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@rocko77112 ай бұрын
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@Av-vd3wk2 ай бұрын
10:19 Did you just say “Say-BOT”? It’s pronounced “Say-Bow” - come on man…. 🙄
@kingwenceslas42252 ай бұрын
There’s no I in CERBERUS.
@timbroderick44542 ай бұрын
@@Av-vd3wkthank you!
@avoxxtea2 ай бұрын
Fume is literally inhaling essential oils which are unregulated in the US.
@cfreeses2 ай бұрын
The mispronunciation of Cerberus and sabot is making me twitch! Please say it was intentional lol
@OlafScholzSPD2 ай бұрын
Bro, Thats Comment Farming. And hes good 😂
@lofisadvibes82272 ай бұрын
@@OlafScholzSPD😂😂
@shoeby92732 ай бұрын
Yes. It got you to comment. It's often intentional but I don't know with this channel.
@Crangaso2 ай бұрын
I thought the same
@hademers22 ай бұрын
He's just American
@pyro10472 ай бұрын
Those Marines that drowned in that Amtrak that foundered had pretty much NOTHING to do with the LVT's being bad, and EVERYTHING to do with the Corps being negligent, damn near criminally so IMO. There were NUMEROUS systemic Corps-Wide issues that compounded eachother and allowed that incident to occur.: 1. The most glaring culprit that ALWAYS seems to occur, poor and infrequent maintenance of the LVT fleet by the USMC likely as some idiots way of "Saving Money" by spending 10x the amount fixing all the shit that broke cause they didn't maintain it for 10+ years. The gaskets and seals for the hatches, rear ramp, etc on the incident AAVP-7A1 were bad and allowing water to slowly ingress the vehicle; in addition to this during this incident the engines died due to the USMC's poor and infrequent maintenance of them, this allowed the AAVP to drift sideways and instead of hitting them head on with the splash board, they started taking waves over the side that were flooding down in through the Driver and TC's OPEN Hatches which they refused to close and remained open this entire time. And lastly as far as the AAVP goes; either due to the main engines dying and becoming inoperable, or as just another victim of the poor and spotty maintenance; the bilge pumps to pump out water on the vehicle were inoperable as well. 2. Irresponsible safety training by the USMC: NONE of the relatively fresh and inexperienced grunts in the back of that AAVP had undergone escape training for sinking vehicles, which As Far As I Knew all Marines deployed with an MEU are usually supposed to have passed both a sinking AAVP, AND sinking Helicopter escape course. None of the grunts in the AAVP-7A1 that went down had this training AFAIK AND were weighed down by their FULL kit which leads Mr to negligence #3. 3. A Terrible TC commanding the crew AND grunts of that AAVP, at NO point did he declare an emergency or the severity of how much water he was taking on, and at NO point did he inform the men being transported to ditch their gear and heavy clothing as they'd all quickly have to be escaping a sinking vehicle and survive in the sea until fast boats or a SnR helicopter can reach them. IIRC (Aka "I could be wrong") The TC downplayed the severity of the situation to BOTH those on the radio/net he was asking for a tow, and to the troops he was carrying in the back. Essentially refusing to believe it was really happening, all the way until she finally foundered and sank upon which the 3 vehicle crewmen including the TC were forced to climb out of their hatches and swim for the surface. Meanwhile with no warnings or orders to prepare to abandon the vessel from the Vehicles Crew, ALL the troops in the back were still wearing their full plate carriers, plus rucksacks and couple dozen of "X" lbs of miscellaneous gear and equipment. When suddenly from their prospective, it's pitch black and their drowning trapped in a small metal box blind and weighed down by 80-100lbs of gear each. To survive they would've had to strip all and any heavy gear on them, while blindly pulling themselves to one of the multiple known hatch locations they could escape from, then single-file squeeze out the hatch and follow the bubbles (Up). And then not only were they given no preparation by the TC, remember they hadn't even taken the sinking vehicle and helicopter escape courses so wouldn't even know where all the escape hatches were anyways. If The USMC had been willing to replace worn out seals/gaskets, and do preventative Maintenance on the power plant keeping it healthy, this wouldn't have happened; and even if it still did, had the men been giving just a single 5-min safety brief to point out the available escape points, more of them would likely still be here or at least had a chance.
@dreadfulmantis74522 ай бұрын
Wow.... That is a level of stupid I'd always hope our military was void of. But, I guess that's what we get for all the stupid shit they pushed for inclusivity to try and get highly unqualified people into positions, Dead men that could've been great soldiers killed because of their own leaderships incompetency.
@zwinmar212 ай бұрын
@@charleslennon1 A case of 'just get it done!" that permeates toxic leadership who are nothing but shithead lifer politicians. Is it all of the nco's and command? Obviously not, but it does happen enough to lead to shit like this. Saw it myself , get told that something needs done and then have to figure out how to get the result: improvise, adapt, overcome after all, no one said it had to be done properly.
@L11ghtman2 ай бұрын
The Marine Corps only exists because we live in a pop culture country that funds things for silly reasons. The corps should be two well-funded army divisions. Maybe one division and a few MEU-like Army regiments.
@yeetube-ghostedMoose2 ай бұрын
... The Donkey-Rhinocrat Party has had nearly 30 years to wrinkle the USA up!!! - thanks, Epp's Island Air Cho Mo(e) most frequent flyer, Prez Ill b ilL GIGO!
@zroberts022 ай бұрын
Why would you wear a ruck sack inside an amphibious vehicle as it’s traversing deep water? Why not don your ruck once the rig makes landfall or at least shallow water? Seems like one less thing to drown you. Quick Release tabs on newer Plate Carriers could help with getting the heavy LBE off quickly.
@bartoszmeister61632 ай бұрын
Cerberius :D
@beibei932 ай бұрын
I almost spit my coffee out when he said that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@goldenageofdinosaurs71922 ай бұрын
His pronunciations seriously hurt my sound sometimes🤣
@johnjingleheimersmith92592 ай бұрын
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Seriously. It seems like if a word exists that can be mispronounced... Cap is there for it. Where does something like that come from?
@Armadous2 ай бұрын
he said "Sir barious" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ahurn34382 ай бұрын
Loved that
@codnak9173Ай бұрын
One of the best guys I served with died on a that AAV that sank in 2020, leaving his wife and newborn behind. I think about him almost everyday, and about how we always had so much old gear in the Marine Corps. Even still Marines always preform. Imagine how much they could do with good gear. I also have to imagine how many more would be alive if we better emphasized safety checks and maintaining some level of modernity to our fleet for Marines. They hold high standards for everything or at least that's what is preached but obviously there are some gaps in the plan. Otherwise we would not have good people dying during a training event. Please lets get these amazing individuals some better vehicles. rest in peace Cpl. Rodd.
