Artillery Ammunition Comparison (by Caliber)

[@gfodale]

the 200some-odd-mm Paris had its shells numbered in firing order, as each shell had to be a bit larger in diameter than the one preceding it. Each shot took some of the barrel with it, so the next shell had to make up for the new diameter to keep the pressures it was designed for. Someone has probably explained it better before me, but I'm not going thru all the comments..... (fixed) They say memory is the second thing to go...... I can't remember what the first was.

[@thelovacluka]

holy f......

[@kerruo2631]

holy f...

[@rabidbeaver167]

lol what a peice of garbage.

[@Joe-Slow]

Holy f....

[@Rockit-]

Thanks for that,,didnt know.

[@petersoergel8516]

I worked with the US artillery pieces M110 (203mm self propelled ), M109 (155mm self propelled ), M114 (155mm toed ), and the M102 (105mm toed). Although a fun video, I was about to pull the rest of my hair out. Millimeters and caliber are not the same. They are NOT 155mm caliber shells. They are 155mm shells. Thanks for listening

[@parrot849]

I think a lot of us picked up on that too. Very sloppy proof-reading of their final script.

[@jamestanzer9188]

​@@parrot849 Most people wouldn't know the difference.

[@renewendt5455]

And the shown sizes are totalt off - I have fired hundreds of 105, 155 og 203 mm shells and they Are not That big.

[@firstbaldwin]

@@renewendt5455 I saw a guy in the grocery store wearing a hat with some lettering on it that was related to the military, so I asked him about. He had been part of a 3 gun unit in WWII. His unit had fired over 80,000 rounds in WWII. (105mm) Most in Europe. He knew the exact number. I wish that I had more time to speak with him. His hearing was shot too. Surprise, Surprise!! There are not many WWII vets left.

[@renewendt5455]

@@firstbaldwin 80.000 shots - no wonder his hearing was bad!

[@RTplays69420]

"Different artilleries requires different caliber...like the Gustav gun requires a huge caliber amunition, while the M61 Vulcan requires a smaller Juan." Thanks for the breakdown lol, you really know your stuff. Especially grammar and English.

[@David-hm9ic]

Couldn't stand it. Bailed after four minutes of millimeter caliber and horrible grammar.

[@shattered115]

The 16" Naval Cannon is an experience to hear/feel fired. It shakes everything for miles around. That is around and even behind the cannon. The effect of shell impact is devastating.

[@5055672439]

I’ve been looking for a video of a 16 inch gun shell impact for years. Have never been able to find one.

[@ethanr2202]

I read that in WWII every time they shot these they had to repair the deck of a ships

[@bloodyspartan300]

Overhead my dad said they sounded like freight trains flying through the air to their next stop, hoping & praying, it was not short.

[@SteppingR]

and there was 3 of them incomming

[@neubauerjoseph]

@@ethanr2202there is a story where one got in the way of uss Washington South Dakota class battleship and made a hole in a cargo ship 🛳️ the size of a minivan it was lucky it wasn’t near a spot where water could have gotten in

[@AyOuB.God-soldier]

23mm 30mm 100mm 125mm 152mm where are all of these?

[@Bob_Adkins]

30mm is very common and a great anti-armor / anti-personnel round in autocannons, including the A-10 warthog. Even main battle tanks are shredded by the DU rounds.

[@AyOuB.God-soldier]

@@Bob_Adkins bmp2 bmp3 ak 630 all Russia auto cannon are 30 mm

[@Bob_Adkins]

@@AyOuB.God-soldier US also has 30mm Bushmaster and GAU8. Bushmaster has programmable airburst rounds for emptying trenches.

[@bigfloppymonster]

make your own video about them.

[@snapdragon6601]

Those are mostly Soviet calibers. That could be why they weren't included.

[@georgem7965]

The calibers up to 5" (127mm) were shown with their propellant cases while 5" and above only showed the projectile.

[@thesage1096]

exactly. try showing iowa's 16" shells with its 6 power bags coming in at 600+ pounds

[@Skaldewolf]

Most ammunitions above 5" use separate ammunition, so this would be accurate. Although showing the charge next to the shell would be nice.

[@mrvwbug4423]

That's normal, usually anything over 5 inch uses separate power charge, and basically all Russian guns over 100mm use separate powder charge, the autoloaders on Russian tanks since the 60s load shell and powder separately.

[@samuelschick8813]

@@thesage1096, Minor correction if I my. That is 6 bags that weigh 110 pounds for a total powder charge of 660 pounds full charge. Light charge is 6 bags at 55 pounds for a 330 pound charge.

[@thesage1096]

@@samuelschick8813 ahhh i see thanks for that. is the light charge used for training or drills purposes ?

