I was stationed in in a Vulcan unit on Hahn air base Germany 85 to 90. Some of the best times of my life!
@PeriscopeFilm6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your service to our great nation.
@towtruckmafia5 жыл бұрын
I was in Alpha Battery, 5/44 from 88 to 90. Then we got reassigned to 5/2 ADA in Crailsheim.
@wishyouwerebeer3 жыл бұрын
I was there with you sgt. Norris
@walternorris26093 жыл бұрын
@@wishyouwerebeer who is this
@unitedwestand51003 жыл бұрын
I remember both these weapon systems. Aschaffenberg, Germany, 79-82, 1/4 Inf Bn, 3rd ID, Fiori Kaserne.. Warriors! They always accompanied our columns on REFORGER exercises. I remember seeing A-10s land on the Autobahn too, using the overpasses as hangers to hide.
@WarDaddyUSA Жыл бұрын
i would love to see the military go back to this format for pomotional videos. Amazing.
@dschroeder37635 ай бұрын
I was a Senior Gunner on the Chaparral 1971-1973. Ft Bliss and Ft Carson. Two exercises, one at Ft Bliss and one at Ft. Carson. I hit my target both times. WooHoo.
@TBone56998 жыл бұрын
Was at Ft. Bliss from '76 - '79 when then Presidential Candidate Jimmy Carter came there for a live fire exercise. Oh what fun we had. Vulcan, Chaparral, A-10's, 'Red Eyes', 'Cobra' Gunships, shooting up a bunch of cars we dragged into the desert at McGregor Rage. Almost like it was yesterday.
@jameshunter7446 жыл бұрын
Robert Frizzell McGregor Range I couldn't remember that name for shit!! White Sands Missile Range...live fire for 16Series ADA Vulcan Chaparral/RedEye-Stinger and Patriot was just coming on line when I did Basic-A.I.T.@ Ft.Bliss Mar-July 1986....wish I could've done Permanent Party heard it wasn't too bad. I did go to Juarez-Cuadid. What an "experience". Lol. Thanks for memories you brought back. Air Defense Artillery rocks!!!!
@sevenravens6 жыл бұрын
I went to basic and AIT at Ft Bliss in 76. Then they sent me to Budingen Germany. I think this is the film they showed me at the recruitment center.
@williampayton95156 жыл бұрын
Bliss in 86-87....Vulcaneer Baby!
@timsmith91696 жыл бұрын
sevenravens i was at budening 74 76.,as a Vulcan Gunner welcome back to the world.brother. 3/61 ada alpha15 with sgt.hopkins aka hoppy
@jamesboyd9234 жыл бұрын
I was at Fort Bliss from 75 to 76 16 Sierra 10 16 Romeo 10 don't forget about the quad fifties mounted on the back of a deuce and a half at Fort Bliss Texas price and New Mexico it's been many time out there in the desert you'd be surprised was out there in the desert in the mountains LOL that's for real overall I had a great time especially in Logan Heights Loop camp and AIT Fort Bliss James Boyd Waco Texas later
@mpeg2tom3 жыл бұрын
Chaparral is a shrubland plant community found primarily in the U.S. state of California, in southern Oregon, and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. Roadrunners are known as "chaparral birds" because they are often found in the chaparral.
@unitedwestand51003 жыл бұрын
I remember both these weapon systems. Aschaffenberg, Germany, 79-82, 1/4 Inf Bn, 3rd ID, Fiori Kaserne.. Warriors! They always accompanied our columns on REFORGER exercises. I remember seeing A-10s land on the Autobahn too, using the overpasses as hangers to hide. I remember all the Hawk Missile bases too.
@msulli54292 жыл бұрын
I was stationed in Gieblestadt Germany
@dkiewicz3 жыл бұрын
Worked as Chaparral section chief for 1/51st ADA at Ft. Ord Delta Battery. Was fortunate to have been able to fire both the Vulcan and Chap. Awesome weapons for sure. I still think even better than its Roland replacement. Great part of American Military history for sure. Ah, the good Ole days...
