Brits React to 15 Reasons You Shouldn't Mess With the US Army

[@sidneytalley5969]

The camouflage on the Bradley (and Abrams) is not meant to fully hide the vehicle, just to break up it's silhouette. Nature doesn't make straight lines so the human eye is automatically drawn to unnatural shapes. The cammo netting simply helps hide some of those straight lines so it's not as easy to spot. It's difficult to hide a Bradley or Abrams because of their size and noise but if you can make them harder to spot, you give the crews more time to engage the enemy first.

[@einehrenmann6156]

It also helps reduce thermal signatures somewhat but it won't make much of a diffrence to be fair.

[@thomasrush5417]

Dead on, on top of that the Bradley driver would’ve been taught to terrain Drive to keep the hull of the vehicle out of the line of sight of the enemy.

[@waynepersall1115]

Added that once stationary more can and often is added, overhead break up. They're thinking about hiding from other land based foes I bet.

[@TheStroodlebob]

Not only what everyone has already said but with the sensors it has, the first engagement won’t be until it’s kilometers out so for enemies with inferior optics (everyone other than US in 2024 (at least for now)), that camo means a world of difference in the real world. There are paper statistics and real world combat experiences and the difference cannot be understated You can’t just watch a promo video of it less than 10 meters away is all I’m saying

[@scout06171]

It’s useless. The freaking exhaust comes out the top of the Bradley so it doesn’t mask the thermal signature even a little bit. It also doesn’t break a single straight line on the vehicle by hanging it off the side of the straight edges of the vehicle. The only way to camouflage that huge sucker is to use terrain intervisability lines and the skill of the crew to maneuver. We also dismount a lot to survive unless we’re in a meeting engagement"

[@blakeeisenhauer]

Also, when you guys were talking about the artillery shell hitting a person and the person exploding. We in the artillery industry like to call that simply mist-ifying, as the poor soul just turns into pink mist

[@christinefox9075]

There is so much more of our military power that is left unsaid. And its better that way 😌

[@alfredopomales7286]

Exactly!

[@ROCKhardRICHARD69]

Right. This is the part people make videos about... Tip of the iceberg

[@mattadams9567]

The camo is for air and distance enemies. If you're close enough to make out the shape without optical aid, you're either friend or looking at it with your last moments of life.

[@NathanDean79]

The HIMARS rockets had a 25 mile range. The ATACMs missile flys at Mach 3 or 2000 mph and had a range of 190 miles or 300 kilometers. The new Precision Strike Missile which we just developed has a range of 500 miles.

[@George-ux6zz]

The 50 cal machine gun has several types of bullets. Some are armor piercing, explosive, and many others. They're usually used to take out vehicles, APCs, and other moving vehicles. They aren't that great for taking out tanks.

[@captin3149]

They were originally designed for armor piercing, including tanks, but tank technology outpaced them. They're still ultra effective at other roles

[@paulmolloy7206]

I thought it was anti-aircraft in WW1

[@George-ux6zz]

@@paulmolloy7206 It was in WWI

[@scotthorner6943]

Im a former Army truck driver and that Apache is awsome

[@HavocHounds1988]

Oh I'm sure, 88M would for sure love that extra bit of support

[@WilliamCooper-l6f]

I trained as a 35 Bravo, Combat Engineer and my gosh was there a ton of stuff to learn how to use; literally, every kind of vehicle, every kind of tool, every kind of weapon, every kind of explosive, on top of learning how to be an infantry soldier. Although I sound as though I'm complaining, it was the hardest fun I ever had.

[@jimmyboy131]

When I tried to enlist many years ago my goal was to be a combat engineer. It still sounds like a great profession.

[@timothymccann7779]

35 bravo is not combat engineers, that would be 12 bravo, or for a brief time 21 bravo. So that makes me think that your a liar.

[@richardmead5969]

cool for you

[@itz_otto]

bruh if you trained as a combat engineer shouldnt you know they're not 35b's?

