Artillery - The Big Guns of War

[@mitch3384]

The howitzer is a phenomenal piece of equipment, I can't recommend it highly enough for home defence.

[@luiul1]

home defense yes, CCW not so much.

[@joestudebaker7726]

What, you've never heard of the pocket howitzer? Great for CCW😂 .45 CAL and up

[@mikeprimm4077]

Couldn't agree more, I placed two of them in my hallway at night. After the first home invasion, there was no more hallway. Now I don't have to worry. 10/10 would recommend

[@teknoaija1762]

I served in Finnish army as gunner,specialized in rapidly changing firing positions in archipelago.We were known as Vaasa Coastal battery.We worked with quite new Russian 130 mm howitzers which were dragged around by russian 6 axle Graz truck with 14.5 liter v-8 engine running on diesel.(originally gasoline engines but so expensive to run so they were converted).They used only 70 liters/100 km if you drove 70 km/h and did not accelerate in vain.We also trained with russian war loot 122 mm cannons which were plentiful and at those times 1989 Finland still had about a million shells for them.At one exercise we were given as many shells as we wanted to fire.Man,that was fun!we fired over lake Rovajärvi 2km into a mountain side with direct fire.That was spectacular sight.One thing about those cannons was really uncomfy.they were noise as hell with very high pitch sound that pierced your skull,no matter how much protection you had.

[@George-vf7ss]

That sounds like a hell of a lot of fun.

[@teknoaija1762]

Yes it was.Alas,just about the only fun memory from army as many aspects were poorly run and many staffers were childish idiots more interested in hazing than actual military training.@@George-vf7ss

[@echohunter4199]

As a Retired US Army Infantry Senior NCO, indirect fire is critical if not necessary for me to accomplish all missions I’m tasked to complete. When you enemy fears the fire from heaven you can bring on them, it affects how they plan and conduct their actions. Coordinating a Walking Sheath indirect fire barrage gives me the ability to use their fire as a shield which saves the lives of my fellow Soldiers so we can cross wide areas and reach terrain where we can take cover and effectively engage our enemy. They call the Artillery Corps the “King of Battle” for a damned good reason because it’s them that causes the most battlefield casualties, not me. I tip my hat to all former Red Legs!

[@davefellhoelter3299]

I suspect Arti is Just as Much! or MORE? A Psy Ops Mission as it is Materials and Life?

[@fjalics]

​@@davefellhoelter3299In Ukraine, they are watching with drones, and the artilery is destroying not just troops but armored vehicles. They just have to get close. They are 200lb projectiles.

[@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn]

What kind of job are you doing as a retired nco that requires artillery support? I’m also retired and my AR usually gets the job done

[@echohunter4199]

@@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn serious? Lol. I’m describing how an Infantry unit functions with artillery and it’s broad benefits.

[@TheCrapOnYourStrapOn]

@@echohunter4199 I get it, I was in the infantry for 8 years before they retired me. I was just joshing you brother

[@catherineharris4746]

This channel is outstanding!💜👍👍👍👍👍

[@AngryHateMusic]

Good commentary, incessant background music.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

I don't get it, either.

[@mbp1652]

Excellent use of art to go along with your commentary. Very well done!

[@steveshoemaker6347]

I was in Artillery i55 and 8 incher selfp....ed over sea's in 1966.!!! Dam I are getting 0ld

[@jrobbins707]

Still impressive sir. Thank you for your time and service.

[@samuelparker9882]

steve shoemaker OLD AND SOLID GOLD BROTHER. The older men from the days of the DRAFT, TRULY; know what it means to serve the country. When and if you were drafted, peace time or in time of hostilities. You simply went and did your duty. Now some may have went and served bitching and screaming. Cussing and hollering... but, THE MAIN AND IMPORTANT PHRASE IS... THEY WENT... AND HONORABLY SERVED. Peace and prosperity to all the people. But, a tad bit more to all served and serving veterans!!! POWER TO ALL!

