Why Reloading Modern Weapons is Harder Than You Think
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We all know that CIWS and A-10 and other war machines can fire their ammo at a ridiculously fast rate. But how are these weapons loaded, and how long dow it take to load them? It's #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs
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@cheems6193
Жыл бұрын
Bespoke post is an American version of the Japanese boxsuu
@glike2
Жыл бұрын
Why not refurbish USS Iowa into a resupply ship with a huge cassette rapid reloader capability and anti submarine capability.
@dukeswellington118
Жыл бұрын
@@glike2 l
@praetorian3902
Жыл бұрын
It takes a week to bring in one torpedo.
@levibergey2181
2 ай бұрын
@NWYT, it takes about 15 to 30 minutes to reload a torpedo into a submarine (sorry this was late)
I absolutely love modern mechanisms, like reloading ones, they're always so smooth and futuristic almost. It's like that feeling you get as a kid when you think about how the future will be, except it's now. Oh, and Wolfenstein.
@Donkeymaster9000
Жыл бұрын
What’s a wolfenstein? I don’t speak German if that’s what it is?
@uku4171
Жыл бұрын
@@Donkeymaster9000 game
@Coecoo
Жыл бұрын
I think their designs are rather flawed. With so much talk going around alpha damage and removing the human element, why are there still no MBT guns designed so that they can take advantage of magazine-type loading methods? With casing ejection, you would be able to fire, for example, 5 shots in very quick succession and have maybe a 8-15 second reload before being able to fire 5 again.
@CannedCoochie
Жыл бұрын
Yeah dude wolfeinstein is pretty cool.
@battlesheep2552
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, normally engineering is kind of disappointing because it has to be "cost effective", "safe", "reliable", and "actually works"
I love how he casually says that the human loader is easier to replace than an auto loader Edit: thanks for the likes you just extended my will to live
@alalalus7692
Жыл бұрын
There are three potential replacements for Otto the loader inside the tank. While the replacement for auto loader is all the way back at repair base
@Global-yt
Жыл бұрын
@@alalalus7692 Don't think Otto would take being replaceable very kindly
@alalalus7692
Жыл бұрын
@@Global-yt That's the advantage of autoloader, it takes no moral hits
@fridayokwah2
Жыл бұрын
😂
@someguy4915
Жыл бұрын
@@Global-yt The general thinking is that Otto cares a lot about his three fellow crewmates inside his tank, so while it would be a bad day for Otto, at least his mates may survive.
Switching guns is always better than reloading 😉
@chimeraelite
Жыл бұрын
I mean in WW2 they were only held in by gravity so imagine just flinging the suckers and a big ol crane coming in and pilfering a new one from a burning enemy battleship
@erushi5503
Жыл бұрын
I hear japanese navy is developing a ciws that can be reloaded for 2mins and missile stowage rack system that allows ships to resupply missiles while moving at sea
@aleksasimic32
Жыл бұрын
Yea.. Until you run out of ammo in the other gun☠️😊
@rykehuss3435
Жыл бұрын
Remember, you run faster with a knife. Everybody knows that
@mrpersonguy6932
Жыл бұрын
i like the way you think
Some more consideration on tank autoloaders: 1. France manages to deal with the issue of only 3 crewmembers on a fairly heavy tank (~57 tons) by teaming them up with scout cars. This way they get at least 5 people to take care of a tank and a car. 2. The limiting factor of the rate of fire of Soviet designed tanks often isn't the autoloader, but how quickly they can re-acquire the target after each shot. They are often more limited by their optics and the lackluster stabilisation than by the autoloader. German trials with eastern German T-72 for example found that it often takes over 10 seconds until the gunner and commander can get the gun back on target. 3. Casette autoloaders are one option for modern tanks, but the gun compartment and crew compartment get increasingly seperated anyway. Not all go with a fully unmanned turret like Armata, but Leclerc-style designs like the EMBT put the turret crew within the rotating turret basket and give them a hatch to look out of, while also largely isolating them from the gun and ammo handling. 4. Saving 25% of a 4-man crew by switching to 3 men and an autoloader sounds way more beneficial than it actually is. Tank crews only make up a fraction of larger armored formations. A US Armored Combined Arms Battalion for example typically fields over 600 men, of which only 112 are tank crews (2 tank companies of 14 tanks/56 crew each). Switching to autoloaders would save them a total of 28 out of 600. And this ratio only goes down as you look at bigger units with ever more supporting elements. But now you also have to teach your commanders and gunners how to fix an autoloader in battle, and give them all sorts of other responsibilities... you need to teach your mechanics how to repair them... chances are that this expansion of responsibilities gives you more breakdowns of men and tanks even if the autoloader itself is quite reliable.
@John_3563
Жыл бұрын
I know they are worse but I also know how much of a toll it takes on your body loading those shells truly is a lose lose situation.
@burningSHADOW42
Жыл бұрын
Concerning point 4: The point that make gettin grid of the fourth crew member so benefical is the size of the tank. Humans need a lot of space inside at tank, especially the loader. And space for the crew has to be well armoured. If you compare "western style" autoloader tanks (like Leclerc or K2) with human loaded tanks (like Leopard 2 or Abrams) you can see it pretty clearly. The autoloader tanks are about 10t lighter, 0.1m narrower, 0.3cm less tall and the hull is about 1m shorter (all values approximate). Russian tanks and the japanese type 10 tank are even more compact but sacrifice protection to achieve it. T-14 is also a bit of an odd one out, with a big hull, but a really small turret.