@NeilDear27 күн бұрын
The soldier should be the number one asset and a human being the first priority. You deserve the best kit. Armour can be replaced but not comrades. We civvies can learn for the first time from watching real combat in Ukraine; Not as a game, but to learn what soldiers do, and we should look after our vets better in your USA and here in Blighty
@meantweetsandcheepgas94618 күн бұрын
I thought everyone new "died in a training exercise" was code for "died on a black ops mission"
@petermgruhn17 күн бұрын
Imagine how much less they would do if the USA tended to the USA.
@petermgruhn17 күн бұрын
@@NeilDear I believe he said "Marine" not "soldier". They can get testy about that.
@kx89605 күн бұрын
Sorry to hear that, and for your (and our) loss. Godspeed to those heros.
@MichaelWKeller23 күн бұрын
Thanks for covering the unsafe vehicle concerns. I wondered what the Marines would use, if these concerns were more trouble than you said. It is always far more than concerning when new vehicles can't be safe enough for our Marines to use. I was one of the people who said keeping the old AAV in operation is better than having unsafe new vehicles.
@jet66192 ай бұрын
"A long long time ago in 1996...." Wo there sir you take that back!
@InTTruder2 ай бұрын
All y’all are youngsters. 1970-1997.
@NilesFoster-ry9inАй бұрын
I'm telling you. That's not even that long ago 😂
@AnonymousVenator22 күн бұрын
You say that but it's almost three decades
@bensonwang94992 ай бұрын
Make Peace or Die is the motto of 1st Battalion, 5th Marines but ACVs belong to the Amphibious Assault Battalions so it was probably an ACV attached to 1/5
@The-Droll-and-LazyJoker2 ай бұрын
Great... motto!
@Alastair.88Ай бұрын
Yeah while on the 15th, gotta rep
@dingdingpingling8339Ай бұрын
@@Alastair.88fuck 1/5 lmaoooo
@David-bl6yg27 күн бұрын
Amtrac motto is YATYAS, You Ain't Tracks You Ain't Shit
@snowsnow423123 күн бұрын
worked real well in Vietnam
@jaypenha53522 ай бұрын
“ I want to have my crayons and eat it too”. Man this is just Gold for U.S. Army humor. I wish you were out of the army doing this when I was in (2006-2012). My platoon would have absolutely loved watching these vids.
@ZY19822 ай бұрын
Gotta love that Italian design. ❤ I am happy to have had a chance to be inside a SuperAV. 🎉
@kevinking54062 ай бұрын
I'm GLAD YOU LIKE MY WORK. I build the ACV 30
@timbirch499924 күн бұрын
Underrated comment!
@nobody70522 күн бұрын
Can you send me the blueprints?
@Man7777217 күн бұрын
@@nobody705 Get them off War Thunder
@Ririannana15 күн бұрын
Proof?
@kevinking540615 күн бұрын
@@Ririannana BAE Systems
@cyruszielinski58492 ай бұрын
The blast mitigating seats are way more comfortable than the wooden benches of the AAV. PLUS there is AC in the ACV
@obiwankenobi6612 ай бұрын
you could say, VCA eht ni CA eht tup ti
@velisvideos62082 ай бұрын
In future there will be an electric version, to be called DCV.
@classifiedad12 ай бұрын
@@velisvideos6208 I foresee stiff competition between the ACV and DCV as to which current is superior.
@KamBar20202 ай бұрын
Slava TSMC 🇹🇼
@ThorOdinssohn2 ай бұрын
What's next? British Challenger tanks come equipped standard with a tea... boiler? The US would likely install a microwave for your MRE's
@Isometrix1162 ай бұрын
Having a 91% hit rate while stationary and 97% while moving is a whole new level of flex
@rookiexreviews16 күн бұрын
Ya lol my thoughts exactly
@kx89605 күн бұрын
I find it REALLY strange that the percentages aren't reversed. I'm wondering if there wasn't a mistake in the report. Your stationary hit rate should ALWAYS be higher, just common sense. I mean, 91% while moving is still incredible, but that seems weird...and wrong.
@jero40594 сағат бұрын
@@kx8960 whole this channel is just baffoonery and tricks. Sometimes it shows like this.
@buncer2 ай бұрын
Having served in 2nd LAR Bn in Afghanistan, the up-armored LAV-25 can take more than 7.62x39 but they can’t float at all with the armor kit on.
@cugamer88622 ай бұрын
Was is official armor kits or did you have to weld your own steel on?
@cm-pr2ys2 ай бұрын
Imagine a modernized LAV with the troop compartment removed. Would that be a good replacement for tanks?
@xaderalert2 ай бұрын
@@cm-pr2yswhat you're proposing, the Army already tried. It's called the Stryker Mobile Gun System, and no. It was kind of shit. There's a reason they are adopting the M10 Booker
@spencervaughn39462 ай бұрын
Hey! 3rd LAR here.
@klonkimo2 ай бұрын
Do LAV crews say YATYAS or is that only a tracks thing?
@Snipe42612 ай бұрын
"make peace or die" - lol. It's good to know marines never really change.
@NgocHueTran-l2v4 күн бұрын
🤣
@hellomynameishuman2 ай бұрын
It's like a Bradley and a Striker had a baby, and it was amphibious.
@DeneErbe23 күн бұрын
And then it sank! 😮😅
@fazechunky404919 күн бұрын
u mean stryker?
@Pseudo_Senpai6 күн бұрын
Better yet, swimmies on a superav. The platform preexisted, it just wasn't amphibious.
@skitx312 ай бұрын
I served in the Marines from 99 to 03 as a 2141 AAV mechanic. The hull of the AAV is actually cast aluminum and the armor was to deflect than absorb. I also got to play around with the EFV (we called it the AAAV or triple A V) and she was a beast. She could go 50 MPH in the water because the EFV “skipped” across the water while the AAV sunk into the water. The EFV had a twin turbo V12 where the pistons were the size of your head. The turbos kicked in at different RPMs too. Sad to see she never got put into production but after seeing the ACV, they made the right choice.
@classifiedad12 ай бұрын
Didn't the EFV engines put out more than twice the horsepower of an Abrams for water use?
@coppertopv3652 ай бұрын
Maybe the Marines should've kept options open, just in case, an bought 100-120
@Vhvjdow0ajsbcdhcuei3o22-om4smАй бұрын
I believe you, only because you said to have served 4 years 😂
@beenthere2145Ай бұрын
@@coppertopv365 They did.... they had a really good upgrade to the AAV at the same time as they were competing the ACV. They scrapped the upgrade and got stuck with a wheeled vehicle that still isnt proven in island campaign missions. wheels in coral...?....?
@indianajones43212 ай бұрын
But seriously, when aren’t marines going sicko mode?
@OperatorJackYT2 ай бұрын
Never >:3
@ShadowReaper-pu2hx2 ай бұрын
When they get their favorite crayons.