@guardedcitadel58377 ай бұрын
I was in E Co. 707th Maint. 81-82. I remember 1/51 very well.
@pauld69673 жыл бұрын
Today I once again shared the link to this video. So others will know about this integrated system of weapons and support vehicles, doctrine, tactics and operational procedures. It makes me feel nostalgic for when I rode my dinosaur, ready in case the balloon went up and we'd be in a hot war against the Soviets.
@islandsantaclaus8 жыл бұрын
I used to be a Chaparral / Vulcan Platoon Leader (11th ADA Brigade) Fort Bills, Texas (1985-1989).
@PeriscopeFilm8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your service to our great nation.
@TheDarwiniser8 жыл бұрын
Dont be shy, tell us a few stories !!
@webrad987 жыл бұрын
Fernando Luis Peña Mirabal
@islandsantaclaus7 жыл бұрын
I was TDY (TDA) at Lackland Air Force Base Jan-May 1985.
@Panzerdeal7 жыл бұрын
D-5-52 chap crewman, 24 ID 84-85, d 2-61, 2 ID 85-86. Road Runners.
@jameshanlon56893 жыл бұрын
My first unit I was assigned to in November of 1989 was HHB 4/5 ADA 1CD Vulcan/Chaparral. When I arrived, they had just turned in the Chaparral vehicles. The only thing they had left was the Vulcan and that went away just after Desert Storm when the 1st. Cav came back from the middle east.
@tonylong76274 жыл бұрын
They should bring back the old Vulcans one last time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@karlrockvoan15872 жыл бұрын
Back in the day 1973 -1975 A 2/61 ADA S. Korea. 2nd Inf. Div. RC-4 Vulcan gunner , Clear The Sky Sir !
@samuelclayton4405 Жыл бұрын
I served with the 4th ID Mechinized 76-79. The Chaparrel and the Vulcan were our ADA. they could kick ass on the drones they fired on.
@shawnbegay72202 ай бұрын
In March 1982, I was on an Army JROTC trip to Fort Bliss. One of our side trips was to gunnery ranges in nearby New Mexico to see this pair in action. I was 15 then, to be 16 later in May and a Cadet Sergeant.
@wc864 Жыл бұрын
I was born as a Chapparal Crewman in D Battery, 3rd Battalion, 61st ADA, 3rd Armored Division, V Corp, Germany. Fulda Gap Baby. Fired a Redeye in Graf and a Chap in Greece.
@gregcouch17004 жыл бұрын
FAAR ops in Korea, Camp Stanley, 2nd division. Last tour '79-'80. Loads of fun. Ft. Bliss Basic and AIT, two tours in Korea, and one at Ft. Ord California. FAAR mostly didn't work, generator was loud and we lived in fox holes and behind our concertina wire near the DMZ. Lots of watch duty...
@Transformation7777 жыл бұрын
I was stationd in a chap vulcan unit A battery 544 spangdahlem air base Germany 1986 -1989 went to the island of creet and todendorf Germany on the north sea. Boy that was a once in a lifetime experience. I had a great time traveld all over Europe.it was great.
@williampayton95156 жыл бұрын
I remember evaluating 5-44 for ARTEP. I was in 3-44 at Zweibruken, Ramstein, K-town....... 87-90
@towtruckmafia5 жыл бұрын
How you doing Sgt. Garcia?
@mikephalen31624 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion 56th ADA, at Spang from 1974-1976. Took six trips with the towed Vulcans to Todendorf every March and August, but only one trip to Crete in July '76 with the Chaparrals.
@Chilly_Billy9 ай бұрын
With the preponderance of drones and heavily armored attack helicopters in today's hostile skies, updated versions of each system would be a welcome addition to the Army's maneuver forces.