@tylermcdavid9426
Жыл бұрын
About part 4, those 28 people that were just booted from the battalion, now you have to find other jobs for those 28 men, which includes probably close to 6-12 months of retraining in a new occupation, along with the fact that that's only for one battalion. Now imagine if that happened to all the battalions in the army and marine corps. That's thousands (guesstimate) of people that have to be retrained and are out of the job.
@burningSHADOW42
Жыл бұрын
@@tylermcdavid9426 From what I read france didn't boot the tank loaders from the tank battalion. The army put them into armored cars and attached them to tank battalion in a support role. That way you have a 4th person to deal with a broken down tank and replacement if someone get's hurt or killed.
@tylermcdavid9426
Жыл бұрын
@@burningSHADOW42 France doing anything war related that isn't surrendering? cap
"To be fair, being on the receiving end of any weapon demands a serious reevaluation of your life choices" ...nice! I doubt that being on the receiving end of these weapons will leave any time for reevaluation
@Nehmo
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I don't see how some of these tanks can take multiple hits and still function.
@someguy4915
Жыл бұрын
You might have up to a few minutes while the A10's arrive and circle your general area while they confirm with ground troops where they're gonna destroy everything that's not yet taken the opportunity to run away...
@adipuppi
Жыл бұрын
evaluation: failed brrrrrrttt
@mk2design
Жыл бұрын
@@adipuppi If you hear the Brrrrrrrrrt, you were not the target.
@SmokePoppa
4 ай бұрын
I can tell you from first hand experience, the lethality of these ultra lethal weapons isn't what you'd expect. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they're not lethal, but you'd be amazed at how easily certain death is avoided. I've seen 155 artillery obliterate everything and a group of insurgents come running out from between a cinderblock wall and a house like it was nothing.
I'm a ammunition feed specialist. From 223 all the way up to 70 mm cannons. I like the 50 mm bushmaster 🤠 I did my time learning everything from start to finish building ammunition feed systems.
@NotWhatYouThink
Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool!
@NotWhatYouThink
Жыл бұрын
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@WolfeSaber9933
Жыл бұрын
What weapon still uses 70mm today? Plus, the 50mm bushmaster is still being tested.
@Yourmomloser
Жыл бұрын
223? Or do you mean 5.56? If not military then what?
@SeanCMonahan
Жыл бұрын
I misread your comment as "I'm a ammunition *food* specialist" 😂
CIWS and its aircraft predecessors for the most part retain the casings too; pushing them hard enough to get them clear of the aircraft takes more mechanism than simply returning them to the magazine.
@grizwoldphantasia5005
Жыл бұрын
I read that the original autocannon switched to retaining spent cases because they can't stop instantaneously; when the pilot released the trigger, inertia meant a few unfired rounds got ejected too while slowing down, and it was considered both unsafe (don't want any misdirected unspent rounds drifting into engines!) and an unwise gift to the enemy.
@jimsvideos7201
Жыл бұрын
@@grizwoldphantasia5005 The chance of anyone finding ejected rounds live or otherwise is pretty small but yeah, things getting sucked into engines is generally bad.
@grizwoldphantasia5005
Жыл бұрын
@@jimsvideos7201 My thoughts too when I read that, but several unrelated sites have said so.
@BrokenLifeCycle
Жыл бұрын
Another thing I read was that the center of gravity would shift too much if they didn't return the brass to the drum.
@jimsvideos7201
Жыл бұрын
@@BrokenLifeCycle There's that too, although it varies with how much a load of ammo weighs and how far it is from the center of gravity.
The USN has loved it's autoloaders ever since the late WW2 cruisers like USS Salem. Those were some large rifles with autoloaders and IIRC there were plans to equip an Iowa with autoloaders during the cold war
@TrangleC
Жыл бұрын
Since obviously nobody is hand-loading 8-16 inch rounds, every battleship and cruiser since the WW1 era has technically been "auto-loaded". The difference is basically only in how fast the loading mechanism works. Apparently the Germans stuck with 2-barrel turrets for their Bismarck class battleships because the loading mechanism, which was the fastest for that size class of ammo back then, took up too much space to fit 3 guns into the turrets.
@Its-Just-Zip
Жыл бұрын
@@TrangleC we did hand pass rounds and charges on Battleships. The only auto part was actually chambering the round and closing the breach. Sailors had to hand lift the 16inch projectile and it's powder bags onto a table to then be pushed into the gun, it's basically hand loading in all the ways that really count. That's how it's been done on all ships that allow for manual loading. You still have to heft that 8-16inch projectile onto a platform in line with the breach. For more info, both the USS Iowa and USS New Jersey KZread channels have videos on loading the various guns on the battleship.
@salt6
Жыл бұрын
@@Its-Just-Zip 16in projectile, around 2000 lbs.
@42meep13
11 ай бұрын
@@salt6 There is a reason the gun crews on battleships were so big
6:30 The MANTIS is quite versatile, the turret can also be mounted on any vehicle able to take the weight. When mounted on a GTK Boxer it is called Skyranger35 (there is also a Skyranger30 using a 30mm cannon). The burst length can be adjusted from 36 down to single shots, for small targets like drones a 6 shell burst is sufficient. It can also take down anything from low flying aircraft via cruise missiles to drones and even mortar and artillery shells. It's effective range is 5km (3m) for slow moving planes and helicopters and 3km (1.7m) for incoming artillery shells.
