I was a crewman on this system in the 80's until I was medically retired. It was the 8th battery of these launchers fielded anyplace in the world. Heck of a lot of firepower. Deploys fast, drives fast and hits it's targets fast. We were co-located with the 2\2 Armored Calvary who were driving M60 tanks when we arrived in Bamberg, FRG (West Germany), Oct 84. The Cav guys discovered pretty quickly that their M60's couldn't keep up with us and welcomed the arrival of their new M1 Abrams the next year. I was on top of my launcher a year latter when I got tangled in our camo netting, fell off landed on my backside, breaking my hip, pelvis and two vertebrae. Been in a wheelchair since. Learning that system, helping to develop service manuals and training techniques at Ft. Sill OK - then taking that experience into the field in Germany was fantastic experience.

@thomasfitzgerald8502

4 жыл бұрын

I was in C-16 MLRS, Baumholder Dec 89 to Feb 92. Our exercises in Graf were far more intense then what this video leads you to believe.

@lkruzan

4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasfitzgerald8502 Nice to meet another Rocket Head. Our Graf vacations were very intense too. Our equipment was delivered to Graf in Dec. 84 So we spent two months there putting everything together and shaking out the bugs, but that first live fire was a thing of joy. One thing the people talking about speed don't get is that Accuracy is what mattered. Doing every step precisely so that you don't take center stage in a "media event" was far more important. Speed came with practice. Talking to some of my ex-troop mates after desert storm they could not believe how fast they were putting steel rain on the Iraqis.

Am I the only one who find this video more satisfied than any cooking videos?

@0:13 nice to see Tom Cruise driving HIMARS Instead of flying jets 😂

After this whole video, still can’t believe how many birds were on that runway when they first took off.

in the first part of the film, the uniforms are marine marpat uniforms, loading the aircraft. once their in the field, thats us army multicam, usmc uses mar-pat uniforms. i also saw the old acu digital uniforms as well, the uniform prior to the multicam.

@hreyes499

4 жыл бұрын

I think the c130 was from a marine squadron hence a marine was loading the plane

The hook system is good for the actual firing platform. But really need to up grade it to load both racks at once.

How did you get round boy up on top?

FYI Marines don't use the M270 MLRS anymore and have switched to the M142 HIMARS. After 1:48, the camouflage and unit patch (SOJTF-A) suggest these were soldiers not marines.

@deltaboy2011

2 жыл бұрын

When did they switch it? How many did they had at the time?

@gdurant

Жыл бұрын

Marines never had m270s you fools. They only got the light version hiMars a few years ago and they have very few of them. The United States army has about 1100 m270s and hiMars systems. This video mostly shows the United States army as the Marines once again do not have m270s and they never have.

I was 13M from 1991 to 1993 in the ammo unit at Ft Carson. I operated the crane on the HEMAT with my foot standing on the outrigger faster than these guy using their hands.

@user-wr7xf8xc5g

3 жыл бұрын

Be patient ! It's not a movie.

Why didn't they get them mounted on USMC trucks? The LMTV is only used for that and for nothing else in the USMC

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Won't want to be on the front lines waiting for suppressive fire from these. Battle will probably be over before it is fully loaded.

@airleclair

4 жыл бұрын

What we saw here was training. I spent some time with an MLRS battalion in Ft. Sill, and the regular troops are not nearly as slow.

@blackrifle3932

4 жыл бұрын

Savvy Sauce I did my basic and AIT at Sill. The day Desert Storm was over is the day I graduated AIT as 13M. They sent me to Carson where I played around for two years then got out.

I HAD A MECCANO SET IN ADOLESCENTS..... NEVER EVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THESE IN MY SETS? think i was short changed ?

Ok! where are they? I CANT SEE THE BLUE TOUCH PAPERS?

A lot of well fed soldiers....lucky for them to have transport.

@nagantm441

3 жыл бұрын

Have you heard of plate carriers and winter clothing?

When seconds count the Arm Chair Snipers are maybe an hour away. Try playing faster music then maybe they would move faster.

Any 13m's out there, how many mlrs are in a battery, 6 or 9 launchers per battery?

MREs must be REALLY good in the military now.

I ship to basic as a 13m in july and im watching a bunch of 13m videos now

The driver at 15" is he a model??

I'm going to assume Ft SIll's cannon-cockers. The terrain and climate is awfully familiar to me... And that is their MARDET training up.

I was very impressed .

I understand that your missions objective and the ability to perform is different than us infantry guys. However, being that overweight in ANY Military uniform on duty is ridiculous. Where the M270 MLRS & M142 HIMARS are concerned, these are highly capable units and have their time,place, and purpose to perform.

