Never forget crew: Do not fire on any targets marked by a flashing strobe. Those are friendlies.

@kateapple1

Жыл бұрын

Aren’t those aliens 😂

@itsyvonblitz6819

Жыл бұрын

​@@kateapple1 I think it's a Modern Warfare reference but I may be dumb and this could also be a real thing

@itsyvonblitz6819

Жыл бұрын

@@Kraftfahrzeugverkehr You learn something every day. Thank ya!

@Aabergm

Жыл бұрын

@@Kraftfahrzeugverkehr Seriously I thought that was a joke in game because they couldn't trust players not to be stupid. Thats really cool.

@pantsu-sama8311

Жыл бұрын

Do not fire on the church

During WW2, The B25 bomber carried a 75mm gun. Operated by the navigator, it was a hefty wake-up call to the enemy.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

The B-25G was the very first dedicated Gunship. It literally bristled with machine guns.

@franceballanimations7715

Жыл бұрын

@@zohaibtariq7351 Why are you asking a random person on the internet then?

@Nic-og2qq

Жыл бұрын

@@zohaibtariq7351 it literally is already in the game. There is one with the 75 and 8 50's and one with 12 50's without the 75

@carkid266

Жыл бұрын

Italians put a 102mm into a bommer xd

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

​@@carkid266 You can't even SPELL "bomber".😂😅

I would love to have seen the reaction of everyone else in the room when 1 guy stood up and said...''I think we should put a howitzer on a cargo plane''

@dustinbrueggemann1875

Жыл бұрын

"What's the biggest damn gun you could fit on this plane?" "I mean, technically a howitzer but I'm not sure that's..." "PERFECT. Put a Howitzer on it. I'll be back in a week for the keys."

@ranjela455

Жыл бұрын

"Aerial ground support you say, how about we shove a bigass 105mm howitzer inside a cargo plane fuselage"

@bricefleckenstein9666

Жыл бұрын

Probably not much - the Spectre was intended all along to be a "professional, grown up" version of Puff.

@notsam498

11 ай бұрын

smiles all around probably knowing a room full of engineers bent on making stuff that blows other stuff up. hell I get the feeling it was more than one engineer. like, "Hey jim are you thinking what I'm thinking? bigger gun tom?, yeah thats what I'm thinking too. biggest gun we can get."

@GameFuMaster

8 ай бұрын

Ah, the good old: "Have you tried strapping a gun to it?"

"It shoots and/or explodes? Make it fly." I approve of this philosophy 👍

@ToBeIsWasWere

Жыл бұрын

you must love bottle rockets

@shaggy7087

Жыл бұрын

The A-10 is a perfect example of this doctrine, seeing as they built the plane around the GAU-8 avenger.

@dustinbrueggemann1875

Жыл бұрын

@@shaggy7087 The good ol flying bathtub. It ain't the best plane, but it's pretty good at keeping insurgents in their caves. Too bad the airforce is jacking it around as a budget pawn instead of letting the army air cavalry have the damn things.

@AC-hj9tv

11 ай бұрын

Merica

@SchamaliDhali

5 ай бұрын

So did Osama bin laden

Fun fact: the guy who designed the “Puff the magic Dragon” concept had to pay out of his pocket the prototypes and ammo for testing purposes

@ToBeIsWasWere

Жыл бұрын

Well, was he rich? Was he a higher up in a large defence company? Because if he is, then that's not very noteworthy or unheard of.

@martinmartinez250

Жыл бұрын

To my knowledge Col. Ron Terry was an ordinary Air Force officer when he developed the concept by firing a rifle from a small plane circling a target. I was an Engineer on the later AC-130U design and we hired some of his contemporarys as consultants and heard many stories. This video is ok but no 100% accurate

@Doxxtrain

Жыл бұрын

It's Lockheed Martin and Boeing so whatever. Unless the test was performed before the 2 companies approved further research.

