Fire Power: Artillery - The Big Picture

National Archives and Records Administration
Fire Power: Artillery
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984)
ARC Identifier 2569495 / Local Identifier 111-TV-225. In this issue BIG PICTURE viewers will receive a firsthand account of how American artillery is employed in Korea. The film shows how American artillerymen fire ten shells for every one the Communists launch at our troops. Included in the film is a study of the Army's new atomic cannon... the 280mm gun.

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

My dad trained at Ft Sill as an artillery spotter after qualifying as a liaison pilot in 1942 - 43. He often told me how valuable that training was when he served with the 3rd AFA, US first army in Belgium and Germany 1944 - 45.

[@nolarobert]

As a historian I greatly appreciate these priceless historical documentaries. One of the most important aspects of history is to understand these past events as they were perceived and understood by the people of that era.

[@scottjoseph9578]

Completely true.

[@kimchipig]

Excellent video. I lived in Korea for many years, and I can attest that working class Korean people are among the toughest people on the planet. They accomplish incredible things. I had a man, no more than 160 cm and 50 kg, carry a fridge up to the fifth floor of a walk up. He then repeated the same with a washer, and took the old ones out. I wanted to help him, but flatly refused. I wanted to tip him, but no way. Instead we went to a corner store and had a beer at the table outside. Wonderful people in Korea.

[@waterheaterservices]

A lot of fine people on ROK

[@stephenabm7779]

I attended basic training and artillery school at Ft. Sill back in 1983 in Fire Direction Control (FDC). I remember seeing Atomic Annie there back then. There is a reason why the Field Artillery is called King of Battle.

[@KyleCowden]

I did my basic and AIT at Fort Sill as a FO. I was the only 17 year old I knew that got to blow up a bunch of tank shells.

[@hatuletoh]

I'm stoked to find this video as I am, right at this moment, sitting with my grandfather's WWII artillery school training material from Ft Sill in-hand. He commanded a battery in an orphan unit in the Pacific; he was always a little annoyed about never being permanently attatched to a division command, because, as he put it, "whenever there was a hind tit you could bet we'd be sucking the tit behind that one." He saw action on Attu in the Aleutians, where he must have faced the final, desperate banzai charge directed at the artillery park, though he never spok about it; and in the Phillipines under MacArthur, whom he always admired. I'm certain he was in the artillery park on Attu and faced down the final banzai charge made by the last 5K or so men of the Japanese force on the island because, firstly, my grandfather commanded a battery of guns, so that's where he would logically have been. More importantly though, he brought home his standard-issue for artillerymen M1 carbine (which I now have, of course, along with his absolutely pristine Colt 1911), explaining that when the war was over, he'd turned in the M1 Garand he'd acquired and used in place of the carbine, and so was able to "liberate" the smaller gun. When asked why he "acquired" and used a Garand instead of the carbine, he explained that he was a terrible shot with a rifle, so when he actually hit something he wanted it to stay down. My grandfather said the one time he used the carbine, he "hit a guy, but that guy just got up and kept running right at me! So I thought, 'I've got to find me bigger gun!'" None of my grandfather's kids or grandkids ever thought to ask where, exactly, this happened, but considering he carried the Garand all through the Phillipine campaign, I'm almost certain it was in the banzai charge on Attu that my grandfather decided his carbine was underpowered. That was really the only "war story" he ever told, at least the only one with any action. When asked about the war, he'd usually explain it was the reason he hated boats (on being seasick in an amphibious assault craft: "first you're afraid you'll die, then you're afraid you won't"), eating any variety of fish ("three meals a day for weeks in the Aleutians"), and camping ("I slept in the dirt because I had to during the war--dont quite know why anyone would choose the dirt over a bed").

[@JimD410]

my grandfather was in Pacific as artilleryman as well with Americal div.

[@FlorestheGreat]

King Of The Battle!

[@violinoscar]

What they don't mention is that whilst you have forward observation, radar, sound detectors, eyes on gun flare - so do the other guys. Sometimes they are better at it because it is on their turf.