[@Anders357]

"Adolf" gun in Harstad, Norway is 40.6 cm (16" inches). Every shell was numbered, and had increasingly larger wear rings on the outside, to compensate for loss of material from the barrel. The lock (breech?) in the back was possible to move using only 1 hand, although it weighed 2.5 tons. A shell weighing 600 kg could fly for 2 minutes and reach a target 56 km away. Max height was 21.8 km. The guns was going on 2 battleships, "Friedrich der Grosse" and "GrossDeutshland" but they were halted and guns was then installed in Harstad. The guns in Harstad is the only ones left of this type, and 1 gun is maintained for display. The aiming equipment with optics and mechanical "computer" was dismantled, i dont know where that went, but it is said to have been very advanced and accurate. It is not certain how many russians died building the site, and the buildings and roads, but probably thousands. In total, close to 14000 russians died in Norway during ww2, they suffered terribly.

[@mrvwbug4423]

You won't see anything over 155mm these days, modern 155mm shells have the range and yield of older 203 and 240mm shells. 5 inch or 130mm on Russian ships is the largest naval gun you will see as gun cruisers and battleships are no longer in service. Also missed 122mm which was a very common Russian heavy tank gun and also for their medium sized artillery and 152mm which is the standard size for Russian and Chinese heavy artillery dating back decades. 152mm was also extensively used on cruisers all over the world until the missile cruiser replaced the gun cruiser. 305mm is the 12 inch naval gun, it was used EXTENSIVELY by early dreadnought battleships of the early 20th century.

[@James_T_Kirk_1701]

Well done. I will also add for anyone reading and interested. Caliber is artillery is not the same as caliber in small arms. In small arms this denotes the diameter of the projectile. Usually rounded to the nearest simple measurement. .451 is a .45 cal for instance. In artillery it denotes barrel length. It’s how many times longer the barrel is than the width. When she talks about the Iowa class battle ship for instance. The North Carolina and South Dakota class both fired the same shell, however they had 45 caliber guns the Iowa had longer guns at 50 caliber.

[@dilly2408]

125 mm not 122 :) 152 on TDs and SP cannons

[@GisRewentlow]

125mm, not 122. but i missed the 30mm too..

[@timyru4]

@@dilly2408 both, 125 mm for tank, 122 mm - artilery (152 mm artilery also)

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

*"You won't see anything over 155mm these days"* --- I think you forgot about 240mm mortars still used by Russians. Also, for some reason, the author of this video completely skipped the 100mm and 115mm guns of T-55 and T-62.

[@iainpark2511]

what about the 125mm and the 152mm?

[@keithmoore5306]

she missed the 90mm too!!

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

They missed a whole slew of them.

[@keithmoore5306]

@@matthewhuszarik4173 and remembered a whole mess of antique haven;t been used in over a century stuff too!!

[@aaronwilkinson8963]

There is the 122mm of soviet era

[@gryph01]

Yes, effective Russian calibers

[@mikestirewalt5193]

I've only had the vaguest ideas of how large guns are measured until coming across this very educational video. Thanks for showing the gun along with its cartridges (probably not the correct word). That really was a great idea to do that. Very well done overall - just excellent. Thanks.

[@danielmocsny5066]

You could have mentioned that rocket artillery and aerial bombs have largely supplanted large barreled artillery. Rockets can launch large warheads from relatively small vehicles and ships because they don't have the heavy weight and recoil of the large cannons that would be necessary to fire a shell of the same diameter. This principle applies to man-portable weapons as well. A foot soldier can fire a much larger warhead from a rocket launcher than from a hand-held gun.

[@daviddelaet8116]

It was a good video. Was there any mention of the 30 MM on the A-10? Or, would that not be considered artillery?

[@howardosborne8647]

that 30 mm rapid fire cannon on the A-10 Tankbuster (Warthog) has to be fired in short bursts so the recoil forces don't stall the aircraft itself by slowing it down beneath stall speed. A relatively simple but very fearsome aircraft and flying cannon design.

[@DieyoungDiefast]

When talking about ammo, rounds below 20mm have a calibre ie 20mm, 0.50, 9mm etc. Above 20mm, in this videos case from 40mm upwards the gun has the calibre measurement which is a function of the shell diameter. EG the 40mm round is used by the Bofors L/60, this means the guns calibre is 60 ( the barrels length is 60 x the round diameter), so the barrel is 2.4m long

[@kennethjackson7574]

In old-school naval guns 8 inch and up were considered “major caliber”. Below 8 inch were considered “minor caliber,” and shore bombardment from minor caliber was (and is) usually considered “harassment fire”.

[@robertslugg8361]

I liked that up to 40mm were called "small arms." Depends on perspective I guess. ;-)

[@user-kv3ut6pv4b]

Army had 8inch guns, 110 SP artillery piece ... not sure now

[@kennethjackson7574]

@@user-kv3ut6pv4b I have no idea where the Army draws lines nor how many ways they classify them. I just know where the Navy drew their line.

