This is America's C-RAM Weapon System

Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar, abbreviated C-RAM, is a set of systems used to detect and/or destroy incoming rockets, artillery, and mortar rounds in the air before they hit their ground targets, or simply provide early warning.
The intercept capability of C-RAM is effectively a land version of weapons such as the Phalanx CIWS radar-controlled rapid-fire gun for close-in protection of vessels from missiles; either weapon system also uses a forward-looking infrared camera to allow a defender to visually identify these target threats before engaging the targets.
One major difference between the land- and sea-based variants is the choice of ammunition. Whereas naval Phalanx systems fire tungsten armor-piercing rounds, the C-RAM uses the 20mm ammunition, originally developed for the M163 Vulcan air defense system. These rounds explode on impact with the target, or on tracer burnout, thereby greatly reducing the risk of collateral damage from rounds that fail to hit their target.
C-RAM: An Advanced Automated Point-Defense Gatling Gun
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[@anthonyc5039]

Did you know??? - The only machine on Earth with a faster rate of fire is the money printer at the Federal Reserve.

[@TheMentalist666]

😂

[@randomhobbies5796]

😂 😂 😂 😂 Good one

[@facundomartinez5535]

haha you noobs, there are two even faster, venezuela an d argentina

[@justcometingidearshi3636]

@@facundomartinez5535 Zimbabwe: Laughs with a 1 trillion dollar note

[@karlheisenberg4446]

@@justcometingidearshi3636 lmfao

[@vondahe]

No one had imagined how evil R2-D2 would become after being taunted, kicked around and laughed at by movie audiences.

[@bidenisacommunistpuppet.3831]

It's always the quiet ones.

[@Mwwwwwwwwe]

@@bidenisacommunistpuppet.3831 underrated comment 🤣

[@bidenisacommunistpuppet.3831]

@@Mwwwwwwwwe Thank you Iv waited so long to hear that.

[@Cola64]

Robo Cop 2021 ! “That things a killa!’

[@peterkhew7414]

R2D2: "Time to nut up or shut up."

[@MrTym2partee]

I still get goosebumps hearing the C RAM go off in this video. This system saved me and my squad life when we were deployed in 2014-2015 to Afghanistan.

[@markjordan8116]

it saved a lot of us. Those things are great.

[@IloveShoesandTattoos]

I was there on and off from 08’ to 11’ dont think these were there yet, got mortared all the time

[@TurnFromWickedness]

Who you telling. I still remember this thing going off in Iraq.

[@tueclfpofks]

Why not use the one from Israel . Iron dome

[@spectrofreak9988]

​@@tueclfpofks Rockets are extremely expensive and less transportable

[@DMDMDM01]

My dad was very thankful for this base defense while in Iraq, often the base would intercept sporadic mortar fire, and the sound of the gun was both a sound of relief and extreme anxiety

[@ElonHusky]

He should stay in USA, Going for war in another country is invasion and he's not a hero just a war criminal killing inncocent civilians in Middle east

[@playboicartilover336]

Tell your dad. That I thank him for his service🫡🫡

[@NjoyMoney]

Your dad killed a bunch of innocent people

[@ivanho1]

Your dad might also did some nasty stuffs in Iraq. Like getting into a civilian's home at midnight, forced women into rooms & do nasty things. It happened, so don't point your fingers into me. Peoples like even your neighbors know it, but they won't say it in front of you but they all know it.

[@limitbreak2966]

@@ivanho1 no dude, stop accusing random people of raping women like it’s no big deal. That’s fucking disgusting and while it did happen, not every fucking veteran is a rapist. Disgusting that you even bring this up.

[@chevyvega6622]

what is really impressive is its ability to operate jam free at such a tremendous cycle rate

[@shootmovecommunicate3322]

its insane to see inperson

[@jfmax2000]

Oh Yeah... Gotta Give The Engineering Team Their Props 💯💯

[@Kay0Bot]

they force military people to clean everything very frequently

[@ATSaale]

Gatling guns are extremely durable. The action is run by electric motor so misfires are automatically ejected without stopping the weapon.

[@jfmax2000]

@@ATSaale Exactly 💯💯

[@anthonychiodi9173]

Now that's a badass Minion right there lol.

[@BabbyCat3008]

LEMAO

[@hover3465]

XD

[@user-xl1tf1nm8k]

ألم المسيح يسوع رسول الله دين اللة الإسلامي مافي شعي مسحي دين اللة واحد الاسلامي

[@RaptorTroll360]

If that's a minion then the gun is his dong? Daaayyyuumm ya boi is hung like a friccin horse

[@arliesam948]

I was kinda thinking the same thing

[@fangwu7576]

Unlike the C-RAMs’ naval counterpart, I believe they have self destructing rounds to limit collateral damage.

[@kur1tan]

I was wondering about that. "What goes up..." and all.

[@jeffhall517]

If you watch the rounds disappear into the dark you can see them explode like thousands of fire works. It’s scarry as hell seeing it for the first time at night. My bunker was right next to one in Iraq, when the siren goes off and your running across open ground, out of no where this big ass laser of tracers lights up the night and blows your ears out at the same time 🤣 makes you forget all about the missiles coming in

[@fangwu7576]

@@jeffhall517 hopefully you’re alright. I can’t imagine living in a war zone.