Great little vid and I can confirm it's hard work, as a 72 year old engineer involved in several Middle East military contracts I can agree that the reloading issue does not get any easier as time has progressed, assisting our Brit armourers in Qatar during reloading Hawker Hunter aircraft on firing programmes was a work up, the Hunter had 4x30mm Aden cannons just below the pilots feet, the Hunter gun's were in a pack and made up part of the foreward fusilage, winched in with something like a car jack. Whilst having a couple of beers with a pilot friend of mine he said that if you fired all the ammunition from all cannons in one of the gun packs the aircraft would stall because of the recoil effect, I can say with certainty that when all 4 cannons fire and you have the misfortune of being in the aircraft at the time, your feet do not actually have contact with the flightdeck floor as said cannons are fired!
@TrangleC
Жыл бұрын
The recoil force of the GAU cannon on the A-10 equals the thrust of one of the two turbofan engines. That means the aircraft kind of loses half of its engine power every time it fires the gun.
@asdalotl
Жыл бұрын
@@TrangleC do you think it would be a bad idea to equip thrusters on the aircraft that would add in that much extra thrust while the guns are firing to cancel out the recoil
@christopherpardell4418
Жыл бұрын
@@TrangleC. The Soviets built a plane with an even bigger Gatling gun, because, y’know, vodka. But every time a pilot fired the gun, it disabled the aircraft.
@TrangleC
Жыл бұрын
@@asdalotl The machine worked just fine without any special thrusters and now it is mute to speculate about any upgrades because the A-10 is getting retired. But even if that weren't the case, you have to consider that aircraft are very complicated, delicate things. You hear in the video that they even have to keep the empty brass casings of the fired ammo inside the plane to not mess up the center of gravity too much. Slapping extra rockets on it, or whatever you have in mind when you talk about "thrusters" would mean extra weight, extra drag and might shake the aircraft violently when ignited, messing up the accuracy of the gun or even damaging the airframe. The A-10 is cool and interesting because it is different than other planes and extreme with its giant gun and all, but its time is over and statistics show that it never was all that useful anyways. The KZread channel "Military Aviation History" has a whole video about that, where he does a deep dive into the combat record of the A-10. During Operation Desert Storm they only used the gun to shoot at civilian trucks, were never really needed for close support missions and whenever they engaged in proper ground attack missions on military targets, they basically only used the A-10 as a Maverick launching platform and other planes like the F-16 could do that job better.
@ukoldgit
Жыл бұрын
@@asdalotl Think they are called afterburners😁😁😁
If weather isn’t an issue it usually takes us two or three days to fully load a ship with vls and the other required ammunition needed.
@philsalvatore3902
10 ай бұрын
When I was active duty we would upload the carrier at sea from an ammo ship with two helicopters and three STREAM Rigs going balls to the wall in 12-14 hours. I've done this many times. I have also reloaded VLS underway using the CH-46 to bring loaded canisters to the cruiser and bring the empties back to the ammo ship. We could replenish VLS with the STREAM Rig too. VLS ships used to carry a crane that took up four adjacent VLS cells. All these skills are lost but the equipment still exists in storage and the skills can be re-learned.
@Brownie.-
10 ай бұрын
@@philsalvatore3902 loading vls with a helicopter is more dangerous and time consuming. We got barges and cranes that are able to do it much faster and safer.
@philsalvatore3902
10 ай бұрын
@@Brownie.- We were reloading VLS in blue water, middle of the Pacific, underway in a strike group. That is my point. We used to reload VLS while underway. It could be accomplished with a standard STREAM rig from the AE, AOR or AOE, but we could also set the canisters on deck with the helo. The ships used to have a crane that took up four adjacent VLS cells that could lift out the empty canister and load the new canister with a missile inside. The Navy seems to have lost knowledge of this capability we used to have, and many KZreadrs and younger service members are too young perhaps to be aware the capability exists.
Great video. I saw an A-10 at an airshow. I noticed a flange near the pilot's window. The pilot told me it was to deflect the smoke from the gun while firing. He explained that the first firing of the gun choked the engine and resulted in ejection of the pilot.
@EvelynNdenial
11 ай бұрын
the cockpit windows coating the scoop and the propellant for the rounds are all special for the a-10 too just because the smoke and residue.
Weapons designers sure missed an opportunity by not naming a missile targeting system ERNIE. So the A-10's main gun never gets lonely.
@MonkeyJedi99
Жыл бұрын
ISWYDT
@kaing5074
Жыл бұрын
So many friendly fire incidents. I hate the overhyped, overpraised POS that has outlived its use-by date by about 15 years
@stefthorman8548
Жыл бұрын
@@kaing5074 cope harder
@webdev217
Жыл бұрын
Brrrrrrrrrt and Ernie. Love it.
