Canadian Forces - The M72 Rocket Launcher

[@elmartillo7931]

haha I still have my notebook from the course back in 89 :)

[@steveharvey2489]

Got mine from 88

[@marcellespiritu]

I have them in 81...

[@elmartillo7931]

apparently this has turned into a competition 🤣

[@elmartillo7931]

@@steveharvey2489 I did Battleschool in 88

[@marcus8414]

Sure bud I got mine from -89

[@jsullivan9238]

I loved this weapon. After a range day I would stay behind and fire off all the allotted 72s. I bet one day I fired over 35 of them. I got very good with it. :)

[@1970swimmer]

I’m retired now, but when I was in 2 RCR I was tasked with my platoon at T&E to fire a shit load of m72s to test the old load bearing vest. I’m not exaggerating when I think we fired at least 90-100 each over a two day range practice.

[@MemoryLaneCinema]

bet the tax payers were happy :)

[@candybonhomme5915]

I preferred the carl gustaf myself. Much more fun to fire.

[@frostycools1315]

@@1970swimmer 2 RCR h coy 77-82, 2 CAR c coy 82-87

[@frostycools1315]

@Aliwos all the way !

[@arcticblue248]

Shot two of those when I was in the Army, fun to shoot with ... also shot 3 blueammo (plastic) with the Carl Gustav ... it might be a recoiless weapon but the backblast is huuuuuge. burned my eyebrows off when I was the loader.

[@LivinLikeLarrry]

3:58 lmao buddy had some indigestion while recording this audio

[@alex-fy8sy]

Its quite funny, when you arm the launcher (pulling the tube in both directions) I've seen so many people screw up by not pulling hard enough, you have to pull very hard and sharp but it doesn't take to long to master

[@cail592]

OHHHH ... 11A be getting it when he gets back to the hide. "OUTING" 11 @ 08:07. 😳

[@badas45]

I love these vintage vids

[@thomasveil3827]

Lol i worked for Trials and Evaluations in Gagetown one summer. We were firing these things at concrete walls from a trench so some civvie science guys could measure effectiveness of the new warheads. Of course i was hungover to death. Jeez this musta been mid 90's..maybe 94?

[@DeadeyeLefty]

Sounds like we were in about the same time. Did some of my best work hung over :^)

[@DeadeyeLefty]

17:50 Wow, I can smell that rain gear from here - it's like warm puke. 8:40 "disposable, and carried on a sling" Well...that's not entirely true: it's always trying to jump away when you're running, the sling tries to choke you out, and it loves to grab onto brush as you go by. Still...the best job in the world on range day.

[@1979Spica]

Not just warm puke... recycled warm puke. Yours, and the unknown dude or two before you. Thanks, QM It had this amazing ability to let the rain in, yet not let the stank out.

[@DeadeyeLefty]

@@1979Spica Haha...been there.

[@imapseudonym1403]

It's seeing those tents that do it for me. Smells like very old cheese.

[@hansbrink6995]

I was the project officer that brought the new version into service.

[@marcfournier823]

I used these in the 70's.

[@tkso.philly3879]

We trained with the Carl Gustav at Ft.Benning,GA. A true,"HAYMAKER,"courtesy of the "LIGHT-INFANTRY"!!!!!!-----

[@ExSoldier762]

Back in the day, I qualified expert on this baby.

[@CarterIsAway]

These are wicked to shoot, good times

[@grower-gq5yb]

Have you shot one?

[@CarterIsAway]

@@grower-gq5yb oh yeah on my SQ course

[@shashikiran562]

Matsimus sent us

[@johnkasawan2193]

One of the guys firing it, with his beret on (PPCLI) looks like "Toby" aka Brendan. If it is him, I am surprised he is sober.

[@ericstefko4852]

14:57 is that Chris Hatfield ?

[@scottfuller5194]

I was the logistics officer in the Canadian Forces Anti Armour Project Management Office securing new generation anti armour weapons and TOW Under Armour (TOW II B) turreted systems and the Eryx etc etc

[@Donryall]

The Eryx, 600 meters range! Bru, what were you thinking? Were you high?

