M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank in Action: Marksmanship Qualifications Live-fire Exercise

U.S Marines with Company B, 2nd Tank Battalion, conduct a marksmanship qualifications live-fire exercise with M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks.
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[@british-sama7007]

*I can feel the Freedom coming through my screen*

[@Gopniksquat]

My favorite is the shiver of liberty that runs down my spine with each round fired

[@christianpearce579]

@@Gopniksquat haha

[@Nonamelol.]

Lol the us got no freedom

[@MichaelJ44]

Do you feel Democracied yet.

[@MichaelJ44]

@@Gopniksquat You have the exact first and second name as me

[@azoutdoors2344]

I remember qualifying on Tank Table Eight in Fort Hunter Liggett, CA back in 2004, and my dad brought my nephews with him to see us that year. My dad was a retired U.S. Navy Chief Steel Worker in the Seabees, who served for 26 years (Vietnam Veteran), and he came out to see his son. The leadership in my unit blessed him with open arms despite my family's impromptu visit. My company commander addressed him as Chief and treated him with the utmost respect. That was one of the fondest memories of my life and I will never forget it. Sadly, my dad passed away in October of 2020. I miss you dad and you will always be my hero.

[@wecanwatersports4151]

Thank you for your service sir!

[@_Matsimus_]

Gotta love those hydraulic noises

[@thebattlefieldtechnician428]

They wear headphones with microphones to communicate

[@bendekko2770]

I lost 30% of my hearing in my left ear sitting in the driver's hole next to that pump. Our intercoms sucked in the mid 90's and if you wore earplugs, you couldn't hear anything. Worth it.

[@Creeperboy099]

Would you say a piston engine or the turbine is louder?

[@howtotype1125]

@@Creeperboy099 tbh, the M1A2 uses a turbine engine, they designed it to make it more silent than the other tanks. So I'd say piston.

[@Creeperboy099]

@@howtotype1125 Now that I think of it, that makes sense- piston engines rumble more, having more reciprocating/oscillating mass

[@jameswest8280]

That's not a tank, that's a traffic jam solver.

[@doyle5948]

Hahaha

[@xanderrobben4901]

This man play gta

[@luk5720]

No its tank

[@Jeff015]

@@xanderrobben4901 ikr

[@Wolfgodmak]

James West *Runs Over Cars* Sorry I thought they were speed bumps

[@comradejosephstalin8136]

Girls ASMR : eating sounds* Boys ASMR :

[@nattawatb.4250]

Boy ASMR: fire cannon*

[@r4rekt671]

Nah it's a turbo for me Sstutututu

[@Wolfgodmak]

Meanwhile Also Boys: BRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTT

[@Creeperboy099]

Let’s see what else Diesel engine full throttle Large cam V8 lopey idle Turning key in ignition Engine redline Tire squealing Shotgun racking Machine gun rapid fire Gun blasts Fighter jet flyby Turboprop startup ENeMy aC-130 aBoVE!!! Anything mechanical Explosion

[@luiscaceres432]

@@Creeperboy099 Girls moaning

[@jdog0634]

I can’t wait just graduated basic training to be a tanker

[@trollmasterstayhigh4209]

Good luck

[@christianpearce579]

Ahhh I can’t wait to do the same dude! How hard is it to pass the ASVFAB test? I think that’s how it’s spelled

[@suprchickn7745]

Still 19K? Thanks for your service! God bless you, patriot!

[@LHP0120]

G’luck with that! Marines ain’t got any tanks left

[@poopmuncher6865]

hows it going?

[@veryopen-mindedperson5276]

inside the tank. sounds like Lil Wayne Guitar solo

[@jakem1tanker]

Calvine The Rockers lmfao

[@drossano9794]

LOL

[@ekasanji]

Me and the boys in the tank during ww3

[@stalwartteakettlepotato9879]

Then you are probably fricked

[@stalwartteakettlepotato9879]

@SAexpat PreferToBeElsewhereyou can't expect a theoretical WW3 to be a one sided battle where the only option your enemy has is asimetric guerilla warfer. Having the best traind and equipped conventional caverly in ww1 didn't help the guys who tried to charge machine guns and having the best crewed tanks and ifvs won't help you when you get swarmed by a bunch of expendible drones or get hunted down by the next generation of tank hunting helicopters and planes.