[@valxncy844]

you do know a combat engineer is a 12B 😂

[@Redman147]

Coming from a Marine Machine Gunner 0331, the M.2 Browning can fire a slew of different rounds.The military use, mostly, normal ball rounds (full metal jacket), black tip (armor piercing), red tip (tracer). There are also blue tip/light blue tip (incendiary), silver tip/silver and blue tip (armor piercing incendiary), silver and red tip (armor piercing incendiary tracer). Two rounds that is no longer used called the SLAP (saboted light armor penetrator) and the RAUFOSS (multi-purpose anti-material armor piercing/incendiary round.

[@tucsonbandit]

My brother was one of the aeronautical engineers who designed the excaliber round featured in the M19 Howitze4r section. He designed the pop out fins. He works for British Aerospace now (but in the US) he might work on a railgun system now, or maybe not.

[@HavocHounds1988]

My unit ended up firing one Excalibur round when I was deployed lol. I can't remember if it was the first one fired in Iraq, or if it was just the first one fired by our unit.

[@thseed7]

Himars missiles launch at 85 km/h and travel at 3,063 km/h, Mach 2.5 (internet info cited is rarely highly accurate, but will get you somewhere close enough to imagine.) Bradley isn't fully camouflaged in that footage, but generally, any breaks in solid lines and unatural shapes help to confuse the Human eye and prevent objects from being recognized as easily.

[@VNOltec]

From the site Army Recognition "The ATACMS has a top speed of approximately Mach 3, or around 3,700 km/h (2,300 miles per hour). ". So multiply your 200 mph guess by 10, then add some more.

[@terrywayneHamilton]

Camouflaged , the film is mostly training shots, when the bullets starts flying the camo grows exponentially with the volume of steal going over your head. The guys will put a tree on top if you let them. The equipment is absolutely important but a will to fight by the soldiers that a nation puts forward is the winning ticket. Wars are won by men and women given weapons that work. The American infantry officer wears a patch on his shoulder that emblemize a sword with the words , " Follow ME".

[@southpawle641]

my wife is from london england so everytime i go to london i always gotta take shit from brits..they are always talking shit on americans even tho they've never been here loll..its good banter but still its nice to see you guys appreciating what we have.

[@williamoneal4112]

The most effective round for the M2 is the Raufoss, an armor piercing, high explosive incendiary round that can easily punch through 1" or up to 2" of armor. It's used to engage anything from helicopters to lightly armored vehicles.

[@coletoliver3977]

Bushes are for extra camo, so if you are hiding in bushes, or a barn, or trees giving you shade you will not be seen by soldiers or enemy armor passing by or to stay hidden from aircraft above if those aircraft are doing a ground attack mission.

[@raider2191]

The 50 caliber round comes in a varity of selections, standard solid ball round, armor piercing, explosive, tracer and some combos like armor peircing high explosive AHE.

[@daleswanson1784]

The camo netting is to break up the smooth surfaces of the vehicle to help prevent detection by satellite radars that are trying to locate them and direct fire. They don’t care about people on the ground.

[@derdampfhammer6652]

I met some British SAS when I was in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. I was a scared 19 year old kid. I was a medic. The SAS medic could read my body language. He asked me if I was scared....I told him I was.....He comforted me by telling me he was scared too. Even if he really really wasnt it has had an impact on me my entire life. Your country fields some fine soldiers as well.

[@johnweir2056]

Our military is way past badass but this vid is just about our army which can conquer any land on this planet then you have our other military branches that will also fuck your world up but make no mistake everyone on this planet fears our own countrymen. That's why Japan didn't invade us because they're scared of us armed citizens

[@SooHooSamaSito]

Camo not so important when our Bradley is killing you before you even knew it was there. Our radar range surpasses all others by far.

[@blakeeisenhauer]

The reason behind the camo netting on the Bradley is to break up the man made "lines", and mostly to hide the line from aircraft and long distances. Perfectly straight lines are very rare in nature, therefore easily picked out by almost anybody without any special training

[@sullyway51]

Those tanks lined up at the beginning are just spares stored at a facility near where I live. The .50 caliber rounds can be armor piercing but on only light armored vehicles, won't pierce tank armor.