Quick addition on the tank loader for the abrams. Generally between engagements the crew will move ammo from other compartments into the ready rack, this usually happens when the tank is in cover and or not under fire. Tanks usually opperate in packs so if a tanks ready rack is running low it will rotate with another tank to a less vulnerable position, theyll keep the gun firing as opportunitys arrise but will replenish the ready rack 2 or 3 rounds at a time, this keeps the rate of fire up as much as possible
This was a really great video. I didn't think a video on reloading could be interesting but it was awesome to see the involved process for reloading some of these weapons systems. Keep the great videos coming!
@NotWhatYouThink
11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
"Saturate the area" would be terrifying to hear in a armed combat situation.
@Snipergoat1
5 ай бұрын
Not if you are the guys doing the saturation. What you hear is "Shoot wildly at everything in the area, leave no stone unblasted."
The 76mm Melara Bow Cannon was the most fun I had on the HMCS Iroquois, sea cadets sent me out for 2 weeks on the ship and what a hoot firing that cannon was, then being below deck during reloads, the massive carrousel is impressive below deck.
I play this sandbox videogame with a lot of custom guns and there's a decoration system for making them look good. What I always stress about is how the hell are they reloaded, so this helps a lot.
@thecommenternobodycaresabout
Жыл бұрын
Unless this is a joke/reference that whooshed right above my head, I would like to know the name of the game please.
@catfwish
Жыл бұрын
From the Depths.
@philiphockenbury6563
11 ай бұрын
I’m thinking about checking that out
I would really have assumed that they would have invested in building at least a "prepared reloading setup" and then it would take more effort after the 1st full reload. (BTW could you please cover a video on the awesome video about the military iron man style hover suit that the navy could utilize to improve so many aspects of their abilities)
@ibubezi7685
Жыл бұрын
Indeed - 'containerize' it. Also, that supply vessel (with the crane and missiles) would be a nice target, as it seems an unarmed oil-rig tender.
@EvelynNdenial
11 ай бұрын
using something like the submarines rig for loading torpedos to load the vls would be good. stick a small crane on the ship, set up the loading rig, then the supply ship sets a whole container of missiles on the deck and the smaller crane and rig fill the vls.
0:19 Most satisfying "Brrrt" ever
@g_nj
10 ай бұрын
No
Man, I really love your channel, but do not agree on many political views, but it does not matter, your videos and narration is topnotch, the subject of the narration is very dedicated, we can see that you spent hours to make a great work in the research and editing. Keep up buddy, the world needs more people like you and thanks for another great video.
@NotWhatYouThink
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, and you're welcome!
Mantis is basically a Gigachad in the flak world.
@iceswalopiss1425
Жыл бұрын
The otomatic was a giga chad too but sadly it only was a prototype
@Janoip
Жыл бұрын
@@iceswalopiss1425 But the Revolver Cannon, the System is also used on Skynex/Skyranger, Rheinmetall Oerlikon Millennium Gun used on ships like denmark, indonesia (dont know that) Venezuela Guaiquerí-class, Guaicamacuto-class patrol boat (lol) and others
I'm a couple days late but Smarter Every Day has a whole series on modern US nuclear submarines. He gets right to the border of what he can show and talk about and it's definitely worth the watch. Smarter Every Day 241 What an outro btw
My favorite USN guns in this context are the Mark 16 8"/55. Used in the Des Moines class heavy cruisers. Capable of firing 10, 8" shells a min per barrel. Three triple turrets. Just imagine being on the receiving end of that. Also, this is a system from the 1940s.
@philsalvatore3902
10 ай бұрын
Ever see the MCLGS, (Major Caliber Lightweight Gun System) an 8-inch single that was tested on USS Hull, and old Forrest Sherman class can? Quite a sight. The turret might still be out at Dahlgren VA somewhere.
@Manchweld
8 ай бұрын
Yeah the Iowa class was a monstrosity (in a good way) however large battleships don’t really have much of a place hence why the iowa class was the last battleships built by the us. While most of them have monstrous armor, the deck is a weak point despite the 5 INCHES of armor. This was demonstrated perfectly with the USS Arizona, where a Japanese bomb struck the deck near a turret, resulting in the detonation of the ammo magazines
@whyjnot420
8 ай бұрын
@@ManchweldYou know I was talking about cruisers right? Besides, the entire context is weapon systems, not the merits of a battleship. You posting a bog standard "battleships no good" argument *WHERE THE BIGGEST GUN MENTIONED WAS 8 INCHES* screams bot or, in very mild terms, a person who is very very confused, or someone who just wants to one up other people with some out of place argumentation. Also, Arizona was a Pennsylvania. The next class, the Nevadas, those are the first to use an all-or-nothing armor scheme. I.e. Arizona's armor scheme was dated at the time of ww1, let alone ww2. edit: Look up animations/descriptions of how Des Moines & Salem's gun systems worked and then think of the autoloading part of the video. Then you will see what I was getting at.
@philsalvatore3902
8 ай бұрын
@@Manchweld Warhead design and energetic materials have advanced greatly since WWII. The BROACH warhead in something like a JASSM/LRASM, JSOW C1 or Storm Shadow would defeat the thickest armor to ever go to sea.
"I love to reload during a battle! There's nothing better than slamming a long silver bullet down into a well-greased chamber." "Alright! I'm alive again! Let's go!" - Revolver Ocelot (MGS1)
in the Netherlands we have a CIWS system actually called the Goalkeeper
@alaeriia01
Жыл бұрын
The Goalkeeper is, of course, a GAU 8/A "Avenger" rotary Gatling autocannon, aka the Warthog's main gun.