[@casualgamer3689]

I was just going to ask this, what happens when the rounds come down... 😅 But i guess they explode then...

[@bekeneel]

A system like this seems perfect to add with an expensive sam system like Patriot or Thaad.. For any treats that still get through whatever it might be, like a suicide drone.. Hope Ukraine gets some like this too, perhaps they have it in Kiev..

[@CraftAero]

I worked on a mech sub-assembly for the Phalanx system in the early 80s. So glad to see it still rocks.

[@J__007]

This is what I wish the ATM would sound like when I go withdrawn money! 😏

[@arisk.ramosbautista1283]

😂😂😂

[@SegaSavageMusic]

Hope you got a vest on if it do

[@iqbalsaulat198]

That exactly nation buy it

[@jonathanvonlintzgy8402]

Those are the exact the words my ears wanna hear.

[@tiohypershck3034]

C-RAM That gatling gun kick the ass of A-10'S gatling gun

[@pillowdude1484]

General: "Private" Private: "yes, sir?" General: "See that plane?" Private: "Yes, sir" General: "I don't want to." Private: "Yes,sir."

[@firstlast9731]

lol

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

lol u thought the same thing i did would be great to integrate this with AAA(anti-aircrafts not duracell) batteries

[@brian9801]

A general is addressed as "General", not Sir. Sir's are for O-6 and below. The more you know

[@Neon-ws8er]

@@brian9801 Thanks, Brian

[@cxdxr]

woosh

[@predictorbibulous3327]

I was on a ship that had a C-WiS and they demonstrated it to us by dragging some barrels behind a plane and flying by the ship like half a mile away and few thousand feet, the C-WIS decimated the barrels into nothing in no time at all. At that moment I realized that I went into the Navy for the wrong job.

[@galilbill2539]

Woo pig

[@michaelswagson4457]

Another time it shot down the plane instead

[@dwrobotics2180]

R/thathappened.

[@flare242]

So, a pilot brought a few empty barrels. Tied them to a rope. Then tied the other end of the rope to a navy plane. Then launched. Dragged the barrels behind him. On the deck, then IN FLIGHT. Then did a fly-by around a navy vessel. And a LIVE CWIS started firing at it. At a friendly navy plane. That was dragging barrels. MIDAIR. Well now when you unpack it like this, it sounds like a complete fucking nonsense, doesn't it?

[@lgd1974]

Correction: CIWS (Close-In Weapon System)

[@matthewsmiley3630]

It’s also really smart how they made the rounds explode after a certain amount of time/distance so the rounds don’t just keep flying for miles if it misses

[@jcruz5050]

Especially since it looks like about 98% of them are misses

[@Brooklyza]

This system probably saved my life a few times in Afghanistan. Thank you to the inventor!

[@McBobtheruggaman]

You're welcome. -Inventor

[@errolbruintjes9855]

@@carl8568 one army had no fckn heart the other … had heart and Russian backup 🤦‍♂️

[@carl8568]

@@errolbruintjes9855 Russia or no Russia, rejection of US imperialism looks like this.

[@muhammedmorsi43]

@@carl8568 Because they are the land owners.. they fight for a reason :)

[@carl8568]

@@muhammedmorsi43 True.

[@rodleyeriffe9149]

When the gun goes off, does the tech yell, "git some, git some" LOL

[@markdiesel6432]

😂😂😂

[@haydenhutton8661]

No its so goddam loud all you can think about is how bad your teeth hurt. This beauty would religiously go off at two in the morning next to our COB in Iraq. As cool as it is ole R2D2 screams like a banshee

[@christiansmith7458]

I worked on the CIWS for 13 years... GIT SOME!

[@renecastro6110]

@@haydenhutton8661 What do u mean teeth? U mean ears? And yeah I bet its loud asf. Just a single 20mm round is loud. That baby fires 1000's per minute.

[@beadlebamford9999]

Git Some BABAAY

[@ForGlory1]

Thank you to the engineers that made this. I remember feeling the ground shake underneath us when this masterpiece was engaged.

[@LanguagePolice-us6vw]

It is very nice to say " Thank you "

[@pierreo33]

@@LanguagePolice-us6vw Get a job

[@cryogenics6681]

Brings back memories from over 50 years. The AC-119 had 2 M-61 cannons and 4 mini-guns. The best analogy to the sound was like the jolly green giant farting in a washtub.

[@timmo971]

“You could mount it on a trailer” - awesome, you could take it camping!

[@DragonMoth34]

Best Anti-Bear defense ever!

[@jasonterrell847]

Take camping? How about a picnic table top miniature version that eliminates mosquitoes.

[@ENG-CT4982]

@@jasonterrell847 WE NEED IT

[@spankthemonkey3437]

@@jasonterrell847 they actually make a little mini 9mm Gatlin gun that uses glock mags

[@tac4800]

fuck bugspray, use this beast to obliterate every bug in like a 5 mile radius

[@KanesTrades]

I came here for the BRRRRRRRRRT and you delivered, thankyou.