[@stalwartteakettlepotato9879]

@SAexpat PreferToBeElsewhere my original coment was regarding a presumably joke coment about serving in a conventional crewed tank during WW3. I don't doubt that the US military as a whole is heavily investing into anything and everything that shows promise for the future. For example, most countries with powerful militaris are seeking to expand the number of their special forces and adding additional specialised training like tunnel and underground warfer since they presume that the battles above ground will just be a cluster fuck of drons because of the advancements we are making rapidly. I doubt that drons will or could compleatly replace humans any time soon but they do have distinct advantages over the conventional units, especially ground units.

[@Booty5layer]

@@stalwartteakettlepotato9879 Ummmm r/woosh

[@neogummi]

@@Booty5layer dude wrote two whole essays about why he is wrong when it's a me and the boys joke?

[@arnosquellati567]

I was a tank gunner for 7 years. I really liked that job. I got to fire alot of main gun rounds and the coax machine gun!

[@wecanwatersports4151]

TC: GUNNER; SABOT TANK 🫵😊

[@wilsontoddd5253]

Thank. You. For. Your. Service. To. Alll. Of. Are. Vets. And. The. Ones. Are. In. Now. Thank. You. So. Much. What. You. Guys. Do. For. All. Of. Us

[@brianwagar4512]

That's about how long it takes me to get up when my alarm goes off.

[@Dra741]

If you're the enemy and you see the Abrams tank if you don't immediately flee, it's going to get you

[@charleswallace1123]

Search and destroying all targets

[@ordinaryAussie]

This comment aged well🤣🤣

[@spencergarner4213]

The best thing about the tank is that it is made in America.

[@vlimos4446]

not in China 😉

[@spencergarner4213]

@@vlimos4446 exactly!

[@adhamrecch6317]

You know that egypt give you some of this tanks that made in Egypt not all your tanks made in the USA

[@spencergarner4213]

@@adhamrecch6317 state your source.

[@MilitantOldLady]

The gun is german, the armor is british, the secondaries are belgian, the crew has italian sidearms. It's a best of NATO.

[@trojohn7032]

"we didn't penetrated their armor"

[@abody2525]

Tro John now this is some good quality joke

[@chriscowan1463]

Is that a Cent 7/1 as your profile?

[@mgapryt4930]

That one bounced!

[@abody2525]

That one didn’t go through

[@mrbagel8751]

We just dinged him!

[@darwinmitchell7549]

Navajo Code Talkers our code remains unbroken. Thank you to all the Navajo Code Talkers who fought in the U.S Marines for us to stay here in our homelands so no enemy can get rid of us ever. Stand and fight back for your people.

[@HDInstrumental1]

Incredible piece of engineering.

[@jakem1tanker]

H.D.Instrumental we can thank the Germans for that lol

[@howardman3926]

@@jakem1tanker For the armament at least

[@superman9269]

Pretty cool last shot at the end

[@jamesward6503]

Coaxial needs too be fed...Love the 50 Cal. Our sub turret was spotless... We scrubbed it out with a tooth brush...

[@dg6546]

Doesn't need to fully stop before shooting? impressive!

[@Hawkins97]

Yea the part that allows for that Is called a gyroscope its mounted behind the barrel usually. 😁

[@baronentertainment362]

It's a 2 plane gun stabalizer, the abrams can shoot on the move with it

[@suprchickn7745]

Also a wind sensor and gun tube droop sensor for when it gets hot!

[@SuperIcyPhoenix]

@@baronentertainment362 And every other modern main battle tank, and most IFVs.

[@Dra741]

The Abrams tank us to Feast used wisely you could fuck up any anime fortification

[@icjavelin]

"Tanks look like they do cause I got 9 things in scorpio." - abigor

[@MGRogue]

Such an awesome military video. :3

[@DJSkittles365]

Best place to warm up from a cold night.

[@highlander918]

What a spectacular piece of technology. Deadliest land vehicle on the continent.

[@GAMINGisAWES0ME]

what a badass tank

[@NickTheAwsome100]

Iran sees this video: *confused screaming

[@ma.cristinalabores285]

Confused unga bunga

[@starred1096]

Iran is just North Korea but with a lame military.

[@christianpearce579]

@@ma.cristinalabores285 I died

[@Shrouded_reaper]

If you guys think Vietnam was bad you have a whole fresh load of shit coming at you in Iran. Hope your soon to president senile dementia patient doesn't go to war with them because they will need to reinstate conscription to make up for the catastrophic losses you will face. Fighting massively entrenched guerrillas in a huge country full of nothing but mountains and narrow passes where they have been preparing for this exact scenario for decades. Loaded with more short and medium range missiles than you can count courtesy of a mass production program. Tanks will be worse than useless, if you saw the latest armenia-azerbaijan war you would know this, getting popped en masse by high altitude missile emplacements and ATGMs. All the armour in the world won't help when a missile hits the roof of your tank square on.