[@HavocHounds1988]

Those red rounds you see from the Cram at 6:13 are tracer rounds, they are used to help guide your shots in the dark, they also are usually space out about every 10 regular rounds. So you are basically seeing every tenth round, and it still looks like a solid line of red. That is a lot of rounds that was fired.

[@hopcat500]

I served in West Germany during the Clod War along with around 200,000 U.S. troops. At that time the Vietnam War was happening and we had around 500,000 troops there plus around 75,000 troops in Korea on the DMZ. Back then ALL of our military branches were larger with more bases, troops, planes, and ship. I think our military is smaller now than before WWII and the majority of our forces are not combat ready and under manned.

[@VNOltec]

Smaller does not mean weaker. Modern mechanization and computer communication among all branches vastly increase efficiency. Furthermore, we have a robust corp of NCO's that can pass training to new recruits 24/7. The US military is highly supported, highly equipped, highly trained and highly motivated. Fornicaris Et Invenies. (FAFO)

[@andywagner3308]

It's what we lovingly call Warbucks in the alternate ammo you mentioned are the 30 mm plutonium tip rounds aboard the A-10 Warthog Warbucks Warbucks

[@calgall8773]

The m2 has multiple types of rounds just like any other gun such as FMJ (Full Metal Jacket), incendiary, AP (Armor Piercing), IAP (Incendiary Armor Piercing), etc. It also shots a 50. Caliber round

[@frankblack6313]

she is right..for the bushy side..parking in the woods or in sandy dune in the desert the rest can be covered quickly

[@gobucs7870]

My Brother is a combat vet in both wars.Drove Bradley's and said he led his men carrying a shot gun as much as he could.

[@russellfisher2853]

The M2 Armor Piercing Ammo doesn't penetrant tanks, but does penetrate lightly armored military vehicles. Which includes a lot of military vehicles. The Bradley was just camouflage d from sky attacks. You missed what they were saying about the HIMARS. They said they can be fired from 5 miles, too 190 miles.

[@HemlockRidge]

Infantry Combat Suits are currently being developed. Not quite Iron Man, but heading in that direction.

[@toxicgracie3772]

No they aren't. The newest thing is the Rangers getting a new and pretty gun with a fancy range tracking scope and maybe a new helmet to integrate with it. No new suites, especially Iron Man level lol I also would bet Delta Force get their hands on the new shiny stuff too but they never confirmed because they think we still believe they don't exist 😂

[@HemlockRidge]

@@toxicgracie3772 OH! So you are employed at the "Skunk Works". Kewl! THAT'S how you know what is being developed and not. Wow. OH, the Russians are also working on one, and have been for years.

[@itz_otto]

@@HemlockRidge those are all just rumors. the closest thing to a suit that is in development is a visor that attaches to the helmet. and is kinda like nvg's but can be used during the day to detect ranges, humans and other things. the 82nd have tested it out but its still in development

[@HemlockRidge]

@@itz_otto Of course they're "just rumors". Since when does the Skunk Works release any info.

[@itz_otto]

@@HemlockRidge if theyre just rumors why would you say they are currently being developed as if its a fact? andpoint being when things are actually being developed we mostly know its actually happening, as with the viser; the ivas i mentioned. most of the time if we don't know its usually because its being developed at area 51 and is like 30+ years from ever being used

[@josephjimenez89]

The camo net on the Bradley breaks up the silhouette

[@aaronleon8731]

Modern weapons are mainly operated with thermal sights so even tho it is really visual, camouflage helps concealing and make the vehicle’s shape unrecognizable in thermal sights.

[@barryfletcher7136]

The M2 .50 caliber machine gun does indeed have armor piercing ammunition.

[@patches6309]

All we ever used in Ramadi was APIT! That stuff scared the living shit outta Haji!!