@cractrick92252 ай бұрын
When they're busy trying to figure out which way to point the crayon before eating it.
@klonkimo2 ай бұрын
Did someone say crayons? I haven't had a proper meal in years
@toolbaggers2 ай бұрын
The Marines by definition are NOT defensive. They are an INVASIONARY force. They do not defend islands, they attack them.
@TheInfinityzeN2 ай бұрын
Never underestimate Joe's ability to drive in ways they are never supposed to. During my career I saw humvees with half the side ripped off by pine trees (freaking cav scouts), balanced perfectly across a gulch on its front and rear bumper, and with tires ripped off from hitting boulders. Saw a bradley actually stuck on a tree (tried to plow over it, ended up wedged under it so only the very back of its treads were on the ground and they dug it up). Every type of vehicle you can imagine stuck up above the top of their tires/tracks buried in mud. Worst is when they drive into fast running water since that resulted in deaths every time it happened. All of those happened while doing things against training that they were not supposed to be doing. So while I don't like siding with the higher ups, troops can and will do crazy things with vehicles. Especially the new "hotness".
@sierraecho884Ай бұрын
The reason behind the 30mm is, you can use it against drones with ai burst munitions as well. It´s a perfect allrounder
@justindunlap123516 күн бұрын
And airburst rounds have really came quite a ways in the last few years.
@sierraecho88415 күн бұрын
@@justindunlap1235 Rheinmetall is developing a new round =) I applied for the job a while ago.
@hotdog92627 күн бұрын
not to mention infantery hiding behind solid cover
@sierraecho8847 күн бұрын
@@hotdog9262 that´s the "allrounder" part I was talking about, yes =)
@ahmadbani1452Ай бұрын
8:50 I looked at the AAV. I saw that it said Cerberus. I was expecting him to _say_ Cerberus. When he said "Serberius" it made me fall outta my seat 😂
@AnonymousYouTubeconsumer2 ай бұрын
9:03 You’re missing the point! Cerberus is a DEVIL DOG! (Also, it’s pronounced SIR-be-RUS)
@goldenageofdinosaurs71922 ай бұрын
I’d go with SIR-ber-US (Let’s not get him pronouncing it (SIR-bee-RUS)🤣
@AnonymousYouTubeconsumer2 ай бұрын
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 I’ve seen someone describe it as SIR-Ber-Us
@SilentSalad2 ай бұрын
Sir bur us
@Taskandpurpose2 ай бұрын
I’m fully regarded ❤
@S1n1st3r0n32 ай бұрын
Sir-brrrrr-us. Just imagine an officer in a warthog shooting at you lol
@DezaltOfTheDreg2 ай бұрын
Definitely not a T&P video without Cappy butchering names/words 😂 Don't get me wrong, It just add charms to his video tbh.
@fuqnzht2 ай бұрын
both spoken and displayed? xD
@alexandermarken76392 ай бұрын
At least it aint some AI talking shit with no idea of actual military service. I mean the AI reads crap written by AI that is shit.
@grayman27492 ай бұрын
When he records a video with perfect pronunciations, that means he has been captured and needs rescue.
@CptH0vvDy2 ай бұрын
"Discarding Say-Baa Round"😀
@CptH0vvDy2 ай бұрын
🐑
@martyschrader2 ай бұрын
"Sir-burr-us." "Say-bow." C'mon, average grunt.
@williamyoung94012 ай бұрын
"LAY-GO-LUS...AR-A-GORN..." -American Dad
@rp1645Ай бұрын
I was Army National Guard 1975 till 1981 Basic Fort Jackson SC 😊 AIT was on same base Wheeled vehicle Mac. 😊 the whole AIT pushed preventative maintenance 😊 When i got home, i was assito a US Army ( ST) small tug (45 foot) when we did summer camp, we had drills that required all crew and engineers to CARRY are M-16 at all times Even with it slung behind me on strap, I could NOT get out of the rear engine room square small hatch. I would just set the rifle down when i had engine watch dutys. If the white stripped hat evaluators surprised us with a visit, I would take the gig 😊 Not carrying the Rifle around the engine room, possibly rubbing up against a moving part of the 1950s, built 200 HP Buda Diesel engine. Even the pilot house had those round bulkhead watertight doors with 6 heavy latches.
@ElmCreekSmithАй бұрын
When I was an enlisted man in the Army (I retired as a Captain/O-3E), we had to take a special class to get licensed on the M151A2 "Jeep" because of its independent 4 wheel suspension and high center of gravity. No one was blaming "lower enlisteds," they just identified a training shortcomings that no one identified until M151s started turning over at fairly high speed especially off roads.
@Giveme1goodreason2 ай бұрын
0:45 as an Australian I agree. We’ve had 2 major amphibious landings in our history, and landed on the wrong beach both times…. We did win the second one though… in spite of McArthur.
@adventour_4202 ай бұрын
“Make Peace or Die” is the motto of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st div.
@Wyrmnax2 ай бұрын
Fun thing? I was inside a Brazilian variant of these (the Guarani) with my 6 year old kid this exact morning, as we had a army demonstration close by. As soon as I saw it in your video, I found it *very* similar to what I was just inside. And as your started talking more, I realized it is about the same vehicle. Biggest difference? We use 6x6s instead of 8x8s. And we have very few autocannon version - I didn't see any in the base I was win, just unturreted and 50 cal ones. Wich makes a lot of sense down here.
@choppergunner86502 ай бұрын
@cubefreak123usually not, Brazil is kinda shit in the weapons department tbf. Our Guaranis had an UT-30BR 30mm gun station that was deemed "the worst", but the Army never really announced any plans to mount a different turret. There is the possibility of adapting an ARES TORC-30 turret to it, which can fire at some insane angles. As of right now and from what I know of, only unturreted or .50 cal RWS versions exist. Damn shame.
@MrOffTrail2 ай бұрын
“Likely to be uncontested.” When I heard that, I had a clear vision of two or three Marines taking cover from enemy fire in an artillery crater, and one of them saying sarcastically “Likely to be uncontested.”
@ZAGOR64Ай бұрын
IVECO factory where the ACV "base" model is built, here in Italy, is on my way to work. It's not uncommon to see them running to and from testing grounds early in the morning (obviously weaponless). And boy, they're HUGE. I served in the Alpine Paratroopers in 83/84, and I feel proud that a little piece of my country is helping protect those Marines. God bless them and all the US service members-past, present, and future.
@krishansen64392 ай бұрын
Keep the crayon jokes rolling 😂 -Marine vet
@MagosNser2 ай бұрын
Sir berry-us
@andrewreynolds49492 ай бұрын
Ker-ber-us
@Isometrix1162 ай бұрын
Sir, bury us - what anyone says to the marines they're fighting.
