How Big Guns Changed War Forever

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  @mitch3384 · 2 years ago

  The howitzer is a phenomenal piece of equipment, I can't recommend it highly enough for home defence.

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• EC

  @echohunter3 · 3 years ago

  As a Retired US Army Infantry Senior NCO, indirect fire is critical if not necessary for me to accomplish all missions I’m tasked to complete. When you enemy fears the fire from heaven you can bring on them, it affects how they plan and conduct their actions. Coordinating a Walking Sheath indirect fire barrage gives me the ability to use their fire as a shield which saves the lives of my fellow Soldiers so we can cross wide areas and reach terrain where we can take cover and effectively engage our enemy. They call the Artillery Corps the “King of Battle” for a damned good reason because it’s them that causes the most battlefield casualties, not me. I tip my hat to all former Red Legs!

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• TE

  @teknoaija1762 · 3 years ago

  I served in Finnish army as gunner,specialized in rapidly changing firing positions in archipelago.We were known as Vaasa Coastal battery.We worked with quite new Russian 130 mm howitzers which were dragged around by russian 6 axle Graz truck with 14.5 liter v-8 engine running on diesel.(originally gasoline engines but so expensive to run so they were converted).They used only 70 liters/100 km if you drove 70 km/h and did not accelerate in vain.We also trained with russian war loot 122 mm cannons which were plentiful and at those times 1989 Finland still had about a million shells for them.At one exercise we were given as many shells as we wanted to fire.Man,that was fun!we fired over lake Rovajärvi 2km into a mountain side with direct fire.That was spectacular sight.One thing about those cannons was really uncomfy.they were noise as hell with very high pitch sound that pierced your skull,no matter how much protection you had.

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• AN

  @AndrewLambert-wi8et · 2 years ago

  JOHN ZIZKA WAS A GREAT THINKER AND ACCORDING TO ME THE GUY IN HISTORY. HIS USE OF A CIRCLE WITH WAGONS WAS REPEATED IN 1836 BY THE AFRIKANERS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

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  @joostprins3381 · 1 year ago

  I was a radio operator of a M110, 203 mm artillery battery. We had as the 109th (Dutch Army) the only nuclear designation in the Dutch Army. I served in the 80’s and still makes me smile when thinking about the Big Bang’s when we trained in Germany, due to the lack of training space in the Netherlands.

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  @ShawnW-y7i · 2 years ago

  You ever notice that the audio does not break up on YouTube's ads but somehow they always seem to make sure that the videos have audio problems

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• MA

  @marvwatkins7029 · 2 years ago

  Dontcha just love the way the laddy pronounced the word 'iron'? As it should be.😊

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• AN

  @AngryHateMusic · 3 years ago

  Good commentary, incessant background music.

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• CA

  @catherineharris4746 · 2 years ago

  This channel is outstanding!💜👍👍👍👍👍

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• DA

  @danr5105 · 9 years ago

  It was determined that 10,000 meters was not a safe enough distance away from a 15KT blast.

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  @steveshoemaker6347 · 9 years ago

  I was in Artillery i55 and 8 incher  selfp....ed over sea's in 1966.!!! Dam I are getting 0ld

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• JO

  @joostprins3381 · 1 year ago

  Our company existed of 2 batteries, Alpha and Bravo, each had 2x 3 SPG M110’s, so twelve as a total. We had a life expectancy of about 3 minutes when we shot our first shot, only if we missed btw.  The M110 was a beast, thank god I had my own radio car with great isolation and was part of section 2/3, intelligence and communications.