Soviet 122mm D30 Cannon (Firing)

[@lukum55]

Ah, hello again my old friend. I was, and as a reservist I technically still am, a gun commander for a D30, known in Finnish service as the 122H63. A well trained crew can have the gun set up and ready to fire in 10 minutes of arriving in a firing position, nowhere near what SPGs can do but for a conventional artillery piece its quite fast. The rate of fire was also quite fast, my crew was able to fire 3 rounds in 12 seconds, thats a 122mm round every 4 seconds. This video showcases the gun pretty well but there was one thing I was extremely triggered by: the guys were loading the gun from directly behind the breech, DO NOT DO THAT! Even though it should not happen it is possible that something malfunctions and the gun fires immediately after you close the breech and if you stand right behind the gun the breech will kick you in the stomach, not good. The ammo bearer must always load the rounds from the left side from behind the little recoil guard, the loader with the rammer rams from the right but nobody is directly behind the breech.

[@villekeskitalo184]

I got triggered exactly by the same thing :D:D Lots of FDF reservist here in comment section :D 1/11 Niinisalo SATR!

[@shawnr771]

Good information. Thanks.

[@bluetv6386]

In russia that's how they train the new recruits stomach muscles. If you can take it you're reposted to the spetnaz, if you can't your vodka belly s not large enough yet and you need more training...

[@mistertree553]

@lukum55 very interesting!

[@Kman31ca]

I'm not an arty guy, but have worked around large machinery my entire life and I get triggered too seeing that. I've seen young kids lose fingers, toes, etc and 90% of the time it's due to not paying attention to these small details.

[@Agast]

I was waiting for Ian to say that the cannon would be auctioned

[@ffnuslemmur8364]

@@a.ocasiocortez117 lmao no

[@liamstransportchannel]

A.Ocasio Cortez Nope

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

@@a.ocasiocortez117 yes

[@thomaskok5773]

that would be ideal for home defense

[@loveterrortattoo7867]

Pedro Almeida lol. Me too

[@kumanon9466]

"Sorry for the machine gun fire; it clears up in a moment" turns the barrel towards machine gun fire sounds

[@Dmochkin]

the 360 degree capability would definitely come in handy

[@Ryu-qk1kx]

guy firing the machine gun: *chuckles* im in danger

[@yytyytg]

japanes: chuckles honourable death

[@mr.laughington5740]

Says: *SHUT UP OR ILL BLOW YOU WITH THIS GLORIOUS ARTILLERY OF STALIN*

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

The Joys of 'Danger Close' Artillery support.

[@Pz_VI]

Ian's not Gun Jesus anymore. Now he is ARTILLERY MOSES.

[@theartofthereel455]

Cannon Christ

[@jl.7739]

My try: Babooom Budda

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

And with his mighty howitzer he parted the Red Sea

[@SRDPS2]

Anymore. He is God of gun.

[@weirdeurasianboy8091]

Nope. He knows everything about the artillery he was talking about. Unlike the dumbass who got lost in the desert for 40 years 😂

[@epajebiga]

I was also commander on D30 during war in Croatia. This howitzer can allow extreme fire rate for skilled crew. My crew record is 1.178 hits in one day (actually, 14 hours). Next day we had to send our howizer to repair :-). Barrel was useless after that.

[@blizzardstr]

Дай дураку хер, он и его сломает. Это ж надо было такую махину за день угробить...

[@epajebiga]

@@blizzardstr, you obviously was not in the war. In combat, somtimes you use everything you have to stop enemy. Yes, weapons that last decades in regular military use in peace often will be buried in one day. An it has nothing to do with fools prick....

[@_salaryman_]

@@blizzardstr У танкового орудия 2А46 (что ставится в танки Т-64/72/80) средний ресурс находится в коридоре от 500 до 1000 выстрелов.

[@amichiganboiwhosereallazy1544]

Ebic

[@stonks6616]

IS-2 gun???

[@VosperCDN]

Other channels : "Here's the latest 9mm .." Ian : "Let's talk about a 122mm Cannon"

[@Chrzysztof]

Other channels : "Here's the latest Glock in .22LR .." Ian : "Let's talk about a 122mm Cannon"

[@setoste]

It is a howitzer, not a cannon.

[@sampsonlll1825]

@@setoste Artillery*

[@Revener666]

It is also a cannon.

[@Mytrix0]

VosperCDN pretty hard to forget that weapon!

[@Memilish]

Insert mandatory question about its suitability for home defense here.

[@TheCheat_1337]

You can't have a home invasion, if your self defense 122mm cannon destroys your home and everything in it. weSmart

[@CptJistuce]

I know I wouldn't break into a home equipped with one.

[@overboss9599]

I guarantee once the first burglar is reduced to red mist, the robbers are gonna look for easier targets. well, maybe not the organized group of robbers known as an "insurance company" but that's another problem

[@Zeawsomee]

Why yes, it is an excellent choice for all types of defense against houses

[@thedarkzibba7059]

You cant defend your house but you can defend The Motherland

[@a.gravemistake3061]

Almost as loud as a Mosin carbine; recoil's more manageable tho.

