Join the new Subreddit ! www.reddit.com/r/Taskandpurpose2 would be great to hear video requests for future content, get feedback directly from a community who cares about defense news, geopolitics, and all around grunt stuff. Feel free to sh*** post about my ability to pronounce foreign and domestic words. It would be great to share memes and get to know you guys better over there. (the old subreddit I accidently got locked out of years ago)

@rocko7711

17 күн бұрын

🇺🇸

@xijinpingpong4426

17 күн бұрын

You kind of missed the RCH 155. Shooting 155mm artillery rounds while driving is the next thing.

@danicao.6778

17 күн бұрын

What, you like Serbian 🇷🇸 howitzer Nora!?!?😊

@thomasvelazquez9789

17 күн бұрын

Please do a counter video on that Austrian officer who made some wild claims about western weapons in Ukraine it was maybe 6 to 7 months ago. It seemed bizarre concerning the percentage claims he made I see no one backing him up.

@rec.thecritic

17 күн бұрын

How did America fall so behind, biden and bad presents... that's what's up and old generals .. America got to relax... and iron dome is need it .. America should nor be revealing anything to the world and keep it from the public knowing because China knows everything and they copy just like Russia

13F here. Just tell me which grid square is bothering you, and I'll have it removed in no time. I promise it won't bother you anymore.

@theromanorder

17 күн бұрын

I thought you were saying your a 13 year old girl 😅😅

@user-ty1ub3of1z

17 күн бұрын

What it 13f?

@nothankyouYouTube420

17 күн бұрын

13 year old girls are different than they used to be 淡然处之

@cpob2013

17 күн бұрын

See that bunker? Yes sir I dont want to Yes sir

@theromanorder

17 күн бұрын

@@user-ty1ub3of1z 13 fox i think.. artillery men... Im probably wrong but thats what would make sense

Cappy apologizing to the artillery and asking for a second chance was gold

@ddegn

17 күн бұрын

Golden cringe. I mean that in the nicest way.

@kurtsherer8211

17 күн бұрын

@@ddegn And here I thought Golden Cringe was another term for butter bar.

@michaelcondon8286

17 күн бұрын

The nickname Assclap ain't for nothing

@bostonspartan4194

17 күн бұрын

And then 5 minutes later butchering Aden Moreno into Adam Monroe XD XD XD

@jb_19

17 күн бұрын

@@bostonspartan4194 he already said he was your average infantryman

Many years ago, I watched a video of an Archer (?) firing six rounds in rapid succession. Each round was fired at a different trajectory, timed so that all six rounds hit the target simultaneously. I like to think the result was what Armageddon would look like. Truly impressive. The crew never left the vehicle and the evolution took about two minutes from stopping to skedaddling.

@victor6814

16 күн бұрын

Archer is very effective, it’s a jewel for artillery. But it cost like 3x or 4x the cost of the french caesar. And it probably cost a lot on maintenance.

@TheLazyFinn

16 күн бұрын

Even with older stuff you can do things like that in a way, but that requires a gun battery firing at the same time, which we did a lot of. 12 x 122mm or even 18x 122mm going at once is probably not a fun experience. And ready to fire time was like 3minutes from stopping WITHOUT computers.

@Chiron84

16 күн бұрын

That's called multiple round simultaneous impact (MRSI).

@victor6814

16 күн бұрын

@@Chiron84 dunno that, thank you.

@Chiron84

16 күн бұрын

@@victor6814 I had a lengthy discussion with a RusBot earlier, which forced me to read up on it to effectively counter his misinformation. It's somewhere on this page.

Retired Army artillery NCO and officer; 34 years, M109 and Pershing. Glad to see your reports on artillery. Still the King of Battle. Also glad to see the changes and improvements in delivering indirect fires.

@chrishooge3442

17 күн бұрын

Isn't it strange how history circles back. I was a 13F back in the day and am not surprised that it has become such a force on the Ukraine battlefield. I wish I had drones back then. The GWOT took the emphasis off the Mech Maneuver BDE with 155 SP support...and now we're back. They say history doesn't repeat but it often rhymes.

@o.leejamesiii4773

16 күн бұрын

@@chrishooge3442 Indeed. I was 13B in the 1CD in the 70s. OJT to 13E and took over the battalion FDC for 2/19FA, 1CD. After OCS, FO and FDO. Then Pershing. After Pershing ended, the artillery had no really long range systems. In the early 2000s, MLRS came into its own. Now we have ATACMS and PrSM. We are continuing to reach for longer ranges and greater impact. The battlefield in Ukraine shows us that cannons will always be needed ant that artillery continues to reign.

This artillery story has a great arc

@chrisburke624

17 күн бұрын

😂😂

@roughneckmp

17 күн бұрын

HA!!! Wordplay.

@CraigCholar

17 күн бұрын

@@erf3176 The plot con-fuzed me.

@ErrantLight

17 күн бұрын

From a 19kilo, tanks ^^

@alicorn3924

17 күн бұрын

In my opinion, this pun _blows._ Yeah, I know, it sucked.

Thankfully, no AI narration. We appreciate the human touch, Cappy! 👌

@pablosirreno

17 күн бұрын

As soon as I suspect it, I dislike and quit the video immediately.