[@TheAstarie]

You and me both buddy....

[@marvwatkins7029]

Dontcha just love the way the laddy pronounced the word 'iron'? As it should be.😊

[@hiddentruth1982]

before metal cannonballs there were stone cannonballs. They worked but took longer to make and didn't do as much damage as metal ones.

[@mbr5742]

Some corrections: There is no "Leopold" gun. The gun is the Krupp 28-cm-Kanone 5 (E) or K5/K5(E) for short. One of the 25 guns delivered was nicknamed Leopold by the gun crew and later captured in Italy. The gun is not in the USA. The Gerät 040 (60cm) / Gerät 041 (54cm) or Karl-Gerät is not a railroad gun. It sits on a tracked chassis. For long range transport it was attached to special railroad cars but it could not fire from them

[@teknoaija1762]

This documentary is full of mistakes,like Gustaf Adolph being a general.He was Gustav Vasas son,king of sweden.(I am from vaasa,named after his dad).

[@graeme3023]

*_Great Channel!_* *_Just subbed, so plenty of content to watch. Thank you._*

[@EricKnight-o7t]

Great video very informative

[@8aleph]

The m-18 hellcat also used the 3" gun never a 37mm or 57mm gun

[@gwanael34]

The prototypes used these guns tho. The 37mm was one of the original requirements for the project in 1941. The first pilot tank was built witha british 6 pounder gun (57mm), it was the T49. The army wanted a heavier gun so they tried the 75mm but then went for the 76mm.

[@stephen9869]

Fascinating and informative with great footage and imagery. Thanks :-)

[@cthegreat7917]

dude i this on dvd its amazing war machines

[@cthegreat7917]

*have

[@miztatone918]

All these years and today is the day I learned that you could add more charge to mortars with those rings. I have seen them on many videos and had no idea that is what they were for . I'll be damned 😂. Suprisingly out of all the videos I have watched on war and weapons I think this is the first one that has ever explained what those rings were actually for . Nice to know now that I'm 38 years old 🤣

[@majorlee76251]

I learned that from.my dad. He was a morterman. When he started talking about the math in the fdc, my eyes would glaze over. No wonder why he was a cpa.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@majorlee76251 yeah math chews arse

[@tomdowling4810]

There is more . . .. Early on I was in the Infantry, where we had 81 mm mortars. Each mortar round was shipped in its own cylindrical shipping container and charged with the maximum amount of propellant. The propellant was in 7 small envelopes, clustered around the tube at the rear of the round and held in place by clips and ready to be fired the maximum distance. For lesser distances a specified number of envelopes were removed and placed in a hole or container where they were protected from inadvertent ignition. Between missions the unused propellant envelopes would be moved to a safe location and burned. Even at Noon on a sunny day they could be seen from miles away, burning with the intensity of a welder’s arc. Recently I have learned the Russians have a different philosophy." Their mortars are shipped with only the minimum propellant loaded. If the desired distance requires additional propellant, in cloth tubes be tied around the metal tube at the rear of the round. Doesn’t that sound like a lot of fun? Tying little bags around the rear of a high explosive, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the Winter, and you are gloveless. That does a lot to explain what’s happening in Ukraine.

[@eddiesimms9301]

Let Ukraine fight it's Own damn war and the US should NOT be financially Supporting them!!....Hey President Joe, wake the F**K UP!!.. You Bonehead!! The American people KNOW you're trying to cover your SORRY white ASS with YOUR CORRUPT dealing with the Ukrainian Government !!.....By the way, how much of the American tax payers MONEY are YOU going to CONTINUE to give them!?

[@stevee8884]

Arty is the King of the Battlefield!

[@philodonoghue3062]

The Emperor

[@AndrewLambert-wi8et]

JOHN ZIZKA WAS A GREAT THINKER AND ACCORDING TO ME THE GUY IN HISTORY. HIS USE OF A CIRCLE WITH WAGONS WAS REPEATED IN 1836 BY THE AFRIKANERS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

[@ShawnW-y7i]

You ever notice that the audio does not break up on KZbin's ads but somehow they always seem to make sure that the videos have audio problems

[@danr5105]

It was determined that 10,000 meters was not a safe enough distance away from a 15KT blast.