@MagosNser2 ай бұрын
💀
@PhillipBell22 күн бұрын
Sir, bury us
@SushiNinja092 ай бұрын
Ah, yes the AAV I remember choking on diesel fumes in knee deep seawater in the back of those during training exercises praying to god I don't die in that steel coffin.
@kdaltex2 ай бұрын
Water got in?
@rontapia12 ай бұрын
I smell diesel and salt water everytime I see an AAV. And it's been over 25 years since I've been in one.
@EliteF222 ай бұрын
Water always gets in. There's automatic pumps to get empty it out. The one that sank during the training exercise was due to two of them colliding. The one that sank was because the pumps got overwhelmed by the amount of water the collision let in.
@theman61752 ай бұрын
Diesel fumes and asses. Semper Fi
@POSIDN-cv1qq2 ай бұрын
But did you die? Or would rather swim?
@Zjdacu2 ай бұрын
I've driven iveco trucks, and us drivers have a saying, iveco stands for "I vibrate, everything comes off" I hope their armored systems are better built 😊
@saltyjo75142 ай бұрын
Iveco trucks are worthless.
@Viciouss_Gaming29 күн бұрын
The old AAV was Death Trap, I lost good friends in 2020 off the coast of San Clemente Island...Literally was on The Somerset, the LPD shown and helped save some Lives, but watching super young Marine die before my eyes during a training accident broke my entire morale.
@NicholaiGuerranov2 ай бұрын
What's next, the marines quoting Shakespeare? "Is this a crayon which I see before me?" (Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1)
@alexgavieres82932 ай бұрын
LOL! 😂
@crazybiscut2 ай бұрын
To chew red or green, that is the question
@GhostSecuritySolutions2 ай бұрын
Mmmmmmmmm craynons 🤤🤤🤤
@jackwalker94922 ай бұрын
Just leave the Grape ones alone. They are mine and mine alone
@kmrtnsn2 ай бұрын
“These foils all have a length”
@vdo30002 ай бұрын
0:22 "Next Negeration" (sic) Star Trek: The Next Negeration
@Jeremy.Bearemy2 ай бұрын
That's what plantation owners called when their slaves had kids
@Stroopwaffe12 ай бұрын
9:51 Norwegian not Noregian.
@toolbaggers2 ай бұрын
🤦♂*Picard facepalms
@vanceed50512 ай бұрын
I need to take off my Jordi racism goggles.
@robandcheryls2 ай бұрын
“Grab a bunch of crayons, too munch on” 😆 Canadian Army Veteran 🇨🇦
@Taskandpurpose2 ай бұрын
🫡thank you good neighbor !
@robandcheryls2 ай бұрын
@@Taskandpurposetough neighborhood
@c.e.jarvis1512Ай бұрын
Good stuff Dude. your reports are the best, total in depth research, history, humor, and a person Grunts perspective and attitude. thanks for the video.
@Apollyon-er4utАй бұрын
My nephew is crew chief for an A10 squadron. Please understand that shell diameter (30mm) doesn't equate to the same cartridge. The GAU-8 is a 30x173 round, while all chain-guns were designed to be lower recoil for helicopters, etc. I believe it a 30x113 (?) which has significantly less propellent, velocity and power. Still a great weapon though.
@cardiacbob2 ай бұрын
Cerberus (sir-bur-us). Not... whatever you said. and Sabot (say-bow). WTF, Amigo?
@Liam_Patton2 ай бұрын
suh-BO
@HavanaSyndrome692 ай бұрын
He reminds me of Charlie from It's Always Sunny sometimes. Part of the charm now
@Jowbaka2 ай бұрын
Much pronunciation! Very engagement!
@delta-99692 ай бұрын
These are half the comments. The other half are debating whether he's making obvious mistakes to farm comments, or just a moron
@MountainMusicRadio2 ай бұрын
He's a Chinese spy
@Gustavovisk212 ай бұрын
So basically the Brazilian Army and the USMC made their own variants of the same italian vehicle, that's so cool. I would never realize that the VBTP Guarani and the ACV are cousin vehicles without watching this video.
@choppergunner86502 ай бұрын
Same here, I always thought that Iveco made the Guarani for us (based off the SuperAV) and the ACV was a totally new design. Huh.
@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk6582 ай бұрын
BTW Israel is having a Fireworks night right now. A new video on Air defence is needed.
@assheadtv82212 ай бұрын
Faxxx
@KamBar20202 ай бұрын
TAIWANESE Lives Matter 💯👀🇹🇼
@stijnvandamme762 ай бұрын
Interesting title , considering the conceptual idea and origin of the USMC developed Higgings boat, was Victor Krulak who witnessed the Japanese amphibious invasion in Shanhai.. And they classified him as "Some nut in China"
@brianbeach450429 күн бұрын
Veteran to veteran. Great documentary of what's to come. Coming from a different branch and miss-pronounce MEU is actually a great representation for not for your military audience but also for your civilian audience. Your presentation was with that of infographics channel. You kept it like the old Donut channel before presenting here's the new school but let's talk about the old school. Awesome work.
@robertfoster3472 ай бұрын
The real question is how the ACV’s tires will handle driving over reefs in the Pacific. In WW II the Marines switched to all track vehicles due to tires being shredded during landings on atolls.
@christopherlane52382 ай бұрын
Oh shit! Nobody thought of that! The people who design military equipment for the most powerful branch of the most powerful military in history has been outwitted by coral reefs! Have some faith, man. The Marines got this.
@dumb2142 ай бұрын
@@christopherlane5238 Bigger flaws have been missed before...
@robertfoster3472 ай бұрын
@@christopherlane5238 unfortunately, the gear is made by engineers who also do the testing and evaluation, not soldiers. The lowest person at the program office making final decisions is probably a Lt Colonel or Colonel.
@seanj41192 ай бұрын
Materials science has come a long way since WWII. Tires are a lot more durable today.
@urmumisaho692 ай бұрын
I’d assume bolt on tracks are and option depending on the drive unit. I was apart of the trial for them in 2011 on our ASLAVs (Australianised LAV). Helped get off the landing craft up beaches and could be easily removed within 30 seconds. Getting them on was a cunt though.