@grayghost7216

17 күн бұрын

Future artillery may use an auto loader but his videos will be manual and human.

@axlfrhalo

17 күн бұрын

fkn preach, i cannot stand the AI narrations

@_gungrave_6802

17 күн бұрын

@@axlfrhalo Its not AI its just a text to speech program that is synthesized through an algorithm to adjust the voice. if it was an actual AI you likely wouldn't be able to tell the difference at all.

@hurrdurrmurrgurr

17 күн бұрын

@@_gungrave_6802 What ai program are you talking about? Every one I've seen suffers run-on sentences and mispronunciations.

10:55 CAESAR is a french system. The name stands for: Camion Équipé d'un Système d'Artillerie (Truck equipped with an artillery system)

Been told that, for some programs, that if they get abruptly canceled, it means it works and they are working on more features, and will need to keep it top secret.

It’s the mortar system on the back of a Toyota Tundra, the Vampire system on the back of a Toyota Hilux, and the mark 19 Crow system on the back of a Toyota Landcruiser. I call it “Spicy Toyotathon.”

@johanmetreus1268

17 күн бұрын

Toyota Wars II, back packing a punch.

@echezonaukachukwu

16 күн бұрын

@AsianTrix What are you trying to say, East Asians don't manufacture [high] quality Toyotas anymore? Really, I'm asking - I'm in the market, and I want to know the future of these Toyota streets.

@classifiedveteran9879

16 күн бұрын

I love those drone guided MK. 19 videos on r/Ukrainewarvideoreport

@tomriley5790

16 күн бұрын

Learnign from the taliban:-)?

@LDSG_A_Team

15 күн бұрын

Trying to get the Taliban to learn from me, instead. That way, they'll all become completely inept, and no longer be a threat to anyone lol.​@@tomriley5790

As a Geman Bundeswehr Veteran (not Artillery but Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23) and following the Ukraine Conflict closely i find it more and more interesting how back in the mid 2000s we had strict Courses and even Excercises regarding both Trench Warfare and Artillery with it. And back then we all laughed about it, joking "That's World War I Stuff, why would that be important nowadays?" Fast Forward to the current Ukraine War, watching tons of Footage, talking to Veterans both from Germany and other European Countries about it: "Oh...." So i'm happy we learned all about that kind of Warfare in the Bundeswehr in Hindsight. Seems like both Artillery and Trench Warfare together have become more and more important in Modern Warfare Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

@CHMichael

17 күн бұрын

Until the sound of a little drone disturbs the tranquility.... seems like mobility and underground hiding places are king .... aufwiederschaun

@hex8529

17 күн бұрын

With air superiority trench warfare has no place

@chartreux1532

17 күн бұрын

@@CHMichael Exactly. We even learned about the so called "Unterstandsangst" which basically translates to "Fear of Shelter" which apparently was a Thing in WW1 in which Soldiers constantly bombarded by Artillery in their Trenches and that Terror would become so bad they would would suddenly start to feel they would be more safe if they run outside and just run for it. Apparently that happened quite often on all Sides, and of course they usually ended up being killed by Artillery.

@chartreux1532

17 күн бұрын

@@hex8529 So you're saying if Ukraine had as much of an Airforce or well Air Control as Russia, there would never have been Trench Warfare in this War?

@dianapennepacker6854

17 күн бұрын

Hold up. To be fair the Ukraine war is not indicative of a war with NATO or America. Why? The chances are a war would be like how it was during the first year. America has capabilities where Ukraine did not. Remember the lightning counter offensive UKraine did in the beginning? A war would be closer to that. Only reason why Ukraine stopped was due to having no supplies. Sitting back during the winter was the worse thing they did. America would also go around the defensive lines. Ukraine cannot. No Navy for amphibious assaults. No paratroopers. While America has it all, and doesn't care about country borders. It can strike Russia from basically anywhere. Lastly and most importantly. NATO has AIR POWER, and the ability to do SEAD. America can at least suppress corridors or sectors for air power to go into an area, and wipe out any artillery. And that is the thing. Artillery is a sitting duck to an enemy with air power. With that said artillery is important. I just think saying this style war is actually what all wars will be like is folly. Russias lack of SEAD is a huge issue. They don't have fifth gen fighters that can get close enough into enemy air defense gaps to destroy primary targets.

Note, a Finnish general recently commented on the resurgent role of good old fashioned "dumb" artillery. Artillery fire support was so important in Vietnam. Going back to WW2, the German army had great respect for the US Army Artillery. Now in Ukraine it emerges once again as the most effective battlefield component. But as you point out, the fixed place fire support base concept, along with that of towed artillery, is dead,. With counter-battery fire delays shortening, the ability to shoot and scoot in under 180 seconds is paramount. I just wanted to say that you, Chris Cappy, produce the most informative and interesting material on KZread. You are also very funny. I get a real kick out of your jokes, even the groaners. Thank you for your fine work.

The Archer is also based off of a civilian dump truck chassis making engineering, production, and logistics cheaper and faster. I don't know how easily they could be converted, but it's probably doable in a pinch.

I think the CAESAR was developed by French defense not Danish...