@pdlngsqrs95472 жыл бұрын
24M20 here. (1968-1971).... lot's of training/testing Ft. Bliss Tx , Ft Carson, Co. Combined system in AA support for infantry units. M163 upgraded with doppler range radar, enabling more effective and accurate fire on areal targets... As of my ETS Unsure if it was ever deployed to Vietnam. If so , strictly used as convoy and infantry support.
@michaelgautreaux31683 жыл бұрын
Super Vid 👍 Only operated the M113, M106, & M125- was very familiar w/ these two. Love these these films. Many thanx, be safe 🦊
@altairprime78958 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I remember watching this at Ft. Bliss, TX in Feb '77. Burned a lot of 20mm over the years after. B 1/51 ADA '77-'78 Ft. Ord, A 6/56 ADA '79-'81, A 1/51 ADA '81-'83, A 2/59 ADA '83-'86, B 2/62 ADA 91-'92.
@scotteddings91837 жыл бұрын
I was also in fort bliss in 90 91 92
@williampayton95156 жыл бұрын
Wasn't 5/52 at Stewart until just before Desert Storm?
@billberry36996 жыл бұрын
William Payton yes it was i was there 86-88 bravo battery
@williampayton95156 жыл бұрын
Good stuff. I went to A Battery when it was freshly named A 1-5 AAA....That's who I went to the Storm with. Victory!!
@billberry36996 жыл бұрын
First to fight!!!
@TheOkami14 жыл бұрын
I was at C 5/3 89-92 McCully Barracks Wackernheim Germany. Sundragons!
@jackvaughn48084 жыл бұрын
I was at Fort Hood with 1stBn-68th ADA from 1974 to 1976. Trained at Bliss as a Chapparal crewman but was assigned to the FAAR Platoon at Fort Hood. Never did figure out how to operate the damn thing. Didn't matter though. It was always down for one reason or another. Total piece of junk. My Crew chief was a sharp guy who had served several years in FAAR units. He said don't worry about the thing not working, we would mot last long anyway once the shooting started. Also, he made sure we had around 1000 feet of commo wire to string out from field phones to the track. He said the experts must not have took into consideration the effective blast radius of a 500 pound bomb that would no doubt have our names on it. 100 feet of wire was not nearly enough LOL.
@yahuhananbenyamineliyahu77062 жыл бұрын
IAF - AA 946 regiment - Chaparral. 1996 - 1999
@dirtydave26915 жыл бұрын
During our live fire defense at Fort Irwin in 1990 our ADA batteries got to fire in a ground engagement mode.....day and night. Pretty impressive display. Those little 113's are slow as hell compared to a Bradley or an Abrams however.
@williamt.sherman98413 жыл бұрын
why the Army never fielded a replacement based on the MLRS chassis is beyond me. put modern AMRAAMS or Evolved Sea Sparrow and you have a really awesome medium range ADA system.
@janko72453 жыл бұрын
@@williamt.sherman9841 we have sort of a stopgap with the new stryker equipped with stingers/hellfires, but the mechanized units still lack a proper mobile aa unit.
@djl56342 жыл бұрын
@@janko7245 that's because we use Air Dominance over AA batteries. Better to spend the money on more aircraft than on armored vehicles vulnerable to anti radiation missiles
@Panzerdeal7 жыл бұрын
Chap and Vulcan batteries added a platoon of Redeye/Stingers by 1984.
@douglasdussault-kp7nl Жыл бұрын
I built both these weapon systems.
@cnftnf4 жыл бұрын
Damn if I would want to sit behind a piece of plastic and fire a sidewinder.
@trbenoit5 жыл бұрын
I was in A-4-1 Vulcan/Chaparral & A-5-62 Vulcan/Chap/Stinger at Ft Bliss, TX, '84-'86. Neither were very effective in an anti-aircraft role. Stinger was far more effective. We also tested the prototype Sgt. York gun system, which was to replace the Vulcan. When I left in November '86 they'd already cancelled the program.
@djl56342 жыл бұрын
Aim 9 missiles were and are as effective as stingers. We still use aim 9 on all American fighter jets.