[@michaeljaquez4737]

A moisan Nagant? Has low recoil to be honest

[@buttahXD]

@@michaeljaquez4737 He's talking about the carbine version, which wouldn't weigh as much, so it would have more recoil as a result. And memeing.

[@Mikhail-Tkachenko]

@@michaeljaquez4737 It's a joke. The carbine variant of the Mosin Nagant is extremely loud & produces a huge muzzle flash compared to other types of infantry rifles.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

A. Grave Mistake It's a fully semi-automatic. Mosin-Nagant does not have recoil buffer.

[@DudemeisterNL]

@@XtreeM_FaiL fully semi automatic... Never heard of that before

[@anssiikonen5847]

The memories of setting this howitzer up in rocky ground at -25´c.

[@deios]

Memories sitting in foxhole directing that fire at -25c.

[@severrnijKGU]

awwwwwe

[@AP-bh8xm]

Memories of hammering those wedges in to the rocky ground in -25 celsius.

[@Aasal76]

Same shit

[@DongusMcLongus]

I was an artillery spotter in the U.S. Army from 2004-2011 and these were the artillery guns that the Afghan Army uses. I remember training Afghan gun teams (I was a spotter so they could work on aiming). I actually was able to stand right next to the gun team as they fired and this thing packs a punch! You really feel the blast, much more than a U.S. 105mm. The Afghan crews got pretty good with these and could get rounds out pretty quickly and accurately. @forgotten weapons It was really cool to see this gun again and learn a bit more about it, great Video!

[@AshleyPomeroy]

I imagine all those guns must be sitting around rusting by now, unless the Taliban sold them off for hard currency.

[@DongusMcLongus]

@@AshleyPomeroy Rusting, sold off, or turned into truck axles by now.

[@taysondynastyemperor5124]

@AshleyPomeroy I remember seeing some videos on Twitter of the Taliban firing D-20’s at Pakistani positions, so…

[@TKakela]

A familiar gun! I was trained to crew this during my service in the Finnish Defense Forces. Here it is called 122 H 63.

[@shawnr771]

@@vendomnuIf the US and Russia are such odds why do US astronauts ride Russian rockets to the International Space Station? It is cheaper than other alternatives.

[@Zorglub1966]

@@vendomnu roughly, Soviet designed weapons (because of their habit of losing a lot of stuff in the Karelian forests.) are common in Finnish army, and often improved.

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

@@vendomnu finns bought all kind of weaponry from Soviets.

[@insiainutorrt259]

@@vendomnu Can use their ammo and weapons against them as finland could never match the production of russia for one

[@brlbrlbrlbrl]

@@vendomnu During the cold war, Finland had a policy of buying equipment equally from both the west and from the Soviet Union as an expression of the country's neutrality. Because of this, there are still a lot of soviet trucks, artillery, APCs, etc. in use that are slowly being phased out.

[@thedarkzibba7059]

0/10 no bayonet This post made by Japanese army

[@_salaryman_]

You can always make your own

[@VashGames]

The pointy thing in front of the barrel.

[@aserta]

It has a trailer hitch. I'd say it gets at least 3 points out of 10 for that. Heck, you could tow this with your average hippie painted Vbug for shits and giggles.

[@JippaJ]

Looks to have a bayonet lug on the muzzle brake.

[@Tony-dh7mz]

LOL

[@Hawk1966]

Wish we could have seen the point of impact on the hill. Fun video otherwise.

[@DangerousBobB]

Hawk 1966 I have some impacts from the shoot on my IG account @dangerous_bob

[@basillicus3959]

I'm actually wondering if the gun is aimed at all. They have only the direct fire telescope mounted but that does nothing when firing indirect fire, and they have no panoramic telescope at all. So maybe they just shoot in the general direction with minimal powder charge and the round drops where it drops.

[@DangerousBobB]

Basillicus blasting a rock on the side of the mountain using a full powder charge and direct fire sights

[@basillicus3959]

@@DangerousBobB OK, cool. Yeah, I see now that the elevation is actually much lower in the parts where shooting happens.

[@mafistowaltz4857]

Thats the first thing I thought too.

[@ijduadfs3690]

I did my military sevice in east- german made self propelled 122mm howitzer and the ammo it used (russan made so most likely same as that gun) went as follows. Direct fire use cartridge that had single poweder bag pressed in by machine. If you took it out you would never get it in again. Indirect fire used 5 powder bags in one cartridge. To fire furthest away you would keep all of them in. To fire shorter range you would take one in your hand and keep the rest 4 in cartridge and that would be called n.1 charge. To make n.2 charge you would take 2 bags out so you had 2 in your hand and rest in the cartridge and so on till you get to n.5 charge which is only a primer and does nothing. Can't really see if the sight similar to what i used but mine went something like this. You would take out small telescope looking object place it on the ground left of the gun, aim guns sight at it. Telescope has small symbols on it's glass and you would turn the dial on it till they mached ones on the gun sights. Once they are perfectly lined up you can aim the gun first by for example turning the sight 2 degrees (6000 of these to make 360 turn) and then turning the entire gun till symbols match again.