@kenibnanak55542 ай бұрын
At the beginning of WW2 US M-3 light tanks in the Philippines had the M-3 Stuart tank armed with a 37mm cannon. The armor piercing shells available for it were quite capable of piercing Japanese tanks (when they could hit it, but that's a different story). However, HE ammo did not arrive with the tanks and their AP ammo. In the thick foliage of the Philippines the Japanese didn't have many tanks anyway. What they did have were lots of troops and anti tank guns. The US Army quickly (and sadly) learned that AP cannon shells were not the best thing to use against a charging mob of infantry. Sure, 3 or 4 of them might get 37mm holes and fall down, but the other 180 or so kept on coming. A similar issue was noted when dueling with Japanese artillery that had both AP and AP HE ammunition. Only a direct hit on the enemy gun itself would stop it from shooting. An AP shell hitting a gun crew only took out that man and someone else usually rep[aced him quickly. More common were 37mm AP shots from an M-3 that did not hit either but did kick up harmless clots of dirt alongside the enemy gun. Against dug in positions and pill boxes on other islands a 37mm AP round proved to be a very ineffective choice. Making a sudden 37mm hole in a concrete wall or dirt mound does not by itself incapacitate those standing nearby. Having an AP/HE round would have probably worked better, but that took a few years to arrive in theater. During much of the early fighting in the Pacific the only useful weapons on the M-3s were the multiple machine guns. More than once a neighboring M-3s machine gun was the only way of getting hostile infantry off your own M-3. If there was none, well the easily removed hatch covers with rubber fuel lines filled with gasoline, a match or turret hatch locks that could be bypassed with an enemies bayonet meant you weren't coming home. The result was that by the time the US Army had fallen back to Corregidor they had no more M-3s (although the Japanese had captured several). The British had a similar experience when they went into Burma with 110 M-3s and only about 6 made it out. So while I am happy there will be a 30mm chain gun on the new USMC amphibious vehicle, I certainly hope it will also have high explosive shells with fragmentation effect as an ammo option.
@usmcvet03132 ай бұрын
25mm variant does, the 30mm will likely have the same.
@choppergunner86502 ай бұрын
Usually autocannons nowadays have dual-feed capability, meaning you can switch from one type of ammunition to the next with a single button press, and HE is always present.
@kameronjones71392 ай бұрын
This is entire comment was just you saying that you hope they have HE which the always have especially in vehicles designed to support infantry
@CemeteryJay2 ай бұрын
MEU is pronounced “Mew”. C’mon cap your land lubber is showing.
@TheJBerg2 ай бұрын
Comment farming. Mispronounce words to get people to correct you to get better algorithm engagement.
@Dilemma67962 ай бұрын
@@TheJBergcomment farming is weak sauce. T&P should let it go.
@jackwalker94922 ай бұрын
LOL, Retired Army Infantry and sorry about my friends pronunciation. BUT! You guys hog all the crayons. All I ask for is the Grape ones, LOL. Salute and best wishes in seriousness. Respect and hope you have luck in peacetime
@zwinmar212 ай бұрын
@@jackwalker9492 serves you army fucks right for hogging all the budget, and no, no crayons for you :p
@hazonku2 ай бұрын
These are super cool but I mean the EFV literally skipped across the water. Those things were V12 twin turbo monsters! They were SO badass! The Marines definitely should have kept that going to at least have a few on hand for fast assault and QRF between small island chains.
@nor08452 ай бұрын
Yeah. I thought the whole idea was get ashore as quick as possible. Sitting duck if you’re wallowing along at a low speed.
@zeening2 ай бұрын
"We'd like to introduce you to our newest member of the unit, Sir Berry-us." BROOO lol i had the video alt tabbed for a moment and didn't even think anything of it until you started explaining what it was and i was like... oh no he didn't lmaoo
@MB-og2kt2 ай бұрын
Make Peace or Die was the motto for 1st Battalion 5th Marines... not sure if it was adopted by another unit. Oooh Rah!
@mingmuyiyang86152 ай бұрын
In 1950, China's GDP was 4% of that of the United States. In the three years of the Korean War, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army entered the Korean War with 1.9 million troops and nearly 500000 additional troops, totaling 2.4 million (only the army, 225 tanks). Check how much military force the United States invested in the Korean War. During the three-year Korean War, the United States entered Korea with 1.796 million participants. The United States has deployed a total of 1153000 Army personnel (1823 tanks), 241000 Air Force personnel (a total of 3000 combat aircraft, with over 1700 deployed on the battlefield), 130000 Marine Corps personnel, and 265000 Navy personnel (210 warships). These combat figures do not include the United Nations forces. The entire Korean War: China sacrificed 183108 people and injured 383218 people. US military: 54246 deaths and 103248 injured. 628833 UN troops died and 1064453 UN troops were injured.
@bennettbush3906Ай бұрын
@@mingmuyiyang8615I bet that huge injury count for America was Frostbite and other wounds caused by the cold and terrain.
@mingmuyiyang8615Ай бұрын
@bennettbush3906 I guess you didn't understand what I meant.
@mingmuyiyang8615Ай бұрын
@bennettbush3906 The Battle of Changjin Lake in the Korean War. This was a battle in the early days of the Korean War. From November 27 to December 24, 1950 (just 28 days), a direct confrontation took place in the Changjin Lake area of North Korea. The U.S. military included the 1st Marine Division (abbreviated as the 1st Marine Division) and the 3rd and 7th Infantry Divisions, as well as the 1st Army of South Korea, with a total of about 100,000 people (the U.S. military dispatched 195 tanks, 7 aircraft carriers, and 500 military aircraft. 3,000 sorties hovered over the volunteers every day); the 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, which launched the attack, consisted of the 20th Army, the 26th Army, and the 27th Army, with nearly 150,000 people (only the army). This is the data of the battle between the two sides, and this is the scale of the war. In the 28-day "Changjin Lake" battle, the U.S. military suffered 19,843 casualties, and the Chinese Volunteer Army suffered a total of 48,156 casualties. In just 28 days, the total casualties of both sides were close to 70,000. This is how fierce the war was. Do you understand what I mean by real war? The Chinese Volunteer Army had no communication equipment, and communicated with whistles and charge bugles. Holding old weapons, wearing tattered clothes, eating potatoes frozen harder than stones at minus 40 degrees Celsius, they fought barefoot in the snow against the American army armed to the teeth. They drove the American army out of the strategic position of "Changjin Lake" and wiped out the "Polar Bear Army" that the American army was proud of. Our "bitter victory" is exactly what the United States fears. What does it mean to do it at all costs? What does it mean to move forward courageously? Do you understand?
@mingmuyiyang8615Ай бұрын
@bennettbush3906 What I want to express is "spirit".
@Giveme1goodreason2 ай бұрын
7:12 seriously missed opportunity to say “Make peace or rest in it”
@Av-vd3wk2 ай бұрын
10:19 Did you just say “Say-BOT”? It’s pronounced “Say-Bow”
@ok-qz7cx2 ай бұрын
sab-aught
@ahurn34382 ай бұрын
lol has to be on purpose
@nathandanner40302 ай бұрын
Corpse Man
@nathandanner40302 ай бұрын
@@ahurn3438 I think a lot of thee time he's reading a script and sometimes it's hard to say things normal when you are sight reading. Boatswain
@thomashenshallhydraxis2 ай бұрын
I used to say say-bolt when loading my 25mm bushmaster on Bradley. Or sometimes “say-bots” Why? Because I ain’t saying it the “French” way. I’m American from TN; it’s said how it’s spelled. We aren’t speaking “French” on my vehicle.