@msulli54292 жыл бұрын
There in 1969
@trbenoit2 жыл бұрын
@@djl5634 the Sidewinder is fine in an air to air capacity as it was designed for. When ground-launched, there is a loss of range. Plus, The Sidewinder was not an all-aspect missile until later models, so the target had to be going away to get a lock. The Chapparal was pretty limited.
@djl56342 жыл бұрын
@@trbenoit nasam uses aim 120. They are pretty effective. So I don't see why a sidewinder couldn't. Depends on the skill of the team building the radar and targeting systems.
@trbenoit2 жыл бұрын
@@djl5634 you're comparing apples to oranges, but well, that's just it..the Aim120 is a radar-guided missile & it has the benefit of a search/targeting radar, plus it has a far longer range by design...the Sidewinder is a heat-seeking missile and the Chapparal had no effective radar warning/tracking system. The FAAR would only give you the general direction of a target at a short range.
@thedvjac3 жыл бұрын
C/2/3 Basic '69, Logan Heights. dual MOS Chaparral/Vulcan 16R in AIT B/4/1 on main post. Chose Chaparral duty C/5/67 Biggs Field. Two Chaparral six month combat trials,. Chaparral training film, misc. testing. First trial was six months in the desert 24/5 with armed missiles then fired them at the end. Two years of riding in the desert, in California and fun during the Vietnam War. I was drafted and luck of the draw.
@baabbo2 жыл бұрын
Man, I was in C Battery 5/67 (First and the Finest) 1970-72. Trained as 16R too and then they split it and I became a 16P Chaparral crewman. And got drafted too and thought I was fated to go off on the "Eastern Adventure Tour" but ended up in Texas. Plus, I got a 6 month drop, so I was only in for 18 months and a few days. And I enjoyed the desert.
@sulufest5 жыл бұрын
Cool and interesting video. Just one minor thing: in the title description it says Mini-gun rather than the full size Vulcan cannon. The mini-guns were 7.62 mm ammunition (hence mini) not the 20mm used by the cannon. A common error these days when describing this weapon system family. 💥 Thank U for posting
@gunslinger18245 жыл бұрын
Micro-guns are pretty cool too.
@fluffthesergal76404 жыл бұрын
@cliff deal AH-1 Cobra used a 20mm Vulcan variant, that is essentially a 3-barrelled version of the normal Vulcan cannon. Additionally, the earlier variants of the AH-1 didn't even have a cannon, but rather twin M134 miniguns and a 40mm twin Mk19 turret instead. The AH-1F was the variant that introduced the 20mm cannon, if I am not mistaken. EDIT: Not a second after double checking, I found it was the AH-1E that introduced the 20mm cannon.
@fluffthesergal76404 жыл бұрын
@cliff deal Well bud, I know a few soldiers and pilots etc as well. I'm not trying to be hostile, sorry if I came across as hostile. You can look it up for yourself in books and on the internet though, bud! The gun on the AH-1 is the M197! Again, sorry if I sound like I'm hostile, it isn't my intention! I just feel and am pretty sure I'm correct about this. IDK what your conversation was with him, but I wasn't there in 76 at Norfolk so *shrug*. Either there's a conspiracy to tell the world that it's a 20mm, but it's actually a 30mm, or something else isn't right.
@fluffthesergal76404 жыл бұрын
@cliff deal Indeed!
@fluffthesergal76404 жыл бұрын
@cliff deal I think I heard that too bud! I'm not 100% on it though, but I wouldn't be too surprised.
@greggraves65606 жыл бұрын
Had lot of fun shooting all three
@oldbaldfatman27667 жыл бұрын
Jan. 2018---Thanks for the video as I'm getting back into modeling, this time zombie/apocalypse dioramas in 1/35th scale and the Vulcan would be great as an anti-zombie vehicle. Show some survivors attempting to get one running at some military museum.