@francoissoliva1007

17 күн бұрын

Yes it is a french developed system

@aaronpaul9188

17 күн бұрын

It was, by GIAT now NEXTER. Dunno why he called it danish.

@gregs7562

17 күн бұрын

The Danish versions on a bigger truck as the video (8x8,) I guess he just hot muddled.

@butterwaffeln

17 күн бұрын

@@aaronpaul9188 Nexter became to KNDS

@ShangZilla

17 күн бұрын

@@gregs7562 It's not Danish version. It's Czech version on 8x8 Czech Tatra truck and Denmark currently has 0 CEASARs, they gave all of them to Ukraine.

'whaddaya say artillery, can we give it another shot?' underrated xD

@chrishooge3442

17 күн бұрын

Repeat, Over.

@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing

13 күн бұрын

@@chrishooge3442 Mission denied. Actually, on that, I've gotten an earful from young officers (and some older ones) who don't understand why fire missions are denied so easily, or why the long, laborious Clearance of Fires process is so painfully slow. Why? Doctrine. We'd rather you died overrun by the enemy than by friendly arty because your LT thought Danger Close sounded badass.

Loved being a 13F when I was in. Spent most of my time attached to infantry. During training we would pre-plan targets for defensive positions. I had a platoon leader ask me why I annotated a target as RUN. His face was priceless when I told him, this target is if we are about to be overrun. If I call it in, run, because I just called for a full battery of artillery to land right here.

Electric firing is complicated, prone to failure, prone to interference, and is likely vulnerable to EMP. Mechanical lanyard can't be taken out from an EMP. Newer isn't always better.

@nsevv

16 күн бұрын

Low tech is more resilient.

@kameronjones7139

16 күн бұрын

Please tell me you didn't just say it is vulnerable to emp🤦

@Jugement

15 күн бұрын

You cannot put the truck in battery, fire, and be gone in under 2 mins without an electrical system, which makes it mandatory since it's the main design philosophy of that weapon system Receive coordinates through Network Centric Warfare and make calculation while on the move, stop and deploy to fire, and get back in motion before the payload hits to avoid counter-battery entirely

It’s funny you should mention it, but historically middle children are the ones that join the military. I don’t know about now, but for sure traditionally in European cultures from the late 1800s and back (especially in wealthy families) that’s how it was. The eldest son inherited the estate and it’s businesses so he often learned business and management skills. The middle son would join the military because they were expendable, but also because if he survived he could earn himself property and titles and also potentially increase the whole families prestige all with little risking the families future lineage or wealth. The 3rd son was often encouraged to join the clergy. He was a 2nd backup, meant to be kept some what safe, but if he never had kids it wasn’t a problem (but a lot of clergy still had kids). It was mostly because the clergy was so tied into the politics of nations back then. It gave a way for the family to easily insert a representative into the political sphere. Again with no risk to the family.

@chrishooge3442

17 күн бұрын

Didn't the younger men go into the clergy? All my brothers went into the military.

@megalonoobiacinc4863

16 күн бұрын

suddenly catholic priests make more sense!

@ryancook4771

15 күн бұрын

@@chrishooge3442 yea they tended to send their 3rd sons to join the clergy when they were pretty young.

@The_ZeroLine

15 күн бұрын

Fun fact, most modern war heroes who get decorated for bravery are disproportionately the eldest child who’ve taken care of their younger siblings. They’re basically like parents and this sense of responsibility extends to the men and women in their unit.

@ianmarshall9144

10 күн бұрын

yeah its a fraction of the population and basically was the system of the British Empire , monarchy , military , religious and an academic class , for the peasants it was shit .

"Shoot'n'Scoot". No less, no more

@TB-zf7we

17 күн бұрын

Or the new RCH-155 that shoots just as accurately from on the move, apparently does need to stop for a shot.

@MrMediator24

17 күн бұрын

Also remembered quite some time ago when I was lil lad watching I think Discovery the Archer was talked about as future of warfare. Guess it's now and they were right

@brettonsmith8534

17 күн бұрын

Towed artillery is toast.

@coatofarms4439

17 күн бұрын

More like towed artillery toasts this crap. All this gimmick crap with it special reloading systems and ability to move quickly hasn’t helped at all in Ukraine. 1 gimmick gun that fires 1 super high tech shell which gets jammed by a Russian truck with a radio is worthless compared to the abundance of pack artillery. Every gimmick shell is over expensive garbage that cannot do the job of a basic 152mm from 1954. Every one of these systems is outgunned, and outdated by guns from World War II. The ability to lay down constant fire is more important. The ability to move quickly from fire is a tactic to merely reduce the issue of Russian superiority. Instead of learning basic reality the west has given up and convinced itself the way forward is focus on redundant tactics rather than fix the real issue of firepower. Russia doesn’t need to focus on gimmicks it just needs to put more shells down range. Any enemy gun is quickly silenced by overwhelming fire and a constant barrage is made on the front. Firing a single round every 15-30 minutes will not do anything when Russia can fire 20-30 or 40.

@TB-zf7we

17 күн бұрын

Ah we found our ruZZian troll (@coatofarms4439), talking about how 152mm is better, epic Kremlin wet dreams for what you don't have.