It reads U.S. Marines. The clip while they're in the fog, looks like the U.S. Army out of Europe.

I'm glad they labeled the rocket-propelled, warhead-tipped projectiles as "explosives." I mean, it would be a tragedy if some poor grunt mistook one for a swing set to be assembled at a local orphanage.

Funny how the smoke got it disappear entirely 8:05

am I the only one noticing how slow the movements were?? their enemies are coming and they're not finished setting up this thing..

The carrier should be redesigned to make reloading faster. At this current rate & in time of war, response from the enemy, will kill & destroy the crew & it's equipment.

Is it just me, but those the uniform Soldiers or so call Marines are wearing belong to U.S Army🤔

You have to keep in mind that the Marines are the smallest (but hardest fighting) of the military forces. As such, they are last in funding for everything. I love my Marines! They do more with less. Navy Doc

@pvp64

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they love you too, all kinds of ways.

@blackrifle3932

4 жыл бұрын

Rodney Jaynes except that’s Army not the marines operating the MLRS

@NtrTainUs

2 жыл бұрын

Just curious, isn't the Marines job to storm beaches and overrun enemies quickly? This thing will take a week to get in place. You'd be better off with 100 more Marines moving quickly. This thing is for the army or air force. No?

@rodneyjaynes2485

2 жыл бұрын

@@NtrTainUs Yes, first in. Amphibious assault or air assault. After that they fight until the end like regular infantry, so sometimes not all their equipment will be quick strike. However, they do rely on support occasionally from Army support units. At any one time there is a Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed in the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans to provide first strike should any hot spot flare up.

@rodneyjaynes2485

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackrifle3932 OK, I stand corrected. I was going by the title. I will have to rewatch the video.

Was this video about the capabilities of a crane?

Yeah .... but ... show us a sample of what it looks like on the business end. Grid square removal in seconds ... all 12 launched in one salvo. 😜

Observed the MLRS in action during the Gulf War, impressive...

@paulhetherington3854

4 жыл бұрын

Why not, prove it, spammer? SP'AM'--Self powerful, I am. Or Hawaiian history, books.

@wms1650

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulhetherington3854 What do you mean Paul???

@warblerblue

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. 1st ID.

Looks better than BM-21 Grad :)

@user-um2kr5xo9p

4 жыл бұрын

But worse than the MLRS " Smerch"

@EugeneLagoda

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-um2kr5xo9p heh, that's the different class of the systems. Like Tornado and Urahan as well.

@user-um2kr5xo9p

4 жыл бұрын

@@EugeneLagoda Ну, ты ж позволил себе сравнение с "Градом".

0:30 seriously even a Prius has a reverse cam

Y funciona ?

Where did they bring these troughs from ... Nationaal Militair Museum? The characteristics of these systems absolutely lose in all options/cases to Russian solutions. 1. M270 can use only 12 x M30/M31 (guided - gps/ins) with range ~70 km (covering area ~200 000 sq/m). BM-30 "Smerch" can use 12 x 9М542 (guided - gps/ins/glonass) with 120 km range (covering area ~670 000 sq/m). 2. M270 operational range ~300 miles. BM-30 "Smerch" operational range ~500 miles. 3. M270 maximum elevation angle ~30°. BM-30 "Smerch" maximum elevation angle ~55°. NB! It is very important if the movement is not in a "skate park". 4. M270 launcher price ~2 000 000 dollars. BM-30 "Smerch" launcher price ~250 000 dollars. NB! Without missles/rockets.

@adamalbert9179

3 жыл бұрын

1. BM 30, 3 minutes to deploy, 3 minutes to stow, total time 6 minutes minimum from stopping to leaving M270 MLRS 1 minute to deploy, 1 minute to stow, total, 2 minutes minimum from stopping to leaving. 2. BM 30, 36 minutes to reload. M270 MLRS, 5-10 minutes to reload. 3. BM 30, no NBC protection system. M270 MLRS, NBC protection system 4. I couldn't find the rocket you mentioned for the bm 30. M270 MLRS has a 150+km range using the atacm missile, with the prsm currently in the final stages of development with even greater ranges. The rockets that both the m270 MLRS and the M142 HIMARS use was recently used against airborne targets successfully.

77th comment- love our marines!

@franciscolugo4076

4 жыл бұрын

Sh White Buffalo Amén Godbless them all ❤️🇺🇸

Sangar ik, operasionale larang ra yo kui ? Nek murah dituku indonesia oleh ra om?