[@nickbuckley4371]

Anti tank mines that are hidden are actually the way to take these things down but destroying the tracks that’s the giant flaw of any tank then it’s just a turret with guns and can’t move

[@SuperIcyPhoenix]

That's not taking this thing down though. That's just a mobility kill. As long as it can still fight, it will live on in the long run.

[@vanpearsall]

Bet you don’t walk up to it and talk to surrender

[@1moderntalking1]

Abrams m1 is one helluva sexy tank!! Damn.

[@Dra741]

Enemy doesn't realize that the 120 millimetre gun is an artillery platform oh, that means we can hit you, in your foxholes oh, and take out any armour, at a closer range

[@joken7449]

I always enjoyed this channel, solid content, zero bs robotic voices and shitty background music

[@tbob8212]

Ooh Rah!! Camp Lejeune, North Carolina! My old stomping grounds, 1996-1998. MP Co, Hqspt. BN. MCB Camp Lejeune ☺

[@tbob8212]

+Roger Out I know, LMAO!! I have that Zima as a joke, ah yes the 1990's ☺

[@tbob8212]

+Roger Out That would be a no. Like almost everybody back then I tried a Zima, wasn't my thing. My 1st and last Zima was at the San Onafre Enlisted Club during MCT at Camp Pendleton back in 1994.

[@serzhan222]

+Daniel Sayers i thought Le jeune was in louisiana

[@tbob8212]

+Snake_whisperer USMC Lt. General John Lejeune was born in Louisiana in 1867. Had to do some research ☺

[@serzhan222]

Daniel Sayers the main base is in Louisiana i think

[@jamesward6503]

I spent four and a half years on the M1A1. The heater sucked in the winter....Froze my ass off....

[@vanpearsall]

I still got a scar from mine almost burn your BTUs

[@telkinstormbow734]

Such insane traverse speed

[@MehLewH]

Telkin Stormbow 2 reverse gears i think.

[@LITTLE1994]

Those tanks are so damn mean. As of yet, NONE had been destroyed in combat!!

[@InFamXYT]

500, 9 in the us, but that's still very little

[@SM-zx9mx]

What a monster.

[@nervouswreck392]

GRATE‼️

[@itzz-monster6272]

That's best tank ever I seen

[@gilgamesh8860]

O.c

[@MP-xl9et]

some noises sound like a raptor in jurassic park;D

[@sovietdz15]

Yeah its hydraulics

[@emptybucket1988]

If they ask me why i attempted too steal an Abrams Tank i will say Because it's the greatest tank in the world Sir

[@vemo-va8125]

Fantastic

[@someweirddude656]

0:09 When that gun fired my screen was just loading cuz it couldn't take the recoil.

[@sal1701]

Sure brings back memories of when I was stationed in Vilseck, Germany. Dco 2/37 AR 1992-94

[@VibeXplorer]

Literal thunder when that main gun fires...

[@justinanthonysitjar1983]

The first time i actually saw a projectile

[@JessJess347]

Ever hear about tracer rounds

[@justinanthonysitjar1983]

@@JessJess347 yeah, like 1 tracer round every five rounds, i think?

[@mythicalrp5642]

The Russians took over 30 years to completely contend against this MBT platform with their T-14 Armata but even that may not be enough to compete against the M1 Abrams especially the A2 variant if we're gonna talk about how stable its gun is and how experienced and well trained the US tank crews are, it's a no brainer to think that US will come out on top in this one.

[@tdogaz4114]

Yeah we probably would. But imo I don't think it's worth it we would lose so many soldiers and it would be one of the deadliest wars in history. But I think we'd win.

[@VotEtoPizdets]

@@tdogaz4114 It would instantly become a nuclear war. Russia knows that we would roll over them in no time. they would throw every nuke they have at America.

[@jonathanbaird8109]

Not even a contender really, since the T-14 is a show tank that they can't actually produce in meaningful numbers.

[@tackytrooper]

@@jonathanbaird8109 Yeah the entire fleet of T-14s can't stand up to even a fraction of the US's Abrams.

[@doggo_here3322]

The shot traveled around the world until... Some tank shot hit them in the back but I don't know how

[@CoralSea]

You don't really need the best tank anymore because air superiority is much more important. In a battle field, the one control the sky will destroy all their enemy's tanks easily. After that your average tanks will finish the job.

[@jimmymartino5433]

Lol that only works if you have uncontested air superiority and face no enemy AA equipment

[@barneyruckus]

I miss my tank...

