How does a Cluster Bomb Work fired from an Artillery Gun

[@ronhmclaughlin]

Base bleed fills the vacuum behind the projo increasing range approx 5KM. The projectile does not slit on its long axis, instead the base is pushed off the body. There is actually shims around each bomblet. There is a mix of M42 and M46 bomblets in the round. The 42 have an embossed body adding in frag and the 46 a solid body and are loaded at the base of projectile to prevent the bomblets from crushing during firing and ejection set back.

[@thomasknight9896]

In ‘71 I was on my third tour in VN AS A Combat medic. Some one decided we should run ambush missions. The team was clerks and jerks-no infantrymen. We were set up on a west to east trail leading to a NVA R&R village. Now 6NVA Come down the trail,smoking and joking. My young 2LT ( FA) wanted to blow the ambush on them. I told him to hold off and the team seargent said said “ It’s Doc 3rd tour you listen to him.” Well he did and behind the first 6 came long line of NVA. We lost count at two hundred. We called in to base to swing over the ground surveillance radar to between us and the ville. Immediately the 155 mm started firing with ICMS (cluster rounds which we called firecrackers.)Next morning a ACR TROOP went out get a body count and estimated a 850 body count. The artillery got credit and we got zip.

[@Jeff-0621]

I am more of a visual learner, and your videos allows me to truly understand it.

[@gregorymoci6986]

I totally recommend them, those are a MUST HAVE for home defence.

[@РоманГавриленко-ю3ш]

We have it in Ukraine. They are really good for self defence against occupants. But only far from civilians.

[@phantomwolf5485]

Shall Not Be Infringed

[@tachyon8317]

Just as the Founding Father's intended 🇺🇸😎 And I say this unironically

[@peergynt6515]

Your local gun store will tell you these fire the whole bullet, that's 65% more bullet per bullet.

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[@Aitelly]

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[@Trolden01]

Starks Jericho missile makes this one look like a toy, no wonder its fictive...

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[@elliotalderson3876]

Now I'm crystal clear.. thank you, great animation and content!

[@Aitelly]

Thanks to you for dropping in a comment

[@lbr2845]

Hello! Would you do a video about the Leclerc? I am curious to see how the autoloader works.

[@mizkey5623]

YES PLEASE! tank autoloader

[@AndrewBlack1234]

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[@tomassokol365]

Or japanese tank type 10 and comparison with Leclerc

[@AhmedIbrahim-yf6ek]

when I look up these things on youtube, this exactly the format I'm looking for; great animations, precise , straight to the point. If you're reading this know that I'm binge watching all your videos.

[@bluedeath4888]

Best video on the internet as usual! BRAVO!

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏👍

[@theozank853]

Nice Video, I served on a M109 Crew for three years during the Gulf War. Brought back memories.

[@Aitelly]

Thankyou for your service. 🙏

[@C-Culper4874]

Same here. What unit?

[@andrewwhite8762]

Thank god for human ingenuity, without these skills such wonderful objects could not be created.

[@BigHarryBalzac]

When I was in the army, in addition to M109 166mm (6.1 inch) self-propelled howitzers, they still had M110 8 inch (203mm) self-propelled howitzers. Those had 180 M42 submunitions per shell! They quit using the 8" guns because the effectiveness of the 155mm has been increased so much, mainly due to increased accuracy of fire, and they said they don't need anything bigger than that. But, size matters. It would take 2 rounds of 155mm to lay down 176 submunitions, and a single 8" shell still beats that by ~2.3%. Like people say about engines, there's no replacement for displacement.

[@jamesc37]

@@BigHarryBalzac I remember those 8 inch guns running around in the winter with that raggedy canvas….. hard times for artillerymen

[@BigHarryBalzac]

@@jamesc37 I don't remember them having canvas, the guys were just out in the open. But that was in Louisiana, where the units I supported only had M109s and were inside the turret where they should be. I saw some 8-inch guns there but not a lot, then when I was in Germany we didn't have any artillery where I was. Mostly armor and some infantry and helicopters. I was a small arms repairman but borescoped an M109 once at Fort Polk because they didn't have enough artillery repairmen. When the borescope shorted out an electric arc burned the back of my hand and stopped my heart for a little while, but it started beating again on its own. "The good old days." 😀

[@jamesc37]

