14:21 Imagine being a swan gracefully going along your business and some experimental archaeologists are launching flaming boulders towards you

Always enjoy seeing George Wunderlich showing up in documentaries, especially in reference to the Civil War. He's a very engaging presenter.

@rayshewmaker34

Жыл бұрын

Over 600.000 dead. It may be a surprise to many to learn. That the US Military has yet to have more dead in all the Wars since the Civil War. But it's a Fact. 🇺🇸⚓🐵

@jeanvanrooyen6004

Жыл бұрын

It's the same guy who did thronebreaker?

@PavolFilek

2 ай бұрын

And this tech,. can not win USA - Russia war 2008 - 2024 , USA lost 3 - 4 trillions, and has 35 trillions dept. What a shame for superpower.

The first use of mass artillery in a battlefield is what at put a end to the 100 year's war at Castillon

@SStupendous

2 жыл бұрын

Literally said in the video

@fuckarmageddonthisishell1390

Жыл бұрын

Right but if it wasn't for the terrible decisions the English general made the French wouldn't have been able to slaughter them. So one could argue poor tactical awareness and then utter disregard for his soldiers lives ended the 100 year war.

@iankumbia6863

Жыл бұрын

788 87

@ChickSage

Жыл бұрын

I doubt it. Maybe the first use of mass artillery, that used gunpowder.

@glyngriffin8260

Жыл бұрын

Was it?

Today, artillery, howitzers, with the help of measuring instruments and satellites are almost as accurate as rifles with optics. Frighteningly accurate. Hitting a tank or trenches a few kilometers away is amazing.

@Car_Mo

9 ай бұрын

I know the Swedish artillery system Archer can shoot 3 fast shells in a row at different angles, which lands at the same time.

@babayaga9102

6 ай бұрын

few kilometers? more like 20 kilometers

@Snoopsthecat

2 ай бұрын

@@babayaga9102 more like 60km

@keyikush

Ай бұрын

I've seen some modern artillery 99% accuracy in 500km range is crazy

@kcnl2522

14 сағат бұрын

Thats a missile ​@@keyikush

25:30 minute mark is my old Professor John Guillnartin RIp he was a PJ in Vietnam in the US AIRFORCE & he received 2 silver stars for heroism … he was my professor at Ohio State & helped me tremendously when I took his class after coming home from my tour in Afghanistan … he passed a few years ago. Amazing Man

Fun fact: Alexander the great was the first to turn siege artillery to enemy infantry when he got ambushed in Thrace.

"Weapons that stikes from long distances began to change battles are fought" It is the reason what made battleships obsolete and made Aircraft carriers Superior

@calebvaldecanas8867

Жыл бұрын

Yup. Sad though, battleships are wayyy cooler than missiles. Don’t believe me? Look up a video of an Iowa class battleship broadside

@PavolFilek

2 ай бұрын

USA has no state of the art tech like hyp. missiles or drones, that are developed in Russia and IRAN. It is a shame, USA is 50 y. behind.

Just love the sound of it! Did my service as gunner /loader in the marine, anti-aircraft.

A section on different types of projectiles would have interesting, the variable time fuze is not even scratching the surface. The projectiles of today are not just a chunk of metal shot towards the enemy.

Fantastic video. Very high quality and informative.

some calm Swan's at 14:20

The US M-777......... isn't American at all, in fact it's designed and first built at the BAE Systems factory in Northern England. It's a phenomenally accurate howitzer and to be honest, I'm pretty disappointed that we don't use it in the Royal Artillery.

Even though there is leakage between wooden staves it is still extremely effective at close ranges. One can also turn outer surface a tree and then drill hole and then put steel rings on turned outer surface of wooden surface making it tight i.e. no leaking gases.

@nicholasmark2392

2 жыл бұрын

I see your point, but it has been done and recordings of bark cannons exist through medieval illustrations and texts we have uncovered. Bark cannons and how they can be made can also be found on youtube. Wood is innevitably porous. Its fibers are too close to the level of unassisted observation than other materials. Its structural integrity will diminish each time an explosion happens inside of it. With steel/cast iron, the molocular nature alone, how the latices of the atoms are structued, literally down to an atomic level... is much much stronger intergularly than a wooden counter part. This is applied to every steel/iron counterpart to its wooden variant. Wooden crossbows v steel crossbows. Wooden rollercoasters v steel rollercoasters. Yes, your point is valid. Wood can do the job. But methods of foundry always beats methods of capentry when applied to mechanical needs. IE, machines and in this case, weapons containing explosions sending projectiles (guns).