@philsalvatore3902
10 ай бұрын
Goalkeeper is a great system but it is heavy. The US went with CIWS because it is lighter.
Can we appreciate how friendly NWYT is when responding to comments?
Just a heads up. At 4:26 an 'incoming' alarm is played in the background. It's not very loud but it's there. Anyone who might be affected by hearing it, please beware.
@TreyWindinal
10 ай бұрын
My barracks has the same alarm
Great video thanks. In Nam, I was a M-16 reloader...or others words...a Grunt.
@NotWhatYouThink
Жыл бұрын
Drop us an email. See “about” page.
16:19 the best part is you don't need to be an enemy of USA to get this view. Even allies can get some
@DemsW
Жыл бұрын
the british are everyone's enemy
@davisdf3064
Жыл бұрын
Damn! They really care about us! So much so, to even give us such an amazing view!
@hasan1618
11 ай бұрын
@@davisdf3064 Best part is, you are the view!
my teacher used to be in the dutch navy and he worked on submarines i asked him how long it usually takes to reload a torpedo and he says that it can vary from 20-30-45 minutes depending on the weight, size and crew but for him it was mostly 30 minutes per torpedo
@nippon19
10 ай бұрын
and how many time to load one in a tube please ?
@Galaxywolf712
10 ай бұрын
@@nippon19 every 5-10 minutes it depends on the situation
“Remember, having more gun is always faster than reloading”
It's not what you think never gets old
I love these longer form videos, honestly I'd listen to you reading a manual on construction equipment
I'm guessing the speed with which a submarine can reload a torpedo tube is classified. That doesn't seem to be the sort of thing you would want an enemy to know.
1:48 We actually reloaded our VLS a couple times at anchorage in Japan. Went smoothly. not sure why it's not done more often. I think though, Japan did not allow us to load nukes... but I was always under the impression my ship did not have any! if so we should have had a Marine detachment onboard for security. Anyway, that is the reason why Kitty Hawk stayed in Japan for so long as the Japanese did not allow a nuke carrier. That has changed now though.
@Grimmwoldds
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, that barge from Urago. The reason they don't do it more is because it's difficult to get that much loft from a barge(which is sitting down near the water rather than halfway up like a pier). It's VERY touchy trying to do the VLS systems, even in the relatively sheltered sea state you get in Tokyo bay. They're putting in a loading/unloading pier at Urago.
I just love your content. keep up the good job
I'm surprised you didn't speak about the Japanese type 10s auto loader which not only allows for safety, reliability, weight and most importantly reload speed as the average reload speed of the type 10 is 3-4 seconds but there is video evidence that it can be 1 second
I've been watching Pail's Vlog's about launching F-18s off the aircraft ships & it's totally incredible the time & teamwork required for each flight 😮
17:21 Oh man I remember breaking track. Turned in 4 tanks in 5 years. 1 tank had both tracks rebuilt using individual track blocks. 1 tank done with 8 bock track sections ( that was nice ) ... the other two were just turned in as is. Had to put track back on 3 tanks in the field ( thankfully in dry moderate weather ).
@jhonthecat5061
2 ай бұрын
10:28 as a first year Mechanic looks like a bitch to torque a bunch of bolts in the tracks
@johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555
2 ай бұрын
@@jhonthecat5061 You get them as tight as possible, then drive around the motor pool which stretches the track and helps the wedges seat and then you go tighten again.
@jhonthecat5061
2 ай бұрын
@@johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555 So a retorque neat! how many segments of track does a tank generally have? how many times do you have to retorque is that a regular maintenance thing or not for tracks? how quickly do tracks wear too?
@johnjacobjinglehimerschmid3555
2 ай бұрын
@@jhonthecat5061 If I remember right, going back to 1986 here,and M60A3's had 80 track blocks per side. Was it a regular procedure, no not really after any sort of movement, especially if it was an off base movement, It wasn't unusual to find missing bolts and or the wedge nuts. If you did you walked the track looking for missing and honestly I'd just hammer the connector and listen if it was a ping, tight connector or a thunk loose and tighten them up, Inside ones were hardest as you had to crawl along as the driver moved the tank forward.
I’m a simple man. I see not what you think, I click. It’s that simple
A-10’s don’t got ‘Bt’… they go “BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!” (exclamation mark isn’t optional). Great video, thanks!
Legend has it that if a Warthog gunner uses all 9 trigger pulls at once he will crack the Earth in half.
Call Mantis what it is, A high tech automatic flak cannon.
15:20 I just went on a tour recently on the USS Kentucky (Ohio class) and by hand it takes around 10 minutes to load a torpedo. If they are in combat they could maybe do it in 8. They couldn't give us any info on the auto loader though.
@absolutemattlad2701
10 ай бұрын
How about loading torpedos from the outside into the sub?
@sr_birb9664
10 ай бұрын
@@absolutemattlad2701 idk i didnt ask about that one
Oh boy, I’m well past any prime needed to function in a tank. Hats off for these boys, these war fighters of ours I’m so proud of.
You had me laughing out loud at "Things that go BRRRR" - nice rolling of the R's!
5:49 - FOOTBALL! You know, the game in wich you use your foot to hit the ball.