[@gunner678]

Thanks. It's nice to hear from a gunner who served on the cold war opposing side. I was a gunner based on the other side of the IGB in the West . There is a lot to gunnery that lay people don't fully appreciate. Cheers!

[@zabzab6608]

ACS 2S1 " Carnation» ?

[@swaghauler8334]

So you used Collimeters too! The Collimeter gave the gun's Deflection from a surveyed point at the battery's center. This is HOW FDC determined the precise position of your gun's Deflection (horizontal alignment) in relation to the world at large. This point was surveyed backward from a central survey point for the entire battery. The gun was "layed" as close to this survey mark as the ground guides could get it, upon initial setup. The second reference point for a gun was known as the Quadrant. This was the VERTICAL ANGLE needed to reach a certain range away from the "point of lay" of the gun. On our Howitzers, the Quadrant was located on the right side of the gun (with the Gunner dialing in Deflection on the left side of the gun). These were expressed in "Mils" instead of "Degrees" on our guns too (a more precise scale of measure).

[@jasonsilkowski7282]

"sorry for the machine gun fire" why is that so funny to me

[@garywheeler7039]

Its not something you hear every day?

[@kstreet7438]

@@garywheeler7039 just American things.

[@ronhmclaughlin]

The device that aides in elevating is the equilibrator.

[@dankdark974]

Equilibrinator* Sounds more impressive.

[@longshot7601]

The handle that the skull was on is called a destructonator or kaboomanator.

[@LevitatingCups]

Just need a bigger home.

[@stevestruthers6180]

The equilibrator is not the elevation mechanism. The equilibrator consists of the two tubes that are housed in the more or less square box mounted on the top of the gun. The equilibrator manages the recoil of the gun by preventing it from running too far out and then returning it to battery after the projectile has been fired.

[@ronhmclaughlin]

Steve Struthers so what you are referring to is the recoil mechanism, the one polished steel tube you see the opposite side of the elevating gear is an equlibrator. The equilbrator/s are either gas filled tube/s or springs the equalize the effort to elevate the tube, in gas filled equilibrators the crew constantly adjusts them throughout the day because as it gets warmer the expanding gas changes the amount of assistance to moving the barrel weight

[@YarugumaSou]

"To show you the incredible strength of the Soviet 122mm D30 Cannon, I'm gonna blast huge holes through the body of that mountain"

[@jballew2239]

That location has been a backstop for ~40 years. Eventually some enterprising individual will mine the lead and tungsten out of it.

[@YarugumaSou]

@@jballew2239 You don't get it.

[@Osean_Kitty]

THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE

[@deepbludreams]

All things considered, this is a low-ish velocity 122MM gun, the D30 is basically a replacement for a 1930s Era howitzer, and to share compability with other soviet arms, it uses the same cartridge and projectiles found in use by Soviet heavy tanks, the IS2, IS3 and T10. the D30 started falling out of favor when 155 and 152MM Artillery pieces got lighter, 122MM is in a odd weight range, not really a light howitzer, not really a heavy one either.

[@MrJolte]

That mountain offends me. Remove it!

[@metalspoon69]

Can anyone recommend a good holster to conceal carry this?

[@Tony-dh7mz]

Workin on it, I’ve got this!

[@shawnr771]

Airstream?

[@detritus23]

It will fit in the UM84. It has good retention, too. And the training wheels help...

[@scraig11]

Zap

[@tarmaque]

Could I suggest a Volvo C304?

[@ekvictory007]

That soviet math-sight for indirect fire is legit! Having been a machinist, mathematical tables are far superior for accomplishing a task in quick order without the need for fully trained personnel. They're also key for upgrading current personnel as it gives them an immediate "close enough" to work off of.

[@ronhmclaughlin]

The item that looks like “a bayonet lug” on the muzzle brake is the towing lunette

[@robertkubrick3738]

I thought that was where the crimson trace mounted?

[@AlASokolov]

American howitzer M777 has the same feature.

[@swaghauler8334]

@@AlASokolov So did the M198.

[@samuelyoung1]

I wonder if anyone ever made a giant enough bayonet to go on it

[@badpossum440]

well thats one hell of a disappointment. i was looking forward to getting that bayonet.

[@sdude5538]

My drunk ass thought this said "Sweet" instead of "Soviet" and yet... I was both right and wrong.

[@CrudeConduct666]

Haha hell yeah

[@bencetasi5602]

Sweet Union 😀

[@Thing.of.nought]

Hot damn, it's the cannon I spent countless hours, cleaning, maintaining, aiming etc etc. This example lacks the gunshield for the crew actually. These things are still in use as training cannons in Finland. They will be replaced by a Finnish 155 mm howitzer eventually from what I've heard. As for setting up the gun, it takes time but when you have a crew each having their own role it is not that slow. For example I noticed how in the high speed the guys spread those legs one at a time. In the FDF we were told to always open both legs at the same time.

[@georgesakellaropoulos8162]

I bet you were lol.

[@Kvakva]

It did not automatically spit our empty shell as told on 2:10 and the breach was closed. Is it modified?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

They disabled the ejectors to prolong case life.