@@BigHarryBalzac I think they only had canvas on because the IG was on a big take care of your soldiers thing at the time. I remember my platoon sergeant had tent for two years that he never took out of the package no one used it we slept out side weather permitting or in a vehicle until the IG found out lol

[@BigHarryBalzac]

@@jamesc37 I remember sleeping ON a vehicle at Fort Polk. There were no scorpions or poisonous snakes up there. Alligators were too scarce to worry about, but Louisiana is one of only a few states that has all 4 types of poisonous snakes, rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths AKA water moccasins, and coral snakes. Plus you have to turn your boots over and shake them in the morning, to make sure they're not full of scorpions. If you lie down on the back of a cargo truck, the canvas hangs down a little bit between the ribs, kind of like a hammock. It's a lot safer up there, and you won't roll off and fall like you might if you sleep on the flat metal roof of a shop van. That's a good place to hide in the shade under a camo net, but not a good place to sleep if you toss and turn.

[@jamesc37]

@@BigHarryBalzac I hear you man. I was a lance guy, then MLRS before himars. I slept on those cold steel decks too everywhere from ft sill to Germany to the Middle East. It’s amazing the places you can sleep if you’re exhausted. I never made it Polk but had some buddies that did a tour there.

[@dmanagable]

Absolutely fantastic explanation of both the engineering and operation of cluster bomb artillery, as well as their ethical concerns and why they are a controversial weapon. Clear concise and highly informative, great work as always I'm now subbed!

[@Aitelly]

Thanks We love you guys 🙏

[@MultiNike79]

Europe considers shelling cities with civilian populations with cluster shells completely normal. So really you don't have any ethical problems with this.

[@xDlol24]

@@MultiNike79 wrong. Switzerland for example destroyed the last ones im 2018.

[@MultiNike79]

@@xDlol24 But this does not prevent Switzerland from participating in the invasion of Russia and genocide in other ways. Switzerland is completely calm about the terrorist attacks committed by these weapons, about Nazism and violations of its own treaties.

[@EBOWSAGOE-BIRIKORANG]

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[@Aitelly]

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[@walkingcarpet420]

At 7:31, I think you meant to say 'unexploded submunitions', not unexplored

[@prateek50]

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[@Aitelly]

Awesome Prateek

[@arshkhan5172]

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[@asimolok]

well done you simplified complicated tech to average person to understand 👍

[@johnc2438]

07:31: Correction. They are not "unexplored" submunitions. They are "unexploded" submunitions.

[@prateek50]

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[@Aitelly]

Glad you like them!

[@TRUMP_WAS_RIGHT_ABOUT_EVRYTHNG]

These aint simple videos LOL They may look like it but no way jose. That is some damn fine 3d computer animation right there.

[@owais146]

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[@Aitelly]

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[@owais146]

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[@oyvind-b]

You don't mention the safety mechanism on the fuse. We learned in a normal situation or in close combat or road ambush situations you need 70 meters between you and your target for the fuse to activate. There are some kind of system or splint in the fuse that fly off due to the rotation or something simular. This prevent the granade to explode inside the barrel. We were training for a road block situation with the M109, we decided to fire the main artillery gun like a tank in what we called direct direction, with backup of two cal 50 machine guns. Our officers claimed that we were to close. We argued that yes we saw we were to close, but the outcome for the charlies of having a 45 kg granade fire at your truck at 40 meters will create chaos and confusion! 😁 The officers took our point 😉

[@CityPrepping]

Amazing! love the attention to detail and the well researched material. Thanks for posting these videos.

[@Aitelly]

Thanks to you for commenting

[@tryscience]

Exceptional video, just one minor correction. It should not be unexplored munitions, it should be unexploded munitions. When a cluster grenade does not explode, it can be discovered such as by a child and a tragedy can result when the munition explodes.

[@Aitelly]

Noted

[@UnluckyGunner]

One small note: In a shape charge the entire case isn't filled with explosives, you got the shaping cone correct however there's only air underneath the shaping cone! The initial explosion inverts the cone into a smooth jet-stream which then punches into the target with roughly a 1-2 inch standoff

[@apuuvah]

Very good animations with good explanations. Internet needs these. Thanx.

[@Aitelly]

You're welcome!