@jantschierschky3461

Жыл бұрын

​@@martinmartinez250 that concept of circling target using MG was developed during WW1

@porothashawarma2339

Жыл бұрын

@@martinmartinez250 wow

- The AC-47 designator was "Spooky". Puff the Magic Dragon was then nose art of one specific aircraft, not the name of the fleet. - "Surprise Package" was the name of the project that swapped out the 40mm Bofors in position 6 for a 105mm. These modifications were not done in the field, but required the aircraft to return stateside for the upgrade. - The 105mm was added to counter the enemies use of barges to move supplies. It was far more effective than the 40mm it replaced. There are a few more minor errors in this piece, but they don't stand out as much as the afore mentioned ones do.

@Frankie5Angels150

Жыл бұрын

You copy and paste from Wikipedia so well !

@davidplatter7671

Жыл бұрын

@@Frankie5Angels150 nah, I just actually served in that unit with the guys who were there in Vietnam. Spent four years maintaining and deploying with the 1st Special Operations Wing out of then Hurlburt Field. But go ahead with your assumptions Frankie, whatever makes you feel good>

@Captain1nsaneo

Жыл бұрын

Heard from another AC-130 crew member (Afghanistan iirc) that there's serious problems with chemical buildups inside the plane from weapons fire. Things were toxic enough that on any normal site the crew would be wearing serious respirators. Guy also said there's a bit of a death cult mentality among the crews who man those planes. While I still love the design, apparently though the airframes get stress fractures from firing the cannon overtime which is an issue due to their cost. Might be time to make a new generation of them.

@davidplatter7671

Жыл бұрын

@@Captain1nsaneo the interior can get a bit smokey during live fires. This can normally be dealt with using cabin pressurization. While the original gunships couldn't pressurize at altitude due to the unsealed holes in the side of the fuselage, they can use the cabin pressure system to help push the smoke out.

@Captain1nsaneo

Жыл бұрын

@@davidplatter7671 From what I remember it wasn't the smoke that was the issue but the heavy metals and other contaminates which would hang around and build up. Causing damage over time rather than anything immediate.

Don't forget that in WW2 the British put a 57 on the mosquito, the Americans and germans put a 75 on the B25 and hs129 respectively, and the Italians put a 102 on the P108

@Bacopa68

Жыл бұрын

Never forget the Mossie. And Canada which supplied so many.

@pewpew3377

Жыл бұрын

and a 37mm AT gun on the P-39

@gotohyoshihisa3971

Жыл бұрын

Y'all forgetting the Soviets and Thier little obsession with strapping 57mm, 75 mm and 105(?)mm recoilless rifles on bi-planes (all of which failed miserably)

@theHerathrig

Жыл бұрын

Yesh but was it a cargo plane.😮

@ThatYoinkySploinky-kx5qc

Жыл бұрын

@@pewpew3377 aw man, the DOONK canon in wt is so satisfying

3:14 I like how they put an alien in the C130 as if he could fly that

@Navoii.

Жыл бұрын

"as if", are you doubting the alien pilot?

@nobleactual7616

Жыл бұрын

Racist

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

I completely missed that the first time. 😅😂😝😜😁😄

@ibubezi7685

Жыл бұрын

Not an 'alien' (in case you are not joking) - dummy with fire-retardant -baklava- balaclava (worn by F1-drivers and Navy fire-crews).

@Navoii.

Жыл бұрын

@@ibubezi7685 Wrong, that's an alien. I should know, I have encountered many on my voyage to the mystical lands of "france"

i find it hilarious that they have snacks on the AC 130 while firing the howitzer. just some good ol pretzels.

Having done maintenance on the 130 gunships in the 80’s don’t forget how deadly those machine guns can be! A ten second burst from the machine guns can place a bullet every square foot of a football field

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

When, precisely, were you there? I was in the 20th A.M.U. from September '82.

