws etc.

This made a gunner very happy, thank you good Sir.

Great documentary again. Thanks.

Guy with machine: I’m such a badass. Guy with 122mm: drowns everything out

Ah yes... the 122mm also known as "Stalin's Hammer". Not to be confused with "Stalin's Mallet"which is the 152mm or "Stalin's Sledgehammer" which is the 203mm.

@_salaryman_

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe "Brezhnev’s Hammer"?

@TheSunchaster

4 жыл бұрын

>Stalin >1960s You mixed up it with older systems like A-19 and M-30

@TheCheat_1337

4 жыл бұрын

Stalin's Mjolnir, a caliber too large for human measurements

@waliza001

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSunchaster m30

@user-yb3lj3ts5u

4 жыл бұрын

Stalin died ten years before invention of this howitzer

Having operated the m101 as an 0811 for ceremonial services in somewhat modern times I visibly cringed when I saw that guy insert the charge with his fingers extended. Make a fist and shove it in that way. Many a cannoneer has watched his fingers go down range palming the charge in. Obviously that guy has experience loading that gun and it works for him so my hats off to the guys who keep these things running but dayum that scared me.

@Ray-tg1sj

4 жыл бұрын

Forgot to add, Ian keep these Arty video's coming. We gun bunnies love this stuff.

@ronhmclaughlin

4 жыл бұрын

That, along with saying “on the way” when firing had me cringe

love the MG in the background. Makes it sound like your doing a live review in a real battlefield

If you EVER get a chance Ian you should do a video on the M40 Sniper rifle system used by the Marine corpse the evolution of the weapon is AMAZING and would be a wonderful video to watch

I mean, it's an artillery gun. There's not much to innovate here other than making it lighter and adding a shell guide to aid ramming, and the D30 is already acceptably light as it is. It should be no surprise the thing is still _everywhere_

40 lbs is about the weight of my younger brother, can I shoot him out of one of those?

@janwacawik7432

4 жыл бұрын

If he fits in the breech, sure you can. Go ahead, we'll see how far he goes.

@alpbartuakdemir6489

4 жыл бұрын

if he fits the casing, why not?

@68walter

4 жыл бұрын

A soviet Commander , shove him over the barrel, the shell will take him along for the ride, lol!

@flipdart

4 жыл бұрын

That would be an awesome way to spread someone's ashes after cremation

@mfree80286

4 жыл бұрын

Once. Once.

No matter what artillery piece Ian get's to fire none will compare to that one where the guy's hair is just Poof in the stopped shot. If I am not mistaken that was the one video that made me sub and start watching I haven't been disappointed yet. :3

Battlefield Vegas is a great place to fire full-auto and other weapons. Rental only (do not bring your own). Staff is very friendly. They have a large outdoor display of armored vehicles. And a Black Rifle Coffee shop. Definitely check them out if you are in Las Vegas.

There's also rocket assisted ordnance for increased range.

Someone call "Taofledermaus" I think we just found him a new accelerator for his experimental and unique rounds.

@Tepid24

4 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of that?

@worldtraveler930

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tepid24 They're another KZread channel, go check them out.

@Tepid24

4 жыл бұрын

@@worldtraveler930 I figured as much, but I was wondering which "experimental and unique rounds" exactly you meant. Since there appear to be quite a few.

@bensmith4563

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tepid24 if it fits in a 12 gauge they will shoot it

@charliegarrison9688

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much a "You make it we shoot it" type of thing. Some are neat, others defy all logical thinking and work better than you would believe lol the bumbell slugs blew my mind

Ian! When filming the canons firing you gotta include a shot of the impact! That's half of the visceral experience around these guns!

@DangerousBobB

4 жыл бұрын

zelkuta Have some impact video from this shoot on my Instagram @dangerous_bob

Random mountain hikers : "why is there an artillery shell headed towards us? "

@digimaks

3 жыл бұрын

Pfff.. believe me, they wouldn't even notice what has landed.