[@watchthe1369]

The main problem with cluster munitions was the anti personnel mine version. No one uses those anymore. The land mine version was the one with a problem of "persistance" where mines that escaped clean up could be found much later. The media never did state things in proper detail so the current, immediate exploding grenade version, gets equated to the earlier "Inhumane" version. The modern version might actually be better than a solid big charges shell since the individual grenades only make a small hole, and the shrapnel is stopped by most buildings. A big conventional shell will destroy a building. One of the grenade bomblets probably only damages the roof and the room immediately under it, if it goes off course. The weapon is still only used against mass formations of vehicles or troops outside of urban areas anyways because of this. Troops will be in a building basement, so you want to crush them with the big charge. Nice graphics and explanation, fuzzy thinking.

[@newone-gd9sk]

The USA still happily uses them and many other as well...

[@watchthe1369]

@@newone-gd9sk define "them" the Bomblet, or Mine version? The USA and most other civilized nations steer away from the "FASCAM" versions. Most countries also avoid the incendiary bomblets, and Russia has been using it since the first week.....

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

we still use the land-mine version they're being fired behind russian attacks so they hit them when they retreat but these new ones can be deactivated easily by trained personnel that are trained to go back after and clean them up

[@joshnordin4043]

Imagine being a weapons engineer. How evil and sadistic a job that is..

[@MultiNike79]

It depends on the context. Russia is proud of its gunsmiths, they save lives. Without them, the Europeans would have killed us long ago. Rheinmetall, of course, are freaks.

[@engineallway]

It(Cluster Bomb) looks like hundreds of grenades packaged in a canister, which when detonated simultaneously scatter many grenades over a wide area, to increasing their killing power.

[@Aitelly]

👍

[@lewis7515]

Really? And what makes you say that?....

[@NortheastSurvival911]

​@@lewis7515some people..... Some people State the obvious and I don't know if they realize they're doing it. I'm just going to sit here and shake my head.

[@Mach-6]

Very educational, thanks AiTelly......!!!!!

[@Aitelly]

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[@Yps-88]

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[@HumeshMarikinti-pm8uc]

Thank you Aitally for explaining, keep it up with newly advanced one.😊😊❤❤

[@John-thinks]

Using these is a war crime

[@John-thinks]

Important to understand how they work though, so thank you for the video

[@MultiNike79]

Typical western style, nothing new :)

[@EBOWSAGOE-BIRIKORANG]

​@@MultiNike79bot or pro russian?

[@MultiNike79]

@@EBOWSAGOE-BIRIKORANG I support the Free World and oppose the Nazy-zombies from the West.

[@Memento-_-Mori-_-982]

This channel has some of the best graphics that anyone can understand the topic being discussed!

[@Aitelly]

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[@magnusj8413]

Few months ago Ukraine requested cluster munitions to disarm them and use the bomblets individually in FTV drones. The rest of the casing and fuse could be repurposed and loaded with explosive much easier than building a shell from scratch. Also the spacer at the end of the bomblets could also be removed to cause mass detonation on impact in a smaller area, instead of larger spread. All these modifications could be field tried and tested but the individual use by drones should be a change changer.

[@РоманГавриленко-ю3ш]

Sounds very interesting

[@MultiNike79]

What does it mean to change the situation? Ukraine has long become a terrorist state, the fact that they will use Western cluster munitions against citizens in the east will not change anything. Before that, they bombarded the Donbass with clusters using Tochka missiles. Using Western cluster shells against civilians does not fundamentally change anything.

[@jeephandful]

Was involved with the manufacture of the M42/M46 cluster bombs, enough said, pretty accurate presentation

[@lambnj29]

The howitzer developed during the 1970s was the M198. In this video you're depicting the M777, which actually replaced the M198 in the late 2000s. The design process of the M777 didn't even begin until the late 1980s.

[@Aitelly]

Deployed 1987

[@njjeff201]

Great animation & crystal clear explanation. Thanks & Bless our Vets 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Aitelly]

Thanks Jeff. Blessed the Vets and the Engineers too.

[@Will-el5yp]

The Former Gun Bunny in me loves this video!

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏

[@johaneslerius9943]

Next is T-14 Armata,BMP-3,BMD-4M and BTR-82A please🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@Aitelly]

I love them all but we might not get any Views

[@johaneslerius9943]

@@Aitelly what????

[@lbr2845]

@@johaneslerius9943 russia vehicles nowadays are busted by polemics and failures

[@johaneslerius9943]

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[@foxy-dw8fi]

another superb video

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏👍

[@ghost307]

Great video, but I have 1 comment. Although dimensions greater than 1 are normally expressed in plural (35 millimeters), for some reason lost to time, the military expresses diameters of projectiles and barrels in singular (155 millimeter).