[@francislematt7079]

@@ForgottenWeapons For a suppressor yes

[@erwin669]

I was about to ask the same thing. Even re-watched it to make sure I heard Ian right and I didn't miss anything

[@garywheeler7039]

Being a student of the German 88, I was hoping to see it eject too. Without ejecting, it is no longer semiautomatic, which is part of the attraction to me anyway.

[@Kvakva]

@@garywheeler7039 Guess shells are hard to come by/cost alot/no access/laws etc.

[@ValentinPlotnichenko]

Thanks Ian! My Grandmother's Brother was Artillery Engineer during WW2 and he was very good so he never got drafted and he worked on artillery all the time through the war, and his factory was moved to Siberia to keep production. If you can get to WW2 artillery that would be also super cool to see!

[@cdixy302]

Amazing how very stable the base is while firing!

[@VashGames]

Watching the shockwave effect on the ground from firing something this large never gets old.

[@viwahe]

And when you mount this thing on the chassis of an MTLB/U you get the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer (122PSH74 in Finnish service).

[@viwahe]

@@virta555 Finnish army has been using Russian hardware for the better part of a hundred years already.

[@cjthegood]

Literally starting the new year with a BANG!!! Oh wait, the gun is Russian, so с новым годом!

[@dgerdi]

And ten to fifteen miles away, a hedgehog goes: „What the....“

[@edwardschmitt5710]

And then he said "keep shooting, I wasn't able to hear my wife complain for a few seconds there"

[@mcmoose64]

Thanks Ian , great work as usual . You didn't mention one thing I have always thought unusual about this piece , that is that it is towed by the barrel. If you look carefully , you will see the tow hitch protruding from the underside of the muzzle brake .

[@hannu.n]

I was in charge of one of those when I was in army. It was my favorite howitzer. Other one was 152mm east germany gun but I didn't like it as much. 122mm was fun thing to shoot!

[@sawyere2496]

When/where did you serve if you don’t mind me asking?

[@XxCheese69xX]

Gun Jesus decided to join the "new year, new me" school of thought, so he became Cannon Jesus.

[@n00btotale]

Kalvis Bērs nah he finally found a real gun ;)

[@skepticalbadger]

It's literally still a gun; a tube, closed at one end, that uses high pressure gas to fire a projectile. In fact, no artillery people will call it a "cannon".

[@1johnnygunn]

It is called a "field gun"

[@bravemanperson6270]

Cannon Christ the Artillery Angel.

[@swaghauler8334]

@@skepticalbadger Your right about it being a Gun. "Guns" are crew-served weapons (including belt-fed machineguns) while "Small Arms" are individual firearms called "Rifles Pistols and Shotguns." We "Red Legs" never walked around holding our family jewels singing "this is my rifle, this is my gun. This one's for killin', this one's for fun!" BUT you had better NEVER refer to your rifle as a gun in front of the Drill Sergeant! Those who did had to curl a 155mm Projo.

[@benjaminjernfors]

Ian is a very lucky man not being a Finnish conscript when he was sitting on those trails. When my step father was in the army as artilleryman one dude sat on one trail after a fire mission to rest. Once staff sergeant( or sergeant major) saw that he took the loading rammer and hit the guy to the back off the head so hard he fell unconsious for a second( while wearing a helmet). A legend says dead soldiers were carried on the trails as troops were retreating and thus are "holy". No jumping over, sitting or stepping on the trails. Also I would've loved to see some of the impacts from those shells. I was what brits would call a special observer when I was a conscript and oh boy have I called some indirect fire during that time, particularly 122H63 (Finnish tag for 122mm D30) fire. Best feeling ever when the other end confirms your fire request and soon you start to hear thunder like booms in the distance, deadly whispers of the shells followed by impacts. Gives you the thrills.

[@jameschristensen1055]

The practical reason behind the rule that a soldier should not sit or stand on the trails, or step over them, is that in the event of a recoil system failure the gun will leap into the air. Anyone foolish enough to be sitting on the trails would be launched as if by a catapult. I saw this happen in Canada back in the 1980s. The gun concerned was a M101A1 105mm howitzer. It leapt like a bucking bronco. Thankfully, no one was injured (as no one was cheeky/stupid enough to be on the trails!).

[@JaHa216]

Also old artyman from Finland, 2. PohmKTR/Jpr. Probably most fun I've ever had was anti tank training with those guns. 750 meters, full charge, scope sight, that was a blast! Surprisingly accurate beast.

[@Nahal0nok]

The standard for deployment and the readiness of an artillery gun for shooting is 3 minutes in the Soviet army. The best crews manage in 1.5 minutes.

[@speckledjim5402]

No limit on traversing, when you have a couple of Samoans on the trail.

[@wierdalien1]

@@derrickstorm6976 the dudes are hench. They just pick up the gun and turn

[@johnfisk811]

It only takes one Fijian with a 25 Pounder (Talaiasi Labalaba BEM ).

[@EvilTwinn]

@@derrickstorm6976 Samoans are an ethnic group somewhat notorious for producing extremely large and strong men. He's saying that if you have a couple of them, you can pick up and turn a howitzer with a more normal arrangement very easily.

[@bluetv6386]

There is a lot to be said for samo-automatic artillery pieces.