[@itz_otto]

but it cant go through modern tanks

[@timothystern5827]

The little bird are in the Hugh's model 500 series, designed to be very maneuverable. Just an FYI the 1st 3 entries are very precise, I'm a military historian, I'm most knowledgeable in the 20th century, but I try to stay up to snuff on all equipment of all militaries, a bit daunting but... its what I do. I just subscribed to you, so far I find your show entertaining, thank you

[@MrDarchangelomni]

also the point of camoflauge netting, isn't to cover and hide something. The way it works is by disrupting an objects outlines, the human eye detects the things it is searching for by looking for silhouette's against the background, not color patterns. So if you can disrupt the lines the eye uses to make identifications, the human mind will actually paint an illusion in that the thing it is looking at is actually part of the background scenery.

[@Scaff42]

There are 8 types of bullets for the M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun 1. Blank .2 Ball 3. Tracer 4. Armor Piercing 5. Incendiary 6. Armor Piercing 7. Armor Piercing Incendiary 8. Dummy. If I remember correctly the rockets for the HIMARS and the MLRS are the same rockets and missiles. I believe the top speed of these rockets is 2.5 Mach. The ATACMS speed is 3 Mach. As for the Iron Man suits they're working on it.

[@YaThinKnow]

Augment mechanical suits are currently being tested. I can see special ops are probably using systems currently.

[@tmakster]

Love to watch y'alls reacts from across the pond!!

[@Calebpelletier14]

Bradley ranks with the camouflage bushes in the sides are for amboushes in the woods and other terrain that it can fit in

[@richardwirt3193]

I think those mistles go over 1500 mph

[@NathanDean79]

The bushes or camp netting on the side of the Bradley is for a different purpose. If you are in the forest or the edge of a forest you put that OVER the Bradley and from high altitude drones its will blend in with the forest. It works quite well I assure you.

[@gary-ke7qk]

I think it's a camouflage net, when the vehicle is at rest , you park it in the woods and cover it completely with the net, just my thoughts on how it looked in the picture.

[@EdwardJones-w3g]

I only know what I've seen online, but I've seen science shows about how we're getting more and more advanced with exoskeletons (or something) and people are running, jumping, lifting heavier things. In other words, Tony Starks Iron Man suit is coming.

[@BillD5244]

The rounds from 142 and 270 lunch from platform at 714mph and accelerate from there, with various ranges.

[@joshuamoe630]

camouflage is only meant to break the silhouette from a distance, this in returns makes it more difficult to distinguish the victor.

[@YOUneedJESUS1]

50bmg military uses 4 types of ammo. Standard fmj, Armor piercing (black tip) armor piercing incendiary or api (silver tip), or apit armor piercing incendiary tracer ( silver red band ) they are not for tanks( 30mm cannon do that or the 120mm ). They are for trucks and light armor vehicles.

[@toxicgracie3772]

The speed of those HIMARS missiles are mach 2.5, just over 1900 mph. That's at top speed. They launch at 600 mph which is subsonic.

[@Czarisyn]

@10:21 - I believe the term you are looking for is "bologna mist cloud" because that is what it would create if it had a direct hit on a human body.

[@ryanhawkins7404]

When I was down range the A-10 was our best friend

[@Selki933]

The 50 cal gun at first was the type used by Black Jack Pershing’s troops against those at Wounded Knee in the late 1800s

[@kenbulut-oe8sb]

No. The M2 was first test fired in 1918.

[@blindeyedog01]

My second tour in the Army I was a M2 gunner. Nice, dependable, piece of equipment. ❤❤

[@danbobway5656]

Id say an f35 is basically an iron man suit, just plane shaped instead of a human shaped suit 😂😂

[@ReneMiller-si3py]

On the Sea ram there are tracers every fifth round, so in that seeming solid rope of light there are four unlit rounds between each tracer.

[@lynngatlin4469]

Remember this you will not see what they really have they only let you see what they want you to see

[@angrywindowlicker9442]

The m2 50 cal has armor piercing rounds as well as other types, however a tank has heavy armor that a the 50 would not penetrate reliabley. Its best for suppressing infantry or taking out lightly armored targets.