@soulreaperiix_x8477

Жыл бұрын

@@nicholasmark2392 wait so does bark cannons outperform wooden stave cannons?

@Sascha969

Жыл бұрын

Wooden doors leaking gases? Impossible!

This is an extremely well made and interesting documentary 👏 👏👏👏 Amazing stuff. ☺

@williambrasky3891

Жыл бұрын

I liked the part `bout the lady getting targeted in the belly and firing the baby out her hooha 300 meters back at the enemy. The original counter battery. World's 2nd oldest profession.

What is annoying is that they dumb down the language so much. I mean give your viewers some credit for understanding units of measurement. How about saying “ the howitzer delivers a xx kilo shell, at xxxxx MPS.” Or what ever... it really meaningless saying, it shoots a shell at faster than a 747”, or faster than a squirrel on speed ? How fast does a 747 travel ? Depends ? Right, a squirrel on speed ? Depends... As soon as I hear the old,”as much pressure as 27000 ak47’s” or weighs as much as the Eiffel Tower ! Turn this crap off..

@vorrdegard2176

2 жыл бұрын

Yep they think there viewer is stupid

@macisgorla

Жыл бұрын

There are thinking we is dumbs

@joostvanwijk3842

Жыл бұрын

@@macisgorla The tink we domb!

@LeroyBishop

Жыл бұрын

In Germany everything is compared to soccer fields

@GraveGround

Жыл бұрын

Same, I didn't even know that a Boeing 747 was able to shoot shells in the first place, how would I know how fast it can shoot? :p

So well done - Thank you.

Thank you , this is one of the most interesting depictions I have seen so far ; }

This is the best thing I’ve seen in at least three months, answers so many questions for me.

I wish this video covered the Shwerer Gustav. I know that they covered the Paris gun and the Gustav wasn’t all that successful, but still it was gaint. With a caliber almost double that of the biggest battleship guns at the time (31in/ 80cm)

@rayshewmaker34

Жыл бұрын

They covered Alot of History, and obviously had to pick major development's. You may of helped someone have interest, and thus search for information. 👍🇺🇸⚓🐵

@zhoubaidinh403

Жыл бұрын

What was really missing was Captain Kirk's bamboo gun loaded with diamond projectiles against the Gorn!

@rocksparadox

Жыл бұрын

@@rayshewmaker34 ''They covered Alot of History'' Where is this ''alot'' and what did they cover it with? A lot can be said that is more accurate. ''You may of helped'' I may HAVE helped you use grammar like a native speaker, even though I am not one.

@Karl-Benny

8 ай бұрын

Or that they made it sound like The US made the first fully automated artillery not mentioning the Archer which has been in service for years

@scottiestarcher409

2 ай бұрын

Modern international laws prohibite use of large artillery of 16'. Most nations this day do not even have ships with artillery 16' or even close to it.

It's interesting to see how the look of the artillery piece describes the strategy of it. These ones look like they arent fast to move. For a reason too when you can imagine them having the artillery base well defended. On the other hand you have the guns we use in the finish defence forces. I was trained for the 155 K 83-97 (google the picture). You can see that the designed of this piece endorses a completely different strategy. Fire for a while and get out fast. It is fast to set up with a crew of 1+6. It is fast to set up and fast to get moving while still delivering a deadly payload. The Finnish specialize in guerilla tactics and considering how easy it is to locate artillery we see ait as a must.

@Chris-hn4lp

Жыл бұрын

Appearances are deceiving. The M777 155mm howitzer was (and maybe still is) the lightest weight 155mm artillery ever made. Obviously the barrel is steel, but most of the gun is made of aluminum and titanium. It probably weighs half as much as that 155k 83-97 you mentioned. Also, it has recoil mitigation, and fully computer controlled aiming. It was made to be an ultra lightweight mobile artillery piece. Edit: I just looked it up. I can confirm that the M777 is indeed less than half the weight of that 155 K 83 you mentioned. The M777 is 3745 kg, the 155 K83 is 9500 kg.