[@wierdalien1]

@@johnfisk811 man deserved a victoria cross. But of course we werent supposed to be in Oman.

[@radoslawpiotrowski9480]

I love the moment when machine gun going full auto and changes its "voice tone" when cannon fires and suddenly stops (video time stamp 6:32 to 6:37). It's like: "Oh crap! Soviets! Run!" Great job.

[@janwacawik7432]

GOTT IN HIMMEL, HANS! Drop the MG and run!

[@detritus23]

More like the D30 says in its sweetest voice: “Feeling inadequate?”

[@cracklingvoice]

@@janwacawik7432 Hans, get the Dora.

[@QwertyBoredom122]

Audio equalisation does fun things.

[@johnjeromson3471]

oh you have a machine gun. that's adorable.

[@ReijoRitari]

Fun fact. Those are still in use in Finnish Defence Force.

[@cracklingvoice]

One of the nice things about Russian combat gear: as elegant as their designs are, they are also quite durable. Russian reliability: it'll break down, but it is very easy to repair. Allows for remarkably old systems to keep running for a very long time.

[@danylohatych1166]

It's still in use in lots of countries

[@drummaghua2687]

I think a lot of countries are using this model as training guns, as nobody wants a bunch of new recruits to handle fancy 155mm cannons with super expensive computers and optics during their first time xd

[@BadBonsai1]

my brother (artillery officer in German Army) trained ANA Forces to handle this gun in 2009/2010

[@deepbludreams]

@@BadBonsai1 ANA still has these, and they have very poor tactical use of them, the US military think's so lowly of the gun crew skills and tactical use of field artillery by the ANA, that the ANA has to contact US command to ensure not Allied forces are with in 5KM of the area the ANA are bombarding.

[@JohnDoe-lh9ph]

"We're out on the range today so please bear with gunfire in the background"

[@goodmaninastorm4617]

John Doe underrated comment. Paul would shoot this in is spongebob PJs though.

[@acoolerhandle]

**Pulls shell parts out from under coat** This is a 122 millimeter green box high-explosive anti-tank round from Russian surplus.

[@lazyjackass77]

The whoosh of outgoing artillery makes me tear up a little bit. Not ashamed to admit that, cause it is beautiful.

[@b1laxson]

Designer: what do you want this gun to shoot at? Soviets: Yes

[@epajebiga]

Really? This howitzer is very accurate. Barrel is only 38 cal. long, but it's accurate as 45/48 guns.

[@cutelasscutlass876]

epajebiga pretty sure they were talking about the traverse and elevation

[@epajebiga]

@@cutelasscutlass876you might be rigth. I didn't get it that way.

[@Hawk1966]

I wonder if they made any antipersonnel rounds for it. Man that's one big shotgun.

[@cleanerben9636]

Also Soviets: can it fire missiles?

[@TheSuperstitiousGoat]

This made a gunner very happy, thank you good Sir.

[@jeopardy4100]

What no disassembly or take down. I’ll have to be satisfied with set up.

[@TechLevelUpOfficial]

we have the same gun here in Algeria, when i served in the army 10 years ago i ended up in an artillery branch although i was an infantry personal so our job was to escort and provide protecting to the crew member of this exact Cannon using a mini truck with a 14.4mm machine gun. cleaning these cannons after firing drills wasn't fun at all lol

[@sovietbottle-cap1649]

Hi am algerian too and also maybe planning to join infantry can we have a talk i have a few questions

[@fiveseven6504]

Forgotten Weapons is the best channel I've ever seen here on KZbin, if you look for a good explanation about specific guns. Greetings from Germany!

[@dandylion1987]

Ideal for home defense against armoured incursions

[@lena5242]

Check this one: 100 mm anti-tank gun T-12

[@tuomopoika]

I think we had these exact guns in Niinisalo Finland back when I was doing my military service. Never fired one but had to push them around the square few times.

[@davecrupel2817]

6:33 machine gun: RAHRAHRAHRAH IM ANNOYING 6:36 122mm: *STFU!* machine gun: X:

[@poplar6658]

Gringe

[@comradevlad7459]

The D30 gun was actually mounted in an IS-6 prototype tank. One of the few heavy tanks that have an artillery piece for a gun.

[@McRocket]

I enjoyed this very much. Thank you for filming/editing/posting it. BTW - amazing (to me) how stable the gun seems during firing.

[@PeliKarhu600]

122H63 perkele :D my favorite cannon, easy to use and fun to shoot, it would be perfect if it had longer range

[@austin0351]

Never apologize for random machinegun fire Ian, NEVER!

[@snajper1201]

Ian was waiting whole year to get fireworks like that

[@ahafeel]

Hi Ian, am a great fan of your channel. The Chinese 122mm version was heavily used by both sides in the Sri Lankan civil conflict (which ended in 2009). We still see the 122mm pieces in gun salute roles, parades etc.