[@impv1se]

imagine lol

[@rynehilsabeck]

Nukes aren’t real.

[@danr5105]

@@rynehilsabeck Come on,elaborate some. I know a statement like "tRump is a douche" does not need elaboration/explanation but yours does..

[@rynehilsabeck]

@@danr5105 you’re not real.

[@danr5105]

@@rynehilsabeck real enough for KZbin.

[@danieldetweiler1259]

Another Great Video!!... The only artillery not covered that was of importance would be the Gerald Bull designed shells which greatly increased range & accuracy... But I'm not complying lol

[@AdekSlime]

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[@LG-bs1rs]

Velociraptor totally agree.

[@AndrewLambert-wi8et]

152mm AND 155mm artillery round is the minimum for a nuclear warhead. Discussions have been going around about brief case size nuclear bombs made in Russia.

[@michaelmoon6675]

Its about time they woke up.nuff said

[@samuelschick8813]

Little known fact. There were nuclear rounds for the Iowa class battleships 16 inch guns. Those were still available for issue in the 1980's but were in storage.

[@gordonrichardson9393]

that big bugger reminds me of a book and a movie called"the guns of navarone" :)

[@alexandrasparov5442]

Howitzer comes from Czech word "houfnice", used in Hussite wars in 14-15,th century in Bohemia. "Houf" means dense group of people, or animals.

[@ramonaugustus9470]

the Dora rail gun, now that is an amazing engineering gun!

[@misaghkhosravi4541]

SOME HEAVILY EXPLOSIVE STUF :)

[@dxw3895]

best documentary I`we seen.

[@mikhailv67tv]

great production

[@clearjet]

I can't believe you left out the Lance missile, which is the predecessor of MLRS.

[@lipadier]

Aside from the not really necessary background music this is how a history documentary should be: There is non of the usual overpatriotic and overdramatic rubbish. Bravo!

[@gregg4164]

The JagdPanther was not built on a widened Panther chassis, it was the same chassis as the Panther model G. It also was not a low profile vehicle, it was in fact taller than the standard Panther tank.

[@joshmeads]

There's alot of wrong info on this video. Right before they said the thing you pointed out, they said the Marder was based on the obsolete Panther chassis.

[@AdamMGTF]

Worth remembering this is a very old documentary. At the time information wasn't as easy to come by (pre internet). Sadly the channel owner didn't put a preface on the video stating this. Proof that understanding history is all about the context of the source.

[@mbr5742]

@@AdamMGTF Jagdpanther and Panther are very well documented since the 1980s (Spielberger/Jenzen/Doyle books). Including schematics and measurements.

[@AdamMGTF]

@@mbr5742 I'm sure they are. But remember when making a documentary for TV. The writers are up against a deadline and will usually use the easiest to source material. And in an era before the easy access to information we have now. They couldn't spend months reading every little detail about every fact. It's just not practical.

[@mbr5742]

@@AdamMGTF The "Spielberger" Books WHERE the easiest to source materials back then. Basically the "Gold Standard" of their time and available in many libraries

[@johndyson4109]

I like the Atomic Annie

[@marvwatkins7029]

Aye laddie, yuow speak the taroot.

[@bremnersghost948]

Excellent

[@barriewright2857]

Very good commentary, and good history. More :)

[@ekscalybur]

KZbin algorithm recommending videos from 9 years ago

[@thechatteringmagpie]

Excellent documentary somewhat marred by inappropriate and over loud music.

[@DavidA-ev7cc]

OMG. Who does the music? Your fired!

[@kevinchristensen84]

I have this series. It's excellent.