1:30 To actually put it into perspective: 110 km away is three times as far as a typical railway gun, and over twice as far than the "Schwerer Gustav" and "Dora" guns used in WW2.

“Its been tested on live targets” cold ass line

Look at the Swedish Bandkanon, which they phased out completely by 2003. It was a tank carriage with a 155 mm artillery gun with a auto-loader (15 rounds in 45 seconds). Talk about shoot 'n scoot. The BAE Bofors Archer was the replacement for this. It is even-more capable than the Bandkanon. It is based on a Volvo mining truck chassis. It can go just about anywhere that a tank can go. The HEER rounds for it can go somewhere beyond 40 km in range; they have a gas generator on the back of the shell which improves the aerodynamics after firing, for lower drag and longer range. And those aren't even fin-stabilized; the fin-stabilized M982 Excalibur rounds can reach about 50 km. The Ukrainian units, which received Archer batteries, love them.

@reesestefer

16 күн бұрын

Too bad the Excalibur round had a 6% effectiveness due to Russian EW after ~6 weeks.

@HarithBK

15 күн бұрын

having worked around mining and steel mills, where these mining dumpers can go is utter insanity. the steep hills i have seen them climb makes it the no brainer in my mind for wheeled artillery. it is baffling to me that the rest of the world is so laser focused on using normal trucks as the basis for there wheeled artillery with the thinking of replacement parts will be easier. these kinds of trucks are already made in mass, replacement parts are already common and easy to get. but beyond that the staff req on the archer system and for reloading is stupid low and quick. (which has been a focus of the swedish military overall for a long time if you also look at the gripen)

@Sweden-nt3vp

14 күн бұрын

@@reesestefer Let the engineers work a little and they will learn to get around it too, things develop quickly in war

@reesestefer

13 күн бұрын

@@Sweden-nt3vp Ukraine told the US to stop sending the switchblade drones because they couldn’t be reprogrammed against EW, so Ukraine buys Chinese drones instead. Really odd that western GPS guided munitions continue to have problems but Russia overcame this issue over a year ago. Unfortunately Ukraine went with f-16s and other fancy things instead of getting each soldier a good pair of boots, NVG/thermal optics and good ear enhancement/protection.

The new RCH 155 from Germany might be the solution. Basically, they adapted the PZH2000 Cannon to fit on a Boxer 8x8 Chassis, added a little magic and now this thing is able to shoot while driving. That's the perfection of shoot & scoot...

@johanmetreus1268

17 күн бұрын

that is if they can still hit the target while driving around...

@SpookyEng1

17 күн бұрын

Hopefully it has a lower maintenance requirement than the PzH2000

@jdogdarkness

17 күн бұрын

​@johanmetreus1268 they can. With the powerful processing hardware that provides fire control. There is some footage of it doing it's thing. Idk what top speed is for accurate shooting, but it was moving like 5mph in the video I saw.

@davidjacobs8558

17 күн бұрын

@@johanmetreus1268 that video was pretty obviously a blank with minimal charge. if you watch RCH155 on 10x10 chassis, it shakes like drunkard every time it is fired.

@Luflandebrigade31

16 күн бұрын

@@davidjacobs8558 The German Army wouldn't order them if the ability of "hitting while moving" were a lie or fake. Besides that the shaking of the chassis doesn't matter because the projectile leaves the barrel before the recoil starts moving the chassis.

OMG. You are on a roll! This vid is so full of killer jokes you could get a Netflix special 😂

Always great videos so informative, and funny.. Thank you

Sen. Jim Inhofe spent years telling folks we shouldn’t forget about artillery. He passed away today.

@SpookyEng1

17 күн бұрын

Sorry to hear that, I used to live in OK and he was a great senator😢

@svenrio8521

17 күн бұрын

​@SpookyEng1 What?! He was involved in insider trading and was a lobbyist for Oklahoma oil! The bastard stole funds from coof relief money as well.

@dalel3608

17 күн бұрын

@@svenrio8521 Also did the "Oh, climate change is real, well then why do i have a snowball in my hand in the Senate? Checkmate nerds."

@chrishooge3442

17 күн бұрын

Oh wow...he did.

@sidneygray51

14 күн бұрын

@@dalel3608 Nerds can only cope and seethe at that haha.

As a 13B (cannon crewmember) It pains me physically when you called us 12B

@xaderalert

17 күн бұрын

Shut up and build me a bridge 😂

@rogerwilco5918

17 күн бұрын

Would you prefer POG? 🤪🤪🤪

@chetsteele7383

17 күн бұрын

12B (combat engineer) here, the insult was not lost on me either.

@wwobbles

17 күн бұрын

@@rogerwilco5918 nah gun bunny or Field Artillery Guy

@rogerwilco5918

17 күн бұрын

@wwobbles but ain't that the same thing?

as a retired artillery officer I had to chuckle at your spiel about investing in the artillery after years of neglect...so spot on....I was just shaking my head in agreement after I got riffed after the first gulf war.....keep up the great work. I enjoy your stuff.

“I meant nine rounds! Not nein!” I truly appreciate the little tidbits of humor you insert into your videos. They really break up the information heavy content (which is a good thing) and make watching your videos an enjoyable experience 😊

I say we bring back the humble trebuchet

@ShadowReaper-pu2hx

17 күн бұрын

Israel already did.