@WaVeTECH-b9z8 күн бұрын
The sheer power of these machines is truly awe-inspiring!
@MarkGardner66BonnieАй бұрын
Sir... thank you for sharing this...love the content and your sense of humor.
@bosoerjadi28382 ай бұрын
Please quit keeping typos in titles, e.g. negeration when meant generation. I've been noticing it regularly in your recent vids and generally I'm captain oblivious. I know it generates comments but your channel doesn't need it. The quality of content is too good to also need such silly 'engagement' tricks.
@B61Mod122 ай бұрын
Its how you get clicks with this current negeration.
@oompalumpus6992 ай бұрын
Perun has them too, even he makes mistakes. I've seen PowerPoint presentations made by million-dollar consulting firms with typos. It's accidental, not on purpose. Some quality spelling correction tools maybe needed.
@Ririannana15 күн бұрын
There's no error
@bosoerjadi283815 күн бұрын
@@oompalumpus699 That's nice. Perun has a fulltime day job. His defense analyses on his gaming channel started as a one-time side jump that has grown out of hand. So his powerpoint presentations on YT are just a sidehobby next to his gaming hobby. Task and Purpose is a professional channel and is Cappy's main occupation. Those multi-million dollar companies should be ashamed. Typos are avoidable errors. They happen, but they should be rare occasions, not regular ones.
@olivermager25322 ай бұрын
How did they manage to get better precision when moving then when they are stationary?
@come4t_a_bullАй бұрын
Exactly... Was wondering if I was the only one that noticed that !!!!
@thomashenshallhydraxis2 ай бұрын
I used to call it (say-bots or say-bolts.) Because our vehicle is not speaking French. I’m glad he also says it the ground pound way. Say as it’s spelled, non of this silent T stuff. People want to act all high saying it the French way. What has never been fired and dropped once? A French rifle….. oh… 🎤
@toolbaggers2 ай бұрын
Yes, colonel!
@blacksmith672 ай бұрын
“People want to act all high…” do you pronounce that last word hi-g-huh?
@1st_Force_Recliner28 күн бұрын
For the civilians out there The Emm Eeee You (MEU) is pronounced like MEW and prior to deployment all Marine Expeditionary Units go through Special Operations Quals so when deployed they are MEU (SOC) or Spec Ops Capable. From a former 15th MEU(SOC) Jarhead.
@PUPSHEADАй бұрын
Thanks for the military- industrial complex details . Fascinating
@surfdocer1032 ай бұрын
That canon may not take out other battle tanks from the front, but it can take out their eyes
@come4t_a_bullАй бұрын
Proven in UA.
@rogerthat45452 ай бұрын
"Nobody else can"??? Have you ever heard of Normandy??
@RayMond-tt2yr2 ай бұрын
What’s Normandy??
@fematrailer2 ай бұрын
@RayMond-tt2yr It was the fancy European part of WWII. Nobody really talks about it because there weren't any Marines there.
@rogerthat45452 ай бұрын
@@RayMond-tt2yr the scene of the largest amphibious Landing in military history, by the United States Army
@RayMond-tt2yr2 ай бұрын
@@rogerthat4545 but only Marines are amphibious.
@sebastienloyer94712 ай бұрын
@@fematrailer, Canadians where
@aruunmenon2 ай бұрын
A non monochrome goth girlfriend? Thou doth wrestle with the truth too much.
@jamsheeddevotee75882 ай бұрын
If the Marine Corps leadership were blaming the enlisted for the roll over, no new training would've been provided. That's a clear message of "what we provided wasn't enough and we're going to step up" as far as I'm concerned. If the investigations show that nothing was mechanically wrong, then user error is the most likely cause. Best way to address that is with better training. Just my 2¢ as an army WO
@2ndrangersww2Күн бұрын
My brother was with the unit where the 2020 incident occurred. AAVs our long past their retirement date. Also, to note, the commanding officer knew those specific vehicles were not sea worthy, and sent them out anyway. Not to mention the AAV only holds about a dozen men and in this specific incident it was holding about that plus gear.
@arakami85472 ай бұрын
Its not really next-generation though, is it? At least outside of the American context. A lot of the European militaries have had comparably advanced kit in service for the past odd decade. It is a European vehicle.
@jamesgoldring10522 ай бұрын
Really because they have less of an empire to grapple They focus on singular technologies How much further ahead are they
@arakami85472 ай бұрын
@jamesgoldring1052 In certain aspects, by quite a bit. They've a pretty lively and competitive, multinational industry. The biggest point of critique I have with the US military is its failure to look outward comparatively to see gold for gold; that's not the case with the various European nations that keenly observe advances in the US, Russia, and each other. Their artillery systems, and really their artillery doctrine as a whole, is a generation ahead. They've modern designs optimised for rapid burst shoot and scoot capabilities that fire faster, that are better armoured, that are more manoeuvrable, and that have bigger guns. See the Pzh2000, AS90, and the soon-to-enter-service RCH155. Compare those to the M109. They've also developed very capable truck-based artillery too. Their armoured personnel carriers, again are a generation ahead. Much better armoured for artillery, drone, and splinter protection - using composite arrays instead of plain steel/aluminium as with the Bradley's and Strykers. They're more mobile, and better armed with 30mm+ armaments as opposed to the 25mm of the Bradley. See the Boxer, Puma, Piranha V, CV90, the list goes on. Their helicopters again are a generation ahead. Composite airframes make them largely resistant to small arms fire and they're also fitted with better avionics, sensors, and a more survivable, more modern design when compared to the Black Hawks. See the NH90 and AW149 among many other types. Their missile tech is also no slouch, specifically their ARH missiles are a bit more advanced than the SARH PATRIOTs, ESSMs and SM2s. The Meteor missile as well is also the dominant air-to-air missile on the market. In the maritime, they are pioneers in AESA radar, ship stealth, ship design, automation, ship propulsion, gun systems, and crew accommodation. In regards to aviation, their strategic airlifters such as the A400M are also very modern when compared to say, the C130. One point of critique of European militaries may be that they've yet to design a domestic 5th generation fighter, though they are procuring numbers of F-35s. The reason why is because they opted instead to develop the Eurofighter Typhoon instead of a fighter more comparable to the expensive, and arguably failed, F-22. Why they've not developed a 5th generation fighter is not for lack of ability, they're procuring F35s in the meanwhile as they develop their FCAS/GCAP 6th generation fighters.
@angelaferkel79222 ай бұрын
@@arakami8547F-22 is a failure?
@angelaferkel79222 ай бұрын
@@arakami8547i am from europe and agree with what you said but im little confused about why you think the Raptor was a failure?