[@Aitelly]

Noted

[@CHAOS88100]

When the dimension number is used as an adjective (eg. 155mm howitzer) then it is singular without -s. If it is used as a noun then it can still be plural (eg. The howitzer is 155mms)

[@ghost307]

@@CHAOS88100 Thanks for that. It took a while to get used to the cavalry calling the coaxial machine gun on the tanks "caliber 30" when the civilians call it "30 caliber".

[@MeariBamu]

Can they use single grenade for personal arm throwing to the enemy?

[@Aitelly]

Yes 👍

[@BigHarryBalzac]

The "curved object" is a ramrod. The "small" propellant charge is 16 inches (406mm) long. That's 1.5 inches longer than the barrel of an M4 carbine (368 mm). I wouldn't call it small, but it's small compared to the old 29 inch long charges of a different propellant they used to have.

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏🏻👍 for your feedback

[@BigHarryBalzac]

@@Aitelly I was actually wrong about the ramrod. It's curved like you said, so I edited that out of my post. If it was straight, they'd have to lower the gun to use it. We didn't have towed howitzers in any of the units I supported, and I was thinking about the ramrods I saw for self-propelled howitzers. The M109 and M110 have hydraulic rammers that shove the shell in the barrel for you, but they have manual ramrods in case it breaks.They can lower the gun in seconds, and raise it with no effort since it's all hydraulically operated, not manual.

[@ShahidHasayn]

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[@Aitelly]

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[@ShahidHasayn]

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[@Underpar26]

Am I mistaken, or were these outlawed in combat by some Geneva Convention thing?

[@Averrois.]

It's all bs bro

[@MultiNike79]

The Geneva Convention prohibits their use only in the way Ukraine uses. It is legal to use against purely military purposes.

[@Underpar26]

@@MultiNike79 So basically it has to be a last defense or very little in the way of casualties?

[@MultiNike79]

@@Underpar26 Countries can simply not cosplay as Hitler and live peacefully. I don’t understand why Europeans repeat the same thing over and over again.

[@MottyGlix]

The word at 3:08 and 4:00-4:05 is spelled "breech." And at 7:32, the word you wanted is "unexploded," not "unexplored." That last one is a big mistake. And what does the firing handle in 3:19-3:20 do? Does it actually fire the cannon by being connected to the lanyard? And if so, how?

[@Aitelly]

Thanks for your feedback

[@jaredowen7321]

Amazing !

[@Aitelly]

Your amazing Jared

[@sirsmeal3192]

What is the difference between the submunition types? The animation covers only one.

[@Aitelly]

🤔 hmmmmm

[@andrewsanderson8566]

M46 is used in the bottom 3 layers. Because the grenades needed more strength to survive setback when fired. The sides do not come apart. The pusher plate pushes upon the payload (gas pressure from fuse). This applies enough force to push the base plate out of the bottom. The 3 layers on top of the base plate needed to be reinforced to with- stand the pressure without being crushed. M46 is just m42 with reinforced sidewalls.

[@abirmahmud3809]

Please make a video on MOAB (Mother Of All Bomb)

[@7rang.]

show all dimensions in millimeters too, here not everyone will understand inches.

[@tsb28]

Please make a video on 1) the iron dome 2) Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) 3) HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) 4) T-14 Armada

[@fendysuryanto]

Proximity fuse amunition is a great topic, hope that you can make video about it someday..

[@Dutch929]

Please include the metric system as well

[@_photonx6017]

"String" = lanyard.

[@satyaprakash03133]

3:51 However that curved looking object is called a ramrod.

[@Aitelly]

👍

[@SKARA101]

A cluster bomb is designed to accurately detonate a surface area in an imprecise manner. Spread formations of anything from vehicle columns and dismounts to logistics. E: JTAC spotting enemy combatants of unknown number in a dense forest. It touches the format of modern conflicts, spread entities to minimize casualties.

[@christophercharles9645]

Super informative and very concise & clear. Thanks for making & posting.

[@Sheba938]

I never knew a projectile contained so many grenades stacked up together pretty deadly💀

[@NortheastSurvival911]

This projectile specifically has them stacked like that your standard projectile on the inside does not look anything like that. This is almost 100% unique to the cluster munition. There are a handful of other exceptions but very very few.