B btry. 1/59th ADA Wakernheim Germany 74\75 Sooo much fun to shoot!! i got to shoot up and old car in Ground mode on the range at Ft. Bliss. 100 rd. burst. It was considered a kill if it changed shape, changed color, or caught fire and or exploded. It did all!!!
@romulan19616 жыл бұрын
I was i B 2/67 ADA Mannheim Germany,The Vulcan was to slow and the Chaparral too.But it put a volume of fire 3,000 rounds a minute,The drum only had 1700 round at any one time.The radar never worked properly either.I was in Coleman Barracks with the BIG RED ONE.
@PeriscopeFilm6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your service to our great nation.
@dukecraig24026 жыл бұрын
When were you there? I was B Btry 2/67 ADA Coleman Barracks February 84, got sent down to Germ to train for the batallions Nijmegen team so we could train in the countryside, several weeks after getting to Germ and only after about 2 months in country the batallion got orders to move to Ft Riley Ks, I said "Well, I'm not going, I had Europe put in my contract when I enlisted and I JUST got here", they told me I had no choice and had to go, after 1 year at Ft Riley (shit hole) I found out that there was a form I could have filled out and got to stay in Germany but that information was withheld from me because they didn't want to loose personal, the main punk responsible for withholding the information was Lt. Hanko, he got to stay in Germany with his girlfriend, I pray one day I get to run into him.
@snowflakegaming8914 жыл бұрын
What years
@richardriggs29582 жыл бұрын
I was with B Btry 1st. Of 67th. ADA Ft. LEWIS 1973 THRU 1974 TIL ETS.
@msulli54292 жыл бұрын
I remember the jet blast as the F-4's buzzed us in training
@1337goy6 ай бұрын
those Navajo and apache aren't ready
@whiskypops4 жыл бұрын
M163 Vulcan the us army need to reissue these Awsome dragons breath s in Afghanistan
@michaelwest43255 жыл бұрын
We have the best names and acronyms!
@saltandsteelforever92422 жыл бұрын
Those systems had already been retired from the service. Now the US Army operates the Avenger system the combination of stiger and calibre 50 machinegun.
@accordingtojohnconnelly89207 жыл бұрын
according to John, America must take care their veterans
@rrhone5 жыл бұрын
I like that sound of firing. No nonsense ass kicker.(this would have easily stopped the kamakazies if we had them back then)
@rva74085 жыл бұрын
just nostalgic i guess, 2/5 ADA HEADQUARTERS FT HOOD I WAS THE MECHANIC 63 BUDWEISER AND 52 DELTA AND GENERATORS 85-88
@robertgreen86955 ай бұрын
Repaired Chaparral Launch station, and was in the to 10 techs for over 10 years.
@pedroberrios8834 Жыл бұрын
16R from 1977-1992 then 14R
@jimcameron98485 жыл бұрын
My son and I love watching the Chaparral clips. It reminds me of a GI Joe 1970s toy that was supposed to provide defensive capability with new technology but didn't do anything, broke, and was kind of interesting to look at. I love how the operator sits in an oil drum with a cool plex-glass window, has no real radar capability but for the audio sound of the "ping" on his fluffy headset. Suffice to say, these systems appear to be the evolutionary necessities to get to something bigger and better. I do, however, find it hilarious that the narrator completely bullshits about the Chaparral being read to stop, gear up, and fire in 30 secs - lol. What a hoax. Notice how nothing is destroyed by the models presented. Again, GI Joe toys were of better quality however I love the novelty of these videos.
@leandro93115 жыл бұрын
The Chaparral is still in service with the Portuguese Army providing the only tracked anti-air system and 1 of 3 anti-air options (the other 2 being the Stinger manpad and twin 20mm cannons). During life fire exercises, the Chaparral has achieved betewen 80 to 90% efectiveness in shooting down, the targets where fast moving drones at over 2km of distance and about 3000 feet of altitude. It remains reliable despite the avanced age, to be replaced in the near future
@kksniper13886 жыл бұрын
well, you had to nerf aerial attacks one way or another...