[@chiefyovany572]

Man stfu. Go back to call of duty 🤌🏽

[@jyoshi1491]

@@chiefyovany572 what went up you ass? XD

[@Tetris_Effect]

@@chiefyovany572 What if he's playing cod while watching? Noob.

[@jyoshi1491]

@@Tetris_Effect lol

[@PoconoGamerWorld]

@@chiefyovany572 go play with the native americans in red dead redemption Chief Jackass

[@kmafdlmagotg8328]

First appraised as a ground based variant in 2004, but in the mid 1980s, I got a brochure from a GD tech rep installing ORDALTS on our system, showing the future of a land based CIWS.

[@robertharris8148]

This rings back memories of serving aboard the USS Kansas City🎖💯 We had two of the Navy theses. We called them R2D2's and they are impressive with the naked eye.

[@lgd1974]

YEP. Leave it to the U.S. Navy Fire Controlmen (FC) / Fire Control Technicians (FT) to impress everyone. It takes big brains to maintain, operate, and repair these systems.😊

[@BPoweredLove]

2:57 This is nothing short of awesome.

[@nointernet3322]

pp

[@not_noah69]

@@rockpalace9919 what

[@tzoied]

That's a whole bunch of wasted money

[@EI_Greko]

@@rockpalace9919 what??

[@user-py5xc8zd6i]

@@tzoied shut

[@Rickenbacker954]

I worked as an assembler for the phalanx in 1974-1976 at GE Naval Sea Systems Ordinance Department in Pittsfield Massachusetts. It was a monster weapon.

[@papabear90]

Half a century old tech

[@ktownkanak808]

@@papabear90 That still works.

[@reluctant4611]

@@papabear90 it's been updated with newer tech tho

[@jillpaige3719]

I worked at GE Armament Systems from 1983-93. It was always fun to go to the Ethan Allen firing range to see them operating up close - from 50 cal to 30 mm.

[@nsudatta-roy8154]

@@papabear90 Silly Rabbit!

[@Wrensspeedshop]

These systems were in Iraq on JBB/Joint Base Balad in 08/09 when I was there. They’re beasts

[@Sstantial]

I was at Balad middle of '03 to early '04. These first arrived very late in 2003 and made a hell of a difference compared to not having them.

[@simplywonderful449]

Seeing this thing move without an operator actually "firing" it (in the sense of other soldier-borne weapons) reminds me so much of the "RoboCop" movie. Great stuff!

[@leebtheloser]

Yeah but RoboCop is a satire tho

[@wetpizzaslices5917]

Good stuff

[@thecopperiris]

ED-209

[@smileygladhands]

@@thecopperiris that thing was scary! Especially when it growled while counting down the disarm

[@Erin-Thor]

It’s all amazing, fun and games until SKYNET takes over when it becomes sentient.

[@Jam_MG]

I'll be honest I love how this thing fights projectiles with even more projectiles

[@Eye5x5]

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

[@poppacross79]

It’s called continuous correction to aim. Third round always hits.

[@linkinmylog]

I like the old TF2 quote "Use the gun, and if that don't work...Use more gun.".

[@DJ_Dopamine]

Sometimes the only way to fight fire is with fire.

[@Tamarikankuro]

Yeah I like how you think lol

[@kiogoramartinie]

The sound it gives out can even threaten the incoming rockets... have experience it's work 👌👌👌

[@commanderfoxtrot]

The HEMTT version is one of my favourite equipment loads for the truck.

[@jduds100]

Imagine being a friendly flying past and seeing that thing tracking you.

[@CyberClown360]

Me : oh helle there . C-ram : so , you has choose death

[@BLAZINGINGPHOENIX]

Friendly fire happens all the time to UK forces often getting targeted as not part of us etc

[@sbdr.1241]

Ide load my diaper real quick if that was facing me😳

[@blablabla6975]

They shot multiple friendly units

[@MerkleAkrunphleuphle]

shit we wouldn't know is something like that has happened either way.

[@tylersamuel5021]

US Military: "we want a-10 on land" Raytheon "Say less"

[@killerbern666]

not the same gun tho

[@andreialbescu1590]

or on navy ? from Romania 18.03.2021

[@yosephnanco3522]

@@killerbern666 As mantap

[@chasetoyama8184]

@@killerbern666 hey, it’s basically the same thing.

[@killerbern666]

@@chasetoyama8184 the a-10 gun (gau-8 avenger) shoot 30mm and is design to shred tanks while the vulcan shoot 20mm and is not at all designed for tanks

[@bubbakushingtonIII]

That's a thing of beauty at night. So cool sounding.

[@ammo8713]

A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER ! 👍🇺🇸😁

[@Metallislayer1]

C RAM is an amazing machine

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

It fires so Fast that the Cannon looks like a Blow Torch Just Amazing

[@KillaCaff1]

2000 rounds of freedom per minute

[@forcesightknight]

Incendiary rounds? They do tend to trace.

[@robertpillowjr.1672]

I know right? So fast it sounds like fabric tearing! Just awesome!