[@user-kv3ut6pv4b]

@@kennethjackson7574 Get out yall lil feelings, not about "drawing lines" an I am not trying to compare. If I was Fort Sill, Ok is the Home of Artillery ... your Marines do their basic artillery training there. Met a few round 84'. When it comes to Artillery the Army teaches and draws zero lines. Now tighten up

[@kennethjackson7574]

@@user-kv3ut6pv4b Sorry, I thought you were comparing Army’s 8 inch guns and the Navy’s 8 inch dividing line for major/minor caliber. If you were just stating that the Army has or had 8 inch guns, I misunderstood.

[@gabrielathero]

2:14 "...more static anti-aircraft gun for home defense." When you take "GET OFF MY LAWN" to the max.

[@u.s.s.laffeydd-7245]

are you tired of those pesky aircraft and medium tanks bothering you and your family?

[@RemiStardust]

She forgot to mention the 88 was a famous German WW2 gun. They kinda had thing about being the aggressor, but sure, the 88 was also used for home defence when the Americans and Brits brought the war to Germany.

[@wythetrumpet6419]

What about the 25mm, LW30mm and the GAU8-30mm all of which are still in use as of 2022?

[@startingbark0356]

Where is the 12,8cm pak and flak round ?

[@delmccormack7001]

Forgot the rods from god. 7.5 ton hypersonic tungsten telephone pole. What caliber is that?

[@alitlweird]

Any Drachinfel fans here? He has a great video where he ranks the best to worst AA guns of WWII.

[@jorgecruzseda7551]

Such a sweet melodious voice to talk about killing ammunition 😢

[@ericmcquisten]

This video skipped over 25mm, 37mm, 152mm, and about a dozen other high-caliber rounds. In addition, it completely missed the primary users of some of the most common rounds, such as the 20mm being used in countless aircraft, and the 105mm was used on dozens of armored vehicles (not just howitzers).

[@DucaTech]

Not to mention 30mm in the GAU, and 76mm armor-piercing munies used in Sherman tanks.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Also mortar rounds. Mortars are artillery.

[@victoriapruitt1209]

They also missed the 122 mm Soviet still used by Russia today & possibly Ukraine as well as Estonia, Germany & others.

[@dennisyoung4631]

23 (Warsaw Pact) 25 (NATO) 27 (Mauser) 30 (GAU-8, others) 35 37 All in mm.

[@elultimo102]

This may be a petty detail. but I believe the 105mm is the largest one-piece round (without being separate from its propellant charge).

[@MarioTheLiopleurodon]

Humping 155mm HE shells during fire missions is already tiring, I can't imagine loading the even bigger ones lol

[@gertvanpeet3120]

Forgot the 175 mm for the m107sp gun...

[@tedesims1724]

No 175mm long range US Gun shell noted? The old cannon cockers must have worn out all the 175 Tubes years ago.

[@michaelmontgomery5141]

At the beginning, please use correct nomenclature. The ammunition is identified first and then the gun/ rifle

[@cannonfodder6299]

When talking about artillery caliber is not used to describe bore diameter. It is used in describing barrel length ie, Iowa class used 16" 50cal guns. Barrel length is caliber x bore diameter

[@richtomlinson7090]

My late father had a book from Annapolis Naval Academy that stated caliber as the diameter of the bore and the second number as multiples of that caliber in length. His ship used the 5" 38 cal dual purpose gun in support of their landing of Army personnel in the first waves during the island hopping campaign of the Philippines. They managed to destroy a shore battery in Lingayan Gulf and they downed many suicide planes also, but in combination with the 40mm and 20mm guns.

[@cannonfodder6299]

@@richtomlinson7090 that is for small arms projectiles, not naval guns.

[@stevenr6397]

while they were never finished Project Babylon tried to assemble a 1000mm weapon, many of the barrel sections were assembled. Id love to know if they ever made the shells, sadly most of it was destroyed, though severeral sections of barrel suvive

[@Agnus78]

Nice video, pleasant voice explaining it. Thx

[@stevedotson1263]

Naval guns are noted by size (16", 14" etc.). Caliber is the ratio of shell length to barrel length. 16" 50 caliber weapon has a shell 16" in diameter with the barrel of the gun 50 times the diameter of the shell.

[@LQVHQC]

You're thinking of the L76/40 designation, where the size of the shell is compared to how many times that size goes into the length of the barrel. Not the same thing as caliber, which is how much of an inch it is, hence 12.7mm is .50 caliber.

[@loftsatsympaticodotc]

Interesting, especially the huge Sevastopl siege railway guns. ON Objection. How can you possible call 20 mm etc "Artillery" in the common vernacular ?

[@keithmoore5306]

you missed the 90mm! and the 120mm combustible doesn't all burn there's a metal base section that ejects out of the breech on recoil and opening!!