@JohnTavastian

Жыл бұрын

@BekGrou PRIMUS do you know if the American ones are capable of direct fire, because that is something the 83-97 can do.

@JohnTavastian

Жыл бұрын

@BekGrou PRIMUS we need to be ready for an ambush so we need to be able to do that

@adamc6371

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnTavastian they are capable of it, we do direct fire training very rarely but most units don’t bother with it because if an artillery crew can be directly seen by the enemy they’re toast anyways

@JohnTavastian

Жыл бұрын

@@adamc6371 yeah that's exactly what they told us xD

fantastic documentary.... Huzzah!!

I like when they measure distance in pinguins, volume in pools, energy in some other energy, speed in cheetos and so on

I enjoyed that bit of history. Great video.

Fun fact: We still use gunner's quadrants in modern artillery.

Having been in Arty in Combat it was very effective!.

Radio wave activated shells. I learned something new today.😎 Thank you

I have to say this is the second gun episode I've watched that was very accurate and fact driven. It is refreshing and appreciated

I remember Antitem well. The Smooth Bore guys were Soooo jealous of us rifled bore guys!!! Awesomely interesting. Just saw. Sharing. Thanks

BLAST-UM‼️

Wow the history of the Canon is most fascinating.

Sadly the NLOS-C was cancelled in December 2009, but some of its features like its electric rammer and some of its electric drives were integrated into the M109A7.

@azquadz

Жыл бұрын

I worked on that program at YPG - The top work order happened in May 2009

"The History of War... is The History of Pain...' - Andreas Katsulas as : G'Kar (in B5)

Very informative. Thanks for sharing. Rockets are self propelled artillery shells and missiles are guided rockets. The credit for developing rockets goes to India's Tipu Sultan in the late 18 th century.

@andriandrason1318

Жыл бұрын

The first rockets were used as propulsion systems for arrows, and may have appeared as early as the 10th century in Song dynasty China. However more solid documentary evidence does not appear until the 13th century.

@akaj188

Жыл бұрын

@@andriandrason1318 Sir Thanks for the information.

@s1lv3rbordeaux47

Жыл бұрын

Very informative indeed, if one's acceptance to be uninformed rules over misinformation denial. ToT

My home away from home, I love you fort sill, where i was trained and molded into amazingness!!!

It's worrisome that artillery weapons evolve like this but humans did not evolve to protect it from impact.

Can’t believe they didn’t mention the AC130. The ultimate form of artillery

@christopherbeattie3126

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking same thing. A artillery piece that can circle a target area.

@dannyzero692

Жыл бұрын

An artillery is an indirect fire weapon, strapping a 105mm on a plane makes it a direct fire weapon and therefor it cannot be defined as an artillery anymore.

@CoconutsWithDrag

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyzero692 most modern artillery pieces are accurate up to 30km or so. Also there is precision guided munitions fired from artillery pieces. The ac-130 literally has a 105mm howitzer on it and is meant to provide close air support. It’s still an artillery piece but on a plane. Which is a glorious invention might I add

@shreem6913

Жыл бұрын

@@CoconutsWithDrag The AC130 is cool for sure, but as a side controversial point; it's only useful against 3rd world country fighters at night time. Pretty useless otherwise

@shreem6913

Жыл бұрын

@@CoconutsWithDrag Much like the extremely average A-10 - not retired due to pop culture

I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN AND SEE WITH MY OWN EYES THAT RUSSIA HASNT LEARNT TO DELIVER MINES MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH ROCKET ARTILLERY.

Multipiece forgewelded coil barrels were not at all mentioned. I think it was the biggest step up towards modern artillery pieces. Especially in big naval and coastal guns.