@panzerdeal87273 жыл бұрын
.5 k tactical Nerf enough ? Watch out for the red white and blue birds...
@billburfield40565 жыл бұрын
Its and 68 fort hood TX 74 convoy to white sands to fire I got to fire a sidewinder what a rush
@zeroyeti5635 жыл бұрын
супер спасибо
@Michael-tn5yg2 жыл бұрын
3rd Herd Charlie Company 1/67 ADA Ft. Lewis 87-89 (towed Chap), 5/5 ADA Camp Stanton, Korea 89-90 Chaparral crewman and LT's driver.
@fishbustin79262 жыл бұрын
Shot down a jet drone with my Chaparral on the island of Sardinia around 1971.
@whiskypops4 жыл бұрын
Can the Vulcan fire 50. cal ammo
@rickhohmann33753 жыл бұрын
No!
@GoSlash273 жыл бұрын
20mm > .50 cal.
@artstmartin31862 жыл бұрын
You are why we had comic book -10s
@whiskypops2 жыл бұрын
@@artstmartin3186 it has 50cal an 20mm feeds belt Stan Lee
@Petr756619 жыл бұрын
So in case of bad weather, they would be defenseless. Brilliant.
@billypaulwilliams9 жыл бұрын
jednoucelovy The radar abilities of the air and ground units evolve together and have remained essentially equivalent. If the ground units are incapacitated by the weather you can bet the air units are as well...if not more so. When I was a 16R in the 80s our main objective was to guard against attack helicopters and suppress enemy infantry in an armor attack. It was a good system for both these roles even though we burned through ammo very, very quickly. BTW the description above states 6000 RPM the M163 fired at 3000 RPM max or at a lower rate of fire which was a similar rate of fire as the 50 cal. We never used this rate of fire as it had a tendency to jamb the system.
@user-je5xj7nh8w9 жыл бұрын
+b w I was @ Ft. Bliss from 1982-1985. Biggs Army Airfield actually
@thedungeondelver9 жыл бұрын
+b w It's interesting to see how these systems were only marginally upgraded through their lifetimes while the Soviets and later Russians developed whole new generations of AA systems (SA9, -10, -11, -12 etc. and the formidable ZSU-23-4M and later Tunguska). I've wondered if this was because the emphasis for NATO and the US was on massive air power, whereas the Soviets were focused more on the ground attack, knowing they couldn't qualitatively match us in the air and therefore leaned on ADA vehicles.
@skeggjoldgunnr31679 жыл бұрын
I was 16P-10. Basic & AIT at Ft. Bliss '81, '82 then Ft Ord. I was the driver. I think the SA9 Gaskin was closest soviet counterpart at the time.
@skeggjoldgunnr31678 жыл бұрын
***** No, but it did come with a canopy you could assemble and the driver could unfold the missile blast shields and cover the cab of the carrier and nest - laying across the seat over the engine bay (with it's heat it gives off) and make cozy noises for the rest of the crew to listen to. That was - at least until a certain spec.-4 named Puente took a dump in the engine bay because it was warm and toasty - his reasoning was; "It had to be 6 below out there last night!, Adam's is going to be the one cleaning the baked-on poo mess, anyway, what's it to ya?!" Ah, the Army. The camaraderie...
@frankyflowers5 жыл бұрын
10:15 thats the forward alerting radar terminal. f.a r.t
@frydemwingz6 жыл бұрын
5:06 oh shit oh shit oh shit.....whew.
@0MoTheG8 жыл бұрын
But will the Chaparral lock onto a jet from the front in middle european November weather before it attacked? Will the gunner hit multiple targets before he is out of ammo?
@webrad987 жыл бұрын
0MoTheG
@TB03215 жыл бұрын
Eventually, the Chapparal had a IR camera sight in the turrent. It had decent night capability for its era, up to about 7-8 miles or so (about the range of the sidewinder). Last watched a Chapparal in 1997 after which the last launcher we're given to the Koreans.