[@franky334444]

When I was in 4-H, I built the best birdhouses. This compiled with everyone else who are experts here, makes me an expert myself

[@fooman2108]

The United States had rifled cannon for both land use and aboard ships, during the civil war (1962-1865).

[@orgami100]

fooman2108 typo error

[@fooman2108]

???? what did I miss-type? cannon (probably should be guns)

[@fooman2108]

Sorry, wasn't till I looked at it again that I realized my F-up.

[@graeme3023]

fooman2108 - you can edit your comment and change typos mate...

[@mjc11a]

Interesting presentation and a respectful upload. While I suspect no fault of the uploader, the background music is loud and not well suited for this type of subject matter.

[@BestPlconEarth50]

i am certain the music is here because the uploader stole this vid

[@bo2web]

WWI Battle of "La Marne", with success, french artillery officers were embed with infantry during charge, communicating with guns battery by corded phone for ballistic correction !

[@dm55]

You are driving my OCD crazy. It's cannonS.

[@BeachTypeZaku]

Actually (yes, I'm going there), artillery goes back farther than gunpowder weapons. Trebuchets, catapults, ballistae, etc., were destroying formations of men and sieging fortified positions long before we found explosives of any kind. Artillery, as we know it, has only been around for a short time by comparison.

[@amyjojinkerson5668]

I like this narorator

[@stevelee5724]

Real information. Real bloody scary. Thanks but no thanks if yous know what I mean ! Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@edons1]

The Marder 2 was on a Panzer 2 chasse not a "obsolete Panther chasse"

[@marksides9757]

Yep, another issue. 8aleph pointed out Hellcat started with 76mm and moved to 90mm. 37 and 57 were useless as the war progressed

[@mbr5742]

The M18 Hellcat never used the 90mm. The US tank destroyer that got re-armed was the M10. That got the 90mm and became the M36

[@larrymonske8086]

USS Chicago had 10 inch shells that were very accurate. This ship in one 15 minute barrage nailed a NVA brigade camped on a hillside. LURPS found them and Chicago was only arty to reach them.

[@edj44]

In fact it had 8 inch guns and by the time it was in Vietnam those where gone and replaced by missiles.

[@MrMturko44]

it was nice to shoot civilians with 10 inch shells?

[@patmac6356]

@@MrMturko44 If a long range reconnaissance patrol located a large enemy unit they were identified as such by their weapons and heavy weapons ,then reported to higher command which had final authority to request naval gunfire this was passed to the long range reconnaissance patrol's authority to execute requested fire mission. These soldiers were highly trained more so than line infantry companies/battalions . Battalion, brigade and division commanders used these soldiers to verify enemy presence or non presence in a certain area so as to not waste a larger unit's capacity by chasing its tail after ghost/phantom enemy units. As to the you spouted off about ,vietnamese villages are generally not located along the side of a hill or mountainside ,armys of the world use Hills and mountainsides as defensive positions. That being said that enemy unit was most likely observed going into position right under that long range reconnaissance patrols direct observation, reported to higher authority with a description of its size,position ,activity and weapons, then higher authority coordinated with firing units in range and passed them off to the patrol making the request for fires. Bad day for the North vietnamese army!

[@Strong_UP_Calvins_zombie]

LRRP is the correct acronym. Just saying.

[@sirfer6969]

"The reason you never hear about the glory of war is because there is none" - Vietnam vet...war is hell on Earth of our own making

[@philgiglio7922]

The Only glory in war is surviving it

[@chrismartin6544]

13Brabp’s Kings of Battle 💪

[@d.cypher2920]

COOL CHANNEL MAN!!