[@weaponsnews5965]

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[@donaldclifford5763]

90 mm recoiless rifle, and it's big brother, the 106 mm.

[@DrDrift-rl6cc]

Nice voice! Really enjoyed it

[@patrickg301]

Missed a bunch of calibers. But still was interesting. The one i wouldnt had left out though was the 18in Naval cannon. It played a huge role in ww2, Korea, and Vietnam. They used the high explosive ordinance to clear helicopter landing spaces in the jungle. Would totally flatten 150m diameter area and came with the added benefit of exfoliating 200m more creating a clear field of fire for the landing troops. Not to mention the 20m deep hole. Lol

[@muzza881]

I think you will find that your 18" naval cannon was only 16" and it is covered as the armament of the Iowa class.

[@WVGato]

Yes, as muzza881 stated, the only thing that mounted an 18" gun was the Yamato and Musashi, both of which were war graves by the time of Korea and Vietnam, neither played a significant role in WWII, and both were sunk by air attack. Oh, and they were actually 18.1" naval rifles. The biggest guns used in those conflicts were the 16"/50 caliber naval rifles of the Iowa class. I did disagree about the most prolific users of the 16" shells in the video. The only ships mounting the 16"/50 caliber guns were the Iowas, and the Montanas if they had been completed. Whereas three ship classes mounted the 16"/45 caliber rifles; the Colorado, North Carolina, and South Dakota classes. The Iowas came about rather late in the war and were mainly used as AA escorts for the fast carrier task forces. Therefore, with the much greater representation of the 16"/45 caliber guns as well as the fact that the preceding classes were much more frequently used for shore bombardment tasks, I am willing to bet more 16" shells were fired from 45 caliber rifles that 50 caliber rifles, but I do not know that as a fact, it is an estimation.

[@muzza881]

The Nelson and Rodney also had 16"/45 main armament, although not the same guns as the US ships. Both were used widely for shore bombardment in North Africa, Italy, and Normandy. The Rodney also fired 378 16" shells at the Bismarck. Firing many of these on a flat trajectory, she caused more damage to herself with the muzzle blast than Bismarck managed to inflict. She fired another 516 16" shells in the Normandy campaign. I can't easily find information for the total number of shells fired by the US 16"/45s, but since more than two ships were equipped with them, I have faith in your estimate.

[@WVGato]

I once read that when the British developed their 16" shells they were trying the German concept of using lighter shells and possibly larger powder charges, so as to get higher muzzle velocities for better penetration. I think that assessment also mentioned that this did not pan out to be the case and the American heavy AP had much better penetration than the British 16" shells exhibited. I think the higher velocity and larger powder charge also led to accelerated barrel wear and less shots could be fired before the barrels needed switched out. Although, it has been some years since I read that and I could be remembering incorrectly.

[@Jonascord]

With artillery, "caliber" is a function indicating barrel length. An example might be the the 5"- 75 caliber. 5" x 75 = 375" = 31'-3" long barrel.

[@nekomimi5471]

I believe it is expressed as a multiple of the diameter of the projectile, correct?

[@jonaselze9316]

An interesting addition to the usage of the (in-) famous 8-8: It was also the standard caliber for the deck gun of the german submarine Force in WWII.

[@erikaskeroth9720]

Is it not abaut something like 10 times more shipping was was sunk by the 88mm then torpedos?

[@jonaselze9316]

You are right. Torpedos were very expensive toys for the germans and their Submarines could only carry a very limited reserve of them, so if possible, the Crew relied on sinking it's prey with the Deck gun.

[@oneworld9071]

Just curious...... and not like it really matters, is it accurate to say "mm caliber"? My understanding is that "caliber" is in units of inches, not millimeters. The .50 caliber round is 1/2" in diameter. Its equivalent is the 12.7 mm, and not interchangeable, far as this admitted layman knows. Another one is the 7.62 mm, equivalent to the .30 caliber. Something such as the height of the casing (or "brass") will be different. Again, at 3:00 "we have the 120 caliber. The 120 mm cartridge......". A "120 caliber" round---0.12 in.---would be 3.05 mm in diameter. Not that it wouldn't hurt gettin' hit by one. The 120 mm shell is a BEAST. Would be interesting to know if any mm/caliber projectiles are interchangeable. I found it interesting when I'd ask a local gun dealer about the mm and caliber system and what they mean, to a blank stare....... NO clue, not even a shrug. Wonder what's the difference between "howitzer" and "field artillery" and "gun howitzer"? All the word salad could be replaced with, perhaps, such facts as burst radius and range of artillery rounds.

[@alexharman9001]

They skipped the 30mm depleted uranium round used by the GAU-8/A Avenger seven-barrel automatic cannon which is the primary armament of the A-10 Tunderbolt II (better known to its pilots as the Warthog). That seems like a significant oversight considering how many Iraqi tanks those guns chewed up in 1991 and 2003.