Fun fact. The ac-130 J and W was supposed to have a very different armaments of 30mm bushmaster ll, weapon system with launch tube for agm 176 griffin or gbu's, and wing mounted agm 114 hellfire. However, because it still have enough power they decided to put the 105 howitzer back on the plane which they weren't going to put.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

Did you work in a gunship maintenance unit?

@gravestone9831

Жыл бұрын

​@@Rotorhead1651 I did. Was both the best and worst job I ever had. The best because I got to work on AC130s. Worst because I was stuck at cannon afb new Mexico. Basically middle of nowhere. Hurlburt field is AFSOC headquarters in Florida and much nicer location. Expensive to live there tho.

@martinmartinez250

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I was an Engineer on the original AC-130U with 105mm, 40mm, and 25mm Gatling. I had heard they were trying to standardize munitions due to logistics etc

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

@@gravestone9831 Cool. I was a Crew Chief on the MH-53H Pavelow IIIs, 20th A.M.U. Hurby's Pea Patch was my first duty assignment. I had many friends who worked both the ACs & MCs.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

@@martinmartinez250 When/Why did they remove the twin 20mm rotating cannon?

During WW2, italy had modified a bomber to carry a 102mm naval cannon. The name of the plane was P.108A

Can we get a video on military flares? I've always found those floating spheres of light amazing

@ToBeIsWasWere

Жыл бұрын

Well, they are basically just fireworks, but I agree because fireworks are obviously nice to watch. There's just not much to say about small colorless basic fireworks so a video on just them might be way too short. Just search for cool compilations of them because the mechanism behind it is literally thousands of years old, that's how simple they are. A little gunpowder shoots a comparably slower burning ball out of a tube and that ball burns up in the air over a few seconds. Just like firework batteries or closer "roman lights", you could even make your own with fairly simple chemicals and techniques. The heat signature of those burning balls confuse heat seeking missiles so they (hopefully) follow those instead of the plane and that's already it, not much more to say.

@agxryt

Жыл бұрын

@@ToBeIsWasWere I don't think that's accurate, sorry. Those flares are much brighter than fireworks, and some involve parachutes. And considering he made an interesting video out of an easy question (why the air force put a big gun on a plane - to make things go boom), I'm sure it would be interesting

@praetorian3902

Жыл бұрын

Flares are exactly what we think, so I don't know how he would fit "it's not what you think" into that lol. He's gonna think intensely on it for 3 hours and give up because his brain is fuming.

@beayn

Жыл бұрын

I read this as "ohhh shiny"

@Miliradian

Жыл бұрын

Hah yes i once saw it on a SoloTürk airshow those things are amazing

Don't know about ya'll, but ANY footage of an AC-130 looks awesome. I barely noticed he was narrating. 🤣

The AC130 is in the same kind of position battleships were in WW2

@aWILDsomethingCAME

Жыл бұрын

i was just thinking that. when a cheap drone can sneak up on your and hit your with the equivalent of a torpedo, you become obsolete.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

@@aWILDsomethingCAME Except they can't. Look up "ECM", genius.

@martinmartinez250

Жыл бұрын

A Drone can't linger and lend near continuous artillery support. As one of the Engineers who developed the AC-130U I always thought of gunships as artillery for light mobile forces

@zano187

Жыл бұрын

Basically, if the enemy lacks anti ship missiles and planes the battleship can do some crazy work, same with the gunships. If the enemy has a counter however, there is some serious risk.

@peytonparkhill8384

Жыл бұрын

​@@aWILDsomethingCAMEElectronic countermeasures exist

That's why the Air Force developed the "Wild Weasel" to go in first, take out the anti-aircraft weapons and radar support, to allow the close support aircraft to provide close support to the troops and scare the living hell out of the enemy.

@samsignorelli

Жыл бұрын

First in....last out.

Now, imagine a fleet of these.