0:33 you would have thought for how much they spent on that damn thing, that it would have a back up camera! come on, spend the $40.00 and get one! I'm sure that thing cost a million $'s or more, but they cant throw forty bucks at it, and get a back up camera! your tax dollars at rest!

@altrshakib9449

4 жыл бұрын

It could get hacked!

@Steikja66

4 жыл бұрын

Was wondering about that also. And perhaps a portable control for the crane? Then this would almost be modern :)

@agentx250

4 жыл бұрын

Realistically the transport is undersized for the cargo. A magnetic backup camera would make sense though. That said, it would also be the first piece of equipment to go "missing".

Y todo esto para q sirve

In the military you always have a ground guide. Back up cameras are for non drivers.

@agentx250

4 жыл бұрын

Guides are probably slower though and require increased personnel and loading times. Given how hard some cars are to back up (from sailpanel/C-pillar size/position) using them on even larger, blinder, military vehicles seems obvious. Or you just pull in forward, then just back straight out.

This side up!!!

Only the dead have seen the end of war

U.S. Defence System.... its the Army using the weapons in the Video

@eddiesharp4922

4 жыл бұрын

you caught that too.

Engineers: "It's going to be a tight fit." Aircrew: "....how tight?" Engineers: "Like...let some air out tight."

@paulhetherington3854

4 жыл бұрын

What English, you use? Not American, or UK! Hawaiian -- in lil bits. TO'NE'ING' You didn't, speak. Typed! Insanity

reload is not that slow neither is unloading the hemtt B btr 3 Ba 327 rocks

Most of this video shows the United States Army and not the Marines. The Marines do not have the heavy version of mlrs but only the light version. Please correct your video as it's bogus and embarrassing.

is WW3 already running?

operational range 480 km

YES.!!! 💖💖💖 U.S.A THE BEST.!!! 👍👍👍

The korean copy has double the charge (as the old ome) and can be fly by an A400M

@menakeldebakel253

4 жыл бұрын

sounds like i should better buy the Korean one.

@pabf2745

4 жыл бұрын

@@menakeldebakel253 To play with the children in the garden is the best tool, specialy if you have a A400M to transport it, if not, maybe the USA one (lighter), and you can throw lots of fun staff from it (from NSM to ASRAAM & termobaric)

By the time they are armed ,the soviet system would have blown them to kingdom come, and if that is the current requrement to be a US marine then god help the US of A.

@blackrifle3932

4 жыл бұрын

Marines don’t operate the MLRS. It’s the Army. Not sure why the video is labeled that way. I was 13M from 1991 to 1993 and we unloaded the ammo much quicker from the HEMAT than what they did on the video. I was on the ammo side of things not running the SPLL.

@youriigar6028

4 ай бұрын

Lmfao how that comment aged

SSSSSSSllllllllloooooooooooowwwwwwwllllllyyyyyyyy we'll hit the enemy. And hope we won't miss it.

Those are soldiers, not marines.

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Si vous n'êtes pas sages on ne vous donne pas à manger! Na!

@ 6min mark "HEY FAT SOLDIER"!!!!

Those aren't United States Marine uniforms or insignia. That's the United States Army

@AG-mm5qh

4 жыл бұрын

The driver on the into is Marine, but after that they are all army. Watch it again, the contrast between the one Marine and the army soldiers is striking.

@AG-mm5qh

4 жыл бұрын

*intro

Why have the Marines artilleri in USA? They should be on the boats or?

@agentx250

4 жыл бұрын

Marines are simply waterborne infantry at this point. They're first in, last out, general purpose heavy/shock infantry. Not inherently cannon fodder like the army but close enough.

0:48 doesn't that tire need some more air?

@sobania6095

4 жыл бұрын

CTIS, pressure lowered to fit height wise into plane, just a guess.

@wms1650

4 жыл бұрын

@@sobania6095 Correct Sobania. Tire pressure can change depending on terrain. Heck of a system.

Those aren’t marines....

sooo. no back up camera. Rookies

These guys as slow as they are would get annihilated in a real world scenario

do they fire apophysis? no that's just US Marines Demonstrations. To celebrate the 21march by fireworks?

We use this in Battlefield 4.

@ShawnGS300

4 жыл бұрын

FullThrottle099 yea, for real. Used it too, weak armor though and slow.

"Don't Drop".... LMAO!!!!