[@globalgaucho]

pike an shot formation was an spaniard invention in the italians wars

[@bobbauldock3846]

OK, here is my test, fire support USMC, 105, 155, 110mm? I cannot remember 8 inche,. That was Navy gunfire, 175 MM is off the scale, I may have heard of it in some class but, never operational. We had 2 mortars 88 were the large ones and I forgot the regular motors, I retired in 1989. so that was some time ago but not that much has changed here in 2024...........Good luck to you all.....BB

[@mikhailv67tv]

the music is annoying, sounds like a cooperate in house film

[@darthrizi7340]

I know, he is describing the horrors of poison gas on trench warfare and this weird feel good music is playing over it

[@AndrewLambert-wi8et]

SWEDEN HAD 48 ARTILLERY GUNS. NOW ONLY ABOUT 24 GUNS IF ALL WORKING. USA PRODUCED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ARGILLERY GUNS DURING WW2.

[@northernzeus768]

Great video... liked and subbed. Please no music tho. I feel like I’m in a multi level marketing recruitment conference.

[@aliasaila0312]

Is it possible to add eng subtitles for the documentaries?

[@MsJinkerson]

the first destroyers with sails

[@mbr5742]

Jagdtiger is based on the Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B Tiger II or Kingtiger, not on the older Tiger l. Totally different vehicles that (Like Post WW2 Leopard 1 and Leopard 2) only share a name

[@cliffordnelson8454]

The American tank destroyers could not really blunt tank attacks given that they were basically could only use hit and run (ambush and run leave immediately) tactics since they could not risk taking any return fire. They definitely proved of little use during world war 2 given that there was a very limited production, and did not see the concept revived after the war despite NATO expecting to be a defensive force.

[@michaelmorais6206]

No mention of Jutland?

[@davidsabillon5182]

So what's the difference between a mortar and a cannon? Angle of trajectory?

[@larrybedouin2921]

Yes, basically the Mortars and the Howitzers are simular, with most Howitzers having a lower trajectory than the Mortars, and more range, but a heavey gun has a flater trajectory and usually have a much higher velocity and are not as accurate overall, but there where some exceptions to that rule such as with the German 17 cm (17,3) K18, which was able to fire at higher angles.

[@stnz908]

Not bad, terribly inappropriate music though. I would've liked to see more on WW1 heavy artillery as this is when the first true big guns were used on mass. The Germans had the largest, most accurate guns on the Western Front. Then the Canadian Corps brought our big guns, afterwards each side was evenly matched for firepower. Some of the shells were so large they needed a machine to load them.

[@phildouglas9086]

Dudley Doright is hardly big artillery.

[@Pacmann123]

Does anybody know the piece of music beginning at 20:05?

[@PhilipFranklin-w6o]

Salute

[@djone4201]

same narrator from the discovery wings series wings of the red star check it out if you like this you'll like the Soviet Union aircraft documentaries from the start of flight until modern-day.

[@tnekkc]

My father was chief engineer and awarded patents in the design of the M55 howitzer, M107 Howitzer, and M110 howitzer. I am an engineer. If I enter any information on the wikipedia pages, it will get deleted within a year. Do not use wikipedia for research.

[@Paleoman]

That should not happen. Peer review is the idea behind Wikipedia. Report this issue you have to them.

[@Crystalclocker2690]

Where is the cc?

[@larrybedouin2921]

US also had 203 mm, 175 mm (173) and even 155 mm nukes.

[@garywheble4534]

Oppps sorry you have that wrong the British did not use the 105 Priest because we already had the 25 per Sextent a year before the Amaricans had the Priest the extent was built on the Canadian built Grant chassis which was slightly different from the US Lee which the Amaricans used when the M4 Sherman became the allied meadieum tank

[@NiamonDrox]

@ 41:57 "[tank shot] maximum range of over 22 thousand meters": so like 22.000 meters = 22 km (about 14miles). Considering de average distance to horizon (human height on a flat surface) is less then 5km, i wanted what anime fiction logic is used in this video ... ?!?

[@PedroCosta-po5nu]

It fires at an angle not a straight line you dumb ass, every weapon has a drop off range, some more steep than others (mortars)

[@adrianlarkins7259]

Very good interesting video spoiled by an annoying background "music"

[@isacchris1]

Artilery with atomic warheads I would assume you don't have to be terribly accurate because it just wipes out a large area its the shotgun of artillery!