@Yosh1az

Жыл бұрын

it could level a city

@DarkKatzy013

Жыл бұрын

no need to imagine we the USA have a fleet of them.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

The U.S.A.F. has had squadrons of these since Vietnam. I was assigned to a helicopter maintenance unit in the 80s, as part of the 1st Special Operations Wing (S.O.W.), where one of our fellow units was the 16th S.O.S. "Spectre", which flew the AC-130H Gunship. At that time, the gunships were armed with twin 20mm rotating cannon, a 40mm Bofars, and a 105mm Howitzer, and equipped with enough state-of-the-art electronic targeting and surveillance that they could put a 105 round in your lap, from 10,000 ft. , on a starless night, as you were driving down the road at 50 mph, and you'd never know they were above you.

@datadavis

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 bofars

@stephenross8463

Жыл бұрын

​@@datadavis Bofors

I've actually been supported and watched an AC-130 level a city block while in Iraq, in '03. We kept getting mortared from a certain area and they were up there waiting for them, one night. Needless to say, it sounded like WW III outside the wall. I saw before and after assessments (and some of the live video, due to who I was assigned to at the time).... I ALMOST felt sorry for them.

@JoeLaFon3

10 ай бұрын

You're lying for attention

Love that you showed both the C-47 as well as the C-130 in their gunship configurations.

This is an amazing thing to witness in person. Pray that you don’t need to, but be thankful if you do.

@ToBeIsWasWere

Жыл бұрын

I pray that I'll never be forced to visit a military air show then /s

Having been on the ground whilst the spooky is working over head is something. I'm British but worked with the US a lot, they have amazing weaponry, I've seen spooky work, but the A10 is something I'll never forget. By the way, the smaller cannons are bofors I believe.

Awesome video, as usual! Idea: If you can, you should do a full video on laser weapons. I bet there might be a bit more content to cover since that short you posted two years ago.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

No. There isn't. The U.S. military's Directed Energy Weapons program has been indefinitely suspended..... .....officially.

@ToBeIsWasWere

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 the US isn't the only country researching laser weapons

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

@@ToBeIsWasWere The U.S. is the only country which can AFFORD to research energy weapons in the BEST of times, which these are most definitely NOT.

@eenrandompersoon221

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 Israel is also doing research on lasers for defense

@randydewees7338

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 Really? Which program - there is more than one you know. Reference?

Do not know this is the new upload just started watching it. Great video.

8:56 "They use the same cheap holographic sights..." Bruh im dying. Maybe not in the scope of the cost of the airplane but sights are NOT cheap.

@markmitchell457

Жыл бұрын

$6000 is less expensive than a half million dollar F-35 helmet.

I've always thought it was a silly idea. But this explainer has changed my mind,

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

A silly idea?!? 🙄

ah, the good ol days of killstreaks with this baby. on a more serious note, I've always been amazed that they packed so much firepower into those fuselages. It's a whole different level of terrifying when a plane that's just chillin way out there in the sky can broadside you on the ground.

@bricefleckenstein9666

Жыл бұрын

If you've ever flown in a C-130, you'd know there was quite a bit of space in them - before they added the firepower for the Spectre versions.

That last scene looks so epic!

Well done video and well narrated, thank you.

A Naploeonic artillerist would literally have a brain aneurysm if you told him someone shot a howitzer from the sky.

Excellent episode. Thanks

@kshitijbhagwat1978

Жыл бұрын

Why did u asked for voice change over. We all like ur voice. Please don't change it.

@NotWhatYouThink

Жыл бұрын

That was an April Fool's joke. The voice is here to stay!

O HELL Thank You for your hard work. Nice Job As Always. -GOD

Awesome content, thank you.

I mean, howitzers were mounted on planes in WW2. The surprising thing about the AC130 to me was that they took the bofors 40mm anti aircraft gun, put it in an aircraft and used it to shoot at targets on the ground.