A very powerful semi-automatic cannon, with high shooting accuracy and a limited error rate if used correctly.

@Mortablunt

Жыл бұрын

Bane of Nazis. Z.

This is actually a pretty good gun. Only takes about 5 minutes to set up with a hood crew. Fast fire rate, best we could do was 9 shells a minute. And it's easy to use and fast to learn. But I still prefer a 155mm since it has a larger impact on the other end.

Amazing that you can do such things

"sorry for the machine gun fire" it's so okay Ian it's so okay

5:50 "Good Sir, your cannon seems to be broken. It doesn't eject the empty casings as promised !" :D

Love the bayonette attached....really a close quarter weapon.

Really appreciate the video Ian, I love learning about this stuff! Is there any chance we could get to see the impacts of those big projectiles if you get to fire something like this in the future, it would be cool to see........cheers.

Got to see a couple of those when I was in Afghanistan this past year. Never got to fire one but ot was cool as hell.

@Smokey_Cornbread

4 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool lol if I go back I wanna make sure I get to fire one hahaha

@deepbludreams

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen the ANA use their D30 field guns and it's terrifying how poor they are at it.

@boomerhgt

4 жыл бұрын

Smokey Cornbread's Barrel Chasers They may have them in Iran you might end up there

Where's the casing? Didn't you say it suppose to reject the shell when recoil?

@basstrom88

4 жыл бұрын

They seem to usually disable the ejection feature so that the brass case doesn't hit the ground and get damaged, as it's rare and expensive.

@X3P4L

4 жыл бұрын

Good question. It is indeed supposed to eject it. Don't know what happend

@harryhuang1439

4 жыл бұрын

@@basstrom88 that make senses. Thanks mate.

@Reactordrone

4 жыл бұрын

They've probably disabled it to preserve their shell casings.

@Tesla34000

4 жыл бұрын

@@basstrom88 They probably removed lever which initiates opening of the breech. Extractor is working just fine as shown during loading process.

I was quoted $2500 to pull the cord, I opted to shot MG42, MP40, KAR98, Barrett .50...great place You got to love Vegas

The high speed footage is amazing

As a former gun bunny on a M198 crew, this thing is cute lol

@TheLeadShed173ibcta

4 жыл бұрын

Much love from an M119, 105 pop gun crewman. RIP Old Faithful, not in US service anymore but never forgotten in the Artillery world

@borkborkfoxxo279

4 жыл бұрын

198's are pretty cute, coming from a HIMARS guy

I haven't been this early since historical shows and video games were able to use accurate and uncensored flags

@andersbendsen5931

4 жыл бұрын

Daym, you just HAD to go there. Nice one.

Ian, I'd love to see you do some vids on some of the Calico Arms guns. Also, next time you're in Canada, I know I'm not the only one who would love for you to do video with Skallagrim.

So much gunfire in the background, I half expected Paul Harrell would appear.

I would love to see the inert grenade impacting into the hill :-o

Love the "whoosh" of the shell flying through the air

Dangerous Bob has the coolest collection

Got quite familiar with this thing while doing my service in finnish defence forces. I was gunsmith in armored howitzer battery our main tool was 2s1 which is basicly slightly tweaked d30 attached to modified mtlb.

Wow that is the most stable artillery I've ever seen and its a 1960s tech.

@ree0b4272

4 жыл бұрын

Неплохая гаубица, да. Приходилось с ней работать.

From this video I've learned more then from a full academic year in Saint-Petersburg State University war preparation course, which was focused on D30.

@user-0xDEEDBEEF

2 жыл бұрын

war preparation course? Maybe a military training course?

Good demo.thanks.

Hey, Ian, please make a video about sighting sytem for close range firing and what in general needs to be done when a squad of howitzers arrives at a position.

Nothing says “Get off my property!!” Like sending a 122mm shell down range!

@frankmueller2781

4 жыл бұрын

"Get off my G*d Damned lawn!"

@thorodinson5034

4 жыл бұрын

maybe a broadsite of a dreadnought in the pond at the yard