The Proximity Fuse, along with American Artillery Fire Control were key components of Allied Victories in WWII; After Air Power, The King of Battle was the second greatest fear of German forces (particularly due to to speed, and accuracy, of response time)

@rayshewmaker34

Жыл бұрын

Both Russian, and US armies were masters of Artillery Warfare. The Russians in massed actions. Americans in Targeting. Seems the more things change the more they stay the same.🇺🇸⚓🐵

@wodens-hitman1552

Жыл бұрын

The British gunners had shot down the Luftwaffe and sunk the German navy before America even decided if they could be arsed joining the war

@ChnChn-in5kf

Жыл бұрын

About 60-70% of death came from artillery and bombings

@hellwain

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure russia was the one who delt the deathblow to germany, and they did it with ground forces and small arms fire. Please take your altered history to the forums it belongs on

@wilrod140

Жыл бұрын

​@@wodens-hitman1552 sorry it took us so long to come help, but I'm sure the delay was the DC politicians & elites trying to figure out how they could profit from both sides of the war. And nothing has changed since.

Calling in an artillery strike and seeing, hearing,feeling those shells drop on target is something of deafening destructive beauty.

The folks having Sidney as grandfather must have had quite some stories to hear :P man that explosives guy looks like he is having fun !

amazing document

Loved it...liked &Subed!

26:26 Dr. Sidney Alford!!!!! He is awesome!

It would be fascinating to see the progression of weapons from the rock to the stick too.

i love this...

4 TRILLION OF THESE ARE WITH OUR ENEMIES IN HEAVEN THAT ARE WATCHING US AND EXPERIMENTING.

@3:50 : the torsion bar suspension was centuries later equally revolutionary in armoured tank design !!

Served as 0311 in Fallujah. Air support and Artillery were literally our life jackets.

That Pak43 was gorgeous

shame they didn't talk about rocket artillery and how important that extra range and payload it provides

@rayshewmaker34

Жыл бұрын

As suggested earlier. So Little Time, and really when you reflect on Artillery. You first think of Gunnery. Rockets should be given their own space.🇺🇸⚓🐵

@Karl-Benny

8 ай бұрын

the rocket Artillery is to expensive and are easier tp counter but im sure future will bring the two together

33:18 explains al technology... great!

As mentioned in the video, the ancient greeks were incredibly innovative with the ballista, especially with it's superior accuracy. However the trebuchet may have been created even earlier in the 6th century bce during Zhou Dynasty China. I would argue that this is an even more powerful "artillery" piece of the time as well.

@henryofskalitz2228

8 ай бұрын

The first evidence of trebuchet I found through a short time reseachering was in the 1310s and couldn't find anything on zhou dynasty trebuchets

@sanderfrancart5761

7 ай бұрын

😅😅😅v😅😅😅

@sanderfrancart5761

7 ай бұрын

6

@abdirahmanmohamed-ht5fk

6 ай бұрын

@@henryofskalitz2228 there is evidence of using Trebuchets before 1300 saladin used in 1187 and persian before him did so the chinese

@ciaranharrington4141

6 ай бұрын

Yeah im sure its the same as the story of the chinese having sailed the worlds seas before the europeans, did they go to space also in the 10th century bc?

14:08 One energy-saving measure they missed: After the shot, when the "5 SUV Weight" swings back towards it's "Ready to Fire" position - Catch It! The winch-turners then have a shorter distance to lift the weight before firing again. Approaching modern Semi-Auto speeds!!!

@LDam-pf6lx

3 ай бұрын

There's really not that much to catch. The counterweight basically drops down vertically.

Brilliant

Awesome . 👑

when you are 2.5 minutes in and there comes the second inexcusable falsehood, not only they exlucde archers from the artilery class by their own definition they also have no clue that the first documented usage of artilery in battle was by alexander the great (forgot the battle).

@nobody6032

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's been some inaccuracies and also definite bias. It's still cool to watch, though

@stevencoardvenice

Жыл бұрын

421 BC is before Alexander

And the barrel is the 10th of a football field, just stop using stupid comparisons

@hibco3000

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@RandomGuy9

Жыл бұрын

Football fields are still better than yards or feet.

The invention of gunpowder is the most important event when it comes to weapon development imo.

the germans even developed a 'london gun' capible of hitting london from france, it used a massive barrel with smaller barrels leading into it to 'boost' the round as it travelled up the barrel, remarkable.