[@bdgdr7722]

I love the change of accents in the narrator's voice very cleverly done

[@scheimong]

I can't tell if the narration is real or synthesised. It sounds pretty human for the most part, but when it comes to reading consecutive numbers it definitely sounded a bit wierd.

[@luckytiger5551]

Fascinating!

[@Slaktrax]

Informative video,would have been even more interesting if you had included the weight of each round or projectile. 🙂

[@ancientneophyte8322]

What happened to 175mm? We had a self-propelled 175mm creature In VietNam. Usually, it was a choice of 155 or 175

[@keithw4920]

The human scale comparison figure seems too small when compared to the 127,, Mk45 shell? Those shells should be about 66cm long but in the graph it goes up to the lower hip/pelvis of the human figure.

[@simen9485]

Its a smol human.

[@daleshelden8394]

Soooo question? What exactly is a gun howitzer?

[@markrichards9646]

A nearly famous cannon is missing. The 30 mm rounds for the gau-8 avenger - the cannon for the A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog/Hog). Brrrrrrt.

[@puppy3908]

not artillery though, 20mm is on there I assume because of anti material rifles being considered as artillery

[@lciummo1]

What happened to the 30mm - the GAU-8 and M230 30mm.

[@ffrederickskitty214]

An 18 inch gun was also mounted on the Royal Navy Lord Clive class monitors during WW1, but they didn’t get much use

[@gryph01]

Was that a pre-Dreadnaught design gun?

[@ffrederickskitty214]

@@gryph01 Apparently not. It was originally designed for HMS Furious but ended up on the monitors Lord Clive and General Wolfe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_18-inch_Mk_I_naval_gun?wprov=sfti1

[@maxwedge5683]

@@ffrederickskitty214 The RN designed the 18" gun in 1918. Apparently the 18" naval rifle was virtually useless as far as accuracy went and was known to create a living hell topside when fired. The British realized this and converted the HMS Furious to an aircraft carrier by WWII. The Japanese didn't catch on and built the battleships Yamato and Musashi. Their 18" main armament was inaccurate as demonstrated during the Battle of Samar in 1944. The third Yamato class ship was converted to an aircraft carrier and was sunk by a US submarine in Nov '44 without seeing any action.

[@jackwardley3626]

@@gryph01 The N-3 battleships were going to have 9 18 inch 45's with the G-3's having 9 16.5 inch 45's. The RN was going to build 4 of each after ww1 but Naval treaties put it to a stop.

[@billmasters385]

88's were used for home defense? At 2:17. Hmmm...

[@lgarcia67]

Times have changed. By now I think most armies rather have a consistent rate of fire mounted on agile and mobile structures than one big gun which needs hundreds of people and logistics to move it.

[@shial1977]

Ones like the Karl Gerat were built in the post WW1 era of thinking where heavily defended static defensive lines anchored by fortresses needed to be smashed through in order to advance. They saw some use in places like Sevastapol where it had several battleship turrets setup as coastal defense batteries but otherwise ya. How the wars were fought changed and they were dinosaurs before they ever saw much action.

[@tarkashv]

Where is A10 Thunderbolt GAU-8 Avenger 30mm Gatling gun ammunition?

[@Roberto-REME]

Outstanding narration and very well produced and documented.

[@WilhelmvonFahrvergnugen]

Thanks. Is it Dad or Chad?

[@heuhen]

well produced, not. mixing between mm and caliber, some are two totally different things.... that alone is enough to call it shit

[@user-oy8dl1er5h]

Caliber is not used to denote the diameter of the shell in artillery terminology. It is used to denote the diameter of the bullet of a firearm but only when the unit of measurment is in inches, not millimiters. In artillery, it is a unit of measurment for the barrel in relation to the diameter of the shell and it's the standard for listing the barrel length of artillery pieces. For example, the gun of the M1 Abrams tank is a 120mm L44 gun, which reads as 120mm 44 caliber gun. The gun is 5.280 meters long but the length is listed as 44 caliber because 5.280 meters divided by 120 mm equals 44

[@genemartin6962]

Did anyone else notice that at times this female announcer had a voice timbre and cadence that sounded a LOT like Rose Anne Rosanna Danna of Saturday Night Live fame??

[@jamesburnett7085]

Yes! There is something creepy about the shifting rhythm and inflection of the narration. It sounds like cheap AI.