[@ThaTerrorr]

Christopher Isac its actually more of an area denial weapon

[@graeme3023]

Christopher Isac - one of the problems with nuclear warheads on artillery shells is the huge g forces on the delecate firing mechanism caused by the rapid acceleration of the shell. There's a good documentary on Dr. Bull's _"Iraqi Supergun"_ which uses a system similar to the one the Germans developed with the WW2 V3 gun as a means to negate this.

[@c3pfett]

No Paris gun from WWI?

[@yueliao5979]

and didn't include the schwerer gustav

[@ottovonbismarck7646]

"Artillery-The Big Guns of War" Correction= "Artillery- the Art of Man"

[@diabeticalien3584]

The only thing that anyone can certainly be good at is killing. Thats what man's best skill is; war.

[@fredorman2429]

Comprehensive.

[@teknoaija1762]

Interesting subject but really poor research.Ziska wasn t a Hussite as Jan Hus was born much later.Gustavus Adolfvus or GUSTAF ADOLF in Swedish not general but king of Sweden known as the Lion of North.He was central figure as protestant leader and with his lead Sweden became an European and global superpower.Finnish cavalry known as Hakkapeliitat was feared all over Europe,their battle cry being HAKKAA PÄÄLLE,which means beat them up in finnish,most of its force being lost in translation.You still today buy Hakkapeliitta tires made by Nokia.

[@stevesmith2553]

Forgot one " fire for affect "

[@swaghauler8334]

Fire for Effect.

[@stevesmith2553]

that is funny .. lol

[@vintagesurvivor]

Redlegs!

[@colinrich3226]

why music

[@samsonn25]

Big Bertha

[@ibrahimhakkgul]

first mortar invented by conqurer sultan mehmet and first used in concuest constantin

[@jefflatham3247]

2:12 lead cannons , ah no they did not ....maybe once....

[@benjaminwachsmuth2914]

Many incorrect nummbers :( But good video over all

[@jedpeeler4199]

I used to go to a firing range in Central Illinois that had one for rent! I could not afford the price of shells. I used to shoot my Revolutionary War black powder cannon, instead. One time, we shot it out of the range by accident and over the Illinois River. Embarrassing!

[@theangrykorean5194]

it's pretty amazing how the narrator seamlessly transitions from proper English to French.

[@UFCMania155]

The Angry Korean I only speak very little German but I think his German pronunciations are very accurate as well lol

[@ThaTerrorr]

The siege of Grave was off, it should be "Grah-veh"

[@spikespa5208]

Except for how he pronounced "calliope".

[@Ebonyqwe]

And he’s speaking Scottish not English

[@donaldgraham6414]

Scottish English, anyway.

[@fakenewsfaketitsrealaliens5408]

Wow they ,EFT out a lot of the best guns.

[@chriskingston4270]

"The Marder II was based on the obsolete Panther Chassis." Hellcat 37mm and 57mm gun? Wildly inaccurate.

[@davismcdonald6186]

That's my biggest pet peeve for anything military or nature based. People stating facts that are so damn inaccurate it's almost funny

[@neilfurby555]

Spoiled almost by the totally unnecessary and intrusive orchestral music track. Otherwise great stuff.

[@madrick100]

Ya want ta talk big guns? Then you gotta talk NAVY. If you need to throw a damn near ton of fkn steel 25 miles , remember, this is dumb bomb, then go IOWA.

[@swaghauler8334]

Unfortunately they are all decommissioned museum ships now. I hope the Zumwalts with 6" Excaliber shells can eventually fill their shoes.

[@raphaelott7149]

3 rounds in 9 seconds? thats impossible.....

[@jamessills5802]

Mortars were used in the American Civil War.

[@dehoedisc7247]

51mm mortar, otherwise known as the 2 inch.

[@PalofGrrr]

Assuming to major nations have a go Ya dont think that they will try and knockout the others GPS??? How trusting