[@kqp76t]

For those who are wondering what the difference between a rocket launcher and a recoiless rifle are, here is my take. The M72 is a rocket launcher because the rocket has its own motor to arrive at the target. The entire munition arrives at the target, self contained. With a recoiless rifle round, like the 84mm karl G, the projectile is attached to the propellant cartridge and the whole round is loaded. When fired, only the projectile arrives at the target and the spent cartridge (which housed the propellant), is unloaded and discarded. There is some confusion with the karl g because of the "rocket assisted projectile" name given to certain rounds. They both are fun to fire, but I prefer the M72. Chimo!

[@juicyj3819]

1 month later.... Nobody is wondering. Back in formation! TROOP!

[@thevexengineer]

those DEU's (or whatever the operational dress was called back then) are ancient!

[@1979Spica]

Ancient? You made me feel old.

[@propaycheque]

That death star looks so sexy in the thumbnail- Pro Patria

[@lesgrossman4636]

Thanks for the cookie

[@roberthaney4106]

Back blast clear.......

[@1joshjosh1]

I want one.

[@bluecollarcanuck]

Hah, who doesn't? :D

[@raymorley8241]

Every Army Brat had one of these.......inert of course

[@morokolli8700]

Eihän tolla Tankille Pärjää!!!.. katetut pesäkkeet ja huoneistot kuorma autot!!.. tosin toi kuva hämää tai muistan väärin mutta toi oli munmielestä vähän ohkasempi!??.. ku en muista millä nimellä toi on meillä suomes!!.. sisäpiippuja ammuttiin liikkuvaan maaliin 2/3 viimonen lenti pikkasen yli🙄 Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮

[@emericdion]

18:02 that guy is obviously french lol

[@Roarmeister2]

Considering that this is the Royal 22nd Regiment based in Valcartier, QC. that is quite understandable.

[@emericdion]

@@Roarmeister2 didn't even know thanks!

[@emericdion]

@@kinggeorgeiii7515 Just pointed out the obvious

[@matthewmoss1589]

@A. Ryan do you have any videos showing the C1 SMG in use? Thanks!

[@A_Ryan]

I do not have any specific for the C1 SMG. As the C1 is effectively the Sterling SMG, there are already a number of British videos available.

[@fpscanada3862]

this is weird that they call it the m72 even though that was the original american designation. or maybe that's what the designers named the thing

[@mmooney6860]

good 22

[@tkso.philly3879]

U.S. ARMY BASIC TRAINING,CLASS of 87'.Ft.Dix,N.J. I got MORE of a nut,😘😎😈,firing the LAAW ROCKET,than I did,the M-60,M-16A-1,the 40-mm grenade launcher;etc.-

[@larrysteve7272]

Why does almost everyone in these training films have a French accent?

[@enricomahoney6617]

Because the ones that have French accents are French Canadian.

[@larrysteve7272]

@@enricomahoney6617 I know there French Canadian, but only like 20% of the population sounds like that not all of them

[@benoitnadeau5845]

@@larrysteve7272 Canadian armed forces have 3 major bases, one of those is Valcartier, in quebec and the training base for recruits is also in Quebec, St-Jean sur richelieu.

[@enricomahoney6617]

@@larrysteve7272 it’s more than 20%, I would say 26-29%.

[@jameschartrand7962]

Maybe because it was filmed in Quebec...

[@steveharvey2489]

Canada is safe if KFC gets attacked

[@tkso.philly3879]

Pardon me for I mean no disrespect.But,looking at these guys, makes me think about,Monty Python-

[@larrysteve7272]

One shot deal huh? Wouldnt the RPG-7 be better?

[@1970swimmer]

The RPG is a reliable but poorly designed weapon. We used the Carl G, which also has its flaws.