@betakevin7238

Жыл бұрын

i believe you refere to the V-3 (Vergeltungswaffe 3) multiple charge artillery emplacements ? it would have been a remarkable piece of artillery if it wasnt for its inaccuracy, the fact all 3 emplacements could only shoot their predestined target and only the one aimed at luxembourg was actually used in combat with ... less then mediocre success with a scattering radius of 5km(3.1miles) at a range of 43km(26.7miles)

@ricktaylor3748

Жыл бұрын

It's "German", "London" and "France."

@m.a.sherif6878

Жыл бұрын

Yes they were called V3 cannons. They developed it very late though, hasn't seen much action.

@superwout

Жыл бұрын

It was never used, too complicated

@blaineedwards8078

Жыл бұрын

They developed that to take out Winston Churchill, but they couldn't get a bead on him because his cigar would go out and they would lose the smoke trail....DOH!!

The M-777 is a British designed and made lightweight, but extremely powerful and accurate artillery piece. It is manufactured under licence in the USA.

"Heavy metal son becomes the standard for artillery projectiles" And artillery crewmen...

dont worry guys, in the future, bow and arrows are the powerful weapons again.

@stanzanossi

11 ай бұрын

If a nuclear holocaust has destroyed all the trees, so there is is no wood left for bows and arrows, people might be reduced to just throwing rocks at each other!!!😊

45:35 I think it's funny that the barrel is so long that it needs a supporting wire to not be damaged.

Laughs in Schwerer Gustav

The proximity fuse was a British invention. NOT Amercian.

@wodens-hitman1552

Жыл бұрын

It's a wonder the yanks don't think they built the tower of London

Precise!! You mean precise every time you said accuracy!

Wow Victor Davis Hanson 💖

14:20 credit to the swans for being so chill after nearly being wiped off the face of the earth...

Salute Blacksmiths for making this world civilised

The trebuchet's "gerbil wheel" should not have a smooth floor, but rather one made of hemisphere-shaped boards to be used as steps.

First wepon at 5:00 is awsome how much power they got from.ropes

These guns are amazing. They can eviscerate a whole platoon of men with one round.

The white birds (are they swans?) at 14:20 didn’t even care when the projectile came crashing down 😂

We went from beating each other in the head with rock to throwing rock and now shooting rock at each other

@stanzanossi

11 ай бұрын

Humans have evolved quite amazingly, you must agree!!!😂

It's a miracle trees survived these old machines. Wooden Weapons. Wooden Ships etc... In the end they all ended up in a fireplace. As the people would scavenger the battle fields of any metal or wood. Then reused them or sold them to blacksmith...

@Karl-Benny

8 ай бұрын

The Vikings in Sweden Planned for this and Planted hundreds of Oak trees for future ship building they are now ready to Harvest LOL

i know all of this medieval siege weapon from game Stronghold Crusader. Ballista, Catapult, mangonel, siege tower, battering ram, and trebuchet.

stupid documentary with edited sounds and they say stuff like this weight is 4 suv's

The banboo barrel needs to securely fastened down before firing. Uses a single ratchet strap. 😂 Ah thats good enough. Lol

G5 cannon of the South African Defence Force routinely engaged targets at 60km. In 1987.

Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl. Naval artillery means you need fewer rounds to accomplish the same objective.

@random.3665

Жыл бұрын

Its only dignified from the perspektive of the shooter. For the recipients, being torn to pieces buy high explosives shells and shrapnel is anything but dignified.

@HarryWHill-GA

Жыл бұрын

@@random.3665 Of course. That is why the first job of artillery is counter-battery fire. It is also why mobile artillery doesn't like to shoot at ships. They know what the return fire will do and how fast the response will be.

@wodens-hitman1552

Жыл бұрын

Said by the Duke of Wellington after the battle of Waterloo

Paris gun shells only weighed 106 kgs not one ton as stated ,that's 234 lbs for those clinging to primitive measurements .