@NotWhatYouThink
Жыл бұрын
The "word police" is here again 😜
@jeremycarl2401
2 ай бұрын
That name means another sport in America.
*5:45 Football
@thoroughlyunoriginalname
6 ай бұрын
*Soccer
"things that go brrt from the sky" killed me 🤣🤣
I was part of the Weapons department on a U.S Navy cruiser. Worked with most of the at sea systems shown. CIWS, 5 inch, 25mm and torps. CIWS for the U.S has the benefit of being a fully self contained unit, all we need is ships power and sea water for our water to water heat exchanger and we are good to go. We can search and track without any other systems though we are integrated (decreases the time to availability in case of catastrophic failure). We really only use the tungsten rounds and only use kinetic energy for the kill no exploding rounds (naval variant). Fired from 2 separate locations on the ship and very accurate. Also 5 inch is a monster, the ammo elevator goes down several decks and you can send shells and canisters up to the gun crew continously. it is all hydraulic based pretty much though so just hydraulic fluid everywhere, It uses EOSS (think a big hi def camera) as well as integration to other ship systems for targeting. It is run by 2 different teams. the loaders and maintainers under the gun and the shooters up at the firing console. Every time it shoots you feel the ship shudder. It is impressive. Torps are another hydraulic mess. We used high pressure compressed air to launch them out and they are self propelled with self oxygenating fuel.
17:04 that’s the case with most aircraft guns, you don’t want your jet engine to suck in the casing. Also you‘d need an extra hole somewhere to eject the casings.
@Snipergoat1
5 ай бұрын
That is the general case for all rotary machine guns. It is easier to cycle them back into the magazine than to acutually eject them. Besides, when you are firing at 50-100 rounds per second that is a whole lot of very hot brass you would be spraying all over the place raising havok with everyone nearby.
15:14 I appreciate the curious it’s, but nearly everything about US nuclear submarines is classified. It’s to the point that most retired submarine crewmen won’t even talk about it. And seeing as reload time can be important, that is also probably classified.
"Life choices?" - Conscripts
I served in a mechanized unit using Bradley Fighting Vehicles. They use 25mm chain guns as the main weapon system, and reloading those is a pain in the ass lol. I lucked out by being a driver, lol. All I needed to do was keep the vehicle up and running and provide a stable platform to shoot from 😆. The guys in the back had to deal with popping floor plates and reloading 25mm ammo in a space you could barely stand up in 😆. Still, I loved my BFV. It was a work horse.
"People will be losing their jobs" Yeah, that's quite sad. Can't imagine a more fulfilling life than loading chunks of metal into a death machine...
@UneasyRider69
Жыл бұрын
I know right
@Brownie.-
Жыл бұрын
People won’t lose their job they’ll just get assigned to another position.
:0 ! I know firsthand how hard it is to reload military weapons lol
During wartime, they'd Constantly be reloading at times when possible.
Amazing footage and storytelling
In your discussion about the Sea Sparrow (which had an awful reputation about 25 years ago, btw), you mentioned how the Phalanx could be considered the 'goal keeper' of the layered ship defense system. The British use a CIWS system called Goal Keeper - which is more-or-less a 30mm version of Phalanx.
@Snipergoat1
5 ай бұрын
Goal keeper is a much heavier system. The think with the phalanx is it is both light (As ship weapons go) and can be mounted on just about anything, any where. The problem with goalkeeper and presumably even more so with mantis is that the ship needs to be built with these emplacements in mind. The goalkeeper weights almost twice as much with all the added power, cooling and stabilization cost. By the time you get to mantis you might as well be using a small ship cannon. No Idea what their requirements are but it is certainly a chonkey looking boy.
@mikehammer4018
5 ай бұрын
@@Snipergoat1 I don't think Mantis is a going concern anymore. Admittedly it was a really quick search, but it looks like only 2 were made. Goalkeeper has a total mass of 9,902kg; and Phalanx has a total of 6,200kg. I think you're correct that the biggest advantage of Phalanx is its inherent modularity. It does need power and hydraulics from somewhere, but that can be located at a reasonable distance away. It carries it ammo in a drum just below the gun, which eliminates below-deck colocation. Goalkeeper has a longer effective range, but does require a huge amount of modification for the massive support system that must be located immediately below the mount; which includes its magazine. Interestingly, and I didn't know this before, but the UK is unmounting Goalkeeper in favor of Phalanx.
I feel more entertained watching logistics than actual combat footage.
@FEURVERM
11 ай бұрын
That's USA for u
12:09 WHY DID THE ROUND POOP OUT LIKE THAT 😭😆🤣🤣
As Linus once put it, you don't recharge a label maker, you just buy a new one 😂😂😂 (not exact quote and a little out of context)
I spoke with an Abrams tank commander who participated in the Gulf war (1991). When I asked about autoloaders, he was critical of their reliability. He also said the manual loading was faster. His crew was able to reload in just 4 seconds.
@someb0dy2
11 ай бұрын
Crew loading may be faster - when the loader is not tired / has not been tossed around during battle and so is uninjured. We humans are fragile, generally. And a tank is basically a big metal box. Accidentally banging around while inside the big metal box may injure humans.