[@SrFactoryClips]

I don’t know how they don’t go crazy with that buzzing noise inside the tank

[@Justsomegamergamingandstuff]

The freedom machine

[@InFamXYT]

Battlefield did good with sounds

[@Dra741]

It's a brute, and I can fuck up any enemy fortification with that shit I think I can

[@alelupo77]

More power USA. from Philippines 🇵🇭❤️🇺🇸💪

[@prabathmayura4405]

this is a super tank

[@mespn520]

Is the black on the side of the barrel burnt paint from the machine gun or gunpowder from the machine gun?

[@mrbasshead403]

Gunnery got real in oif 1 nothing like a round from a t 72 hitting your turret. Sounded like we threw track. But my wing man pop his turret off.

[@dt6653]

Hey, military people. When you make these videos, shoot at something that breaks apart. It's a lot more interesting to watch.

[@Spartacus1134]

They do, it tends to be kilometres away though

[@J0eR0ganSh0rts]

Leopard 2:Hold my beer

[@brianwagar4512]

That's the ceiling fan in my bathroom.. wait for the boom.

[@luigigunner]

Good old M1A1

[@livefree1981aw]

Really witnessing the end of an Era. The Abrams is probably the last battle tank the US will ever design.

[@RealPicklePapi]

Wrong

[@Nutleaf]

The freedom maker 9000

[@ilovefamilyguyyou1318]

This is called freedom

[@jasper3977]

I love tanks.

[@nickbuckley4371]

We have the a10 warthog which is terrifying on the air and this beast which we have never lost one tank in its service life to enemy fire and the enemy keeps on fighting us hmmm

[@delta7743]

thats a quiet turbine lol

[@suprchickn7745]

They called it "whispering death" during Operation Desert Storm.

[@thegregitto]

I'm going to serve in an Abrams as a gunner or maybe a commander. Depends. Anyone else here plan on serving in anticipation?

[@seven811]

Don’t be clausterphobic, and make sure you’re ready for training.

[@thegregitto]

@@seven811 I am both. In fact I fond it funny that such a large portion of people are scared of being in a tight space.

[@jmb9893]

@@thegregitto Try not to be taller than 5 foot 10. Being 6'1" in an abrams is rough.

[@thegregitto]

@@jmb9893 I'm recently 15 and I'm 5'8" :(

[@jmb9893]

@@thegregitto best of luck lol

[@Dra741]

She's the beast

[@ghostmourn]

Best tank ever built.

[@peterson7082]

No such thing as best in such a vague condition set.

[@luzerino1124]

*laughs in leopard 2a7*

[@forsakenbatmotivation6050]

Challenger 2 would toast it

[@blackpanther827]

ForsakenBatMotivation that’s arguable, while the challenger 2 has better front protection it lacks good ammunition. While the abrams has good frontal, tusk system that makes up for armor, superior maneuverability and much better ammunition

[@gavinlightfoot5521]

@@luzerino1124 leopard would have no chance against an M1A2 Abrams

[@layakalathahmawanimadahmat7655]

I have been inside the A-1 and the updated M-1-A1 and that hydraulic fluid and pumps are extremely nerve racking and honestly I would NOT EVER EVER BECOME A TANKER. I appreciate and respect the LID HEADS BUT FORCE RECON IS MY LIFE AND WAS MY MISSION TASK FOR 22.5 years active duty and 16 direct action combat deployments. With substantial indirect and covert mission task.

[@jimmymartino5433]

Lol 16 “DiReCt AcTiOn cOmBaT” deployments? I call BULLSHIT

[@layakalathahmawanimadahmat7655]

LAZY PULL IS TO LAZY TO PULL OUT.

[@mr.airsoftboi6630]

Did a tank just do a wheelie?!

[@u.smilitarytraining4709]

Good

[@crazypilot4017]

I wonder if the M1 Abrams can survive through the toughest hurricane or tornado?...it would be cool to take this tank and plow right through a tornado while filming it😎...

[@blackpanther827]

MotoMech well considering that there are armored fords that can go through a hurricane it would be able to. And for the tornado prob because of weight it would survive but idk

[@evanwashburn140]

Oh this thing would most definitely survive a tornado. You figure storm chasers have huge dominator vehicles that can withstand them, so this tank definitely could.

[@MehLewH]

If a simple Centurion tank can survive a nuke (crew members will obviously die because the hatches always blow open) Yea you can drive trough a tornado.