@pisoiorfan

Жыл бұрын

They wanted an anti anti aircraft gun

@jackalscry8173

Жыл бұрын

Anti aircraft guns shoot really heavy projectiles filled with explosives really fast. Ground targets are also vulnerable to heavy things filled with explosives moving really fast.

It feels like a warcrime being this early

Just came to say a why is not needed just the awesome footage. Thanks for informing me this is a thing. My life is now that much happier

If your howitzer is firing at 90 degrees, you’ve just swapped teams.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

Not really. Though I see your point, if you set up on as little as a 2° decline, you're still firing down range.

@Alblaka

10 ай бұрын

Coreolis effect + wind.

Anytime I see this thing it gives me the chills and the fact that it's literally the tip of the iceberg of crazy overpowered awesomeness doesn't help. You don't know fear and anxiety until you're an enemy of the US military holy JFC man.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

😈

@AC-hj9tv

11 ай бұрын

Werd

@Alblaka

10 ай бұрын

Ye, for all the jokes the US is at the butt off, nobody, and I mean *NOBODY*, disrespect the US' military arsenal. Neither in quantity, nor quality, nor creativity.

Its all fun flying c130 for close air support until enemy has actual air defence.

@DarkKatzy013

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 when these things are in play there is no more enemy air defense .

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

That's what you think, Skippy.

@DarkKatzy013

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 That meant for me ? because i know for a fact they will not deploy these with a active enemy air defense

@zwojack7285

Жыл бұрын

​@@DarkKatzy013like they said in the video. Same goes for the A-10

I rebuilt those engines at one time, and was test cell qualified. So I stood inches behind the prop while dialing in the control cables to the propeller control. Navy, the most dangerous job you will ever love.

Freedom served quick and fast and unsuspecting at first

I'm so fascinated with these gunships. I always wanted to build a AC-130 out of Lego but I didn't have enough pieces of the right colors etc. :(

@mozxz

10 ай бұрын

Make a rainbow Warrior Version, Whenever I want to build a unit from a game or reality, but I cannot get the shape exactly right, or I just don't like the original design 100%, I usually call it the "mercenary edition" I suggest you do so as well =)

If there is one thing I have learned, it’s that the answer to any military question is not what I think!

@ToBeIsWasWere

Жыл бұрын

Do bullets kill when they fly through someone's brain? Stay tuned because the answer is not what you think apparently

This is, in fact, exactly what I thought.

Well, the “most advanced” cargo plane at that time was the C-141 (I crewed them). The knock on the C-130 as a gunship was its wings full of fuel in case of groundfire. Once people got over that fear, it was ‘balls to the wall, how much can we jam aboard this crate?’ Now we’re finding out. We used to sit on the barracks steps at Tan Son Nhut and watch the goonies work out. Fly high and upwind, kick out a flare on a ‘chute with a delay timer, then throttle back and glide quietly down to firing position and wait for the flare to ignite. ‘Poof’, and some poor sap screwing his rocket together in a defoliated field near the base was in the crosshairs. Never got tired of watching that

i can only imagine the confidence, and morale boost, this gives to any troops it happens to be supporting, not only that but also the fear it must drive into the enemy just knowing that this plane can pour down steel rain onto you would be absolutely terrifying.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

Technically, it's Lead or depleted Uranium.

@shieldmate7444

Жыл бұрын

More than technically, steel core bullets are standard nato ammo in the minigun caliber.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

​@@shieldmate7444 A 20mm cannon is not a mini-gun

@joshuapowell2675

Жыл бұрын

@@Xiahoud Yeah you're pretty much 100% wrong. Coming from someone who actually worked on these and spoke personally with Afghans, no one should believe any of what you said

The Angel of Death

I worked on AC-130 gunships for six years, they’re awesome to look at and to have on your side but a pain in the ass to fix

That's alot of flying freedom

It is a shame that you did not include the AC-119 in this given you started at the AC-47.