@BPo75
11 ай бұрын
"His crew was able to reload in just 4 seconds." Not impressed. Firstly, that's just for the shells that are easiest to grab in the rack and the loader would have to do some funky stuff even so, like lap-loading with the bustle door open. Secondly, the current tank record (for 10.5 cm guns) is 2.5 seconds a shell for the full complement of 25 AP and 20 HE.
@gregparrott
11 ай бұрын
@@BPo75 Impressive stats. But, #1) Can you substantiate your claim by citing a source? #2) On what platform was this record achieved? #3) A 105mm shell is obviously smaller than the NATO standard of 120mm for tanks. So the comparison is a little bit apples vs. oranges #4) What do you mean by 'full complement"? ( I assume you're NOT suggesting firing 45 rounds in 45 * 2.5 = 112.5 seconds.
@BPo75
11 ай бұрын
@@gregparrott Stridsvagn 103. The right magazine held 25 rounds, while the left held 20 plus 5 manually cranked rounds, usually smoke or illumination. Obviously, firing 45 rounds in a row would be detrimental to the gun, but it was done on several occasions to test the reliability of the loading automat. The declassified military archives as follows: Pansartruppskolan, Försöksavdelningen, 1960-1965, Serie F II, Volym nr 1. Datahandbok strv 103, page 1. Försvarets materielverk, Armématerielförvaltningen, Fordonsavdelningen, Centralsektionen, Serie F I, 1100:1-11 - 7890:1, 1969, Volym nr 10. Chapter: RAC Equipment Trials Wing, RAC Centre Report on Swedish S Tank.
@BPo75
11 ай бұрын
Adding bananas and cherries to the fruitsalad of comparisons, the OTO 127/64 LW is capable of 32 rounds a minute while the preceding 127/54 C was good for 40 rounds/min. As these are naval guns, a direct comparison is of course ridiculous, but what it shows that it is possible to construct very reliable and fast handling autoloaders even for modern munitions. Looking only at landbased systems, there's no shortage of solutions in the 155 mm artillery segment either as that's a requirement for MSRI-functionality. In short, I'd say autoloader performance are more down to 1) desire and 2) willingness to pay for it than to technical limitations of what is possible.
Mantis is literally the Dawn Of War heavy bolter turret 😂
He went for the goal keeper analogy but didn't mention the ciws that's literally called goalkeeper
That was some pretty useful information. It's actually pretty hard to find information about sustained fire fire of modern guns. How was it on ww2 guns? I am especially curious about 5"38 that were some of the fastest destroyer guns in ww2, at least in theory. Was there a ready rack for quick fire then fire rate fell down after it was empty or was the 15-18 rounds minutes actually sustained fire rate until magazines were empties? I think an comparaison of old vs new guns would be interesting to see if things have progressed and if there is any tradeoff that was made along the way.
The insane thing is that this is "military grade", meaning it's the cheapest possible option. Imagine how horrifying weapons would be now if they used the expensive/corporate development options(Nvm, Rheinmetall IS the expensive corporate option. And they look damn cool in design, scifi shit)
@richape9288
10 ай бұрын
They would run out of money before they could make it happen. Military developments are already extremely expensive so they have no choice but to reduce costs when they can
👍🔫💥 It's amazing how far technology has come in terms of weapon design and function. The mechanisms and precision involved in modern weapons are truly impressive. It's like we're living in a sci-fi movie.
The editing on this video is awesome
Pentagon Guy 1: "Huh, so it only takes four hours to reload a destroyer?" Pentagon Guy 2: "Yes, sir." Pentagon Guy 1: "Well, we sure can't let an enemy know that. Tell everyone it takes four weeks. This'll be hilarious in a war!"
T-72 is still considerably slower than Abrams... But sure, Russians wanted a "fast tank"...
@user-pb2mn7go2p
Жыл бұрын
I don't know our tanks sound better economically. Smaller tank less weight same steel layer of armor. Smaller weight, less power hungry engine less fuel to chunk and the fuel itself is cheaper. Maybe you can turn it faster because of the momentum. But then again I don't know why we would need to go cheap on tanks if we have such an abundance of raw materials to build stuff.
@user-pb2mn7go2p
Жыл бұрын
And you see the only downside of the tank mentioned everywhere so far is the carousel. I wish engineers would have thought about that and the whole turret would blow out with the crew compartment intact just landing with a parachute or something. That would be definetly more entertaining to see knowing nobody became bасon.
@user-pb2mn7go2p
Жыл бұрын
Also I don't know if my comments are even showed to anybody as my name has changed and everything. 😅
1550 or so rounds into a CIWS in five minutes? Huh.
I remember the first time i was shown how to reload an M163, half a year after basic training with it. I was somehow not surprised but deep down i knew i'd fuck up 100 out of 100 tries of loading the rounds properly, it was a cluster fuck of a higher level.
Loved your sound effect for the A-10 at the beginning, I legit spat a bit of my drink at that lol.
It is called Football...
nice video i love it as always
@JDogVids
Жыл бұрын
Did you watch it before it released lol
@polygonalfortress
Жыл бұрын
@@JDogVids probably didn't lmao
@TAXCOLLECTOR19
Жыл бұрын
@@JDogVids yes :)
Love these videos thanks so much
0:40 nuclear silo 4:40 barrels
Whatever happened to K.I.S.S? In combat, you have to be able to reload quickly.