Those were some of the slowest rocket jockeys I've ever seen!!! Whatever happened to the Ammo Plt Sgt screaming at you to get those rocket pods of the HEMTT??? But I think what the video is trying to show is when you can load up a HIMARS or 2 on a c-130 or C17, fly to an austere environment, do a hot offload (the aircraft never shuts down) drive the HIMARS just off the runway, fire off 12 rockets and be gone in say 20-30 minutes and do it anywhere in the world that has a suitable runway? Not a bad capability to have in your back pocket. Plus both the USMC and Army have fired MLRS/HIMARS off Navy Ships... shows a huge hole in certain naval capabilities but is a very ingenious solution.

The question is can you make the rockets intercept each other xD

@paulhetherington3854

4 жыл бұрын

XD'--conditioned path, did. Hawaiian language, answered!

strange! SORRY GUYS BIT OVER KILL? I CARRY MY ROCKETS IN A CARDBOARD BOX..... A LOT CHEAPER!

Overpriced katyushas?

@danielkowalski356

3 жыл бұрын

katyushas have guided rockets? :)

É bom nicolas maduro tomar cuidado com o que faz...! rsrsrsrsrsrsrs

ML'RS'--Left movement, rises. Ambush left! Hawaiian language

Theymight get one volley off marking their location..Then ... *SPLAT*

@blackrifle3932

4 жыл бұрын

12 rockets down range less than 1.5 seconds apart. The SPLL travels at 60+ mph. At least the track unit did. Not sure about the new MLRS System. They would be sitting about 8 miles behind enemy lines. By the time the enemy sees that big dust cloud that SPLL is packed up and gone.

Those aren't Marines... They are soldiers

@user-dr2pg8fk2i

4 жыл бұрын

Marines aren't allowed near open tubes

I see the Marines are on a MacD diet these days

@thegeneral3094

4 жыл бұрын

We eat higher fat food incase it's cold my good fellow

@starkat70

4 жыл бұрын

The first part has Marines but after 2:00 its Army. The rest is the nasty Army not the Marines ...and im hoping these are Reserve because that fat body at 8:29 is unacceptable

@whysosyria1

4 жыл бұрын

@@starkat70 I think he's wearing something over the IOTV

..VIP...

Holy Cow! Guys, there is much more effective and efficient rigging for off loading and loading those reloads. Dont get me wrong. The Marines are doing a great job with what they have to do it with. Use an off set weight centered set off forks on the end of cable instead of those hooks. One Marine could if he/she had to load and unload the resupply if needed. Also that marine being up on the truck (NOT TIED OFF) woudnt have to get off the ground during live loads or moving lines. Watch how brick is delevered. Take notes.

@bahamut256

4 жыл бұрын

Bricks are also equally weighed, warheads are not. Also bricks don't explode with enough force to leave a 45m wide crater if you accidentally discharge them.

@MrBiggreedy

2 жыл бұрын

@@bahamut256 so to compensate for the unequal weight distribution slide the forks in on the heavy side. As for dropping the load; you are still using the same hoist system. Also, those warheads wont detonate from that small of an impact.

Takes forever to load the damned thing. I can hardly sit through this video.

@shwhitebuffalo9170

4 жыл бұрын

Its in ream time lok

U.S.Marines did NOT demonstrate "jack". Get your things straight!

emptying, loading and reloading is slow and inefficient! You can be overrun by the time you have it ready, and would be in a state of constant retreat. Sure, its great when its all loaded up, and ready to go, but to get it to that point is too slow.

@agentx250

4 жыл бұрын

These serve the same purpose as long range artillery and are deployed well behind the front lines. They'd also be deployed in groups and likely stagger fire so that there's rarely a time when tubes aren't filling a fire mission. The weapon range is around 20 miles (stated) and even if an army is advancing at 40mph it would still take 30 minutes to get to them.

@gnctransformation2326

4 жыл бұрын

What kind of idiot strategist would put this beast in a forward position? by your post they shall know you

@hreyes499

4 жыл бұрын

Slow is smooth....smooth is fast

@sgtjyf01

4 жыл бұрын

These systems are designed to shoot and scoot. That's where the high mobility portion of HIMARS comes into play. As well as being air mobile. The biggest threat to them isn't being picked off during reloading but counter battery fire. Re-arming will only be at the rear echelons.

Imagine being this slow in a real war.

@bertcox4484

4 жыл бұрын

Been there done that, you have no idea. Somebody in a house shoots at a convoy, you first get behind cover or out of range. Then you call in air support or indirect fire on the house. Then you move into 120mm range with a Tank, or 25mm of a brad. After hosing the house with about 100 pounds of direct fire, you move into 50 cal range and unload a few boxes. Now and only now do you maybe go look to see if anybody was still home. And do this to every house that shoots at you. War isn't won by amazing soldiers, its won by overwhelming logistics. 99.9% boredom .1 terror.