3:45 all the trees were harmed during the time period this film is talking about

That stork on the end looked to me as an act of god! Mind blowing.

about the prototype piece shown at the end,.. well, every engineers know that any mechanically moving parts in any machinery have potential for failing (like not moving when it's supposed to move or irregular.. etc) regardless of every efforts to prevent it and chances increase proportionally with complexity of mechanism. After all, simplicity is a virtue on its own and a great one at that lol. So call me old school but personally I would prefer more on labour intensive systems in this specific topic over fully automated ones except on computing/data parts. It's just that, things that doesn't involve moving parts (ie. electronics) are less prone to malfunctioning (they still do but a lot less. take a look at your smartphone and compare to your car), so... I think it's better to either jump straight ahead to stuff like laser weapons (or may be rail/gauss types) OR keep it simple and rely more on trained personnel than fully auto. Btw I saw quite often about many historians criticizing many WWII german hardwares as "over engineering" with hindsights but most of them seems to me (sure obviously impractical to make large quantity) yet they are pretty decent pieces that tried to meet criteria set for them. The issues lies only in their leadership that ask them to design with what they had in minds but not over engineering, just.. ending up being 'rich men toys' only lol.

I seriously doubt these larger arrow launchers had a significant effect on a battle where thousands of soldiers were going at it. Very cool mechanics and mechanisms, but a single arrow slung an additional 50 meters, unless everyone on one side was launching them, would have little to no effect

@RedCoalsSweatSouls

Жыл бұрын

Would take some folks down and they would be out of range to retaliate. So it seems, it would pluck some number of casualties, however, I bet the pysch element would be significant.

@shahab814

Жыл бұрын

who said they only made one? They probably made thousands of them, and that made a difference. Probably 1 out 5 soldiers were using those.

@dsaddfgs1186

Жыл бұрын

14:20 even the gooses didnt get afraid of this !!! you ar right to oubt about it

@426shelby426

Жыл бұрын

@@dsaddfgs1186 but none of the goossesses got obliterate by the projectile if one did they would have been scared

Dang that trebuchet is huge

The Ukranians have shown how effective and important a well co-ordinated modern artillery is

@rayshewmaker34

Жыл бұрын

The Ukrainian's are making a commutation statement. Information can & must be shared to all units on a modern battlefield. And in a Timely manner.🇺🇸⚓🐵

14:21 There’s swans near the target ffs 🤦‍♂️🤣🤣

I have an issue at 30:50. How is this information not common news already with previous artillery and use of bow and arrows for centuries. Archers have been shooting at higher angles for increased distance forever. Ballista and trebuchets same thing for more range. A trebuchet can shoot at a flat trajectory too, you just delay the release of the ball from the pouch. So is it because he came up with exact mathematical equations and calculations? Is it because he made a quick tool for gunners to be more accurate quicker in battle. I fail to see the break through here, if someone can clarify please.

@sawsamuelsanhnit6097

Жыл бұрын

I'm not expert but I think these cannons or Big gun in medieval times were used in close quarters combat or mid-range combat. I think the most important task for these big guns are to destroy walls of castles. But for bow and arrow, it is much lighter and it is less expensive at a time of course. So they use bows and arrows to attack the people inside the castle. Big guns at a time were hard to build and much expensive so I think what happened is they only use it to destroy walls and they think if they use it like bows and arrows it will miss. But later after his invention to use big guns as artillery the war of using big guns changed. That's what I think 🤔 Or maybe I'm not sure.

@Barcodez5555

Жыл бұрын

buy m777 now buy one get one free!!!

As a former US Army 13E I apprve this video.

Extreme range clapping sound

I wish this video mentioned the Archer artillery system, the fastest shooting artillery system

45:07... There the most famous footage from the WW1 again. I must have seen that video of the guy carrying his buddy on his back dozens of times in various different documentaries about the Great War...

I'm afraid i've to inform you that it WASN'T Krupp at all who developed the ability to CAST steelbarrels for artillery ! It was a much smaller competitor of Krupp.... a real interisting story ! From here on you can find the specifics out at your own. ....you are welcome !

When talking gunnery, maybe mention naval gunnery a bit too...

22:00 now that mike oldfield LP makes sense!

King of Battle!!

This weapon plus the invention of weaponized drones equals the modern meat grinder.

this is missing a forerunner to the arrow... the rock, the sling was around before the arrow and bow. basically a round arrowhead with no shaft.