Awesome weapon to watch at night firsthand. We had an awesome firepower advantage in Vietnam but the problem was find the target.

@natetwehues2428

Жыл бұрын

We knew where the targets we needed to hit were -- China and the Soviet Union. That's where the VC's weapons were coming from. We just didn't want to have WW3 over Vientam.

good video man👍

What is more scary than a Howitzer? A flying Howitzer

An AC-130 with a Laser defense system capable of downing SAMs and Anti Aircraft Missiles. It will only be a matter of time before those lasers are being used to cause ammo to suddenly Cookoff at Ammo Depots.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

Sad, but true.

@DomeShot159

Жыл бұрын

maybe in the future, but they are not nearly strong enough for that atm. They dont just burn a hole though the missile (even though that is end goal for the concept) they just disrupt the IR or optical tracker.

Firing a howitzer at 90° might not be a bright idea (5:16)

Great Content! 👍🏻🇺🇲

Technically a artillery gun used in direct fire is a cannon, especially a 105mm using full shell. A howitzer as a term is an for indirect fire, been around for long time, well before US was even founded.

Sick

Imagine the guy that thought of this goes into a room with a bunch of engineers and says how about putting a howitzer on board and everyone in the room stares back at him then there’s a long pause and then the engineers go into a huddle and then they say ok we can definitely do that lol

@martinmartinez250

Жыл бұрын

Something like that. I was an Engineer on AC-130U project and we hired a few consultants from early days of AC-130. My recollection was the Air Force did the first modifications in house with their own Engineers working with Col Ron Terry the inventor This video misses that

@N330AA

Жыл бұрын

Personally i like to imagine their response was more like that Robert Redford GIF

@TallerCarnivore

Жыл бұрын

I'm an engineer. Yes. That's what we'd do. :-)

@jaredharris1970

Жыл бұрын

@@TallerCarnivore when I was a kid I was always fascinated about how things worked if something broke I would take it apart try to figure out why it broke and come up with a thinking outside the box solution to fix it with just what I could find around the house paper clips wire from bread wrapper twist ties wire hangers but had sense enough not to mess with anything that plugged in only battery operated stuff lol in school when I learned the Apollo astronauts made a device to scrub the oxygen inside the capsule with a few things that were on board that was my inspiration and also the tv show macguyver taught me to always think of a solution a Harvard graduate with a dozen degrees couldn’t think of lol

@martinmartinez250

Жыл бұрын

@@jaredharris1970 Personally I was not that type of Engineer. My option was Physics at Caltech so I knew the Mathematics. The AC-130U was an unusual project because it was relatively short and diverse for an Aerospace project and I started as a junior Engineer and ended up a lead after being involved in many subsystems. Last I saw the AC-130U prototype it was being assembled in Palmdale by others

Gunner: This is the most effective weapon we have for long range striking Pilot: but can we make it fly?

Amazing piece of equipment! And on paper, it looks like something a little boy would draw… Big plane with giant guns, hanging out of the side… That’s America! To all who serve and who have served… Thank you!

while "puff" is a nickname for the ac-47, you could have also named its actual name "spooky"

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

The AC-47 had 2 call signs, both "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "Spooky". This is because it wasn't just ONE aircraft. Don't say "actual name", like that's the only one used.

@AC-hj9tv

11 ай бұрын

"Spoopy"

As good as this is this kind of concept will be a nightmare in modern battlefield with layers of air defence capablities. One SAM will knock this plane to out of the park. This concept will have same fate of A-10 Warthog in future

The name Puff is for the ac 130 and the ac 47 was called spooky

Thanks for the red circle in the thumbnail, without it, I wouldnt know where to look.

Shock and awe has always been America's way...

I really want to know who came up with this idea 😂 “Hey, what if we put a howitzer on this plane”

That’s some crazy power to rain down.

Thought that was done already….couple fights ago…pretty sharp too.