[@pametnaradionica]

Hello guys. Thank you for this review, I was serving on this gun calculating firing solutions, as a member of, then Yugoslav Army. As usual our industry used modified D30M`s and a dead giveaway would be the hydraulic lifting jack, instead of a screw type, as the Soviet gun had. I never was a professional soldier, but one serving a regular citizen`s term, however you call it. I can say all the best about this gun. It is quite simple to use, and for a trained crew of guys we could unpack, set, and fire the whole battery of six in four and a half minutes, from the truck park to the first round. We`ve even cut the artillery rake from two rounds to one, ... and then, well, don`t be there. I wouldn`t say that we would be able to correct and fire in four seconds, our time would rather be about ten to fifteen seconds in a hurry. And we were in a hurry, since there would always be someone flying back to us quite fast. However, we did not lose any, and NATO was trying it`s best. We had some very good officers and we were listening to them as a gospel. The rounds you`ve fired there were shot by a last charge (smallest) that is why the gun doesn`t jump much on that hard ground. You really should have tried firing one by a full charge (all five bags in), it would jump about a meter up and it would get scary with flames all around it and a case flying back from the rear, quite vigorously. We might not see eye to eye politically, still, thank you for an effort to keep this channel running, and thank you for being as neutral as possible.

[@pametnaradionica]

Now, after watching it again, I must admit you guys were a bit disorganized for this kind of a tool. No harm so far. -When ramming the round , be aside the barrel. Also, my guys never used the rammer, when you train yourself well you can ram it by hand. Do not worry for the chamber lock wont move until the case is in the position. Otherwise say goodbye to your forearm, and so far I do not know of such a happening. -ALWAYS THE THUMB ON THE FUZE!!! -The real danger and hurt, at least for me was the speed itself. I broke a couple of ribs jumping from truck to truck. Another guy slipped and went right under the wheels of a moving truck. Luckily went uot of that situation unscaved just a lot dirtier. -We never actually dug our positions, the emphasis was on getting there and out in as less time as possible. -Also, we never did fire a lot of rounds at a time, let`s say about 30. Believe me 30 shells can do quite a lot of damage if you are precise. And we had to be. I have no idea what would 1000 shells do. -We also never used any calculators. I mean I had a couple, but soon I`ve known my parameter tables by heart. Hell we could pretty accuratelly guess the parameters. With a good correction and a well set up instruments you can hit a car sized target at three quarters of a range, second round. -Also, this gun is light enough, at about six and a half tons so that TAM 150 (standard Yugoslav 6x6 tow truck, smaller one) could climb it up a skyscraper if necessary. -152mm has more bells and whistles, longer range, more powerful, but also heavier with a bigger truck. This thing you could hide anywhere, if necessary.

[@justsomeamerican5283]

40 lbs is about the weight of my younger brother, can I shoot him out of one of those?

[@janwacawik7432]

If he fits in the breech, sure you can. Go ahead, we'll see how far he goes.

[@alpbartuakdemir6489]

if he fits the casing, why not?

[@68walter]

A soviet Commander , shove him over the barrel, the shell will take him along for the ride, lol!

[@flipdart]

That would be an awesome way to spread someone's ashes after cremation

[@mfree80286]

Once. Once.

[@harryhuang1439]

Where's the casing? Didn't you say it suppose to reject the shell when recoil?

[@basstrom88]

They seem to usually disable the ejection feature so that the brass case doesn't hit the ground and get damaged, as it's rare and expensive.

[@X3P4L]

Good question. It is indeed supposed to eject it. Don't know what happend

[@harryhuang1439]

@@basstrom88 that make senses. Thanks mate.

[@Reactordrone]

They've probably disabled it to preserve their shell casings.

[@Tesla34000]

@@basstrom88 They probably removed lever which initiates opening of the breech. Extractor is working just fine as shown during loading process.

[@ebrahimesmail3618]

A very powerful semi-automatic cannon, with high shooting accuracy and a limited error rate if used correctly.

[@MrRogsmart]

I'm loving this whole series on tanks and artillery. Great stuff.

[@deadfox852]

No matter what artillery piece Ian get's to fire none will compare to that one where the guy's hair is just Poof in the stopped shot. If I am not mistaken that was the one video that made me sub and start watching I haven't been disappointed yet. :3

[@emeraldsentinel92alpha30]

Ah yes... the 122mm also known as "Stalin's Hammer". Not to be confused with "Stalin's Mallet"which is the 152mm or "Stalin's Sledgehammer" which is the 203mm.

[@_salaryman_]

Maybe "Brezhnev’s Hammer"?

[@TheSunchaster]

>Stalin >1960s You mixed up it with older systems like A-19 and M-30

[@TheCheat_1337]

Stalin's Mjolnir, a caliber too large for human measurements

[@waliza001]

@@TheSunchaster m30

[@user-yb3lj3ts5u]

Stalin died ten years before invention of this howitzer

[@wildcatindustries8030]

Guy with machine: I’m such a badass. Guy with 122mm: drowns everything out

[@worldtraveler930]

Someone call "Taofledermaus" I think we just found him a new accelerator for his experimental and unique rounds.

[@Tepid24]

I've never heard of that?

[@worldtraveler930]

@@Tepid24 They're another KZbin channel, go check them out.

[@Tepid24]

@@worldtraveler930 I figured as much, but I was wondering which "experimental and unique rounds" exactly you meant. Since there appear to be quite a few.