[@edwardlincoln5680]

The block house signal mountain, went to several fire power demonstrations 1964-65. HQB 9th FA MSL group

[@Lassisvulgaris]

"Incomming artillery has right of way" Murphy's Military Laws

[@mandydalton9750]

Fact

[@13bravoredleg18]

I was 2/21 Division Artillery (S-3) Ft. Polk, Louisiana 85-87

[@bleanard]

13 Bravo!

[@collinhennessy1521]

It's 13 Foxtrot now

[@robertw4230]

I love the smell of artillery propellant in the morning , white bag charge 7 !

[@cannonrogmatt]

Robert White I live 4 miles from the west range of Fort Sill. It gets noisy at times

[@shadowwolf7622]

Shell-HE Fuse-PD!

[@shadowwolf7622]

@@cannonrogmatt I spent 3 months at Sill in the summer of 82.

[@robertw4230]

@@shadowwolf7622 high explosive, point detonating fuse setting , oh yeah !

[@robertw4230]

I wish I could be back there for a few weeks again with a battery .

[@mangnae2352]

good job! from south korea :)

[@50buttfish]

BIG guns was my idea of artillery; but when I was stationed in Germany, I learned about missiles with nukes.

[@Moredread25]

That cable car has shown up in a lot of episodes.

[@edwardbartoneb]

Basic training in Fort Sill Oklahoma Echo battery 1/33.

[@wmcbarker4155]

Echo 3/2 Drill Sgt 10/7/68

[@shadowwolf7622]

Charlie 2. 1982. We were in the old wooden barracks.

[@jimarcher5255]

Staff & Faculty Battery, 60-62.

[@williamkuykendall7569]

Went to Ft.Sill for basic and AIT ooorahhh 13F Rock Hard Fister

[@junkboxxxxxx]

That war looks like hell

[@paulwilson4369]

Semper Fi 0811

[@MsLeesan]

Semper Fi, my husband was an 0802

[@ramonmoralez2938]

Love being an FO 0861

[@geraldhansen6897]

MLRS when you want to send the very best

[@angrypatriot5392]

Wheres my fellow Foxtrots 🇺🇸

[@EO-jr7li]

Definitely should’ve been a seizure disclaimer for 1:48

[@RicTic66]

That was the British at El Alamein. 😊

[@bishop2985]

23:39 So peaceful yet you know their setting up a tool that can destroy a whole damn city

[@shadowwolf7622]

It is rather soothing at times

[@wooderdsaunders6801]

So the armys big gun is smaller than the navy 16 in battle ship gun?

[@Wormhole798]

Yes. The Navy doesn't have any active 16 inch guns anymore.

[@jimarcher5255]

Battery, shell HE, Fuze quick...

[@josephhudson8829]

Charge 7 White Bag

[@seannoble8948]

Alot of these remind me of what Germany had in WW2......how odd

[@johnrogan9420]

Ammunition transportation.🙈🔥

[@BLACKTHUMB01]

Bo diddly bo diddly where you been? Down in Lawton drinkin gin. Whatcha gonna do when you get back? Puke it all up on the P.T. track.

[@wooderdsaunders6801]

How many tons equal how many rounds/shots?

[@Wormhole798]

Each HE round weighs 98 lbs.

[@garycheavin8768]

@@Wormhole798 even more if you catch it on the fly !

[@dwanseicheine7409]

Partitioning countries and letting the ussr take over eastern europe is the reason why peace is so elusive.

[@maco8799]

@.22 you discovered new zealand yet?

[@wntu4]

6:30 An MG-34??? In Korea?

[@GKBigmack]

M1919A6

[@gunslinger1824]

We used V2’s In Korea?

[@tuckcuttertuck6802]

Yup

[@surfernorm6360]

I didn't think so but I looked it up. And unless they were used in classified missions no. Tuck is probably wrong. It wasn't a very good weapons platform and it was wildly inaccurate. Even when the germans used it in WW2 It wan't usefull as a tactical weapon. It was only usefull when you had a city to attack not strategic targets like factories or trains or ships. That came later in the 50s and 60s.