[@glennbrock4021]

And that's the weapon systems that we are allowed to talk about.

[@xxchaos315xx6]

.50 cal does have armor piercing ammo but its useless against tanks. Its only useful against light armor like an up armored truck or something like that. Theres also API (armor piercing incendiary) which pass through light armor and then explode. Its a tiny explosive charge but when youve got a bunch of them punching through the side of your vehicle and exploding, the effect will be devastating for the people inside.

[@waynepersall1115]

That's carried camo, once it's parked there's other camo added, mostly to obscure airborne attack.

[@AW11-e4h]

All these weapons are great. But the people using them are a well tuned machine 🇺🇸

[@ronbrooks6547]

From a distance it's enough camouflage on the Bradley. As a Soldier I was in Bradley's the most and they really are top tier. Apache helicopters and Bradley's can win a war by itself.

[@NathanDean79]

A 50 caliber bullet can’t penetrate tank armour. It’s a 12.7 mm bullet but can oenetrate light armour and concrete walls.

[@razeranger2393]

Great video guys! Love from the USA❤

[@davelowell3008]

Served proudly 3 years in the 3rd Infantry Division.

[@MrDarchangelomni]

@10:15 there is a military term for this phenomena "bologna mist"

[@gyarddog1935]

The camo on the tanks is to break up the silhouette for aircraft

[@doejohnathon3487]

Yes the mama bear has armored piercing capabilities most common one used is the Raufoss round but that gun originally in world war II was meant to shoot down fucking fighter planes

[@Phizzo4real]

If u shoot an enemy with caliber capable machine guns, it is considered a war crime under the geneva covention of international law for rules of engagement in warfare. Same thing with chemical weapons against civilian population and softening of the battlefield. Some asymmetrical weapons can be used for warning and evacuation purposes before demolition of enemy's structures.

[@davidryan45]

That’s a camouflage net that gets spread out after they park in a hide for the night

[@johnratcliffjr2774]

They make all types of explosive bullets, and armor piercing.

[@tucsonbandit]

those rockets you asked about get up to 2100 MPH+ but not when they are being launched, when they are falling from low space orbit @ 160,000 feet, they can travel nearly 200 miles if needed, they are ballistic missiles, at least the ATACMS are, they are very large. When you are watching them being launched maybe they are going 200-300 mph before they get out of visual range, not really sure.

[@KORUSAKKUN]

The m2 uses anti tank rounds,anti armour rounds, anti personel or high explosive rounds depending on the task

[@itz_otto]

the m2 has no anti tank rounds. its got blanks, ball, tracer, AP, incendiary and AP incendiary

[@gnysgtgarciausmc]

yes we have them , armor piercing and heat , wont penetrate tank armor but everything else is game :)

[@torvaldsen2110]

The rockets can precisely hit targets up to 150 miles away depending on rocket varient.

[@itz_otto]

the m2 machine gun is a 50 cal so no it doesnt penetrate tanks. itll go through trucks though and if you get hit with a single round it'll cut limbs off

[@George-ux6zz]

When I was in the Army, the M60 tank could drop a round and hit a 55 gallon drum at 20 miles. That was before we had technology to make them deadliest. I can only imagine how accurate they are today.

[@hopcat500]

M60 shooting a barrel at 20 miles???? I don’t think so. Sounds like a howitzer or other artillery round to me.

[@billgreathouse1913]

BS. The Excalibur round has 30+ mile range with assist. It has a 97% hit within 10 meters and a 93% within 3 meters. That kind of accuracy resolution might be there with an Abrams at about 2500-3000m. Iffy.

[@George-ux6zz]

@@billgreathouse1913 We were told exactly what I said. Like it or not I don't care

[@itz_otto]

@@George-ux6zz you got lied to bruh

[@devilsreject504g6]

My dad took great pride in using what he called the red eye

[@devilsreject504g6]

I believe a shoulder launch anti aircraft missle

[@jasonmoyer4325]

against tanks there is a round today for the 50 that can pen a tank on the side or rear.