@Taskandpurpose

17 күн бұрын

im right there with you, im ready for a retunr of the old school

@CHMichael

17 күн бұрын

It's about the projectile

@theromanorder

17 күн бұрын

I built a mini one in school and you would be surprised just how many people had to say "what are you making" "whats a trebuchet"

@CHMichael

17 күн бұрын

@@theromanorder that's really sad.

Outstanding video, this is the funniest one I’ve seen! Keep up the good work!

Nice tip to Mike Baker there. He knows his sh!t, great guy. Stay safe and healthy Cappy..

I joined the Army in '04 as a 13B Cannon Crewman, then reclassed to 11B my second enlistment. GWOT was a rough time for the gun line.

"Sign my field manual" 😂

Love the videos man, I learn more every time I watch! Thanks for the great info!!!

Dude, I'm beginning to think you've earned my subscription!

The Archer is Swedish and i take it as a great insult that you call it danish.

@chrisburke624

17 күн бұрын

It makes sense that it's Swedish actually. The little country that probably has the best military industrial complex on the planet. (Note folks, I said the best, not the biggest. Sweden produces some of the best weapon systems in the world, by far)

@smoketinytom

17 күн бұрын

I saw someone call it British… I was sick, there’s no way they’d make something so good.

@butterwaffeln

17 күн бұрын

Build in Sweden by BAE which is British.

@nzxt1234

17 күн бұрын

@@butterwaffeln develpoed and built in sweden way befor BAE got in on any of it 1995 BOFORS ! and even today the name of the comapny in sweden is BAE Systems Bofors BAE was not in the picture till 2005 Its not pure BAE Its BAE Systems Bofors AB

@Allen667sjja

17 күн бұрын

I like Danishes

Artillery, the King of Battle, and Infantry, the Queen of Battle, had an illegitimate child, Mortars, the Bastards of Battle. When somebody yells, " you bastard!" at me I reply with " Thanks for noticing, you're welcome ".

@g1015m

16 күн бұрын

As a former 13D, idiot savant, we understand you. Mortars are magnificant bastards.

13A Field Artillery Canon Officer. It is amazing to me that we have not progressed further. Fully integrated wheeled artillery with auto loading and computerized terrain gun position calculations onboard should have been deployed decades ago.

👍👍💯🤣 I love your reports as always, but you really killed it in this episode with your humor. Starting my day off with an educational military synopsis filled with laughter and interservice ribbing was classical. Thank You!

Towed artillery is a statement of how well the US conducts combat in the past. By dominating all sides of combat, artillery can be stationary and we have done it for years. Towed artillery does has its place. There will always be adversaries that lack the ability to strike at a distant weapon platform. If anything, the Ukraine-Russia war is a wake-up call. So towed artillery will have to share the pummeling with very mobile cannon cousins.

@Jugement

15 күн бұрын

It's not towed artillery that truck based self-propelled aims to replace, but armored self-propelled The US used to favor armor against counter-fire, but the success of the CEASAR platform in Ukraine proved that mobility was the superior option So these will basically just replace the PALADIN

@VasylDiakonov

13 күн бұрын

Towed artillery is very important in this war as it's easier to hide and protect in special trenches, it's easier to repair and is cheaper. Wheeled artillery usually is not well armoured and requires soldiers to be outside for firing and that makes them extremely vulnerable to drones, cluster munitions. Veterans say that PZH2000 is very well protected, automated and reliable compared to most other tracked guns , including sustaining multiple Lancet drone strikes.

Who'll give me good odds on, "After 2 years of investigation and purchasing foreign systems to test, the US Army has decided to stick with M777 and M109 but paint go faster stripes on the barrel and soldiers manning them"

@0yko

17 күн бұрын

I mean the M777 is British so I don't see why the US Army can't buy from Outside the US.

@chickenfishhybrid44

17 күн бұрын

​@0yko alot of people seem to ignore or be ignorant of the various foreign derived systems and platforms the US adopts

@0yko

17 күн бұрын

@@chickenfishhybrid44 It's funny cause the m119 is also british.

@Lobotomies4sal3

17 күн бұрын

Who cares where it’s from, this comment is *chefs kiss*

@kentriat2426

17 күн бұрын

I fear your comment is going to turn into a reality if the USA continues to build its debit at current rate of one trillion a quarter. The economy will collapse on itself leaving no funding for new equipment in the military as funds get diverted to debit repayments. I have seen financial costing on the Ford aircraft carrier where they talk about costs of 13 billion when launch cost was 17.4 billion with over runs and 23 billion when commissioned into service. Sounded expensive but further reading showed the cost was going to be close to 55 billion once the cost of the interest payments on the treasury notes sold to get the funding to build the carrier are added in over the 30 years life of the treasury notes. I don’t care how rich the USA is in theory I do not think any country can keep this defence spending level up.

17:56 dudes name is spelled Moreno and Cappy pronounces it "Monroe"! Oh, that's our Cappy for you.

The more complex the round, the more advanced, the more expensive and slow to produce it will be, and the more things can go wrong with it.