[@PriceTheCourier]

@@KillaCaff1 Correction, 4,500 rounds per minute unless that is only on the Naval ship.

[@STHFGDBY]

Problem with these weapons is that they cannot afford to miss because they empty so fast, and from watching similar weaponary the reloading is quiet slow.

[@GIJose-mw9zy]

Almost everything in this video is correct. I was an operator in the Local Control Station (LCS) of several CRAM’s in 2007 & 2008 in Iraq. Not 2010. As a Navy Individual Augmentee. My Naval Unit, along with several Army personnel formed Task Force Hurricane. We successfully intercepted approximately 97% of all incoming rocket, artillery and mortar attacks in our AOR’s. We began turning over control of the system to the Army in mid 2008. 🙂

[@tsfbaf303]

Sure, don’t try to tell somebody what supposedly IS wrong and just jerk yourself off because you claim to have been in the military so everyone shall bow down or whatever. Absolutely waste of a comment

[@davedurosier]

@@tsfbaf303 🤣🤣

[@9ine6ix4ourtwenty6]

@@tsfbaf303 rip.

[@patriciomejia4100]

97% what a joke

[@howdthtfeelbro762]

@@patriciomejia4100 what?

[@alanbowen4593]

How does it tell between enemy and home base aircraft

[@babyyodasizzurp3042]

what an incredible machine!!!

[@maxaters]

Shit works!!! One time I woke up a to a screeching sound during my deployment. The whole platoon was celebrating...the screeching sound was the C-RAM taking out incoming mortars, so I could go back to sleep 😂

[@ThePiemasteification]

If you have a platoon of people stationed in the desert, and there are no threats, no "insurgents" for week after week, morale starts to drop fast. It might be worth it to fire off the CRAM at "enemy mortars", get spirits up.

[@thedesolateone8260]

Thank you for serving sir 🙏

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

@Michael Hampton Wow, people who disrespect military are clueless to how the world works, if they werent out there fighting, then terrorists would be ripping nations apart unchecked, and who says they will ignore us if we ignore them? 9/11 doesnt. Any military serviceman has done more than you ever will and you will never be important to the greatest nation on earth, while every one of them are. you are INSIGNIFICANT. Military members give their lives to protect you and yet you criticize them while enjoying the comforts they provide for your lazy ass.

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

@@michaelhampton2257 no one 'created the terrorists', sectional conflict is what created the need for our country to help out a lesser power, which is a burden that the most powerful nations must carry on their backs, looking out for weaker nations. Anyways, yea we went and helped out, which pissed off the original aggressors, making them commit terrorism on our country in the first place. You are trying to blame that all on the people who signed up to serve the country, who are ultimately following orders from government figures. you're ignorance of who is really at fault is creating an unfair bias against people that exist almost entirely to serve your sorry ass back home. Show some respect

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

@@michaelhampton2257 I appreciate the respect, but you have zero arguments so im not sure that you are even convinced of what you say.

[@360.Tapestry]

the rapid firing has a percussive effect. you don't only hear it, you feel it rippling the air

[@MrJoshcc600]

Nah it's like a fart. I've sold right next to it more times then I can count

[@silver2zilver]

whats wack is where are the bullets guna land>?

[@kylegilmore3810]

@@silver2zilver They self destruct.

[@danenelson9274]

@@kylegilmore3810 do they really? That's insane. This is insane. Jesus..

[@carlmarxx]

@@danenelson9274 they do, you can seem do that in the video, the small bursts of light after the shots. you can see it in the night shots starting at @2:34

[@DonutVIP]

That incoming incoming follow by that alarm will drive a person insane but overall this is a sick machine

[@stephenwhitemore9120]

Quick question, land based unit. What goes up must come down. How many people does the system take out, with returning rounds?

[@brad6724]

from making spears out of stone and sticks to this fkn amazing

[@Vertignasse82]

Imagine spraying dense ranks of Middle Age foot soldiers or Roman formations with that.

[@VinnyUnion]

@@Vertignasse82 like in the anime "GATE" where the JSDF (Japan self defense force) totally annihilates the a roman-like army

[@Vertignasse82]

@@VinnyUnion Oh I didn't see that. I'll look it up!

[@VinnyUnion]

@@Vertignasse82 if you're into fantasy animes, then you'll most likely enjoy it. Especially rory the goth lolita heheh

[@NeoDarkness]

@@VinnyUnion I watched a little bit of that anime 3 years ago. Kinda wanna get back into it

[@AirSupportIncomimg]

That BBRRRTTTTTTTT.... It’s beautiful

[@MarineScoutSniper]

Oorah!

[@GiratinaTech]

A-10 approved

[@AndrewVelonis]

And expensive.

[@bev8200]

Until it's aiming for you

[@forcesightknight]

Sure, until the empty shells, fired from a chopper melt the sht out of your poncho, which was your only shade in a OP on near top of the mountain. God I wish we had a pocket camera, gps, com device, and super computer in our pocket at all times, like the brotherhood has today. Our grunts may have been fighting for a few decades now, but at least they have the best of the best, experience and equipment. Semper Fidelis earthlings

[@K3Flyguy]

Just in time for 2022 Wisconsin deer gun season! Awesome! Soon coming to a Walmart near you!!!!!

