U.S. Army M119A3 Howitzer • Small But Packs A Punch

The U.S. Army M119A3 Howitzer is an artillery piece (105mm) that packs a deadly punch and be transported by smaller U.S. helicopters like the UH-60 Black Hawk. It provides very accurate fire support for ground troops with a maximum range of about 10-12 miles.
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 4th Battalion, 319 Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade fire the M119A3 Howitzer for a danger close mission in support of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany on July 29, 2020. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States Europe, Africa and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
Film Credits: U.S. Army Video by Spc. Mathew Pous, 173rd Airborne Brigade
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To ALL who are now, or have EVER SERVED, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, and THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOM. 🇺🇸

[@spicy7108]

I approve of this howitzer

[@brownfire1]

GOOD LOOKING FIRE MISSIONS

[@johnjennings3964]

that second crew was bravo zulu!!!!!

[@realamateur]

Genius guys of ROF Nottingham

[@jbkormos]

Thank you very much...!! Life is always so much more polite around high-order munitions....!

[@scotwoodz3787]

Simple and sweet.......... I like the guy at the end....good spin.

[@billybelk1831]

They have the gunner doing the quadrant and deflection. When i was on M109 we had a gunner , quadrant as a second position. this is more efficient and he did;t seems rushed. Fewer people getting the job done.

[@thebritishengineer8027]

Yep the Royal Ordinance Factories L118 Light Gun proved to be a fantastic piece of kit and has served with distinction with the Parachute regiment and Royal Marine Commandos since since entering British Army Service in 1976. Were so glad you liked it and are building it under licence at the Rock Island Arsenal. The Gun was originally based upon a design created for Italian Mountain Warfare Troops, but re-envisaged by Royal Ordinance. Not the first British Gun to be adopted by US Forces, the 57mm Gun M1 was the venerable British QF (quick firing) 6lb anti-tank gun. A weapon that would prove itself lethal against the German Africa Corps in North Africa 1942, through to Arnhem where it gave British Para Troopers a fighting chance against an SS Armored Division that was not supposed to be their.

[@williamperry118]

The M119A1 105mm and M198 155mm is what we trained on at AIT in 98

[@helnopeno]

You guys make me proud to be an American! Cold War and Gulf War veteran here.

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Great video!

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Those are BIG bullets

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[@cannoneer155mm]

This Howitzer was just entering service when I retired from the US Army in Nov. 1991. I was the OIC at the US Army Ordnance Center and School's Artillery Repair course. I was not impressed in this British designed piece. We were told that it could not be towed over 35 mph on pavement and that the initial issue of howitzers were not fixable without hand fitting of repair parts and until we started to manufacture the gun in our factory, would be that way for the foreseeable future. After 30 years, I hope Ordnance got that mess straightened out.

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zogbot

[@Wabbaaajack]

It’s finicky and doesn’t like being towed very long distances, but it definitely doesn’t have a problem going 55 mph towed with a humvee.

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A well oiled machine

[@robertw4230]

No lanyard, no mop.....sweet !

[@luke_palmer05]

Only in america would this be considered "small"

[@derrekanderson1387]

I know this is a year old, but, just to clarify... I was a cannon crew member with C battery, 4th battalion, 11th field artillery, stationed out of Ft. Richardson, Alaska, back in 2003-2006...And the M119, which was the howitzer we used, is small, compared to ALL the other artillery pieces in the army... The M119, is 105mm, the others are 155mm and bigger.

[@Basedpilledandtradmaxxed]

To be fair, 105mm is "light" artillery almost the world over. Has been since WW2 onwards. I was a 13B out of 1-320th FAR, 2BCT, 101st Airborne and worked on these babies while I was in

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Good job 👍 of USA 🇺🇸

[@Two_Waters]

Great video...My MOS 13B10

[@markanderson1519]

Why does he wack the spent case on the trail after it is ejected?

[@JoaoPedro-qm2nc]

The Brazilian Army is in studies to acquire this 105 M119 A3 Howitzer, at the moment we use the Howitzer: 105 M56 OTO MELARA; L118 LIGHT GUN and the old M101 A1 from the time of World War II. It is worth mentioning that for the protection of our Amazon, the Howitzer 105 M56 OTO MELARA, is still considered ideal, because in some places the helicopter cannot land with it, and it allows it to be completely disassembled and even carried on the back of a donkey and it is still used by Parachutist Field Artillery Groups.

[@PotatoeJoe69]

A 105mm HE shell isn't a 155 but make no mistake, it still makes a HUGE explosion.

[@2serveand2protect]

Nice video. Why do they stare down the barrel after shooting each & every round ? What might there be left to cause concern (each time you shoot a round)? PS. i thought you'd do it only once in a while.

[@Wabbaaajack]

It’s extremely rare, but there have been cases where the powder is ignited but the round doesn’t leave the tube. The tube still recoils because the powder explodes but there’s an obstruction in the tube. The assistant gunner has enough time between rounds to verify the bore is clear without slowing down the ROF of the piece.

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knockin Brass!

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I love you guys, thank you. You take care of the front and soon I will have your back. November is almost here. When the Trojan horse gets here, all hell is going to break loose. Pray Pray not another civil war.

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2:28 what are those two small white packs in the hands of that soldier at the far side of the scene? same on the soldier's shoulder at 3:58

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[@paulkawsek8617]

Is that computerized already for range and elevation?

[@seyedahmadseyedabdolahi5616]

sure

[@loganteodoro2885]

It's actually called deflection and quadrant. How far left and right and how high the barrel should be elevated. And yes it is. It's all digitally computed now and shows up on the screen

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Stoppin!?

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They could use 1 or 12 of these in Portland.

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173rd Airborne I see.

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Went to Graf with the First Brigade 8 th Inf Airborne in 69.

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Worked30 years at our local VA after I got home.

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Artillery is like drag racing, can' get the black dudes away from it... 🙂

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M777 much better