[@bensmith4563]

@@Tepid24 if it fits in a 12 gauge they will shoot it

[@charliegarrison9688]

Pretty much a "You make it we shoot it" type of thing. Some are neat, others defy all logical thinking and work better than you would believe lol the bumbell slugs blew my mind

[@hu3bman]

love the MG in the background. Makes it sound like your doing a live review in a real battlefield

[@JohnTavastian]

This is actually a pretty good gun. Only takes about 5 minutes to set up with a hood crew. Fast fire rate, best we could do was 9 shells a minute. And it's easy to use and fast to learn. But I still prefer a 155mm since it has a larger impact on the other end.

[@Smokey_Cornbread]

Got to see a couple of those when I was in Afghanistan this past year. Never got to fire one but ot was cool as hell.

[@Smokey_Cornbread]

That's pretty cool lol if I go back I wanna make sure I get to fire one hahaha

[@deepbludreams]

I've seen the ANA use their D30 field guns and it's terrifying how poor they are at it.

[@boomerhgt]

Smokey Cornbread's Barrel Chasers They may have them in Iran you might end up there

[@ThommyofThenn]

"sorry for the machine gun fire" it's so okay Ian it's so okay

[@Ray-tg1sj]

Having operated the m101 as an 0811 for ceremonial services in somewhat modern times I visibly cringed when I saw that guy insert the charge with his fingers extended. Make a fist and shove it in that way. Many a cannoneer has watched his fingers go down range palming the charge in. Obviously that guy has experience loading that gun and it works for him so my hats off to the guys who keep these things running but dayum that scared me.

[@Ray-tg1sj]

Forgot to add, Ian keep these Arty video's coming. We gun bunnies love this stuff.

[@ronhmclaughlin]

That, along with saying “on the way” when firing had me cringe

[@wjhandy]

I was quoted $2500 to pull the cord, I opted to shot MG42, MP40, KAR98, Barrett .50...great place You got to love Vegas

[@750suzuki]

Ian, I suggest adding a clip with an angle showing the gun firing and the impact location on the hill. Thanks again for continuing to provide top quality You Tube entertainment.

[@ЛеонидЕрмилов-н7д]

You should try yelling "Dvesti Dvadcat' Dva!" instead of "Three, two one" when firing!

[@hvymtal8566]

I mean, it's an artillery gun. There's not much to innovate here other than making it lighter and adding a shell guide to aid ramming, and the D30 is already acceptably light as it is. It should be no surprise the thing is still _everywhere_

[@RealCadde]

0:46 I heard "Shoot four people like you" And you can't take it back.

[@RealCadde]

_TRAVERSE_ Yeah, the soviets are used to being surrounded on all sides and shooting in all directions where the rest of the world likes to have the enemy in front of them.

[@RealCadde]

God damn that machine gun fire in the background is annoying. And not because of the loud bangs but because Ian's voice disappears every time they fire. Did you do this in post editing or was it your camera/recorder that cut the volume? Either way, you really needed to filter out the gunfire but keep your own voice in there. In this particular case you might actually have wanted to do a voice over.

[@QwertyBoredom122]

@@RealCadde I think its post processing Audio equalisation, basically a feature to make all the noises about the same volume through-out the whole video, problem as you can hear is that Ian's voice and the gunshots are recorded on the same device so the program can't distinguish between them so since it makes the "loud" parts of the audio quieter it uses the loudest volume at the point and lowers everything.

[@RealCadde]

@@QwertyBoredom122 Thanks but i already know how it works. I want Ian/Editor to stop doing it that way.

[@MightySchmoePong]

Thanks Ian! I've always found D30 to be an interesting piece from an engineering perspective. Would have loved more video of the setup, packing and maybe being towed away as well.

[@RobertQuinlan]

So much gunfire in the background, I half expected Paul Harrell would appear.

[@JackFrostIsHere]

Random mountain hikers : "why is there an artillery shell headed towards us? "

[@digimaks]

Pfff.. believe me, they wouldn't even notice what has landed.

[@nikolaizetrov617]

Wow that is the most stable artillery I've ever seen and its a 1960s tech.

[@ree0b4272]

Неплохая гаубица, да. Приходилось с ней работать.

[@dr.mohammedal-bayati8016]

Thanks a million for this vedio, this gun was the back bone for the Iraqi army artillery division during the 1st gulf war in the 80s , remarkable

[@leutnantschaunwirmal3734]

Das ist meine Kanone meiner Militärzeit. Großartig Danke Normzeit zum Aufbau gefechtsbereit 13 Minuten. Besatzung 4 Soldaten

[@samuelleahy4780]

You never have to apologize for machine gun fire, if anything, you should apologize for interrupting it.

[@В.Вер]

Ноги станины разводятся одновременно, чтобы она не перевернулась на домкрате

[@OK-1K1]

There's also rocket assisted ordnance for increased range.

[@thrall1342]

5:50 "Good Sir, your cannon seems to be broken. It doesn't eject the empty casings as promised !" :D

[@Quetzocoatl22]

"Sorry for the machine gun fire; it clears up in a moment." I love this channel.