[@hazardous458]

MotoMech The things weighs 60 tons

[@nova1726]

The tank's inside sounds like a bloody airplane

[@MehLewH]

Turbine powered

[@drossano9794]

Sounds different in real life, microphone picks it up different

[@nova1726]

drossano huh

[@reid1283]

Also it should be noted that the turbine engine has a higher pitch than its gasoline counterparts, so the sound is much quieter over distance.

[@RandomGuy17768]

What your hearing is the turret hydraulics and turbine engine sounds, the high pitched sounds are the hydraulic pump working and when you see the turret traverse left and right, the brrrrrrr noise is the turret brake working.

[@joechiodi5529]

I’d like to see this tank in a ww2 battle scene vs tigers and panzer tanks.

[@rocketpotato8783]

Joe Chiodi the tigers and panzers will win because the m1a1 tank has little armour compared to the panther D 120mm thick front plate

[@joechiodi5529]

The abrams uses depleted uranium projectiles which would cut through that armor like butter. Those old tanks wouldn’t even be able to get a shot off.

[@wanamawan6249]

@@rocketpotato8783 *facepalm*

[@howardman3926]

@@rocketpotato8783 The panther wasn't even great by WW2 standards lol

[@peytoncorrea4975]

I’d just punch right through a tiger and panzer I think with how powerful tanks nowadays have become

[@nole8923]

The shriek inside the tank can get old real quick.

[@hike3]

abrams and chill

[@fee8255]

The tubes on them howitzers are unreal…

[@jaidenlopez9032]

This is true American ASMR

[@Jaxymann]

The only thing that can kill an Abrams, is another Abrams xD

[@user-wb5np3ix6r]

+5Oblivion расскажите это арабам от Йемена до Ирака, а то они не знают и жгут их...

[@keeperofthecheese]

Or an anti tank rocket...

[@kcimb]

Mr Wolfe anti tank rockets don’t worry me. Big IEDs do. The tank will handle the rockets and missiles. Can’t see the IEDs.

[@rainbowhappyface3982]

We have marine tank's antisubmarine

[@davejohnson5278]

kcimb I was a Route Clearance platoon sergeant in Ramadi Iraq in 2006/07. The craters from IED's designated as "Tank Killers" was sobering. Knowing some of the shyte the AIF/ACF buried, just so they could kill US and coalition forces, was fucking scary. We had 3 Soldiers Killed and a 4th with a broken back after a 300 pound was detonated under their vehicle. The vehicle was designed to take a blast but the 300 pounder inverted the V-Shaped hull.

[@petersonmatias4083]

What fucking machine!

[@80milekyle70]

Where is this?!?!?!?!

[@Quodergo]

think about it put an abrams underwater, real big snorkel, like fording but better. or, dangle them off ships with the same idea. then, instantly, submarines would be too scared to approach. war's done.

[@thej7362]

I’d bet that hydraulic noise annoys the shot out of them

[@quentinmetay5105]

nice tanh

[@jonathanlloyd8862]

I’m tanker veteran. Best job in the army

[@jamesward6503]

Gunner sabot tank, identify, fire, on the the way, target cease fire....

[@suprchickn7745]

Hooah!

[@davidbraae9735]

Was that an alarm or a motor

[@valkoinentassu4704]

Jag älskar panzar vagnar!

[@taxxxiddriver]

Whats the fuel consumption?

[@jakem1tanker]

$1500 per hour complete price operation

[@kulebananaman]

1 gallon per 0.6 miles i think, it holds about 600 gallons i think

[@peytoncorrea4975]

Too much😆

[@bishopscore]

Imagine these tanks in ww2.

[@Dra741]

Do you will never see the tanks, think about 30 Abrams Tanks using 120 mm arcing it at your fortification

[@dillonevers5398]

my bad thought it was m1a2

[@michaelalemansr.8565]

Was it a trans gunner?

[@sailguns9332]

That’s the Army’s tank. The marines are just borrowing it

[@wiseowl820]

Can we get a f in the chat for the marine corps tank divisions

[@Horible4]

I've been saying this forever: the tank is being phased out in the modern battlefield. It's all about neutralizing the enemies ability to fight before the fight happens.

[@Dra741]

Cuz they actually are coming at us so brace for impact will just flip them off

[@Dra741]

What the Abrams tank I can plow through battalion oh, and take out a lot of Tanks and even if I'm hit I can still continue the return fire

[@ma.cristinalabores285]

Hmm what would happen if tanks could fly would that make jets out of business I'm curious

[@ma.cristinalabores285]

I don't need sleep I need answers

[@InFamXYT]

They do it's called an A10 warthog

[@DUBLACA]

I signed up for this but never got a call

[@Quodergo]

they got mad at you calling stormtroopers clone troopers