[@burningsinner1132]

The list is weird. 20 mm got like six different rounds in said caliber, Russian 23mm is missing, 25mm is missing (You know, Bradley and shiet?), 30mm is missing, 35mm is missing (You know, the go-to autocannon?) soviet 57 is missing, 60mm mortar is missing, 76mm is missing, 73mm soviet is missing (BMP-1/SPG-9), 81(NATO)/82(Soviet) mortar is missing, 100mm (Soviet) is missing, 106 recoilless (M40) is missing, 115mm (Soviet) is missing, 122mm is missing, 125mm is missing. Half of them are cornerstones. Bulk of them are iconic. And the problem is that ALL of shells/shots I mentioned are actively used across the globe. Also, dipping down to 19th century cannons, but not mentioning even in passing the 37mm which was a go to anti-tank shot at times before tanks stopped being high mobility MG nests, which were produced in such large numbers brass across the world tried to squeeze some of these to simply deal with the surplus?

[@mcjitsu]

Might included the 30mm. There are 47 weapons that use it, including the A-10 Warthog GAU.

[@rauldeobaldia8276]

Good data, Thanks

[@SandfordSmythe]

And don't forget that the weight of the shell increases exponentially from the diameter. A 4-inch shell is 8 times as big than a 2 inch one. {If my math is correct]

[@RandomGravel]

the power of 3 thing is for cubes

[@spebsqsa11]

Area of a circle is Pi x R square. Radius of 2 is 3.14 x 2 x 2 = 12.56 Radius of 4 is 3.14 x 4 x4 = 50.24. Doubling the diameter makes the shell four times the area so supposedly also four times the weight (assuming the same length).

[@SandfordSmythe]

@@spebsqsa11 That's it.

[@wyskass861]

Technically these types of calculations are for volumes. If you assume they are solid and all made from the same material such as lead. Note that some penetrators are Tungsten or Uranium which is almost twice as dense as lead.

[@David-hm9ic]

Just increasing a projectile from 14 in to 16 in more than doubles the weight. Weights vary depending on the type of projectile but a 14" projectile weighs around 1,250 pounds (567kg) and a 16" projectile weighs up to 2,700 pounds (1224kg).

[@chrisbraswell8864]

What you are calling caliber is the Diameter in millimeters or inches. Caliber is relationship of barrel length vs projectile dia..

[@AJNpa80]

Think that's a record, for saying the word caliber whether it fits or not. With charts and animations of this caliber I was quite surprised you'd make a caliber of that caliber, it had to be intentional. Caliber.

[@elemar5]

Try the word calibre instead. Nowhere does it say anything about the units of measurement. Just because the US uses imperial doesn't make you correct.

[@osrikking8785]

@@elemar5 American spelling aside, calibre/caliber in artillery has nothing to do with imperial measurement - it is the ratio between the bore and the barrel length whether you're measuring in inches or mm (at least on the naval guns).

[@ag2938]

Who is the german 30mm,37mm,50mm,and 128mm caliber.

[@white-dragon4424]

The 88mm was also used as the main gun on the Tiger and King Tiger tanks.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

True and the Tiger 1 used an L56 length barrel (the L number being the number of shell lengths the barrel was long. So the Tiger1 used a gun that was 56 times the length of the 88mm shell it fired. The King Tiger used an L71, which gave it greater penetration and accuracy.

[@yousifabdalhalim514]

I think it the same on Panther as well

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

@@Thurgosh_OG Not the number of shell length, but multiples of the caliber. Caliber 88 mm, gun length L 56 means 56 time 88 mm, equals a barrel length of 4928 mm or almost five meters.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

@@yousifabdalhalim514 Panther's gun was 75 mm caliber.

[@Feeeeeeshy]

Aww the Little David is not included? (Which technically was an mortar but so was the Karl-Gerät which was included in the video)

[@joesmith6199]

11" and 12" guns were common on battleships and battle cruisers built around 1900.The US built two battle cruisers , Alaska and Hawaii, in the 1940's with 12" guns. British German French and Italian battleships built in the 1930's usually carried 15" /38 cm guns. As far as i know none are still afloat.

[@chrysmallander6726]

The Alaska and Hawaii were not battlecrusiers. A real battlecruser had the same size guns as a battleship, but without the armor. Take a look at the British Hood, Renown and Repulse as examples.

[@bernarddavis1050]

Don't forget the Japanese Yamato class battleships - they carried 18 inch guns.

[@Dont14-r4k]

The first ship I think of with 381 mm guns (15 inch) was the Bismarck, which was sunk.

[@antdx316]

How do you not put how tall the human reference is on the right? 6' is assumed.

[@matthewrosa7262]

The 105mm Howitzer Gun (And It's Shell) Was Also Used On "Improved" Versions Of American Converted-From-Landing Craft Riverine Monitors During The Vietnam War (Along With Those Monitors That Used A Modified 40mm Bofors AA Gun In A Specially-Designed Turret.) The Turret Used For The 105mm Gun On These Monitors Were Adapted From USMC Personnel Landing Craft That Needed It Own Artillery Support As It Disgorged Troops.

[@RCAvhstape]

It was also used on the AC-130 gunship, IIRC

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... its* shell (it'S = it is). Also, you do not need to capitalize each word.