@arakami85472 ай бұрын
@angelaferkel7922 I believe the original plan was to procure over 700 F-22 Raptors, in the end less than 200 were procured. They're highly capable aircraft, alongside the F-35 they're the most capable air-to-air fighters in the world... They're also bloody expensive to procure and maintain, and are lacking in regards to multirole capability. Chiefly they lack an IRST to save on cost. I think the USAF wants to retire some earlier airframes, citing obsolescence and high costs to upgrade and maintain them. Of course, Congress denied that - as they do.
@miketalas7998Ай бұрын
My Niece who graduated high school signed up to the Marines before graduation! She is now after only 1 year in the service she is now a Corporal, and a driver of one of these ACV'S! I am so proud of her as I can still remember when she couldn't even say my name so she would call me "MUGGA MIKE!" instead of "Uncle Mike!" so cute. What is so contradicting, is she is so petite but she is incredibly strong! Like she can beat most guys at arm wrestling! But I told her do not ever think that you can get in the ring and KO a man!!! But keep a good head on your shoulders and pray PSALM 91 as things are gonna get wonky pretty soon child!!! She is the Daughter of an Old School Marine Dad! :D Good stuff Maynard!!!!
@REB44442 ай бұрын
The EFV would have revolutionized warfare as much the Osprey M-22 has. The Marine Corps got F-ed & stuck with our grandparents AAVs for another 10-14 years because of it. Those 7 Marines that died are blood on someone's hands. All this while the Army wastes BILLIONS on stupid uniform choices, several different failed rifle tests, several failed light tank development projects, they are ALREADY seeking to replace the Strykers when our LAV-25s were around a generation before those and are just NOW going to get replaced. Dat is some bullsh*t! Getting to the shore 5 times faster than these new vehicles would have enhanced their ability to strike faster with less exposure. They would have enhanced our ability to do lighting raids, disrupt sh*t & scoot on back out to sea before they could mount a defense.
@cm-pr2ys2 ай бұрын
Hell yeah man that's the biggest problem I see with this damn ACV is it's too slow in water. I'm glad it has all those other improvements over the AAV, but only 5 mph in water is ridiculous.
@Riceball012 ай бұрын
The ECV was way too complicated and ambitious of a project. It was conceived at a time when the DoD was handing out money like it was candy and all of the services were coming up with expensive and complicated gold plated projects. I feel that the Corps made the right decision in cancelling the EFV project. It's just a pity that it took the Corps so long to come up with a replacement project for the ECV. I can't help but to wonder if they couldn't have kept the ECV but stripped it of some of its gold plated tech, like the retractable treads.
@personalaccount89142 ай бұрын
The AAV was bad because amtrackers didn't maintain them.
@MATUREGERMANBARKDOMINATRX2 ай бұрын
I was 2nd AAV Courthouse bay 2nd MAR DIV CORPSMAN with them for 4yrs 91-95. YET-YAH'S!!! Truly a special vehicle!
@WWeronko2 ай бұрын
You showed a video presentation of a LCAC. However, you may of wished to mention the primary over the horizon method of getting Marines ashore is by the approximately 72 Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles. The U.S. Navy is in the process of transitioning from the original LCAC to the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC), or LCAC 100 class, a new generation of hovercraft. That deserves a video. The LCAC 100 is being delivered to the U.S. Navy, with production ongoing to replace the older LCACs.
@scottmadison43802 ай бұрын
OH PLEASE.... -You never had a Goth Girlfriend and you know it....
@Taskandpurpose2 ай бұрын
Can you ever really have a goth girlfriend? It’s more like they temporarily own your soul
@mattfantastic99692 ай бұрын
Too real. He's for sure been there
@snotgobblerific2 ай бұрын
I know it's Cerberus but I've got to admit SirBuryUs kinda makes sense
@chaosfire3212 ай бұрын
8:51 I'm sorry Cappy but...Cer-bear-eus?!
@Charlie-tw5ljАй бұрын
The Marine Corps is constantly at work perfecting the U.S. un healthcare system. Love those savage warriors 😊
@WaVeTECH-b9z11 күн бұрын
Such a fantastic showcase of advanced military technology at its finest!
@johnwurfel28622 ай бұрын
Javelins or their comparative Chinese versions and weaponized drones would wreck havoc on any amphibious vehicles. Seems like a death sentence to get caught trying to make shore.
@TonyHawk-q6i2 ай бұрын
They will mostly be used to secure uncontested beach heads, and with the support artillery and air if not.
@Giveme1goodreason2 ай бұрын
That’s what I thought to, I know Australia (much smaller army and budget) is planning to buy 3 light carriers so that when we need to do amphibious missions, we can put F35s in the air and use helicopters to get our forces from boat to land. It’s quite surprising the USA marines wouldn’t be thinking that to as helicopters allow you to use them as gunships and medevac vehicles on their way back, and resupplies. Of course it only works with air dominance or complete surprise of the enemy.
@wisdomsdoorstep2 ай бұрын
Just here to remind the Marines that the largest amphibious assault in history was conducted by the Army… 😂😂
@cm-pr2ys2 ай бұрын
1. The largest amphibious assault was okinawa, not Normandy. 2. Who trained the Army in amphibious assaults, let alone pioneered war plan orange in the pre war period? 3. There were Marines at Normandy just like there were Soldiers in the Pacific.
@JohnNeo192 ай бұрын
@@cm-pr2ysall it takes is a simple google search to see that Normandy was a larger amphibious assault than Okinawa was. Army stays winning.
@wisdomsdoorstep2 ай бұрын
@cm-pr2ys 1. “The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history.” - Eisenhowerlibrary. gov, just google it. 2. Your mom. 3. Since when are marines butthurt crybabies who can’t take a joke? 🤣😂
@toolbaggers2 ай бұрын
@@cm-pr2ys Most westerners don't realize there was a war in the Pacific. The whole war was only about the US or UK (not both) beating Hitler. They pretend Russia never even existed. SAD.
@Blaidd75422 ай бұрын
The Normandy landings were the biggest amphibious assault in history, but 60% of it was done by the British and Canadians. So yes the US army participated in the biggest amphibious assault but they were only 40% of it. The Brits and Canadians are not part of the US army, so counting them in this US army vs Marines bragging match doesn’t make any sense, the biggest US amphibious assault was Okinawa, but Normandy was the biggest amphibious assault in history.