[@m.muvaffakismen1746]

thanks for the video but there is something i don't understand bullets with red caps enter on one side and bullets of other colors come out on the other side.. I saw it in similar videos on the A-10 wathog plane. Bullets go into your machine, but why do they come out on the other side and are placed in boxes? thanks for the information

[@michaelmondt3055]

What you are looking at is the sabot. They add sabots to protect rifling. The Blue tips are DU (depleted uranium), the white tips are tungsten. Silver rounds are dummy rounds. They cycle dummy rounds into the magazine when not loaded with live rounds to keep the gun mount balanced.

[@MusicLife-pb2es]

At night this is a better spectacle than fireworks 😂

[@mmancino1982]

One of these things woke me up in the middle of the night when I was transiting through Al Assad airbase. It was like 2am and I didn't even know it was nearby. Scared the shit out of me!

[@119jle]

Neither did they. Aye aye allah akbar

[@patricknoel9096]

It's slowed sp it stays stable but ammo counts just as important..........or is that a illusion warning......that it takes longer then on cross hair but there's a lag where it should have a better factored burst n hit performance right?

[@dangalanga6941]

Well damn lol this is the first video I’ve watched on this channel but I know that voice very well 😂😂 well subbed if it’s not just a one off thing

[@ajgill206rr]

Also known as "Get-Off-My-Lawn-6000" 😆

[@Miguelruiz25]

😂😂

[@kirkdaley3441]

And my fucking air space lol

[@badgerbait8351]

Well, now we know why there's an ammo shortage!!!

[@MiniMotoAlliance]

Yeah, all my pistols and rifles use that exact same bullet

[@badgerbait8351]

@@MiniMotoAlliance You too, eh? Recoil is a bitch, but a little barrel porting helped.

[@2aminitials]

They need a version that uses .22 rimfire, in case we get invaded by squirrels or shaken up cans of pop.

[@badgerbait8351]

@@2aminitials Dang right! I'd buy one!

[@stevenkeirstead6305]

@@2aminitials Given the cost of 22rimfire these days (if we could find any) we still couldn't afford to shoot it 😟

[@User20758]

I love these, got one in my back yard. Kids love playing with it

[@thegovernment0usa]

I can't get enough of that sound it makes. Terrifying.

[@Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA]

Angry R2D2, spitfire.

[@frogdan]

"The system has some other perceived weakness too, for example it takes about 5 seconds to acquire" But I want it now :(

[@mikesalvaggio20]

If Skynet grabs control of this stuff, we’re F’d

[@ralphshoop8822]

The first 5 of us. Needs humans to reload it.

[@jorgeencarnacion6291]

@@ralphshoop8822 till they don’t

[@TheElvenKeys]

@@ralphshoop8822 they're working on robots that can perform human tasks. the apocalypse might look like self aware weapons systems with little robots maintaining them

[@ralphshoop8822]

@@TheElvenKeys eventually, yes. But right now autonomous machines have trouble navigating a flight of stairs let alone being able to have the practical knowledge of knowing how to reload one of these let alone to figure out how to troubleshoot and fix one. I doubt that you could take a random person, even one mechanically inclined, and give them the manual and expect them to get one of these complex machines reloaded without extensive hands on training. The sad thing is if a skynet or robopocalypse style takeover happens it will be because we trained them to do this work first because we didn't want to pay a person to do it.

[@richardfinnigan7458]

Mmm would it be useful to have a much lower cost FN 5.7 x 28 calibre version of that system to protect ground vehicles against drones?

[@catlee8064]

Saw this as i was waiting to leave Kandahar...quite impressive.

[@aaronstewart4040]

If I'm not mistaken, the visible rounds are 1/4th of the actual rounds being fired. Amazing

[@Carcories]

1/5...

[@zathegame9870]

@@Carcories ur mom

[@randomuserame]

1:5.... 1 tracer every 6th round.

[@atomicfusion8027]

Lmao we all got different numbers, I heard every third round is a tracer.

[@Solstare]

Every round in the CRAM is a tracer. The tracer acts like a fuse to self destruct the bullet if it doesn’t impact anything

[@tpforyeshuapain3685]

It used to be called the CIWS (close in weapon system) used in the Navy and designed by General Dynamics in the 60's. I maintained one on the USS Enterprise and another on the USS Stump. They shoot 3400 rpm. Pretty cool!

[@noka7776]

CIWS on ships, C-Ram on land. and yes, U,S. Navy ships still have CIWS.

[@plumeater1]

@Ricky Robyn You don't reinvent the wheel, you just realign it. Meaning if it works don't create another one.

[@nonyabisness6306]

@Ricky Robyn There's two limits on what it can shoot: It needs to detect it and it needs to react quickly enough to fire. So hypersonic missles are probably out. Drones would absolutly get shredded as would most guided missles, that's what they're originally designed for after all. (Phalanx CIWS)

[@BlackEpyon]

@@nonyabisness6306 I imagine it's only a matter of time until they figure out something designed specifically for hypersonic targets. The US, whom is normally the top of the game, kinda got a rude wakeup call on when Russia and China tested theirs.