I was on a Navy 5", 38 cal. gun mount in Vietnam - we had RAP projectiles (Rocket Assisted Projectiles). Used normal powder charges w/o excessive barrel wear. Also, no GPS to be spoofed so results were excellent. Also, powder charges were in brass (like rifle ammo) so fire rates were pretty high. FYI

@stacymcmahon453

17 күн бұрын

The 5"/38 is one of the most underrated weapons of the modern age. Unsexy and effective, over in the corner doing its job from WW1 to the Persian Gulf War.

8:50 well that sounded like it was directly aimed at me 😂

@somekid_omariyoungbull4299

17 күн бұрын

Nah fr im the middle child 😅

@MONSUTA666

17 күн бұрын

Same 😢

@xisotopex

15 күн бұрын

no one is more neglected than the only child of a first marriage. we end up joining the Marines and going Recon...

@UC-TC

11 күн бұрын

I’m the middle child and have red-ish hair 🤬😭 lol

Love your videos. Great content!

This was very relieving for me to watch. I was afraid the brass wasn't paying attention to the war in Ukraine at all. The M777 losses were very prevalent in my mind as soon as I noticed towed artillery was quite vulnerable. I'm glad they are seeing the issues with this conflict and addressing them. Hopefully, they'll see other issues, like that the 6.8 M7 spear is a hunk of junk. Nearly all engagements are happening under 200 meters or less. We need things more like SMGs and bullpups rather than a 12-pound 800-meter rifle. 🙄

Worry that all of these new shells will prove to be too costly and not be produced in sufficient numbers.

As Serbian i saw Nora system on thumbnail picture, i like it cheers!

@MuhamedObradovic4

15 күн бұрын

Vidio sliku i sav srecan. Koji ste vi jadnici

@cte4dota

15 күн бұрын

@@MuhamedObradovic4 Jado jedan jadni Nora je bila na ovom testiranju, I usla u top 4 ali nije izabrana. Zato pokrij se po glavi kad nista ne znas i cuti pssstt.

@Forsakenartsprod

15 күн бұрын

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Such a funny video Cappy - you’re doing great

Cappy your videos are insanely well researched. Love your humor man. Love your content ❤

im supprised you didnt mentions the RCH 155 from KNDS which is in my opinion the howitzer of the future, its wheel based, can shoot while driving so there is no shoot and scoot just scoot and shoot with 9 rounds per minute

@Floh-yf7yz

17 күн бұрын

Well it's not american and therefore not existing. 😂 Especially if its better than anything they have. But it doesn't really matter because we fight as one hopefully without Trump. 🇺🇲🇩🇪🇺🇦🇨🇵🇬🇧🇧🇪🇪🇸🇮🇹🇳🇴🇳🇱🇪🇺💪

@Taskandpurpose

17 күн бұрын

doing a whole video on the RCH-155 !

@kirkjohnson2924

15 күн бұрын

⁠@@Floh-yf7yzlooks like Biden will probably lose.. so idk if there is going to be any united future

“It’s really more about capacity than capability.” …the 1945 Soviet Army has entered the chat.

@thomasvelazquez9789

17 күн бұрын

@@likydsplit8483 absolutely not it's combo

@victor6814

16 күн бұрын

Soviet army : - no capacity - no capability - only a flood of canon fodder

@kameronjones7139

16 күн бұрын

Crew survivability is also a part of preserving capacity something the soviets didn't care

@maximilianodelrio

16 күн бұрын

​@@victor6814Me when I only get my "information" from propaganda

@chrisyotas5854

16 күн бұрын

@@victor6814 just no, soviet tactics were not just suicide charges. Early war they were heavily outgunned and as such did defense in depth where the dug in EVERYWHERE and tried to hold on till winter and Barbarossa stalled out. Late war, they such a huge numbers advantage that they could push using enormous amounts of tanks and artilerry fire. Mid to Late they had enough SMGs to equip that they looooooved close quarters battles where german MGs were less useful, thats why they did so many infantry charges, right after a heavy artilery bombardment. Dont get me wrong, their doctrine relied on numerical superiority and they were far more willing to risk lives for victory than germany ever was.

Bro, this episode is bombastic! Good job!

Id like to add that Towed Artillery would be more useful in the Jungle, especially in areas/hillstops not accessible for tracked but only accessible via helicopter.

No word about the German Boxer RCH155

Project started in 1995... delivered in 2013. Archer. So sexy. But of course the US can't go with it because "reasons" (I have a feeling some people want a massively costly development project to play around with).

@Jugement

15 күн бұрын

Because they have the capacity to mass produce an alternative and so they will once their iteration of the French design will be ready. We do the exact same thing at a smaller scale in France, the benefits are just too numerous to pass. Economic stimulus, skillset & production capacity growth, strategic autonomy, and priority on delivery if you need timely replacement/upscale

Found the Warno player!!! Now that is a great game! You sir have great taste in games.

Tbh, I think soft recoil artillery will revolutionize the way we think about artillery, particularly direct fire.

@johanmetreus1268

17 күн бұрын

Sounds like the Oerlikon system with the gun firing while the barrel is going forward

7:30 Apparently, due to drones, the scoot part has stopped. You're safer camouflaged and behind an anti drone screen than on the road that's being watched

@xisotopex

15 күн бұрын

you still need to scoot, counter battery fire still exists.