I was once blessed with watching a training exercise of Comanche Helicopters. They did not disappoint HoRah

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

The Commanche never made it to production, let alone active service.

@markmitchell457

Жыл бұрын

It must have been a computer game, or a dream, because only two prototypes were built.

Hand dropped bombs sounds like the golden age of the bombadier

I loved puff the magic dragon....spookie has so much firepower. Boys on the ground appreciate it.

steady platform nuff said.

The U.S. in a nutshell: "That's a mighty fine weapon we got there. Now put wings on it and make it fly!"

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

The primary theory behind the GAU-8 Avenger/A-10 Thunderbolt II.

@sysghost

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 Ah, right. The famous flying "Brrrrt" gun.

Wouldn't surprise me if they weren't working on mounting the main gun from an Abrams battle tank onto the AC-130.

Thank you as always, my fav Dad jokes!

towards the end of WWII, 70mm cannons were installed in the nose of some old Lancaster bombers. According to pilots, such was he recoil of these cannons that, "despite full power & in a dive, upon firing the aircraft would almost stop mid-air. Then there was the vibration through the entire airframe. We could only fly 2 or 3 missions before the aircraft became unserviceable".

“Not What You Think” is the AC-130 of KZread in my opinion , because they seem to be always killing it!!! Just saying

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@ToBeIsWasWere

Жыл бұрын

But is it really not what you think? I like their content, but it's always exactly what I thought, and it's kind of a pet peeve of mine when he says that and then just says normal military stuff you wouldn't be surprised to hear.

Some would argue that the American 2nd Amendment lets them keep a Howitzer for home defense 🤔

@TheMetalheadMunky

Жыл бұрын

This is not an account I expected to see here. Much love Tay,

@uncovidvaxxforthestrongand3582

Жыл бұрын

freedom isn't free

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

It does. The 2A doesn't LIMIT the rights of citizens or the TYPES of arms. It limits the power of GOVERNMENT ONLY.

@mikedrop4421

Жыл бұрын

Unless your home is white and located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave it's simply not required.

@Gyyghhhhjjjkk

Жыл бұрын

Yoooo it’s Tay the chocolate rain man!

I used to sword on the weapons system on the Hand U models back in the late 90’s, the ac-130 did not become pressurized until the U model, and then it could only be pressurized when in transit not when it was actually firing the weapons.

As with everything regarding the US Military, it can be summarized as “HAHA BIG GUN GO CHUNK!”

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

Not sure how you intended that, but DAMN that's funny. 😅😝😁😂😜😄

@alexsmith7313

Жыл бұрын

@@Rotorhead1651 It was intended with so much patriotic pride that it almost hurt, don’t worry lol

does anyone remember the italian p-108? that thing had a 102mm howitzer in front of it.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

No one remembers the WW2 Italian air force, with good reason. 😂😅

@augustuslunasol10thapostle

Жыл бұрын

​@@Rotorhead1651 many remember the Italian airforce of ww2 due to their top of the line pilots those guys were flying circles around allied planes their machines however could not hold up to the pilots greatness

Still waiting for the AC-17!

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, someone once proposed the concept of an AC-5.

I'm so glad for the red circle in the thumbnail. Would've never have known what this video was about without it.

@NotWhatYouThink

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😁

Scary. Yet cool

I wonder how real the idea is to make a tiltrotor with 120mm and 30mm guns and that they shoot ~360 degrees like helicopters do from under the bottom

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

It's not realistic at all. First off, the airframe can't take the abuse from the recoil, which is significant. There's a very real reason the AC-130 Only has a 105mm cannon, and the MC-22 Osprey is MUCH smaller.

I have a friend who is a boom operator for the air force, and he told me his plane could operate as a flying field hospital and artillery station. each war plane is equipped with enough resources to fly indefinitely with refueling every couple days. Apparently they can also shoot down missiles and incoming rockets with their onboard sam systems. it’s not just flares anymore 😂. And that’s just our plane dedicated to refueling jets.