[@nhlpa17]

@Ricky Robyn Current models fire missiles instead of bullets. In fact Lasers are the true current version.

[@JohnSims3]

I was on the USS Bigelow destroyer when they tested this system. It's bad ass even in 1975-79

[@paulmanzella3906]

At 3:12 the music Kroft uses to talk about Alien movies is playing. Lol

[@Lama-hq6sz]

Gun go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrt

[@zodsinclair8500]

lol.... the CARDI "B B" GUN!!!!

[@EcoupeNmt]

Wen da ting go quack quack quack, you men were duck ing

[@zodsinclair8500]

@Zahrina Duke looooooooooooooooooooool

[@GreatFreedom]

no it dont go brrt, if it aint shooting 50cal it only goes peeeeeew

[@CulturedThugPoster]

I wonder how much of a hazard is all that expended ordenance falling back to earth ? Just saying you wouldn't want to be living down range from one of these.

[@ZuluBlackout]

60k a threat sounds pretty damn cheap considering the alternative... besides that, this is my favorite weapon system sound! Glorious

[@Jry088]

Right? And only 10 to 15 mil a pop. Sounds like a bargain

[@bane4743]

It's cheaper to shoot a mortar or a rocket than having a defensive system. So theoretically one could overload it.

[@michaelmondt3055]

I don't understand where they get this $30, 40, 60K to down a missile or mortar rocket. I call BS on that. If I remember correctly, doing CIWS live fire exercises in the Navy, the ammo drum held maybe 1000 rounds. That is 10 boxes of 20mm ammunition. for a TDU shoot, we would upload...I'll say 4 or 5 boxes at most... 2000 rounds / minute, that is 33 rounds per second, and based on this video... and life experience, an engagement lasts 10 seconds at best... we are talking 300 rounds fired...that is $100 / round based on $30K per engagement. IDK, that better be a very charming 20mm round.

[@ZuluBlackout]

@@michaelmondt3055 well, the alternative I was considering was a mortar falling inside the perimeter and killing Americans. But yes, due to the absurdly high fire rate, and the (in)accuracy per round, you’re going to spend some lead (or he rather) to down a mortar or missile in this type of spray and pray system. Still a sight to behold when one spins up.

[@ineverexist666]

Also the C-Ram uses a different shell thant the Navy ship mouinted version, its a tracer schell which selfdestroys after the tracer burns out (the tracer is pretty much the fuse). Thats neceassay since the shell would be a danger of its sorroundings which on open seas is less of a concern.

[@GenAfterNextTactics]

0:59 Badass few seconds of video.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I have a funny story about these. My favorite spot to watch sunsets at sea was a small weather deck under the port/aft CWS mount. I would go there on my dinner break and have a smoke while watching the sunset. The hatch that goes out to the deck had a flashing red light that indicated the gun was hot and not to go out. Well, they never turned it on. I am standing there, 15 feet away from that monster when it opened up and let out a 1000 round burst. No hearing protection. I thought it was the End of Days. The noise that thing makes is stunning. My adrenaline glands pumped a quart into my system and I felt like I was high. I cannot explain using words what it was like. But I have a CWS story I can tell my grandkids.

[@ThePiemasteification]

Was there actually a threat or was it a false positive?

[@huyked]

Did you have permanent hearing loss?

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

@@huyked No, not really. Permanent hearing loss comes from constant high volume noise you're subjected to every day, like a jet engine or playing guitar in front of a loud amp. It was more of one time event, but I remember being deafened for a few days

[@huyked]

@@valuedhumanoid6574 Thank you. Gah. I couldn't even imagine how loud and startling that was. Yikes!

[@cuttlefishrampant5241]

@@ThePiemasteification They fire the CWS every once and a while to inspect functionality and light off expiring ordnance, as well as train crew and have some fun.

[@constantine7382]

That's just frightening. Incredible firepower.

[@maartent9697]

Checkout the Goalkeeper which is used by the Dutch, bigger caliber and uses the American avenger cannon same as the a10 perfect fusion of tech

[@zoltanmatei424]

metalstorm weapon systems are more versatile but those are more of a burst firing type they can fire million rounds per minute speed

[@tygonmaster]

It is a purely defensive weapon. If anything, it should be the opposite of terrifying.

[@EyFmS]

@@tygonmaster we are lucky there's the Geneva convention...cause you could easily turn this into a anti infantry weapon.

[@Knight_Kin]

@@EyFmS The sheer devastation this thing would cause as an anti personnel weapon is crazy to think. I wouldn't want to be in the firing line that's for sure.

[@d0uble_O]

how long can it go before it melts those barrels or have to manually reload ?

[@drewcanton235]

Reminds me of the gun on the A 10 Warthog... It's a sound dreaded & feared by the enemy!!! Scatter like "rice at a wedding"... 😁

[@davidwolf226]

Well, all I know is that whatever variant this weapon is utilized in, it's still just an incredibly awesome weapon!