[@arkboy3]

He heh, Dad taught the older kids Korean "cho-gee!".

[@mangnae2352]

cho-gee mean that "over there!"

[@TheBeairdManCometh]

im very grateful for you for uploading this. very informational. i love this nostalgic stuff. but i cant help but realize the koreans loading and unloading the shells and ammunition that was then soon to be pummeling their own homeland. horrible to watch

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

1st of the 31st. 🇺🇸😎🦅

[@johnrogan9420]

Korea

[@jaywarren5261]

Bye bye comrade!!! They don't make documentaries like that anymore. Too bad.

[@scottjoseph9578]

Atomic Annie was only fired once. Nuclear Weapons are not exactly "high explosive."

[@johnrogan9420]

0745 hours to 0759 hours when the infantry begins its advance to the objective. .no chance of being hit by our own artillery..."friendly fire deaths"...George Carlin territory!

[@davedocker1195]

Slide rule

[@friendofcoal]

13E here, that's what I learned on in AIT in 83-84. When I got to W. Germany after AIT, they were using BCS...! What a waste of AIT.....

[@mungo7136]

Officer: Sir, we have new Democrowitzer at your disposal. P: What is the size of it? O: 280 milimetres, sir! P: That's smaller than Khrushchev's left ball! I am disappointed!!! O: We could ... We ... We can load it with the nuclear charge, Mr. President! P: You've got my point, boy!

[@Tom_Quixote]

That was unfunny.

[@johnrogan9420]

Is it just me or does this behavior border on criminal insanity?

[@desmondfarrell7249]

America defends against aggression by being aggressive.

[@user-xb2jm9ms4d]

нащли чем хвастатьсяатомная энни ствол икачающаяся часть от немецкройпушки бруно тока ходовая американскя вместо железнодорожнойи тягачи

[@therond.patron4959]

No regrets and ever serving but you can keep all of that bullshit.

[@johnrogan9420]

The big picture plan of 1965 🇻🇳 Vietnam has James Arness claiming there is no way the Communists will win the "hearts and minds" of the villagers...hold my beer ...Mai Lai .

[@uweyaa]

The biggest Gangster in world wil protect to othser Gangster!😁

[@bobbates6642]

Perhaps THE GREAT PRESIDENT TRUMP will order that such movies are once again made for public viewing. Just think every school would show such movies to the high school students and no liberal propaganda would be allowed in the movie or from the teacher or students. What a wonder nation we would have if this were done. In addition home economics should be mandatory for all school girls and for any homosexual male . As well it would be made available for any male student that wished to take it as not all men are going to get married. So knowing how to cook bake and sew is a good idea. I remember in high school one of the boys that took home ec. came out to the smoking section of the school and showed me a T shirt he had made himself using only a sewing machine and a pattern he made up on his own. I sort of laughed about it but then got to thinking how such a skill could one day be used by anyone to make plans to build something else. The old days were the days in which men were men and women were women and both were glad of it. Now with left wing nuts doing the teaching and almost raising the children what with pre kindergarten and day care for babies the children are raised in a manner not dissimilar to that of a communist nation

[@waterheaterservices]

That is NOT Party Approved Correct Thinking and Speech. ... Counter Revolutionary Capitalist Trump 2020!

[@suspicioususer]

What do you mean once again for public viewimg how the fuck do you think your watching now?

[@panthermartin7784]

Defending you , the American people against EVILLLLLL... jhc, 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gowdsake7103]

2 points no 1 America and democracy Nah, American politics is 100 percent about money . No 2 Umm shame as always on your own you did not win Korea

[@friendofcoal]

What country's politics isn't about money??????? Korea was a tie. What's your country's record?

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Painful propaganda b.s. One shot hit. Sure.

[@harrykuheim6107]

Puerto Rico is a Nanny State run by crooked Latino Commies that love Democrats...why defend it?