@MrAli171

4 жыл бұрын

.1% is were you learn adrenaline is sometimes brown

Powerful weapon but the assembly time is too long for an enemy

These are HIMARS not MLRS and most of the footage is Army.

@mattmacpherson1033

4 жыл бұрын

I believe the ones with treads are MLRS and the wheeled version is Himars. My son is involved with these in the army

@jjhays36

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattmacpherson1033 tracked vehicles are M270 MLRS and wheeled are M142 HIMARS. I am at the epicenter of all things HIMARS and MLRS.

@mattmacpherson1033

4 жыл бұрын

@@@jjhays36 That"s excellent. Thank you for your service. My son has only been working with them for 9-10 years. He is teaching others about them right now for the Army.

@jjhays36

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattmacpherson1033 chances are i am probably a few miles from him or less. I am on the operational side

@mattmacpherson1033

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff Hays Ft Lee , VA

US Army, not Marines.

Vehicle to parade in front of dear leader, Putin.

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

No es nada comparado con los rusos

Slow and cumbersome....a fat slow hyppo that probably today would be taken out easily with medium sized drones. These things were thought out in Cold War era, over 60 years ago, when there was an actual idea of AIR COVER. One would gain air superiority, keep it and then move slow crawling artillery machines like these under it. Drone technology has completely changed this... a drone can be pretty small, 99% stealth and also cheap....the west has developed super-sophisticate ones that can perform multiple complex tasks....other countries have developed cheap “one flight” medium to small drones that simply bring one missile in the target area, acquire and fire. They ca be launched from anywhere including a civilian masked 18 wheeler. These big slow 1980s concepts today are useless...but I understand the top brass need to keep moving that taxpayer money to pocket a slice. Anyone thinking “we can stop them” take a deep breath: remember the bombing of the Saudi oil fields with (probably iranian built) drones from nearby Yemen? Saudi Arabia fields a complete 120 billion dollar air defense system made of premium-grade US systems...they didn’t even see them coming or realize what was happening at first.

US must be running out of soldiers now they are recruiting NYPD cops and paying them with crispy creme donuts.

3:08 how the heck would that work in battle? hang on, we got to get the crane in here, lift it up, put it down, and then you can have the ammo to fire at the enemy....

@NZYE

4 жыл бұрын

these vehicles are never in direct combat/battle. they are miles away from the battle, like in fob's. also, under presure things move way faster.

@wms1650

4 жыл бұрын

@@NZYE Right They stand off about 10 - 20 miles from the front lines. Good weapon system.

@rachelmclean2483

4 жыл бұрын

My guess is your ammo truck drops the rockets a couple miles behind the launchers when they fire, your MLRS shoots then scoots back to reload to avoid counter battery fire. Your supply trucks with the crane and the MLRS never have to be next to each other given the way it reloads.

@wms1650

4 жыл бұрын

@@rachelmclean2483 Your word "scoots" takes me back to around 1984 when the Army's phrase was "shoot and scoot". MLRS was produced, at the beginning, by LTV in Camden Arkansas. MLRS evolved into HIMARS built by Lockheed Martin. Still in Camden Arkansas. It is a very effective weapon.

@thegeneral3094

4 жыл бұрын

I can operate this machine single handed when necessary

Much too complicated and slowly !!!

@klm747pilot

4 жыл бұрын

Actually it's not complicated at all. We are a lot quicker than you think.

@DZGunner

4 жыл бұрын

what klm said, i used to be the gunner in the m142; the range, tot, and accuracy of these is kind of crazy

Definitely not shoot and scoot!!!

3/13/20 turkey took out dozens of tanks with cheap drones

jwaydeh two camels because i abused, his father and got two donkies too few donkies died

First, not the Marines. Second, does the Army have PT standards?

@gunslinger11bravo

4 жыл бұрын

Do the Marines have IQ standards?

@HBomb157

4 жыл бұрын

@@gunslinger11bravo If they do it doesn't show.

You can give THE best equipment to anyone but if no one is capable of using it effectively there's no point as case in point.

@mattmacpherson1033

4 жыл бұрын

These were very effective in Syria with ISIS

Wow. What an overly complex vehicle that will get taken out by snipers or just overrun by children. Is this a "jobs program?"

That aughta stop the cave dwellers.

What a shit system.. Too slow .. By the time these guys load the missiles, enemy snipers or enemy MLRS or planes, drones etc.. would have obliterated the entire area..