[@frankcrawford416]

China copied these almost to the exact design.

[@mrmelty53]

Bet they work great..... for about two seconds

[@michaeltowery2693]

Land based lol where do the bullets go if they missed... Smh

[@tomatosoupwoo]

@@michaeltowery2693 they explode

[@tomatosoupwoo]

@@michaeltowery2693 so they don’t hit ground

[@signalsoldier]

Slept about 40yards from one in Iraq. The loudest thing I've ever heard in my life. Shook the entire CHU. But every time it went off you knew you were likely getting more time on this Earth.

[@williamgibb5557]

Thank for serving and part of an impossible war! Stay safe and healthy, my friend.

[@punkstermom1984]

Thank you for your service❤️🤍💙

[@goredohkackz1599]

He didn’t serv he’s lying

[@Ihacksthisll]

Seriously i havnt even been in the military and this sound is so relieving its the trumpets of heaven saving you i get so satisfied when i hear it in call of duty warzone💀

[@TheFlyWahine]

Its cinda beutiful with the exploding of the ammo, sounds like fireworks and new year lol.

[@fiurenteas]

0:11 sounds like there is a construction site next to my house

[@MrOiram46]

Imagine dozens of these on each side on today’s aircraft carrriers like how WW2 carriers were bristling with AA guns

[@nathaneddowes3501]

Each navy ship is equipped with 2 on the front and back or each side of the ships

[@MrOiram46]

Nathan Eddowes I know that, that’s why I’m saying what if today’s ships had at least 8 times the amount of these guns, they would have an insane blanket of fire

[@machin9267]

Why to steal another country's?

[@bighands69]

@@machin9267 The US does not steal other countries.

[@uf9309]

Or on the tail of a bomber

[@______1043]

Friendly fire activated C-RAM: And i took that personally

[@desertsmeagol7073]

*Rainbow six siege*

[@AlphaKingofGlory]

Not possible

[@AlphaKingofGlory]

Remember your here because of you

[@SCP-TheVoiceBehindMe-lf5om]

A-10: Y E S

[@Eaggradruide]

I really like the music in the background starting at 3:10. Song is called Atlantis by Audionautix.

[@Nyemaster]

Your all welcome. C-ram is one of my projects for many years. Very proud.

[@CGFIELDS]

A great friend of anyone deployed to a Forward Operating Base.

[@frankmueller6522]

Go forward, America! Long live the Nato! Long live freedom! Down with all dictatorships and terrorists all around the world! Best wishes from Germany!

[@iamf6641]

@@frankmueller6522 long live our elite master

[@viktorisaksson7573]

@@frankmueller6522 calm down. The dictators are American products

[@user-xl1tf1nm8k]

المسيح يسوع رسول الله دين اللة الإسلامي مافي شعي مسحي دين اللة ددددددددد

[@richpaydirt]

We had one of the phalynx model CIWS on the aft of the frigate I served on in the 90’s. It was pretty bad-ass to say the least. We use to practice hitting an air target at sea. A plane would tow a big, red aluminum balloon on a 1,000 foot cable, we called it the killer tomato. We rarely fired more than 6-8 seconds at a time but at 60 rounds a second of 20mm thats a lot of hurt. Real wicked to see it fire at night.

[@ThePiemasteification]

Was there ever a threat that it took down? Just curious what that $700 Billion this year is going towards.

[@kentneumann5209]

@@AaronRMG - High jacking your comment... The speedy production that you bring up from WW2... The fact that we were able to kick out that level of production in that small window of time decades ago ... And the fact that we couldn't produce enough masks made of plastic, paper, and a fucking rubber band to provide every citizen with 10 masks each during early covid scare, ought to tell us the whole damn deal was a planned event executed by our own government and the traitors that control it.

[@scudger99]

@@kentneumann5209 Never mind the masks, can I interest you in a nice tinfoil hat ?

[@anwollan]

Love the sound this make.

[@farnazzaidi727]

How hot does the cram becomes while in operation?

[@staynielherbayn657]

We are honestly so lucky that this exists.

[@Hidoidragon]

"It cost 400 thousand dollars to fire this weapon for 12 seconds" - Heavy Weapons Guy

[@tanyaortega5291]

probably saved tens of millions of dollars worth of infrastructure from missiles

[@Engi662]

Oh my god who touch my gun -heavy weopns guy

[@Wetworks_Arclight]

"Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe, [sniff] maybe. I have yet to meet one that can outsmart bullet." -- Heavy Weapons Guy

[@operatorjeffdeathstar7759]

The man said $40 000...not 400 thousand...listen again...

[@HobkinBoi]

@@operatorjeffdeathstar7759 Go watch a video called Meet the Heavy.

[@lloydthomas2896]

We had CIWS on the Knox class Frigates. Awesome. R2D2 with a BDE.

[@earljackson6240]

I was on the mount Vernon n I do remember the sea wiz.....it shot so many damn rounds per second it was truly unreal

[@prism2451]

1:47 damn like how it looks and responds to that plane, recognises it and makes a decision to stop following it. You have to remind yourself that this thing is entirely autonomous.