[@oculosprudentium8486]

this female robo-voice is quite good. what program did u use for it and what is that character name?

[@TallDude73]

You should note that after the first screen, which shows the shell and the cartridge with propellant, the video switches to only showing the shell, because the propellant is separate.

[@ajknaup3530]

Thanks, I was wondering about that...

[@dennisyoung4631]

Left off the WW1 era 420mm shell used in Germany’s “Big Bertha” howitzer.

[@pirobot668beta]

She was more of a mortar, but yes, an odd lapse.

[@JnnyUtah35]

I've seen some pretty impressive caliber artillery pieces still in use with most circuses. The range is not that impressive though. Usually 100-200 feet.

[@editz_slick]

Great artillery coverage! There are so many more around the world now!

[@jacksdrawings4692]

Very good video!

[@namvet_13e]

Missed mention of the 175mm gun.

[@VineetKumar-cc8or]

You should've add length of them in inches or meter

[@weaponsnews5965]

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[@silascargan8315]

isn't artillery made for inderect fire i feel some of the cuns and shells mantioned does not fit the purpose of inderect fire like the 20, 40 and 57 mm

[@hassanalihusseini1717]

155mm and 203mm were also used to deliver nuclear shells.

[@samuelschick8813]

There was also a 16 inch nuclear shell for the Iowa class battleships.

[@saintazreal1923]

is that depleted uranium or something other than?

[@GrimPlayer95]

@@saintazreal1923 No, proper nuclear weapons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W82 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W79_Artillery-Fired_Atomic_Projectile en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W48 I forgot this one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W33_(nuclear_warhead) - tested @ 40kt! See Nougat Aardvark.

[@saintazreal1923]

Nuclear or radio active! There is a difference! Depleted uranium is used to pierce armor due to it's density!

[@benjaminbrown3939]

@@saintazreal1923 It is Enriched Uranium.

[@elfrad1714]

I am surprised that 'Big Bertha' was not mentioned. That´s the German siege gun, with a 42 cm caliber, built by Krupp, that was used to demolish the Belgian forts in the initial phase of WW1. Moreover, the Austro-Hungarian army used 30.5 cm siege guns built by Skoda during WW1.

[@MGZetta]

No way you skipped 152mm when you're talking about artillery. Lmao.

[@donaldclifford5763]

Especially with all the recent use from both sides in Ukraine.

[@alexsis8980]

Today they shoot 40000-60000 per day.

[@Moritz_S.]

What is about the little David (914 mm )

[@bharathvyas3654]

Nice informative video

[@lciummo1]

ChatGPT called and it wants it KZbin back for a redo - especially the voiceover.

[@galesams4205]

tHE BIGEST GUN i seen in vietnam were 8" long tom with 18 foot barrel. There were more 105 mm than were 155mm, these were at every fire suport base. 10th armored 4th. inf div.1969.

[@osrikking8785]

I guess the 105s were easier to bring in by air, not to mention resupply with ammo, considering the terrain you had to deal with over there.

[@archer4215]

6:25 New Mexico class ?

[@jgla4711]

Missing 30 mm. And though not incorrect, it is odd to say both mm and caliber

[@osrikking8785]

mm and caliber are not the same thing in artillery. Caliber is length of barrel (50 caliber naval gun is 50 times as long as the bore), not diameter like small arms.

[@jgla4711]

@@osrikking8785 no caliber length is the length of the barrel.

[@osrikking8785]

@@jgla4711 What are you saying? If you're saying, "No, caliber is the length of the barrel", then that's EXACTLY what I said. If you mean "No, caliber in NOT the length of the barrel" then you're wrong. What I said is EXACTLY correct (at least for naval guns).

[@sberry80]

Um, the bofores is a "57mm caliber"? Lol . A little surprised the editor didn't catch the while reviewing and editing. But its ok, i still love this channel and liked the video

[@sberry80]

To edit, it is the same number. Just sounds weird as hell saying the mm followed by caliber. Like with a 9mm everyone just says 9mm or .38 caliber. I just consider caliber measured in inches, and mm without saying caliber.

[@bobmutchseo]

I found this somewhere... "Calibre is a term which can mean several things in respect to guns: In the usual sense it refers to the bore diameter of the gun itself, i.e., 9mm calibre means the bore is 9mm in diameter, as is the bullet fired from it. In this case mm is simply the metric measurement of the bore. In artillery terminology, calibre is the length of the barrel, not counting the chamber and breech block. Thus a 380mm 50 calibre barrel has a bore diameter of 380mm and a length of 50 x 380mm or 19,000mm."

[@invictus9976]

19,000 mm, ha,ha,ha...this is unbelievable ....19,000, ha,ha,ha.

[@commodorezero]

It took a while for me to figure it out when I was starting research because its not explicitly stated many places. The way it should be written down would be 380mm/50 and sometimes it is written that way.