My son is in the US army artillery unit. The work is harsh on his back and ear drum. An auto loader is needed. Those young men's back and ear drums will be happy.

@chrishooge3442

17 күн бұрын

I agree about the round. But the propellant charge needs a human touch.

@jackdbur

16 күн бұрын

​@@chrishooge3442a modern artillery piece needs power ramming there are various ways of packaging propellant that happily work with modern power ramming. Stuffing 155mm rounds into a tube with a stick is just archaic thinking!

@epuchildren8780

16 күн бұрын

@@chrishooge3442 The DOD response is, "Your injury is not service related." Talking to a deaf and wheelchair bound 24 year old.

@Z-Test

14 күн бұрын

​@@epuchildren8780"Here's a free tent and piece of cardboard to beg with"

@atomicbuttocks

14 күн бұрын

​@@epuchildren8780 then after 30 years theyll be like. "After extensive review we have found your allergiea to bw service related"

153DC here. Popping popcorn for the SPORTS presentation on autoloader jams. Looks like it sucks down there. Love your work Cappy! Keep it funny!!

That "Test on live targets" 15:30 hit me a little bit 💀

What you labeled Danish artillery is actually an 8x8 French Caesar ;) that we sold to the Danish before they sent them to Ukraine.

Well done! The effort and passion are evident.

@TheJZP

17 күн бұрын

It helps when it's a government funded channel. 😂

I was a 13B for my first 3 years in the military. My first deployment was in Kosovo in 2001. I did one fire mission one night for a total of 8rds in the 6 months I was there. I mostly did roving patrols in the mountains. In Iraq 2003, I drove the Paladin from Kuwait to Baghdad which took 2 weeks never firing a round from the Paladin once myself. After that I was back doing patrols because you don't use Artillery in a city. The guys who replaced us never touched the Paladins after we left. I did more Infantry in my 3 years as Artillery than anything else. So when my first contract was up I switched to 11B.

I think they should buy some archers

cappy saying “monroe” 17:56 instead of MORENO makes the infantryman inside of me giggle. apparently none of us can pronounce names correctly LMAO

@Del_S

16 күн бұрын

English isn't his first language, he's from New Jersey.

I'd watch a talk show if Cappy hosted it.

Build a revolver type system, 5 or 6 rapid shots then move. Reload while moving using hand reload, auto reload, or magazine swap out.

@slimjimnyc270

3 күн бұрын

@capeguy. Interesting but a revolver type system of 5-6 projectiles would takes up to much precious space (footprint).

The moving 'CANCELLED' bg almost took me into another dimension. 😂

He playes warno?! Didnt know he was chill like that lol

@Taskandpurpose

17 күн бұрын

my favorite game right now ! soft recoil arty is in the 82nd airborne division , its kind weak but its a fun unit

@zfg_daur3612

17 күн бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose That's awsome dude. The newly added 101st is pretty similair but has more of the beautiful Apache.

@MardukTheSunGodInsideMe

17 күн бұрын

​@@Taskandpurpose Back to a time where Abrams were relevant again.

@mikhailkosyan9735

17 күн бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose There's dozens of us! But seriously playing Warno and formerly Wargame goes had in hand with you videos and learning about various vehicles.

@Halcyon156

17 күн бұрын

Great fucking game.

The Howitzer used for the Thumbnail is the Serbian Nora B-52 NG Perun.

This is definitely a Artillery Love Story

@gasdorficmuncher9943

16 күн бұрын

or a TOW divorce story

The mention of artillery crews being pressed into service as infantry reminds me of one of my uni lecturers' stories of being in the Royal Artillery during the Aden Emergency in the 1960s. He told us about going on patrols, often led by young artillery officers with little infantry training beyond the basics they learned at Sandhurst. He described the experience as hair-raising, but said that it improved once line infantry officers and NCOs were attached to their strength for those patrols.

1:16 damn 10 rounds a minute. That’s pretty close to what the kiwis were hitting during the battle of long tan. Roughly 8-10 shells a minute per gun for 3hrs. The major factor in the Australian 108 soldiers defeated 1500 NVA. Kiwis are GOAT artillery men.

@bengtandersson2649

17 күн бұрын

Swedish Bandkanon 1 from the 1960 s could fire 15 rounds in 45 seconds, 1 round in the gun and 14 rounds in the magazin.

@chickenfishhybrid44

17 күн бұрын

What caliber?

@Boggart74

17 күн бұрын

@@chickenfishhybrid44 155mm

@johanmetreus1268

17 күн бұрын

@@chickenfishhybrid44 fifteen and a half centimetres.

@chickenfishhybrid44

16 күн бұрын

@Boggart74 looks like it was 105s at Long Tan which would make that rate a little easier to achieve

13B here AUTOMATIC AS FUCK HOOOOAAH

@TexasGrandDad

17 күн бұрын

OCS, 13A. Mood.