@Its-Just-Zip
Жыл бұрын
All good until you are working with weapons systems considerably larger than a human or ones that hold thousands of 30mm rounds. At that point the fast method requires complicated machinery and the simplicity has to be dropped in favor of turn around time. If you think loading a VLS takes a long time, just don't look at the time it would take to reload and rearm an attack sub or a carrier.... The time in port for one of those is considerable.
@fearthehoneybadger
Жыл бұрын
@@Its-Just-Zip Yes. I know what you are saying, but, that is the problem. Engineers are famous for designing equipment without attention to maintenance and other issues involving handling. Ease of operation, in this case, loading, needs to be addressed during the design process.
@silentdrew7636
Жыл бұрын
@@fearthehoneybadger most of these systems don't need to be reloaded mid-combat
@Its-Just-Zip
Жыл бұрын
@@fearthehoneybadger loading is addressed in the design phase. It's just that often there are other factors that take precedence part of the problem with reloading the ciws Is that it needs to be able to have an exceptional amount of ammo fit into an exceptionally small space because it has to be equippable on nearly every ship in the US fleet regardless of size or remaining space available. Otherwise it is conceptually. Pretty stupid to load. Chain of ammo goes in. There's just a really long chain. Same with the VLS. It is conceptually one of the dumbest systems box goes in tube. The issue is that the stuff contained in the box is extremely volatile so you have to be very careful and also you shouldn't be loading it where somebody is shooting at you in the first place so it doesn't matter that it takes 4 weeks to reload. Ease of use is all fine, but when you start compromising stuff like survivability in order to make the system easier to reload, you've just created a weapon system but you can't really use in a situation where somebody's going to be shooting back at you
What the Navy needs for the VLS, is a Gantry. Basically the reload ship uses its crane to lift the gantry down onto the deck of the ship. The crew bolts it to the deck. The gantry has an arm with a grabber instead of a flexible cable and hook assembly. The grabber grabs the missiles from the crane that delivers them to the gantry, or to a holding platform on the deck. The gantry grabber lowers the pods into the launch box, and does so with significantly more stability as it is a solid rig attached to the deck of the ship. Once reloaded, reverse the steps, remove gantry, and get back in the fight.
@Careceont221
11 ай бұрын
IM just a random guy scrolling through the comments, but i will say, the navy did use to have one that was already in VLS. They phased it out however since it wasnt very reliable and prone to breaking. Plus having 8 more cells vs a gantry was more optimal. -Former VLS Tech
@philsalvatore3902
10 ай бұрын
VLS equipped ships used to carry a crane that took up four adjacent VLS cells and could reload at sea from the STREAM Rig or from a helicopter. I know because I have reloaded VLS underway in blue water to USS Antietam from USS Kiska using a CH-46D helicopter. But we could also do it from the STREAM Rig. This was normal during the Cold War.
9:10 I like that even though owen has his own watermark, you still made sure he got the proper credit
Loading a whole fleet of F-16’s with nothing but the UAL and a speed handle evokes some spicy memories
I love how they just yeet the shell out of the gun at the baval gun part
"And we go out with a brrrrt!" Well done, man... well done.
The GAU-8 Avenger was made by the same company that they design and create machines to make something clean, and they designed and created the GAU-8 Avenger to make something disappear.
@Mad_Skeletron
10 ай бұрын
One removes stains, the other creates them
“Arguably no weapon is slower to reload than a warship.” Gustav with his comically long gun:
“Remember switching to your secondary is faster than reloading!”
@nixonhoover2
8 ай бұрын
Shut up.
"to things that go brrrr"🤣🤣
I'm a Big A-10 fan, I've seen them fire at Fort Hood in Texas. That cannon sounds amazing!
those CIWS rounds look CRAZY
So much knowledge! :D
US human tank loaders are sometimes faster than auto loaders. The new Abrams X will be using an auto loader instead though to push for less men lost when a tank is destroyed.
A stealthy "loyal wingman" type boat could carry say 12-24 launch tubes and operate over the horizon form the manned ship.
10:46 The problem with human reloaders in tanks is that a) you can't replace them in a battle when the rest of the crew has jobs they need to be doing and can't stop (and vice versa), and b) humans are much more easy to break, especially when handling live rounds (yes, even with armour and helmets). It seems insane that developing automated reloading hasn't been prioritised. Especially for ammunition that need to be reloaded by humans after only short bursts. A gun is useless when it runs out of bullets, after all...
Hey, I did not expect to hear Max Anson's music in background. I can like the video for that alone!
The battleship new jersey does neat videos and they showed the entire process of loading the 16in guns for firing and it is insane. Even the bags of powder are several hundred pounds, so it is a whole ordeal to move them from storage to load site.
I served on ships that had 5”/38, ASROC, Chaparral, 3”/50, Terrier missiles, M-2 .50BMG, Mk 19 grenade launcher, 20mm cannon, Mk 45 5”/54, Harpoon, various models of Mk32 torpedo tube, SH-3 helicopters, SH-60 helicopters, Seasparrow missiles, CIWS, VLS, Oto Melara 76mm gun, SM-1 Standard missiles. Yes Chaparral was a army system however in 1972 the USS Lawrence and USS Floyd B. Parks had the system.
I think space is also a big issue with autoloaders. On tanks, depending on the era, being as small as possible and properly sloping armor and having room for angling the turret are all important considerations.