[@jdm5282]

With in 500 ft. that missle hits 1000 mph!!!

[@Lonewolfmike]

Interesating little fact about the M2. Carlos Hathcock had a rig made up in Vietnam and used the M2 as a sniper rifle and recorded one of the longest sniper kills in history with it.

[@carlosfuentes9574]

Sometime interesting, if you live near a military base, you see all of these driving on the freeway once in a while

[@pacmon5285]

Not sure on the exact rockets you were asking about, but some of the rockets from the HIMARS will strike a target at over 3000km/hr

[@seanthilges9771]

Those rockets are going faster then most fighter jets on the planet

[@atcnavy34]

During my 20 years in the Army and Navy, the .50 cal (Ma Deuce) is my favourite weapon to have ever used. During my 8 years in the Army, I used it on my M60A3 tank in Desert Storm, and in Somalia (not on a tank there though). Our standard belt is 3 AP (Armor Piercing) rounds with every 4th round being a tracer round. This could have been changed since I left the military in 2006, I can tell you that it slices through light armored vehicles and defenses, and I won't tell you what it does to a human being.

[@waltstilwell4933]

John Browning lived from 1855 until 1926 and was responsible for many guns, including the M2 50 caliber and 30 caliber machine guns, the 1911 45 pistol, the Browning high power 9mm pistol, and even semi auto shotguns.

[@devilsreject504g6]

My dad was an anti aircraft specialist and certified to drive tanks I have pictures of my dad next to his mobile air defense vehicle loading it

[@devilsreject504g6]

Ofcourse my dad was in the 80s but that shit was wild😂 for the times

[@natedogg0131]

Dude those rockets are well over multiple 1000s mph

[@scottb.8441]

The urainium bullets are armor pericing

[@TheHurkulez]

15:40 NHRA Drag Racing Top Fuel in 1000' reached 338.94 mile(s) per hour

[@Phizzo4real]

Camo is for satellites not human eyes. The purpose is to evade enemy's intelligence and hide troop movements.

[@devilsreject504g6]

Proud to be an American my forefathers were badass people 😎

[@LarryJones-tz7gv]

Ball ammo tracer ammo. armor piercing ammo and. scenery ammo. and and armor piercing incinerator.

[@danbobway5656]

Ofc the camo isnt working from a video 2 feet away 😂😂 if you are out in the field it would absolutely help make it harder to spot, especially if theres foilage around

[@Airborne-80]

Im officially a creeper. I find it unbelievably awesome seeing a gorgeous woman evaluating weapons of war. 😍

[@raider2191]

The missles are supersonic which would be plus 752 MPH

[@elizabethmcintyre8529]

Theyre not the only army in the world they are big but mean there mighty

[@richardhumphrey5122]

The m2 rounds are as one of the many types of rounds it fires

[@patches6309]

As a former member of the US Army and Combat Veteran of OIF 4,5 & 6 I can say that I was a part of the Worlds Greatest Army ever assembled and deployed for combat. Our technology was only outshined by the fighting spirit of the grunts on the ground. Iraq FAAFO like so many others will soon. I pray for Peace but Prepare for War as we have been trained to do. Ameica is the New Worlds Empire that England always tried to become. Miss using the M2 50 cal. As a Scout with the Armored Cav our tankers allowed us scouts to fire 2 rounds of 120mm during table 8 qualifications. We helped them break tracks & maintain the Beast while the crews focused upon acing the Shooting Qualification tests. Had a ton of fun in the Army but im glad im out.

[@randycrowder5684]

The purpose of the camo is mostly for air cover

[@scout06171]

As a retired Cavalry Scout who was a Bradley Fighting Vehicle Commander for years I’ll let you know the deal with the camo net that’s hanging on its side. It’s there because some idiot Officer thinks it looks cool and will hide the vehicle. It’s useless. We hide the Bradley by using the terrain and our skill at maneuver, not with a stupid Camo Net.

[@itz_otto]

yoooo im a current cav scout