@Taskandpurpose

17 күн бұрын

woops I think I said 12 b by accident, I didn't mean to misname you all ! : XXX

@basedcrusader8205

17 күн бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose no worries battle all good 💯💯💯

@kingravenink

17 күн бұрын

Automatic? Your ass is in Fort Wainwright, aren't you? 🤣

@SouthMouth

17 күн бұрын

An 11B that doesn't know his most loved and hated coworkers lol she be fine, we're all combat arms and devoid of feelings, so fuck you too kind sir lol

Love the S/O to RipIt. I’ve been drinking them since the early 00s and my vet buddies are always like AYYY! Good on RipIt for doing their bit to send some love to our boots 💯

Don't forget the ramjet 155 arty shells being developed right now that have a range over 100 miles.

I met General Rainey during a cet event at my college. He graduated from our Rotc program. he is very big on artillery and spoke to me at least about it because he discovered I was a Fdc operator

@task&purpose look at the South African G6 system. Made in the 80s. For exactly the requirements in the bid.

@jstudiosss

17 күн бұрын

Sadly, our country cant even uphold our police or roads anymore. It’s a very good artillery piece but they probably stopped making it.

Consistently impressed with Task & Purpose!

Was literally playing WARNO when you mentioned it, with the same artillery piece being microed. Small world. :D

lol the WARNO callout. we don't get wheeled howitzers in that game. :')

During GWOT our Battery was reflagged as a Motorized Rifle Company, M109A6s were stored and we got the gun trucks. For a year we went through Infantry and Scout lanes. It was an interesting change for two deployments. But it wasn't hard to step back in Red Leg mode. Pull string, go boom.

@chrishooge3442

17 күн бұрын

Get Some, RedLeg.

13 Juliet here IE the guy who actually makes sure the grid squares get deleted and with the right munitions to delete it and I love seeing the new tech keep the king of battle content coming

I subscribe. To your podcast because of habitual line cross's little trip to florida where he met you and ryan. So thank him, and you have a great. Podcast yourself thank you

Hi from Guam ...shout out to long island

10:56 Ceasar is by French Nexter

Was a gunner officer, and internally, we were all saying wheeled SP artillery was the future in 2006. When Caesar was about to reach general service. Funding and counter insurgency ops def put us behind the power curve on future fires

Man, I was just thinking how much I love your personality in these videoes... and then you even drop a WARNO reference!

What do you think about the rch 155 on boxer?

I'm surprised you haven't mentioned the German RCH 155. It's wheel-based on a Boxer chassis (but can be mounted on trucks), it has the awesome ability to deliver 155mm precision MRSI fire (with the same gun as the PzH2000) and can fire while on the move, has an unmanned fully automated turret and thus only requires a driver and a commander. And for an emergency, it's Hunter-Killer-capable to eliminate line-of-sight threats in direct fire. Germany is planning to equip three battalions of it's medium forces artillery with this beast.

@Inkkari9

17 күн бұрын

That sounds like a bigger brother of Patria Amos. Is RCH a prototype or is it already being built in masses? This thing is going to rock and german engineering always 5/5

@Taskandpurpose

16 күн бұрын

Making a whole video on it

@Chiron84

16 күн бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose I'm looking forward to it!

@diegosimeone

16 күн бұрын

We are aware of Germany's "capabilities" of equipping its battalions. On paper, everything is wonderful. However, reality hits home when you read the reports on the state of the Bundeswehr in terms of functional vehicles, from tanks and armored personnel carriers to helicopters and combat aircraft...

@Chiron84

16 күн бұрын

@@Inkkari9 It's actually descendant of the PzH2000 and the 15 year old prototype Donar. All systems are tested and tried. Germany, Ukraine and the United Kingdom have placed orders, and Switzerland is considering buying it. The first howitzers should be delivered by next year.

You had me laughing quite a bit. Keep up the good work ! 😁

Easily your funniest video ever. Between the club hotties giving some serious stink eye and the shark with mounted artillery, laughing my ass off. Well done buddy. Loved it.

Considering the ubiquitous GPS jamming we are probably back to the saturation fire era. Which means we get the fancy synchronized artillery barrage again :D

@thomasvelazquez9789

17 күн бұрын

@anotherbacklog nope the GPS jamming isn't everywhere and against us that jamming crap is a target like a campfire in the black night

@lukejohnston4666

17 күн бұрын

The more insidious thing is the ASAT attack on GPS satellites. Hard kill ones with missiles or DE Weapons - think ghost fleet

@kameronjones7139

16 күн бұрын

Probably not. Jamming is a cat and mouse game at the end of the day. We will likely see multiple types of guiding methods on future weapons outside of GPS. Which is something the usa has been doing

@thomasvelazquez9789

16 күн бұрын

@kameronjones7139 if we were involved directly those jamming pieces would be targets and eliminated. Jamming equipment stands out like a campfire in the black of night we have weapons that track straight to the source

@kameronjones7139

16 күн бұрын

@thomasvelazquez9789 definitely. I 100 percent agree. The usa views them as high value targets to begin with and will take them out as part of the air campaign with harms

former gun bunny here

Yet another outstanding video Chris. 👏👏👏👏👏

One downside for wheeled is the ground that the truck has below its wheels. They can get stuck on wet/muddy ground, where tracked vehicles don't have that issue.