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

I love a channel that apologizes for machine gun sounds.

[@rajasekhe]

Interesting anecdote: Ukraine being a Soviet offspring uses this to till date in it's current war with pro-russians. The artillery unit developed a Android app to assist them in all math calculation. That application was hacked by Russian and now they can locate every unit using D30 and sharing it to separatist. Causing much casuialities

[@paradimov]

ukraine is separatist itself. it's part of russia from centures. almost whole ukraine's territory is russia's land. bloody USA war and propaganda machine turn them into real nazi and start civil war like they did in india, vietnam or korea.

[@redone8890]

And you know that because russian told you so?

[@rajasekhe]

@@redone8890 I am a cyber security specialist. I analyse threat actors across the globe. I am supporter of neither countries nor I have an idea of geopolitics. I analyse such malware that is my job.

[@Willy_Tepes]

Never say sorry for machinegun fire. As an engineer, I would give anything to build something like that. Weapons are really the peak of technology and mechanics/electronics.

[@therealCG62]

Ian my friend, you've GOT to get some shots of the effects down range when doing live-fire videos on stuff like this.

[@therealCG62]

@chris younts they literally show them loading a projectile in front of the powder charge

[@therealCG62]

@chris younts that doesn't make it a blank, though. There's still a round going down range.

[@anthonyhayes1267]

*Inhales deeply* "ARTILJERIJA, BOSONAC SAM BEKRIJA!"

[@MikaelLevoniemi]

Central pad is supposed to be lifted up all the way to prevent the recoil from damaging it. Light recoil also shows that it's being fired with minimal powder charge. That gun can sling the grenade out over 1100ms/s in direct fire mode with proper charge. I assume lesser charge is used because this gun does not have a pressure shield installed and any more would make it quite uncomfortable to fire (which it is in real use).

[@theiowaarcher]

My question is why did it not eject the casing after firing like it supposed to?

[@Perry2186]

I was thinking that same thing

[@Kvabe]

My guess would be that they set it to not autoeject to save the casings. In an war situation you dont realy care about casings, but a rental range that reloads wouldn't want the casings ejected forcefully onto the ground.

[@BravoCharleses]

If it's like some of the other artillery pieces Ian has documented, the owners may have disabled that function to avoid damaging the expensive casing they'll have to reuse.

[@bakatzen6243]

@@BravoCharleses yep just like the pak40 documented by Ian

[@TheGameKing0100]

I think it's set to remain shut for range safety reasons. They either don't want to hit somebody with the ejecting case or just want to set the action to definitely remain shut when they are next to it. Edit: saving the cases is also valid.

[@austinhughes6852]

Nothing says “Get off my property!!” Like sending a 122mm shell down range!

[@frankmueller2781]

"Get off my G*d Damned lawn!"

[@thorodinson5034]

maybe a broadsite of a dreadnought in the pond at the yard

[@javicarlos1]

Those 9 people who disliked don't have one of those at home.

[@krispybacon9285]

they were the guys who didnt have the class to stop shooting their MGs while gun jesus was filming. being made to feel small and insignificant when this thing touched off :D

[@alexeywulph7389]

Never before did I ever witness anyone apologising for machine gun fire in the backround.

[@Sebastian_Almric]

You can almost hear an entire sentence with the sound compensation and gunshots

[@ВалерийСмолев]

Гаубаца замечетельная, а командовать надо: -Орудие. -Выстрел. )

[@ScatMan312]

У них же по-другому команды отдаются. Они не заморачиваются...

[@ВалерийСмолев]

@@ScatMan312 но гаубица наша )

[@ScatMan312]

@@ВалерийСмолев но русификация команд в комплекте не идет... :)

[@ВалерийСмолев]

@@ScatMan312 возразить не чего

[@ВалерийСмолев]

@Ogen De Witt мы полком стреляли залпом, вот это мощь!

[@seanc6170]

Me: Finally, a Russian gun you can't bubba Bubba with an AutoZone skul knob:

[@melchiorjoller4776]

I would love to see the inert grenade impacting into the hill :-o

[@Jackskellington7172]

Had the pleasure of sitting about 30ft away from a Flak 88 firing blanks for a WW2 D-day re-enactment, can only imagine the thump that bad boy makes!

[@ditzydoo4378]

The D-30 uses 'Semi-Fixed" ammunition being the propellant in held in a casing that contains the primer. It's breech will be either a sliding vertical, or horizontal block... "Bagged" ammunition means all components are loaded separately into the breach which is an interrupted thread rotating breech at holds the primer in a separate firing mechanism.

[@samuelmorales2344]

D-30 does not use semi-fixed. Semi means partly, half, or almost. Fixed means fastened securely. Almost-fixed means that canister and shell can be separated or put together and loaded as once piece into the breech like NATO 105mm. D-30 uses separate loading ammunition. The shell is put into the breech first, then rammed, and secured tightly followed by the canister containing the propellant. The M119 loads the ammunition and propellant piece as one rammed by the loaders hand. Fixed rounds are usually in true guns such as tank guns. These are never separated as their is no need because they go for attended high velocities and does not need any minimum range and they are direct-fire.