[@David-hm9ic]

@@invictus9976 Why is it unbelievable? He is correct. The bore of a 380mm gun would be 19 meters long not including the chamber and breech. Maybe you're not understanding the difference between a .380 ACP handgun cartridge and a 380mm diameter (15 inch in Naval nomenclature) cannon projectile. Ha. Ha. Ha.

[@swunt10]

No wrong. Calibre always means diameter. When a gun is described as 380mm/50 calibre it means 50 x diameter (calibre). Calibre never means length or a ratio.

[@bobmutchseo]

@@swunt10 >>>When a gun is described as 380mm/50 calibre 380mm is like 14.96" 50 caliber is 9mm or 0.5"? >>>50 x diameter Don't you mean 0.50" in diameter?

[@maddhatter3564]

when i was in service anything 20mm and larger were referred to as bore (as in 20mm bore)

[@TheCJUN]

The Germans knew how to do bigger the better.

[@clementboutaric3952]

at one point the shell stop looking like big cartridges. But then how are they propelled ?

[@garywaldon3984]

You missed the 175mm self propelled artillery gun used by the US Army in Viet Nam and NATO Forces in Europe. I served with the 6th Battalion 9th Field artillery, 1967-1969, in Germany. This was the artillery piece we fired.

[@namvet_13e]

And we often had that tubed as 8" howitzer. While I was in Viet Nam we had those retubed back and forth many times.

[@loudechant7034]

How many times are you going to use the word caliber without knowing what it means? Caliber means 1/100th of an inch so it is only really used in small arms fire. A 45 Caliber cartridge is 0.45", a 50 cal bullet is half an inch in diameter. Shells larger than 1" are usually expressed in millimeters, such as 30 mm or 155mm. Once ammunition gets bigger it is expressed in inches. The Yamato had 18 inch guns.

[@wallbanger3]

That 203 mm round isn’t that tall

[@filippomazzoli607]

Why the most diffuse caliber of current navy is missed? the OTO 76/62 is used wirldwide. And what about the 105mm for tanks?

[@osrikking8785]

This wasn't about tanks - it was about artillery. They should have had the 76mm round instead of the 75mm.

[@filippomazzoli607]

@@osrikking8785 the 76/62 is the most diffused naval artillery in the world; the 75 mm was the legendary caliber of French Army... 1 century ago!

[@osrikking8785]

@@filippomazzoli607 My bad. I was thinking of the 76.2 from the Sherman. 75 was common with the Germans in WW2.

[@Silo-Ren]

Wish their was a museum where we can see them in person. Awesome video.

[@nickm9123]

The tank museum in the UK has some, and the armament museum in France has some too, but they are closed to the public. The US has a few museums with these shells on display.

[@johnc2438]

@@nickm9123 ...including the four Iowa-class battleships, which you can visit. You can see the shells up close (good for selfies!).

[@lancewhite1477]

There’s an 800mm Schwerer Gustav round on display at the Chatham Historic Dockyard museum in Kent, UK. I think it’s the one from the Imperial War Museum. It’s insanely big standing next to it.

[@willymueller3278]

I love the old 88 for "home defense ". The other day, my neighbor came, to complain about the barking of my dog ! One single shot with my 88, and he ain' t complaining no more. In fact, I have not seen him since. 😂😉

[@doggoboi5188]

I have to note the insanely wrong proportions and sizes between shells, millimeters and calibers used in this video.

[@danyeager7561]

Nice discussion of the definition of "caliber".

[@dougcampbell7898]

Caliber is measured differently in naval guns, e.g. the Iowa battleships' main guns have 16 inch bore but are 45 caliber.

[@tovoklore6356]

Yep, and in U.S. practice the caliber was the barrel length divided by the bore diameter. So to get the barrel length of the Iowa class main guns: 16" * 45 = 720" or 20yds. Edited to correct my bad math, lol.

[@cloggedpitot1]

Thought the Iowa class had 16"/50 caliber guns?

[@tovoklore6356]

@@cloggedpitot1 Did some research and it would seem you are correct. So the barrels would be 800" long or ~22.222 yrds.

[@elemar5]

@@tovoklore6356 Or 66.6 feet. Why use yards when feet or inches is more precise?

[@tovoklore6356]

@@elemar5 I personally find distances in yards to be easier to imagine, probably due to my experience with archery here in the U.S.

[@kedylersevilir]

An information: 305mm cannons is also used by ottoman empire in canakkale war for stop the british battleships and it sink the most of theses

[@jigssscupid8836]

Beautifully explained 👍👍👍 been looking for videos as these..thank you

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

you skipped the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger the same gun used by the A-10 Warthog or the CRAM system

[@The_Black_Falchion]

They also keep saying millimeter caliber, so something like that should be an expected omission.