[@alwar8081]

FINALLY..... Thanks devs 🎉❤

[@F76986jhg]

New video, New Likes. Sugestion: Make Video as from "K2 Black Panther" South Korean Tank, Or "M113 APC" North American. Thanks you dedication AiTelly, One Hug from to brazil for you.

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏👍 will take a look

[@ZahiHossain-dp3tt]

im glad he mentioned the fact that its a lethal weapon towards children

[@rogerthat4545]

Do they have some superpower other people don't have??

[@fhmoishan8334]

please which software do you use for animation?

[@monkeyking9579]

Love from srilanka ❤

[@Aitelly]

❤️

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏👍

[@LonePrairieguy]

I missed the part explaining when/how the shell knows to detonate. Distance? Elevation?

[@bobs5123]

Man, great explanation of this. Really enjoyed the breakdown.

[@saiga12forme88]

Thanks for these engineering videos, the animation is top notch.

[@ChickenVeggi]

Great video. Please do a video on Metador recoiless rifle?

[@Sunscreen723]

A very good video ,the production quality is perfect !

[@Aitelly]

Your Great Too 👍 thanks guys

[@patjr35234]

Thank you how is patria video going if ur making it no presure

[@Aitelly]

If you can make the script we can at least make an animation

[@Ali-Kocoglu]

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[@tiamotenhove505]

Good Video!

[@Aitelly]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

0:07 please make a video on the m109 paladin.

[@roycalf]

Great animation video and the consequences especially to the civilian. Lets stop the war! Give peace a chance 😊

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 👍 we all want the war to be over

[@muhammadalikhan5165]

Great video as usual. Keep these coming👍👍

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏👍

[@buckwheat6722]

Video well done Thank You!

[@Aitelly]

Thank you too!

[@tamakaze712]

Idk why Russian ammunition is really auto lock on civilian instead military installations lol

[@philippelhaus]

Because of Western Propaganda 👌🏻🤩

[@P_kumr]

WOW beautiful animation

[@kaptainkaos1202]

Time 07:36 “unexplored” should be “unexploded”? Sorry, I do a lot of tech report writing at work and things like this show up like a flare going off.

[@立花隆-p7v]

great nformative thx keep uploading!

[@Aitelly]

More to come!

[@rodneylove8027]

Nice vid!

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏👍

[@islomziyadullayev1020]

I love your videos. Every day I look through this channel if a new video is uploaded or not ))))

[@sb5132]

This is great stuff keep it up.

[@Aitelly]

Your Great Too 👍

[@prosperkandafula7547]

Kindly cover Asian weapons as well... Indian, Chinese, South Korean and Japanese

[@Aitelly]

Noted

[@Shivathedestroyer04]

The science used in making these weapons is insane.

[@nubombintas.3495]

dude i like your chanel respectt!!!!

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏👍 We love you guys

[@RamPrakash-um2pk]

Thanx for the info keep up the good work 👍

[@Aitelly]

Welcome

[@Richard-mz7qu]

Outstanding! Thank you.

[@mikeshogunlee]

The second I saw the ribbons, I knew it was an unreliable method. Further watching the video only confirmed my suspicions. The grenades, or bomblets, do not always explode on impact. Ether the mass produced pins don't fully arm, or the impact doesn't trigure the explosion. For one reason or the other. These leaves semi-armed grenades littered through out battlefields, just waiting for a kid or civilian to pick them up. Because the system has no fail-safe, it will take just wrong angle of shake or jostle to detonate.

[@reinhardhoyer7726]

Danke für die technischen Ausführungen. Sie machen Werbung für international geächtete Munition. Was ist ihr Motiv?

[@jameshendricks9940]

A Great Video explanation, of the Cluster Munition.

[@MoonLight-Armies]

We got around 2 million of these parking at our warehouses haven’t use it for years , gosh . Need to bring it out soon

[@s4stats698]

great work

[@Aitelly]

Thanks! please share possible

[@claudepoulin8558]

This is well done 👍

[@cosmicyeti6804]

Can I get the supplies from Walmart? Or Norstrum?

[@JuanitosGG]

Amazing videos ❤

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏👍

[@wesleyhobbs2332]

Whats more fun is when they attach micro high powered magnets to these grenades. That way they seek out metal objects like tanks and trucks.

[@farrazaulia2917]

cool video man

[@Aitelly]

Thanks 🙏👍