[@TheFlyingZulu]

Not entirely. A person still has to press a button to fire rounds. At 6:13 that guy is pressing the button I'm talking about. It also stopped tracking the plane because part of the ship was in the gun's firing path.

[@jerkypat8296]

Worked on CIWS in the late 80’s. Good times. Great system back then can only imagine how the upgrades have improved performance. Never thought the sound as a BRRRT more of a GAAAAAAA!

[@liquidleopard4495]

The difference is that "BRRRT" is from the A-10, whose gun shoots "only" 70 rounds per second. :D Doesn't a CIWS shoot 100 per second?

[@jerkypat8296]

@@liquidleopard4495 pretty much 100rd/sec. also there is a difference in sound between 20mm (CWIS) and 30mm (A10)

[@codemiesterbeats]

@@jerkypat8296 not to mention the weirdness of sound travelling through the air while emitting supersonic projectiles.

[@txcrix9236]

A stunning weapon. Richard Gatling would be proud!

[@ockertwessels649]

How is the concept still feasible given the low cost of standard artillery rounds (and the expected eventual drop in price of "smart" rounds like Excalibur)?

[@d00dmin48]

Walking past the Raytheon plant down the street: don't look over. You just reopened your own NSA file by being in the area. Don't even think about what they make in there.

[@ryanjoshuacanada7213]

"What is that sound? An engine, or a gun?" "I think thats a gun with an engine."

[@AugmentedGravity]

Its so cool when you can actually see and hear a target get hit with one of these

[@CubeWithASickle]

"every fifth round is a tracer" "THATS A DAMN LIGHTSABER"

[@vccrushcov6816]

I never knew R2D2 came with a 20 millimeter vulcan gatling gun with six optimized barrels augmented with forward-looking infared sensors. Must have been helpful for defending of Afghanistan from TIE Fighters!

[@rick7884]

Hahaha That's what we used to call them on the Saratoga. R2s

[@jillsommerville7828]

Also reminds me of a minion😁

[@elshem122]

Works best with FLIR

[@pawpawstew]

30mm

[@singlespeedpunk7744]

He now wants to be called R2-FU 😂

[@ThatCarGuy]

Crazy how long our the Phalanx has been around and how it can keep being improved. Great design, most would have been pushing their limits, but this frame can just keep being improved.

[@ThatCarGuy]

@@nicolaasjonkhart4660 The C-ram is the land based version, the 20mm version is better on ships, more velocity for incoming missiles, where the C-ram is better for slower artillery.

[@ThatCarGuy]

@@nicolaasjonkhart4660 "They needed a place to dump the weapons the army is the only one still interested and a couple of third world countries. " Any source for what you are saying? The army does not use the Phalanx, the Navy does... "Most armies are on to smart 35 mm or bigger for close air defense." Most nations use a 30mm. Just like most nations like 7.62. But why does 5.56 pierce armor better? Why is level 3 armor rated to take all 7.62 rounds, but a green tip 5.56, which is a smaller round will pierce right through it... Velocity. This is why the Navy uses the Phalanx. Im not denying when we get reactors on ships powerful enough to power actual MW class laser the Phalanx will be replaced, but right now the C-Ram is the land based version and the Phalanx is the sea based version. I see nothing that stats the C-ram is replacing it.

[@morganperry5829]

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[@joshuadominguez20]

I believe it'll be replaced by laser weapon systems soon though

[@ThatCarGuy]

@@joshuadominguez20 only on carriers. Ships do not have enough power to supply a laser. They would need a reactor as even the Nimitz class doesn't produce enough MW

[@user-dq3jk9py4q]

At 1:49 Pilot: I'm a friendly C-RAM: oh, sorry bro Pilot: heavily sweating

[@VanquishMediaDE]

I repair the C-RAM automated detection system as well as the firing control module of the Patriot Missile Defense System.

[@andrewhte9304]

2:44 Imagine the various militaries of the last thousand years seeing these weapons in action

[@rabidlenny7221]

They’d think it was Clarketech

[@ensignd.crexote5350]

A flaming whip! That intercepts flying object is

[@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046]

@@ensignd.crexote5350 God's tape worms!

[@ensignd.crexote5350]

@@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046 right lol

[@sicriti]

Imagine them seeing plane, f16, helicopters. They would think Aliens invading them

[@benjamin5028]

This is only what they want to tell us. I am sure there are classified weapons that we no nothing about.

[@desertwolf3893]

And if we knew of their existence we’d freak out lol

[@desertwolf3893]

Rods from God kinetic weapon, weather control machine, heat weapons, lasers, overpowered acoustic weapons

[@benjamin5028]

@@desertwolf3893 More than likely to prevent a world war. More than any other reason

[@joeymurdazalotmore6355]

About 10 years of technology ahead the military is usually humpin humvees long before were buying humners for a few days like it was needed or relevant

[@6ez2bme9]

Amen to that Ben!!!!

[@nelsonta00]

It looks and sounds kinda like a pressure washer. Would like to see them do a target demonstration with this.

[@ismailkaracakaya260]

Can this system detect targets that can reach sound or supersonic speeds?