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@complexblacknessАй бұрын
@Blammy shut up. You were one of those teacher's pet lames who told on everyone. Then as you got older, you were and are that guy who couldn't get a woman. Now you sit on YT crying about government property.
@beautifulfouse7 жыл бұрын
I was in the 1/3 air defense art at Ft Campbell Kentucky. The Vulcan was alright but the Chapi was the biggest let down JUNK in every area. It had mores does and dont's than your mama. I honestly do not think it ever downed 1 drone or anything in its entire history. Never has so much time been spent just to keep it from breaking down every day. Reading the FM you will see dont do this do this dont do dont do not , never , cannot, never ever, ect ect. I was so happy to be transfered to 3/59th ADA in Germany Improved Hawk system that worked so good it would take the entire launcher with it if you forgot to un bolt the dam thing. Saw one fly 20 miles with the launcher at Crete in 1976.
@daleslover27716 жыл бұрын
Marco Cota Beautiful House Eugene Oregon Station from 1975 to 1978 Alpha battery 1Bn 1 ADA Bad kissingen Germany, went to Creta 3 times first time range guard, second time as a ICWAR operator,Third time Alpha Fire Control Operator, we took Honor battery 1976, 99.8 firing score, under Captain Lang (Grants Pass Oregon.) Great to hear from another Hawker,,,
@davidbrady82989 ай бұрын
During my AIT on the Vulcan and Chaparral, fall of 1970, we had a demonstration for a general and a senator. I shot down a drone with the Chaparral. At firing the missile, my canopy was immediately covered with smoke. When it cleared the missile had already hit the drone so all I got to see was the trail of smoke up to the point of impact and the aftermath of falling smoking parts off in the distance.
@deralbtraumritter85734 жыл бұрын
Vulcan is also a planet full of elves
@marcuskopetzki4812 жыл бұрын
old but gold this needs the ukraine
@matovicmmilan Жыл бұрын
I think they did get the Chaparral or are about to soon?
@crazykarl18493 жыл бұрын
I was in 1980 to 1987 Fort Bliss and Fort ord And Germany Cawley Burke's Spangdahlem Hahn air base They Make it look so easy No camouflage They don't even have stuff on them No canteen No gas mask Where the hell's their weapon And don't forget it's only a 120 outside Where's their duffel bags O yeah sleep on the floor in the dirt There's so much wrong with this video's Of course they lied Harry up and wait what's the model
@glavamks69783 жыл бұрын
946, Arduf,Barkan,1998
@Atropos-Lachesis8 ай бұрын
I wish the 80s came back. Anyone have a time machine?
@JonBoltinghouse2 жыл бұрын
Vulcanized me.
@gregoryhankins55076 жыл бұрын
Any other guys was st ft ord 77 to 80 c btry 1/51 ada
@daleslover27716 жыл бұрын
Gregory Hankins Does Fort Hunter Liggett count,, Took basic training at Fort Ord 75,, H 2/3 Highly motivated dedicated to the mission of training.😁
@greggraves65606 жыл бұрын
62nd bn. Ada. Ace 25th infantry division Hawaii Had all three Teach division how use air defense Have video room teach how use air defense Mid 70s
@berserkermaniac86973 ай бұрын
am i the only one that wants the charappal hull with no turret to drive around in?
@corporaladrianshepard42643 жыл бұрын
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
@flexabu2 жыл бұрын
Anyone else seeing double?
@hitiger75 жыл бұрын
have it
@artstmartin31862 жыл бұрын
1st59th a battery transfer to delta got todendorf once to shoot..twice to crete as senior gunner ( missile didn't hit both times) excellent tone I think our system guys were tards...tactical hit...
@artstmartin31862 жыл бұрын
77 79
@edwardnavarro37302 жыл бұрын
Sp vulcan
@nzgunnie4 жыл бұрын
A logical development would have been to use an all aspect seeker (AIM-9L or M) and tie it to something like an APG-66 radar with SEAM. That could have been an excellent system.