[@alex-fy8sy]

The m72 has good penetrative value and is wayyyyy lighter than the rpg, it also has easier usage and is relatively cheaper than the rpg-7 I believe, the other thing is that its disposable and you can just dump it after its fired

[@larrysteve7272]

@@alex-fy8sy Well say you missed your shot your completely screwed over

[@alex-fy8sy]

@@larrysteve7272 well, I guess you run. Or you just hope to god you have another so you don't fuck up

[@larrysteve7272]

@@alex-fy8sy yea i guess so

[@64forestkat]

Canada sent 4,500 M72 rocket launchers to Ukraine.

[@alexanderstark5192]

Canada sending 4500 of these to ukraine :)

[@cognitive-carpenter]

800 mils is 2cm lol

[@mattmarzula]

False. Mils is an angular measurement. 800 mils at 1000m is 800m. 800 mils at 500m is 400m. Do you see?

[@lib556]

Unlike the flawed video of the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, the M72 fires an actual rocket.

[@sawmaster6095]

In the case of the M72, doesn't the rocket motor burn out before it exits the tube? And assuming that's the case (which I'm pretty certain it is), how is it philosophically much different than a recoilless rifle?

[@lib556]

@@sawmaster6095 Very different. The 66mm rocket from the M72 is a ...rocket. A tube stuffed with propellent and a warhead at the front end. It has stabilizing fins that pop out as it leaves the launch tube. The 84mm is like a big bullet fired from .... a rifle. The barrel of the Carl G is rifled - like a firearm. This imparts a spin on the round for stability. The M 72 is a smooth tube. But... I'm no... 'rocket scientist'...

[@sawmaster6095]

@@lib556 How about the 84mm AT4? That is smoothbore, has propellent and a warhead, stabilizing fins, but is considered a "recoilless smoothbore anti-tank weapon"

[@lib556]

@@sawmaster6095 Like I said, I'm no rocket scientist. Although I know a bunch of guys who used them in Afghanistan, I've never shot one. As wiki says: "The AT4 may be considered a disposable, low-cost alternative to a Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle. The AT4 took many of its design features from the Carl Gustaf, which operates on the principle of a recoilless weapon, where the forward inertia of the projectile is balanced by the inertia of propellant gases ejecting from the rear of the barrel. But unlike the Carl Gustaf, which uses a heavier and more expensive steel tube with rifling,[16] the disposable AT4 design greatly reduces manufacturing costs by using a reinforced smoothbore fiberglass outer tube. Being a disposable gun also allows for lighter and cheaper construction. In a single-use disposable gun..." All I can say is a gun is a gun and a rocket is a rocket.... I'm just tired of people saying the Carl G is a 'rocket launcher' when it isn't.

[@Cherubrmy]

@@lib556 Carl G also fires rounds that are propelled by rocket motors, thus it *is* fair to describe it as a rocket launcher, because it does launch rockets. The presence of rifling in the barrel has little impact on the nomenclature of modern systems, i.e the M777 Howitzers in Canadian service are rifled, yet are still called guns. The limiting factor is the ammunition in the case of the M72 LAW, it could fire "bullet" style projectiles as you called them, but its simply intended to fire pre-packaged standardised ammunition.

[@marcdemmon208]

I hate the new confusing combats uniforms my eyes get a headache

[@Arthur-ch2dx]

Слава Україні ! 🔰🔰🔰

[@thescratchyscratch7848]

We used dummy launchers and used virtual launchers at a SAT range. We’ll probably shoot maybe one in our whole career down the road maybe lol

[@rball690]

I couldn't watch anymore. Too much wrong here. Old OD combat uniforms with rank badges not used at the time of the other equipment pictured such as the C7 or wheeled armored carriers. By this time all Sgt's rank badges had a leaf above the hooks.

[@evann2938]

Not sure what you're talking about. Watch it again. The hooks have a leaf. Go to 21:00 and you'll clearly see it. This is exactly what it was like back then. The kit, vehicles, and even the shitty KWay rain gear.

[@rball690]

@@evann2938 neither do I? I have never seen this video before. But have commented on other CF posts before. And this would be from one of those. Maybe the one on the Carl G?

[@evann2938]

@@rball690 LOL. Right on. Something fishy going on here. I haven't seen the Carl G one. These are all CF made training videos. I think I've seen a bunch of them when I was doing my QL3 and QL4.