@drmarkintexas-4002 ай бұрын
🎖️⭐💪❤️🩹🙏🏆 Can the differentials be locked and unlocked? Or, function differently, like electronic traction control system that applies the brakes to a slipping wheel to maintain traction. Thank you for sharing this
@jamesthomas58952 ай бұрын
As a very old Marine I started my time in the Corp with 3rd amtrac btn. 5,, th Marine Div at Delmar on Pendleton, Marine Corp was testing the ATV there at the time, when 5th Marine Div was disbanded in 1969 I was sent to work at the Brig at Camp Pendelton, but that is another story of my time in the Corp
@billydiesel85202 ай бұрын
I just researched the Amtrac in my Hearts of Iron 4 campaign yo
@ashton.jjn.Ай бұрын
Footage at 08:00 is 15th MEU from 2024 deployment, it was a fun time and that was a historical ACV beach landing in South Korea
@GoldSabre2 ай бұрын
I really appreciate all the effort you put into throwing in those jokey asides, keep it up dude 👍
@WaVeTECH-b9z10 күн бұрын
This video perfectly captures the brilliance of modern military technology
@eryberto87Ай бұрын
Collaboration with BAE was also requirement from US government
@squireson2 ай бұрын
Crayon digs at the marines form an army infantryman, really ? "Doug !! (slaps the vivid tangerine crayola out of his mouth) What did we say about Stereotypes !?" "Whatever, I like the Beaver better anyway" (an *actual crayola color* )
@riptide61612 ай бұрын
As always, superior content, and that includes the comment section. Thank you everybody!
@magellanstravelsАй бұрын
To think we will do a WWII amphibious landing is akin to thinking we will drop an airborne division from 3000 ft going at 125-200 knots. For sure it will be a rotor aircraft insert with follow on landing craft with support elements and gear
@Patson2022 күн бұрын
Probably seals/raiders on those submarine launched vehicles to scout for entrenched or tunneled enemy, then a airborne insert to secure beachhead, then a beach landing.
@magellanstravels22 күн бұрын
@@Patson20It will never happen. It will be a missile bombardment followed by helicopter insert. With advanced satellite and onsite aerial imagery, there is no need for a recce element to come ashore prior to precision strikes.
@Patson2022 күн бұрын
@magellanstravels nobody said anything about precision strikes. And you're forgetting that recon satellites follow a predictable path and it's already causing problems with gathering images in Iran since they just stop and hide when they know the satellite is going to be coming overhead. And regular recon flights won't be possible in a environment like the south China sea at the start of a war. So its entirely possible that PLA forces could be entrenched on or in tunnels on an island we wanted to land on without us knowing. And it wouldn't even need the a company sized element. Just two squads of marines camped in the jungle with javelin type weapons or anti tank rifles would absolutely fuck up an amphibious landing like this. Sure you might kill them all, but they are likely gonna sink 5 or 6 vehicles with full squads before you do.
@magellanstravels22 күн бұрын
@@Patson20I’m the one who said amphibious landings wouldn’t happen in modern warfare. Your lack of knowledge about imagery speaks to your knowledge and placement in the military arena. Anyways, Marines are cool dudes. They are extra hard chargers, just not going to be a Sands of Iwo Jima style war in the pacific. We won’t be assaulting a contested beach requiring an amphibious fighting vehicle.
@Patson2022 күн бұрын
@magellanstravels bro just because you say fancy words doesn't make you smart ot correct. You can look it up yourself, there's many a story about how Iran is evading our satellites. They are limited by physics, they circle the earth at a set speed in a set orbit so you can track when they will be overhead. Sure we have things like the U2, but we saw in the 60s how well that works about near peer contested airspace. And sure there's things like the SR72, but you wouldn't be wasting an experiment asset on a random beach landing for area denial. And this is still before you consider China weaponizing its fishing fleets and coast guard into militias. They could transport troops on fishing boats to these islands and have them appear as civilians. Sure it's illegal but when has international laws stopped China? Even today we send SF to do in person recon on random terror cells in backwater Africa for drone strikes. So why wouldn't we send SF to ensure a company of Marines weren't sent to the bottom of the ocean?
@scottsauritch32162 ай бұрын
Yeah you get a real sense of just how big the ACV is, with the guy trailing behind it as it's driving along. The tires go up to his waist or top of hips!
@SLF-nw2ycАй бұрын
I was in amphibs, AAVs specifically. That was 30 years ago and I can still smell the gear oil, diesel fuel and hear the sounds of the well deck! Good times.
@jame3shook2 ай бұрын
~@9:10 I recall a Marine Commandant in the 1990s saying they wanted smart, well read Marines who will (in the spirit of Heartbreak Ridge) "engage, adapt and overcome" ie fight smarter not harder.
@simonamerica1Ай бұрын
The ACV is top-heavy. The center of gravity is above the center line of the ACV. Thus it naturally WANTS to roll wheels up. Neither the manufacturer, nor the Marine Corps wants to admit this. No amount of "crew training" will fix this fundamental flaw. Any sea state 2 or higher is deadly. Its just common sense. Independent tests will clearly demonstrate the near criminal negligence that is built into the top-heavy ACV.
@davidc80772 ай бұрын
About time! In my day we were still using amtracks, I don't remember their designation, and I hated getting in those tin cans! They were loud and smelly, and they were hard to exit quickly. We liked not having to hump the clicks, but we knew we were very vulnerable!
@TomDog58122 ай бұрын
Nobody eats cold crayons. Two girls and a rifle.
@MWSin12 ай бұрын
91% hit rate when stationary, 97% hit rate when moving? Sundance Kid: I'm better when I move.
@RogerSmith-h3i2 ай бұрын
Sensational, or not so much: " During gunnery live-fire against stationary targets, ACV sections hit 91 percent of targets when the ACV was stationary, and 97 percent of targets while the ACV was on the move "
@DSG-nc1oe2 ай бұрын
They are the best targets for FPV drones + anti-armor warhead and Loitering Munition. Especially when they're swim across in the sea.😉😉😉😉😉
@GijoeottrodАй бұрын
When I was in the Marine Corps I was with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance for a while and then 2nd Armored Amphibious Vehicles (AAV). The LAV-25 like he said is not large surf capable. To dive odd a landing ships well deck and swim to shore the ship would need to be only about a mile off shore with waves that day not larger than about 2ft high to keep from sinking. The AAV however can dive off the ship several miles out and handle larger waves but hopefully not larger than like 4ft. The guys at AAV had a trick for the new guys that they would pull to scare the hell out of you. They would line one of the larger square hatches in the back with a stack of about four quarters in like 12 spots two feet apart. When the rig dove off the ramp and submerged for just a moment water would flood in those spots. You would think you were sinking and be terrified until the vehicle popped back up and started swimming forward with the Vehicles commander hatch open.
@scottjueckstock2662 ай бұрын
When I was a boot at 2nd LAR in 04 I asked about them (the lav25) in water and the sgt laughed and said "if we float tested these half would sink." Glad I was motor tuh!
@colbykidd8229Ай бұрын
Nasty ride 😮
@mmz126 күн бұрын
@8:50 Ah yes, the classic tale of Sir Barius. The hound of Hades.