@skeletax7471

Жыл бұрын

Did he say what airframe he flew? It sounds like a KC-46 or a KC-130 from what you said.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

@@skeletax7471 The KC-130 doesn't have a boom, so no boom operator.

@ballsackfart

Жыл бұрын

@@skeletax7471 I forgot which one, but it’s a massive refueling plane and it has a couple of cannons out of the side in the videos he sends us

@ballsackfart

Жыл бұрын

@@skeletax7471 it’s a jet if that’s helps it doesn’t use props, apparently it’s outfitted with some classified stuff they aren’t allowed to use yet

@arturjogi2667

11 ай бұрын

@@ballsackfart yeah no that's... not a thing my guy.

"More Power!"-Tim Taylor

I see that lo carb monster

I can imagine the pilots watching hate rain down on their enemy smile a lot watching through their little optics

@martinmartinez250

Жыл бұрын

This part of video sounds weird. I was an Engineer on AC-130U and we had side mounted HUD which had indicators for the center of orbit and at least 2 targets the senors are pointing at. Weird.

The gun ship is one of the most powerful troop suppression aircraft in existence I highly doubt that s400 missile systems could get within operational range of one in time without being hit by an f35, f22 or any other non stealth aircraft if they can find an opening if any pilot finds an opening to kill as s400 or other they will take it without a second thought

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

The AC-130 is not limited to troop suppression. It can also wreak havoc with supply lines, warehousing, infrastructure, and absolutely DECIMATE enemy bases.

@zwojack7285

Жыл бұрын

Unless the enemy has any form of anti air defense.

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

​@@Thebootlegengineer ....and have been for decades. Even when I was in, we had both passive (flare & chaffe) and active (electronic) countermeasures for suppressing incoming anti-aircraft systems.

@daszieher

Жыл бұрын

​@@Rotorhead1651 only if opfor has absolutely nothing in the way of AD

6:19 the fact that they had to do that means someone got rocked by the howitzer at some point and they said "whoa we better figure out a way to keep that from happening again" lol.

Nice. I like AC-47 spooky and AC-119

@Rotorhead1651

Жыл бұрын

I'm former USAF, and I don't remember ever seeing or hearing of a gunship version of the C-123, and my wing was the first with the AC-130H. 🤔

Hi

Basically the AC-130 is good at fighting the same things the Russian airforce is good at fighting: Ground targets that hardly move, don't shoot back and aren't protected by any anti-air.

@Bacopa68

Жыл бұрын

That's why it's perfect for counterinsurgency.

@DomeShot159

Жыл бұрын

basically the same issues of the A-10, but worse honestly. its upside though is that they can stuff an ungodly amount of countermeasures in one of these things. flares, chaff, laser defense systems, radar jammers. but at the end of the day those are just compensating. You cant do much about optical tracking, or volume of fire.

@tomhenry897

Жыл бұрын

Difference between civilian targets that Russia bombs and military targets done by the Americans

My dad is gulf war era Air Force, we got into an argument about the viability of A-10s and AC-130s in the modern battlefield. As anti-terror weapons they were fantastic, 1980/90s tech fighting 1960s equipped forces made them unstoppable. Against a near peer enemy though they are a lot of risk for a much lower reward. With the rise of drones and Man-PATS, A-10s and AC-130s are slow easy targets; whereas drones and HiMARs are proving to be very effective at by-passing enemy defensive capabilities with lower risk to allied forces.

I got an idea. Put wings on a M1 Abrams Tank. Or... mount a 16"gun from the Iowa class under the fuselage of a C-130. That would be something. 😜

Why? Because it is USAF ways to spread democray🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

thanks for circling it in red, couldn't see it

That nickname is awesome 👌

There were large bore howitzers mounted on WWII planes.

@justsavv6378

8 ай бұрын

..;.